Skyscraper
The days of high-rise projects in the smoke and the sun and has a soul.
Prairie and valley, streets of the city's water, people, and are
Mingle with the twenty-story ...
Men and women, boys and girls to pay in and out all day
Which give the building a 'soul of dreams and thoughts and memories ...
- Carl Sandburg Chicago Poems (p. 325)
The case led me to the official business of facilities planning and managementDirector for many years. But in many respects, has merged with an instinctive love of architectural form in all its beauty. So to me, Joseph Koroma skyscrapers of America, become much more - a "table" of data collected, and read again and again.
In reality it is a complete manual on the history of the United States and the use of high-rise building in-depth information and over 300 images highlighting buildings in the United States. Includes60 pages of bibliography, index, notes and pictures of the famous skyscraper! The author notes: "Among the cover stories of 287 American skyscrapers that have been or still are, are seventy-one towns and cities ..." (P. 21) reflections of interior details and photos external architects, as well as, personal photos, create an important historical contribution to the library for students and professionals in architecture andEngineering, as well as those who are like me, impressed by the majesty and beauty of the structures.
Architect Joseph Koroma holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he also served as a mentor. He is an accomplished artist whose paintings are represented in many private collections and works as a freelance journalist, critic and architectural photographer. And 'member of the Society of Architectural Historians, the National Trust for HistoricConservation, Art Institute of Chicago and the Milwaukee Art Museum. Joseph Koroma, who also in Milwaukee (1979) and Milwaukee Architecture A written guide to notable buildings (1995.
"Very tall building, now known as skyscrapers were invented here in America people .... great built for many reasons: it was common to meet to meet in person and perhaps this was a ceremony for all. Tall building was a rebel , was risky, andE 'was scary, but in respect to these concerns was the height of the conquest of himself, into the sky with an object of human origin, is still connected, the ground was simply irresistible ... "(Pages 14-15) Koroma was impressive as his text with a brief history of brave men who began to build and chronicles of" unique contribution to the architecture of this country ... "(P. 16).
The Sears Tower in Chicago this time his first painting, said it was "the ultimate expressionTechnology and skyscrapers is the embodiment of Manifest Destiny vertical. And 110 floors, 1454 feet high and is the tallest skyscraper in North America. "The author includes very interesting information, such as when comments:". When the sun sets, pedestrians are integrated at the base of the Sears Tower in the background, but because of the curvature of the earth, a shadow of plans that extend from the tower is growing at a rate of one a second floor. So enjoy the top of the buildingabout two minutes of sunshine ... "(P. 21)
When I explored the building on the campus of the University of West Virginia, working to better manage the use of these facilities and plan what is necessary to meet future needs, has always been the most ancient buildings, I found j more fascinating. Exploration of Woodburn Hall across the street from the tower, or walk and Carl Martin gutted and renovated rooms before, I decided to change the underlying beauty with enthusiasmreserves, while at the same time, the updates in the classroom, offices, laboratories and teaching, which were needed for our School of Journalism and many departments within our College of Arts and Sciences.
As I read a celebration of its height, not surprisingly, he studied with enthusiasm the buildings with great styles that were used during the "fat start", 1850. (P. 22). Zachary Taylor was president "during the design and construction of the famous JayneBuilding in Philadelphia. Knowing that "old Rough and Ready" was responsible for assisting the birthplace of the skyscrapers of America in a historical context. "(P. 23)
The following buildings, keeping only some of these ex-mainly by professional staff / reviewer appreciated! I am sure that others choose modern.
• Palmer House Hotel in Chicago, built in 1872 by merchant prince "First Chicago, Potter Palmer, at the expense of $ 200,000.(Page 49-50)
· Madison Square Garden Tower, 16 floors, 304 meters in New York. (P. 158)
· Female Temple, Chicago, 1892, the home of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. (P. 166)
No building settlers, topped by a giant bronze status of Christopher Columbus, built in 1893. "In a completely random act of this skyscraper of charm and was demolished in 1959." (P. 179)
· Church of the Holy Trinity in New York City. Its tower was once the tallest structureIceland Manhattan. (P. 190)
• Carson Pirie Scott entrance to the main shop is through a strong example of this mixture of leaves of twisted iron and painted a forest green brand has been executed. This building, completed in 1904, was taken in the annals of architectural immortality. Today, Chicago Loop was a big tent, rising twelve stories, 168 meters. The building has undergone some of the decorations more convincing in the world. (Official231-232)
• City Investing Building, New York, 1908, 487 feet and a half million square meters, the largest office building. "If ever a skyscraper that evoked romance, historicism, capitalism and the optimism of the early twentieth century, the city was built Invest. Here is a trick, he moved to the suggestion of the French Baroque fountains, and, therefore, a profile sexy coupe in the skyline of New York. (P.271)
Bromo-Seltzer Tower · Baltimore, 1911, 15 floors, 280 meters high, with a facsimile of the original bottle, Bromo-Seltzer tower on top! (Pp. 294-295)
• Peter first in the production of structural beams for the construction of the Cooper Union in New York Cooper-by-step construction of the structure and, finally, the skyscraper. (P. 25). In New York, marks the mid-nineteenth century, the age of cast iron architecture, is still concentrated in the district castliving museum, near Greenwich Village. (P. 28)
Needless to day, the history of skyscrapers and the invention of the elevator. Manhattan's Haughwout Building was the first commercial vessel to use an elevator. "It 's able to lift half a ton of food quantity and forty minutes was the first of its kind" when you installed the 1857th All professional services will not be surprised to learn that your Elisha Graves Otis, thefounded the Otis Elevator Company installed. (Page 28-29)
In addition to detailed information on facilities, which have also appreciated the little details added interest Koroma, he worked as "probably the first time that independent men and women of the next eight hours or more in the same or two bedrooms ... skyscrapers, probably from its beginnings were places where "have been sold by the creation, or there have been rumors of such behavior ..." (p. 137) and within variousPhotographs of men and women dressed as they were then. In fact, the skyscrapers of America 1850-1940: a fixed amount of a book that is recommended to anyone interested in American history!
Thanks to its great influence and power in buildings ...
His philosophy that "form follows function"
Sullivan has earned his place as one of the largest
architecture forces the United States ...
- Louis Henri Sullivan Memorial Marcos (p. 195)
The AmericanSkyscraper 1850-1940:
A Tribute to the
By Joseph J. Koroma, Jr.
Branden Books 2008
540 pages
ISBN 13: 978-0-8283-2188-4
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