Second Century Of The Skyscraper

Author : Council on Tall Buildings & Urban
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1088 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781468465815

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Second Century of the Skyscraper by Council on Tall Buildings & Urban Pdf

tenant is looming in importance. The owner is having more influence on the building. As Gerald D. Hines has said, there are indications that the desire for more discretionary time will lead to more residential high-rises dose to or in the midst of downtown office buildings. Downtown living could become the desired alternative. Tall buildings will be approached increasingly from the standpoint of an urban ecology - that what happens to apart can influence the whole. Provid ing for public as well as private needs in a tall building project is just one example (facilities for schools, shops, religious, and other needs). More attention will be paid to maintaining streets as lively and interesting places. Will a new "world's tallest" be built? Will we go a mile high? The answer is probably "yes" to the first, "no" to the second. With the recent spate of super-tall buildings on the drawing boards, going to greater heights was in the back of many people's minds at the Chicago conference. But in the U nited States, at least, buildings of 70 to 80 stories would appear to provide needed space consistent with economy. The future, then, is described in depth by papers that go into specific areas.

Author : Lynn S. Beedle
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1144 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015013199263

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Second Century of the Skyscraper by Lynn S. Beedle Pdf

tenant is looming in importance. The owner is having more influence on the building. As Gerald D. Hines has said, there are indications that the desire for more discretionary time will lead to more residential high-rises dose to or in the midst of downtown office buildings. Downtown living could become the desired alternative. Tall buildings will be approached increasingly from the standpoint of an urban ecology - that what happens to apart can influence the whole. Provid ing for public as well as private needs in a tall building project is just one example (facilities for schools, shops, religious, and other needs). More attention will be paid to maintaining streets as lively and interesting places. Will a new "world's tallest" be built? Will we go a mile high? The answer is probably "yes" to the first, "no" to the second. With the recent spate of super-tall buildings on the drawing boards, going to greater heights was in the back of many people's minds at the Chicago conference. But in the U nited States, at least, buildings of 70 to 80 stories would appear to provide needed space consistent with economy. The future, then, is described in depth by papers that go into specific areas.

Author : Lynn S. Beedle
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1144 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1988-04-30
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015045637603

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Second Century of the Skyscraper by Lynn S. Beedle Pdf

tenant is looming in importance. The owner is having more influence on the building. As Gerald D. Hines has said, there are indications that the desire for more discretionary time will lead to more residential high-rises dose to or in the midst of downtown office buildings. Downtown living could become the desired alternative. Tall buildings will be approached increasingly from the standpoint of an urban ecology - that what happens to apart can influence the whole. Provid ing for public as well as private needs in a tall building project is just one example (facilities for schools, shops, religious, and other needs). More attention will be paid to maintaining streets as lively and interesting places. Will a new "world's tallest" be built? Will we go a mile high? The answer is probably "yes" to the first, "no" to the second. With the recent spate of super-tall buildings on the drawing boards, going to greater heights was in the back of many people's minds at the Chicago conference. But in the U nited States, at least, buildings of 70 to 80 stories would appear to provide needed space consistent with economy. The future, then, is described in depth by papers that go into specific areas.

Author : Blair A. Ruble
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2001-05-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0521801796

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Second Metropolis by Blair A. Ruble Pdf

This book explores how social fragmentation led to pluralistic public policies in Chicago, Moscow, and Osaka.

Author : Adrienne Brown
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781421423838

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The Black Skyscraper by Adrienne Brown Pdf

A highly interdisciplinary work, The Black Skyscraper reclaims the influence of race on modern architectural design as well as the less-well-understood effects these designs had on the experience and perception of race.

Author : Joseph J. Korom
Publisher : Branden Books
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0828321884

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The American Skyscraper, 1850-1940 by Joseph J. Korom Pdf

The skyscraper is an American invention that has captured the public's imagination for over a century. The tall building is wholly manmade and borne in the minds of those with both slide rules and computers. This is the story of the skyscraper's rise and the recognition of those individuals who contributed to its development. This volume is unique; its approach, information, and images are fresh and telling. The text examines America's first tall buildings -- the result of twelve years of in-depth research by an accomplished and published architect and architectural historian. Over 300 compelling photographs, charts, and notes make this the ultimate tool of reference for this subject. Biographies woven throughout with period norms, politics and lifestyles help to place featured skyscrapers in context. Quite simply, there is no book like this. The text, carefully and insightfully written, is clear, concise, and easily digestible, the text being the product of well-documented original research written in an informative tone. The American Skyscraper 1850-1940: A Celebration of Height is a richly documented journey of a fascinating topic, and it promises to be a superb addition to libraries, schools of architecture, students of architecture, and lovers of art.

Author : Donald L. Miller
Publisher : Rosetta Books
Page : 1084 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780795339851

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City of the Century by Donald L. Miller Pdf

“A wonderfully readable account of Chicago’s early history” and the inspiration behind PBS’s American Experience (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times). Depicting its turbulent beginnings to its current status as one of the world’s most dynamic cities, City of the Century tells the story of Chicago—and the story of America, writ small. From its many natural disasters, including the Great Fire of 1871 and several cholera epidemics, to its winner-take-all politics, dynamic business empires, breathtaking architecture, its diverse cultures, and its multitude of writers, journalists, and artists, Chicago’s story is violent, inspiring, passionate, and fascinating from the first page to the last. The winner of the prestigious Great Lakes Book Award, given to the year’s most outstanding books highlighting the American heartland, City of the Century has received consistent rave reviews since its publication in 1996, and was made into a six-hour film airing on PBS’s American Experience series. Written with energetic prose and exacting detail, it brings Chicago’s history to vivid life. “With City of the Century, Miller has written what will be judged as the great Chicago history.” —John Barron, Chicago Sun-Times “Brims with life, with people, surprise, and with stories.” —David McCullough, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of John Adams and Truman “An invaluable companion in my journey through Old Chicago.” —Erik Larson, New York Times–bestselling author of The Devil in the White City

Author : Michael Yit Lin Chew
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2000-12-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789813102729

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Construction Technology for Tall Buildings by Michael Yit Lin Chew Pdf

This new edition of Construction Technology for Tall Buildings comprehensively revises and expands the previous edition, incorporating new topics and many new figures. The text introduces the latest construction practices and processes for tall buildings from foundation to roof. It acquaints the reader with the methods, materials, equipment and systems used for the construction of tall buildings. The book progresses through the stages of site investigation, excavation and foundations, basement construction, structural systems for the superstructure, site and material handling, wall and floor construction, cladding and roof construction. The construction sequence, and the merits and limitations of the various proprietary systems commonly used in these stages, are discussed. The target readers are practitioners and students in the related professions, including architecture, engineering, building, real estate, project and property management, quantity and land surveying.

Author : David Ward,Olivier Zunz
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1992-07-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781610445504

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Landscape of Modernity by David Ward,Olivier Zunz Pdf

New York City stands as the first expression of the modern city, a mosaic of disparate neighborhoods born in 1898 with the amalgamation of the five boroughs and shaped by the passions of developers and regulators, architects and engineers, politicians and reformers, immigrant entrepreneurs and corporate builders. Through their labor, their ideals, and their often fierce battles, the physical and social dimensions—the landscape—of the modern city were forged. The original essays in The Landscape of Modernity tell the compelling story of the growth of New York City from 1900 to 1940, from the beginnings of its skyscraper skyline to the expanding reaches of suburbanization. At the beginning of the century, New York City was already one of the world's leading corporate and commercial centers. The Zoning Ordinance of 1916, initially proposed by Fifth Avenue merchants as a means of halting the uptown spread of the garment industry, became the nation's first comprehensive zoning law and the proving ground for a new occupation—the urban planner. During the 1920s, frenzied development created a vertical metamorphosis in Manhattan's booming business district, culminating in its most spectacularly modern icon, the Empire State Building. The city also spread laterally, with the controversial development of subway systems and the creation of the powerful Port of New York Authority, whose new bridges and tunnels decentralized the population and industry of New York. New York's older ethnic enclaves were irrevocably altered by this new urban landscape: the Lower East Side's Jewish community was nearly dismantled by the flight of the garment industry and the attractiveness of new suburbs, while Little Italy fought government forces eager to homogenize commercial use of the streets by eliminating the traditional pushcart peddlers. Illustrated with striking photographs and maps, The Landscape of Modernity links important scenes of growth and development to the larger political, economic, social, and cultural processes of the early twentieth century.

Author : Jason M. Barr
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780199344369

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Building the Skyline by Jason M. Barr Pdf

Manhattan's natural history -- Mannahatta to Manhattan: settlement to grid plan -- Land use before the Civil War -- The tenements and the skyline -- The economics of skyscraper height -- Measuring the skyline -- The bedrock myth -- The birth of Midtown -- Edifice complex? The cause of the 1920s building boom -- What's Manhattan worth? 150 years of land values

Author : Frank Alfred Randall,John D. Randall
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0252024168

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History of the Development of Building Construction in Chicago by Frank Alfred Randall,John D. Randall Pdf

"The second edition of History of the Development of Building Construction in Chicago is a tribute to Frank Randall's vision and resource to Chicago area architects, engineers, preservation specialists, and other members of the building industry."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Robert M. Wallace
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 878 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005-04-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521844843

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Hegel's Philosophy of Reality, Freedom, and God by Robert M. Wallace Pdf

Showing the relevance of Hegel's arguments, this book discusses both original texts and their interpretations.

Author : Michael Yit Lin Chew
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789813220706

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Construction Technology for Tall Buildings by Michael Yit Lin Chew Pdf

This 5th edition covers the latest practices and processes of various alternative methods for the construction of tall buildings from foundation to roof. The text progresses through the stages of site investigation, excavation and earthmoving, foundation construction, basement construction, structural systems for the superstructure, site and material handling, wall and floor construction, external wall and roof construction. The planning, safety and environmental considerations, methods, materials, equipment, and construction sequence of the various proprietary systems for each of these respectively stages are discussed. The target readers are practitioners and students in building and construction professions including architecture, engineering, project and facilities management, building and construction management, real estate, quantity and land surveying.

Author : Carol Willis
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1995-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1568980442

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Form Follows Finance by Carol Willis Pdf

In contrast to standard histories that counterpose the design philosophies of the Chicago and New York "schools," Form Follows Finance shows how market formulas produced characteristic forms in each city - "vernaculars of capitalism" - that resulted from local land-use patterns, municipal codes, and zoning. Refuting some common cliches of skyscraper history such as the equation of big buildings with big business and the idea of a "corporate skyline," this book emphasizes the importance of speculative development and the impact of real estate cycles on the forms of buildings.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : ASTM International
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Modern Stone Cladding by Anonim Pdf