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WEEKLY MAGAZINE
SNIPPETZ HAS OUR HEAD IN THE CLOUDS: SKYSCRAPERS by Deborah Stumpf
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ISSUE 567 • SEPTEMBER 10, 2012
“The skyscraper establishes the block, the block creates the street, the street offers itself to man.� - Roland Barthes (1915–1980), French semiologist
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REACHING TO THE SKIES Building designers have always wanted to make buildings taller and taller but available materials held them back. The early “skyscrapers� were towers of stone with thick walls and few windows. Along came gothic cathedrals that used buttresses to support weight and allow more use of glass windows.
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