1、美国十大标志性建筑美国十大标志性建筑1.The Empire State BuildingThe Empire State BuildinglThe Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street.Its name is derived from the nickname for the state of New York.It stood as the worlds tallest
2、 building for more than forty years,from its completion in 1931 until construction of the World Trade Centers North Tower was completed in 1972.Following the destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001,the Empire State Building again became the tallest building in New York City and New York State.
3、The Empire State Building has been named by the American Society of Civil Engineers as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.The building and its street floor interior are designated landmarks of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission,and confirmed by the New York City Board of E
4、stimate.3 It was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1986.In 2007,it was ranked number one on the List of Americas Favorite Architecture according to the AIA.The building is owned and managed by W&H Properties.2.Grand Central Terminall New York central train station is located in the cente
5、r of the United States of Manhattan,founded in 1903,officially opened in February 2,1913.New York central train station is composed of the United States of America Railway King Vanderbilt family building,is a famous New York landmark,is a public art gallery.It is the largest in the world,the United
6、States of America s busiest train station,at the same time it is the traffic in the central New York railway and the subway.3.Mount RushmorelMount Rushmore is a memorial to the birth，growth，preservation and development of the United States of America.Gutzon Borglum sculpted busts of Presidents Georg
7、e Washington，Thomas Jefferson，Theodore Roosevelt，and Abraham Lincoln high in the Black Hills to represent the first 150 years of American history.lThe primary resource at Mount Rushmore is the granite sculpture itself，but also of interest is the Sculptors Studio built under the direction of Sculptor
8、 Gutzon Borglum in 1939.Unique plaster models and tools related to the sculpting process are displayed in the studio.4.The White HouseFor almost two hundred years,the White House has stood as a symbol of the Presidency,the United States government,and the American people.Its history,and the history
9、of the nations capital,began when President George Washington signed an Act of Congress in December of 1790 declaring that the federal government would reside in a district not exceeding ten miles square.on the river Potomac.President Washington,together with city planner Pierre LEnfant,chose the si
10、te for the new residence,which is now 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.As preparations began for the new federal city,a competition was held to find a builder of the Presidents House.Nine proposals were submitted,and Irish-born architect James Hoban won a gold medal for his practical and elegant design.5.Th
11、e Statue of Liberty lIt was to be another two years before it could be properly unveiled:money had to be collected to fund the construction of the base,and for some reason Americans were unwilling-or unable-to dip into their pockets.Only through the campaigning efforts of newspaper magnate Joseph Pu
12、litzer,a keen supporter of the statue,did it all come together in the end.Richard Morris Hunt built a pedestal around the existing star-shaped Fort Wood,and Liberty was formally dedicated by President Cleveland on October 28,1886,in a flag-waving shindig that has never really stopped.The statue was
13、closed for a few years in the mid-1980s for extensive renovation and,in 1986,fifteen million people descended on Manhattan for the statues centennial celebrations.The statue,which depicts Liberty throwing off her shackles and holding a beacon to light the world,was the creation of the French sculpto
14、r Frdric Auguste Bartholdi,who crafted it a hundred years after the American Revolution in recognition of solidarity between the French and American people(though its fair to add that Bartholdi originally intended the statue for Alexandria in Egypt).Bartholdi built Liberty in Paris between 1874 and
15、1884,starting with a terracotta model and enlarging it through four successive versions to its present size,a construction of thin copper sheets bolted together and supported by an iron framework designed by Gustave Eiffel.The arm carrying the torch was exhibited in Madison Square Park for seven yea
16、rs,but the whole statue wasnt officially accepted on behalf of the American people until 1884,after which it was taken apart,crated up and shipped to New York.lToday you can climb steps up to the crown,but the cramped stairway though the torch sadly remains closed to the public.Dont be surprised if
17、theres an hour-long wait to ascend.Even if there is,Liberty Parks views of the lower Manhattan skyline,the twin towers of the World Trade Center lording it over the jutting teeth of New Yorks financial quarter,are spectacular enough.6.Washington MonumentWashington MonumentlThe Malls most prominent f
18、eature,the Washington Monument is an unadorned marble obelisk built in memory of George Washington.At 555ft its the tallest all-masonry structure in the world.Volunteers started work on it in 1848,but various internal arguments,and later the Civil War,so disrupted construction that it wasnt complete
19、d until 1884.When the US Government took over the project in 1876,they used marble from a slightly different source;the transition line where work resumed at the 150ft level is readily apparent.To visit the monument pick up a free ticket from the 15th St kiosk(on the Mall,south of Constitution Ave),
20、which allows you to turn up at a fixed time later in the day.The elevator up takes seventy seconds and deposits you at the 500ft level in order to enjoy the monuments panoramic 360 views of the city 7.the Vietnam Veterans MemoriallLocated in Washington d.c.The building is composed of two black stone
21、 composition in V word shape,which according to the date of death and missing date engrave full in the Vietnam War 58000 American soldiers who lost.It has been criticized the building is too simple,but it is still an annual attracts more than 1500000 visitors come to visit.War wall opened in 1982,is
22、 the ten largest building,the latest design and construction,the architect is only 21 years old Yale students Maya Lin.There is also a reason to let us remember this history of modern Chinese girl,the prodigy Lin Whei-yin is her aunt,is born in building family.Vietnam Memorial,simple clean lines,ope
23、n wide angle V,one end pointing to the Lincoln monument,the other end pointing to the Washington monument.Be made one at both ends and horizon,and a black marble mosaic at the height of the drop.It is so simple,so shocked so deep.Read the instructions are described it is an open book.When he walked
24、along down under,as in reading narrative history of the Vietnam War,the black marble holds gone for ever soldier name.No,nothing.Very serious,very quiet,but still waters run deep.8.Golden Gate BridgelThe orange towers of the Golden Gate Bridge-probably the most beautiful,certainly the most photograp
25、hed bridge in the world-are visible from almost every point of elevation in San Francisco.The only cleft in Northern Californias 600-mile continental wall,for years this mile-wide strait was considered unbridgeable.As much an architectural as an engineering feat,the Golden Gate took only 52 months t
26、o design and build,and was opened in 1937.Designed by Joseph Strauss,it was the first really massive suspension bridge,with a span of 4200ft,and until 1959 ranked as the worlds longest.It connects the city at its northwesterly point on the peninsula to Marin County and Northern California,rendering
27、the hitherto essential ferry crossing redundant,and was designed to withstand winds of up to a hundred miles an hour and to swing as much as 27ft.9.The PentagonlThe Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense,located at 48 N.Rotary Road,Arlington,Virginia 22211(Map).Its m
28、ailing address is Washington,DC 20301.As a symbol of the US military,the Pentagon is often used metonymically to refer to the Department of Defense rather than the building itself.Those who work within its walls often simply call it the Building.The building was dedicated on January 15,1943.It is th
29、e highest-capacity office building in the world and one of the worlds largest buildings in terms of floor area.It houses approximately 23,000 military and civilian employees and about 3,000 non-defense support personnel.It has five sides,five floors above ground(plus two basement levels),and five ri
30、ng corridors per floor with a total of 17.5 miles(28 km)of corridors.lBefore the September 11,2001 attacks,an escalator ran from the Metro station to the Pentagon lobby.After the attack this escalator was blocked off and later removed as part of the Pentagon Renovation Program 10.the Lincoln Memoria
31、l lthe lincoln memorial is a fitting tribute to the man who held the country together during the civil war and thereby put an end to slavery in the us.a craggy likeness of abraham lincoln sits firmly grasping the arms of his throne-like chair，apparently deep in thought，while inscriptions of lincolns two most celebrated speeches the gettysburg address and the second inaugural address are carved on north and south walls.lThats all lThank you!
