The Most Elegant Tall Building! The Pirelli Building in Milan

In the super-stylish city of Milan in Italy, is what I consider to be the most elegant tall building I know. It’s not the tallest in the world and it’s also not the most show-off or brash “look-at-me” building. It is extremely well detailed and considered in a subtle manner that we really don’t see in a lot of “similar” looking buildings. This has a combination of architectural and structural design that has produced a singular cohesive thought that just all works…and that, my friends, is elegance. Gio Ponti was the architect and Pier Luigi Nervi was the structural engineer. What a combination!!! About Me: Hi, I'm Paul Kassabian. I'm a structural engineer and a Principal at SGH in Boston, MA. Being a structural engineer is my fulltime job and I’ve also taught full courses to graduate students at MIT for nine years, Harvard's Graduate School of Design (GSD) for five years and at RISD (Fall 2023). These are videos where I share thoughts and understanding about structures! Some legal/professional stuff: As of this video, I’m a: • Licensed Structural/Civil Engineer in 27 US States including my home state of Massachusetts. • Professional Engineer in British Columbia • Chartered Structural Engineer in the UK So my full designations are: Paul E. Kassabian, P.E., P.Eng (BC), C.Eng MIStructE MUSIC: I purchased a license for use from Pond5.com The item ID number is 32695415. AdKey:p2A94LX-QZ4MW3 Publisher: Kero Herning - IPI/CAE: 825536431 Composer: Kero Herning - IPI/CAE: 825536431 Title: Happy Positive Playful License : Individual License for Commercial Use.