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Book SynopsisCass Gilbert's pioneering buildings injected vitality into skyscraper design, and his Gothic skyscraper, epitomized by the Woolworth Building, profoundly influenced architects during the first decades of the twentieth century. Now the full breadth of Gilbert's achievements is visible in one lavishly illustrated volume.
Trade ReviewA visually rich book that reproduces numerous photographs, drawings, and plans from the Gilbert archive and presents them together with five scholarly essays by Gilbert authorities...Each of these essays draws richly on material from the archive, is well-documented, and provides real insights into Gilbert's work...for the sobriety of its essays, and even more for its lavish reproductions of plans and drawings, Inventing the Skyline is a necessary addition to any shelf of books on American architecture. -- Francis Morrone The New Criterion
Table of ContentsForeword, by Betsy Gotbaum Preface, by Margaret Heilbrun Biographical Time Line Introduction, by Hugh Hardy 1. Cass Gilbert in Practice, 1882-1934, by Sharon Irish 2. From Sketch to Architecture: Drawings in the Cass Gilbert Office, by Mary Beth Betts 3. Cass Gilbert: Twelve Projects, by Mary Beth Betts 4. The Architect as Planner: Cass Gilbert's Responses to Historic Open Space, by Barbara S. Christen 5. Cass Gilbert's Skyscrapers in New York: The Twentieth-Century City and the Urban Picturesque, by Gail Fenske Contributors
