ABSTRACT
For the skyscraper is not only the building of the century, it is also the single work of architecture that can be studied as the embodiment and expression of much that makes the century what it is. . . . For better or for worse, it is measure, parameter, or apotheosis of our consumer and corporate culture. No other building type incorporates so many forces of the modern world, or has been so expressive of changing belief systems and so responsive to changing tastes and practices. It romanticizes power and the urban condition. . . . The tall building probes our collective psyche as it probes the sky.
