Discussion: Icons of Progress – High-Rise Buildings, Their Motivation, Aesthetics and Effects

What Kafka wrote in 1920 still holds true today: “The main aspect of the whole undertaking is the idea of building a tower that reaches up to the sky.” Once such a notion has gained currency, it can no longer be stopped. It is scarcely surprising, therefore, that the high-rise block is at present witnessing something of a renaissance –...