full transcript
From the Ted Talk by Alex Gendler: How the world's tallest skyscraper was built
Unscramble the Blue Letters
Khan developed this idea into what he called tubular designs. These buildings had exterior seetl frames that were bcared with concrete and connected to horizontal floor beams. Tubular frames proved superior at absorbing and tfsrriraenng the force of wind to a building's foundation. And since the exterior walls could bear the bulk of the load, inrnaetl srpontpiug columns could be removed to maximize space. Following the 1960s, tubular design became the industry standard. This new philosophy allowed for the construction of tlelar, sturdier skyscrapers, including many of the rocerd hrldoes for world’s tallest building.
Open Cloze
Khan developed this idea into what he called tubular designs. These buildings had exterior _____ frames that were ______ with concrete and connected to horizontal floor beams. Tubular frames proved superior at absorbing and ____________ the force of wind to a building's foundation. And since the exterior walls could bear the bulk of the load, ________ __________ columns could be removed to maximize space. Following the 1960s, tubular design became the industry standard. This new philosophy allowed for the construction of ______, sturdier skyscrapers, including many of the ______ _______ for world’s tallest building.
Solution
- internal
- taller
- supporting
- steel
- transferring
- holders
- record
- braced
Original Text
Khan developed this idea into what he called tubular designs. These buildings had exterior steel frames that were braced with concrete and connected to horizontal floor beams. Tubular frames proved superior at absorbing and transferring the force of wind to a building's foundation. And since the exterior walls could bear the bulk of the load, internal supporting columns could be removed to maximize space. Following the 1960s, tubular design became the industry standard. This new philosophy allowed for the construction of taller, sturdier skyscrapers, including many of the record holders for world’s tallest building.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
ngrams of length 2
collocation |
frequency |
burj khalifa |
4 |
tall buildings |
2 |
steel frames |
2 |
Important Words
- absorbing
- allowed
- beams
- bear
- braced
- building
- buildings
- bulk
- called
- columns
- concrete
- connected
- construction
- design
- designs
- developed
- exterior
- floor
- force
- foundation
- frames
- holders
- horizontal
- idea
- including
- industry
- internal
- khan
- load
- maximize
- philosophy
- proved
- record
- removed
- skyscrapers
- space
- standard
- steel
- sturdier
- superior
- supporting
- taller
- tallest
- transferring
- tubular
- walls
- wind