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NEW YORK (Empire State Building (1930-1931 (443 meter high (4000 workers),…
NEW YORK
Empire State Building
1930-1931
443 meter high
4000 workers
50.000 pieces of steel
steel beams from Pittsburgh
50.000 pieces of limestone
in just 18 months
every process designed of speed and efficiency
the landmark
of New York
construction firm Sterek Brothers and Eken
200 feet taller than Chrysler Building 1931
Citicorp
Center
shows a new way to build
better stiffness
more glass - less steal
mechanical stamp
prevent the swinging the wind causes
V Beams also provides the stability
traditional frame
1974-1977
7th tallest and lightest skyscraper in the world
1945 plane crash into Empire State Building
fire and dead
14 people
lost there life
but 1950 New York became a different place
population and
jobs booming
glass skyscrapers became popular
glass is cheaper
and simpler
glass boxes are very light so they sway in the wind
consequences are seasickness
9 stories in the air
to build room
Saint Peter's Church