Skyscrapers : who built that? : an introduction to skyscrapers and their architects
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2014.
Physical Description
83 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Uniform Title
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).