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The Future of the Skyscraper

The Future of the Skyscraper( )
Editor: Nobel, Philip
Text by: Sterling, Bruce
Vanderbilt, Tom
Yglesias, Matthew
Lind, Diana
ISBN:978-1-938922-78-7
Publication Date:Jun 2015
Publisher:D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers
Imprint:Metropolis Books
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $17.95
Book Description:

Engines of industry, expressions of ego or will, tall towers are nonetheless, when they pierce the shared skies, intensely public. We may ask of them artistic questions: what do we make of these things we make? What do these forms mean? But also, because architecture is forever tied to real life, we may ask of them questions of a political, economic and technological nature - as well as those, touching on the body and the mind and the soul, that we may simply call human. In this...
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Book Details
Pages:144
Detailed Subjects: Architecture / Buildings / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.396 x 5.382 x 0.39 Inches
Book Weight:0.002 Pounds
Author Biography
(Editor)
Bruce Sterling is a recent winner of the Nebula Award and the author of the nonfiction book "The Hacker Crackdown" as well as novels and short story collections. He co-authored, with William Gibson, the critically acclaimed novel "The Difference Engine." He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and daughter.

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