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Wilson, Forrest Russell was born on April 21, 1918 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Royal and Josephine (Payne) Wilson.
(From front flap: So this book is about the whole world--h...)
From front flap: So this book is about the whole world--how it works and how man uses it. It contains a number of simple experiments to help you understand the physical facts that the architect works with: hot air rises, cool air sinks; glass welcomes in the short-wave radiation of the sun but blocks the exist of reflected long waves; evaporation cools, shivering warms. Earning these facets will give you a better understanding not only of architecture but of the world you live in.
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(Have you ever felt squashed? Squeezed? Pulled? Tugged? If...)
Have you ever felt squashed? Squeezed? Pulled? Tugged? If so, then you know what it feels like to be a building! Here, with playful drawings and humorous text, award-winning author Forrest Wilson uses human figures (plus some dogs and rams) to show that architecture and people have more in common than you might have believed. This book will delight everyone who is fascinated with the buildings around us.
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(Three sleek new skyscrapers inch their way to completion ...)
Three sleek new skyscrapers inch their way to completion in a five-block stretch of Madison Avenue, a tribute to the continuing popularity of midtown Manhanttan as one of the world's most elegant and expensive addresses. Beneath the skyscrapers-which will house such blue-chip tenants as American Telephone and Telegraph, International Business Machines, and Continental Illinois National Bank-the city's water and sewer system decays. Limousines clog the Wall Street area each day, whisking the captains of business to their appointed rounds, and each night the chauffeur-driven cars line up at Le Cirque, Regine's and the Plaza. But the drivers take their passengers down the FDR Drive at some risk, for the major East Side highway is crumbling. The landfill underneath is slipping into the East River, and concrete chunks regularly break off from the ceilings of the drive's tunnels. In addition, New York must find another $20 billion to $30 billion to rebuild the rest of its physical plant. It must replace much of its 2,400 mile water and 6,100 mile sewer system (much of it is more than 100 years old). The city must repair its bridges; the Manhattan Bridge can sway several feet when a subway crosses, and cables snap on the Brooklyn Bridge (one killed a pedestrian in the summer of 1981). It must repave a large portion of more than 6,000 miles of streets. "The outlook is grim," former deputy mayor Solomon says of the city's problems.
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Wilson, Forrest Russell was born on April 21, 1918 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Royal and Josephine (Payne) Wilson.
Doctor of Philosophy, Union Graduate School, 1977.
Sculptor, California, New York City, Paris, 1935—1965. Design consultant New York City, 1952—1960. Professor Pratt Institute, 1960—1965.
Editor Progressive Architecture, Stanford, Connecticut, New York City, 1965—1971. Director School Architecture, Ohio University, 1971—1974. Chairman, associate dean Catholic University, 1974—1979, professor, since 1979.
With USMMR, World World War II.
(Have you ever felt squashed? Squeezed? Pulled? Tugged? If...)
(Three sleek new skyscrapers inch their way to completion ...)
(From front flap: So this book is about the whole world--h...)
Member of American Society of Heating, American Institute of Architects (senior editor journal Architecture since 1979), Royal Society Art.
Married Elizabeth E. Cherubino, March 20, 1960. Children: Jonathan, Robert, Paul.