william lebaron jenney designed the first truly modern skyscraper using steel framework covered in masonry.
william lebaron jenney designed the first truly modern skyscraper using steel framework covered in masonry.
who designed the first truly modern skyscraper using steel framework covered in masonry?
william lebaron jenney
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in 1939 the building was awarded the gold medal by the philadelphia chapter of the american institute of architects. while the psfs building would later influence other buildings, the skyscraper did not start a trend in banking architecture. spiro kostof said that the building was "too coolly self-possessed, too intellectual perhaps to start a trend." after the international style became popular in the 1950s, the psfs building was called one of the most important skyscrapers built in the united states in the first half of the 20th century. called the united states' first truly modern skyscraper by "architectural review" in 1957, the psfs building was awarded building of the century by the philadelphia chapter of the american institute of architects in 1969.
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