Chrysler Building
Item
- Title
- Chrysler Building
- Creator
- William Van Alen (American architect, 1882-1954)
- City
- New York, New York, United States
- Country
- United States
- Date Created
- 1928-1930 (creation)
- Century
- 20th century
- Classification
- Architecture and City Planning
- Style/Period
- Art Deco
- Cultural Context
- American
- Materials
- steel
- steel: stainless steel
- Techniques
- construction
- Subject
- architectural exteriors
- architectural interiors
- business, commerce and trade
- Automobiles
- Description
- View of tower and spire, The exterior decoration of this 77-storey building incorporates elaborate iconography based on automobiles, including hub caps, mud flaps and a stainless steel spire that figures prominently on the skyline. The interiors are embellished with murals, marquetry and metalwork
- it is the foremost Art Deco skyscraper in New York. In a celebrated race for skyline priority, Van Alen surpassed Severance's 282.55 m Bank of Manhattan in November 1929. He had the 56.39 m Chrysler spire assembled inside the building and in 90 minutes had hoisted it into position, before an unsuspecting public. At 318.52 m, it remained the tallest building in the world until the Empire State Building (381 m) opened in 1931.
- Source
- Javier Gomez
- Photographer
- Javier Gomez
- Rights Holder
- © Javier Gomez
- Texas Tech University Libraries
- Access Rights
- Users must request permission from the copyright holder for all use in publications, including theses and dissertations.
William Van Alen (American architect, 1882-1954), “Chrysler Building”, Texas Tech Arch Design Images -- Open Access Collections, accessed June 21, 2025, https://exhibits.lib.ttu.edu/s/openarch/item/37487