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4-23-2021

The Building

Jessica Petersen Boise State University

Daniel Springer Boise State University The Department of Construction Management Jessica Petersen and Daniel Springer Dr. Kirsten Davis Undergraduate Research Showcase 2021

INTRODUCTION DESIGN HISTORY TIMELINE INFLUENCE / ● Art Deco was heavily influenced by geometric ● The Chrysler Building is a 77 story high rise ● The Chrysler building was designed in an ● 1921- Developer William H. Reynolds secured long-term lease on a plot in Midtown . William Van Alen shapes and fine artwork. office constructed in Manhattan, . architectural style called Art Deco. was commissioned for the design. ● It often involved expensive materials and showed ● It was constructed between September of 1928 to ○ This style of architecture first started in France th, a lot of class and wealth. May of 1930 taking approximately 20 months during WW1. ● October 15 1928 - Walter Percy Chrysler bought the lease from Reynolds. Chrysler retained Van Alen with ● The Chrysler Building is one of the most from groundbreaking to its grand opening. ● Distinctive elements for Art Deco include: black purchase. pronounced pieces of art deco architecture. ● It stood as the tallest building in the world until and white floor striping, geometric design at each ● The Chrysler Building is now known as one of the May of 1931 when it was surpassed by the , head as a reference to the Hallmark ● Early 1929 – A foundation, 21m deep for the tower was completed. In addition, September brought the most prominent in New York and has . Chrysler car , and the great crown made completion of the steel frame. been regarded as the most iconic building in the ● It was designed by William P. Chrysler, the up of seven layers of setbacks and triangular ● October 24th, 1929 - Van Alen won the race to be tallest . founder of the Chrysler automobile company. windows. in the sky by adding a spire, or "vertex", to the top ● The tower has also been featured in many ● The architect was William Van Alen, a native of ● The building was also influenced by Chrysler and Chrysler Building. The building reached 318.9m tall. movies including and The his automobiles. Brooklyn, New York who had an emphasis on th, ● November 16 1929 – Height of the Chrysler building Avengers. ● modernism architecture. The gargoyles on the building resemble the was revealed. automobile. ● April 1930 - First tenants moved in.

● May 27th, 1930 - Formal opening ceremony was held, in CONSTRUCTION addition to the annual meeting of the Property Owners and Merchants Association. ● Construction began in 1928 with the original th th PRESENT DAY building which was called the Reynolds Building. ● May 30 1930 – April 11 1931 – Officially the world's tallest building, Empire State Building soon took over. ● In 2001, a German portion of an based ● The original design of the building was 69 stories. investing group, bought a 75% stake in the building. th ● Structural steel . ● February 19 , 1932 – Manhattan Building Department ($300M) records today as completion date. ● Constructed with black granite around the base ● June 2008, an Investment Council started

with white marble on the following three floors. ● 1953 – Chrysler family sold the Chrysler Building to negotiating for the 75% interest, 15% interest from ● The most notable and famous part of the building - $18M , as well as a share from Trylons is its crown and spire built with riveted stainless Structure on the plot next door. ($800M) ● 1957 – Sold once again. ● In July 2008, the Abu Dhabi group became 90% steel. ● The triangles of the crown and spire are made of ● 1960 – The building was purchased by Sol Goldman and owners with Tishman Speyer being 10% owner. Alex DiLorenzo. Mortgaged through Massachusetts ● 2012 brought LEED Gold glass and are windows, they are illuminated at Mutual Life Insurance Company. accreditation after renovations night with lights that wrap around the windows. to mechanical systems within ● 1975 - Massachusetts Mutual bought it outright for from 2010 to 2011. $35M. ● The two owners placed the ● September 1979 - Sold to entrepreneur Jack Kent building up for sale in January Cooke. of 2019 while later accepting

an offer of $150M in March of ● December 1976 – The Chrysler Building was deemed a National Historic Landmark. 2019. Current owners: RFR Holding LLC and th ● September 12 , 1978 – The US Landmarks Preservation joint venture partner Austrian Commission deemed it as a Landmark SIGNA Group and its plot a Landmark Site.

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