TALL STRUCTURES

by
RAJA I BAGGA
 INTRODUCTION
 Definition:-
Tall building may be
defined as one that
because of its
height, is affected
by lateral forces due
to wind or
earthquake actions
to an extent that
they play important
role in structural
design.
TOUGH COMPETITION
 RANKING CRITERIA
 Heightof STATUES:- They count towards the
height of the building.

 Height
of ANTENNA:- They do not count
towards the height of the building.

 RoofHEIGHT:-It is relevant when no other

architectural element is present.
Tallest buildings by architectural
detail
 Taipei 101 - 509 m.

 Petronas Tower 1 & 2 - 452 m.

 Sears Tower – 442 m.

 Jin Mao Tower – 421 m.

 Two International Finance centre – 415 m.

 Tallest buildings by height to
roof
 Taipei 101 - 447.8 m.

 Sears Tower – 443.2 m.

 Petronas Tower 1 & 2 – 414.5 m.

 Two International Finance centre – 406.9 m.

 Jin Mao Tower – 388.6 m.

 Tallest buildings by Height to
pinnacle
 Sears Tower - 527.3 m.

 Taipei 101 - 508 m.

 John Hancock Centre – 457.2 m.

 Petronas Tower 1 & 2 – 452 m.

 Empire State building – 448.7 m.

 TALLEST BUILDING IN THE
WORLD
 NAME :-TAIPEI 101
 LOCATION :- TAIWAN
 HOLDS THE RECORD
 Ground to roof:- 449
m.
 Ground to highest
occupied floor:- 439
m.
 Fastest Ascending
elevator speed:-
16.83m/s
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 Thorton-Tomasetti Engineers
along with Evergreen
Consulting Engineering
designed a 662 metric tonne
steel pendulum, that serves as
a tuned mass damper,
suspended from the 92nd to
the 88th floor. The movements
of the tuned mass damper
offset movement in the building
caused by strong gusts,
reducing the overall effect of
the wind on the building. The
sphere of the tuned mass
damper consists of 41 layered
steel plates, each with a height
of 12.5cm being welded
together to form a 5.5m
diameter sphere, making it the
largest damper sphere in the
World.
 Construction of world’s tallest
building
 NAME:-Burj Dubai.
 LOCATION:-UNITED
ARAB EMIRATES.
 In February 2007, the
Burj Dubai surpassed
the Sears Tower as the
building with the most
floors in the world. As of
June 10, 2007, the
tower's height was
484.1 meters (1,589
feet), with 134 floors.
 Burj Dubai
 Rising at its current rate
of 2–3 floors a week, the
Burj Dubai has
surpassed the Petronas
Twin Towers (Roof 452
m/1483 ft) to become
the second-tallest
building in the world,
and will overtake the
Taipei 101 (509.2
m/1671 ft) to become
the world's tallest
building.
 TALLEST BUILDING IN INDIA
 NAME:-Shreepati
Arcade.
 LOCATION:-Mumbai.
 The building is 153
meters (500 ft) tall and
contains 45 floors.
 There are six Swiss
Schindler’s lifts, the
fastest elevators in the
world, which take only
35 seconds to go from
top to bottom.
 FACTORS
 Availability of
materials:-
 Steel and concrete
are being used as
a composite
material in
construction.
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 Level of construction
technology:-
 Shear walls resist lateral
wind and seismic load on
the building .
 Shear walls are used in
tall structures as part of
elevators to create a
stiffer and stronger
structure.
 The 88 storey Petronas
Tower in Kula Lumpur
utilize the shear wall
framed system
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 Use of elevators:-
 Elevators are extremely safe. Their safety
record with extremely low rate of incident, is
unsurpassed by any other transport system.
 It’s potential was realized when it was
incorporated in the Equitable Life Insurance
Building in New York in 1870.
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 Floor space index:-
 In densely populated
regions, the floor space
index is high, so as to
accommodate large no.
of people in a limited
area.
 In sparsely populated
regions, the floor space
index is low, so to
accommodate the future
population.
 NEED
 COMMERCIAL :- They help in
providing a commercial hub in a
limited piece of land, so that the
necessary business activity can be
performed in a nearby area.
 RESIDENTIAL :- They also provide
shelter to large no. of people in a
limited space.
 COMMERCIAL

 Demand by
business activities
to be as close to
each other.

 Used
as prestige
symbols.
 RESIDENTIAL

 Rapidgrowth of
urban population.

 High cost of land.