Sagaciously and economically avoiding color, the book's black, gray, and white composition leads your mind to the steel, stone, and concrete that comprise most skyscrapers. Wisconsin architecture professor Wayne Attoe did a graphic text on Skylines in 1981. It was produced as a short-broad book to convey the notion of horizon. In it he depicted and described many skylines toward the understanding and molding of urban silhouettes. But he never wrote any discussion of the distinctive tall buildings that make up those skylines.
Skyscrapers now provides in graphic prose that missing element.
Most coffee table books are showpieces, as is Skyscrapers . But spending time with it is bound to take you up. M.D. Morris, P.E. is a writer and editor living in Ithaca, New York, who worked at building tall ones.