office building

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In Western architecture: Construction in iron and glass
…new building types, the large office building. This building type was made necessary by the concentration of markets, banks, railroad terminals, and warehouses in small sections of growing cities, and it pushed skyward as a result of the attempt to get maximum income from expensive urban properties, the desire for…
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In Western architecture: The United States
The emblem of business, the office building, sometimes suffered from the demand for unique, distinctive towers; indeed, Harvey Wiley Corbett, a New York architect, admitted that publicity was the ruling motivation for some designers. The Gothic skyscraper, popularized by Gilbert’s Woolworth Building, was the style used by Raymond M. Hood…
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