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Form Follows Finance : Skyscrapers and Skylines in New York and Chicago by Carol Willis (1995, Trade Paperback)
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In contrast to standard histories that counterpose the design philosophies of the Chicago and New York "schools," Willis shows how market formulas produced characteristic forms in each city"vernaculars of capitalism"that resulted from local land-use patterns, municipal codes, and zoning.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPrinceton Architectural Press
ISBN-101568980442
ISBN-139781568980447
eBay Product ID (ePID)235000
Product Key Features
Book TitleForm Follows Finance : Skyscrapers and Skylines in New York and Chicago
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1995
TopicBuildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial, Economic Conditions
IllustratorYes
GenreArchitecture, Business & Economics
AuthorCarol Willis
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight16.6 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN95-024297
ReviewsSeldom does a title summarize so tersely and completely the contents of a book as does that of Carol Willis's brisk, lucid investigation into the foreces that shaped the prodigious tall buildings of America's two major turn-of-the-century metropolises. Martin Filler,New York Times Book Review A fascinating document for banker, developer, and architect alike. Matthew Barnett Howland,World Architecture, Seldom does a title summarize so tersely and completely the contents of a book as does that of Carol Willis's brisk, lucid investigation into the foreces that shaped the prodigious tall buildings of America's two major turn-of-the-century metropolises.Martin Filler, New York Times Book Review A fascinating document for banker, developer, and architect alike.Matthew Barnett Howland, World Architecture, Seldom does a title summarize so tersely and completely the contents of a book as does that of Carol Willis's brisk, lucid investigation into the foreces that shaped the prodigious tall buildings of America's two major turn-of-the-century metropolises. Martin Filler, New York Times Book Review A fascinating document for banker, developer, and architect alike. Matthew Barnett Howland, World Architecture, Seldom does a title summarize so tersely and completely the contents of a book as does that of Carol Willis's brisk, lucid investigation into the foreces that shaped the prodigious tall buildings of America's two major turn-of-the-century metropolises. Martin Filler, New York Times Book Review A fascinating document for banker, developer, and architect alike. Matthew Barnett Howland, World Architecture -- -, Seldom does a title summarize so tersely and completely the contents of a book as does that of Carol Willis's brisk, lucid investigation into the foreces that shaped the prodigious tall buildings of America's two major turn-of-the-century metropolises.Martin Filler, New York Times Book Review A fascinating document for banker, developer, and architect alike. Matthew Barnett Howland, World Architecture
Dewey Edition20
Grade FromEighth Grade
Dewey Decimal725/.23/097471
Grade ToCollege Graduate Student
SynopsisAlthough fundamental factors of program, technology, and economics make tall buildings everywhere take similar forms, skyscrapers in New York and Chicago developed very differently in the first half of the twentieth century. In contrast to standard histories that counterpose the design philosophies of the Chicago and New York "schools," Willis shows how market formulas produced characteristic forms in each city"vernaculars of capitalism"that resulted from local land-use patterns, municipal codes, and zoning. Refuting some common clichs of skyscraper history such as the equation of big buildings with big business and the idea of a "corporate skyline," Willis emphasizes the importance of speculative development and the impact of real-estate cycles on the forms of buildings and on their spatial distribution. Form Follows Finance cautions that the city must be understood as a complex commercial environment where buildings are themselves businesses, space is a commodity, and location and image have value.
LC Classification NumberNA6232.W55 1995
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