Essays on Chrysler Building

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Introduction The Empire State Building is an engineering and architectural feat of its time. One of the most remarkable landmarks in New York City, the Empire State Building is the tallest building that was built in the 1930s and held that position for more than 40 years until it was surpassed by the World Trade Center building in 1972. The Empire State Building was constructed as the backdrop of the Great Depression that happened right after the stock market crash of 1929. But despite the economic challenges, the builders were able to finish the construction in a ...

Compare and Contrast the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building

Both The Empire State Building and Chrysler Building were constructed in New York (USA) in an era when American cities such as New York and Chicago competed to have the tallest buildings. The Empire State building was the tallest building in the world at the time of its construction, which started on January 21, 1930 and took 410 days to complete. The building remained the tallest office building in the world for 41 years. Nevertheless, the Empire State building lost this status since 1973, when the World Trade Center opened in Manhattan, progressive developers have constructed taller skyscrapers that ...

Question 2: Select an architect of your choice and write about his/her philosophy/ideas on lighting for the built environment. How does the architect utilize lighting in his/her design? Interior/exterior and natural/electrical lighting is appropriate. Architect William van Alen is the expert behind the Chrysler building located at the northeast corner of Lexington avenue 42 street New York. The building was ranked the tallest from the year 1930 to 1931and stood at a height of 319 metres with 77 floors. The building plan had decorations such as a domed lantern, frieze on the 30th floor, huge gargoyles, Chrysler eagle radiator caps ...

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The Eiffel tower is an iron lattice located on the Champ de mars in Paris. The building was erected in the year 1889 and was named after a contractor as well as engineer who was among the most influential people in its construction, by the name Gustave Eiffel (Greene 56). It is the tallest building in Paris having 108 stories. It was the tallest man-made structure until the Chrysler building was built in New York in 1930. However, the addition of the antenna at the top of Eiffel tower in 1957 has now made it taller than Chrysler building by ...