Since the first skyscraper was erected a century ago, tall buildings have intrigued people everywhere. Today they are so commonplace that it is hard to imagine the modern landscape without them. But skyscrapers are more than relics of the 20th century; they have evolved, along with out technological, spatial and aesthetic needs, as the new urban landscape. Tall Buildings explores how the genre is being redefined for the 21st century, presenting a critical review of the current state of tall buildings, discussing structural inventions, programmatic innovations, and social and urbanistic implications. Twenty-six skyscrapers and highrise structures designed in the last decade around the world exemplify these concepts. Each project, fully illustrated, is accompanied by an explanatory text. Included are Santiago Calatrava's Turning Torso in Malmo; Norman Foster and Ove Arup and Partners' Swiss Re Headquarters in London; Steven Holl and Robert Silman's 5th Avenue and 42nd Street Tower; Hans Hollein and Josef Janda's Monte Laa Towers; Arata Isozaki and Toshiko Kimura's JR Ueno Railway Station; Rem Koolhaas's CCTV Tower in Beijing; Teodoro Gonzalez de Leon, Francisco Serrano and Alejandro Fierro's Los Arcos Bosques 1 in Mexico; Renzo Piano and Charles Thornton's New York Times Headquarters; Richard Rogers and Ove Arup and partners' HHR Tower in Korea; SOM's Jin Mao Tower; Dr. Kenneth Yeang and T.R. Hamzah's Elephant and Castle Eco-Tower; plus various World Trade Center proposals.
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25 projects in photos and tech. drawings on glossy paper,
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25 selected, half realized and half not projects are very well depicted in this survey by excellent photos, renderings, plans, sections, site plans, models, sketches, details, hard line presentation drawings, etc. There is a balance between larger photos and more numerous tech. drawings. The book "Skyscrapers: The New Millennium" (ISBN: 3791323431) includes more projects, but fewer tech. drawings.
CONTENTS: Foreword 7 Preface 8 Tall Building as Metaphor 10 PROJECTS 33 Edificio Manantiales, Santiago 34 Monte Laa PORR Towers, Vienna 38 Max Reinhardt Haus, Berlin 42 Elephant and Castle Eco Towers, London 46 Electricité de France (EDF) Headquarters, Paris 50 Landmark Lofts, New York 56 Arcos Bosques Corporativo, Mexico City 62 Fifth Avenue and Forty-second Street Tower, New York 68 30 St. Mary Axe, London 72 New York Times Headquarters, New York 80 Turning Torso, MalmO 86 Industrialized Housing System, Korea 92 122 Leadenhall Street, London 98 Central Chinese Television (CCTV) Tower, Beijing 102 Highcliff and The Summit, Hong Kong 110 JR Ueno Railway Station Redevelopment, Tokyo 116 London Bridge Tower, London 122 World Trade Center, New York 126 New York Times Headquarters, New York 132 Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai 138 Togok (XL Towers), Seoul 144 Kowloon Station Tower, Hong Kong 150 World Trade Center, New York 156 World Trade Center, New York 164 7 South Dearborn, Chicago 170 Appendix 177 Acknowledgments 187 Photograph Credits 189 Trustees of The Museum of Modern Art 191
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Wealth of visuals,
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This book by MOMA is tremendously informative and visual. Great images from drawings, renderings, models and actual building photos really enhance the viewing of this book. There is also a corresponding exhibition at the MOMA QNS from July 2004-Sept 2004.
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