Utopia Ending – Gianluca Calise

Utopia Ending – Gianluca Calise

Utopia Ending is an impressive new addition to our architecture shelf.⁠

The utopia in this case is the city of London while the ending was created by the change in the housing market over the years – from the post-World War II expansion based on social housing to today’s finance-driven development of the city. The investigation through photographs and essays makes it clear: investment in social housing has been almost completely scrapped and the new buildings are financial assets for global investors rather than housing for Londoners.

Buy