Vertical Europe eBook

The Sociology of HighRise Construction. More high-rise residential buildings have been built in the last two decades than at any other time before. Even in Europe, where historically a typical citys most prominent vertical accents came from chimneys and church steeples, towering buildings are increasingly shaping the urban landscape. In Vertical Europe, Andrea Glauser looks at new architectural trends in London, Paris, and Vienna, as well as the promises, desires, and fears associated with them in the minds of these cities residents. Her book is the first full-length sociological examination of the recent skyward growth in