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The document provides an overview of skyscrapers including their history and key developments. It discusses how the steel frame and technologies like elevators were essential to their invention in the 19th century. The oldest known skyscraper is considered to be the Great Pyramid of Giza. A table lists the tallest skyscrapers from 1909 to 2008. The document also discusses the world's first round skyscraper, materials used in construction like steel and concrete, and emerging trends like green skyscrapers and wooden skyscrapers.
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- 1. KSR POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OFARCHITECTURE Presented by: M.Swathi
- 3. Do you knowwhat is a skyscraper??? A very tall building with many storeys. Tall structures whose height is much larger and are qualitatively different in construction from smaller ones. The steel frame, the elevator, the telephone, and the revolving door are all key to their invention They appeared first at time of 19th century
- 4. History of skyscraper Theincrease of the high of buildings was a big step for the construction industry and come together with the technological development. water pressure was usually insufficient to supply running water above 50 m.
- 5. Which place iscalled as the World’s oldest man-made skyscraper ????? The Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest manmade structure in the world for nearly 4,000 years...
- 6. Tallest skyscrapers overthe last 100 years S. no Building Year completed Floors Height /ft 1 Metropolitan life,New York,USA 1909 50 700.1 2 Woolworth building,New York,USA 1913 57 792 3 The Trump building,New York,USA 1930 70 926.8 4 Chrysler building ,New York,USA 1930 77 1,045.9 5 Empire state building ,New York,USA 1931 102 1,250 6 One world trade centre ,New York,USA 1972 110 1,368.1 7 Sears tower,chicago,USA 1974 108 1,450.1 8 Kuala lumpur,Malaysia 1998 88 1,482.6 9 Taipei 101, Taipei ,Taiwan 2004 101 1,669.9 2008 164 2,034.0 10 Burj Khalifa,dubai,UAE
- 7. World’s first roundshaped skyscraper headquarters of Aldar Properties in Dubai
- 9. First skyscraper Thefirst skyscraper was the ten-storey Home Insurance Building in Chicago, built in 1884–1985. In this building, a steel frame supported the entire weight of the walls,instead of loadbearing walls carrying the weight of the building, which was the usual method.
- 11. Green Skyscraper A skyscraper havingfeatures of green building is known as Green Skyscraper .
- 12. What is GreenSkyscraper ? Benefits and impacts have been studied in terms of energy savings and indoor environmental qualities. For example green roof can reduce 50% of cooling load; green wall can reduce 10 degree centigrade indoor temperature, where as biofilter and indoor plants purifies indoor air by 50% to 60%.
- 13. Biofilter in Green Skyscrapers Biofiltrationis a pollution control technique using living material to capture and biologically degrade process pollutants
- 14. Materials used tobuilt skyscrapers At first, air was injected into molten steel to reduce the impurities, and increase the temperature of the steel Later, carbon and manganese were added to improved the strength, and eliminate the effects of other impurities, mainly sulfur High volume, cheap, strong steel was the result
- 15. Raw Materials Reinforced concreteis one important component of skyscrapers. Concrete is inherently strong under compressive forces. This high-strength material was achieved by adding very fine particles to the usual concrete ingredient
- 16. Upcoming skyscrapers Before consideringthe technical hurdles of constructing tall buildings from wood, perhaps the which should be as the specific benefits wood can offer over concrete and steel?
- 17. Architectural companies are beginning towake up to the promise of wooden tall buildings, and Swedish firm Berg C.F. Møller is just one recent example of this. The company has proposed a 34-story wooden skyscraper for HSB Stockholm's architectural competition.
- 18. The Future ofSkyscrapers, The dreams continues…. Russia Tower, •Moscow 126 stories Millenium Tower, Tokyo, Proposed offshore city – 840 m, 170 stories The Ultima Over 2 miles high