GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE

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Title	GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE
View	Close view of the bridge, from the northwest
Notes	transportation
Work Type	bridge
Style/Period	Art Deco Structural Modern
Creator Name	Strauss, Joseph Baermann
Creator Nationality	American
Date.Creator Birth	1870
Date.Creator Death	1938
Contributors to Project	Leon Moisseiff and Charles Ellis; Irving F. Morrow acted as consulting architect
Major Design Aspects	structure revealed elegant
Elements & Spatial Types	suspension cable observation deck pedestrian lamp
Country	United States of America
City	San Francisco
State/Province	CA
Alternate Place Names	Marin Headlands
Architectural Material	steel
Structural System	long span suspension bridge riveted steel
Dates	design submitted in 1921, built 1933-44
Century	20C
Designation/Awards/Inscriptions	city landmark, city icon, state icon, tourist site, country icon
Photographer	Scott Gilchrist, Archivision Inc.
Date Photographed	11/30/1994
Subject Information	The original plans submitted by Chief Engineer Joseph B. Strauss called for a hybrid cantilever and suspension structure across the Golden Gate. This plan was generally regarded as unsightly, and a far cry from the elegant, understated lines that define the Bridge today. After Strauss submitted his first design, Consulting Engineer Leon S. Moisseiff theorized that a long span suspension bridge could cross the Gate. A suspension structure of this length has never been tried before. Even after Moisseiff and Strauss began to refine the new design, it wasn't until Consulting Architects Irving F. Morrow and his wife Gertrude C. Morrow joined the project that the Art Deco styling began to take shape. The Morrows added the consistent, subtle Art Deco elements which now embody the Bridge. They simplified the pedestrian railings to modest, uniform posts placed far enough apart to allow motorists an unobstructed view. The light posts took on a lean, angled form. Wide, vertical ribbing was added on the horizontal tower bracing to accent the sun's light on the structure. The rectangular tower portals themselves decrease on ascent, further emphasizing the tower height. These architectural enhancements define the Golden Gate Bridge's Art Deco form. It is this form which is known and admired the world over. Source: www.thoma.com/thoma/ggbfacts.html
Credit Line	Archivision Inc. (all images copyright Scott Gilchrist / Archivision.com)
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)
Collection information	Collection administered by the Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402) 472-1193

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