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Rethinking the skyscraper : the complete architecture of Ken Yeang / Robert Powell.

By: Powell, Robert, 1942-.
Contributor(s): Yeang, Ken, 1948-.
Publisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 1999Description: 208 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.ISBN: 0500281556 (pbk.).Other title: Complete architecture of Ken Yeang.Subject(s): Yeang, Ken, 1948- | Yeang, Ken, 1948- -- Criticism and interpretation | Plants in architecture -- Malaysia | Skyscrapers -- Malaysia | SkyscrapersDDC classification: 720.092
Contents:
Introduction. A European upbringing. - Ch. 1. High aspirations. - Ch. 2. Focus on towers. - Ch. 3. Globalizing the discourse. - Ch. 4. Refining typologies. - Ch. 5. Research by design. - Ch. 6. Urban investigations. - Ch. 7. Thinking vertically. - Chronology. - Project data and collaborators. - T.R. Hamzah and Yeang Staff 1975-1998. - Teaching and advisory positions, exhibitions and awards. - Bibliography. - Acknowledgments. - Notes. - Index.
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"With 235 illustrations, 104 in colour" - T.p.

Introduction. A European upbringing. - Ch. 1. High aspirations. - Ch. 2. Focus on towers. - Ch. 3. Globalizing the discourse. - Ch. 4. Refining typologies. - Ch. 5. Research by design. - Ch. 6. Urban investigations. - Ch. 7. Thinking vertically. - Chronology. - Project data and collaborators. - T.R. Hamzah and Yeang Staff 1975-1998. - Teaching and advisory positions, exhibitions and awards. - Bibliography. - Acknowledgments. - Notes. - Index.