Skyscrapers / Judith Dupré ; introductory interview with Philip Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dupré, Judith, 1956-

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Skyscrapers.

Physical Description:

127 pages : illustrations ; 47 x 20 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Black Dog & Leventhal : Distributed by Workman, [1996]

Summary:

From the ancient Lighthouse at Alexandria to the Leaning Tower of Pisa, from the Empire State Building to the soon-to-be-completed 450-meter Petronas Towers in Malaysia, a comprehensive history of humankind's continuing urge to build ever higher. Fascinating and entertaining text and magnificent, towering, full-page photographs of 50 of the world's most innovative, stunning, and lofty skyscrapers. Facts at a glance for each building, with visual comparisons of relative heights. Features informative spreads on the technical developments of elevators, steel, glass, and other building materials, the growth of cities, and towers around the world. Unique 7.5" x 18" format. Printed on high-quality coated stock with nearly 200 black-and-white photos.

Contents:

Ancient Roots 10

Washington Monument, Washington, D.C., Thomas L. Casey 12

Home Insurance Building, Chicago, William Le Baron Jenney 14

Eiffel Tower, Paris, Gustave Eiffel 16

Ulm Cathedral, Ulm, Germany, Matthaus Boblinger 18

Wainwright Building, St. Louis, Missouri, Louis Sullivan 20

Reliance Building, Chicago, Burnham and Company 22

Flatiron (Fuller) Building, New York City, Daniel H. Burnham 24

Metropolitan Life Insurance Tower, New York City, Napoleon LeBrun & Sons 26

Woolworth Building, New York City, Cass Gilbert 28

Tribune Tower, Chicago, Raymond Hood and John M. Howells 30

Growth of a City: New York 32

Barclay-Vesey Building, New York City, McKenzie, Voorhees & Gmelin 34

Chrysler Building, New York City, William van Alen 36

Empire State Building, New York City, Shreve, Lamb & Harmon 38

PSFS Building, Philadelphia, George Howe and William Lescaze 40

Rockefeller Center, New York City, Reinhard and Hofmeister; Corbett, Harrison and MacMurray; Hood and Fouilhoux 42

Lever House, New York City, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill 44

Alcoa Building, Pittsburgh, Harrison and Abramovitz 46

Price Tower, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Frank Lloyd Wright 48

Seagram Building, New York City, Mies van der Rohe with Philip Johnson 50

Pirelli Tower, Milan, Gio Ponti with Pier Luigi Nervi 52

Materials and Technology 54

Pan Am Building, New York City, Emery Roth & Sons, Walter Gropius and Pietro Belluschi 56

Marina City, Chicago, Bertrand Goldberg 58

Lake Point Tower, Chicago, Schipporeit-Heinrich Associates 60

John Hancock Center, Chicago, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill 62

Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, William L. Pereira 64

World Trade Center, New York City, Minoru Yamasaki and Emery Roth & Sons 66

Sears Tower, Chicago, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill 68

John Hancock Tower, Boston, I. M. Pei & Partners 70

United Nations Plaza Hotel, New York City, Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates 72

Peachtree Plaza Hotel, Atlanta, John Portman & Associates 74

Towers 76

Citicorp Center, New York City, The Stubbins Associates 78

333 Wacker Drive, Chicago, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates 80

National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill 82

AT&T Headquarters, New York City, Johnson/Burgee Architects 84

NationsBank Center, Houston, Johnson/Burgee Architects 86

Rialto Towers, Melbourne, Australia, Gerard de Preu and Partners 88

First Interstate Bank Tower, Dallas, I. M. Pei & Partners 90

Lipstick Building, New York City, Johnson/Burgee Architects 92

OUB Centre, Singapore, Kenzo Tange Associates 94

Maybank Headquarters, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Hijjas Kasturi Associates 96

Visionary Cities 98

First Interstate Bank World Center, Los Angeles, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners 100

Messeturm, Frankfurt, Murphy/Jahn 102

Bank of China, Hong Kong, I. M. Pei & Partners 104

Canary Wharf Tower, London, Cesar Pelli & Associates 106

Tokyo City Hall Complex, Tokyo, Kenzo Tange Associates 108

DG Bank Headquarters, Frankfurt, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates 110

Landmark Tower, Yokohama, Japan, The Stubbins Associates 112

Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Cesar Pelli & Associates 114

Jin Mao Building, Shanghai, China, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill 116

Kuningan Persada Tower, Jakarta, Indonesia, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill 118

One Hundred Tallest Buildings 120.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 126) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

1884822452

OCLC:

34284683