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Flatiron Building
New York City, NY, USA
Booklet available in English on
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  • Page 1 Flatiron Building New York City, NY, USA Booklet available in English on Heft in deutscher Sprache erhältlich auf Livret disponible en français sur Folleto disponible en español en Folheto disponível em português em A füzet magyarul ezen a honlapon olvasható Libretto disponibile in italiano su...
  • Page 2 Flatiron Building Sitting on the intersection where Fifth Avenue and Broadway cross, the Flatiron Building (originally named the Fuller Building) remains one of New York City’s most popular and memorable structures. Today it is difficult to imagine the controversy this architectural landmark created on its completion in 1902.
  • Page 3 Building in Chicago in 1892, and planned the architectural layout of the largest World Fair ever held at that time in 1893. Burnham’s architecture mixed elements of Modernism with a more neoclassical style. Many of his buildings, including the Flatiron Building, followed the convention of the classical column: three distinct parts made up of a base, a middle section, and an ornate cornice at the top.
  • Page 4 History As the city of New York expanded northward during the second half of the 19th century, small plots of land in between or on the edge of new buildings remained undeveloped. One of the most well known of these was the narrow triangular site at 23rd Street, between Fifth Avenue and Broadway.
  • Page 5 With its steel skeleton structure, the construction of the building was carried out rapidly and without major incident. While other New York skyscrapers at the time were often thin towers rising from pedestal-like blocks, the Flatiron was a single massive structure. This radical design, combined with its great height and unusual shape, created a great deal of debate as the building neared completion in 1902.

  • Page 7: The Building Today

    The Building Today Although never the tallest building in New York, or even the first building in the country with a triangular ground plan, the Flatiron Building remains an iconic symbol of the city of New York. Its enduring popularity with tourists, artists, and photographers also makes it one of the most photographed buildings in the world.
  • Page 8 Facts about Flatiron Building Location: New York City, USA ........Architect: ........D. H. Burnham & Co: Daniel H. Burnham Style: ..........Renaissance Revival with Beaux-Arts styling Materials: ........Steel frame structure, façade of limestone and terra-cotta Height: .......... 1902: 285 ft. (86.9 m). Today: 307 ft. (93 m). Weight: .........
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  • Page 19 Due to the site’s resemblance to a clothes iron it was called the “Flat Iron” long before the building itself was constructed.
  • Page 25 The steel for the building’s skeleton frame came from the American Bridge Company mills in Pennsylvania, U.S.
  • Page 29 During the peak construction of the steel frame, builders were adding a new story every day.
  • Page 39 Six Otis Company hydraulic elevators were installed in the building, powered by water pressure and pistons that activated a system of ropes and pulleys.
  • Page 45 The windows are deliberately small in size to ensure the building appears even more substantial.
  • Page 53 The façade includes many Italian and French Renaissance motifs, such as Greek faces and terra- cotta fl owers.
  • Page 79 The upper fl oor originally housed a restaurant and an observation deck, both now closed.
  • Page 82 This connection was confirmed in the early 1960s with the launch of the LEGO “Scale Model” line. It matched the spirit of the age where modern architects were redefining how houses look and people were taking an active interest in the design of their new homes.
  • Page 83 Decades later, architect and LEGO fan Adam Reed Tucker revived the idea of expressing architecture using LEGO bricks and in partnership with the LEGO Group, launched the LEGO Architecture line that we know today. His first models, and the original sets in the current LEGO Architecture series, were interpretations of famous skyscrapers from his hometown of Chicago.
  • Page 84 Celebrate the world of architecture 21017 21013 Imperial Hotel Big Ben 21022 21014 Lincoln Memorial Villa Savoye 21006 21018 The White House United Nations Headquarters...
  • Page 85 and collect all the models 21011 21020 Brandenburg Gate Trevi Fountain 21003 21015 21019 Seattle The Leaning Tower Eiffel Tower Space Needle of Pisa...
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  • Page 87 Arose With It, Alice Sparberg Alexiou, Thomas Dunne Books, 2010. Photo credits: Shutterstock.com Wikipedia.org Veronica Mainetti, Sorgente Group of America Per Tropp-Christiansen Gettyimages.com Customer Service Kundenservice Service Consommateurs Servicio Al Consumidor LEGO.com/service or dial 00800 5346 5555 : 1-800-422-5346 :...
  • Page 88 LEGO and the LEGO logo are trademarks of the LEGO Group. 6120625 ©2015 The LEGO Group.