This work surveys the early days of the New York skyscraper up to 1913. It investigates the role of engineers in skyscraper construction, the evolution of the metal frame, fireproofing technology, and the relation of form and style features to site conditions and building code provisions.
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This work surveys the early days of the New York skyscraper up to 1913. It investigates the role of engineers in skyscraper construction, the evolution of the metal frame, fireproofing technology, and the relation of form and style features to site conditions and building code provisions.
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Good. The book is nice and 100% readable, but the book has visible wear which may include stains, scuffs, scratches, folded edges, sticker glue, highlighting, notes, and worn corners.
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HARDCOVER Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Oversized.
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Very Good. Size: 11x8x1; Yale University Press; New Haven, 1996. Hardcover. Book is heavy and additional shipping cost may apply. A Very Good, grey binding with silver lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, bit of crimping to spine edges, some rubbing to board and spine edges, small rub mark bottom text block corner, previous owner embossed stamp bottom half title page, bit of sunning to page margins, in a Very Good, some handling/scuff marks to panels, mild edge/corner wear, Mylar protected, Dust wrapper. A nice and clean copy. 4to[quarto or approx. 11.5 x 13.5 inches], 478pp., notes, bibliography, indexed, b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
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Like New. Excellent Dust Jacket. Size: 8x1x11; A Nice Clean, Square, Unmarked Copy; Both Book and Dust Jacket are just about As New. This oversized hardcover book has 478 pages including many photos and illustrations. The copyright page shows 1996 as the published date. I have placed a fresh mylar jacket on this great book. We always ship in a sturdy box.
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Near fine in near fine jacket. Many Illus. 478pp. 4to, gray cloth, d.w. New Haven: Yale University Press, (1996). Near Fine Presentation copy from Sarah Bradford Landau. Sarah Bradford Landau was vice chairman of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.
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New. 0300064446. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED-496 pp; 206 black and white illus., 8 1/2 x 11--Winner of the 1997 American Institute of Architects International Architecture Book Award; Winner of a 1997 American Institute of Architects International Architecture Book Award in the category of history; Winner of The Victorian Society in America's 1996 Ruth Emery Book Award * "No one who cares about the history of the skyscraper, its function, its technology, its form, and its symbolism can overlook this book. "--Robert A. M. Stern * "A definitive history of the rise of skyscraper architecture in the place where it really started. "--Adolf K. Placzek, Avery Librarian Emeritus * The invention of the New York skyscraper is one of the most fascinating developments in the history of architecture. From the seven-and-a-half-story Equitable Life Assurance Society Building, the first business building to realize the possibilities of the elevator, to the world-famous Woolworth Building, hailed after its completion in 1913 as the "Cathedral of Commerce, " New York City's early tall buildings transformed the appearance of the city and played a critically important role in the evolution of this "made-in-America" building type. * This authoritative book chronicles the history of New York's first skyscrapers, challenging conventional wisdom that it was in Chicago and not in New York that the skyscraper was born. Two experts--an architectural historian and a historian of technology--draw on rich and diverse contemporary sources in order to provide in-depth coverage of developments in commerce, land use, technology, design, and zoning law as they related to the New York skyscraper. Landau and Condit investigate the key role of engineers in skyscraper construction; the evolution of the metal frame, fireproofing technology, and elevator transport; and the relation of form and style features to site conditions and building code provisions. They discuss the architectural and engineering history of specific buildings: the monumental high-rises of the first half of the 1890s, which were expressions of corporate power and authority; the buildings constructed on speculation by anonymous real estate interests in the second half of the 1890s; the major works of the first decade of the twentieth century (among them the Times and West Street buildings); and such culminating works as the Singer Building, Metropolitan Life tower, and Bankers Trust Building. Throughout they report on the public's (often scathing) response to these great buildings looming in their midst. --AUTHOR: Sarah Bradford Landau is a professor of art history at New York University and vice chairman of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. Her books and articles have focused on the work of nineteenth-century New York architects. Carl W. Condit is professor emeritus of art history and history at Northwestern University and author of numerous books on Chicago and New York architecture and transportation systems. --with a bonus offer--
