Tall Buildings

25 selected, half realized and half not projects are very well depicted in this survey by excellent photos, renderings, plans, sections, site plans, models, sketches, details, hard line presentation drawings, etc. There is a balance between larger photos and more numerous tech. drawings. The book "Skyscrapers: The New Millennium" (ISBN: 3791323431) includes more projects, but fewer tech. drawings.CONTENTS:Foreword 7Preface 8Tall Building as Metaphor 10PROJECTS 33Edificio Manantiales, Santiago 34Monte Laa PORR Towers, Vienna 38Max Reinhardt Haus, Berlin 42Elephant and Castle Eco Towers, London 46Electricité de France (EDF) Headquarters, Paris 50Landmark Lofts, New York 56Arcos Bosques Corporativo, Mexico City 62Fifth Avenue and Forty-second Street Tower, New York 6830 St. Mary Axe, London 72New York Times Headquarters, New York 80Turning Torso, MalmO 86Industrialized Housing System, Korea 92122 Leadenhall Street, London 98Central Chinese Television (CCTV) Tower, Beijing 102Highcliff and The Summit, Hong Kong 110JR Ueno Railway Station Redevelopment, Tokyo 116London Bridge Tower, London 122World Trade Center, New York 126New York Times Headquarters, New York 132Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai 138Togok (XL Towers), Seoul 144Kowloon Station Tower, Hong Kong 150World Trade Center, New York 156World Trade Center, New York 1647 South Dearborn, Chicago 170Appendix 177Acknowledgments 187Photograph Credits 189Trustees of The Museum of Modern Art 191

I love it as much as a required textbook about tall buildings could be loved.

This book by MOMA is tremendously informative and visual. Great images from drawings, renderings, models and actual building photos really enhance the viewing of this book. There is also a corresponding exhibition at the MOMA QNS from July 2004-Sept 2004.