Skyscrapers

by Zukowsky, John; Thorne, Martha

• ISBN13: 9783791323435
• ISBN10: 3791323431
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Prestel Pub

Summary

This publication examines the latest technical and aesthetic developments from around the world in the rapidly evolving design of skyscrapers.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	7	(2)
Skyscrapers Before the New Millennium: A Question of Boom or Bust	9	(9)
John Zukowsky
Projects
North America
Sheraton Tower at Wall Centre, Vancouver, Canada	18	(2)
Busby + Associates Architects
Dearborn Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA	20	(2)
Ricardo Bofill, Taller de Arquitectura
Park Tower, Chicago, Illinois, USA	22	(2)
Lucien Lagrange and Associates
One North Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois, USA	24	(2)
Lohan Associates
300 East Randolph, Chicago, Illinois, USA	26	(2)
Lohan Associates
Hotel Sofitel, Chicago, Illinois, USA	28	(2)
Jean-Paul Viguier/s.a. d'architecture
Portland Federal Courthouse, Portland, Oregon, USA	30	(2)
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, P.C.
Westin New York at Times Square/E Walk, New York, New York, USA	32	(2)
Arquitectonica
LVMH Tower, New York, New York, USA	34	(2)
Atelier Christian de Portzamparc
The Conde Nast Building at Four Times Square, New York, New York, USA	36	(2)
Fox & Fowle Architects, P.C.
The Reuters Building, New York, New York, USA	38	(2)
Fox & Fowle Architects, P.C.
The Impala Building, New York, New York, USA	40	(2)
Michael Graves & Associates
350 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, USA	42	(2)
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Torre Mayor, Mexico City, Mexico	44	(2)
Zeidler Roberts Partnership
South America
Torre Paris Corporate Headquarters, Santiago, Chile	46	(1)
Loebl Schlossman & Hackl
ANTEL Telecommunications Tower, Montevideo, Uruguay	47	(1)
Carlos Ott International
Australia
Governor Philip Tower, Governor Macquarie Tower, Sydney, Australia	48	(2)
Denton Corker Marshall
155 Macquarie Street Tower, Sydney, Australia	50	(2)
Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Asia
The Center, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China	52	(2)
Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man Architects + Engineers (H. K.) Ltd
Olympia Plaza, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China	54	(2)
Wong Tung & Partners
Shanghai Information Town, Shanghai, People's Republic of China	56	(2)
Arquitectonica
Grand Gateway at Xu Jia Hui, Shanghai, People's Republic of China	58	(2)
Callison Architecture
Wan Xiang International Plaza, Shanghai, People's Republic of China	60	(2)
Ingenhoven Overdiek und Partner
Shanghai Information Center, Pudong, Shanghai, People's Republic of China	62	(2)
Nikken Sekkei Ltd.
Lujiazui-Itochu Building, Pudong, Shanghai, People's Republic of China	64	(2)
Sydness Architects, P.C.
China Insurance Building, Pudong, Shanghai, People's Republic of China	66	(1)
The Webb Zerafa Menkes Housden Partnership (WZMH)
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, Pudong, Shanghai, People's Republic of China	66	(2)
The Webb Zerafa Menkes Housden Partnership (WZMH)
21 Century Tower, Pudong, Shanghai, People's Republic of China	68	(2)
Murphy/Jahn, Inc., Architects
Jin Mao Tower, Pudong, Shanghai, People's Republic of China	70	(2)
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Jakarta Stock Exchange at Sudirman Central Business District, Jakarta, Indonesia	72	(2)
Brennan Beer Gorman/Architects
Nadya Park, Nagoya, Japan	74	(2)
Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz
Nippon Television Headquarters, Tokyo, Japan	76	(1)
The Richard Rogers Partnership
Seoul Broadcasting Centre, Seoul, Korea	76	(2)
The Richard Rogers Partnership
Menara UMNO, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia	78	(2)
T. R. Hamzah & Yeang Sdn Bhd
Telekom Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	80	(2)
Hijjas Kasturi Associates
Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	82	(2)
Cesar Pelli & Associates
AMA Tower, Metro Manila, Philippines	84	(1)
Perkins & Will
Scotts Tower, Singapore	85	(1)
Ong & Ong Architects Pte Ltd
Baiyoke Tower II, Bangkok, Thailand	86	(2)
Plan Architect Co., Ltd.
Europe
SEG Apartment Tower, Vienna, Austria	88	(2)
Coop Himmelb(l)au
Swiss Re London Headquarters, London, England	90	(2)
Foster and Partners
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation London Headquarters, London, England	92	(1)
Foster and Partners
25 Canada Square, London, England	93	(1)
Cesar Pelli & Associates
Tour Hines, Paris, France	94	(2)
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects LLP
Coeur Defense, Paris, France	96	(2)
Jean-Paul Viguier/s.a. d'architecture
High Rise at Olympia Park, Munich, Germany	98	(2)
Ingenhoven Overdiek und Partner
ARAG 2000 Tower, Dusseldorf, Germany	100	(1)
Rhode Kellermann Wawrowsky (RKW)
DaimlerChrysler Office Building, Berlin, Germany	101	(1)
Architekten Kollhoff & Timmermann
Sony Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany	102	(2)
Murphy/Jahn, Inc., Architects
Romantic Tower, Frankfurt/Main, Germany	104	(2)
Architekten Kollhoff & Timmermann
Main Tower, Frankfurt/Main, Germany	106	(2)
Architekten Schweger + Partner
Eurotheum, Frankfurt/Main, Germany	108	(2)
Novotny Mahner + Assoziierte
Commerzbank Headquarters, Frankfurt/Main, Germany	110	(2)
Foster and Partners
Generale Bank Tower, Rotterdam, The Netherlands	112	(2)
Murphy/Jahn, Inc., Architects
Warsaw Daewoo Center, Warsaw, Poland	114	(2)
RTKL Associates Inc.
Middle East
Nara Towers, Beirut, Lebanon	116	(2)
Perkins & Will
Kingdom Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	118	(2)
Ellerbe Becket
Emirates Twin Towers, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)	120	(2)
NORR Limited
Epilogue: The Elusive Dream	122	(8)
Martha Thorne
Biographies of Architects and Firms	130	(12)
Selected Sources	142	(1)
Index	143