Skyscrapers--An Urban Type
Contributors: R. Benson (Translator)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Birkhauser
Published: June 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9783764361303
Subjects: Architectural structure & design; Architecture; Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings; Architektur; Hochhäuser; Konstruktion; Non-Classifiable; Political Science / City Planning & Urban Development; Wolkenkratzer; Skyscrapers
First sentence: Constructing tall buildings, higher than their surroundings, towering above the city, structures that display and manifest themselves: for thousands of years now, human beings have been occupying themselves with this task.