Post on 20-May-2015
The Art Of The Skyscraper
By Peter Buitenhuis
Practical working Imaginative designs Trademark of Skyscarper
American Architecture
Increase in population Cities grew larger Increase in land value
Purpose of skyscaper
First built in last years of 19th century Stone and bricks used in early buildings Later than built with Steel Frame
Preview of Skyscraper
Heavy weight Low Strenght Limited Height (i.e about twelve floor) Unsufficient for larger cities
Structure of Stone or Bricks
Make buildings taller Have more strenght Long Lasting Can atain the height, four times as high as
the stone or brick structure Backbone of Skyscraper First built in 1885
Steel Frame Structure
Difference in Stone frame and Steel Frame
Stone structure Steel Structure
The well known American Architect His Concept “Form Follow Function” Remove Stone and Bricks over Steel Frame
Louis Sullivan
The Carson Pirie Scott department store
The McClurg Building
Sullivan’s Best Development:
The well known American Architect worked in Sullivan Office
Believed that by using steel, metal and glass for building can make it beautiful
Frank Lloyd Wright
Wright’s Best development:
Johnson Wax Company , Wisconsin
America’s First tallest buildingWoolworth TowerSituated in New York Completed in 1912Contain fifty-seven-stories
America’s LandmarkThe Empire State BuildingSituated in New YorkCompleted in 1931Contain 102 storiesHave height 1,250 ft
World Tallest SkyscraperBurj DubaiExpected to complete in Sep. 2009Height more than 2000ftSituated in Downtown of DubaiThe building in underconstuction but still it is the tallest building