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- catalog abstract ""This consideration of the skyscraper explores the meanings, dimensions, and resonances of these notable structures - literally the highest achievements of our civilization. Featuring both historical and current commentary, Skyscraper offers a unique opportunity to see the tall building through the eyes of critics contemporary to their creation, as well as to evaluate its impact, influence, and development during the century-plus of its existence."--Cover.".
- catalog alternative "Architectural record.".
- catalog contributor b12682629.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""This consideration of the skyscraper explores the meanings, dimensions, and resonances of these notable structures - literally the highest achievements of our civilization. Featuring both historical and current commentary, Skyscraper offers a unique opportunity to see the tall building through the eyes of critics contemporary to their creation, as well as to evaluate its impact, influence, and development during the century-plus of its existence."--Cover.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]) and index.".
- catalog description "Prologue : Sky-scraper problem : a question of style -- New conditions/new forms : the promise of function -- Brave new world : an architecture for our time -- Between two worlds : the education of the architect -- Commercial problem : an image of the people -- Truth, goodness, and beauty : the fine art of architecture -- Subject to change : the expanding change -- Lessons soon forgotten : the passing of a prophet -- Restless object : the search for something more -- Advantage in magnitude : apotheosis of the tall building -- Epilogue : International style twenty years after / Henry-Russell Hitchcock.".
- catalog extent "xxiii, 297 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Skyscraper.".
- catalog identifier "0071369708 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Skyscraper.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : McGraw-Hill,".
- catalog relation "Skyscraper.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "720/.483/0973 21".
- catalog subject "Architectural criticism United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "NA6232 .S52 2003".
- catalog subject "Skyscrapers United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prologue : Sky-scraper problem : a question of style -- New conditions/new forms : the promise of function -- Brave new world : an architecture for our time -- Between two worlds : the education of the architect -- Commercial problem : an image of the people -- Truth, goodness, and beauty : the fine art of architecture -- Subject to change : the expanding change -- Lessons soon forgotten : the passing of a prophet -- Restless object : the search for something more -- Advantage in magnitude : apotheosis of the tall building -- Epilogue : International style twenty years after / Henry-Russell Hitchcock.".
- catalog title "Skyscraper : the search for an American style, 1891-1941 : annotated extracts from the first 50 years of Architectural record / edited by Roger Shepherd.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".