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Art Deco Empire State Building, Kavanagh Building & Lighthouses
Like London's Crystal Palace and the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Empire State Building represented in its time "what we were capable of," says Carol Willis, an architectural historian and founder-director of lower Manhattan's Skyscraper Museum.
Empire State Building, in central Manhattan, New York City, on Fifth Ave. between 33d St. and 34th St. It was designed by the firm of Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon and built in 1930--31. For many years its 102 stories (1,250 ft/381 m high) made it the tallest building in the world.
The trademark looking building is cemented in both New York and U.S. History. Built during the harsh and complicated years of the 1929 (and those years to follow) Great Depression, the building was a monument to modernity and to men's unthought-of domain of nature. The construction began on March 17, 1930 and the building's steel frame rose at an average rate of four and a half floors per week.
William Lamb was the man chosen to design the Empire State Building. Featuring an epoch feel to an amazing extent, this Art Deco monument is an ode to the architectural trend that was being born back in the early days of the third decade of the 20th century.
The Art Deco style is characterized by symmetrical geometric patterns such as chevron, sunburst, and zigzag patterns. Commonly used materials include aluminum, stainless steel, lacquer, inlaid wood, sharkskin, and zebra-skin. The bold use of stepped forms and sweeping curves were the great innovation resulting of the blend between modernity and design, taking upon the essencials of geometry and lifting them into design heaven.
Argentina also features odes to modernity thru means of Art Deco design and style, which have become city trademarks alike the Empire State is to NYC. For starters, Kavanagh building in downtown BA, facing the gorgeous San Martin's park has been a city icon since early 1930s when the daughter of a world magnate chose to develop a modern conception in the bursting capital of one of the world's greatest barns. The architects that carried out this ambitious project were Gregorio Sanchez, Ernesto Lagos and Luis Maria de la Torre.
Bob Frassinetti, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Travelling for Art & Antiques in Argentina, Chile or Uruguay
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thank my clan for building a vision, as a kavanaght from dr georges higgins kavanaght and jacqueline exume kavanaght, je suis fier de faire parirtie de cette belle famille
ENSEMBLE C'EST LA FAMMILE,POUR LA VIE
TOGETHER IT'S FAMILY FOR LIFE
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