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City
and Skyscraper Links
World's
Tallest Buildings
Very comprehensive
site. Choose from traditional buildings over 1000
feet in height. Uses elevator buttons to lead
visitors through the site. "Today's Tallest
Buildings" floor provides a chart with rank,
location, height and other interesting data. "The
Observatory" takes visitors to over 40 buildings by
clicking a thumbnail photo. While each building
link is a surprise, most have photos, a wealth of
technical information, and related articles written
about the building. This floor also includes 5
observatory webcam links. The "Projects" floor,
uses color codes to organize buildings in-progress
or never built with latest technical information
and updates. World's Tallest Buildings is packed
with written material such as newspaper and
magazine articles, and goes deep with links.
Fabulous general resource on tall
buildings.
Great
Buildings Collection
An excellent building
data site. Featuring "more than 750 great buildings
from around the world and across history", visitors
can choose from an alphabetical list of buildings.
Each building link includes the building
statistics, dates, materials, style, architectural
drawings, photographs, views from the top, 3D
models, information about the architect, a
bibliography, and discussion. Easy to
use.
Nalyd's
Skyscraper Page
Wonderful resource
site for skyscrapers around the world. Many
building pictures, skylines, and aerials. It
includes a link to The World's Tallest Diagram, a
nice visual for size comparison. Great resource,
many links.
Chicago
on Tour
Fifteen buildings and
skyscrapers are featured on this cybertour of
Chicago created in cooperation with the Chicago
Architectural Foundation. The tour begins with a
map of the city dotted with the selected tour sites
and a site list. Each building link includes an
excellent photo of the building, detailed data
about building statistics, and an excellent text.
Student friendly.
The
Great Chicago Fire
This site is a
wonderful on-line exhibit from the Chicago
Historical Society on the Chicago Fire. It is full
of essays photographs, and primary documents
relating to the fire. Essays include insight into
pre and post fire Chicago, ordinances and building
codes and their violations, and lots of other
information about the structure andlife of the city
before and after the fire.
The
Skyscraper Museum
The Skyscraper Museum
is located at 44 Wall St. in NYC. Net visitors can
take a virtual tour of the museum. This site
includes useful information on the rational for
building skyscrapers, impact on land values in the
city, problems and solutions in building, and
modificatons to interior space. Topics are covered
briefly. Visitors can also take a cyber-tour of the
latest special exhibit, "The Empire State
Building".
Skyscrapers
of the World
This site claims to
be, "one of the most complete high-rise data bases
on the web." It lists and can send visitors to six
continents, 107 cities, and 755
buildings.
Skyscrapers
of Denver
Tour downtown Denver,
view web cam shots, and learn about Denver's tall
buildings at this site.
Skyscrapers
of Detroit
About 30 buildings
are featured. There are photos and some basic
statistical information about each.
Skyscrapers
of Los Angeles
Here are clickable
views of individual buildings with short blurbs as
well as nice views of the skyline from different
angles.
Great
Structures of the World
This site invites
visitors to choose from six regions around the
world to visit famous structures from the Hoover
Dam in the American southwest, to the Eurotunnel
connecting France and England, to the super-tall
Petronas Twin Towers in Asia, and many more
interesting structures. Text, structure statistics,
and photos are included.
The
High-Rise Pages
Interesting site with
some different information. Disaster Time provides
information on what happens if . . ., Hollywood
High-Rises discusses tall buildings featured in the
movies, Reaching for the Skies tells which
structure is tallest where, Tall Over the World
takes visitors to 121 building links in 21
countries, and more.
Skyscrapers
in Toronto
Useful site for
information on tall buildings in this city.
Includes photographs and some basic data.
Moscow
Skyline
This site includes
six photographs of the Moscow skyline, no text. It
is part of a web series by journalist Steven R. Van
Hook.
Frank
Lloyd Wright
Web site on master
American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. It is also
the Web companion to the Ken Burns film, "Frank
Lloyd Wright". This site features biographical
info, in-depth information about Wright buildings,
his contemporaries, and 20th century
architecture.
Lewis
Wickes Hine Exhibit
This is an on-line
exhibit of the photographer commissioned to capture
the construction of the Empire State Building in
photos. It is part of the New York Public Library
web collection. It includes photographs, extensive
data about the building costs, construction, and
work force.
Ranger
Dave's Monument Tour
(The Washington Monument)
This student friendly
site provides monument statistics, a history that
includes easy to read timelines, information on
Egyptian obelisks, clear and varied photographs,
and links. This is part of the National Park
Service's Web collection.
Eiffel
Tower
This is the official
site of the Eiffel Tower. All of the statistical
information about the structure is available along
with Eiffel Tower history, photographs, some fun
activities such as a virtual look at the elevator
ride and an opportunity to repaint the tower.
Sears
Tower Web Site
A short section on
building construction is available along with
building facts and a timeline that begins with the
original Mr. Sears but is somewhat difficult to
read. There are photographs without captions.
Transamerica
Pyramid
Useful but brief
information about this structure in downtown San
Francisco. This site includes great views from the
top and building facts.
Art
Deco Architecture
Art Deco in American
life is the theme of this, apparently,
student-created site. It features three buildings,
The Empire State Building, The Collins Park Hotel,
in Miami, and the Chrysler Building. A photo and
brief text about each building in
included.
The
Construction Education Connection
Beginning resource of
links for finding construction information.
Included are links to Construction Associations
Worldwide, Construction Services/Manufacturer
Directory, Construction Journals, and Construction,
Codes, Regulations, and Laws.
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