Second Century of the Skyscraper: Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

Front Matter....Pages i-xxvii
Introductory Review....Pages 1-2
Chicago Update....Pages 229-232
San Francisco Downtown Plan and the Skyscraper....Pages 233-255
The Chicago Perspective: Response to the San Francisco Plan....Pages 257-262
The Urban Ecology of Tall Buildings....Pages 79-85
A Preliminary Model for the Economic Analysis of Tall Buildings....Pages 87-100
Architecture and Society....Pages 101-115
Tall Buildings as Symbols....Pages 117-147
Considerations for Urban Architecture and the Tall Building....Pages 149-164
A Perspective on Architectural Directions....Pages 165-181
The Architecture of Large Buildings....Pages 183-188
Impact of European Technical Culture on the Development of Tall Building Architecture....Pages 189-199
The Philosophy and The Future of the Skyscraper....Pages 3-10
The Two Centuries of Technical Evolution Underlying the Skyscraper....Pages 11-24
The Relative Value of Invention and the History of Tall Buildings....Pages 25-32
Evolution of the Skyscraper: A History of the Tall Building in Chicago....Pages 33-52
Building Design Consultation....Pages 201-208
The Inside Story: How Structure and Services Impact Office Design in Tall Buildings....Pages 209-227
Time’s Arrow: Tall Moving Targets and Social Research....Pages 53-58
Social and Environmental Factors of High-Rise Living: A Singapore Experience....Pages 59-78
The San Francisco Downtown Plan: A Tale of Two Cities....Pages 263-274
Tall Buildings, Tight Streets....Pages 275-285
Skylobbies and Interconnecting Links Amid the Cluster of Skyscrapers....Pages 287-295
Project Management for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat....Pages 297-307
Scheduling Tall Buildings....Pages 309-315
High-Rise Development In India....Pages 317-325
Developing Tall Buildings to Meet Future Needs: Transco Tower Case History....Pages 327-336
Introductory Review....Pages 337-338
The Composite High-Rise Building—An Interaction of Planning, Structure, Speed, and Economy....Pages 339-351
A Tall Building of Stacked Steel and Concrete Structures....Pages 353-360
A Tall Building Core-Hanger Interaction System....Pages 361-365
Transfer Structures....Pages 367-382
Investigation and Prevention of Failures....Pages 383-395
Recent Improvements in Foundations....Pages 433-442
Design of Glass Against Breakage....Pages 397-407
High-Rise Public Housing Development in Singapore....Pages 443-463
Demand for High-Rise Housing in the United States....Pages 465-472
A Comparison of High-Rise Housing in India with Industrialized Countries....Pages 473-482
Innovations in High-Rise Construction....Pages 409-425
Times Square Office Center The Story of A High-Rise Complex....Pages 427-432
Prefabricated Concrete Systems....Pages 483-491
INTEGRO: Open-Element Prefabricated Construction System....Pages 493-505
Construction Robotics in Japan....Pages 507-552
Computer Integrated Facilities Management....Pages 553-555
Reduce Operating Expenses by Computerizing Facilities Management....Pages 557-562
Perceptions of the Computer in Design....Pages 563-569
Role of Expert Systems in High-Rise Building Design....Pages 571-589
Knowledge-Based Systems for Tall Buildings....Pages 591-604
Introductory Review....Pages 605-606
High-Rise Office Buildings: Changes Anticipated by the Year 2000....Pages 607-620
Energy Consumption and Power Requirements of Elevators....Pages 621-627
Space-Saving Elevators for the Very Tall Building....Pages 629-633
Current and Future Trends: The New Age of Buildings....Pages 635-644
Introductory Review....Pages 645-648
Behavior of Structures Retrofitted with Diagonal Steel Bracings During the 1985 Mexico City Earthquake....Pages 649-655
Damage Statistics of the September 19, 1985 Earthquake in Mexico City....Pages 657-666
Effects of the September 19, 1985 Earthquake on the Buildings of Mexico City....Pages 667-678
Lessons of the Mexico City Earthquake....Pages 679-680
Definition of Wind Pressure on Tall Buildings....Pages 681-688
Air Infiltration and Internal Pressures in Tall Buildings....Pages 689-695
Effects of Higher Modes on Response of Wind-Excited Tall Buildings....Pages 697-703
The Response of Supertall Buildings to Wind....Pages 705-725
Fire Safety Design For Tall Buildings: Recent Developments....Pages 727-733
Safety, Quality Assurance, and Performance....Pages 735-740
Structural Safety: Some Problems of Achievement and Control....Pages 741-757
Motion in Tall Buildings....Pages 759-778
Damping in Tall Buildings....Pages 779-788
The Role of Damping Systems....Pages 789-802
Introductory Review....Pages 803-805
Serviceability Limits for Tall Buildings....Pages 885-895
Connection Flexibility in Steel Frames....Pages 857-884
Adaptive Expert System for Preliminary Design of Wind Bracings in Steel Skeleton Structures....Pages 847-855
Design for Strength (Stability)....Pages 837-846
Seismic Design of Tall Steel Buildings....Pages 815-835
Structural Standards....Pages 807-813
Introductory Review....Pages 897-898
Building Codes....Pages 899-903
Concrete Buildings — A Mile High....Pages 905-919
Methods of Analysis in the Design of Tall Concrete and Masonry Buildings....Pages 921-944
Precast and Prestressed Concrete Directions in Australia and Southeast Asia....Pages 945-958
Deterioration of Concrete....Pages 959-963
U.S. Coordinated Program for Masonry Building Research....Pages 965-973
Superstructure of OUB Centre, Singapore....Pages 975-987
The Skyscraper’s Base: Architecture, Landscape and Use in the Dallas Arts District....Pages 989-1001
Back Matter....Pages 1003-1108