For decades, the iconic Art Deco spire of the Empire State Building has been obscured by dirt, grime and a network of obsolete antenna arrays left to rot. Once detailed in shiny aluminum, years of neglect had rendered them no longer reflective. But now the Empire State Realty Trust has und...
纽约2009年9月24日电 /美通社亚洲/ -- 全球较著名的办公大厦帝国大厦 (Empire State Building) 正在进行一项超过5.5亿美元的改造项目,以期通过重现其“Art Deco”式风格并新增一流设施来使得这座标志性的建筑焕然一新。 欲查看多媒体新闻稿,请访问:http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/empirestatebuilding/40200/ 。
The Empire State Building is an American cultural icon. It is designed in the distinctive Art Deco style and has been named as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World by the American Society of Civil Engineers. The building and its street floor interior are designated landmarks of the...
On a short list of the world’s most famous structures, the Empire State Building draws some 2.5 million visitors a year and remains a masterpiece of the Art Deco-type architecture that flourished in New York City in the 1920s. Topping out at 1,250 feet upon completion in 1931, before ...
The Empire State Building’s new second-floor galleries.Photo: Evan Joseph The initial phase debuted last August with a new high-tech lobby and 34th Street entrance. Now the Empire State Realty Trust is unveiling a slew of galleries designed by Beneville Studios and Thinc on the Art Deco lan...
Inspiration for this design came from the stylized shapes and strong symmetry of the art deco movement. The bold lines of my version of the iconic Empire State with its rhythmic repeats invokes the jazz influenced feel of the era. Rich, vibrant colors and distinctive yet simple graphics, make...
Kossivi Adjeyi was particularly helpful as we got to the bus stop a bit late, and thought we wouldn’t be able to board for the Empire State Building, but Kossivi (such a nice name) was so friendly and reassuring, it took the panic...
Empire State Building Opened in 1931, the Empire State Building was the first building to top 100 floors, an extraordinary milestone that only added to the mystique of this art-deco masterpiece and global icon. Otis helped make it possible, supplying the fastest, most advanced elevators of the...
The architectural style of the building is Art Deco, for this its appearance resembles to some other buildings of Art Deco Style, such as Penobscot Building in Detroit, in fact Empire State Building looks even more similar to Penobscot Building than Reynolds Building. ...
Art Deco The Empire State Building is famous for its iconic design, but where exactly does this design fall within the history of architecture? At its most basic, the Empire State Building was completed in the style called Art Deco, which was an influential style of design employed between ...