Word: skyscraperism
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The genius of Eero Saarinen was rewarded twice last week. The New York chapter of the American Institute of Architects presented his widow, Aline, with its Medal of Honor, a tribute to the "combined esthetic delights and technical rewards" of Saarinen's diverse forms. And the Columbia Broadcasting System...
The Night (Lopert) begins at noon. In brilliant sunshine, silently, from the summit of a glittering skyscraper, from the zenith of man's pride and material achievement, the camera descends relentlessly into the convenient hell of a meaningless marriage, into a dark and joyless night of the contemporary soul...
No doubt your writers labor long and hard in their man-made skyscraper to achieve a fine turn of phrase. But those who live with wind, sand and stars have only to translate the wisdom of Allah, which is written in his works. They have the true eloquence of the...
The story was written by Richard Oulahan Jr. and edited by Champ Clark. Oulahan was so full of the subject at home that he discovered one of his seven children piling up boards in the basement, all set to start building. He is now resolved to put up a "poor...
One afternoon in 1890 the Chicago architect Louis Sullivan bustled into the office of his chief draftsman, Frank Lloyd Wright, and tossed onto the table his plans for a new building in St. Louis. "Look at it!" cried Sullivan triumphantly. "It's tall! Sullivan had good reason to boast...