Hochhäuser = High-Rise Buildings = Tours.

• Other Authors: Kaltenbrunner, Robert, Denk, Ellen, Schittich, Christian
• Format: Article
• Language: German; English
• Published: Munchen : Institue für Internationale Architektur-Dokumentation, 2007
• Series: Detail v. 47, no. 9 (sept. 2007)
• Subjects: Volz, Erik; Ingenhoven, Christoph, > 1960-; Kaplan, David; Fowle, Bruce; Estudio Carme Pinós; Abalos & Herreros; Ateliers Jean Nouvel (firma); Mecanoo (firma); Ingenhoven Overdiek und Partner; Foster and Partners (firma); Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects; FXFOWLE; Renzo Piano Building Workshop (firma); Torre Agbar (Bracelona, España); Torre Cube > 2004-2005 > Guadalajara > México; Rascacielo; Edificio de viviendas; Arquitectura bioclimática; Viviendas en hilera; Complejo de viviendas; Detalle constructivo; Vivienda colectiva; Guadalajara (México); Las Palmas (Gran Canaria, España); Barcelona (España); París (Francia); Munich (Alemania); Nueva York (Estados Unidos); Hong Kong (China); España; Inglaterra (Reino Unido); Holanda; Estados Unidos; Francia; Róterdam (Holanda); International Finance Centre Two (Hong Kong, China); Plaza Woermann (Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, España); Uptown Munchen (Munich, Alemania)

Table of Contents:

• The fascination of skyscrapers/ Christian Schittich, p. 926
• Icons of progress - high-rise buildings, their motivation, aesthetics and effects / Robert Kaltenbrunner, p. 928-934
• The origins of the high-rise building / Ellen Denk, p. 935-940
• Typological aspects of high-rise buildings / Christoph Ingenhoven, p. 956-961
• Torre Cube in Guadalajara, Mexico (Estudio Carme Pinos), p. 962-964
• Woermann Plaza in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (Abalos Herreros), p. 965-967
• Torre Agbar, Barcelona (Ateliers Jean Nouvel), p. 968-970
• Uptown tower, Munich (Ingenhoven Architekten), p. 971-973
• Montevideo high-rise housing and office block, Rotterdam (Mecanoo), p. 974-976
• Hearst Tower, New York (Foster Partners), p. 977-979
• International Finance Centre Two, Hong Kong (Pelli Clarke Pelli), p. 980-982
• New York Times Building, Times Square (Renzo Piano Building Workshop and FXFowle Architects), p. 984-1004 [includes: interview with project architect Erik Volz on the design, p. 986-993 / Planning from the client's point of view - interview with Hussain Ali-Khan of the New York Times, p. 994-997
• The load-bearing structure of the New York Times Building / Tom Scarangello, p. 998-99
• European features in a New York skyscraper - an interview with David Kaplan of FXFowle, p. 1000-1004]