Empire State Building

Architecture · 1930–1931 · New York · Americas

102 storeys built in about 410 days; the world's tallest building for nearly 40 years

Author: Shreve, Lamb & Harmon
Style: Art Deco — Machine-age luxury: geometry, gleaming metal and the stepped silhouette
Century: 20th century

Made around the same time (±30 years)

1931 The Persistence of Memory — Salvador Dalí · Surrealism · Portlligat, Catalonia
1928–1930 Chrysler Building — William Van Alen · Art Deco · New York
1928–1931 Villa Savoye — Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret · Modern architecture (International Style) · Poissy, near Paris
1922–1931 Christ the Redeemer — Paul Landowski, Heitor da Silva Costa · Art Deco · Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro
1915 Black Square — Kazimir Malevich · Russian avant-garde · Moscow
1907–1908 The Kiss — Gustav Klimt · Art Nouveau · Vienna
1907 Les Demoiselles d'Avignon — Pablo Picasso · Cubism · Paris, Bateau-Lavoir
1959–1973 Sydney Opera House — Jørn Utzon · Modern architecture (International Style) · Sydney