Category Student Work Project World's Tallest Buildings – Poster

Category Student Work

Project World’s Tallest Buildings – Poster 34”x 44”

What was the challenge? Burj Dubai 2,684 ft (818m) 1. Research data from reliable sources. 2. Represent and communicate building heights at various scales. 3. Convert a collection of data to visually pleasing graphics. 6. Fonts: legibility, readability. 8. Use of column format: grid and white spaces. 9. Make message accessible to a diverse Hot Hare Balloon audience. Height:166 ft (50.6m)

What was the solution? energizer.com 1. Analyze data set, formulate an analysis plan, and interpret data. 2. Use Numbers and Excel to generate bar graphs. 3. Illustrator: layout, create building silhouettes and match their heights based on the bar graphs. 4. Photoshop: color adjustment, increase size and the resolution.

5. Using graphics: images, graph and images1.fanpop.com labels to make information easier to comprehend and follow. 6. Use of sans-serif font: geometric shapes have an efficient and forward-looking feel.

What was the effect? 1. Title, graphs and photos attract viewers’ attention and help deliver the message. 2. Simple, clean graphics not only can communicate ideas, information, and relationships clearly, but also stimulate viewer engagement. 4. Well-defined structure makes it easy for the reader to follow the story. 5. Silhouette graph is recognizable in a large or small scale.

Contact name: Maggie Lee school: San Francisco State University e-mail: [email protected] website: http://bit.ly/quSeKm World’s Tallest Buildings 2010

3,000 ft 914.4 m

2,684 ft 2,500 ft 818 m 762 m

2,000 ft 609.6 m

1,667 ft 508 m 1,614 ft 1,500 ft 492 m 457.2 m 1,483 ft 1,476 ft 1,451 ft 452 m 450 m 1,435 ft 442 m 438 m 1,381 ft 1,362 ft 1,362 ft 421 m 415 m 415 m 1,283 ft 1,260 ft 1,250 ft 1,227 ft 391 m 384 m 381 m 1,205 ft 374 m 367 m 1,000 ft 304.8 m

500 ft

Measurement 152.4 m

100 ft 2009 2004 2008 1998 2009 1974 2009 1999 2003 2009 1996 1996 1931 1992 1989

Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan Willis Tower, Chicago, USA

CITIC Plaza, Guangzhou, China Central Plaza, Hong Kong, China Jin Mao Building, Shanghai, China Shun Hing Square, Shenzhen, China Empire State Building, New York, USA Burj Dubai, The United Arab Emirates World Financial Center, Shanghai, China Trump International Hotel, Chicago, USA Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong, China Greenland Finacial Center, Nanjing, China Guangzhou West Tower, Guangzhou, China Two International Finance Centre, Hong Kong

Petronas Tower 1 & 2, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Location Map World's Tallest Building Criteria z Burj Dubai World Map: wikimedia.org Reference: infoplease.com 2,684 ft (818m)

Criteria for Inclusion on the List of 100 When does a building appear on the list? Rank

1. Burj Dubai Tallest Buildings by the Council on Tall When a building is "topped out"- Ranking is determined by height to Buildings and Urban Habitat the point of construction when the the structural top of the building (see 6. Willis Tower 5. Greenland Financial Center This data was gathered and/or sup- structure has met its proposed struc- above). If there is a tie, the building 10. Trump International Hotel plied by members and representa- tural top (see height definition with the larger number of stories is 3. World Financial Center 8. Jin Mao Building tives of the Council on Tall Buildings below)—the building is officially ranked higher. If a tie still remains, 13. Empire State Building and Urban Habitat who represent ranked and is placed on the list. the building that was completed first world leaders in the field of the built is ranked higher. If a tie would still environment, including research, Height remain, the buildings would be industry, and education. The height of a building is measured ranked alphabetically. from the sidewalk level of the main What defines a building (as opposed to entrance to the structural top of the Year Hot Hare Balloon Height:166 ft (50.6m) a tower)? building. This includes spires, but The year in which construction of the A "building" is considered to be a does not include television antennas, building was officially completed. structure that is designed for residen- radio antennas, or flag poles. Height “UC” stands for Under Construction. tial, business, or manufacturing pur- is listed in both meters and feet and For a building that is currently under energizer.com poses. An essential characteristic of is rounded to the nearest integer. construction to appear on the list it a building is that it has floors. Note This is the official criterion used by must be “topped out.” that towers are NOT included in the the Council in determining ranking. 4. Petronas Tower 1 & 2 list. Although a number of tall build- In many cases, the height of a build- Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habi- ings on this list have "Tower" in their 2. Taipei 101 ing is supplied to the Council using tat made a compromise. They defined 4 name—the famous Petronas Towers, only one unit of measure (either feet categories for measuring tall buildings: 7. GuangZhou West Tower for example—none are technically or meters). Based on the exact value 11. CITIC Plaza towers. of the unit supplied, the other unit’s .: Height to the structural or architectural top 12. Shun Hing Square 9. Two International Finance Centre value is mathematically calculated, Height to the highest occupied floor 14. Central Plaza .: then rounded to the nearest integer. 15. Bank of China Tower .: Height to the top of the roof The final determinant in ranking a .: Height to the top of antenna building’s height is the footage—not meters—because of footage’s

smaller (and therefore more precise) images1.fanpop.com incremental value.

World’s Tallest Buildings Transamerica Pyramid 853 ft (260m)

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projectsmonitor.com prnasia.com upload.wikimedia.org asiatraveltips.com z.about.com newsgd.com wikimedia.org 2. Taipei 101 3. World Financial Center 4. Petronas Tower 1 & 2 5. Greenland Financial Center 6. Willis Tower 7. Guangzhou West Tower 8. Jin Mao Building

Hot Air Balloon Height: 67.37 ft (21m)

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bgavideo.files.wordpress.com top-10-list.org wibiti.com vincentloy.fles.wordpress.com skyscrapers.cn upload.wikimedia.org culture.com.hk worldmarketmedia.com 1. Burj Dubai 9. Two International Financial Centre 10. Trump International Hotel 11. CITIC Plaza 12. Shun Hing 13. Empire State Building 14. Central Plaza 15. Bank of China

Four Story Building 66 ft (20m) Adult Male 5.9 ft (1.75m) Case Study No.10 I Designed by Maggie Lee I December 2009 I Poster Size: 34” x 44” I DAI 523 Information Design I I Instructor: Pino Trogu I Design and Industry Department I San Francisco State University