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Tall building : imagining the skyscraper

Title
Tall building : imagining the skyscraper / Scott Johnson.
Author
Johnson, Scott, 1951-
Publication
Los Angeles, Calif. : Balcony, ©2008.

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Description
284 pages : illustrations, plans; 37 cm
Summary
"Tall Building explores what the skyscraper evokes in us as a curious and complex technical achievement and also as a powerful image that has inspired artists for over 100 years."--Inside jacket.
Subject
  • 1800-1999
  • Skyscrapers
  • Architecture, Modern > 19th century
  • Architecture, Modern > 20th century
  • Architecture, Modern
  • skyscrapers
  • Architektur
  • Hochhaus
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-267) and index.
Contents
Inevitable skyscraper -- The enrichment of vertical space -- The environmental skyscraper -- Designer skyscraper -- FutureTall -- Art skyscrapers.
ISBN
  • 9781890449476
  • 1890449474
LCCN
2008934541
OCLC
  • ocn227919983
  • 227919983
  • SCSB-8801595
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library