population from rural to urban and there was an increase in immigration. Because of the industrialization‚ cities in the late 19th century went through significant changes not only in their size but also in their architectural designs such as the skyscrapers with their newly invented designs. A number of improvements in urban transportation made the growth of cities possible. Cities gave way to streetcar cities because people had little choice but to live in walking distances. By the 1890s‚ both
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The difference between modern architecture and architecture from the 19th century is series of vast progressions. The buildings that we see all around us today are mostly comprised of steel and glass. Due to the industrial revolution we now have skyscrapers to gaze upon built next to brick and mortar buildings that were built in the 19th century. The progression was fast and steady‚ once Americans began to build it seems as though we have never stopped. For this project I took the time to explore both
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The Empire State Building The Empire State Building is a 102-story skyscraper located in Midtown Manhattan‚ New York City‚ at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. Wikipedia Construction started: 1929 Height: 443 m Floors: 102 Architect: William F. Lamb The Empire State Building is a 102-story skyscraper located in Midtown Manhattan‚ New York City‚ at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. It has a roof height of 1‚250 feet (381 meters)‚ and with its antenna
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|SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY | ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET For use with online submission of assignments Please complete all of the following details and then make this sheet the first page of each file of your assignment – do not send it as a separate document. Your assignments must be submitted as either Word documents (with .doc extension‚ NOT.docx)‚ text documents with .rtf extension or
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architectural project of a super tall skyscraper with the height that of two third of a mile. It was proposed in year of 1989 by Takenaka Construction firm of Tokyo‚ during the height of Japanese asset price bubble. The main aim of the ambitious architects of the firm then was to change the world’s approach towards urban crowding and overpopulation in the megacities like Tokyo‚ Mexico city and others. Need‚ idea and concept behind erecting the tallest skyscraper The hypothetical project of Tokyo sky
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architecture of Riyadh‚ it is 99-floor‚ 300 m (1000 ft) high Kingdom Centre is the tallest skyscraper in Riyadh and the 45th tallest building in the world. The tower is built on 94‚230 square meters of land. The Kingdom Centre is owned by a group of companies including Kingdom Holding Co. headed by Al-Waleed bin Talal‚ a prince of the Saudi royal family .The Kingdom Centre is the winner of the 2002 Emporis Skyscraper Award‚ selected as
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The 3 most important inventions from the Gilded Age are the telephone‚ the lightbulb‚ and the skyscraper. The telephone‚ created by Alexander Graham Bell in 1875‚ had the ability to connect two people from a given distance together. Evolving from the human messenger and telegraph‚ the telephone improved upon those by ameliorating its speed and comprehensibility. As a result of this creation‚ people‚ today‚ can connect to each other from anywhere in the world‚ thus uniting those could never have otherwise
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and typhoon always occur in Taipei [Video presentation: effect of earthquake]. On 12 May 2008 a province in China experienced an earthquake which the tremors to be felt in Taiwan. So what is the best way to protect the skyscraper from collapse when the disasters occur? As skyscraper Taipei 101 installs the tuned mass damper insert the building on at level 87th to 91th. A. To ensure the tuned mass damper can be use in longest period time‚ the suitable materials are selected. 1. The tuned mass
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rearranged this center to serve mostly for commercial needs especially as high skyscrapers for offices and some residential flats for the wealthiest people in Beirut. Each of these skyscrapers would consist of a green area that fills the biggest part of the building’s space. Also each building would have its own restaurants and cafes that serve independently. Expanding a bit more from the city center and next to the skyscrapers would be the area for low story -mostly three story- buildings which would
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Architecture and Interior Design Outline Introduction The houses of the 19th century were considered as out modded and poorly decorated. 1. The main idea for a family home in the 19th century was an opened floor plan. 2. The main floor of a Victorian house included the porch‚ living room‚ and a dining kitchen. 3. Before the 19th century each room served its own purpose‚ such as a parlor‚ library‚ and sitting rooms. 4. The number of bedrooms upstairs decreased
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