Chrysler Building

Chrysler Building by William H. Reynolds
Built in 1930
Located in New York, NY

The Chrysler building by William H. Reynolds is a building that has overtime become a center of New York City. I feel that this building is very interesting because of its unique steel structure. Even though its part of the 20th century it has many characteristics that take us back to the beginning structures of architecture. It has a decorative style characterized by sharp angular or zigzag surface forms and ornaments. When designing this building they wanted to keep in mind the main purpose, which was to create the tallest building in the world. This building was later taken over by Walter Chrysler. When designing this building, they focused a lot on the exterior on how the ornaments on the shaft and setbacks allude in different ways to the automobile, with metal hubcaps, gargoyles in the form of radiator caps, car fenders, and hood ornaments. This building is 1046 ft. tall with 77 floors. It is a skyscraper building with the purpose of being an office building.

Citations
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=114867