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/Home/Arts/Architecture/Buildings & Projects/Skyscrapers '+' Votes:0 Viewing this page requires a browser capable of displaying frames. Read More Go to Site 1973 Sears Tower-- World's Tallest Building Until 1996 Votes:0 Photo: Chicago Public Library 1973 Sears Tower World's Tallest Building Until 1996 Regains Tallest Occupied Floor Title in 1997 Chicago became home to the world's tallest building in 1973 when the Sears Tower was topped off. The Sears Tower remained the tallest building in the world until February 13, 1996. The Sears Tower continues to be the tallest building in North America. On July 10, 1997, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat met in Chicago to announce new standards with four categories for measuring tall buildings. These categories are: Height to the structural or architectural top. Height to the highest occupied floor. Height to the top of the roof. Height to the top of antenna. The Sears Tower leads in the second and third categories. The height to the top of the roof is Read More Go to Site 1997 Building Publications - Vibration Control of Tall Buildings Using Mega Subconfiguration. Votes:0 Vibration Control of Tall Buildings Using Mega Subconfiguration. Vibration Control of Tall Buildings Using Mega Subconfiguration. (217 K) Sadek, F.; Mohraz, B. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 123, No. 6, 650-651, June 1997. Keywords: high rise buildings; vibration; structures Abstract: The authors present an innovative system of vibration control to reduce the dynamic response of tall buildings. By considering the 'mega-substructure configuration' where sub-structures consisting of several floors serve as vibration absorbers, the responses of the structure and its substructures are reduced significantly. This system is cost effective, since it requires no additional masses to control vibrations as tuned mass dampers and vibrations absorbers do. Building and Fire Research Laboratory Read More Go to Site Architecture in Downtown Fort Worth - Architecturally SignificantBuildings Votes:0 Architecture in Downtown Fort Worth has switched servers and can only be found at: http://www.fortwortharchitecture.com Read More Go to Site BUILDING BIG: Home Page Votes:0 --> Explore large structures and what it takes to build them with BUILDING BIG™ , a five-part PBS television series and Web site from WGBH Boston. Here are the main features of the site: Bridges , Domes , Skyscrapers , Dams , and Tunnels . The Labs Try your hand at our interactive engineering labs. The Challenges Take on the challenges of building big. Wonders of the World Databank Explore our databank of big structures. Local Wonders Investigate big structures near you. Who Builds Big? Find out what's cool about being an engineer. About the Series Learn more about the shows, and see a chat with David Macaulay. Educators' Guide How to use the Web site, with hands-on activities. Site Tour Learn more about the features in this site. Site Map The whole site at a glance. Web Credits Feedb Read More Go to Site Chicago Landmarks | Early Skyscrapers Tour Votes:0 Chicago Landmarks | Early Skyscrapers Tour Early Skyscrapers Tour Following the Chicago Fire of 1871, the City's Common Council banned the building of wooden structures within the city limits. As the industrial revolution arrived, along with the growth of Chicago into a city of half a million, traditional urban centralization occurred and the business district known as "The Loop" was born. An escalation in land prices forced lot owners to maximize available space. This, combined with advancements in engineering and services such as electricity and the elevator, saw architects starting to think vertically. The city's swampy land base created challenges for building designers, as these buildings created a tremendous weight load on their foundation. This tour showcases the remaining landmarks Read More Go to Site Chicago: 1885 First Skyscraper Votes:0 1885 First Skyscraper The Home Insurance Building, erected at the northeast corner of LaSalle and Adams streets (on the site now occupied by the west portion of the Field building), is called the first skyscraper. Nine stories and one basement were completed in 1885. Two stories were added in 1891. The architect, Major William Le Baron Jenney, created the first load-carrying structural frame, the development of which led to the "Chicago skeleton" form of construction and the big skyscrapers of later years. In this building, a steel frame supported the entire weight of the walls instead of the walls themselves carrying the weight of the building which was the usual method. After Jenney's accomplishment the sky was truly the limit so far as building was concerned. His first skyscraper revolu Read More Go to Site Dallas Skyscrapers Votes:0 Dallas, Texas First settled in 1841, by John Neely Bryan as a trading post near the banks of the Trinity River, Dallas has since matured into a culturally diverse city with museums, theaters, gourmet restaurants and huge shopping districts. Dallas is the Southwest's leading business and financial center. It boasts the largest wholesale market in the world, lays claim to being one of the top convention cities in the nation and the number one visitor destination in Texas. There is much more but these are just a few reasons why Dallas is considered by many, as the Southwest's most metropolitan and cosmopolitan city. The City of Dallas had a population in 2000 by the U.S. Census of 1,188,580. A revised population figure for Jan. 2007 by The North Central Texas Council of Governments put the to Read More Go to Site Daniel's Manhattan Architecture - Front Page Votes:0 Daniel's Manhattan Architecture Old Favorites Modern Milestones Apartment Buildings Bridges Early Century Resources Contact x Manhattan Architecture New York City takes urban architecture to new heights, figuratively and literally. The skyscraper may not have been invented here, but this city is a living museum of the concept of building vertically. In the first half of the twentieth century, buildings such as the Woolworth, Chrysler and Empire State both amazed and served some econimic funtion. Each in some way larger, taller or more fantastic than the last, these structures captured the commercial, aesthetic and architectural aspirations of their time. By mid-century, buildings such as Lever House and the Seagram Building took things to the next level. Even today, we find ourselves askin Read More Go to Site DENVERSKYSCRAPERS.COM Votes:0 Home>>> Metro Skylines Please click on the skyline you would like to see: If the image above does not work for you, please choose your area below: Downtown Southeast Corridor Cherry Creek Area Outer Suburbs US 36 Corridor By using this website, you agree to our terms of use . © 2003, DENVERSKYSCRAPERS.COM. All rights reserved. Read More Go to Site Digital Image Access Project Votes:0 Digital Image Access Project Digital Image Access Project Empire State Building Hine, Lewis Wickes [Views of the Empire State Building, New York, N.Y.] [graphic] / Le wis W. Hine, photographer. [Construction photographs of the Empire State Building, including pic tures of men at work, New York, N.Y.] [graphic]. [Part 1] [Construction photographs of the Empire State Building, including pic tures of men at work, New York, N.Y.] [graphic]. [Part 2] / Lewis W. Hine, photographer. [Views of the Empire State Building taken from other New York city bu ildings, New York, N.Y.] [graphic] / Lewis W. Hine, photographer. [Portraits of men who worked on the Empire State Building, New York, N.Y] [graphic] / Lewis W. Hine, photographer. [Construction photographs of the Empire State Building, including pi Read More Go to Site Empire State Building in The NYC Insider: an Insider's Guide to New York City Votes:0 The NYC Insider NYC Home Page Exploring NYC: Fun Things Sights & Attractions Museums Hidden Treasures Photo Collection Saving a Few Bucks Daily Survival Restaurants Travel Services: Hotel Reservations Car Rentals Airline Reservations Vacation Rentals Maps About The Insider Advertising Info Best NYC Links Contact Us Other Insider Guides: The Aloha Insider The Bermuda Insider The Boston Insider The Phila. Insider The San Fran. Insider The Insider Travel Blog Empire State Building 350 Fifth Avenue (at 34th Street) Manhattan (212) 736-3100 Click for full size Check out: More Photos and our new Map Summary: The grand-daddy of all skyscrapers and now a National Historic Landmark, the Empire State Building, with its central Manhattan location, offers the best views of New York City. Try to go at Read More Go to Site FA 267 Votes:0 Click on thumbnail image or highlighted text for a larger picture. Tallest Buildings This chart illustrates the tallest buildings in America from the 19th century to the present, with the new tallest building in the world, the Petrona Towers in Kuala Lumpur added. The chart is a client-side image map; if you click on the bars of the graph, detailed information about the buildings will come up. If your browser does not support client side image maps, click on the list below the chart. Trinity Church, New York, 1839-46. Richard Upjohn, architect. New York World Building, New York, 1889-90. George B. Post, architect. Singer Building, NYC, 1906-8. Ernest Flagg, architect. Woolworth Building, NYC, 1913. Cass Gilbert, architect. Chrysler Building, NYC, 1929. Willian Van Alen, architect. Empire S Read More Go to Site high rises Votes:0 high-rises.co.uk Search the Web: Navigation Maps Route Planner World Atlas Car Hire Car Hire Maps Route Planner World Atlas Categories Hotels Affiliate" class="menu">---> Hotels Affiliate Airport Parking Car Hire Cheap Flights City Breaks Cruises General Holiday Hotels Luxury Holidays Maps Train Travel Travel Agents Travel Jobs Skyscraper at Amazon.co.uk Save on Art & Photography Books. Qualified orders over ?15 ship free. Amazon.co.uk/artphotography Emporis.com - International Database about Buildings, Construction and the Real-Estate industry Emporis.com is a must-visit. Get detailed information on architecture and tall buildings. ... www.skyscrapers.com Skyscraper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ... among the oldest, yet still remain among the tallest skyscrapers in the world. ... Gh Read More Go to Site High Rises of London & Tel Aviv Votes:0 London is not a city that readily accepts high rises, it is extremely difficult to get a high rise built in the areas where they are most needed, the west end and the city. This is mostly due to those areas being zones where, if they are built, they block the view of St Paul?s from some part of London, normally Hampstead and Primrose Hill. Because the demand for office space is so high and the City and the West End cannot supply enough due to height restrictions, developers have looked east, to the Docklands. There are no height restrictions there and there is a lot of cheap land to develop, so there are a number of high rise developments up or going up, most notably Canary Wharf (Europe?s largest single office complex), and Heron Quays. The highest tower in the area now is One Canada Squa Read More Go to Site High Rises Of The World Votes:0 China Bangkok Colombo India Japan US Vienna Buenos Aires Spain Canada Australia Netherlands Jakarta Paris Phillipines Malaysia Moscow Mexico Singapore South Korea Saudi Arabia Taiwan Trinidad & Tobago UAE Warsaw If you already have the frame on the left, Main click on the home icon instead of this link. 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Scanned from slides taken on site by Mary Votes:0 Chrysler Building William Van Alen 1930 At 1046 feet (77 floors), this Art Deco skyscraper with its metal sunburst spire was for a few brief months the tallest structure in the world, beating out even the Eiffel Tower . In these early skyscraper wars, the Empire State Building won the honor. Ornamental details are derived from automobiles: hood ornaments (the eagles on the 61st floor--far right), hubcaps, and bands of abstract automobiles. Click here to return to index of art historical sites. Click here to return to index of artists and architects. Click here to return to chronological index. Copyright © Mary Ann Sullivan. I have photographed (on site), scanned, and manipulated all the images on these pages. Please feel free to use them for personal or educational purposes. (I would appre Read More Go to Site ISMA - "Building? What is that?" Votes:0 ISMA Advancing public appreciation of tall building principles & technologies. Or, alternatively, the first and foremost Website providing answers to that question of questions: "Just what is a tall building?" C ONTENTS 1 - Introduction 2 - Commentary 3 - Connections http://www.prairienet.org/~rkrause/isma.html 1 · I NTRODUCTION The International Superstructure Mensuration Alliance, as it was known and founded a year ago, is now my personal research project : "ISMA". I have many new objectives. One is to provide increased public appreciation of tall buildings and the concepts behind them. Two, is to clear up the multitudes of myths and confusion that currently make this task almost impossible -- the media, professional, and otherwise attempts at precluding people's appreciation of true tal Read More Go to Site John Hancock Center @ Perspectives' Chicago Tour Votes:0 John Hancock Center Skidmore, Owings & Merrill 870 North Michigan Avenue 1964-70 Like a giant bridge set on its side, the 100-story John Hancock Center is marked by huge X-braces that stiffen the structure against wind forces while forming a distinctive pattern on its surface. Controversial from the start for its enormous hulk and dark metal cladding, this mixed-use project, combining retail, residential and office space, broke all the rules of its genteel, mostly low-rise Michigan Avenue neighborhood. It was soon celebrated for its very brashness, however, becoming a Chicago icon complete with a nickname: "Big John." Engineer Fazlur Kahn (1929-82), working with architect Bruce Graham, devised the ingenious "braced tube" system, carrying loads downward so efficiently that only 29.7 pounds Read More Go to Site luciddreams.com: The Leading Dreams Site on the Net Votes:0 luciddreams.com: The Leading Dreams Site on the Net This page requires frames. Read More Go to Site Meta Redirect Code Votes:0 This page has been moved. Please update your favorites/bookmarks You will be redirected to the new location in 5 seconds. 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Humanities and Social Sciences Library > Collections & Reading Rooms > Photography Collection Lewis Wickes Hine: The Construction of the Empire State Building, 1930-1931 About Lewis Wickes Hine | Facts about the Empire State Building View Catalog Record Lewis Wickes Hine. 1930's. Copyright Sol Libsohn 1996. [91H062.108] (A worker hanging on to two steel beams) ID: 79839 (A worker at the edge of a platform, looking north) ID:79840 (Three workers securing a rivet) ID:7984 Read More Go to Site Paris Pages; Tour Eiffel - Monument Votes:0 Current Paris Weather: &nbsp 44 F / 7 C &nbsp | &nbsp Sky: &nbsp Clear &nbsp | &nbsp Wind: &nbsp From the S at 8 MPH / 12.9 KPH &nbsp | &nbsp Rel. 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Flatiron Building , by Dan Read More Go to Site Skyscrapers - Great Buildings Online Votes:0 Skyscrapers Subscribe free to architecture newsletters by ArchitectureWeek! GreatBuildings.com Search - Advanced Search - Buildings | Architects | Types | Places | Pix | 3D Models | ArchitectureWeek | CAD Store Subscribers - login to skip ads 30 St Mary Axe , by Norman Foster , at London, England, UK, 2000 to 2004. 7 South Dearborn , by Skidmore Owings and Merrill, at Chicago, Illinois, 2000. Bank of China Tower , by I. M. Pei , at Hong Kong, 1982 to 1990. Chase Manhattan Bank , by Gordon Bunshaft/ SOM , at New York, New York, 1961. Chrysler Building , by William Van Alen , at New York, New York, 1928 to 1930. Citicorp Center , by Hugh Stubbins , at New York, New York, 1976 to 1978. Empire State Building , by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon , at New York, New York, 1931. Flatiron Building , by Dan Read More Go to Site Startseite Votes:0 web hosting domain names Fotoalbum Welcome to: http://www.highrise.de http://skyscraper.megapage.de http://www.fortunecity.de /kunterbunt/niederrhein/164 Last Update: 02/27/2001 Berlinnews: - Construction of the 119m high "Zoofenster" will start in June 2001 - 70m high tower is under construction at the "Potsdamer Platz" - 100m tower should be built beside the 150m broadcasting tower Euronews: - Donald Trump want to build a 375m tall tower in Frankfurt Webmaster@highrise.de Guestbook Contents of this website Copyright (c) 2001 Julian U. Koerner web hosting • domain names • video sharing online games • free blog • photo sharing advertising online • Conrad.de • Neckermann.de '); document.write(' '); } } // --> Read More Go to Site Tall Buildings Votes:0 Math Stories . com TM Copyright © 1999-2001 Math Stories . com , Inc, 2416 Ramke Place , Santa Clara, California 95050 . All Rights Reserved. Sheet # 34/Tall Buildings Name: _____________________ Date_____________ Show your work. Building Location Height Stories Empire State New York City 1250 feet 102 John Hancock Chicago, Illinois 1150 feet 100 Chrysler New York City 1046 feet 77 Bank of Manhattan New York City 900 feet 71 Rockfeller Center New York City 850 feet 70 Terminal Tower Cleveland, Ohio 708 feet 52 Humble Oil Houston, Texas 606 feet 44 Board of Trade Chicago, Illinois 605 feet 44 1. How much taller is the Empire State Building than the John Hancock Building? 2. About how tall is each story in these buildings? a) Rockfeller Center b) Board of Trade Building 3. About how tall is Read More Go to Site Tall Office Buildings Votes:0 he typology of the tall office building, or skyscraper as we know it today, has been considered a largely American phenomenon, one that architects embraced eagerly. Influential in the formation of the skyscraper aesthetic were H.H. Richardson , William LeBaron Jenney , and Louis Sullivan , each schooled in the Boston area. MIT professors DÉsirÉ Despradelle , Stephen Codman, and Jaques Carlu were advocates of this building type, as were a number of alumni including Raymond Hood , Cass Gilbert, Louis Skidmore, and Gordon Bunshaft . The tall office building was made possible by three advances in the building trade. Of primary importance was the invention of the elevator, for without it there is a physical limit to the number of stories a person can climb. A sturdy method of construction was a Read More Go to Site The 860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments Votes:0 THE 860-880 LAKE SHORE DRIVE APARTMENTS A website dedicated to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's "Glass House" apartment buildings in Chicago. Paul Gapp, then architectural editor for the Chicago Tribune , wrote the following about the 860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments in an article published March 31, 1991: Chicagoans called Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's twin 26-story apartment towers the "glass houses" when they were built between 1948 and 1951. . . . His lakefront tour de force influenced architects everywhere and in this respect eventually helped change the look of virtually every American city. A good place to start is a collection of photographs of 860-880 Lake Shore Drive. Click here to see some recent pictures. Click here to see some older ones. For a brief biography of Mies van der Rohe, Read More Go to Site The Empire State Building - a NYCtourist.com PhotoTour Votes:0 Home | New York Hotels | Broadway | Packages | Attractions | Tours & Activities | Dining | Nightlife | Events | Vacation Rentals Spas & Salons | Sports | Museums | Shopping | Weddings | Real Estate | Tourism Guide | Transportation | Maps | Weather New York Hotels • The Time Hotel • Hotel Pennsylvania - New York • The Plaza - New York • Paramount Hotel - New York Broadway Shows • Wicked - Discount Broadway Tickets • Jersey Boys • Mary Poppins - New Amsterdam Theater • The Lion King New York Tours • Double Decker Bus Tour • Rock n' Roll Walking Tour • Sex and the City Tour • The Essential New York Tour City: State: NY Country: Arrival date: Nights: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Peop Read More Go to Site The High-Rise Pages; your online guide to the tallest buildings in the world! Votes:0 For the victims of september 11 Now what is the tallest structure in the world? Sears Tower? Petronas? CN Tower? Taipei 101? Or none of them? To find out the answer, visit our 'What is the tallest structure in the world?' page, and read the mail from people who disagree... The High-Rise Pages is an online high-rise archive with information, pictures and debates concerning the tallest buildings, skyscrapers, tv-towers, bridges, churches, monuments and other tall structures from all over the world. Awarded, recommended and reviewed by Microsoft, Yahoo, Netscape, Wired and Popular Science. Described by CNN as "It's interesting, we promise." In 2003, 2004 and 2005 ranking #1 at Google when searching for 'tallest building'. Hans Netten, the editor of The High-Rise Pages, was interviewed on BBC Read More Go to Site The History Channel - Home Page Votes:0 Home Home --> · Shows All Shows Digging for the Truth Dogfights Gangland Human Weapon Lost Worlds Mega Disasters MonsterQuest Modern Marvels The Lost Book of Nostradamus · Schedule Schedule --> · Topics Science & Technology Military & War Exploration Mysteries of History U.S. History Culture World History Political & Historical Figures Holidays American Presidents The States · This Day In History This Day In History --> · Video Gallery Video Gallery --> · Shop Holiday Gift Finder - Up to 50% Off! 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While its catty-corner neighbor, the Seagram Building, was widely credited a few years later with spurring the movement for plazas, Lever House actually was the real pioneer. Its design appears to be a paradigm of clean lines and simplicity, but in reality it is quite sophisticated. A tower s Read More Go to Site The Midtown Book - The Chrysler Building Votes:0 THE CHRYSLER BUILDING/ THE KENT BUILDING (formerly the Chrysler East Building) 405 LEXINGTON AVENUE (Chrysler); 666 THIRD AVENUE (Kent) Developer: Walter P. Chrysler Architect: William Van Alen (Chrysler); Reinhard, Hofmeister & Walquist (Kent) Erected: 1930 (Chrysler); 1951 (Kent) Angled windows at top are illuminated at night. Photo by Carter B. Horsley By Carter B. Horsley With its spectacular, stainless steel, stepped-dome top surmounted by its spear-like spire, the Chrysler Building is easily the world's most identifiable skyscraper. For a few months, it was the world's tallest until it was surpassed by the Empire State Building. Other towers may lay claim to being taller now or being more innovative, but the Chrysler top is a magical sorcerer's wand, a phantasmagoric pinnacle worthy Read More Go to Site The Tower of London KIDS Tour Votes:0 Parents and Educators, about this site version ... (An alternate version of the original Tower of London Virtual Tour ) Hello boys and girls. My name is Reginald Raven. I live at the Tower of London in London, England with my mom and dad, and aunt, uncle and baby sister, who are all also ravens. Although my real name is Reginald -- and the name my mom always sternly calls me whenever I have done anything wrong -- my friends have always called me by my nickname, Rascal. I have lived at the Tower of London all of my life, and I know all of its history, and all the good places to hide when my dad wants me to help entertain the tourists and I just want to sit in the warm sunshine and hop about on one foot. The visitors I like best at the Tower of London are boys and girls like yourselves. I kn Read More Go to Site Welcome to Cheung Kong Center Votes:0 This web site uses frames and JavaScript to implement. Please download a more updated browser to view this site. Read More Go to Site Wired New York Votes:0 Wired New York Home Community City Guide Hotels Real Estate Skyscrapers New York Webcams New York City - live on Wired New York Webcams Wired New York Webcam 1 Wired New York Webcam 2 Wired New York Webcam 3 New York Photography Pictures of New York City New York City Real Estate Main Page Discussion Board Orion Worldwide Plaza One Central Park Trump Place Park Imperial 425 Fifth Avenue more ... 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