The American Skyscraper

Cultural Histories

Roberta Moudry

282 pages, parution le 22/06/2005

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Résumé

More than any other phenomenon, the skyscraper has determined the character of the American city, altering its physicality and land use patterns; prompting design, technological, and infrastructure developments; creating internal work environments; and redefining boundaries and expectations of individuals and groups defined by gender, class, and ethnicity. This volume examines the various dimensions of the skyscraper in its American urban context. Focusing on the major skyscraper cities of New York and Chicago between 1870 and 1960, the studies in this volume address many of the major aspects of the skyscraper through a diversity of disciplines, including planning and public policy, art and architectural history, labor and business history, and American studies. The result is a kaleidoscopic view of the skyscraper, a building type whose existence as object and icon is inextricably linked to the city itself.

L'auteur - Roberta Moudry

Roberta Moudry is a historian of American architecture and urbanism. A recipient of support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Getty Grant Program, and the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, she has taught in the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning at Cornell University and is the author of the forthcoming Met Life's Metropolis.

Sommaire

List of Illustrations
List of Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Makers and Users
- The Beaux-Arts architect and the skyscraper Gail Fenske
- Law makes order Keith Revell
- The female 'souls of the skyscraper' Lisa M. Fine
In the Image of the Client
- Type and building type Lee Gray
- Chicago's fraternity temples Edward Wolner
- The corporate and the civic Roberta Moudry
- The Chicago Tribune Tower competition Katerine Solomonson
Urban Contexts
- The heights and depths of urbanism Max Page
- Built languages of class Sarah Watts
- The skyscraper ensemble in its urban context Carol Herselle Krinsky
Popular Culture
- The shadow of the skyscraper Antonello Frongia
- The skyscraper, gender and mental life Merrill Schleier
- The sublime and the skyline David Nye
Selected Bibliography
Index

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Roberta Moudry
Parution	22/06/2005
Nb. de pages	282
Format	18,5 x 26
Couverture	Relié
Poids	927g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521624213
ISBN13	978-0-521-62421-3