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The Power of Height: From Pyramids to Skyscrapers

Explore the historical significance of height in architecture, from ancient obelisks to modern skyscrapers. Journey through time with key landmarks and design innovations. Discover the evolution from stone structures to cast iron marvels, culminating in iconic towers like the Eiffel Tower. Uncover the intersection of art and engineering, and contemplate the symbolic and practical implications of towering structures in human history.

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The Power of Height: From Pyramids to Skyscrapers

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  1. The Power of Height The Power of Height

  2. The power of height

  3. Everyone fears time, but time fears the pyramids Arab saying

  4. Luxor temple

  5. In Egypt obelisks were pairedto flank and entrance

  6. Paired obelisks at a graveyard in Toulouse

  7. In the West single Obelisks were placed at the center of plazas, intersections etc.

  8. Piazza del Popolo

  9. Moving the St Peter’s obelisk

  10. Fontana’s winning design

  11. The Prague Obelisk erected in 1928

  12. Breughel’s ‘The tower of Babel’‘the Google Street view of 1535’

  13. Zoomable view, very detailed, of Breughel’s painting:http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/the-tower-of-babel/bAGKOdJfvfAhYQ?projectId=art-project

  14. One hour discussion of the painting:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__AhDt9TA_Q

  15. Dante’s hell vs Babel’s tower

  16. Exhaustive overview of Gothic churches: http://mappinggothic.org/http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/tgG0_zhHpmwFAA?exhibitId=KQJSwU8knBq2IA&userGallery&projectId=historic-moments

  17. link

  18. Cast iron development

  19. Stone vs cast iron

  20. Reform Act Tower 1832 proposalCast Iron

  21. Centennial Tower London 1874

  22. One of the designs for the Paris 1889 exhibition won by Gustave Eiffel

  23. Original design of the Eiffel Tower

  24. file:///C:/Philo-2014/tower-lecture/The%20Project%20Gutenberg%20eBook%20of%20Elevator%20Systems%20of%20the%20Eiffel%20Tower,%201889,%20by%20Robert%20M.%20Vogel.htmfile:///C:/Philo-2014/tower-lecture/The%20Project%20Gutenberg%20eBook%20of%20Elevator%20Systems%20of%20the%20Eiffel%20Tower,%201889,%20by%20Robert%20M.%20Vogel.htm

  25. http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/collection/tour-eiffel?projectId=historic-momentshttp://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/collection/tour-eiffel?projectId=historic-moments

  26. Chicago Competition 1890

  27. London Competition entries 1890

  28. Eiffel-Shukhov comparison

  29. Haeckel vs. Tower designs

  30. The Singer Tower Highrise

  31. Up up and away..

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