Form Follows Finance Skyscrapers and Skylines in New York and Chicago

Name: Form Follows Finance Skyscrapers and Skylines in New York and Chicago
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ISBN: 9781568980447

ISBN-10: 1568980442

ISBN-13: 9781568980447

Edition: 1995

Authors: Carol Willis

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Although fundamental factors of program, technology, and economics make tall buildings everywhere take similar forms, skyscrapers in New York and Chicago developed very differently in the first half of the twentieth century. In contrast to standard histories that counterpose the design philosophies of the Chicago and New York "schools," Willis shows how market formulas produced characteristic forms in each city - "vernaculars of capitalism" - that resulted from local land-use patterns, municipal codes, and zoning. Refuting some common clich s of skyscraper history such as the equation of big buildings with big business and the idea of a "corporate skyline," Willis emphasizes the importance…

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Publication date: 11/1/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Carol Willis , an architectural historian and founder of The Skyscraper Museum.