Impossible heights : skyscrapers, flight and the master builder
Morshed, Adnan
Impossible heights : skyscrapers, flight and the master builder - Minneapolis University of Minnesota Press 2015 - xi,291,ip.
Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction : The Aesthetics of Ascension 1
1. Hugh Ferriss and the "Harmonious Development of Man" 21
2. Ascension as Autobiography: Buckminster Fuller and His "Land to Sky, Outward Progression" 85
3. The Master Builder as Superman: Norman Bel Geddes s Futurama 153
Epilogue: The God s-Eye Vision 221
Notes 229
Index 275
9780816673193
Architecture and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Technological innovations--Social aspects
Aeronautics and civilization
Architecture, Modern--Philosophy
Technological innovations -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- Philosophy
624.17 / MOR
Impossible heights : skyscrapers, flight and the master builder - Minneapolis University of Minnesota Press 2015 - xi,291,ip.
Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction : The Aesthetics of Ascension 1
1. Hugh Ferriss and the "Harmonious Development of Man" 21
2. Ascension as Autobiography: Buckminster Fuller and His "Land to Sky, Outward Progression" 85
3. The Master Builder as Superman: Norman Bel Geddes s Futurama 153
Epilogue: The God s-Eye Vision 221
Notes 229
Index 275
9780816673193
Architecture and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Technological innovations--Social aspects
Aeronautics and civilization
Architecture, Modern--Philosophy
Technological innovations -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- Philosophy
624.17 / MOR