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ARCHITECTURE | Buildings for offices and professional practises
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TOWN PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN | Urban design and urban renovation
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THE BUILDING IN CINEMA |
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |
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Christine Roussel, The Art of Rockefeller Center, W.W. Norton & Company, New York 2006 |
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"Le dieci torri che hanno cambiato il mondo/Ten towers that changed the world", Domus Grattacieli/Skyscrapers, supplemento a/supplement of Domus 865, dicembre/december 2003, p. 24 (22-29) |
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Meridiani 116, marzo 2003 [New York], p. 179 (176-179) |
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Daniel Okrent, Great Fortune. The Epic of Rockefeller Center, Viking Press, New York 2003 |
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"La torre e la città/The tower and the city", Domus 840, settembre/september 2001, "Servizi/Features" pp. 36-101 Carol Willis, "La città tra le nuvole/The city in the clouds", Domus 840, settembre/september 2001, "Servizi/Features" p. 36 (36-101) |
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Judith Dupré, Skyscrapers, Black Dog & Leventhal, New York 1996, pp. 42-43 |
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Walter Karp, The Center. A History and Guide to Rockefeller Center, American Heritage Publishing Company, New York 1982 |
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Francesco dal Co, "Complessità e contraddizioni del tipo-grattacielo: ipotesi, interpretazioni, documenti", Casabella 457/458, aprile-maggio/april-may 1980 [Grattacielo: casa dello specchio], p. 56 (56-89) Raymond Hood, "Il progetto di Rockefeller City", Casabella 457/458, aprile-maggio/april-may 1980 [Grattacielo: casa dello specchio], pp. 82-85 (56-89) |
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Alan Balfour, Rockefeller Center. Architecture as Theater, McGraw-Hill, New York 1978 |
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Carol Herselle Krinsky, Rockefeller Center, Oxford University Press, New York 1978 |
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Bruno Zevi, Spazî dell'architettura moderna, Einaudi, Torino 1973, tav. 524-525 [XI. Il movimento organico negli Stati Uniti] |
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David G. Loth, The City Within a City. The Romance of Rockefeller Center, Morrow, New York 1966 |
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ADDITIONS AND DIGRESSIONS |
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1932: Lunch atop a skyscraper photo by Charles Clyde Ebbets |
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Andrew L. Reinhard and Henry Hofmeister Harvey Wiley Corbett, Wallace Kirkman Harrison and W.H. MacMurray Raymond Hood and André J. Fouilhoux |
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The original Rockefeller Center buildings (originally called "Radio City") are:
- 1 Rockefeller Plaza (formerly Time and Life Building)
- 10 Rockefeller Plaza (formerly Eastern Airlines Building)
- 1270 Avenue of the Americas Building (formerly RKO Building)
- The Associated Press Building
- The British Empire Building
- Channel Gardens
- The International Building
- La Maison Francaise
- Palazzo d'Italia
- The Simon & Schuster Building (formerly U.S. Rubber Company Building)
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