ABSTRACT

This work includes a brief history of skyscrapers as well as chapters on elevators and communications, facades and facing, mechanical and electrical systems, forces of nature, and much more.

chapter 1|13 pages

A Brief History of Skyscrapers

chapter 2|13 pages

Structural Steel

chapter 3|13 pages

Elevators and Communications

chapter 4|13 pages

Facades and Facing

chapter 5|15 pages

Mechanical and Electrical Systems

chapter 6|13 pages

Forces of Nature

chapter 7|11 pages

Skyscraper Demolitions and Disasters