Design
Imagining the Chilling Landscape of Unchecked Global Development
British photographer Marcus Lyon creates apocalyptic images of what cities might look like if left to grow out of control.
Not even Governor Rick Perry's boldest dreams of a NAFTA superhighway funneling up through Texas like a wildcatter's front zipper can compete with Dubai's Sheikh Zayed Road. Twelve lanes wide, lined by soaring skyscrapers on either side, and more than 300 miles along, the highway frames the greatest concentration of opulence in the world. It may be the single best monument to the 20th century that late capitalism has to offer.
If you ask Marcus Lyon, though, the Sheikh Zayed Road doesn't go far enough. What's 12 lanes when you could put together 12 highways? It's the difference between a trickle and a flood.