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CTBUH have an interesting set of skyscraper data[0] that's worth perusing, if you are willing to register (or block certain elements..) Also, interesting piece

by ruytlm 7y ago

CTBUH have an interesting set of skyscraper data[0] that's worth perusing, if you are willing to register (or block certain elements..) Also, interesting piece of trivia: the voluntary demolition of buildings taller than 200m is unprecedented.[1][2] The first of these buildings to be built was the Metropolitan Life Tower,[3] completed in 1909, which is still standing today. [0]: https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/ https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/ [1]: 9/11 and the destruction of the WTC towers being the implied involuntary demolition. [2]: https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/praising-squareness-the-heritage-of-skyscrapers https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/praising-squareness-... [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Life_Insurance_Company_Tower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Life_Insurance_Co...

BerislavLopac 7y ago
> voluntary demolition of buildings taller than 200m is unprecedented Any insight into why is it so?
- brianwawok 7y ago
  Do you normally destroy things worth millions of dollars that still can do their basic function (house offices)?
  - BerislavLopac 7y ago
    Well office buildings get torn down routinely; I would expect there to be a separate reason why 200m+ ones are not.
    - pas 7y ago
      The higher/bigger the building, the bigger you need to replace it with, thus it's a much bigger investment, than finding a lot with a smaller building on it. As a sibling post a bit up mentioned JP Morgan's 270 Park Av. building 215m and it's getting replaced, because in this case it wasn't easier to "just find a lot with a smaller building", which is probably very rare and rather recent (though once there were multi-storey buildings in place of every skyscraper in Manhattan) solution.
bbanyc 7y ago
270 Park Avenue (215 m), the headquarters of JPMorgan Chase, is currently being demolished to build a new headquarters building about twice as tall.

by ruytlm 7y ago

BerislavLopac 7y ago

> voluntary demolition of buildings taller than 200m is unprecedented Any insight into why is it so?

brianwawok 7y ago
Do you normally destroy things worth millions of dollars that still can do their basic function (house offices)?
- BerislavLopac 7y ago
  Well office buildings get torn down routinely; I would expect there to be a separate reason why 200m+ ones are not.
  - pas 7y ago
    The higher/bigger the building, the bigger you need to replace it with, thus it's a much bigger investment, than finding a lot with a smaller building on it. As a sibling post a bit up mentioned JP Morgan's 270 Park Av. building 215m and it's getting replaced, because in this case it wasn't easier to "just find a lot with a smaller building", which is probably very rare and rather recent (though once there were multi-storey buildings in place of every skyscraper in Manhattan) solution.

bbanyc 7y ago

270 Park Avenue (215 m), the headquarters of JPMorgan Chase, is currently being demolished to build a new headquarters building about twice as tall.