Impossible heights : skyscrapers, flight and the master builder
Publication details: Minneapolis University of Minnesota Press 2015Description: xi,291,ipISBN:- 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
Contents:
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
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book | CEPT Library | Faculty of Technology | 624.17 MOR | Available | 023011 |
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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
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