Ever since the late 1800s when the first skyscrapers appeared, tall buildings have inspired awe and fascination. The beautiful books listed here pay photographic tribute to every variety of skyscraper, including Classical, Art Deco, Expressionist, Modernist, and Postmodernist.
1. Skyscrapers: The New Millennium
A good roundup of new skyscrapers, with information about developments in form, character, and technology. By John Zukowsky and Martha Thorne.
2. Skyscrapers: Masterpieces of Architecture
Detailed photography of the world's great skyscrapers along with the history of each skyscraper and information about the architects involved in their construction. By Charles Sheppard.
3. Manhattan Skyscrapers
Eric Peter Nash and photographer Norman McGrath present a hundred years of New York's most interesting and important tall buildings. Seventy-five skyscrapers are photographed and presented with a history of each building and quotes from the architects.4. Rise of the New York Skyscraper, 1865-1913
A fascinating look at the history of New York's tall buildings and the building boom in Manhattan in the late 1800s and early 1900s. 206 photographs. By Carl W. Condit and Sarah Bradford Landau.5. 1,001 Skyscrapers
This spiral-bound oversized book by Eric Howeler and Jeannie Meejin Yoon takes 27 of the world's most famous skyscrapers, scales them equally, and cuts them into three pieces that can be recombined to make 15,625 new buildings of your own design. "1,001 Skyscrapers" is not a chidren's book; builders of all ages will be entertained and enlightened.6. Skyscraper Rivals
Subtitled, "The AIG Building & the Architecture of Wall Street," this hardcover looks at the four major towers in New York City's financial district and examines the financial, geographical, and historical forces that brought these buildings into being.