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P/A/13. Skyscrapers development

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2500
DATE:
2006
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29.99 GBP

The paper examines skyscraper architecture comparing the earlier skyscrapers in New York and Chicago to the post-war tower forms and the new aesthetics of postmodernism. Ideological and technological factors behind the changing designs of tall buildings are discussed, the functions of skyscrapers in urban development are outlined.

 

KEYWORDS: skyscrapers, development,

 
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