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Edward Denison

How to Read Skyscrapers

A Crash Course in High-Rise Architecture

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The ultimate field guide to the icon of modern architecture - the skyscraper - in a handy format small enough to fit in a back pocket while providing serious information.The scope of the book is deliberately broad, with a thematic first section that describes the skyscraper's historical evolution from antecedents rooted in the very human desire for a commanding height, and then a geographical second section. Conceptual chapters introduce advancements in engineering and materials that permitted the first tall buildings to rise at the end of the 19th century and explore the skyscraper's role in fuelling our imaginations through different modes… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Beech, Nick
  • ISBN: 978-0-7893-3557-9
  • EAN: 9780789335579
  • Produktnummer: 27821354
  • Verlag: Random House N.Y.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
  • Seitenangabe: 256 S.
  • Masse: H16.6 cm x B13.9 cm x D2.0 cm 392 g
  • Abbildungen: Farb. Abb.
  • Gewicht: 392

Über den Autor


Edward Denison is an architectural historian, writer and photographer. He teaches Architectural History and Theoryat the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, and has published numerous books, including: Ultra-Modernism: Architecture and Modernity in Manchuria, The Life of the British Home- An Architectural History, and Asmara: Africa's Secret Modernist City

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