Skyscrapers / Presentations / ID: 378450

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ID number:378450

Author: Pēteris Paleps (1)

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Published: 12.05.2008.

Language: English

Level: Secondary school

Literature: n/a

References: Not used

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As skyscrapers grew taller and taller, engineers were faced with a new enemy: wind. Today's tallest skyscrapers, which are almost 1,500 feet tall, must be 50 times stronger against wind than the typical 200-foot buildings of the 1940s.
Chrysler Building
Location: New York, New York, USA
Completion Date: 1930
Cost: $20 million
Height: 1,046 feet
Stories: 77
Materials: Steel
Facing Materials: Brick
Engineer(s): Ralph Squire & Sons …

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