Skyscrapers
The term "skyscraper" was used in 1880; after the first tall buildings were build in the
Before there were towers made of heavy stone. Towers had thick walls and the rooms were dark and overcrowded. Windows weren’t very common, it could disadvantage the structure.
With the discovery of the steel begin the new era of modern skyscrapers. The
New structural designs made skyscrapers even lighter and stronger.
As skyscrapers get taller and taller, engineers were faced with a new problem: the wind. Today's tallest skyscrapers, which are almost 1,500 feet tall, must be 50 times stronger against wind than the typical 200-foot buildings of the 1940s.
New structural designs made skyscrapers even lighter and stronger. As skyscrapers get taller and taller, engineers were faced with a new problem: the wind. Today's tallest skyscrapers, which are almost 1,500 feet tall, must be 50 times stronger against wind than the typical 200-foot buildings of the 1940s.
Skyscrapers represent the big issue for the population explosion in our days. In my opinion skyscrapers is a good think because it permits to locate a big number of people in one place into the profit of green spaces that can be saved.
5 comments:
Good work Alina!Looking forward to see more of your works! See you!
Hello,I'm Sang Yun. I read your skyscrapers blog.It's easy to understand, and how skyscrapers have developed is interesting.You are a good writer!(haha...)If you have time,please visit my blog. See you.
Hi Alina
Thank you for the information. I agree with others that it's easy to read and understand.
I couldn't find where I can give my comment on your skyscraper page so I wrote it here. ^^
Hello,hello ,this is cathy!Good work about your skyscrapers but because i can not find where i can give you my comment .So i put it here.
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