Tall Building in Historic Centers

CITY CENTERS A variety of relationships exist between tall buildings and history in urban centers across the globe. In this section we studied the broad spatial relationships between tall buildings and historic districts in nine prominent cities. An analysis of the urban fabric within these cities reveals dimensional patterns that shape the footprint and form of tall buildings.

Tall Building in Historic Centers

Published on Jan 30, 2013

Northeastern School of Architecture

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Though slim in volume, "Tall Buildings in Historic Centers" is rich with information specific to the disparate stratospheres of landmarks-organizations and tall buildings - because often the two collide. Unique to this study is: not just the finite practice of the collision – with its metrics, legislations, and countless built examples – but also the broader disciplinary problem (or promise) that the collision poses for architecture. The possibility that the surging capital motives of private real-estate development and the weight of social value can exist side-by-side – or bound – reassures the role of the architect in the future shaping of cities. More profoundly, this alludes to the responsibility an architect can hold in shaping history and capitalism.

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