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Second Century of the Skyscraper

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Introductory Review
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    Chapter 2 The Philosophy and The Future of the Skyscraper
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    Chapter 3 The Two Centuries of Technical Evolution Underlying the Skyscraper
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    Chapter 4 The Relative Value of Invention and the History of Tall Buildings
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    Chapter 5 Evolution of the Skyscraper: A History of the Tall Building in Chicago
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    Chapter 6 Time’s Arrow: Tall Moving Targets and Social Research
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    Chapter 7 Social and Environmental Factors of High-Rise Living: A Singapore Experience
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    Chapter 8 The Urban Ecology of Tall Buildings
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    Chapter 9 A Preliminary Model for the Economic Analysis of Tall Buildings
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    Chapter 10 Architecture and Society
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    Chapter 11 Tall Buildings as Symbols
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    Chapter 12 Considerations for Urban Architecture and the Tall Building
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    Chapter 13 A Perspective on Architectural Directions
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    Chapter 14 The Architecture of Large Buildings
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    Chapter 15 Impact of European Technical Culture on the Development of Tall Building Architecture
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    Chapter 16 Building Design Consultation
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    Chapter 17 The Inside Story: How Structure and Services Impact Office Design in Tall Buildings
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    Chapter 18 Chicago Update
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    Chapter 19 San Francisco Downtown Plan and the Skyscraper
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    Chapter 20 The Chicago Perspective: Response to the San Francisco Plan
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    Chapter 21 The San Francisco Downtown Plan: A Tale of Two Cities
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    Chapter 22 Tall Buildings, Tight Streets
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    Chapter 23 Skylobbies and Interconnecting Links Amid the Cluster of Skyscrapers
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    Chapter 24 Project Management for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
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    Chapter 25 Scheduling Tall Buildings
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    Chapter 26 High-Rise Development In India
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    Chapter 27 Developing Tall Buildings to Meet Future Needs: Transco Tower Case History
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    Chapter 28 Introductory Review
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    Chapter 29 The Composite High-Rise Building—An Interaction of Planning, Structure, Speed, and Economy
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    Chapter 30 A Tall Building of Stacked Steel and Concrete Structures
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    Chapter 31 A Tall Building Core-Hanger Interaction System
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    Chapter 32 Transfer Structures
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    Chapter 33 Investigation and Prevention of Failures
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    Chapter 34 Design of Glass Against Breakage
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    Chapter 35 Innovations in High-Rise Construction
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    Chapter 36 Times Square Office Center The Story of A High-Rise Complex
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    Chapter 37 Recent Improvements in Foundations
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    Chapter 38 High-Rise Public Housing Development in Singapore
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    Chapter 39 Demand for High-Rise Housing in the United States
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    Chapter 40 A Comparison of High-Rise Housing in India with Industrialized Countries
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    Chapter 41 Prefabricated Concrete Systems
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    Chapter 42 INTEGRO: Open-Element Prefabricated Construction System
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    Chapter 43 Construction Robotics in Japan
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    Chapter 44 Computer Integrated Facilities Management
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    Chapter 45 Reduce Operating Expenses by Computerizing Facilities Management
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    Chapter 46 Perceptions of the Computer in Design
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    Chapter 47 Role of Expert Systems in High-Rise Building Design
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    Chapter 48 Knowledge-Based Systems for Tall Buildings
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    Chapter 49 Introductory Review
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    Chapter 50 High-Rise Office Buildings: Changes Anticipated by the Year 2000
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    Chapter 51 Energy Consumption and Power Requirements of Elevators
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    Chapter 52 Space-Saving Elevators for the Very Tall Building
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    Chapter 53 Current and Future Trends: The New Age of Buildings
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    Chapter 54 Introductory Review
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    Chapter 55 Behavior of Structures Retrofitted with Diagonal Steel Bracings During the 1985 Mexico City Earthquake
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    Chapter 56 Damage Statistics of the September 19, 1985 Earthquake in Mexico City
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    Chapter 57 Effects of the September 19, 1985 Earthquake on the Buildings of Mexico City
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    Chapter 58 Lessons of the Mexico City Earthquake
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    Chapter 59 Definition of Wind Pressure on Tall Buildings
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    Chapter 60 Air Infiltration and Internal Pressures in Tall Buildings
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    Chapter 61 Effects of Higher Modes on Response of Wind-Excited Tall Buildings
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    Chapter 62 The Response of Supertall Buildings to Wind
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    Chapter 63 Fire Safety Design For Tall Buildings: Recent Developments
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    Chapter 64 Safety, Quality Assurance, and Performance
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    Chapter 65 Structural Safety: Some Problems of Achievement and Control
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    Chapter 66 Motion in Tall Buildings
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    Chapter 67 Damping in Tall Buildings
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    Chapter 68 The Role of Damping Systems
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    Chapter 69 Introductory Review
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    Chapter 70 Structural Standards
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    Chapter 71 Seismic Design of Tall Steel Buildings
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    Chapter 72 Design for Strength (Stability)
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    Chapter 73 Adaptive Expert System for Preliminary Design of Wind Bracings in Steel Skeleton Structures
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    Chapter 74 Connection Flexibility in Steel Frames
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    Chapter 75 Serviceability Limits for Tall Buildings
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    Chapter 76 Introductory Review
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    Chapter 77 Building Codes
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    Chapter 78 Concrete Buildings — A Mile High
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    Chapter 79 Methods of Analysis in the Design of Tall Concrete and Masonry Buildings
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    Chapter 80 Precast and Prestressed Concrete Directions in Australia and Southeast Asia
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    Chapter 81 Deterioration of Concrete
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    Chapter 82 U.S. Coordinated Program for Masonry Building Research
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    Chapter 83 Superstructure of OUB Centre, Singapore
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    Chapter 84 The Skyscraper’s Base: Architecture, Landscape and Use in the Dallas Arts District
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Title
Second Century of the Skyscraper
Published by
Springer, Boston, MA, January 1988
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4684-6581-5
ISBNs
978-1-4684-6583-9, 978-1-4684-6581-5
Editors

Lynn S. Beedle (Editor-in-Chief)

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Unknown 6 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 17%
Unknown 5 83%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Engineering 2 33%
Unknown 4 67%