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Lesson Three The Art of the Skyscraper The Art of the Skyscraper American architecture is at its best when it is concerned with buildings that have a practical purpose. Factories, office buildings , public buildings, rail terminals and airports, and other such structures show American architecture at its most imaginative and graceful , as well as its most useful. The single most important American architectural design is the skyscraper, a style developed in the late nineteenth century and since known as the trademark of American building the world over. The Art of the Skyscraper Before the