CIBSE HERITAGE GROUPPUBLICATIONS WITH INFORMATION

ON SKYSCRAPERSMainly in the USA and mainly offices with the

emphasis on air conditioning

1980 Mainly USA, but includes Pirelli Building in Milan & Vickers Building in London

1997 describes construction

1998 (from the German) World-wide survey

1995 includes photographs and floor plans

May 1981 CIBSE Journal article by Brian Roberts covers Sears Tower in Chicago, United California Bank in Los Angeles, Pennzoil Place in

Houston and New York’s Twin Towers (destroyed by terrorists) notable for 170,000 kW refrigerating plant

c.1986 Photos & description of air conditioning & other services

1991 includes New York’s Manhattan Life Insurance Building

1981 Covers skyscrapers of New York & Chicago

1963 (from the German) Survey with photos & drawings andsome information on air conditioning and lighting

1974 with photographs and drawings

1975 American plumbing design procedures

1995 Chapters on Office Buildings, Hotels & Apartments

1996 early New York skyscrapers

1913 The Woolworth Building, New York: Record of construction with details of elevators and ventilation

1994 Chapter “City of Towers”

2002 Both construction & modern photos

1996 (Skyscraper shaped book) with vertical photos and list of the (then) tallest 100 buildings in the World

1995 Many examples of skyscrapers

1992 features the Co-op Insurance in Manchester, Shell Centre in London and the Bayer Building in Leverkusen

March 1992 CIBSE Journal features Canary Wharf Tower

Magazine, believed 1930s, describing construction

2001 Photographed during construction

c.1976 (in French) brochure La Tour Maine-Montparnasse, Paris

2005 Photographic record

2010 Photos & details of HVAC installations

1999 ASHRAE contains two articles by David Arnold, CIBSE Heritage Group; “The Evolution of Modern Office Buildings & Air Conditioning”

and “Air Conditioning in Office Buildings after World War II”