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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
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1997 describes construction
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1998 (from the German) World-wide survey
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1995 includes photographs and floor plans
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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
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c.1986 Photos & description of air conditioning & other services
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1991 includes New York’s Manhattan Life Insurance Building
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1981 Covers skyscrapers of New York & Chicago
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1963 (from the German) Survey with photos & drawings andsome information on air conditioning and lighting
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1974 with photographs and drawings
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1975 American plumbing design procedures
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1995 Chapters on Office Buildings, Hotels & Apartments
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1996 early New York skyscrapers
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1913 The Woolworth Building, New York: Record of construction with details of elevators and ventilation
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1994 Chapter “City of Towers”
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2002 Both construction & modern photos
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1996 (Skyscraper shaped book) with vertical photos and list of the (then) tallest 100 buildings in the World
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1995 Many examples of skyscrapers
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1992 features the Co-op Insurance in Manchester, Shell Centre in London and the Bayer Building in Leverkusen
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March 1992 CIBSE Journal features Canary Wharf Tower
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Magazine, believed 1930s, describing construction
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2001 Photographed during construction
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c.1976 (in French) brochure La Tour Maine-Montparnasse, Paris
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2005 Photographic record
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2010 Photos & details of HVAC installations
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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”