THE SKYWARD TREND OF THOUGHT. The Metaphysics of the American Skyscraper. (ISBN: 9780262220347)

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h/c + d/j, 176pp, b&w photographs and illus, 27x21cm, light d/j edge and spine end wear.small shop sticker, small heavy scuff near d/j bottom corner also a small dirty area that still has sticker residue. Van Leeuwen postulates that the skyscraper grew out of the American myth that men can create a new city and a new order while echoing the Tower of Babel and the Temple of Jerusalem. He discusses the most eminent proponents of the genre (1870-1935), including Richardson, Sullivan and Saarinen. N° de ref. del artículo 50521

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