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Language English
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Created / Updated 20.08.2019 / 21.09.2019
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14.What was the idea behind the Chrysler building?

Represent Walter Chrysler’s success with the car business

15.What decorates the building?

Eagles, hub and radiator caps (advertising car business)
16.What competition was there between the Chrysler and the Bank of Manhattan building?

Be the tallest

17.When was the climax reached for the race to be tallest?

1929

18.What was the final height of the Chrysler building?

1046 ft. (350 m)

19.What happened 1 day after the Chrysler building was completed?

Stock market crash
20.How long did the Chrysler building remain tallest?

10 months

21.How is the Empire State Building described?

Monster

22.Which car company was behind the investment for the Empire State?

General Motors

23.How many floors a day did it grow by, and how long did it take to complete?

A floor a day, 13 months
24.Which nickname was given to it?

Empty state building

Short history of tall buildings, part 3

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1.What is special about the design of the Rockefeller Center?

It embraces the streets

2.What did Le Corbusier think about New York?

There are too many small skyscrapers.
3.How did his vision of the perfect city differ?

He wanted identical large towers in the park.

4.Who funded Lever House?

Soap and detergent makers

5.What does its shape remind the presenter of?

washing powder box

6.What does the Lever House offer to the citizens of New York? How was that possible?

Open public space in exchange for taller building, special clause in the zoning laws
7.Who designed the Seagram House?

Philip Johnson and Ludwig Mies (van der Rohe)

8.Seagram House is the first skyscraper to offer what?

Floor-to-ceiling

9.Who was most influential for skyscraper design in the second half of the century?

Ludwig Mies

10.What does the critic say about this influence?

It was corrupted and badly copied
11.Where is this architect’s work represented best?

Federal Plaza, Chicago

12.What is the British experience of the high-rise building?

Social (council) housing instead of stylish office blocks in city centres

13.How was the high-rise building constructed in Britain?

Prefab(ricated) concrete panel construction

14.Who was the inspiration behind the ‘tower in the park’?

Le Corbusier

15.Why was there space to build high-rise buildings in British cities?

World war 2, German bombing (destroyed one third of London)

16.How does the planner Peter Hall explain the willingness to build Le Corbusier style habitation?

They replaced ‘slum’ cities,

17.How does he describe Le Corbusier’s habitation?

Clean, functional machines for living

18.What motivated the LCC (London County Council) architects?

Sense of social responsibility

19.Who inspired the LCC architects? Which example of their architecture is shown?

Le Corbusier, Roehampton

20.What was the next stage in providing more habitation? What changes were made?

System-building, factory-made prefab construction

21.Why was there such a rush to build more housing?

Political pressure to build more housing

22.Who profited from this rush?

developers

23.Who had a bigger influence than Christopher Wren on the London Skyline?

Richard Seifert

24.What is remarkable about Ernö Goldfinger?

He moved into his own high-rise apartment block

25.What construction type was Ronan Point?

System-built (prefab)

26.What do the construction workers say about how they put the prefab panels together?

They left out 70% of the bolts and joints that connect the panels

27.What other flaws do the high-rise buildings have?

Dampness, rubbish, etc.

Short history of tall buildings, part 4

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