Skyscrapers
... * Poster of “Chicago” movie The creation of tall buildings which called skyscrapers also strongly arise relatively to the burning Chicago, 1871. ... From this lesson, skyscrapers nowadays are made by choosen material such as glass and steel which it became an important symbol of displaying wealth and power of a country. ... Although the Home Insurance Building was demolished in 1931 to make way for the Field Building, it is still an important piece of the history of skyscrapers. ... Skyscrapers combines several innovations. ... He made skyscrapers a practical reality. ... But why skyscrapers? ... Most people find that skyscrapers add excitement and interest to their cities. However, too many skyscrapers in a same area make city life unpleasant. Kuala Lumpur for example, in the central business area, skyscrapers are crowded together. The large number of people who work or live in these skyscrapers crowd the sidewalks and streets below. ... * In our modern society, the design of the skyscrapers changed the downtown landscape of metropolitan areas. Due to the changes of technology, it has changed the architectural design of the skyscrapers physically and dramatically in terms of its function, design structures, and its social status in society. ... For me, the main purpose of skyscrapers fits the criteria to show the social status of such building with great height and elegance to the society. ... Skyscrapers were response to a selfish commercial need, and a direct result of the rapidly rising value of city lots in good business locations. ... Skyscrapers nowadays became the target for terrorist to attack the country like what happened on September 11. ... This is what happen to the creation of the skyscrapers. Skyscrapers being controlled by the rich and powerful class people. As later skyscrapers were built and some older ones remodeled, the buildings lost their ornament and it could be assumed that instead of being monuments to industry, the new buildings were in fact being built for a practical economic reason. ... Skyscrapers were response to a selfish commercial need, and a direct result of the rapidly rising value of city lots in good business locations. ... The truly vast size of the new generation of skyscrapers seemed to make certain questions valid again. ... Skyscrapers Tourmap in Chicago * 1.