The skyscraper / Paul Goldberger.

Main entry:

Goldberger, Paul.

Title & Author:

The skyscraper / Paul Goldberger.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1981.

Description:

x, 180 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The skyscraper vs. the city -- Chicago beginnings -- New York as theater -- The towers come together -- The drive for height -- Rhythms of the thirties -- The triumph of modernism -- The battle won : abstraction and public space -- Beyond the box.

Summary:

Discusses skyscrapers, from the first one constructed in Chicago in 1884 to those of today, and points out the problems skyscrapers have helped solve and create.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0394505956
9780394505954
0394749642 (pbk.)
9780394749648 (pbk.)
0394715861 (pbk.)
9780394715865 (pbk.)
0690041543
9780690041545
0690041551 (lib. bdg.)
9780690041552 (lib. bdg.)

Subject:

Skyscrapers United States.
Gratte-ciel États-Unis.
21.62 history of architecture.
Skyscrapers
Architektur
Hochhaus
Wolkenkrabbers.
Architecture United States History 20th century.
United States

Form/genre:

Books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 86947
Call No.: 8235; ID:86-B17054
Status: Available

Location: Library main 86946
Call No.: 8235; ID:86-B17054
Status: Available

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