This book is the most informative book I've found on individual tall buildings. The photos are absolutely beautiful, and after reading the book, I felt as if I had really toured some of the world's best skyscrapers. Though, some of the buildings' heights are contraversial such as the Sears Tower which is more often claimed to be 1,454 feet. The book says 1,450 feet. Also, Miami's Southeast Financial Center is said to be only 738 feet, yet I've heard from several sources it is 764 feet. The CTBUH put a lot of research into the making of this book, and I can't blame them for slight errors.

I am a 6th grade math teacher. Every year my students need to research a building anywhere in the world. This book provides the information I require them to find about the year built, architects, height, and location. It also has wonderful photographs of each building that will enable students to write summaries of the observable geometric properties.

a book written through the eyes of a great artist, this abbreviated tome covers topics from new york city to cadillacs. le corbusier's intellectually stimulating style applied to everyday life opens up a vast world full of travels and life experiences that, perhaps embarassing to ideological scholars of corbu, is fascinating reading for artists living in the real world. held my rapt attention and i only read part of it over lunch (i now own it).