The Skyscraper Museum is devoted to the study of high-rise building, past, present, and future. The Museum explores tall buildings as objects of design, products of technology, sites of construction, investments in real estate, and places of work and residence. This site will look better in a browser that supports web standards, but it is accessible to any browser or Internet device.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS

MARCH 18 | Re: Modern Icons in the 21st Century

POSTPONED: NEW DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED
The United Nations Capital Master Plan will be presented by the project's leadership and key consulting architects and engineers. Click here to read more about the event and register by emailing programs[at]skyscraper.org.

JANUARY 2010 | An International Conference in Hong Kong

Held in Hong Kong on January 21 & 22, The Skyscraper Museum, The Hong Kong | New York Urban Exchange Group, and AIA Hong Kong presented the second of an ongoing exchange between the world's great vertical cities in an international conference, VERTICAL DENSITY: THE PUBLIC DIMENSION. Click here to read more about the event or visit www.hk-ny.com

FALL 2009 | SHANGHAI SKYLINE

In conjunction with its exhibition CHINA PROPHECY, The Skyscraper Museum presented a lecture series that explores in depth--and height--the sensational growth of Shanghai's skyline over the past three decades.
Click here for additional information and the video archive.

WINTER 2010 | BOOK TALKS

March 24: Donna Goodman Book Talk

Book talks are held at The Skyscraper Museum from 6:30-8 pm. The gallery and exhibition, CHINA PROPHECY: SHANGHAI, are open for viewing from 6 pm. All events are free of charge. Please RSVP to programs@skyscraper.org with the name of the program you would like to attend.
Please be aware that reservation priority is given to Members of The Skyscraper Museum. Not a member? Become a Museum member today!
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MARCH 24 | 6:30-8 pm
Donna Goodman
A HISTORY OF THE FUTURE
(The Monacelli Press 2008)

The political, social, and economic upheaval of the early twentieth century generated an extraordinary range of proposals for the future as successive generations grappled with issues of organizing vast urban systems and humanizing dense industrial environments. As conceptual design became the vehicle for exploring ideas and presenting new movements, a dialogue between technology and design began to emerge.

A History of the Future explores the impact of modern technology on design and planning, beginning with Renaissance concepts that laid the foundations for modern visionary work and concluding with emerging projects in sustainable design. It also includes relevant projects in related fields, such as film, photography, and industrial design. Profusely illustrated, A History of the Future is a visual survey of the heroic, utopian, and occasionally misguided visions of the twentieth century.


Donna Goodman has taught architecture and urban planning for more than twenty years at prestigious design schools including Pratt Institute, Parsons School of Design at the New School, Rhode Island School of Design, and New York University. Her architectural practice focuses on sustainable design. The author lives in New York.

The exhibitions and programs of The Skyscraper Museum are supported by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.