Word: skyscraperism
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Preparations are under way for the erection, in Milan, of Italy's first skyscraper. "Reserve for me an apartment on the top floor!" said Mussolini.
The School, in contrast to most, requires a bachelor's degree of all its students, and the Department calls for a wide field of distribution from its members. The attempt is being made to produce architects who will know better than to design a skyscraper of beautiful proportions, with nothing...
Suppose today an architect planned and constructed a 30-story skyscraper and supplied it with most of the modern conveniences, such as running water, electric lights, sanitary arrangements and ventilation, but did not equip it with elevators before opening it up for public use but instead, only provided stairways from...
Following this there will be an exhibition in the new buildings, showing the progress in sciences and applied arts during the past fifty years. An unusual feature will be the demonstration of the great number of branches of science and applied knowledge necessary for the completion of a huge undertaking...