| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: New York, New York, United States | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1964-1974 (creation); 2001 (destruction) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Yamasaki, Minoru | en_US |
| dc.creator | Emery Roth & Sons | en_US |
| dc.date | 1964-1974 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-10T17:10:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-05-10T17:10:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1964-1974 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 215890 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 260 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/123527 | |
| dc.description | Closer view of the top of the north tower, depicting decorative treatment of curtain wall near summit; More significantly, this period was also marked by the development of a new structural system in which a load-bearing exterior structure acts as a rigid tubular cantilever, the most efficient solution for resisting wind loads on buildings over 70 storeys. It was first applied to reinforced-concrete structures from about 1963, but the development of the braced tubular cantilever in steel (by Myron Goldsmith and Fazlur Khan) made possible the most spectacular skyscrapers of the 1970s [including] the twin 110-storey tube towers of New York's World Trade Center (1964-1974, destroyed 2001) by Minoru Yamasaki and Emery Roth & Sons, clad in stainless steel with gothicized detailing at base and top. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 2/8/2008) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | steel; glass | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | architectural exteriors | en_US |
| dc.subject | business, commerce and trade | en_US |
| dc.subject | Modernist | en_US |
| dc.title | World Trade Center | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A1-YM-WT-E4 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | American | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction (assembling) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | office building | en_US |
| vra.worktype | skyscraper | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | Emery Roth & Sons (American architectural firm, ca. 1949-1990); Minoru Yamasaki (American architect, 1912-1986) | en_US |
