The steel structure architecture combines the style and beauty of classical and modern architecture. Many large buildings around the world use steel structure technology in a large amount. What are the world's famous steel structure buildings? On Valentine's Day, please follow our footsteps to appreciate the romantic style of the world's top ten steel structures.
No.1 Beijing Bird's Nest
The Bird's Nest is the main stadium of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The giant stadium design, completed by Herzog, De Mellon and Chinese architect Li Xinggang, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 2001, is shaped like a "nest" that breeds life. It is more like a cradle, expressing human hopes for the future. The designers did not do anything superfluous to the national stadium, but frankly exposed the structure to the outside, thus naturally forming the appearance of the building. In July 2007, the Times of England once rated the ten largest and most important construction projects under construction in the world. At that time, the "Bird's Nest" ranked first. The latest issue of Time magazine published on December 24 of the same year selected the top ten architectural wonders of the world in 2007, and the Bird's Nest was worthy of the list.
The best steel structure is the Bird's Nest. The components of the structure support each other, forming a network-like framework. The appearance of ups and downs eases the sense of volume of the building, and gives it a dramatic and shocking shape. The main building is a space saddle ellipse, and is the single steel structure project with the largest span in the world at present.
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No. 2 Sydney Grand Theatre
Located in the north of Sydney, the Sydney Opera House is a landmark building in Sydney, designed by Danish architect Jon Usson. Below a shell-shaped roof is a water complex combining the theater and the hall. The internal architecture of the opera house is modeled on the Maya culture and the Aztec temple. The construction of the building began in March 1959 and was officially completed and delivered for use on October 20, 1973, taking a total of 14 years. The Sydney Opera House is a landmark building in Australia and one of the most distinctive buildings in the 20th century. In 2007, it was rated as a World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO.
The Sydney Opera House uses a converted reinforced concrete structural wall and a converted multi-layer structure to support the roof, so that it can bear the load without damaging the curvature of the original design.
No.3 World Trade Center
The World Trade Center (1973-September 11, 2001), located at the southwest end of Manhattan Island in New York, borders the Hudson River in the west, and is one of the landmarks of New York. The World Trade Center is composed of two tower skyscrapers, four 7-storey office buildings and one 22-storey hotel. It was built from 1962 to 1976. The owner is the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The World Trade Center used to be the world's tallest twin towers, the landmark of New York City, and one of the tallest buildings in the world. On September 11, 2001, in the September 11 incident that shocked the world, the two main buildings of the World Trade Center collapsed one after another in the terrorist attack, and 2753 people died. This was the most tragic terrorist attack accident in history.
The twin towers of the World Trade Center are designed with the innovative steel frame sleeve structure system, which connects the external supporting structure with the central core structure through the horizontal floor truss. This design gives the building extraordinary stability. In addition to bearing the weight of the building, the external steel columns should also withstand the wind force acting on the tower body. That is to say, the internal supporting structure only needs to bear its own vertical load.
No. 4 London Millennium Dome
The Millennium Dome has been described as a deformed building in the past, but it is also a representative building in London. Forbes, a famous financial magazine, conducted a public opinion survey on architects, and found that the Millennium Dome, which was built in Britain at a cost of 750 million pounds to celebrate the Millennium, was selected as the first "ugliest thing in the world". The Millennium Dome is an exhibition science center building, located on the Greenwich Peninsula by the Thames River, covering an area of 300 acres and costing 80 million pounds (1.25 billion dollars). It is one of the memorial buildings built by Britain to celebrate the Millennium at the turn of the 20th century and the 21st century.
No.5 Kuala Lumpur Twin Towers
Kuala Lumpur Twin Towers used to be the world's tallest skyscraper, but they are still the world's tallest twin towers and the fifth tallest building in the world. It is located in the northwest corner of Kuala Lumpur. The twin towers in Kuala Lumpur are 452 meters high and have a total of 88 floors above the ground. The surface of the building designed by the American architect Cesar Pelli uses a lot of materials such as stainless steel and glass. The Twin Towers and the adjacent Kuala Lumpur Tower are both well-known landmarks and symbols of Kuala Lumpur. The reinforced concrete frame (core tube) outrigger structure system adopted by the twin towers is a hybrid structure mainly composed of reinforced concrete structure, with a steel consumption of 7500 tons. The auxiliary circular frame structure next to each main structure is connected with the main body, which can increase the lateral resistance of the main structure.
No. 6 Sears Tower, Chicago
Sears Building, also translated as Welley Group Building, is a skyscraper located in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was the tallest building in North America. On November 12, 2013, it was broken by the World Trade Center Building 1. When it was completed, it was called Sears Tower. In 2009, the London-based insurance brokerage company, Wellay Group, agreed to rent a large proportion of the building as an office building, and obtained the naming right of the building as part of the contract. At 10:00 on July 16, 2009, the official name of the building was officially changed to Wellay Group Building. Sears Tower, with 110 floors, was once the highest office building in the world. About 16500 people come to work here every day. On the 103rd floor, there is a viewing platform for tourists to overlook the city. It is 412 meters above the ground and can see four states of the United States when the weather is clear.
The building adopts a bundle tube structure system composed of steel frames. The whole building is regarded as a cantilever beam-tube space structure. The farther away from the ground, the smaller the shear force is. The vibration caused by wind pressure on the top of the building is also significantly reduced. This greatly enhances the rigidity and lateral force resistance of the building.
No. 7 Tokyo TV Tower
The Tokyo TV Tower was completed in December 1958. It was opened to tourists in July 1968. The tower is 333 meters high and covers an area of 2118 square meters. On September 27, 1998, the world's tallest TV tower will be built in Tokyo. The tallest independent tower in Japan is 13 meters longer than the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. The building materials used are half of the Eiffel Tower. The tower construction time is less than one third of the construction time of the Eiffel Tower, which shocked the world at that time. It is a reinforced concrete structure with the advantages of firmness, durability, good fire resistance, steel saving and low cost compared with pure steel structure.
No.8 San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the world's famous bridges, and it is also a miracle of modern bridge engineering. The bridge stands on the Golden Gate Strait, which is more than 1900 meters away from the governor of California of the United States. It took four years and more than 100000 tons of steel. It was built at a cost of US $35.5 million and was designed by Joseph Strauss, a bridge engineer. Due to its historical value, the documentary of the same name was co-produced by Britain and the United States in 2007. Jinmen Bridge is one of the world's famous steel structure bridges, and also a miracle of modern bridge engineering. It has the reputation of being a classic orange steel structure bridge.
No. 9 Empire State Building, New York
The Empire State Building is a famous skyscraper located at 350 Fifth Avenue, West 33rd Street and West 34th Street in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. The name derives from the nickname of New York State - Empire State, so its English name originally means New York State Building or Empire State Building. However, the translation of Empire State Building has agreed with the secular world and has been used since. The Empire State Building is one of the most famous landmarks and tourist attractions in New York City and the United States. It is the fourth tallest skyscraper in the United States and the Americas, and the 25th tallest skyscraper in the world. It is also the tallest skyscraper in the world for the longest time (1931-1972). The building is 381 meters high and 103 floors high. The antenna added in 1951 is 62 meters high, and its total height is increased to 443 meters. It was designed by Shreeve, Lamb, and Harmon Construction Company. It is a decorative art style building. The building was started in 1930 and completed in 1931. The construction process is only 410 days, which is a rare construction speed record in the world.
The Empire State Building adopts a reinforced concrete tube-in-tube structure, which increases the lateral stiffness of the building. Therefore, even under the wind speed of 130 kilometers per hour, the maximum displacement of the top of the building is only 25.65 cm.
No.10 Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower stands in the Ares Square in Paris, France. It is a world-famous building, one of the symbols of French culture, one of the city landmarks of Paris, and also the tallest building in Paris. It is 300 meters high, 24 meters high, and 324 meters high. It was built in 1889, named after Gustav Eiffel, the famous architect and structural engineer who designed it. The design of the tower is novel and unique. It is a technical masterpiece in the history of architecture in the world, and an important scenic spot and prominent symbol of Paris, France. The tower is a steel structure, hollow, which can effectively reduce the impact of wind. It is a frame structure with stability, and it is small at the top and large at the bottom, light at the top and heavy at the bottom. It is very stable.
Post time: Feb-14-2023
