Empire State Building

General Information

Function / usage:	Office building
Material:	Steel structure

Location:	Manhattan, New York, New York, USA
Address:	350 Fifth Avenue
Inspiration for:	Altino Arantes (1947)
Coordinates:	40° 44' 54.38" N 73° 59' 8.39" W

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number of floors (above ground)

102

cost of construction

United States dollar 41 000 000

building structure	steel

1945	A B-25 bomber hits the 79th floor. 14 dead.

Architecture

Structural engineering

General contractor

Elevators

(role unknown)

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Tauranac, John (1995): The Empire State Building. The Making of A Landmark. St. Martin's Griffin, New York (USA), pp. 383.
Réméniéras, G. (1933): L'Empire State Building à New-York (hauteur 396 m) (1^ère partie). In: Construction et Travaux Publics, n. 6 (June 1933), pp. 296-299.
Réméniéras, G. (1933): L'Empire State Building à New-York (hauteur 396 m) (2^ème partie. In: Construction et Travaux Publics, n. 7 (July 1933), pp. 355-358.
Sacks, R. / Partouche, R. (2010): Empire State Building Project: Archetype of “Mass Construction”. In: Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, v. 136, n. 6 (June 2010), pp. 702-710.
https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)co.1943-7862.0000162