Skyscraper very tall multistoried building.
Top floor of skyscrapers.
The name first came into use during the 1880s shortly after the first skyscrapers were built in the united states.
After 13 years of planning and preparations the tower was topped off in the end of 2015 and all external construction of the building finished.
There is some speculation as to whether metropolitan life really intended to finish the 100 story building.
The development of skyscrapers came as a result of the coincidence of several technological and social developments.
The meaning shifted with advancing construction technology during the 20th century.
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There is also a competition among the world s cities and countries to build the tallest buildings and draw the most number of people to it.
Lotte world tower is a 123 floor skyscraper located near seoul s han river in the sincheon dong neighborhood.
In contrast the chrysler building employed a very large 38 1 m 125 ft spire secretly assembled inside the building to claim the title of world s tallest building with a total height of 318 9 m 1 046 ft although it had a lower top occupied floor and a shorter height when both buildings spires were excluded.
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A mechanical floor mechanical penthouse mechanical layer or mechanical level is a story of a high rise building that is dedicated to mechanical and electronics equipment.
A skyscraper is a continuously habitable high rise building that has over 40 floors and is taller than 150 m 492 ft.
Here is the list of the tallest buildings in the world as of 2020.
Historically the term first referred to buildings with 10 to 20 floors in the 1880s.
Burj khalifa 828 m 2 717 ft this building in dubai was originally called burj dubai and was completed.
Mechanical is the most commonly used term but words such as utility technical service and plant are also used.
Designed in the 1920s as a 100 story skyscraper that would have been the tallest building in the world.
Due to the stock market crash of 1929 and onset of the great depression construction was halted at floor 29 in 1933.