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Space Needle

General Information

Structure:	Vertical cantilever structure
Function / usage:	Observation tower
Material:	Reinforced concrete tower

Location:	Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Part of:	Century 21 Exposition
Coordinates:	47° 37' 14.26" N 122° 20' 57.45" W

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	height	184.4 m
observation deck	height to observation deck	158.5 m

piers	steel
shaft	reinforced concrete

Structural engineering

Heinle, Erwin / Leonhardt, Fritz (1997): Türme aller Zeiten - aller Kulturen. 3^rd edition, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany), pp. 252-253.