Thursday, February 19, 2009

Building Selection + Justification

The Empire State Building

Project began January 22,1930 and ended May 1, 1931

Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, William F. Lamb as chief designer (&Gregory Johnson)

350 Fifth Ave., bet. W33 and W34

The Empire State Building standing at 1250 ft is the most influential building to the design of skyscrapers. Built during the depression this masterpiece of hierarchy broke records and gave opportunity back to this country. Not only was the Empire State Building a symbol of strength, but it was also a statement that we were recovering as a country and our financial crisis was picking up. Since I was a young girl driving into the city was my favorite trip. The Empire State Building is very influential to me among the midst of the skyline it sticks out right on top claiming it's space among Manhattan. The beauty of this building still lights up the New York skyline and is frequently changing colors. This great form of architecture will always be a piece of me and my design. It's influence onto the world of design impacted greatly, why waste space builidng horizontaly when vertically structure can test gravity and soar to the heavens 1250 ft above the ground. Cities were changed from that point forward. I don't think architecture of what we know a city to be would have been the same if it weren't for the building of the Empire State Building.


image found at <http://www.nyc-architecture.com/MID/MID073.htm >

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