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Second Century of the Skyscraper

Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

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  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. Lynn S. Beedle
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Table of contents (84 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
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  2. Planning and Environmental Criteria

    1. Introductory Review

      • Bill B. P. Lim
      Pages 1-2

    2. Philosophy of Tall Buildings

      1. The Philosophy and The Future of the Skyscraper
        • Alan Ritchie
        Pages 3-10

    4. Social Effects of the Environment

      1. Time’s Arrow: Tall Moving Targets and Social Research
        • David Cooperman
        Pages 53-58
      2. Social and Environmental Factors of High-Rise Living: A Singapore Experience
        • Bill B. P. Lim
        Pages 59-78

    5. Socio-Political Influences

      1. The Urban Ecology of Tall Buildings
        • Leonard I. Ruchelman
        Pages 79-85

    6. Economics

      1. A Preliminary Model for the Economic Analysis of Tall Buildings
        • John P. Wenzelberger, Henry Malcolm Steiner
        Pages 87-100

    7. Architecture

      1. Architecture and Society
        • Paul Goldberger
        Pages 101-115
      2. Tall Buildings as Symbols
        • Bruce J. Graham
        Pages 117-147
      3. Considerations for Urban Architecture and the Tall Building
        • William Pedersen
        Pages 149-164
      4. A Perspective on Architectural Directions
        • Harry Seidler
        Pages 165-181
      5. The Architecture of Large Buildings
        • Fred L. Foote
        Pages 183-188
      6. Impact of European Technical Culture on the Development of Tall Building Architecture
        • Giselher Hartung, Tom F. Peters
        Pages 189-199

    8. Interior Design

      1. Building Design Consultation
        • M. Arthur Gensler Jr., Antony Harbour
        Pages 201-208
      2. The Inside Story: How Structure and Services Impact Office Design in Tall Buildings
        • Moira Moser
        Pages 209-227

    9. Urban Planning and Design

      1. Chicago Update
        • Elizabeth L. Hollander
        Pages 229-232
      2. San Francisco Downtown Plan and the Skyscraper
        • George Williams
        Pages 233-255
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tenant is looming in importance. The owner is having more influence on the building. As Gerald D. Hines has said, there are indications that the desire for more discretionary time will lead to more residential high-rises dose to or in the midst of downtown office buildings. Downtown living could become the desired alternative. Tall buildings will be approached increasingly from the standpoint of an urban ecology - that what happens to apart can influence the whole. Provid­ ing for public as well as private needs in a tall building project is just one example (facilities for schools, shops, religious, and other needs). More attention will be paid to maintaining streets as lively and interesting places. Will a new "world's tallest" be built? Will we go a mile high? The answer is probably "yes" to the first, "no" to the second. With the recent spate of super-tall buildings on the drawing boards, going to greater heights was in the back of many people's minds at the Chicago conference. But in the U nited States, at least, buildings of 70 to 80 stories would appear to provide needed space consistent with economy. The future, then, is described in depth by papers that go into specific areas.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Second Century of the Skyscraper

  • Book Subtitle: Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

  • Editors: Lynn S. Beedle

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6581-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-6583-9Published: 25 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-6581-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 1108

  • Topics: Civil Engineering, Architecture, general

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