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Did you know that around half of the world’s extant highrise structures were erected only within the past ten years? Highrise: Idea and Reality offers a comprehensive examination of the highrise phenomenon and its surprisingly recent international ubiquity. A wide range of contemporary highrises are explored in their broadest cultural and civic contexts--contexts which can vary greatly from continent to continent, and from culture to culture--illuminating not only the effects of these imposing buildings upon their immediate landscapes, but also the everyday lives of their inhabitants. Alongside a wealth of photographic documentation, essays by architectural scholars and journalists Karin Gimmi, Andres Janser, Andres Lepik, Clifford A. Pearson, Eric Schuldenfrei, Martino Stierli and Marisa Yiu offer theoretical elaborations on the function of the highrise and its symbolic power as the signature structure of the modern city.
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High-Rise: Idea and Reality
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Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. First edition 2011. Published in conjunction wth the exhibition at Museum Fur Gestaltung Zurich by Hatje Cantz Verlag Gmbh . Large softcover without DJ as issued. Condition new, square tight and clean book, no edgewear, corners not bumped, spine not creased, no tears , no chips. no names, no underlinings, no highlights, no foxing, not a reminder. Folio, 168 , illustrated throughout. Heavy book will require additional postage for international orders. Seller Inventory # 021486
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Highrise - Idea and Reality
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Hatje Cantz Publishers January 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 3775729933
ISBN 13: 9783775729932
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Trade Paperback. Condition: New. Did you know that around half of the world's extant highrise structures were erected only within the past ten years? 'Highrise: Idea and Reality' offers a comprehensive examination of the highrise phenomenon and its surprisingly recent international ubiquity. A wide range of contemporary highrises are explored in their broadest cultural and civic contexts--contexts which can vary greatly from continent to continent, and from culture to culture--illuminating not only the effects of these imposing buildings upon their immediate landscapes, but also the everyday lives of their inhabitants. Alongside a wealth of photographic documentation, essays by architectural scholars and journalists Karin Gimmi, Andres Janser, Andres Lepik, Clifford A. Pearson, Eric Schuldenfrei, Martino Stierli and Marisa Yiu offer theoretical elaborations on the function of the highrise and its symbolic power as 'the' signature structure of the modern city. Seller Inventory # 93695