Happy Skyscraper Day -- every September 3rd! 🙌 🎉 💥 Skyscraper Day is a time to celebrate one of the most influential inventions in human history. Tall multi-story buildings have enabled people to live more closely together, saving land from development, and turning cities into artificial mountain ranges, each with its own distinct look. Dwellings of many floor levels have existed at least since medieval times, in places like Yemen and central Europe, but it was not until the mid-nineteenth century that technology enabled buildings to rise higher and higher. Two developments in particular made this possible: the elevator, and the skeletal frame. New York and Chicago were the original laboratories for skyscraper technology, as the masonry frame was replaced by lighter and stronger skyscraper skeletons, first of steel then of concrete. The 3rd of September was chosen for Skyscraper Day to commemorate the first master architect of high-rise buildings, Louis Sullivan, who was born in Boston on 3 September 1856. Sullivan worked in Chicago with William LeBaron Jenney, engineer of the first steel-framed 10-story building, the now-demolished Home Insurance Building. Sullivan created his own uniquely American brand of Art Nouveau. His buildings achieved a rare elegance, combining simple forms with elaborate organic ornamentation, following his famous principle that "Form follows function". Sullivan was the revered mentor of Frank Lloyd Wright, widely considered the greatest architect of the 20th century. More details: https://lnkd.in/eszrsFW2 #skyscraperday #skyscrapers
SKYDB - The world's skyscraper database
Information Services
Chicago, IL 26 followers
The world's database on skyscrapers and tall buildings. Share and exchange information on buildings on www.skydb.net
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SKYDB is the world’s biggest database of skyscrapers and tall buildings. Its data is historically recognized as “the source” for information on major projects, as most of its information originates from primary sources such as blueprints. The database contains more than 174,000 listed high-rise projects in over 10,000 cities worldwide. SKYDB has developed international standards for measuring tall building heights and maintains the World’s Top 1000 Skyscrapers list, a huge media archive, and the largest collection of building diagrams. For reasons of automation and data consistency, SKYDB has implemented uniform data standards which are applied when editing, comparing, and exchanging data. Visit SKYDB now: www.skydb.net
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- Chicago, IL
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