This is Part III in a series comparing the construction of the Empire State Building and the World Trade Center. Part I covers the design and construction of the Empire State Building, and Part II covers the initial development of the World Trade Center
> the Port Authority also hired Emery Roth and Sons, a New York architect notable for designing unremarkable but extremely space-efficient buildings, as associate architect.
This characterization surprises me. Is this a different person from the Emery Roth who designed many of the famous buildings on Central Park West? Is it one of the less successful sons?
According to Amazon, the author cited in notes at the bottom, is Anthony Robins. (Not Robbins)
Fantastic as usual.
I've seen the full page ad that the article ends on and every time it gives me a sense of dissonance, knowing how the story ended...
Excellent case study, though, looking forward to the last part.
> the Port Authority also hired Emery Roth and Sons, a New York architect notable for designing unremarkable but extremely space-efficient buildings, as associate architect.
This characterization surprises me. Is this a different person from the Emery Roth who designed many of the famous buildings on Central Park West? Is it one of the less successful sons?
i believe the tubular system is probably more accurately credited to Leslie Robertson, who was the lead structural designer of the WTC towers
There was a joke going around architecture departments in the early 1970s:
Interviewer: Why did you built two 110 story towers rather than one 220 story tower?
Yamasaki: I wanted to build to a human scale.
And, another fascinating read. Thank you!
Fascinating!