How to Build a Skyscraper
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Chronological case studies show concrete claims, methods, and outcomes: an safety hoist demonstration proves elevators make high floors valuable; the Equitable fire and Monadnock’s twenty‑inch settlement quantify risk and surprise; curtain‑wall and steel framing lightened loads and enabled the Flatiron and Home Insurance experiments; the Chrysler team hides an 185 ft spire assembled in 90 minutes to win height; air conditioning enables sealed facades; Khan’s tube system and Taipei 101’s tuned mass damper weighing 728 tons and the Burj Khalifa’s refuge rooms all solve measurable structural, wind, seismic, or evacuation problems.
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- 0:00Intro
- 0:21How to Build a Skyscraper
- 0:58Equitable Life Building
- 1:25The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
- 6:18Never underestimate the power of people to break what you build.
- 9:44Monadnock Building
- 11:35Embrace constraints.
- 13:23Fuller Flatiron Building
- 14:45Choose the right materials for the job.
- 15:5040 Wall Street - VS - The Chrysler Building New York, New York, USA
- 20:16The World's Tallest Building Raises the Stars and Stripes to the New York Heavens
- 22:04Empire State Building
- 26:00November 18th, 1929
- 30:37United Nations Headquarters
- 32:53Willis (Sears) Tower
- 35:05Taipei 101
- 38:46Burj Khalifa
- 39:01September 11th, 2001
- 40:23Create safe spaces.
- 41:15Eliminate toxic elements.
