Title & Author:

High-rise : idea and reality / edited by Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Andres Janser.

Publication:

Ostfildern : Hatje Cantz Verlag, [2011]
©2011

Description:

163 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm

Notes:
Published in conjunction with the exhibition Hochhaus : Wunsch und Wirklichkeit at the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, 31 August 2011-2 January 2012.
"Exhibition and publication by the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich"--Colophon.
Texts by Karin Gimmi, Andres Janser, Andres Lepik, Kieran Long, Clifford A. Pearson, Eric Schuldenfrei, Martino Stierli, and Marisa Yiu.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. -- Photography I. -- Realities of the high-rise. -- New York. -- London. -- Zurich. -- Hong Kong. -- Shanghai. -- The high-rise, photographically considered. -- Photography II.
English language edition.

Summary:

Highrise: Idea and Reality offers a comprehensive examination of the highrise phenomenon and its surprisingly recent international ubiquity. A wide range of contemporary highrises are explored in their broadest cultural and civic contexts, contexts which can vary greatly from continent to continent, and from culture to culture, illuminating not only the effects of these imposing buildings upon their immediate landscapes, but also the everyday lives of their inhabitants.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9783775729932 (English)
3775729933 (English)
(German)
9783775729925

Subject:

High-rise apartment buildings Exhibitions.
Skyscrapers Exhibitions.
Photography, Artistic Exhibitions.
Urbanization.
Immeubles d'habitation en hauteur Expositions.
Gratte-ciel Expositions.
Photographie artistique Expositions.
Urbanisation.
urbanization.
High-rise apartment buildings
Photography, Artistic
Skyscrapers

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Illustrated works.
Ouvrages illustrés.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Janser, Andres, editor, writer of added text.
Gimmi, Karin, 1959- writer of added text.
Lepik, Andres, writer of added text.
Long, Kieran, writer of added text.
Pearson, Clifford A., writer of added text.
Schuldenfrei, Eric, writer of added text.
Stierli, Martino, 1974- writer of added text.
Yiu, Marisa, writer of added text.
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, host institution, editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 277748
Call No.: BIB 212755
Status: Available