Corporate Capitalism and the Emergence of the High-Rise Office Building
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11669003 |
|---|---|
| Authors | GUNTER GAD (a Department of Geography, University of Toronto, 100 St. George Street Toronto, Ont., Canada M5S 1A1, corresponding author), Deryck W Holdsworth (b Department of Geography, Pennsylvania State University, 302 Walker Building University Park, Pennsylvania 16802) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 212-231 |
| Publication date | 1987-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0272-3638 • E-ISSN: 1938-2847 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2747/0272-3638.8.3.212 |
| OpenAlex | W2028773416 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 11 |
Although the skyscraper's emergence has been attributed to the genius of individual architects, innovations in building technology, real estate values, and the symbolic value of tall buildings, this paper presents another, perhaps more critical reason for its emergence: demand for office space. Using Toronto, Canada as a case study, office occupancy data are examined to highlight the morphological transformation of a downtown area. The transition from entrepreneurial to corporate capitalism resulted in the proliferation of very small interdependent office establishments and the growth of large offices with several hundred employees. Both components of demand influenced size of office buildings
Archaeology · Architectural engineering · Business · Capitalism · Downtown · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Geography · Interdependence · Occupancy · Political science · Real estate · Social science · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Architecture and Computational Design · Engineering · Law · Seismic and Structural Analysis of Tall Buildings · Urban Design and Spatial Analysis · Finance
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1968 - 2005 (38) |
| Highly cited | No |