Skyscrapers


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"Soaring to New Heights: the World's Tallest Tower Opens in Dubai." **//Weekly Reader News//**. Feb. 19, 2010: 2; and

"A Mile High in the Sky." Nick D'Alto. //**Odyssey**//. Feb. 2009:24-27.

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(Stop //by the IMC to obtain the// **User Name** //and// **Password** //you'll need to use BrainPOP.//) || [|All About Skyscrapers]
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[|Building Big: Skyscrapers]

[|The Great Buildings Collection], from GreatBuildings.com

[|How Skyscrapers Work]

[|Skyscraper]: from [|Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia] (also see Wikipedia's [|List of Skyscrapers])

[|Skycraper Page]

[|Skyscrapers](from [|dmoz: open directory project])

[|New York Skyscrapers] (from Early Century Buildings and Skyscrapers: One Hundred Years of High-Rises)

[|World's Tallest Buildings] (from [|infoplease.com])

[|World's Tallest Buildings: Skyscraper Statistics and Tall Buildings Compared]

[|30 St Mary Axe] (also known as the Gherkin) (Considered London's first environmentally sustainable skyscraper, this landmark is located in London, England, and was designed by architect Norman Foster, and completed in 2004.) Other links: [|30 St Mary Axe] (from [|Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia]) [|Foster + Partners] website (includes a[| biography] of Norman Foster) [|Biography: Norman Foster] (from designboom)
 * BIG BUILDINGS**

[|Auditorium Building] (from GreatBuildings.com) (located in Chicago, Illinois, designed by architect Louis L. Sullivan, and built from 1886-1890) Other links: [|Auditorium Building] (from Emporis.com) [|Auditorium Building], Chicago (from Answers.com)

[|Bank of China Tower] (located in Hong Kong, China, designed by Ieoh Ming Pei, and completed in 1990) Other links: [|Bank of China Tower] (from Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia) [|I.M. Pei] (from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) This entry features a terrific list of I.M. Pei's projects.

[|Burj Khalifa], the Dubai Tower (Located in Dubai, UAE, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and completed in January 2010, the world's tallest building (with a height of 828 meters) is named after UAE President [|Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan]. Other links: [|How the Burj was Built] (from ConstructionWeekOnline)

[|Chrysler Building] (located in New York, designed by architect [|William Van Alen] and built from 1928-1930) Other links: [|Chrysler Building] (from SkyscraperPage) [|Chrylser Building] (excellent photos, part of a digital imaging project by Mary Ann Sullivan)

[|Commerzbank Tower] (located in Frankfurt, Germany, designed by Sir [|Norman Foster] & Partners, and built from 1994-1997) Other links: [|Commerzbank Tower] (from SkyscraperPage)

[|Emirates Office Tower] (also known as Emirates Tower One) (located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, designed by the architectural firm Norr Group Consultants, and completed in 2000)

[|Empire State Building] (located in New York, designed by architects Shreve, Lamb and Harmon, and built in 1931) Learn about its history, see the timeline, or take a virtual tour of this monument. ([|Test your trivia knowledge] [|!] In how many movies has the Empire State Building appeared?)

[|Equitable Building] (from [|Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia]) (located in New York City, designed by architect Ernest R. Graham, and completed in 1915) Other links: [|Equitable Building] (from Emporis.com)

[|Flatiron Building] (located in New York, designed by architect [|Daniel Burnham] and built in 1902)

[|GE Building at Rockefeller Center](from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) (Originally called the RCA Building, until RCA was acquired by General Electric in 1988, this landmark is located in New York, was designed by architect [|Raymond Hood], and built in 1933.) Other links: [|GE Building], originally RCA Building (from nyc-architecture.com) [|Raymond Hood] (from GreatBuildings.com)

[|Hancock Place] (located in Boston, Massachusetts, designed by architect I.M. Pei, and completed in 1977)

[| Home Insurance Company Building] (This landmark, the first building to be supported entirely by a steel frame, is generally considered to be the first skyscraper. Located in Chicago, designed by architect William LeBaron Jenney, and completed in 1885, the Home Insurance Building was demolished in 1931 to make way for the Field Building, now know as the LaSalle National Bank.) Other links: [|Home Insurance Building] [|William LeBaron Jenney] (from [|Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia])

[|Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Headquarters Building](from Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia) (located in Hong Kong, designed by architect Norman Foster, and completed in 1985) Other links: [|HSBC Headquarters Building, Hong Kong] (from Martin Architectural)

[|Ingalls Building] (from the University of Cincinnati's College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning) (located in Cincinnati, Ohio, designed by the Cincinnati architectural firm Elzner & Anderson, and completed in 1903) Other links: [|Ingalls Building] (from Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia) [|Ingalls Building] (from Emporis.com)

[|Inland Steel Building] (from Emporis.com) (located in Chicago, Illinois, designed by the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and completed in 1958) Other links: [|Inland Steel Co.] (from The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago) [|Skidmore, Owings & Merrill]

[|John Hancock Center] - Chicago (located in Chicago, designed by the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and completed in 1970) Other links: [|John Hancock Center] (from Emporis.com)

[|Petronas Towers] (located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, designed by architect Cesar Pelli, and built from 1995-1998) Other links: [|Petronas Towers]: from Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia [|Petronas Towers] (from Emporis.com)

[|Price Tower Arts Center] (located in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and completed in 1956) Other links: [|Price Tower] (from Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia)

[| Prudential Tower] (Part of the Prudential Center complex, this building is located in Boston, was designed by the architectural firm Charles Luckman and Associates, and completed in 1964.)

[|Reliance Building] (from GreatBuildings.com) (located in Chicago, Illinois, designed by architect [|Daniel Burnham], and upper stories completed in 1894-1895 (the base was completed in 1890)) Other links: Chicago Landmarks: Reliance Building [|Reliance Building] (from Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia) [|Reliance Building] (from Emporis.com)

[|Seagram Building] (from Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia) (located in New York City, designed by architect [|Ludwig Mies van der Rohe], and completed in 1958) Other links: The Midtown Book: [|The Seagram Building] [|Seagram Building] (from GreatBuildings.com) [|Design Within Reach: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe]

[|Sears Tower] (located in Chicago, designed by the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill for Sears, Roebuck & Company, and completed in 1973) Other links: [|Willis Tower]

[|Taipei 101] (located in Taipei, Taiwan, designed by C.Y. Lee & Partners, and completed in 2004) Other links: [|Taipei 101] (from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) [|Taipei 101 Tower in Taipei, Taiwan] (from About.com)

[|Tokyo City Hall] (located in Tokyo, Japan, designed by [|Kenzo Tange], and completed in 1991) Other links: [|Tokyo City Hall] (from GreatBuildings.com) Kenzo Tange: Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate 1987

[|Transamerica Pyramid] (located in San Francisco, California, designed by the architect William L. Pereira, and built from 1969-1972) Other links: [|About the Pyramid: the Transamerica Building]

[|United Nations Secretariat Building] (from Emporis.com) (located in New York, designed by Wallace Harrison, Le Corbusier, and others, and completed in 1952) Other links: [|United Nations] (home page) [|United Nations headquarters] (from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

[|Woolworth Building] (located in New York, designed by architect [|Cass Gilbert] ("Father of the Modern Skyscraper") and built from 1910-1913

[|World Trade Center] (from Emporis.com) (Located in New York City, designed by the Japanese American architect Minoru Yamasaki, and completed in 1973, the World Trade Center was destroyed by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.) Learn about the history and construction of this former New York City landmark, as well as the devastation caused by the [|September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks]. Other links: [|Minoru Yamasaki] (from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) [|Minoru Yamasaki Quotes] (from BrainyMedia.com)