02650nam 2200541 450 991045968340332120200520144314.01-4529-4295-1(CKB)3710000000329388(EBL)1912576(MiAaPQ)EBC1912576(Au-PeEL)EBL1912576(CaPaEBR)ebr11003365(CaONFJC)MIL688779(OCoLC)899264713(EXLCZ)99371000000032938820150122h20152015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierImpossible heights skyscrapers, flight, and the master builder /Adnan MorshedMinneapolis, Minnesota ;London, England :University of Minnesota Press,2015.©20151 online resource (313 p.)Includes index.0-8166-7319-5 Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Aesthetics of Ascension; 1. Hugh Ferriss and the "Harmonious Development of Man"; 2. Ascension as Autobiography: Buckminster Fuller and His "Land to Sky, Outward Progression"; 3. The Master Builder as Superman: Norman Bel Geddes's Futurama; Epilogue: The God's-Eye Vision; Notes; Index;The advent of the airplane and skyscraper in 1920's and '30's America offered the population an entirely new way to look at the world: from above. The captivating image of an airplane flying over the rising metropolis led many Americans to believe a new civilization had dawned. In Impossible Heights, Adnan Morshed examines the aesthetics that emerged from this valorization of heights and their impact on the built environment.The lofty vantage point from the sky ushered in a modernist impulse to cleanse crowded twentieth-century cities in anticipation of an ideal world of tomorrow.Architecture and societyUnited StatesHistory20th centuryTechnological innovationsSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryArchitecture, Modern20th centuryPhilosophyAeronautics and civilizationElectronic books.Architecture and societyHistoryTechnological innovationsSocial aspectsHistoryArchitecture, ModernPhilosophy.Aeronautics and civilization.720.1/08Morshed Adnan1026084MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459683403321Impossible heights2440793UNINA