Skyscraper for the XXI century / edited by Carlo Aiello.

Title & Author:

Skyscraper for the XXI century / edited by Carlo Aiello.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New York : EVolo Publishing, 2008.

Description:

133 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 x 22 cm

Notes:
"EVolo presents the best 60 projects of the 06, 07, and 08 Skyscraper Competition. An investigation by architects, students, and designers on the future of the skyscraper. What is the skyscraper in the beginning of the XXI Century? What is the historical and social context of these mega-structures? What is their response towards the urban fabric? Is the modern skyscraper a city in and of itself? Is the human scale lost?"--Back cover.
"eVolo presents the best 60 projects of the 06, 07, and 08 Skyscraper Competition. An investigation by architects, students, and designers on the future of the skyscraper. What is the skyscraper in the beginning of the XXI Century? What is the historical and social context of these mega-structures? What is their response towards the urban fabric? Is the modern skyscraper a city in and of itself? Is the human scale lost?"--Back cover.
Introduction / Carlo Aiello -- A lofty index : the skyscraper in the age of the digital revolution / Neri Oxman -- 06 Skyscraper Competition : top 20 projects -- 07 Skyscraper Competion : top 20 projects -- 08 Skyscraper Competition : top 20 projects.

ISBN:

9780981665801 (pbk.)
0981665802 (pbk.)

Subject:

Skyscrapers Competitions.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture, Modern.

Added entries:

Aiello, Carlo (Architect)
Aiello, Carlo

Holdings:

Location: Library main 259156
Call No.: BIB 190019
Status: Available

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