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Empire State Building
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LOCATION |
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North America |
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 United States |
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 New York City |
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New York |
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 New York - Manhattan |
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Manhattan |
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350 5th Avenue (West 33rd & 3u th Sts.)
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WEBCAM |
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TYPOLOGY |
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ARCHITECTURE | Buildings for offices and professional practises
Offices
Vertical architectures
Skyscrapers
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1930
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1931 |
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THE BUILDING IN CINEMA |
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| Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant, Alicia Witt, Dana Ivey, Dorian Missick, Katheryn Winnick |
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| Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack |
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| Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot |
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |
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| Francesco Dal Co, "Spettacolo per tutti; ricchezza per pochi / A show for all; a wealth for few", Casabella 818, ottobre/october 2012, pp. 4-9, 97 |
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| "Green Empire State Building", Modulo 352, giugno 2009, "Attualità/Eventi" p. 487 |
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| Carol Willis (Ed.), Empire State Building. 21 mesi per costruire il grattacielo più alto del mondo, Electa, Milano 2004 |
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| "Le dieci torri che hanno cambiato il mondo/Ten towers that changed the world", Domus Grattacieli/Skyscrapers, supplemento a/supplement of Domus 865, dicembre/december 2003, pp. 22-23 (22-29) |
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| Meridiani 116, marzo 2003 [New York], "Da vedere" p. 177 (176-179) |
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"La torre e la città/The tower and the city", Domus 840, settembre/september 2001, "Servizi/Features" pp. 36-101
Carol Willis, "La città tra le nuvole/The city in the clouds", Domus 840, settembre/september 2001, "Servizi/Features" p. 39 (36-101) |
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| Nicholas Adams, "Una storia dimenticata: la costruzione dell'Empire state Building/A Forgotten History: the Construction of the Empire state Building", Casabella 666, aprile/april 1999, "Biblioteca dell'architetto" pp. 85-86, 94 |
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| Carol Willis (ed.), Building the Empire State. A Rediscovered 1930s Notebook Charts and the Construction of the Empire State Building, W.W. Norton, New York 1998 |
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| Domus 789, gennaio/january 1997 [Progettare la sostenibilità/Designing sustainability], p. 89 (87-89) |
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| Judith Dupré, Skyscrapers, Black Dog & Leventhal, New York 1996, pp. 38-39 |
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| Bruno Zevi, Spazî dell'architettura moderna, Einaudi, Torino 1973, tav. 526 [XI. Il movimento organico negli Stati Uniti] |
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| L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui 1, novembre 1930, pp. 14-15 (10-15) |
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| John Jakob Raskob (General Motors) |
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building 381 ml.
pinnacle 443,5 ml |
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floors 102
windows 6.500
lift 62 |
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STRUCTURES |
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| Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Associates |
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