William Van Alen's Art Deco skyscraper on Lexington Avenue, New York, completed in 1930, its stainless steel crown of sunburst arcs and triangular windows the most loved silhouette of the style. Its secretly assembled spire took it past the Bank of Manhattan tower to make it briefly the tallest building in the world, until the Empire State Building overtook it the following year.
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Building Type LocationNew York City, United States 2 Completed Year Height (m)Height to the architectural top including the spire, per CTBUH. Classification
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Named in honor of William Van Alen, architect of the Chrysler Building.
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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Source Encyclopedia Britannica
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The buildings 1930 crown is clad in Nirosta stainless steel, among the earliest large-scale architectural uses of the material.
Source Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of ArchitectureBanister Fletcher, edited by Dan Cruickshank (20th edition)
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1. Chrysler Building (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationEntity description and the lead of the Wikipedia articleQuote, Entity description and the lead of the Wikipedia article
The Chrysler Building is a 1,046-foot-tall (319 m), Art Deco skyscraper in the East Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. Located at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue, it is the tallest steel-framed brick building in the world. It was both the world's first supertall skyscraper and the world's tallest building for 11 months after its completion in 1930. As of 2019, the Chrysler is the 13th-tallest building in the city, tied with The New York Times Building.
Originally a project of real estate developer and former New York State Senator William H. R
2. Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.britannica.com/topic/Chrysler-Building, lead definition
Chrysler Building, office building in New York City, designed by William Van Alen and often cited as the epitome of the Art Deco skyscraper. Its sunburst-patterned stainless steel spire remains one of the most striking features of the Manhattan skyline. Built between 1928 and 1930, the Chrysler Building was briefly the tallest in the world, at 1,046 feet (318.8 metres).
- In Style: Art Deco
View the Source 3. Wikidata: Chrysler Building
- Wikidata Q11274, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata Q11274, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
View the Source4. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Official Site
Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture
Banister Fletcher, edited by Dan Cruickshank (20th edition), Architectural Press, 1996Uses Element: Structural Steel
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