{"product_id":"the-urban-towers-handbook-isbn-9780470684740","title":"The Urban Towers Handbook","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Urban Towers Handbook\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Eric Firley and Julie Gimbal with Philippe Honnorat \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor well over a century, the modern skyscraper has provided an ingenious solution to high-density living and working — accommodating the greatest number of people in a building with a minimal footprint. In the contemporary context of drastic urban growth, its role can only gain in importance. The question is how to avoid past mistakes and how to conceive the tower as a positive component of an existing or newly created urban fabric. In a thoroughly analytical and comparative way \u003ci\u003eThe Urban Towers Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e provides answers to these questions and serves as a reference book and design tool for architects, planners and developers alike. Its comprehensive graphic documentation includes not only aerials and to-scale plans and sections, but also purpose-made photography, drawings and diagrams. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe core of the book is made up of over fifty case studies which have been classified according to three major typological groups and their respective sub-groups: solitaires, clusters and vertical cities. Twenty-one of these examples feature detailed documentation, including classics such as the Rockefeller Center in Manhattan and Torre Velasca in Milan, as well as contemporary milestones such as Roppongi Hills in Tokyo and the making of Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai. Among others, several districts in Hong Kong, Shanghai and São Paulo have been analysed as existing examples of vertical cities. The case studies section of the book is consolidated by a second section that out-lines high-rise regulations in seven cities around the world, and highlights how planning authorities use tall buildings for the realisation of their urban goals and visions. The third and final section of the book addresses the uneasy relationship between high-rise structures and sustainability, placing the emphasis on the urban implications. \u003cb\u003ePreface\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection A: A visual dictionary of high-rise buildings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1st Group: Solitaires and Twin Towers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 – Monument\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMain example: Kingdom Centre, Riyadh\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary 1: Moscow State University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary 2: Burj Khalifa, Dubai\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 – Monument in block\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMain example: 30 St Mary Axe, London\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary 1: Torre Agbar, Barcelona\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary 2: Seagram Building, New York City\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 – Tower as block\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMain example: Commerzbank Tower, Frankfurt\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary 1: Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeconday 2: Hotel Ukraina, Moscow\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 – Tower in block\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMain example: Torre Velasca, Milan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary 1: Kudamm-Karree, Berlin\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary 2: Norddeutsche Landesbank, Hanover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 – Twin towers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMain example: Kungstornen, Stockholm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary 1: Marina City Towers, Chicago\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary 2: Puerta de Europa, Madrid\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 – Tower as team player\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMain example: Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary 1: Thyssen-Haus, Düsseldorf\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary 2: United Nations Headquarters, New York City\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 – Tower on infrastructure\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMain example: The Standard Hotel, New York City\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary 1: Shard London Bridge, London\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary 2: Tour Dexia (CBX), La Défense\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 – Tower as module \/ business as usual\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMain example: Tour Ar Men, Paris\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary 1: DUOC Corporate Building, Santiago de Chile\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary 2: Banco Atlántico, Barcelona\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2nd Group: Clusters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 – Integrated in existing city fabric\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMain example: Rockefeller Center, New York City\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary 1: Villeurbanne Town Hall and new centre\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary 2: Riverside Center, New York City\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 – Towers as urban pattern\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMain example: Quartier du Palais ('Immeubles Choux'), Créteil\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary 1: Jianwai SOHO, Beijing\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary 2: Stuyvesant Town, New York City\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 – Linear cluster\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMain example: Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary 1: Playa de Levante extension, Benidorm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary 2: Rue de la Loi masterplan, Brussels\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 – High-rise compound\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMain example: Moma and Pop Moma, Beijing\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary 1: Marina Baie des Anges, Villeneuve-Loubet\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary 2: Icon Brickell, Miami\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 – High-rise megastructure\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMain example: Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, Tokyo\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary 1: Parque Central, Caracas\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary 2: Pinnacle@Duxton, Singapore\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 – Towers in nature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMain example: Hansaviertel, Berlin\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary 1: Unité d’Habitation, Marseille\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary 2: Newton Suites, Singapore\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 – Towers on podium\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMain example: Front de Seine, Paris\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary 1: Jumeirah Beach Residences, Dubai\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary 2: Tour 9, Montreuil\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3rd Group: Vertical Cities\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 – US-American downtown:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMain example: Downtown Houston\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 – High-rise as norm:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMain example: Higienópolis, São Paulo\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 – High-rise as geographical obligation:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMain example: Monaco\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 – City of monuments:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMain example: Lujiazui, Shanghai\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 – European CBD:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMain example: La Défense\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary: La Défense extension (Tour AIR\u003csup\u003e2\u003c\/sup\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 – City of megastructures:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMain example: Hong Kong\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection B: High-rise building regulations in seven cities worldwide\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLondon\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrankfurt\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVienna\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew York\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHong Kong\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSingapore\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection C: High-rise and sustainability\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eComparative table\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBibliography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndex\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePicture credits\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Informative and thought provoking both for practitioners and space syntax researchers\". (\u003ci\u003eJSS,\u003c\/i\u003e December, 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Firley\u003c\/b\u003e is a French-German architect and urban designer. The author of \u003ci\u003eThe Urban Housing Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e (John Wiley \u0026amp; Sons Ltd, 2009), he is Assistant Professor at the University of Miami School of Architecture and heads an international research consultancy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulie Gimbal\u003c\/b\u003e is a French art historian with a special interest in high-rise architecture. She holds a doctorate from the University of Rennes on the subject of high-rise architecture in France and is responsible for the second section of the book on high-rise regulations. She also helped to inform the choice of case studies in the first part of the book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilippe Honnorat,\u003c\/b\u003e a French Engineer, heads the Paris office of WSP Flack + Kurtz. An expert in  Mechanical and Electrical systems, he has worked in the UK and USA, and has extensive international experience in high-rise structures. Honnorat wrote the third section of the book covering sustainability issues.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Urban Towers Handbook\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Eric Firley and Julie Gimbal with Philippe Honnorat \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor well over a century, the modern skyscraper has provided an ingenious solution to high-density living and working — accommodating the greatest number of people in a building with a minimal footprint. In the contemporary context of drastic urban growth, its role can only gain in importance. The question is how to avoid past mistakes and how to conceive the tower as a positive component of an existing or newly created urban fabric. In a thoroughly analytical and comparative way \u003ci\u003eThe Urban Towers Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e provides answers to these questions and serves as a reference book and design tool for architects, planners and developers alike. Its comprehensive graphic documentation includes not only aerials and to-scale plans and sections, but also purpose-made photography, drawings and diagrams. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe core of the book is made up of over fifty case studies which have been classified according to three major typological groups and their respective sub-groups: solitaires, clusters and vertical cities. Twenty-one of these examples feature detailed documentation, including classics such as the Rockefeller Center in Manhattan and Torre Velasca in Milan, as well as contemporary milestones such as Roppongi Hills in Tokyo and the making of Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai. Among others, several districts in Hong Kong, Shanghai and São Paulo have been analysed as existing examples of vertical cities. The case studies section of the book is consolidated by a second section that out-lines high-rise regulations in seven cities around the world, and highlights how planning authorities use tall buildings for the realisation of their urban goals and visions. The third and final section of the book addresses the uneasy relationship between high-rise structures and sustainability, placing the emphasis on the urban implications.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990361850085,"sku":"NP9780470684740","price":76.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470684740.jpg?v=1761787514","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-urban-towers-handbook-isbn-9780470684740","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}