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Home Insurance Company Building Fair Store
Discover real estate attorney Owen Aldis's formula for the profitable management of tall multistory office buildings, which informed the design of early skyscrapers
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Learn about the different structural systems used in constructing the Monadnock Building: one half was layered in bricks, the other used a rigid metal frame
A discussion of the different structural systems used in the construction of the...
Video: © Chicago Architecture Foundation (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Jeanne Gang on the future of architecture
Designer of Aqua Tower, the St. Regis Chicago, and the Lincoln Park Nature Boardwalk,...
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Discover real estate attorney Owen Aldis's formula for the profitable management of tall multistory office buildings, which informed the design of early skyscrapers
Learn about real estate attorney Owen Aldis's innovative formula for profitable management...
Video: © Chicago Architecture Foundation (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Discover how with modern building methods and amenities Monadnock Building paved the way for contemporary high-rise office
Learn how cutting-edge construction methods and amenities helped make Chicago's Monadnock...
Video: © Chicago Architecture Foundation (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
How skyscrapers in Mexico City withstand earthquakes
Learn more about the Mexico City earthquake of 1985 and the Torre Mayor office building...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Enrique Gomez Tamez/Dreamstime.com
Discover wind-resistant architectural designs in Chicago, including the bundled tube system used in Willis Tower
Learn about wind-resistant architectural designs in Chicago, notably the bundled...
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Empire State Building in Midtown Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan with the Empire State Building (centre), New York City.
© Donald R. Swartz/Shutterstock.com
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Skyscrapers in Singapore.
© Digital Vision/Getty Images
Home Insurance Company Building
Home Insurance Company Building, Chicago, designed by William Le Baron Jenney, 1884–85...
Courtesy of the Chicago History Museum
Fair Store
Construction of the Fair Store, designed by William Le Baron Jenney, in Chicago,...
Chicago History Museum, ICHi 21294
Gold Coast
Buildings in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, including Q1 (centre), an apartment...
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Woolworth Building
Woolworth Building, New York City, by Cass Gilbert, 1913.
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Chrysler Building
Chrysler Building, New York City.
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World Trade Center
The World Trade Center, designed by Minoru Yamasaki, as it appeared before the September...
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Willis Tower
The Willis Tower, Chicago, engineered by Fazlur R. Khan, 1973; photograph 1982.
Milt and Joan Mann/Cameramann International
Petronas Twin Towers
The Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, were the world's tallest buildings...
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skyline of Dubai
Burj Khalifa (at left), the world's tallest building, towering over the city of Dubai.
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Skyscrapers at night in central Chongqing, China.
© Harald Høiland Tjøstheim/Shutterstock.com
skyscrapers in Los Angeles
Skyscrapers in central Los Angeles.
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Shiodome City Centre
Skyscrapers in the Shiodome area of Minato ward, central Tokyo, Japan.
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