Entrée principale:

Flowers, Benjamin Sitton.

Titre et auteur:

Skyscraper : the politics and power of building New York City in the twentieth century / Benjamin Flowers.

Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2009.

Description:

vi, 232 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Narratives of the built environment : architecture, ideology, and skyscrapers -- pt. I. The Empire State Building : the setback skyscraper, the great Depression, and American modernism. Ch. 1. Building, money, and power -- Ch. 2. Setback skyscrapers and American architectural development -- Ch. 3. Capital nightmares -- Ch. 4. The politics of American architecture in the 1930s -- pt. II. The Seagram Building : the ascension of the international style and a somber monument to corporate authority. Ch. 5. Architecture culture into the 1950s -- Ch. 6. Clients and architect -- Ch. 7. Gangland's grip on business -- Ch. 8. Modern architecture and corporate America in the 1950s -- pt. III. The World Trade Center : urban renewal, global capitalism, and regeneration through violence. Ch. 9. Regeneration through violence -- Ch. 10. The rhetoric and reality of urban renewal -- Ch. 11. Cathedrals of commerce : Minoru Yamasaki, skyscraper design and the rise of postmodernism -- Conclusion. Into the future -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Dust jacket.

Résumé:

In Skyscraper: The Politics and Power of Building New York City in the Twentieth Century, Benjamin Flowers explores the role of culture and ideology in shaping the construction of skyscrapers and the way wealth and power have operated to reshape the urban landscape."--Inside jacket.

Ressources:
Table of contents
Additional Information at Google Books

ISBN:

9780812241846 (alk. paper)
0812241843 (alk. paper)

Sujet:

Skyscrapers New York (State) New York.
Architecture and society New York (State) New York History 20th century.
Gratte-ciel New York (État) New York.
Architecture et société New York (État) New York Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture and society.
Buildings.
Skyscrapers.
Hochhaus.
Städtebau.
New York (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc.
New York (State) New York.
New York.
New York (N.Y.) Empire State Building.
New York (N.Y.) Seagram Building.
New York (N.Y.) World Trade Center.

Classification/genre:

History.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 264574
Cote: BIB 196025
Statut: Disponible