It often seems that time and technology are moving faster than we can keep up with … and this phenomenon seems to accelerate more every year, to eventually be constantly bemoaned by our grandparents and other elderly people who stop to talk to you while you are waiting for a bus!

But it seems that some architects were just a bit too keenly aware of this phenomenon, and planned quite a bit further ahead than they needed to. When London’s Barbican Arts Centre was built, the architects left out a front door. Why? Because they believed that in the not-too-distant future, nobody would be walking into the centre – they would fly to the carpark in their bubble car, take the lift down to the floor that they needed, and then return to the roof to take off home!

However, we can definitely attest to the fact that doors and door knobs have stayed fairly true to form for hundreds of years … differing mostly in style and materials, and not so much in the fact of whether they were used or not, due to flying transportation!

Photo credits: Batman Returns But Robin Flew Away by Graham Colton

          

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