2001: Building for Space Travel

by John Zukowsky

A combination of 230 illustrations and fourteen essays offers a look at the structures built to follow humankind's dreams out into the cosmos, our perceptions of the universe, the conquest of space, and the inhabitation of that wilderness before and after the advent of space travel.

192 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2001

Reviews

[Joan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Published in conjunction with an exhibition at The Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Flight in Seattle, this volume focuses on the integral role of architects, civil engineers, industrial designers, and graphic designers actively involved in space exploration.

Thirteen essays, accompanied by color plates, explore and illustrate the various facets of architecture and design for space travel and exploration, both in reality and in fiction. Topics addressed in this coffee-table-sized book include lunar voyages in literature and in films by Jules Verne, Georges Méliès, and Fritz Lang [among others], space flight and the cosmos in early Soviet culture, the Norman Rockwell paintings commissioned by NASA, icons of space photography, spaceships of the imagination, interior designs for Skylab, the design of the International Space Station, and the future of space tourism. It’s a different look at space travel, a treat for both the mind and the eyes.

Highly recommended.