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Book

Skyscrapers : who built that? : an introduction to skyscrapers and their architects

Call Number

  • J 720.483 CORN (CEN)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2014.

Physical Description

83 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Summary

"Who Built That? Skyscrapers is a colorful tour of the world's tallest buildings and the larger-than-life personalities who built them. Beginning with a brief biographical sketch of each architect, illustrator Didier Cornille depicts the construction of eight of the world's skyscrapers."--Amazon.com.

Notes

"First published in France under the title Toutes les gratte-ciel sont dans la nature (c) 2012, Hélium, Paris, France."

Contents

  • Eiffel Tower: a tower made only of iron (1889, Gustave Eiffel)
  • Prudential (Guaranty) Building: an artistic skyscraper (1895, Louis Sullivan)
  • Chrysler Building: a celebration of the automobile (1930, William van Alen)
  • Seagram building: a simple and elegant tower (1958, Mies van der Rohe)
  • John Hancock Center: a city reaching to the sky (1969, Fazlur Rahman Khan)
  • Menara Mesiniaga: a bioclimatic tower (1992, Ken Yeang)
  • Torre Agbar: a festive tower (2005, Jean Nouvel)
  • Burj Khalifa: the tallest tower in the world (2010, Adrian Devaun Smith).

Subjects

Added Authors

Didier Cornille