Futurist architecture: CN Tower










Futurist architecture
Futurist architecture is an early on-20th century form of architecture born in Italy, characterize by strong chromatics, long vibrant lines, suggesting speed, motion, urgency and lyricism: it was a part of Futurism, an artistic movement founded by the poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, who produced its first manifesto, the Manifesto of Futurism in 1909. The movement attracted not only poets, musicians, and artists (such as Umberto Boccioni, Giacomo Balla, Fortunato Depero, and Enrico Prampolini) but also a number of architects. A cult of the machine age and even a glorification of war and violence were among the themes of the Futurists (several prominent futurists were killed after volunteering to fight in World War I). The latter group i ncluded the architect Antonio Sant'Elia, who, though building little, translated the futurist vision into an urban form.




CN Tower
Alternative names:         Canadian National Tower,
                                            Canada's National Tower
Record height:
Tallest in the world from 1976 to 2007
Preceded by:     Ostankino Tower
Surpassed by:    Burj Khalifa
General information
Status:  Complete
Type:    
Mixed Use:  Observation,
                       telecommunications,
                       attraction, restaurant
Location:      Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates:43°38'33.36?N 79°23'13.56?
 WCoordinates: 43°38'33.36?N 79°23'13.56?W
Construction started:1973
Completed:        1976
Opening:            October 1, 1976
Cost:                    CDN $ 63,000,000[4]
Owner:               Canada Lands Company
Height:
Antenna spire:  553.33 m (1,815.4 ft)
Roof:     457.2 m (1,500.0 ft)
Top floor:            446.5 m (1,464.9 ft)
Technical details:
Floor count:        147
Lifts/elevators: 9
Design and construction:
Architect:            WZMH Architects:
John Andrews, Webb Zerafa, Menkes Housden
Website:
www.cntower.ca

The CN Tower (French: Tour CN) is a 553.33 m-high (1,815.4 ft) real communications and observation tower in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The CN Tower built on the previous Railway Lands, CN Tower was completed in 1976, becoming the world's tallest free-standing construction and world's tallest tower at the time. CN Tower held equally records for 34 years until the completion of Burj Khalifa and Canton Tower in 2010. It relics the tallest free-standing organization in the Western Hemisphere, a signature symbol of Toronto's skyline, and a icon of Canada, attracting more than two million international visitors yearly.  

It’s name "CN" initially referred to Canadian National, the railway company that built the tower. subsequent the railway's decision to part from non-core freight railway assets, prior to the company's privatization in 1995, railway transferred the tower to the Canada Lands Company, a federal Crown corporation liable for real estate development. Since the name CN Tower became general in daily usage, the abbreviation was eventually extended to Canadian National Tower or Canada's National Tower. However, neither of these names is normally used.


In 1995, the CN Tower was acknowledged one of the modern Seven Wonders of the World by the American Society of Civil Engineers. It also belong to the World Federation of Great Towers, where it hold second-place ranking.

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