Inventing the skyline
Subtitle: the architecture of Cass Gilbert
By: edited by Margaret Heilbrun ; with an introduction by Hugh Hardy.
Contributors: Heilbrun, Margaret.; New York Historical Society.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
Subjects: Gilbert, Cass, -- 1859-1934 -- Exhibitions.; Eclecticism in architecture -- United States -- Exhibitions.; Architectural drawing -- Private collections -- New York (State) -- New York -- Exhibitions.; Architectural drawing -- New York (State) -- New York -- Exhibitions.
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: "The essays by major Gilbert scholars and the individual histories of twelve major commissions featured in an exhibit by the New-York Historical Society document the variety and brilliance of Gilbert's architecture, as well as the process of each project: from commission through design to construction and completion.

Each discussion illuminates different aspects of Gilbert's work, including the administrative structure of his office and his relationship with engineers, contractors, and clients; his designs for skyscrapers; his work as an urban planner; and his office's use of architectural drawings."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the New-York Historical Society, summer-fall 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.