Form follows Finance
Subtitle: Skyscrapers and Skylines in New York and Chicago
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Published: December 18, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9781568980706
Subjects: Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc; New York; Commercial Buildings Architecture; Architecture; USA; New York (State); History - General; Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings; Non-Classifiable; Chicago; Economic aspects; Illinois; Office buildings
First sentence: Fundamental factors of function and economics make tall buildings everywhere take similar forms, yet skyscrapers in New york and Chicago developed very differently in the first half of this century.