# Discussion | Construction, Design and Architecture Style of Skyscraper **URL:** \ **Category:** Discussion Topic\ **Created:** [February 21, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/discussion-construction-design-and-architecture-style-of-skyscraper/21051 "2022-02-21T22:26:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![NewYorkCity76](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/newyorkcity76/32/190647_2.png) [@NewYorkCity76](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NewYorkCity76)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/discussion-construction-design-and-architecture-style-of-skyscraper/21051/23 "2022-08-04T20:18:27Z")
I wonder if skyscrapers will be built with nanotechnology in the future (if it’s there at all) ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/discussion-construction-design-and-architecture-style-of-skyscraper/21051/24 "2022-08-04T20:23:20Z")
Well first you’ll need to describe what you mean by that. Material design? We already work with things on micro and nano scales. As of right now that word amounts to little more than a buzzword ---
**Author:** ![NewYorkCity76](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/newyorkcity76/32/190647_2.png) [@NewYorkCity76](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NewYorkCity76)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 11:20pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/discussion-construction-design-and-architecture-style-of-skyscraper/21051/25 "2022-08-04T23:20:19Z")
> [@mcart](#): > > Material design? We already work with things on micro and nano scales. Yeah, that. The reason I asked is that since I read/heard about the conceptual Space Elevator, there were talks about using materials such as nanotubes. Oh, right! Sorry for the misunderstanding lol. I meant to say _nanotubes_ instead of nanotechnology. So what I am trying to say is that if possible, will future skyscrapers and supertalls (and maybe megatalls) be built using nanotubes for material design? ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/discussion-construction-design-and-architecture-style-of-skyscraper/21051/26 "2022-08-04T23:34:50Z")
[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/3/2/328bb684a226d03f0a29eebe7df5c603b34e62da.jpeg "How Carbon Nanotubes Will Change the World") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIif11QOsRI) ---
**Author:** ![NewYorkCity76](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/newyorkcity76/32/190647_2.png) [@NewYorkCity76](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NewYorkCity76)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/discussion-construction-design-and-architecture-style-of-skyscraper/21051/27 "2022-08-04T23:45:57Z")
Great video above. It’ll be really interesting how nanotubes would play out for future developments, perhaps even the space elevator. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/007/32/119215_2.png) [@007](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/007)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/discussion-construction-design-and-architecture-style-of-skyscraper/21051/28 "2022-10-08T20:51:31Z")
> **[TORONTO | The One | 1,013 FT / 309 M | 85 FLOORS - Page 34 - SkyscraperPage...](https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=216072&page=34)** > > Page 34- TORONTO | The One | 1,013 FT / 309 M | 85 FLOORS Supertall Construction ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/0/a/0a4733cd65839bff7f6510dfda3e0feca75c781f.jpeg) Why does it take so long to build? ---
**Author:** ![TKDV](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tkdv/32/83069_2.png) [@TKDV](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TKDV)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/discussion-construction-design-and-architecture-style-of-skyscraper/21051/29 "2022-10-08T21:18:56Z")
That could be due to a lot of differing factors and it’s not quite known why it stalled for some time, but the tower is moving at a steady pace now (though I think this would’ve been better to ask in the developments own [thread](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/toronto-l-the-one-one-bloor-west-l-1005-ft-l-83-floors/3824/24)). ---
**Author:** ![007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/007/32/119215_2.png) [@007](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/007)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/discussion-construction-design-and-architecture-style-of-skyscraper/21051/30 "2022-10-08T21:24:22Z")
Yes okay, why do we need the thread here? ---
**Author:** ![TKDV](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tkdv/32/83069_2.png) [@TKDV](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TKDV)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/discussion-construction-design-and-architecture-style-of-skyscraper/21051/31 "2022-10-08T21:29:08Z")
To ask about questions related to how a skyscraper is built, but if there is a question about a particular project that has it’s own thread it will always be better to just ask a question in it’s thread. Delays related to construction on a project don’t normally stem from how the building is being built or it’s complexity so that’s why I suggested asking your question in The One’s thread but I answered it as best as I could here. ---
**Author:** ![007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/007/32/119215_2.png) [@007](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/007)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/discussion-construction-design-and-architecture-style-of-skyscraper/21051/32 "2022-10-08T21:33:17Z")
Where are such projects financed? ---
**Author:** ![TKDV](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tkdv/32/83069_2.png) [@TKDV](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TKDV)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/discussion-construction-design-and-architecture-style-of-skyscraper/21051/33 "2022-10-08T21:34:30Z")
I don’t think that question is appropriate for this thread, but I also don’t quite understand the question. ---
**Author:** ![infoshare](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/infoshare/32/18825_2.png) [@infoshare](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/infoshare)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2022, 10:59am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/discussion-construction-design-and-architecture-style-of-skyscraper/21051/34 "2022-10-09T10:59:15Z")
This method is now being used to build tall buildings in other countries. The big news is this construction method has recently been approved for low rise buildings in NYC. > **[New York approves use of cross-laminated timber for six storey buildings](https://www.dezeen.com/2021/10/13/new-york-timber-buildings/)** > > The New York City Council has approved the use of mass timber for the construction of buildings of up to 85 feet tall in the city. ---
**Author:** ![007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/007/32/119215_2.png) [@007](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/007)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/discussion-construction-design-and-architecture-style-of-skyscraper/21051/35 "2022-10-11T20:27:31Z")
> [@NEW YORK | 270 Park Ave | 1,389 FT | 70 FLOORS](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-270-park-ave-1-388-ft-70-floors/4189/2394): > [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/9/e/9eb90e3606efaabc28252f677dd4844857c1d8f4.jpeg) ](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/9/e/9eb90e3606efaabc28252f677dd4844857c1d8f4.jpeg) What is this balcony? ---
**Author:** ![TKDV](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tkdv/32/83069_2.png) [@TKDV](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TKDV)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/discussion-construction-design-and-architecture-style-of-skyscraper/21051/36 "2022-10-11T20:36:49Z")
@007 > [@TKDV](#): > > if there is a question about a particular project that has it’s own thread it will always be better to just ask a question in it’s thread That’s a temporary deck built for extra space for things like the construction trailers and building materials because there isn’t much room on the ground level. It will eventually be removed. ---
**Author:** ![TK2000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tk2000/32/114212_2.png) [@TK2000](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TK2000)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/discussion-construction-design-and-architecture-style-of-skyscraper/21051/37 "2022-10-13T12:47:31Z")
Is there a chance that platform could also be there for the cladding? ---
**Author:** ![TKDV](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tkdv/32/83069_2.png) [@TKDV](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TKDV)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/discussion-construction-design-and-architecture-style-of-skyscraper/21051/38 "2022-10-13T16:29:25Z")
It’s possible, but unlikely, facade panels are normally stored on the floors, and given it’s one sided location, it wouldn’t make sense to use it as a facade staging area. ---
**Author:** ![Mackensen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mackensen/32/138218_2.png) [@Mackensen](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Mackensen)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/discussion-construction-design-and-architecture-style-of-skyscraper/21051/39 "2022-10-16T21:48:25Z")
Can someone explain these drawings of Liberty Place to me in more detail ? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/6/b/6b0e55f1bcd4e8fc05906bb0172ff2751a467be0.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/a/f/af1309c8e8e05bb3a117b2d4d0dee59ea6116377.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/1/8/188a0810849cc718efc521b94cc2e82cce6221bf.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/8/1/81002e193748d9e56896977ced6aa469af3b59c2.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/7/f/7f21414c2ca4a17e542afdc07d460c3d5404b780.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/2/0/209fa6e8517ef14d4fcce0b65eb19e8e3d4904b4.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/9/f/9f7951f17c8c81a640536c0ac304dd07a0615e25.jpeg) They are taken from the A+U book “Helmut Jahn Edition 1992”. ---
**Author:** ![TKDV](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tkdv/32/83069_2.png) [@TKDV](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TKDV)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/discussion-construction-design-and-architecture-style-of-skyscraper/21051/40 "2022-10-16T21:50:53Z")
Any of them in particular or all of them? ---
**Author:** ![TK2000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tk2000/32/114212_2.png) [@TK2000](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TK2000)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/discussion-construction-design-and-architecture-style-of-skyscraper/21051/41 "2022-10-16T23:03:52Z")
The close up elevations are the curtain wall details on the crown, where the flat and gabled surfaces meeting. The schematic of the whole building is an elevation of the structure, but this is an unfinished design of One Liberty Place. The elevation you posted a few days back is the official design ---
**Author:** ![Mackensen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mackensen/32/138218_2.png) [@Mackensen](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Mackensen)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/discussion-construction-design-and-architecture-style-of-skyscraper/21051/42 "2022-10-17T22:47:41Z")
It could someone explain me all the drawings, as I have only a brief description about it (facades details). [Previous page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/discussion-construction-design-and-architecture-style-of-skyscraper/21051.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/discussion-construction-design-and-architecture-style-of-skyscraper/21051.md?page=3)