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The Urban Towers Handbook: High-Rise and the City.

The Urban Towers Handbook: High-Rise and the City.

The Urban Towers Handbook: High-Rise and the City.

$85.00

Firley, Eric and Julie Gimbal
Wiley 2011
SKU: 87107

Provides a comprehensive comparative analysis of high-rise towers in their urban context and presents 30 in-depth case studies of iconic towers such as the Eiffel Tower, Chrysler Building, and Rockefeller Tower, as well as 40 contemporary and future towers, with analyses of each structure and its effect on the urban fabric. Further sections discuss the role of the high-rise in the city and in the modern conservation movement.

240 pp., color & b+w illus. Cl.