Skyscrapers: An Urban Expression of Modernity

by Campi, Mario

• ISBN13: 9783764361303
• ISBN10: 3764361301
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Skyscrapers have been a source of fascination to the expert and layman alike since the emergence of this building type in the nineteenth century and this volume presents a selection of the most captivating examples ranging from the skyscrapers of the 1890s to contemporary projects. Following a general introduction, a large format double page is devoted to each skyscraper and crucial aspects such as construction and facade details, load-bearing structures and essential technical features are analysed in text and illustrations. Each building is documented systematically enabling the reader to compare the buildings presented. The buildings and projects in this compendium were all innovative, epoch-making buildings in their day and provide a critical overview of the developement in this type of architecture. A wealth of visual material approximately 1000 plans, photographs, technical and axonometric drawings ensure that this volume is a detailed and valuable reference work.

Table of Contents

Flatiron Building, New York	10	(2)
Woolworth Building, New York	12	(2)
Equitable Building, New York	14	(2)
Barclay-Vesey Building, New York	16	(2)
Chrysler Building, New York	18	(2)
Downtown Athletic Club, New York	20	(2)
Empire State Building, New York	22	(2)
Philadelphia Saving Fund Society Building, PSFS, Philadelphia	24	(2)
Rockefeller Center, New York	26	(2)
Johnson Wax Building, Racine, USA	28	(2)
860/880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments, Chicago	30	(2)
Lever House, New York	32	(2)
One-Mile-High Skyscraper, IL	34	(2)
Price Tower, Bartlesville, USA	36	(2)
Torre Pirelli, Milan, Italy	38	(2)
Thyssenhaus, Dusseldorf, Germany	40	(2)
Inland Steel Building, Chicago	42	(2)
Seagram Building, New York	44	(2)
Torre Velasca; Milan, Italy	46	(2)
Union Carbide Building, New York	48	(2)
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York	50	(2)
MetLife Building, New York	52	(2)
The Economist Building, London	54	(2)
Marina City, Chicago	56	(2)
Torres Blancas, Madrid, Spain	58	(2)
CBS Building, New York	60	(2)
Civic Center, Chicago	62	(2)
Knights of Columbus, New Haven, USA	64	(2)
Place Victoria Office Towers, Montreal, Canada	66	(2)
Australia Square, Sidney, Australia	68	(2)
Alcoa Building, San Francisco	70	(2)
Lake Point Tower, Chicago	72	(2)
One First National Plaza, Chicago	74	(2)
John Hancock Center, Chicago	76	(2)
Standard Bank Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa	78	(2)
USX Tower, Pittsburgh, USA	80	(2)
IBM Building Chicago, Chicago	82	(2)
Nakagin Capsule Tower, Tokyo, Japan	84	(2)
Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco	86	(2)
World Trade Center, New York	88	(2)
Federal Center, Chicago	90	(2)
Sears Tower, Chicago	92	(2)
Overseas Chinese Bank, Singapore	94	(2)
United Nations Plaza I and II, New York	96	(2)
John Hancock Tower, Boston	98	(2)
Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, Atlanta	100	(2)
Water Tower Place, Chicago	102	(2)
Citicorp Center, New York	104	(2)
Renaissance Center, Detroit	106	(2)
Banco de Bilbao, Madrid, Spain	108	(2)
M.L.C. Centre, Sydney, Australia	110	(2)
Xerox Center, Chicago	112	(2)
IBM Building New York, New York	114	(2)
National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	116	(2)
Torhaus Gleisdreieck, Frankfurt, Germany	118	(2)
Transco Tower, Houston	120	(2)
Trump Tower, New York	122	(2)
333 Wacker Drive, Chicago	124	(2)
AT&T Building, New York	126	(2)
Museum of Modern Art Residential Tower, New York	128	(2)
NationsBank, Houston	130	(2)
Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel, Atlanta, USA	132	(2)
Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank, Hong Kong, China	134	(2)
World Financial Center, New York	136	(2)
Allied Bank Building, Dallas	138	(2)
Lipstick Building, New York	140	(2)
Lloyd's Building, London	142	(2)
OUB Centre, Singapore	144	(2)
Lippo Center, Hong Kong, China	146	(2)
Millenium Tower, Tokyo, Japan	148	(2)
Norwest Center, Minneapolis, USA	150	(2)
Tour sans Fin, Paris, France	152	(2)
Bank of China, Hong Kong, China	154	(2)
First Interstate World Center, Los Angeles	156	(2)
International Place, Boston	158	(2)
Messeturm, Frankfurt, Germany	160	(2)
NEC Super Tower, Tokyo, Japan	162	(2)
Canary Wharf Tower, London	164	(2)
Century Tower, Tokyo, Japan	166	(2)
New Tokyo City Hall, Tokyo, Japan	168	(2)
NationsBank Corporate Center, Charlotte, USA	170	(2)
DG Bank-Headquarters, Frankfurt, Germany	172	(2)
Landmark Tower, Yokohama, Japan	174	(2)
Umeda Sky Building, Osaka, Japan	176	(2)
Tour Credit Lyonnais, Lille, France	178	(2)
Commerzbank, Frankfurt, Germany	180	(2)
Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	182	(2)
Plaza 66 Building, Shanghai, China	184	(2)
Menara Telekom Tower, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	186	(2)
88 Philip Street Office Tower & Macquarie Apartments, Sydney, Australia	188	(2)
Swiss Re Tower, London	190