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Second Century of the Skyscraper

Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

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  • © 1988

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  1. Lynn S. Beedle
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Table of contents (84 chapters)

  1. Systems and Concepts

    1. High-Rise Housing

      1. A Comparison of High-Rise Housing in India with Industrialized Countries
        • Jashwant B. Mehta
        Pages 473-482

    2. Prefabricated Tall Buildings

      1. Prefabricated Concrete Systems
        • Bohdan Lewicki
        Pages 483-491
      2. INTEGRO: Open-Element Prefabricated Construction System
        • Pavel Cízek
        Pages 493-505

    3. Robots and Tall Buildings

      1. Construction Robotics in Japan
        • Seishi Suzuki, Tetsuji Yoshida, Takatoshi Ueno
        Pages 507-552

    4. Application of Systems Methodology

      1. Computer Integrated Facilities Management
        • Jeffrey E. Harkness
        Pages 553-555
      2. Reduce Operating Expenses by Computerizing Facilities Management
        • Grant S. Farquhar
        Pages 557-562
      3. Perceptions of the Computer in Design
        • Peter Hoyt, Bob Stockdale
        Pages 563-569
      4. Role of Expert Systems in High-Rise Building Design
        • M. L. Maher, S. J. Fenves
        Pages 571-589
      5. Knowledge-Based Systems for Tall Buildings
        • V. Tuncer Akiner
        Pages 591-604

  2. Building Service Systems

    1. Introductory Review

      • Gordon Rigg
      Pages 605-606

    2. Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC)

      1. High-Rise Office Buildings: Changes Anticipated by the Year 2000
        • I. A. Naman
        Pages 607-620

    3. Vertical and Horizontal Transportation

      1. Energy Consumption and Power Requirements of Elevators
        • Joris Schroeder
        Pages 621-627
      2. Space-Saving Elevators for the Very Tall Building
        • Joris Schroeder
        Pages 629-633

    4. High-Tech Tall Buildings

      1. Current and Future Trends: The New Age of Buildings
        • Joseph H. Newman
        Pages 635-644

  3. Criteria and Loading

    1. Introductory Review

      • Alan G. Davenport
      Pages 645-648

    2. Earthquake Loading and Response

      1. Behavior of Structures Retrofitted with Diagonal Steel Bracings During the 1985 Mexico City Earthquake
        • Enrique Del Valle Calderón
        Pages 649-655
      2. Damage Statistics of the September 19, 1985 Earthquake in Mexico City
        • Gilberto Borja Navarrete, Manuel Díaz Canales, Alejandro Vázquez Vera, Arturo A. Bello Maldonado, Luis B. Rodríguez González, Sergio Escamilla Aguilar et al.
        Pages 657-666
      3. Effects of the September 19, 1985 Earthquake on the Buildings of Mexico City
        • Roberto Meli
        Pages 667-678
      4. Lessons of the Mexico City Earthquake
        • Ignacio Martin
        Pages 679-680

    3. Wind Loading and Wind Effects

      1. Definition of Wind Pressure on Tall Buildings
        • W. H. Melbourne
        Pages 681-688
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tenant is looming in importance. The owner is having more influence on the building. As Gerald D. Hines has said, there are indications that the desire for more discretionary time will lead to more residential high-rises dose to or in the midst of downtown office buildings. Downtown living could become the desired alternative. Tall buildings will be approached increasingly from the standpoint of an urban ecology - that what happens to apart can influence the whole. Provid­ ing for public as well as private needs in a tall building project is just one example (facilities for schools, shops, religious, and other needs). More attention will be paid to maintaining streets as lively and interesting places. Will a new "world's tallest" be built? Will we go a mile high? The answer is probably "yes" to the first, "no" to the second. With the recent spate of super-tall buildings on the drawing boards, going to greater heights was in the back of many people's minds at the Chicago conference. But in the U nited States, at least, buildings of 70 to 80 stories would appear to provide needed space consistent with economy. The future, then, is described in depth by papers that go into specific areas.

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