An architect erects a building in the confidence that it is almost a monument, a work of art that will make it transcend, go down in history.
But structural failures, aesthetic misunderstandings, and popular jokes turn it into the laughingstock of the society to which the architectural tribute was offered.
It is not necessary for its failure to cost human lives; the defeat is enormous. In some cases, it even leads to the suicide of the creator, as it happened with the mythical death of Francesco Borromini - he dropped his body on a saber - after building the church of San Carlo Alle Quattro Fontane, in Rome.
See the list below
- Saltos mortales by Charlotte Van, Acantilado
- Sé mía by Richard Ford, Anagrama
- Un inmenso azul by Patrik Svensson, Libros del Asteroide
