Tall Building
What is a tall building? What is a skyscraper? What is the difference between them?
World Building
Height: 309 feet (94 meters) to the lantern top Original owner: Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of the New York World Architect: George B. Post Construction begun October 10 1889 Building opened December 10, 1890
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Wishing to create an architectural symbol to outshine its rivals, in 1892 the Manhattan Life Insurance Company held a competition for its new headquarters at 64-66 Broadway across from Trinity Church, selecting architects Kimball and Thompson.
Columns embedded in the exterior walls carried the floor loads, transferring lateral forces between the frame and the masonry.
The facade was red sandstone, brick and terra-cotta, with red and gray granite at the arched entryway.
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Manhattan Life Insurance Company
Building
Height: 348 feet (106 meters) to lantern top Original owners: Manhattan Life Insurance Company Architects: Kimball and Thompson Engineer: Charles Sooysmith Constructed 1893-4
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The structural system of the World Building was a hybrid "cage" frame.
Steel framing was used to support the interior structure, but the exterior masonry walls contributed lateral stability and some vertical support.
Height: 315 feet (96 meters) to structural top Architect and engineer: George B. Post General contractor: Robinson & Wallace Constructed 1895-98
Architect and engineer George B. Post, designer of the World Building, stacked its twenty-six stories with repeating ionic orders, and terminated the composition of horizontals with a classical cornice rather than a dome or flagstaff.
The Masonic Temple
Height: 302 feet (92 meters) to roof Original owners: Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Illinois Architects: Burnham and Root Constructed: 1891-2
The ornate limestone facade was cantilevered from the floor girders with the main structural members placed within the pier faces protected from heat and moisture.
Arguably the birthplace of the skyscraper, Chicago has held the title of tallest building twice in skyscraper history.
In 1892, the Masonic Temple rose twenty-two stories at the corner of Randolph and State Streets.
When finished in 1894, the granite, terra-cotta, and brick-clad structure rose 348 feet above the sidewalk to the structure lantern top.
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St. Paul Building
Located atБайду номын сангаасthe corner of Park Row and the now closed Frankfort Street, the New York World Building was the tallest of several high-rise structures built for major newspapers in the late 19th century.