TY  - GEN
AU  - Morshed, Adnan
TI  - Impossible heights : skyscrapers, flight and the master builder
SN  - 9780816673193
U1  - 624.17 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Minneapolis
PB  - University of Minnesota Press
KW  -  
KW  - Architecture and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century
KW  - Technological innovations--Social aspects
KW  - Aeronautics and civilization
KW  - Architecture, Modern--Philosophy
KW  - Technological innovations -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
KW  - Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- Philosophy
N1  - 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
ER  -