The Planning and Construction of High Office-Buildings

This volume is presented to Architects, Engineers, and builders as supplementary to the author's work on "Skeleton Construction in Buildings." It consists of 10 chapters: 1. Representative high office-buildings and their development. 2. Floor-planning 3. Central bank building, New York 4. Exterior walls 5. Floor-construction and fireproofing 6. Columns 7. Foundations 8. The Machinery-hall 9. Plumbing and Drainage 10. Miscellaneous details