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How Are Super Tall Buildings Aging?

Camilla Ghisleni — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 07:30:00 +0000

In 1853, at the New York World Expo, a man climbed onto a suspended platform and ordered the rope supporting it to be cut. He dropped a few inches, but the safety system activated, and the platform remained stable, to the delight of the watching crowd. At that moment, perhaps not even Elisha Graves Otis realized how his invention would permanently change the course of architecture.

With Recent Innovations, Where Will Elevators Take Us Next?

Patrick Lynch — Fri, 27 May 2016 09:30:00 +0000

Many technological advancements have changed the way we design in the past 150 years, but perhaps none has had a greater impact than the invention of the passenger elevator. Prior to Elisha Otis’ design for the elevator safety brake in 1853, buildings rarely reached 7 stories. Since then, buildings have only been growing taller and taller. In 2009, the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, maxed out at 163 floors (serviced by Otis elevators). Though a century and half separates those milestones, in that time elevator technology has actually changed relatively little - until recently.

A Brief, Interesting History of the Otis Elevator Company

Vanessa Quirk — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

What do the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building, the Kremlin, and the Burj Khalifa have in common?