Chronological Bibliography, 1946-1988

A list of Carl W. Condit's publications offers more than the evidence of an active career in scholarship; it provides insight into the workings of a powerful intellect fueled by genuine curiosity. For more than forty years Condit has explored a vast realm of inquiry. From his landmark volumes on American skyscraper construction and Chicago commercial architecture to his recent studies of the railway systems of Cincinnati and the greater New York environs to his critical analyses of structural form, urban development, and modern aesthetics, one element unifies this extraordinary diversity--Condit's continuing fascination with the interactive development of advancing technology and the shape of the man-made environment. As a writer, and as a teacher, Condit exhibits a rare balance of the humanist and the scientist. He welcomes changes in our world with enthusiasm and inquisitiveness, but he challenges those changes in light of the lessons of history. Throughout his long and ongoing investigation of culture evolving in a technological society, Condit never loses sight of the human position: its scale, its condition, and its spirit. His work provides a dialectical discourse on people and their world. As he charts the course of modern structural form and engineering, he traces the growth of modern values and human concerns. The range of Condit's subjects attracts a wide public. His readers include students and scholars of architectural history and technology, practitioners of architecture and engineering, historic preservationists, and railroad buffs. Throughout his career as a writer Condit has published in varied forums, indicating his own acknowledgment of his diverse audience. His books, his numerous entries in dictionaries and encyclopedias, and his essays in scholarly collections have been of great value to student and professional alike. To present his ideas with force and clarity to this multifaceted public, Condit demonstrates his belief that good writing is an essential component of sound scholarship. He never burdens his language with