Second century of the skyscraper

Planning and Environmental Criteria.- Introductory Review.- Philosophy of Tall Buildings.- The Philosophy and the Future of the Skyscraper.- History of Tall Buildings.- The Two Centuries of Technical Evolution Underlying the Skyscraper.- The Relative Value of Invention and the History of Tall Buildings.- Evolution of the Skyscraper: A History of the Tall Building in Chicago.- Social Effects of the Environment.- Time's Arrow: Tall Moving Targets and Social Research.- Social and Environmental Factors of High-Rise Living: A Singapore Experience.- Socio-Political Influences.- The Urban Ecology of Tall Buildings.- Economics.- A Preliminary Model for the Economic Analysis of Tall Buildings.- Architecture.- Architecture and Society.- Tall Buildings as Symbols.- Considerations for Urban Architecture and the Tall Building.- A Perspective on Architectural Directions.- The Architecture of Large Buildings.- Impact of European Technical Culture on the Development of Tall Building Architecture.- Interior Design.- Building Design Consultation.- The Inside Story: How Structure and Services Impact Office Design in Tall Buildings.- Urban Planning and Design.- Chicago Update.- San Francisco Downtown Plan and the Skyscraper.- The Chicago Perspective: Response to the San Francisco Plan.- The San Francisco Downtown Plan: A Tale of Two Cities.- Tall Buildings, Tight Streets.- Skylobbies as Interconnecting Links Amid the Cluster of Skyscrapers.- Project Management.- Project Management for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.- Scheduling Tall Buildings.- Tall Buildings in Developing Countries.- High-Rise Development in India.- Development and Investment.- Developing Tall Buildings to Meet Future Needs: Transco Tower Case History.- Systems and Concepts.- Introductory Review.- Structural Systems.- The Composite High-Rise Building-An Interaction of Planning, Structure, Speed, and Economy.- A Tall Building of Stacked Steel and Concrete Structures.- A Tall Building Core-Hanger Interaction System.- Transfer Structures.- Investigation and Prevention of Failures.- Cladding.- Design of Glass Against Breakage.- Construction Systems.- Innovations in High-Rise Construction.- Times Square Office Center: The Story of a High-Rise Complex.- Foundation Design.- Recent Improvements in Foundations.- High-Rise Housing.- High-Rise Public Housing Development in Singapore.- Demand for High-Rise Housing in the United States.- A Comparison of High-Rise Housing in India with Industrialized Countries.- Prefabricated Tall Buildings.- Prefabricated Concrete Systems.- INTEGRO: Open-Element Prefabricated Construction System.- Robots and Tall Buildings.- Construction Robotics in Japan.- Application of Systems Methodology.- Computer Integrated Facilities Management.- Reduce Operating Expenses by Computerizing Facilities Management.- Perceptions of the Computer in Design.- Role of Expert Systems in High-Rise Building Design.- Knowledge-Based Systems for Tall Buildings.- Building Service Systems.- Introductory Review.- Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC).- High-Rise Office Buildings: Changes Anticipated by the Year 2000.- Vertical and Horizontal Transportation.- Energy Consumption and Power Requirements of Elevators.- Space-Saving Elevators for the Very Tall Building.- High-Tech Tall Buildings.- Current and Future Trends: The New Age of Buildings.- Criteria and Loading.- Introductory Review.- Earthquake Loading and Response.- Behavior of Structures Retrofitted with Diagonal Steel Bracings During the 1985 Mexico City Earthquake.- Damage Statistics of the September 19, 1985 Earthquake in Mexico City.- Effects of the September 19, 1985 Earthquake on the Buildings of Mexico City.- Lessons of the Mexico City Earthquake.- Wind Loading and Wind Effects.- Definition of Wind Pressure on Tall Buildings.- Air Infiltration and Internal Pressures in Tall Buildings.- Effects of Higher Modes on Response of Wind-Excited Tall Buildings.- The Response of Supertall Buildings to Wind.- Fire.- Fire Safety Design for Tall Buildings: Recent Developments.- Structural Safety and Quality Assurance.- Safety, Quality Assurance, and Performance.- Structural Safety: Some Problems of Achievement and Control.- Motion Perception and Tolerance.- Motion in Tall Buildings.- Damping in Tall Buildings.- The Role of Damping Systems.- Structural Design of Tall Steel Buildings.- Introductory Review.- Commentary on Structural Standards.- Structural Standards.- Methods of Analysis and Design.- Seismic Design of Tall Steel Buildings.- Stability.- Design for Strength (Stability).- Design Methods Based on Stiffness.- Adaptive Expert System for Preliminary Design of Wind Bracings in Steel Skeleton Structures.- Connections.- Connection Flexibility in Steel Frames.- Load and Resistance Factor Design (Limit States Design).- Serviceability Limits for Tall Buildings.- Structural Design of Tall Concrete and Masonry Buildings.- Introductory Review.- Commentary on Structural Standards.- Building Codes.- Selection of Structural Systems.- Concrete Buildings-A Mile High.- Elastic Analysis.- Methods of Analysis in the Design of Tall Concrete and Masonry Buildings.- Precast Panel Structures.- Precast and Prestressed Concrete Directions in Australia and Southeast Asia.- Creep, Shrinkage, and Temperature Effects.- Deterioration of Concrete.- Masonry Structures.- U. S. Coordinated Program for Masonry Building Research.- Project Descriptions.- Superstructure of OUB Centre, Singapore.- The Skyscraper's Base: Architecture, Landscape and Use in the Dallas Arts District.- Append.- High-Rise Building Data Base.- Nomenclature.- Symbols.- Abbreviations.- Units.- References/Bibliography.- Building Index.- Name Index.