Department of Architecture ETH Zurich Skyscrapers An Architectural Type of Modern Urbanism Birkhauser - Publishers for Architecture Basel • Boston • Berlin T.U. Darmstadt Fachbereich 15 Bibliothek Architektur u. Stadtebau 10 Flatiron Building, New York 104 Citicorp Center, New York 12 Woolworth Building, New York 106 Renaissance Center, Detroit 14 Equitable Building, New York 108 Banco de Bilbao, Madrid, Spain 16 Barclay-Vesey Building, New York 110 M.L.C. Centre, Sydney, Australia 18 Chrysler Building, New York 112 Xerox Center, Chicago 20 Downtown Athletic Club, New York 114 IBM Building New York, New York 22 Empire State Building, New York 116 National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 24 Philadelphia Saving Fund Society Building, PSFS, 118 Torhaus Gleisdreieck, Frankfurt, Germany Philadelphia 120 Transco Tower, Houston 26 Rockefeller Center, New York 122 Trump Tower, New York 28 Johnson Wax Building, Racine, USA 124 333 Wacker Drive, Chicago 30 860/880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments, Chicago 126 AT&T Building, New York 32 Lever House, New York 128 Museum of Modern Art Residential Tower, New York 34 One-Mile-High Skyscraper, IL 130 NationsBank, Houston 36 Price Tower, Bartlesville, USA 132 Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel, Atlanta, USA 38 Torre Pirelli, Milan, Italy 134 Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank, Hong Kong, China 40 Thyssenhaus, Dusseldorf, Germany 136 World Financial Center, New York 42 Inland Steel Building, Chicago 138 Allied Bank Building, Dallas 44 Seagram Building, New York 140 Lipstick Building, New York 46 Torre Velasca; Milan, Italy 142 Lloyd's Building, London 48 Union Carbide Building, New York 144 OUB Centre, Singapore 50 Chase Manhattan Bank, New York 146 Lippo Center, Hong Kong, China 52 MetLife Building, New York 148 Millenium Tower, Tokyo, Japan 54 The Economist Building, London 150 Norwest Center, Minneapolis, USA 56 Marina City, Chicago 152 Tour sans Fin, Paris, France 58 Torres Blancas, Madrid, Spain 154 Bank of China, Hong Kong, China 60 CBS Building, New York 156 First Interstate World Center, Los Angeles 62 Civic Center, Chicago 158 International Place, Boston 64 Knights of Columbus, New Haven, USA 160 Messeturm, Frankfurt, Germany 66 Place Victoria Office Towers, Montreal, Canada 162 NEC Super Tower, Tokyo, Japan 68 Australia Square, Sidney, Autstralia 164 Canary Wharf Tower, London 70 Alcoa Building, San Francisco 166 Century Tower, Tokyo, Japan 72 Lake Point Tower, Chicago 168 New Tokyo City Hall, Tokyo, Japan 74 One First National Plaza, Chicago 170 NationsBank Corporate Center, Charlotte, USA 76 John Hancock Center, Chicago 172 DG Bank-Headquarters, Frankfurt, Germany 78 Standard Bank Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa 174 Landmark Tower, Yokohama, Japan 80 USX Tower, Pittsburgh, USA 176 Umeda Sky Building, Osaka, Japan 82 IBM Building Chicago, Chicago 178 Tour Credit Lyonnais, Lille, France 84 Nakagin Capsule Tower, Tokyo, Japan 180 Commerzbank, Frankfurt, Germany 86 Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco 182 Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 88 World Trade Center, New York 184 Plaza 66 Building, Shanghai, China 90 Federal Center, Chicago 186 Menara Telekom Tower, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 92 Sears Tower, Chicago 188 88 Philip Street Office Tower & Macquarie Apartments, 94 Overseas Chinese Bank, Singapore Sydney, Australia 96 United Nations Plaza I and II, New York 190 Swiss Re Tower, London 98 John Hancock Tower, Boston 100 Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, Atlanta 102 Water Tower Place, Chicago.