The urban towers handbook / Eric Firley and Julie Gimbal.

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Machine generated contents note: SECTION A visual dictionary of high-rise buildings -- SOLITAIRES -- 1. Monument -- Main example: Kingdom Centre, Riyadh -- Secondary 1 Moscow State University -- Secondary 2 Burj Khalifa, Dubai -- 2. Monument in block -- Main example: 30 St Mary Axe, London -- Secondary 1 Torre Agbar, Barcelona -- Secondary 2 Seagram Building, New York City -- 3. Tower as block -- Main example: Commerzbank Tower, Frankfurt -- Secondary 1 Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco -- Secondary 2 Hotel Ukraina, Moscow -- 4. Tower in block -- Main example: Torre Velasca, Milan -- Secondary 1 Kudamm-Karree, Berlin -- Secondary 2 Norddeutsche Landesbank, Hanover -- 5. Twin towers -- Main example: Kungstornen, Stockholm -- Secondary 1 Marina City Towers, Chicago -- Secondary 2 Puerta de Europa, Madrid -- 6. Tower as team player -- Main example: Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building -- Secondary 1 Thyssen-Haus, Dusseldorf -- Secondary 2 United Nations Headquarters, New York City -- 7. Tower on infrastructure -- Main example: The Standard Hotel, New York City -- Secondary 1 Shard London Bridge, London -- Secondary 2 Tour Dexia (CBX), La Defense -- 8. Tower as module / business as usual -- Main example: Tour Ar Men, Paris -- Secondary 1 DUOC Corporate Building, Santiago de Chile -- Secondary 2 Banco Atlantico, Barcelona -- CLUSTERS -- 1. Integrated in existing city fabric -- Main example: Rockefeller Center, New York City -- Secondary 1 Villeurbanne Town Hall and new centre -- Secondary 2 Riverside Center, New York City -- 2. Towers as urban pattern -- Main example: Quartier du Palais (`Immeubles Choux'), Creteil -- Secondary 1 Jianwai SOHO, Beijing -- Secondary 2 Stuyvesant Town, New York City -- 3. Linear clusters -- Main example: Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai -- Secondary 1 Playa de Levante extension, Benidorm -- Secondary 2 Rue de la Loi masterplan, Brussels -- 4. High-rise compound -- Main example: Moma and Pop Moma, Beijing -- Secondary 1 Marina Baie des Anges, Villeneuve-Loubet -- Secondary 2 Icon Brickell, Miami -- 5. High-rise megastructure -- Main example: Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, Tokyo -- Secondary 1 Parque Central, Caracas -- Secondary 2 Pinnacle@Duxton, Singapore -- 6. Towers in nature -- Main example: Hansaviertel, Berlin -- Secondary 1 Unite d'Habitation, Marseilles -- Secondary 2 Newton Suites, Singapore -- 7. Towers on podium -- Main example: Front de Seine, Paris -- Secondary 1 Jumeirah Beach Residences, Dubai -- Secondary 2 Tour 9, Montreuil -- VERTICAL CITIES -- 1. US-American downtown: Downtown Houston -- 2. High-rise as norm: Higienopolis, Sao Paulo -- 3. High-rise as geographical obligation: Monaco -- 4. City of monuments: Lujiazui, Shanghai -- 5. European CBD: La Defense -- La Defense renewal plan (example of Tour AIR2) -- 6. City of megastructures: Hong Kong -- SECTION B High-rise building regulations in seven cities worldwide -- London -- Frankfurt -- Vienna -- Paris -- New York -- Hong Kong -- Singapore -- SECTION C High-rise and sustainability.

"This book includes 30 in-depth case studies of iconic towers from around the world, organized according to type. These range from historic examples, such as the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Chrysler Building in New York, and the medieval tower houses of San Gimignano in Tuscany, to highly contemporary examples, such as the Burj Al Arab in Dubai and the Roppogni Hills in Tokyo. In addition, each case study features one or two further examples of contemporary projects that share a similar urban configuration."--Publisher.