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Vertical : lift escalator paternoster : a cultural history of vertical transport / general editors, Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani and Lutz Hartwig ; editors, Jeannot Simmen and Joseph Imorde ; [translated by Robin Benson and Catherine Kerkhoff-Saxon].
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Book
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English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/Created
Berlin : Ernst & Sohn, 1994.
Description
143 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 34 cm.
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Architecture Library - Stacks
TJ1370 .V477 1994q Oversize
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Elevators
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History
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Escalators
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History
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Magnago Lampugnani, Vittorio, 1951-
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Hartwig, Lutz, 1946-
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Simmen, Jeannot
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Imorde, Joseph, 1963-
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Notes
"Vertical comprises 12 diverse essays by 10 international authors, including art theorists and technicians, film historians and architects."
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The lift as a place of lingering / Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani
Lifts and architecture : lift architecture / Lutz Hartwig
The earth-rooted ascent to heaven / Jeannot Simmen
The ascent that never wanted to end / Christoph Asendorf
Vertical sequence : the lift in film / Norbert M. Schmitz
"The Yankee loves the lift . . ." / Eckhard Gruber
Lift control : yesterday and today / Gerhard Thumm
Pictures of ascension / Joseph Imorde
Baroque machineries for comfort / Uwe Drepper
The exact course of an escalator / Siegfried Gronert
By lift and magnetism into outer space / Gregor Henger
The paternoster : a dinosaur at the end / Jeannot Simmen.
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Lift, elevator, paternoster
Cultural history of vertical transport
ISBN
3433028680
9783433028681
LCCN
96122438
OCLC
31723581
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Vertical : lift, escalator, paternoster : a cultural history of vertical transport / general editors: Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani and Lutz Hartwig ; editors: Jeannot Simmen and Joseph Imorde.
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