Skyscraper : the search for an American style, 1891-1941 : annotated extracts from the first 50 years of Architectural record

Preface Prologue: The Problem: A Question of Style Modern Architecture--A Conversation Architectural Record Through 75 Years By Way of Introduction Chapter 1: New Conditions/New Forms: The Promise of Function Skeleton Construction: The New Method of Constructing High Buildings Iron Construction in New York City: Past and Future Chapter 2: Brave New World: An Architecture for Our Time Last Words About the World's Fair Modern Architecture The Sky-Scraper Up-To-Date Architectural Appreciations--No. II: The Flatiron or Fuller Building Chapter 3: Between Two Worlds: The Education of the Architect The Evolution of a Skyscraper A Beaux-Arts Skyscraper--The Blair Building, New York City A Rational Skyscraper Chapter 4: The Commercial Problem: An Image of the People The Economy of the Office Building The Art of High Building The First Concrete Skyscraper The Schlesinger & Maher Building: An Attempt to Give Functional Expression to the Architecture of a Department Store Another View--What Mr. Sullivan Stands For Chapter 5: Truth, Goodness, and Beauty: The Fine Art of Architecture A Plea for Beauty Some Recent Skyscrapers The Larkin Building in Buffalo Architecture in the United States III: The Skyscraper The Crown of the Skyscraper Additions to Chicago's Skyline: A Few Recent Skyscrapers The New Architecture: The First American Type of Real Value The Towers of Manhattan and Notes on the Woolworth Building Chapter 6: Subject to Change: The Expanding Change Twenty-Five Years of American Architecture The Chicago Tribune Competition The American Radiator Building, New York City: Raymond M. Hood, Architect Chapter 7: Lessons Soon Forgotten: The Passing of a Prophet Louis Sullivan--An Old Master The Evolution of an Architectural Design: The Tribune Building Tower, Chicago Chapter 8: Restless Object: The Search for The Park Avenue Building, New York City: The Evolution of a Style Economics of the Skyscraper American Architecture Today--Part 1: The Search for Something More In the Cause of Architecture VII: Sheet Metal and the Modern Instance St. Mark's Tower: St. Mark's in the Bouwerie, New York City Chapter 9: Advantage in Magnitude: Apotheosis of the Tall Building The Economic Design of Office Buildings What is the Rockefeller Radio City? Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: New Home Office Building in New York City Epilogue: The International Style Twenty Years After Recommended Reading Index Photo Credits