Woolworth Building | building, New York City, New York, United States | Britannica (original) (raw)

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design by Gilbert

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  In Cass Gilbert
  …an architect, designer of the Woolworth Building (1908–13) in New York City and of the United States Supreme Court Building (completed 1935) in Washington, D.C. Conscientious and prosperous, he was an acknowledged leader of the architectural profession in the United States during a period in which monumental architecture predominated.
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  In Western architecture: United States
  …notable example being Cass Gilbert’s Woolworth Building, New York City (1910–13), which has a steel frame clad in fireproof, lightweight terra-cotta, richly carved with Gothic detail and dramatically illuminated at night.
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development of skyscrapers

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  In skyscraper
  Mark’s in Venice, and the Woolworth Building (1913), by Cass Gilbert, is a prime example of neo-Gothic decoration. Even the Art Deco carvings on such towers as the Chrysler Building (1930), the Empire State Building (1931), and the RCA Building (1931) in New York City, which were then considered as…
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  In construction: Early steel-frame high-rises
  …or 612 feet), Cass Gilbert’s Woolworth Building (1913) attained a height of 238 metres (792 feet) at 55 stories, and Shreve, Lamb & Harmon’s 102-story Empire State Building (1931) touched 381 metres (1,250 feet). The race for higher buildings came to an abrupt halt with the Great Depression and World…
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