The Chicago architect Louis Sullivan’s career converges with the so-called Chicago School of architects, whose challenge was to invent the skyscraper or high-rise building, facilitated by the introduction of the electric elevator and the abundance of steel. The building’s skeleton could be erected quickly and the remaining components hung on it to complete it, an immense advantage for high-rise buildings on busy city streets.
- architect [ˈɑ:kitekt] n.建筑师
- converge [kənˈvə:dʒ] v. 聚合于，集中于一点
- school [sku:l] n. 学派
- skyscraper [ˈskaiˌskreipə] n.摩天大楼
- facilitate [fəˈsiliteit] v. 提供便利
- electric elevator [iˈlektrik - eilveitə] n.电梯
- abundance [əˈbʌndəns] n. 丰富
- skeleton [ˈskelitn] n. 框架结构，整体框架
- erect [iˈrekt] v. 竖立，建立
- component [kəmˈpəunənt] n. 零件，构件
- immense [iˈmens] adj.极大的
