| Preface | |
| Prologue: The Sky-Scraper Problem: A Question of Style | |
| Modern Architecture - A Conversation | |
| Architectural Record Through 75 Years | |
| By Way of Introduction | p. 3 |
| New Conditions/New Forms: The Promise of Function | p. 8 |
| Skeleton Construction: The New Method of Constructing High Buildings | p. 13 |
| Iron Construction in New York City: Past and Future | p. 21 |
| Brave New World: An Architecture for Our Time | p. 30 |
| Last Words About The World's Fair | p. 35 |
| Modern Architecture | p. 39 |
| The "Sky-Scraper" Up-to-Date | p. 51 |
| Architectural Appreciations - No. II: The "Flatiron" or Fuller Building | p. 65 |
| Between Two Worlds: The Education of the Architect | p. 70 |
| The Evolution of a Skyscraper | p. 75 |
| A Beaux-Arts Skyscraper - The Blair Building, New York City | p. 83 |
| A Rational Skyscraper | p. 87 |
| The Commercial Problem: An Image of the People | p. 92 |
| The Economy of the Office Building | p. 97 |
| The Art of High Building | p. 107 |
| The First Concrete Skyscraper | p. 115 |
| The Schlesinger & Mayer Building: An Attempt to Give Functional Expression to the Architecture of a Department Store | p. 121 |
| Another View - What Mr. Louis Sullivan Stands For | p. 124 |
| Truth, Goodness, and Beauty: The Fine Art of Architecture | p. 126 |
| A Plea for Beauty | p. 129 |
| Some Recent Skyscrapers | p. 135 |
| The Larkin Building in Buffalo | p. 147 |
| Architecture in the United States III: The Skyscraper | p. 155 |
| The Crown of the Skyscraper | p. 162 |
| Additions to Chicago's Skyline: A Few Recent Skyscrapers | p. 165 |
| The New Architecture: The First American Type of Real Value | p. 173 |
| The Towers of Manhattan and Notes on the Woolworth Building | p. 181 |
| Subject to Change: The Expanding Change | p. 190 |
| Twenty-Five Years of American Architecture | p. 193 |
| The Chicago Tribune Competition | p. 199 |
| The American Radiator Building, New York City: Raymond M. Hood, Architect | p. 205 |
| Lessons Soon Forgotten: The Passing of a Prophet | p. 210 |
| Louis Sullivan - An Old Master | p. 213 |
| The Evolution of an Architectural Design: The Tribune Building Tower Chicago | p. 221 |
| Restless Object: The Search for Something More | p. 226 |
| The Park Avenue Building, New York City: The Evolution of a Style | p. 231 |
| Economics of the Skyscraper | p. 239 |
| American Architecture Today - Part I: The Search for "Something More" | p. 245 |
| In the Cause of Architecture VII: Sheet Metal and the Modern Instance | p. 251 |
| St. Mark's Tower: St. Mark's in the Bouwerie, New York City | p. 257 |
| Advantage in Magnitude: Apotheosis of the Tall Building | p. 258 |
| The Economic Design of Office Buildings | p. 263 |
| What is the Rockefeller Radio City? | p. 273 |
| Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: New Home Office Building in New York City | p. 277 |
| Epilogue: The International Style Twenty Years After | p. 281 |
| Recommended Reading | p. 291 |
| Index | p. 292 |
| Photo Credits | p. 297 |
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