Week 3 Readings

Week 3 Readings

Summaries “Deep Space, Thin Walls: Environmental and Material Precursors to the Postwar Skyscraper.” Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians by Thomas Leslie, Saranya Panchaseelan, Shawn Barron, and Paolo Orlando In the beginning, the buildings were...
Space: More Complex Than Ever

Space: More Complex Than Ever

Summaries Deep Space, Thin Walls: Environmental and Material Precursors to the Postwar Skyscraper. A lot of thought has been into buildings and their exteriors. Windows within buildings has become something of a norm when looking around at buildings that surround us....
Space is Shaped by Lived Experiences 

Space is Shaped by Lived Experiences 

Space In the 1890s, “space” became a significant concept in architecture. Over time, its meaning has changed considerably and is still widely debated. Space has different meanings depending on the context and is complex and challenging to define,...
Week 3 Readings

Week 3 Readings

‘Deep Space, Thin Walls: Environmental and Material Precursors to the Postwar Skyscraper’ written by Thomas Leslie, et. al. As building technology evolved the methods of construction and climate control to create comfortable spaces changed the form...
Capital Tower, RSP Architects Planners & Engineers, 2000

Capital Tower, RSP Architects Planners & Engineers, 2000

Leslie, Thomas, Saranya Panchaseelan, Shawn Barron, and Paolo Orlando. 2018. “Deep Space, Thin Walls: Environmental and Material Precursors to the Postwar Skyscraper.” Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 77 (1): 77–96.  20s building depend on natural...