Industrialization and the city: the skyscrapper as type and symbol
The modern building language started with commerce buildings. Commerce benefited from being large and concentrated and would be the first to test out the necessary parts to make this possible.
Large buildings such as warehouses and office buildings would stretch how far it would be feasible to use past building techniques, particularly masonry. When it was unfeasible the traditions were tossed out.
The structure of standardized steel beams started to influence the rectangular shape. Once architects realized this form, the repeated shape was more than just a shape but the idea of the shape. Architects would play with this shape even when it was not essential to the building. It was the idea that it was essential.
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