Skyscrapers: A History of the World's Most Extraordinary Buildings -- Revised and Updated, Hardcover

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Now, bigger than ever, this long-awaited revised edition of Judith Dupre's best-selling ""Skyscrapers"" is a giant celebration of today's most significant superstructures. It features an all-new design with full-color photographs, 10 new buildings, and informative updates throughout. Unique in scale and design, ""Skyscrapers"" explores in-depth more than 60 buildings, including One World Trade Center, Burj Dubai, the Shanghai World Financial Center, the Petronas Towers, the Tribune Tower, the Lipstick Building, and the Phare Tower. This completely revised and full-color edition presents 10 new buildings, among them The Shard in London (2012, Renzo Piano), the International Commerce Centre in Hong Kong (2010, Kohn Pedersen Fox), the Shanghai Tower (2014, Gensler Architects), and the Kingdom Tower in Jeddah (2018, Adrian Smith), which will be the tallest building in the world when completed. Arranged chronologically by date of building construction, each informative spread has photos of the featured building from various angles, building plans, diagrams, the building's historical background, and technological information. ""Skyscrapers"" also offers additional information on such topics as the ancient roots of skyscrapers and visionary cities of the future, as well as a fascinating interview with Philip Johnson, together with other profiles. New topics include the era of the megatall building, the building of a skyscraper, and the explosive growth of skyscrapers in Dubai and China. Also includes interview with Adrian Smith. ""Praise for Skyscrapers: """"Drama. Treachery. Innovation. Massive buildings. Bigger egos. ""Skyscrapers"" has it all."" -- Patrick J. Foye, Executive Director, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey ""Dupre makes the most of a century of neck-craning architecture."" --""The Washington Post""""Breathtaking. Magnificent, unique, very special. Exquisite. One-of-a-kind. Well researched. Beautifully designed."" --Robert J. Bruss, Tribune Media Services Praise for""Br