LEADER 02616nam 2200529 450 001 9910808108903321 005 20230126212605.0 010 $a1-4529-4295-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000329388 035 $a(EBL)1912576 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1912576 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1912576 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11003365 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL688779 035 $a(OCoLC)899264713 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000329388 100 $a20150122h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aImpossible heights $eskyscrapers, flight, and the master builder /$fAdnan Morshed 210 1$aMinneapolis, Minnesota ;$aLondon, England :$cUniversity of Minnesota Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (313 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-8166-7319-5 327 $aCover; 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; 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aArchitecture and society$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aTechnological innovations$xSocial aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aArchitecture, Modern$y20th century$xPhilosophy 606 $aAeronautics and civilization 615 0$aArchitecture and society$xHistory 615 0$aTechnological innovations$xSocial aspects$xHistory 615 0$aArchitecture, Modern$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aAeronautics and civilization. 676 $a720.1/08 700 $aMorshed$b Adnan$01713111 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808108903321 996 $aImpossible heights$94105827 997 $aUNINA