MULTISTOREYED BUILDING

SUBMITTED TO :

AR. ABHA MITTAL

AR. GAURAV JINDAL

SUBMITTED BY : BHANU KHANNA

21008/2K10

THE EMPIRE STATE

BUILDING, NEW YORK

Empire State Building

LOCATION
CLIMATE
BUILT
TYPE
CONSTRUCTION
ARCHITECT
ARCHECTURAL STYLE
FLOOR
BASEMENT
AREA
COST

350 FIFTH AVENUE

NEW TORK
HUMID CONTINENTAL
MARCH 1931
OFFICE BUILDING
steel frame, stone cladding
Shreve, Lamb and Harmon
Art Deco
101-storey
2

ROOF HEIGHT

2,248,355 sq ft (208,879 m2 )
$40,948,900
1,250 feet (381 meters),

WITH ANTENNA HEIGHT

LIFT/ELEVATOR
Wall

1,454 ft (443.2 m) high

73
steel/ alluminium,glass

Tallest in the world from 1931 to 1972

Preceded by Chrysler Building

MANHATTAN LOCATION

length (east-west) 424 ft (129.2 m)

width (north-south) 187 ft (57.0 m)

SITE PLAN

The Empire State Building was designed by William F. Lamb from the architectural
firm Shreve, Lamb and Harmon. The building was designed from the top down.Excavation of the
site began on January 22, 1930, and construction on the building itself started symbolically on
March 17. This was about the time that the Great Depression started. The project involved
3,400 workers. Governor Smith's grandchildren cut the ribbon on May 1, 1931.

The Plan to Build the Empire State Building

After deciding on and obtaining a site for the skyscraper, Raskob needed a plan. Raskob hired
Shreve, Lamb & Harmon to be the architects for his new building. It is said that Raskob pulled a
thick pencil out of a drawer and held it up to William Lamb and asked, "Bill, how high can you
make it so that it won't fall down?
CONCEPT

Empire state building was the shape of

pencil . The empire state building
received many reward because of the
building of its unique design

One theory credits

George Washington
with coining the term "Empire State

EMPIRE STATE BUILDING RISES 1250 mts

TOTAL 102 STORIED HIGH (observatory level).
IT IS 1472 mts TO THE TV TOWER .
BUILDING HAS 2 BASEMENT LEVEL
5 STORIES OF EXECUTIVE OFFICES .
86 FLOOR- OBSERVATORY AND 14 STOREY TALL MOORING MAST .
THE BUILDING OCCUPIES A HALF BLOCK BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH
AVENUES AND WEST 33RD AND WEST 34TH STREES .
IT IS SURROUNDED BY UNRELATED COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES.

 The Empire State Building is the quadrifaced lighthouse of the city. It was
designed at the end of the so-called Art
Deco period in the 1920s.
The Empire State Building is the 4TH
tallest skyscraper in the United States,
and the 23RD tallest in the world.
In 2010, the Empire State Building
underwent a $550 million renovation,
with $120 million spent to transform the
building into a more energy efficient and
eco-friendly structure. Receiving a
gold Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design (LEED) rating in
September 2011, the Empire State
Building is the tallest LEED certified
building in the United States

THE EMPIRE STYLE

The empire style was named for the emperor

napoleon I . The empire syle was supposed to be
influenced by the ancient roman models . It was
inspired from the egyptianans the greeks and the
roman . The empire style was also triggered in the
english regency , the american federal and the
german bierdermer.

Art Deco or Deco, is an influential visual art design

style which first appeared in France after,
flourishing internationally in the 1930s and 1940s
before its popularity waned after World War II t is
an eclectic style that combines traditional craft
motifs with Machine Age imagery and materials.
The style is often characterized by rich colors,
bold geometric shapes, and lavish ornamentation.
Deco emerged from the Interwar period when
rapid industrialization was transforming culture.
One of its major attributes is an embrace of
technology. Historian Bevis Hillier defined Art
Deco as "an assertively modern style that ran to
symmetry rather than asymmetry, and to the
rectilinear rather than the curvilinear; it
responded to the demands of the machine and of
new material [and] the requirements of mass
production".
During its heyday, Art Deco represented luxury,
glamour, exuberance, and faith in social and
technological progress.

FLOOR PLANS
Plan of Ground Floor to Second
Floor Similar..
-Plan of 3rd to 5th floors
-Plan of 6th to 11th floors
-Plan of 12th to 18th floors
-Plan of 19th to 30th floors
-Plan of 31st to 45th floors
-Plan of 46th to 60th floors
-Plan of 61st to 73rd floors
-Plan of 74th to Top
75-86 : CLOSED
OBSERVATORY/MUSEUM

MATERIALS
Portions of the building were
constructed off-site and attached
on site. A total of 700 million pounds
of materials went into the creation
of the Empire State Building, which
include:
10 million bricks
10,000 tons of plaster
57,000 tons of steel
62,000 cubic yards of concrete
200,000 cubic feet of limestone
310,000 square feet of marble

STAIR CASE
TOILET
FLOOR PLAN 6TH TO 20TH FLOOR

C
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FIRE ROOM

STAIRCASE
TIOLET

49TH FLOOR PLAN

Brand new high-end pre-built 9 windowed offices, 1 conference room, 10 workstations

Full-height glass-enclosed offices and conference room with metal trim Submetered electric High-end
pantry with stainless steel appliances Spectacular views facing north

CROSS SECTION AND LONGITUDINAL

SECTION & PLAN OF FLOORS

ISOMETRIC 34th STREET AND 5th AVE. (LOOKING

SOUTH)

Sets of miniature railroad tracks were constructed to transport all these materials. This
skyscraper occupies an area of two acres, contains seventy miles of water mains, 2.5
million feet of electrical wiring, 1,060 miles of telephone cables, 50 miles of radiator pipe,
and 73 elevators in 7 miles of shafts.
As New Yorks
icon, the Empire
State Building was
a great success
and continues to
be know as one
the most amazing
man made wonder
of the world. The
Empire
State
Building was a
wonderful addition
to the New York
skyline.

Maneuvering rope and pulley during construction

1931

A worker bolts beams during construction.

 CHALLENGES

SOLUTIONS

~ Gravity

~Pyramids or Steel

~Wind

~Stiff or Hollow Core

~Sinkholes

~Dig or Chemical Injection

~Fire

~Reinforced Concrete or Steel

~Unforeseen Disasters

~Over Engineer

~Lights

~Contains 3,194,547 Light Bulbs

~Heating

~50 Miles of Radiator Pipe

~Cooling

~7,450 Tons of Refrigeration Equipment

~Water

~Jockey Pumps & 70 Miles of Water Pipe

~Waste

~Trash shoots to Move 100 Tons of Trash

~Get to Top Floors

~Elevators or 1,575 Steps

Going green with time.

Retrofication!!!

EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

February 3, 2015

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February 3, 2015

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February 3, 2015

A gallery of celebrity
portraits greets some
visitors to the Empire State
Building (ESB)

INTERIOR
INTERIOR

The 80th floor elevator

transfer point has been
redesigned as a museum
about the construction of
the ESB.

Along the inner walls are five openings leading

to the elevator banks.
Above the central opening at the mezzanine
level on either corridor is a striking,
modernistic ally designed aluminium bridge,
giving access to the mezzanine offices from
the second floor elevators.
The openings along the long corridors lead to
one-story halls with four or five elevators on
either side.
The upper portions of the two long
corridors running the length of the
building east to west consist of blocks of
marble set to look like three horizontal
bands stretching the length of the walls

The view from inside the 86thfloor viewing gallery, space that
was previously used as a gift
shop. Now, it's ideal for gawking
even during inclement weather.
The Manhattan Cruise
Terminal and a Carnival ship
can be seen from the 102nd
floor.

The "secret" door to the A view of the narrow

Visitors enjoying the
outdoor platform and its 86th floor observation
103rd floor outdoor
low railing on the 103rd deck.
observation platform.
floor of the ESB.

Looking down on the 86th-floor observation deck.

ANTENNA
Today the Empire Slate Building
occupies a unique position in the
broadcast industry. It furnishes
leased vertical space of 317 feet
for the antennas of 22 stations.
Between the 80th and 85th
floors arc housed 35 separate
broadcast transmitters with a
combined total RF output power
of over 400 KW. The Empire
state Building Co. owns the
master FM antenna and leases it
to individual FM stations

The
tower
is
provided with a code
beacon, and there is
obstruction lighting
at three lower
levels. The mooringmast section of the
building
is
illuminated by floodlights. FCC rules with
respect to tower
painting are waived
in favor of tower
lighting 24 hours per
day.

TOWER LIGHTS
The Empire State Building
celebrates many cultures and
causes in the world community
with iconic lightings.
The ESB has a tradition of lightings
for the religious holidays of Easter,
Hanukah and Christmas.
But the lights of the ESB are lit for
many occasions. For example in
1998, for Frank Sinastra's death
the light became blue in honour of
his blue eyes, and for Columbus
day the lights become green, white
and red like the Italian flag.

Empire State Building Commentary

"Standing in lonely dignity in the midriff of
Manhattan, a sentinel by land, a reassuring
landmark by air, the Empire State Building is the
quadric-faced pharos of the city. Though
designed at the end of the so-called Art Deco
period in the 1920s, when zigzagged appliques
were prominent, its exterior shows little of the
frippery characteristic of that 'decorated'
period. It is, moreover, one of the very few
skyscrapers with four facades, not just one
facing the avenue.
"Zoning required several setbacks, but these
were given a skillful buildup of scale at the lower
levels, while the tower itself rises unflinchingly.
Indented setbacks in the center of each of the
long sides help lateral scale. An observation
platform and a pylon topped by a television
transmission antenna crown all."