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Skyward Trend of Thought: Metaphysics of the American Skyscraper Book

Is the skyscraper really just a manifestation of America's pragmatic values? Thomas van Leeuwen rejects the functionalist view of skyscraper production put forth by Sigfried Giedion, Nikolaus Pevsner, and others, and instead sets up a very different argument - one that resurrects the powerful aesthetic and ideological values of the mythical skyscraper. Thomas A.P. van Leeuwen is Professor of Architectural History at the University of Leyden.Read More

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  • 0262220342
  • 9780262220347
  • Thomas A.P.Van Leeuwen
  • 1 January 1988
  • MIT Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 192
  • 1st MIT Press Ed
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