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High there! As you may have noticed through today's banner we opened up an official Skyscraper Dictionary with the main ambition to be a fun place to create awareness for skyscraper related details and overlooked phenomenons. If you don't name them, you just might not be aware of their existance.

This project is linked to the member database of the forums so all here should be able to comment on terms and postings, make suggestions or add images and detailes but since this is a first time project, please apologize any hickups.

New terms will be added weekly, hope you all enjoy this. Feedback always welcome! :)
 
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The dictionary got a nice mention onestatesgazette.com. :)
That's nice, it says you have already ideas for about 100 words, that's quit something. I've thought about some things.

Flatirons. We all know the famous NYC Flatiron building. But isn't it that many more buildings with a triangular floorplans, are refered to as flatiron as a reference to the famous original. The Hague has the 'strijk ijzah' (I don't need to translate that for Jan ; )


You could write about the stringent steetplans that can force buildings into their maximum use of land. But also about the history of triangular buildings as a architectural/urban visual tool on the tips of cityblocks. Like the for it's time revolutionary Piazza del Popolo's "rooster paw" design in Rome.
And it's popularity in baroque town planning and the city beautiful movement (remember the NYC flatiron was designed by Daniel Burnham). The sharp angle is perfect for creating making dramatic views, it gives multiple vista's in one sight, accentuates the corner and makes the two facades better visible.
 
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