This work includes a brief history of skyscrapers as well as chapters on elevators and communications, facades and facing, mechanical and electrical systems, forces of nature, and much more.

Authored by Priwer, Shana; Phillips, Cynthia

Chapter 1 A Brief History of Skyscrapers; Chapter 2 Structural Steel; Chapter 3 Elevators and Communications; Chapter 4 Facades and Facing; Chapter 5 Mechanical and Electrical Systems; Chapter 6 Forces of Nature; Chapter 7 Skyscraper Demolitions and Disasters;