The Manifesto of Futurism, written by Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti in 1909, was the

rallying cry for the avant-garde movement driven by the writers, musicians, artists, and even
architects (among them Antonio Sant'Elia) in the early 20th century. After the manifesto's
publication, Futurism quickly came to the forefront of public conscience and opened the way
for many other cutting edge movements in the art world and beyond.

While the movement would undergo a significant decline in the years following World War II,
it reinvented itself decades later during the Space Age, when faith in technology and industry
were at a fever-pitch and the world's powers were racing to put humans on the Moon. All of a
sudden, humanity had a new cultural panorama that inspired every facet of society--from
musicians, to scientists, to architects. With the combination of engineering and art, not to
mention the bountiful scientific achievements of the time, works of architecture turned into
works of science fiction. 

Recently, photographer Stefano Perego documented a series of works that exemplify the legacy

left behind by the radical architects of the 1970s. Truly acolytes of their time, these architects
sought to bring the future to the present through their designs, giving us iconic works such as
the prototype Futuro House (Matti Suuronen, 1968), the Makedonium (Jordan Grabuloski +
Iskra Grabuloska, 1974) or the spherical houses of the Bolwoningen community (Dries
Kreijkamp, 1980-1985).

All of these projects mix organic and geometric forms with materials like plastic, steel, and
concrete to bring to life humanity's dreams for the future. 

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