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Pbs Learning Media: Designing the Citigroup Skyscraper

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This video segment adapted from the PBS series "Building Big" shows how a structural engineer overcame the challenges of building New York's Citigroup skyscraper over a church by using triangles to add muscle and stability to the structure. [4:26]

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Concepts
skyscrapers, triangles
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Additional Tags
building design, building strength, shape strength, structural engineering, wind forces, new york landmarks, pbs learningmedia: designing the citigroup skyscraper, teachers' domain, wgbh, strength
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional