Second Century of the Skyscraper: Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat [Paperback]

tenant is looming in importance. The owner is having more influence on the building. As Gerald D. Hines has said, there are indications that the desire for more discretionary time will lead to more residential high-rises dose to or in the midst of downtown office buildings. Downtown living could become the desired alternative. Tall buildings will be approached increasingly from the standpoint of an urban ecology - that what happens to apart can influence the whole. Provid? ing for public as well as private needs in a tall building project is just one example (facilities for schools, shops, religious, and other needs). More attention will be paid to maintaining streets as lively and interesting places. Will a new world's tallest be built? Will we go a mile high? The answer is probably yes to the first, no to the second. With the recent spate of super-tall buildings on the drawing boards, going to greater heights was in the back of many people's minds at the Chicago conference. But in the U nited States, at least, buildings of 70 to 80 stories would appear to provide needed space consistent with economy. The future, then, is described in depth by papers that go into specific areas.Planning and Environmental Criteria.- Introductory Review.- Philosophy of Tall Buildings.- The Philosophy and the Future of the Skyscraper.- History of Tall Buildings.- The Two Centuries of Technical Evolution Underlying the Skyscraper.- The Relative Value of Invention and the History of Tall Buildings.- Evolution of the Skyscraper: A History of the Tall Building in Chicago.- Social Effects of the Environment.- Times Arrow: Tall Moving Targets and Social Research.- Social and Environmental Factors of High-Rise Living: A Singapore Experience.- Socio-Political Influences.- The Urban Ecology of Tall Buildings.- Economics.- A Preliminary Model for the Economic Analysis of Tall Buildings.- Architecture.- Architecture and Society.- Tall Buildings as Symbols.- Considerations for Urban Architls!