The Black Skyscraper - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Black Skyscraper write by Adrienne Brown. This book was released on 2017-11-15. The Black Skyscraper available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A highly interdisciplinary work, The Black Skyscraper reclaims the influence of race on modern architectural design as well as the less-well-understood effects these designs had on the experience and perception of race.
Skyscraper Gothic
Skyscraper Gothic - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Skyscraper Gothic write by Kevin D. Murphy estate. This book was released on 2017-07-06. Skyscraper Gothic available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Of all building types, the skyscraper strikes observers as the most modern, in terms not only of height but also of boldness, scale, ingenuity, and daring. As a phenomenon born in late nineteenth-century America, it quickly became emblematic of New York, Chicago, and other major cities. Previous studies of these structures have tended to foreground examples of more evincing modernist approaches, while those with styles reminiscent of the great Gothic cathedrals of Europe were initially disparaged as being antimodernist or were simply unacknowledged. Skyscraper Gothic brings together a group of renowned scholars to address the medievalist skyscraper—from flying buttresses to dizzying spires; from the Chicago Tribune Tower to the Woolworth Building in Manhattan. Drawing on archival evidence and period texts to uncover the ways in which patrons and architects came to understand the Gothic as a historic style, the authors explore what the appearance of Gothic forms on radically new buildings meant urbanistically, architecturally, and socially, not only for those who were involved in the actual conceptualization and execution of the projects but also for the critics and the general public who saw the buildings take shape. Contributors: Lisa Reilly on the Gothic skyscraper ● Kevin Murphy on the Trinity and U.S. Realty Buildings ● Gail Fenske on the Woolworth Building ● Joanna Merwood-Salisbury on the Chicago School ● Katherine M. Solomonson on the Tribune Tower ● Carrie Albee on Atlanta City Hall ● Anke Koeth on the Cathedral of Learning ● Christine G. O'Malley on the American Radiator Building
Skyscrapers
Skyscrapers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Skyscrapers write by Judith Dupré. This book was released on 1996-01. Skyscrapers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Looks at the history of skyscrapers, describes fifty notable structures from around the world, and looks at the technology necessary to build such tall structures
Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871-1934
Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871-1934 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871-1934 write by Thomas Leslie. This book was released on 2013-05-15. Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871-1934 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A detailed tour, inside and out, of Chicago's distinctive towers from an earlier age For more than a century, Chicago's skyline has included some of the world's most distinctive and inspiring buildings. This history of the Windy City's skyscrapers begins in the key period of reconstruction after the Great Fire of 1871 and concludes in 1934 with the onset of the Great Depression, which brought architectural progress to a standstill. During this time, such iconic landmarks as the Chicago Tribune Tower, the Wrigley Building, the Marshall Field and Company Building, the Chicago Stock Exchange, the Palmolive Building, the Masonic Temple, the City Opera, Merchandise Mart, and many others rose to impressive new heights, thanks to innovations in building methods and materials. Solid, earthbound edifices of iron, brick, and stone made way for towers of steel and plate glass, imparting a striking new look to Chicago's growing urban landscape. Thomas Leslie reveals the daily struggles, technical breakthroughs, and negotiations that produced these magnificent buildings. He also considers how the city's infamous political climate contributed to its architecture, as building and zoning codes were often disputed by shifting networks of rivals, labor unions, professional organizations, and municipal bodies. Featuring more than a hundred photographs and illustrations of the city's physically impressive and beautifully diverse architecture, Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871–1934 highlights an exceptionally dynamic, energetic period of architectural progress in Chicago.
Skyscraper Facades of the Gilded Age
Skyscraper Facades of the Gilded Age - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Skyscraper Facades of the Gilded Age write by Joseph J. Korom, Jr.. This book was released on 2013-03-08. Skyscraper Facades of the Gilded Age available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is about the design of the facade of 51 of America's most extravagant early skyscrapers. Included are the biographies of noted architects and the aristocrats who financed America's first skyscrapers. This book discusses the influences of European aesthetic values in America--and scandals, rogues and class distinctions. Interpretations by contemporary critics are sprinkled throughout the text. Woven throughout the book are inquiries about the validity of Greek and Roman mythologies and their relationships to "modern" America and its spirit of invention and progress. Foreign traditions were challenged by some architects but then accepted by most. Why was it necessary for the long-dead hero of a faraway civilization to be included on the facade of a newly invented American skyscraper? This book tells why.
