ARCHST 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Broadacre City, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Frank Lloyd Wright
21 Aug 2016
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Skyscraper, city reform and suburbs, for the automobile. Early skyscapers: prior to 1850, office towers were moderately, after the invention of the elevator (1850) Low baring brick wall: home insurance building. By 1890 mass produced cast iron columns and beams. Hold the weight of the building together: wainright bldg, st, louis, auditorium, chicago, flat iron bldg. Newspaper row, nyc 1920s: height associated to image making, companies compete in terms of height, decorative detail. Cultural and political symbol of a city: all of the above. Zones used toe regularize the industrial city. Rebuilding housing: buildings codes issued to be followed by developers and designers. Cities and towers and the art deco mode. 1925 worlds fair belgium: chrysler building, american radiator building (cathedrals of capitalism, empire state, chicago library. Gm"s futurama exhibit publicizes the affect of automobiles on the. Cities, suburbs, rual areas are connected by the magic motorways". Details for downtown: pedestrian are elevated above traffic.
