03008nam a2200313Ia 4500 pucpr 20240319124227.0 130524s2008 nyua b 001 0 eng 9781579127879 1579129420 pucpr eng pucpr pucpr rda CARIBET NA6230 D87 2008 720.483 22 Dupré, Judith 1956- 218927 Skyscrapers : Judith Dupré. a history of the world's most extraordinary buildings. / txt New York : Black Dog & Leventhal : Distributed by Workman , 2008. 147 p. ill. ; 47 cm. book rdacontent text txt rdamedia unmediaded n rdacarrier volume nc Include index. Includes bibliographical references. Contents: Foreword -- Introductory Interview with Adrian Smith -- 12 Ancient Roots -- 14 Washington Monument -- 16 Home Insurance Building -- 18 Eiffel Tower -- 20 Ulm Cathedral -- 22 Wainwright Building -- 24 Reliance Building -- 26 Flatiron (Fuller) Building -- 28 Metropolitan Life Insurance lower -- 30 Woolworth Building -- 32 Tribune Tower -- 34 Growth of a City: New York -- 36 Barclay-Vesey Building -- 38 Chrysler Building -- 40 Empire State Building -- 42 PSFS Building -- 44 Rockefeller Center -- 46 Lever House -- 48 Alcoa Building -- 50 Price Tower -- 52 Seagram Building -- 54 Pirelli Tower -- 56 Materials and Technology -- 58 Pan Am Building -- 60 Marina City -- 62 Lake Point Tower -- 64 John Hancock Center -- 66 Transamerica Pyramid -- 68 World Trade Center -- 70 Sears Tower -- 72 John Hancock Tower -- 74 United Nations Plaza Hotel -- 76 Peachtree Plaza Hotel -- 78 Towers -- 80 Citicorp Center -- 82 / 333 Wacker Drive -- 84 National Commercial Bank -- 86 AT&T Headquarters -- 88 An Interview with Philip Johnson -- 90 Bank of America Center -- 92 Fountain Place -- 94 Lipstick Building -- 96 OUB Centre -- 98 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Headquarters -- 100 Menara Maybank -- 102 Visionary Cities -- 104 U.S. Bank Tower -- 106 Messeturm -- 108 Bank of China -- 110 Tokyo City Hall -- 112 Westendstrasse I -- 114 Landmark Tower -- 116 Crédit Lyonnais Tower -- 118 Petronas Towers -- 120 Jin Mao Tower -- 122 Burj Al Arab -- 124 Aurora Place -- 126 / 30 St Mary Axe -- 128 Taipei 101 -- 130 HSB Turning Torso -- 132 Bank of America Tower -- 134 Shanghai World Financial Center -- 136 Burj Dubai -- 138 Aqua -- 140 Chicago Spire -- 142 One World Trade Center -- 144 Phare Tower -- 146 Tour de Verre -- 148 Into the Blue -- 152 / 100 Tallest Buildings in the World -- 154 Additional Resources -- 155 Index -- 159 Image Sources -- 160 Acknowledgments -- Skyscrapers 170943 History. Skyscrapers 170943 Pictorial works. Smith, Adrian D. 1944- 300998 lcc 6 NA6230 Oversize D87 2008 220834 220834 0 0 lcc 0 0 4 4 64 2010-12-20 Amazon 16.47 514064 0 Oversize NA6230 D87 2008 91000000018481 2024-08-23 13:08:49 1 26.47 2010-12-20 6