Chicago Construction

Japanese: Chicago Construction(英語表記)ChicagoConstruction
Chicago Construction

...postmodernism in America and the skyscraper boom in Southeast Asia).
[The birth of high-rise buildings]
Structural engineers and architects such as WLB Jenney and LH Sullivan built a series of high-rise buildings in Chicago called the Chicago Construction, which replaced the traditional masonry construction method with Bessemer steel and cast iron, which had just been developed at the time, for structural members such as columns and pillars. These buildings were equipped with electric elevators and hydraulic elevators, which were just beginning to be used at the time, and completely changed the skyline of Chicago, which had previously been four or five stories high.

*Some of the terminology referenced in "Chicago Construction" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アメリカにおけるポストモダニズムと東南アジアの超高層建築ブーム)である。
[高層建築の誕生]
 W.L.B.ジェニーやL.H.サリバンらの建築構造技術者や建築家らは,在来工法であった組積造の建築に代わり,当時開発されたばかりのベッセマー鋼と鋳鉄を柱やはりといった構造部材として採用した,〈シカゴ構造Chicago Construction〉と呼ばれる高層建築をシカゴの町に次々と建設していった。それらは当時実用段階に入り始めていた電動式エレベーターや水圧エレベーターを備えていたため,従来4~5階建てであったシカゴの町のスカイラインを一新した。…

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