Show il elsiie lit starles high A twenty eight story office enild ing is to be erected in minneapolis by L S buffington Hington Bu an architect ol of that city who hail bail obtained a patent on a method of iron building construction which if practicable threatens to revolutionize the art of ol 01 modern building the building is thus described bis it consists of two continuous skeletons of iron coni commencing on the iron footings and continuing ol of iron and steel to the full height the frame fraine work consists of series ot of continuous laminated riveted iron ron points diminishing in size as they ascend braced diagonally after the nj manner anter of lattice bridge girders and horizontally braced by the fie iron beams of each bloor which form forin an integral portion of the building r the whole frame is covered on the exterior with a cun ducting substance of absolute reliability the exterior is formed of stone and copper the stone stoned i carried at each story or oftener when necessary by mean of horizontal shelves of iron the shelves themselves being hidden by the stone the roof is is to be of tile except the apex which will be formed into a glass lookout front from which a vast expanse may be viewed the first story will be L grand rotunda with elcrat ars and two flights of stairs rd ed in the center the elevators are arranged so EO that each two floors have their own elevators that the passengers for the twenty second ur or twenty third story for instance I 1 may make the trip without stopping thus expediting the service r greatly no woodwork will appear ill in the building except doors and window sashes when finished no portion of the construction iron ivill bill be visible construction and expansion are provided for under the patent each office has its own safe or series of safes built in the outer auter wall and forming a part of their structure which the architect claims is a feature never before used in building another important consideration in the iron construction st it is the reduced thickness of the walls as those on the exterior of if the building do not in any part exceed twenty two inches thereby giving more light and air to the offices the building doa doe s not weigh 0 bafas much as an ordinary maso masonry n one of the same size and it is much cheaper and more quickly built the building is feet oa 01 the ground feel fee to the top of the glass lookout leo kout and conta contains hib large offices all of which are au A gif |