1 / 18

Skyscrapers

Skyscrapers. Jake Fears Jonathan Neubauer. History. Increase in urban commerce Invention of the Elevator (1857) Cast Iron framework (circa 1848) The Bessemer Process. Empire State. Population of New York. Flatiron Building 1902. Woolworth Building. Haughwout Building New York, NY

montrell
Download Presentation

Skyscrapers

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Skyscrapers Jake Fears Jonathan Neubauer

  2. History • Increase in urban commerce • Invention of the Elevator (1857) • Cast Iron framework (circa 1848) • The Bessemer Process Empire State

  3. Population of New York Flatiron Building 1902 Woolworth Building

  4. Haughwout Building New York, NY 490 Broadway Hydraulically actuated lift First ‘Safe’ Passenger Elevator Chrysler Building

  5. Rockefeller Center

  6. Bessemer Process • At first, air was injected into molten steel to reduce the impurities, and increase the temperature of the steel • Later, carbon and manganese were added to improved the strength, and eliminate the effects of other impurities, mainly sulfur • High volume, cheap, strong steel was the result

  7. What is a Skyscraper ? • Must be taller than it is wide • Is generally a building over 10 stories

  8. Comparison

  9. Prominent Towers in New York Chrysler Building Trump Tower World Trade Center Metlife Building Empire State Building

  10. Prominent Towers in Hong Kong Bank of China Central Plaza Pacific Place Cheung Kong Center

  11. Prominent Towers in other cities Bank of America Dallas, Texas John Hancock Tower, Boston, Mass. Sears Tower, Chicago, IL.

  12. Prominent Towers in othercities, continued.. Commerzbank Frankfurt, Germany Burj Al Arab, Dubai, UAE Petronas Twin Towers Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  13. The Future of Skyscrapers, Under Construction (completion date) Taipei Financial Center – 101 stories, under construction (est. 2003) Shanghai World Financial Center (est. 2006) 7 South Dearborn – Chicago IL. 1,550 ft. (est. 2004)

  14. The future of Skyscrapers,The Dreams X-Seed 4000, 13000 feet, over 1 million people Roxas Triangle Manila, Philippines The Illinois, Frank Lloyd Wright 1 mile high

  15. The Future of Skyscrapers,The Dreams continued Russia Tower, Moscow 126 stories The Ultima Over 2 miles high Millenium Tower, Tokyo, Proposed offshore city – 840 m, 170 stories

  16. The Future of Skyscrapers,The Dreams continued Kowloon MTR Tower, Hong Kong 1575 feet Miglin-Beitler Tower, Chicago, IL Over 140 stories Bionic Tower, Shanghai 100,000 people 3,700 ft, 300 floors

  17. Conclusion • Buildings are getting taller and larger at an increasing rate. • Advances in metallurgy, elevators, foundations and computer design techniques are pushing the limit, all based upon what history has proven.

  18. Online Resources • www.som.com - Architects, Engineers • www.worldstallest.com/95.html - Skyscrapers • www.skyscrapers.org - The Skyscraper Museum • www.fosterandpartners.com - Architects

More Related