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摩天大楼：始于芝加哥的摩登时代
(uk) Dan Cruickshank
As an essential architectural element in modern cities, skyscrapers have greatly changed the face of cities. The first skyscraper in the world to use glass as the main body of its exterior wall was Chicago's Reliance Tower, completed in 1895. Its pioneering architectural structure was a core element of high-rise buildings in the 20th century and has become a tenet of many modern buildings. How did it appear? What technological and conceptual innovations has its construction process undergone? In this book, Cruickshank takes us back to Chicago of that era, telling how the Reliance Building laid the foundation for 20th-century urban architecture and the mainstream of architectural engineering, as well as outstanding figures of the time, such as Louis Sullivan and John Wilburn Root. And the story of Daniel H. Burnham, and looks forward to other buildings that inherit the lineage of the Reliance Building, such as the Flatiron Building in New York in 1902, as well as those "self-respecting" skyscraper buildings in the 21st century, taking us into a series of stories that are either amazing or weird.
As an essential architectural element in modern cities, skyscrapers have greatly changed the face of cities. The first skyscraper in the world to use glass as the main body of its exterior wall was Chicago's Reliance Tower, completed in 1895. Its pioneering architectural structure was a core element of high-rise buildings in the 20th century and has become a tenet of many modern buildings. How did it appear? What technological and conceptual innovations has its construction process undergone? In this book, Cruickshank takes us back to Chicago of that era, telling how the Reliance Building laid the foundation for 20th-century urban architecture and the mainstream of architectural engineering, as well as outstanding figures of the time, such as Louis Sullivan and John Wilburn Root. And the story of Daniel H. Burnham, and looks forward to other buildings that inherit the lineage of the Reliance Building, such as the Flatiron Building in New York in 1902, as well as those "self-respecting" skyscraper buildings in the 21st century, taking us into a series of stories that are either amazing or weird.