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Skyscraper:
Form and Function
David
Bennett
ISBN: 0684803186 Simon and Schuster
 David
Bennett reveals the secrets of skyscrapers, showing how the best-known
are constructed, discussing their artistic merits, and demonstrating
the skyscrapers of the future, with the help of accurate, detailed fold-out
illustrations.
The
book traces the history of the skyscraper from its beginnings in Chicago
through the splendour of the Art Deco age all the way to the 21st century
and the Petronas Tower.
Its
first chapter looks at "A Day in the Life of a Skyscraper,"
- Chicago's Sears Tower that was the world's tallest building giving
a feel for the range of activities and uses that take place there.
It
ends with the conceptualization and construction of British architect
Norman Foster's pioneering Hong Kong Bank, which was "designed
more like a bridge than a traditional building." Donna Seaman.
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