Skyscraper

up from the collapsing buildings. These pictures of ground zero were different from the actual experience of seeing it because, you start to realize all the smaller things. You start to picture the police men and firefighters in every corner, the skyscraper covered in black plastic, the broken steps in front of brook brothers etc. You also realize the little cemetery by the St.Pauls Chapel and the tulips coming up

city had become an important industrial center with a population exceeding one million people (Advameg Inc.). By the 1940s, the population of Rio had nearly grown to two million people and the government could no longer control urban growth, as skyscrapers and large apartment buildings were eradicated replacing the older, smaller community

In just a few centuries, mankind has made leaps and bounds in advancing technology and engineering capability. From skyscrapers to nuclear reactors, engineers continue to design and build things that previous generations would have thought impossible or could have never imagined. With each success in innovation, the world seems to be jetting towards a technological wonderland. However, not every project goes smoothly, and some even fail disastrously. Engineering disasters have made their mark on

permanent site for the nation’s capital on December 1800 by George Washington. It’s main cities are New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Boston. There are many tall buildings in them that really scrape the sky, that’s why they are called skyscrapers. It’s highly

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969), a German-born architect, is world wide acknowledged as one of the 20th century's pioneer architects. He refined the definition of modern architecture to emphasize open space, and uncover the industrial materials utilized in construction. Mies was born in Aachen, Germany, where he spent the first half of his career. His first projects were mostly residential. When he was 20 years old, he built his first design, the Riehl House. Mies became quickly a prominent

The Taj Mahal The Taj Mahal is a great example of symmetry because the first half of the building corresponds perfectly with the other half of the building. Also, with the building reflecting off the water, you can see the beautiful mirror symmetry that is displayed. The pointed arches within a rectangular frame dominate the exterior facade of the main building. In the Taj Mahal, the graves of the Emperor and his wife lie in the center of an octagonal room. The drainage holes in some of the stones

“One World Trade Center’s Costly Road to LEED Gold” Giselle N. Gregory Everglades University Abstract One World Trade Center is an ideal representation of what green building is. It is not to say that the design and construction of this structure was not without its challenges. In this paper, I will discuss the factors that qualified the building for LEED certification. I will also discuss the challenges the building faced while pursuing this certification and what was done to overcome

the coast through the big apple. Everybody was working, at school, home, it was a typical Tuesday. Nobody knew that September 11 was going to be a date to remember for the rest of our lives. Between 8:46 a.m. – 10:28 a.m. (EDT) two of the biggest skyscrapers of New York suffered a terrorist attack. Two commercial planes were hijacked by members of Al-Qaeda organization and crashed into tower one and two of WTC making them collapse in less than 15 Seconds, this horrible event killed around 2,996 people

Here’s something we hear a lot: the world is changing faster than ever before. However, some economists think otherwise. What if the world isn’t changing faster than ever before? What if things are actually slowing down? Robert Gordon is one these economists. In his book The Rise and Fall of American Growth he suggests this thought experiment. Say it’s the 1700s. There’s a man. He has a job, perhaps constructing buildings. He builds things mostly out of wood. He cooks his food over a fire. When

A Howl Against Capitalism: An Analysis of a Poet’s Political Metaphors Ginsberg’s Howl is decidedly not the kind of poem that inspires children in traditional elementary schools across the country to put their right hands on their breasts, face the flag, sing the national anthem. Contrariwise, the controversial poem uses Ginsberg’s signature repetitive prosody and metaphorical speech to figuratively pummel the living daylights out of the society we know as America. More specifically, it is Ginsberg’s