SKYSCRAPERS OF THE FUTURE
Will .tho skyscraper of the future attain a height of 2000 feet, divided into ; 600 stories? It is entirely within the bounds of possibility and- practicability, according to Mr. J. E. Rockhart, who, with Mr. A. C. _ Gilbert,, designed • the Woolworth Building. New York. "Thoro ; V is no limit to the height pf! a' building, ; ■ provided' it has sufficient ground area," .said Jfr. Rockhart. as he stood on top of I . the colossal pile. He had gone there with ; ' about thirty other members of the Archii tectural League of New York to'attend
tho first meeting of the organisation on the fiftieth floor. "The possibilities of ! the future office buildings are unlimited," Mr. Itockhart said. .'The only obstacles ! I can see in the way of a building that would be. a giant even among the lofty .• structures of the present time are the ar- ■ cbitects themselves. The yare averse to
putting up such high buildings, as it is regarded as unsanitary, to erect a skyscraper so high that light and air are excluded from the lower floors." Another authority remarked that they had still to 1 learn if steel was .proof .'against the dostructive atmospheric agencies to which it was subject. •
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1634, 28 December 1912, Page 6
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204SKYSCRAPERS OF THE FUTURE Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1634, 28 December 1912, Page 6
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