The relationship between architecture and politics has manifested itself through different conditions over different periods of time. Throughout history, politics in architecture can be seen through the emergence of new design movements, the construction of prestigious monuments, the work of individual architects but especially through utopias. Utopias in general represent an attempt to reinterpret the future and a form of critique of social, political, economical conditions and norms of that period. However, nearly all utopian projects have remained theoretical and were never realized as they were either too complicated for construction or too daring to find enough supporters.

In the present work, utopian projects from the last 250 years that were created in specific political environments were studied. The projects were analyzed to gauge their success or failure in terms of realization or further development. For centuries people have been writing books and theories about ideal utopian societies expressing criticism towards their current political environment. As early as 350 BC, Plato wrote The Republic, presenting a new form of society and thereby criticizing and questioning the way society had organized itself up until then. Further research is amplifying the transformation of political ideals and its influence on architects and architecture. Starting from the Revolutions in the late 18th century to the advancement of the Industrialization in the 19th century, the rise of totalitarian states to capitalism and ending with the transition of liberalistic states towards neoliberalism.

It is to be questioned to which degree an architect and his design project can remain independent and indifferent towards politics and whether a shift from a place of creation to obsequiousness takes place.