Willis Polk, Hallidie Building, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

GA Document Special Issue #3 Modern Architecture 1851-1945

Frampton, Kenneth

Monographic Serial

Rizzoli

1983

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Natural light, budget limitations, and a desire to facilitate erection, were all to influence Polk's decision to produce an all-glass facade and this he was to achieve by exploiting the cantilevering capacity of reinforced concrete to the fullest."

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