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Skyscraper : the search for an American style, 1891-1941 : annotated extracts from the first 50 years of Architectural Record / edited by Roger Shepherd

Contributor(s): Series: [An architectural record book]Publication details: N.Y. : McGraw-Hill, c2003Description: xxiii, 297 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0071369708 (hbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 720.4830973 SKY
Contents:
- 8. Restless Object : The Search for Something More. The Park Avenue Building, New York City : The Evolution of a Style. Economics of the Skyscraper. American Architecture Today - Part 1 : The Search for "Something More." In the Cause of Architecture VII : Sheet Metal and the Modern Instance. St. Mark's Tower : St. Mark's in the Bouwerie, New York City. - 9. Advantage in Magnitude : Apotheosis of the Tall Building. The Economic Design of Office Buildings. What is the Rockefeller Radio City? Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: New Home Office Building in New York City. - Epilogue : The International Style Twenty Years After. - Recommended Reading. - Index. - Photo Credits.
Preface. - Prologue : The Sky-Scraper Problem : A Question of Style. Modern Architecture - A Conversation. Architectural Record Through 75 Years. By Way of Introduction. - 1. New Conditions/New Forms : The Promise of Function. Skeleton Construction : The New Method of Constructing High Buildings. Iron Construction in New York City : Past and Future. - 2. Brave New World : An Architecture for Our Time. Last Words About the World's Fair. Modern Architecture The "Sky-Scraper" Up-To-Date. Architectural Appreciations - No. II : The "Flatiron" or Fuller Building. - 3. Between Two Worlds : The Education of the Architect. The Evolution of a Skyscraper. A Beaux-Arts Skyscraper -The Blair Building, New York City. A Rational Skyscraper. - 4. The Commercial Problem : An Image of the People. The Economy of the Office Building. The Art of High Building. The First Concrete Skyscraper. The Schlesinger & Maher Building : An Attempt to Give Functional Expression to the Architecture of a Department Store. Another View--What Mr. Sullivan Stands For. - 5. Truth, Goodness, and Beauty : The Fine Art of Architecture. A Plea for Beauty. Some Recent Skyscrapers. The Larkin Building in Buffalo. Architecture in the United States III : The Skyscraper. The Crown of the Skyscraper. Additions to Chicago's Skyline: A Few Recent Skyscrapers. The New Architecture : The First American Type of Real Value. The Towers of Manhattan and Notes on the Woolworth Building. - 6. Subject to Change : The Expanding Change. Twenty-Five Years of American Architecture. The Chicago Tribune Competition. The American Radiator Building, New York City : Raymond M. Hood, Architect. - 7. Lessons Soon Forgotten : The Passing of a Prophet. Louis Sullivan - An Old Master. The Evolution of an Architectural Design: The Tribune Building Tower, Chicago.
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- 8. Restless Object : The Search for Something More. The Park Avenue Building, New York City : The Evolution of a Style. Economics of the Skyscraper. American Architecture Today - Part 1 : The Search for "Something More." In the Cause of Architecture VII : Sheet Metal and the Modern Instance. St. Mark's Tower : St. Mark's in the Bouwerie, New York City. - 9. Advantage in Magnitude : Apotheosis of the Tall Building. The Economic Design of Office Buildings. What is the Rockefeller Radio City? Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: New Home Office Building in New York City. - Epilogue : The International Style Twenty Years After. - Recommended Reading. - Index. - Photo Credits.

Preface. - Prologue : The Sky-Scraper Problem : A Question of Style. Modern Architecture - A Conversation. Architectural Record Through 75 Years. By Way of Introduction. - 1. New Conditions/New Forms : The Promise of Function. Skeleton Construction : The New Method of Constructing High Buildings. Iron Construction in New York City : Past and Future. - 2. Brave New World : An Architecture for Our Time. Last Words About the World's Fair. Modern Architecture The "Sky-Scraper" Up-To-Date. Architectural Appreciations - No. II : The "Flatiron" or Fuller Building. - 3. Between Two Worlds : The Education of the Architect. The Evolution of a Skyscraper. A Beaux-Arts Skyscraper -The Blair Building, New York City. A Rational Skyscraper. - 4. The Commercial Problem : An Image of the People. The Economy of the Office Building. The Art of High Building. The First Concrete Skyscraper. The Schlesinger & Maher Building : An Attempt to Give Functional Expression to the Architecture of a Department Store. Another View--What Mr. Sullivan Stands For. - 5. Truth, Goodness, and Beauty : The Fine Art of Architecture. A Plea for Beauty. Some Recent Skyscrapers. The Larkin Building in Buffalo. Architecture in the United States III : The Skyscraper. The Crown of the Skyscraper. Additions to Chicago's Skyline: A Few Recent Skyscrapers. The New Architecture : The First American Type of Real Value. The Towers of Manhattan and Notes on the Woolworth Building. - 6. Subject to Change : The Expanding Change. Twenty-Five Years of American Architecture. The Chicago Tribune Competition. The American Radiator Building, New York City : Raymond M. Hood, Architect. - 7. Lessons Soon Forgotten : The Passing of a Prophet. Louis Sullivan - An Old Master. The Evolution of an Architectural Design: The Tribune Building Tower, Chicago.