Tower to Tower: Gigantism in Architecture and Digital Culture

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Henriette Steiner (Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen) Kristin Veel (Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen)

Tower to Tower

Gigantism in Architecture and Digital Culture

Henriette Steiner (Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen), Kristin Veel (Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen)

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MIT Press
21 May 2024

Memorials, monuments; Advertising & society; Impact of science & technology on society

A cultural history of gigantism in architecture and digital culture, from the Eiffel Tower to the World Trade Center.

A cultural history of gigantism in architecture and digital culture, from the Eiffel Tower to the World Trade Center.

The gigantic is everywhere, and gigantism is manifest in everything from excessively tall skyscrapers to globe-spanning digital networks. In this book, Henriette Steiner and Kristin Veel map and critique the trajectory of gigantism in architecture and digital culture-the convergence of tall buildings and networked infrastructures-from the Eiffel Tower to One World Trade Center. They show how these two forms of gigantism intersect in the figure of the skyscraper with a transmitting antenna on its roof, a gigantic building that is also a nodal point in a gigantic digital infrastructure. Steiner and Veel focus on two paradigmatic tower sites- the Eiffel Tower and the Twin Towers of the destroyed World Trade Center (as well as their replacement, the One World Trade Center tower). They consider, among other things, philosophical interpretations of the Eiffel Tower; the design and destruction of the Twin Towers; the architectural debates surrounding the erection of One World Trade Center on the Ground Zero site; and such recent examples of gigantism across architecture and digital culture as Rem Koolhaas's headquarters for China Central TV and the phenomenon of the ""tech giant."" Examining the cultural, architectural, and media history of these towers, they analyze the changing conceptions of the gigantism that they represent, not just as physical structures but as sites for the projection of cultural ideas and ideals.

By: Henriette Steiner (Associate Professor University of Copenhagen), Kristin Veel (Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen)
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780262552042
ISBN 10: 0262552043
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 21 May 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Henriette Steiner is Associate Professor at the Section for Landscape Architecture and Planning at the University of Copenhagen. Kristin Veel is Associate Professor at the Department for Arts and Cultural Studies at the University of Copenhagen and coauthor of Tower to Tower (MIT Press).