For other uses see Skyscraper (disambiguation).

A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building. There is no official definition or height above which a building may clearly be classified as a skyscraper. Most cities define the term empirically; even a building of 80 m (260 ft) may be considered a skyscraper if it protrudes above its built environment and changes the overall skyline.citation needed Contents 1 Definition 1.1 Skyscraper and supertall 2 History 2.1 Before the 19th century 2.2 Early skyscrapers 2.3 Modern skyscrapers 2.4 History of tallest skyscrapers 3 Today 3.1 Supertall towers 4 Future notable skyscrapers 5 Sustainability 6 Quotations 7 See also 8 References 9 Further reading 10 External links Definition The Burj Khalifa in Dubai UAE is currently the tallest skyscraper in the world.

The word "skyscraper" originally was a nautical term referring to a small triangular sail set above the skysail on a sailing ship. The term was first applied to buildings of steel framed construction of at least 10 storeys in the late 19th century a result of public amazement at the tall buildings being built in major cities like Chicago New York City Detroit and St. Louis.1 The first steel frame skyscraper was the Home Insurance Building built in Chicago Illinois in 1885. Some point to New York's seven floor Equitable Life Assurance Building built in 1870 and it was arguably the first office building built using a kind of skeletal frame but it depends on what factors are chosen and even the scholars making the argument find it academic.2

The structural definition of the word skyscraper was refined later by architectural historians based on engineering developments of the 1880s that had enabled construction of tall multi-storey buildings. This definition was based on the steel skeleton-as opposed to constructions of load-bearing masonry which passed their practical limit in 1891 with Chicago's Monadnock Building. The steel frame developed in stages of increasing self-sufficiency with several buildings in Chicago and New York advancing the technology that allowed the steel frame to carry a building on its own. Today however many of the tallest skyscrapers are built almost entirely with reinforced concrete.3 Pumps and storage tanks maintain water pressure at the top of skyscrapers. Skyscraper and supertall

The Emporis Standards Committee defines a high-rise building as "a multi-storey structure between 35100 metres tall or a building of unknown height from 1239 floors"4 and a skyscraper as "a multi-storey building whose architectural height is at least 100 metres."5 Some structural engineers define a highrise as any vertical construction for which wind is a more significant load factor than earthquake or weight. Note that this criterion fits not only high-rises but some other tall structures such as towers.

The word skyscraper often carries a connotation of pride and achievement. The skyscraper in name and social function is a modern expression of the age-old symbol of the world center or axis mundi: a pillar that connects earth to heaven and the four compass directions to one another.6

A loose convention of some in the United States and Europe draws the lower limit of a skyscraper at 150 metres (500 ft).7 A skyscraper taller than 300 meters (1000 ft) is sometimes referred to as supertall. History Before the 19th century The Great Pyramid of Giza circa 2560 BC was 146 m tall and its height was unsurpassed until at least the 14th century AD. The Two Towers of Bologna in the 12th century reached 97.2 m in height. The 16th-century city of Shibam consisted entirely of over 500 high-rise tower houses.

Modern skyscrapers are built with materials such as steel glass reinforced concrete and granite and routinely utilize mechanical equipment such as water pumps and elevators. Until the 19th century buildings of over six stories were rare as having great numbers of stairs to climb was impractical for inhabitants and water pressure was usually insufficient to supply running water above 50 m (164 ft).

The tallest building in ancient times was the Great Pyramid of Giza in ancient Egypt which was 146 metres (479 ft) tall and was built in the 26th century BC. Its height was not surpassed for thousands of years possibly until the 14th century AD with the construction of Lincoln Cathedral (though its height is disputed)8 which in turn was not surpassed in height until the Washington Monument in 1884. However being uninhabited buildings none of these buildings actually complies with the definition of a skyscraper.

High-rise apartment buildings already flourished in classical antiquity: ancient Roman insulae in Rome and other imperial cities reached up to 10 and more stories.9 Several emperors beginning with Augustus (r. 30 BC-14 AD) attempted to establish limits of 2025 m for multi-storey buildings but met with only limited success.1011 The lower floors were typically occupied by either shops or wealthy families while the upper stories were rented out to the lower classes.9 Surviving Oxyrhynchus Papyri indicate that seven-storey buildings even existed in provincial towns such as in 3rd century AD Hermopolis in Roman Egypt.12 The skylines of many important medieval cities had large numbers of high-rise urban towers. Wealthy families built these towers for defensive purposes and as status symbols. The residential Towers of Bologna in the 12th century for example numbered between 80 to 100 at a time the largest of which (known as the "Two Towers") rise to 97.2 metres (319 ft). In Florence a law of 1251 decreed that all urban buildings should be reduced to a height of less than 26 m the regulation immediately put into effect.13 Even medium-sized towns at the time such as San Gimignano are known to have featured 72 towers up to 51 m height.13 The medieval Egyptian city of Fustat housed many high-rise residential buildings which Al-Muqaddasi in the 10th century described as resembling minarets. Nasir Khusraw in the early 11th century described some of them rising up to 14 stories with roof gardens on the top floor complete with ox-drawn water wheels for irrigating them.14 Cairo in the 16th century had high-rise apartment buildings where the two lower floors were for commercial and storage purposes and the multiple stories above them were rented out to tenants.15 An early example of a city consisting entirely of high-rise housing is the 16th-century city of Shibam in Yemen. Shibam was made up of over 500 tower houses16 each one rising 5 to 11 storeys high17 with each floor being an apartment occupied by a single family. The city was built in this way in order to protect it from Bedouin attacks.16 Shibam still has the tallest mudbrick buildings in the world with many of them over 30 m (98 ft) high.18 An early modern example of high-rise housing was in 17th-century Edinburgh Scotland where a defensive city wall defined the boundaries of the city. Due to the restricted land area available for development the houses increased in height instead. Buildings of 11 stories were common and there are records of buildings as high as 14 stories. Many of the stone-built structures can still be seen today in the old town of Edinburgh. The oldest iron framed building in the world although only partially iron framed is The Flaxmill (also locally known as the "Maltings") in Shrewsbury England. Built in 1797 it is seen as the "grandfather of skyscrapers since its fireproof combination of cast iron columns and cast iron beams developed into the modern steel frame that made modern skyscrapers possible. Unfortunately it lies derelict and needs much investment to keep it standing. Oriel Chambers Liverpool. The world's first glass curtain walled building. The stone mullions are decorative. Built in 1931 The Empire State Building in New York City is one of the oldest yet tallest skyscrapers. Early skyscrapers An early development was Oriel Chambers in Liverpool. Designed by local architect Peter Ellis in 1864 the building was the world's first iron-framed glass curtain-walled office building. It was only 5 floors high as the elevator had not yet been invented.192021 Further developments led to the world's first skyscraper the ten-storey Home Insurance Building in Chicago built in 18841885. While its height is not considered very impressive today it was at that time. The architect Major William Le Baron Jenney created a load-bearing structural frame. In this building a steel frame supported the entire weight of the walls instead of load-bearing walls carrying the weight of the building. This development led to the "Chicago skeleton" form of construction. Louis Sullivan's Wainwright Building in St. Louis Missouri 1891 was the first steel-framed building with soaring vertical bands to emphasize the height of the building and is therefore considered by some to be the first true skyscraper. Most early skyscrapers emerged in the land-strapped areas of Chicago London and New York toward the end of the 19th century. A land boom in Melbourne Australia between 18881891 spurred the creation of a significant number of early skyscrapers though none of these were steel reinforced and few remain today. Height limits and fire restrictions were later introduced. London builders soon found building heights limited due to a complaint from Queen Victoria rules that continued to exist with few exceptions until the 1950s. Concerns about aesthetics and fire safety had likewise hampered the development of skyscrapers across continental Europe for the first half of the twentieth century (with the notable exceptions of the 1898 Witte Huis (White House) in Rotterdam 17-storey Kungstornen (Kings' Towers) in Stockholm Sweden which were built 192425 probably the first skyscrapers in Europe22 the 15-storey Edificio Telefnica in Madrid Spain built in 1929; the 26-storey Boerentoren in Antwerp Belgium built in 1932; and the 31-storey Torre Piacentini in Genoa Italy built in 1940). After an early competition between Chicago and New York City for the world's tallest building New York took the lead by 1895 with the completion of the American Surety Building leaving New York with the title of tallest building for many years. New York City developers competed among themselves with successively taller buildings claiming the title of "world's tallest" in the 1920s and early 1930s culminating with the completion of the Chrysler Building in 1930 and the Empire State Building in 1931 the world's tallest building for forty years. The first completed World Trade Center tower became the world's tallest building in 1972. However it was soon overtaken by the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) in Chicago within two years. The Sears Tower stood as the world's tallest building for 24 years from 1974 until 1998 until it was edged out by Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur which held the title for six years. Taipei 101 formerly the world's tallest skyscraper was the first to exceed the half-kilometer mark. The iconic World Trade Center twin towers were destroyed in 2001. The Willis Tower in Chicago was the world's tallest building from 1974 to 1998 and remains the tallest in the Western Hemisphere The Petronas Twin Towers the world's tallest twin buildings. Tower 2 of the International Finance Centre in Hong Kong is one of the 20 tallest buildings in the world. The Commerzbank Tower in Frankfurt is the tallest completed skyscraper in the European Union. 30 St Mary Axe in London is an example of a modern environmentally friendly skyscraper. The Shard under construction in London will be the tallest building in the EU when completed Modern skyscrapers From the 1930s onwards skyscrapers also began to appear in Latin America (So Paulo Santiago Caracas Bogot Mexico City) and in Asia (Tokyo Shanghai Hong Kong Manila Singapore Mumbai Jakarta Seoul Kuala Lumpur Taipei Bangkok). Immediately after World War II the Soviet Union planned eight massive skyscrapers dubbed "Stalin Towers" for Moscow; seven of these were eventually built. The rest of Europe also slowly began to permit skyscrapers starting with Madrid during the 1950s. Finally skyscrapers also began to be constructed in cities of Africa the Middle East and Oceania (mainly Australia) from the late 1950s. In the early 1960s structural engineer Fazlur Khan realized that the rigid steel frame structure that had "dominated tall building design and construction so long was not the only system fitting for tall buildings" marking "the beginning of a new era of skyscraper revolution in terms of multiple structural systems."23 His central innovation in skyscraper design and construction was the idea of the "tube" structural system including the "framed tube" "trussed tube" and "bundled tube".24 These systems allowed far greater economic efficiency25 and also allowed efficient skyscrapers to take on various shapes no longer needing to be box-shaped.26 Over the next fifteen years many towers were built by Khan and the "Second Chicago School"27 including the massive 442-meter (1451-foot) Willis Tower.28 Chicago is currently undergoing an epic construction boom that will greatly add to the city's skyline. Since 2000 at least 40 buildings at a minimum of 50 stories high have been built or planned.29 The Trump International Hotel and Tower Waterview Tower Mandarin Oriental Tower 2939 South LaSalle Park Michigan and Aqua are some of the more notable projects currently underway in the city. Chicago Hong Kong and New York City otherwise known as "the big three" are recognized in architectural circles as having especially compelling skylines. A landmark skyscraper can inspire a boom of new high-rise projects in its city as Taipei 101 has done in Taipei since its opening in 2004. In 2010 The Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park became the world's first commercial LEED Platinum skyscraper. History of tallest skyscrapers Main article: History of the tallest buildings in the world At the beginning of the 20th century New York City was a center for the Beaux-Arts architectural movement attracting the talents of such great architects as Stanford White and Carrere and Hastings. As better construction and engineering technology became available as the century progressed New York and Chicago became the focal point of the competition for the tallest building in the world. Each city's striking skyline has been composed of numerous and varied skyscrapers many of which are icons of 20th century architecture: The Flatiron Building designed by Daniel Hudson Burnham and standing 285 ft (87 m) high was one of the tallest buildings in the city upon its completion in 1902 made possible by its steel skeleton. It was one of the first buildings designed with a steel framework and to achieve this height with other construction methods of that time would have been very difficult. (The 1889 Tower Building designed by Bradford Gilbert and considered by some to be New York's first skyscraper may have been the first building to use a skeletal steel frame.)30 Subsequent buildings such as the Singer Building the Metropolitan Life Tower were higher still. The Woolworth Building a neo-Gothic "Cathedral of Commerce" overlooking City Hall was designed by Cass Gilbert. At 792 feet (241 m) it became the world's tallest building upon its completion in 1913 an honor it retained until 1930 when it was overtaken by 40 Wall Street. That same year the Chrysler Building took the lead as the tallest building in the world scraping the sky at 1046 feet (319 m).31 Designed by William Van Alen an Art Deco style masterpiece with an exterior crafted of brick32 the Chrysler Building continues to be a favorite of New Yorkers to this day.33 The Empire State Building the first building to have more than 100 floors (it has 102) was completed the following year. It was designed by Shreve Lamb and Harmon in the contemporary Art Deco style. The tower takes its name from the nickname of New York State. Upon its completion in 1931 at 1250 feet (381 m) it took the top spot as tallest building and towered above all other buildings until 1972. The antenna mast added in 1951 brought pinnacle height to 1472 feet (449 m) lowered in 1984 to 1454 feet (443 m).34 The World Trade Center officially reached full height in 1972 was completed in 1973 and consisted of two tall towers and several smaller buildings. For a short time the first of the two towers was the world's tallest building. Upon completion the towers stood for 28 years until the September 11 attacks destroyed the buildings in 2001. Various governmental entities financial firms and law firms called the towers home. The Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) was completed in 1974 one year after the World Trade Center and surpassed it as the world's tallest building. It was the first building to employ the "bundled tube" structural system designed by Fazlur Khan.26 The building was not surpassed in height until the Petronas Towers were constructed in 1998 but remained the tallest in some categories until Burj Khalifa surpassed it in all categories in 2010. It is currently the tallest building in the United States. Momentum in setting records passed from the United States to other nations with the opening of the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia in 1998. The record for world's tallest building remained in Asia with the opening of Taipei 101 in Taipei Taiwan in 2004. A number of architectural records including those of the world's tallest building and tallest free-standing structure moved to the Middle East with the opening of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai United Arab Emirates. This geographical transition is accompanied by a change in approach to skyscraper design. For much of the twentieth century large buildings took the form of simple geometrical shapes. This reflected the "international style" or modernist philosophy shaped by Bauhaus architects early in the century. The last of these the Willis Tower and World Trade Center towers in New York erected in the 1970s reflect the philosophy. Tastes shifted in the decade which followed and new skyscrapers began to exhibit postmodernist influences. This approach to design avails itself of historical elements often adapted and re-interpreted in creating technologically modern structures. The Petronas Twin Towers recall Asian pagoda architecture and Islamic geometric principles. Taipei 101 likewise reflects the pagoda tradition as it incorporates ancient motifs such as the ruyi symbol. The Burj Khalifa draws inspiration from traditional Islamic art. Architects in recent years have sought to create structures that would not appear equally at home if set in any part of the world but that reflect the culture thriving in the spot where they stand. For current rankings of skyscrapers by height see List of tallest buildings in the world. The following list measures height of the roof. The more common gauge is the highest architectural detail; such ranking would have included Petronas Towers built in 1998. See List of tallest buildings in the world for details. Built Building City Country Roof Floors Pinnacle Current status 1873 Equitable Life Building New York City United States 142 ft 43 m 8 Destroyed by fire in 1912 1889 Auditorium Building Chicago United States 269 ft 82 m 17 349 ft 106 m Standing 1890 New York World Building New York City United States 309 ft 94 m 20 349 ft 106 m Demolished in 1955 1894 Manhattan Life Insurance Building New York City United States 348 ft 106 m 18 Demolished in 1930 1895 Milwaukee City Hall Milwaukee United States 353 ft 108 m 15 Standing 1899 Park Row Building New York City United States 391 ft 119 m 30 Standing 1901 Philadelphia City Hall Philadelphia United States 511 ft 155.8 m 9 548 ft 167 m Standing 1908 Singer Building New York City United States 612 ft 187 m 47 Demolished in 1968 1909 Met Life Tower New York City United States 700 ft 213 m 50 Standing 1913 Woolworth Building New York City United States 792 ft 241 m 57 Standing 1930 40 Wall Street New York City United States 70 927 ft 283 m Standing 1930 Chrysler Building New York City United States 927 ft 282.9 m 77 1046 ft 319 m Standing 1931 Empire State Building New York City United States 1250 ft 381 m 102 1454 ft 443 m Standing 1972 World Trade Center (North tower) New York City United States 1368 ft 417 m 110 1727 ft 526.3 m Destroyed in 2001 1974 Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) Chicago United States 1450 ft 442 m 108 1729 ft 527 m Standing 2004 Taipei 101 Taipei Taiwan 1474 ft 449 m 101 1671 ft 509 m Standing 2010 Burj Khalifa Dubai United Arab Emirates 2717 ft 828 m 160 2717 ft 828 m Standing Source: emporis.com Today Today skyscrapers are an increasingly common sight where land is expensive as in the centres of big cities because they provide such a high ratio of rentable floor space per unit area of land. They are built not just for economy of space; like temples and palaces of the past skyscrapers are considered symbols of a city's economic power. Not only do they define the skyline they help to define the city's identity. Supertall towers At the time Taipei 101 broke the half-kilometer mark in height it was already technically possible to build structures towering over a kilometer above the ground. Proposals for such structures have been put forward including the Mile-High Tower to be built in Jeddah Saudi Arabia3536 and Burj Mubarak Al Kabir in Kuwait. Kilometer-plus structures present architectural challenges that may eventually place them in a new architectural category.37 Future notable skyscrapers The following skyscrapers all contenders for being among the tallest in their city or region are under construction and due to be completed in the next few years: Construction of the 133-floor 640 m supertall Digital Media City Landmark Building in Digital Media City Seoul South Korea started in 2009 which will be the second-tallest building in the world when it is completed in 2015 housing the world's tallest observatory and hotels. Being constructed at the fastest speed among major skyscraper projects by South Korea's Samsung C&T (who also built Burj Khalifa) the supertall is the first skyscraper to contain an entire city inside a building including the world's largest aquarium a luxury department store shopping malls clinic center high-tech offices first-class apartments six to eight-star hotels a concert restaurant a broadcasting studio and an art center. Construction of the Shanghai Tower started on 29 November 2008.38 The tower will be 632 m (2073 ft) high and have 127 floors.3940 The building will feature a glass curtain wall and nine indoor gardens when it is completed in 2014.4142 Construction of the 151-floor 610 m supertall 151 Incheon Tower in Songdo International City Incheon South Korea started in 2008 which will be the tallest twin towers in the world when it is completed in 2014. The Abraj Al-Bait Towers also known as the "Mecca Royal Clock Hotel Tower" is a complex under construction in Mecca Saudi Arabia by the Saudi Binladin Group. The complex consists of seven towers and the tallest tower (Hotel Tower) will have a height of 601 m (1972 ft). Upon completion in 2011 the structure will have the largest floor area of any structure in the world at 1500000 square metres (16137600 sq ft). Construction of the 110-floor 510 m supertall in Busan Lotte World Busan South Korea started in 2009 which will be the third tallest building world when it is completed in 2013. 1 World Trade Center is now under construction and is the tallest tower comprising the redevelopment of the site of the former World Trade Center.43 Its pinnacle will reach a height of 541.4 m (1776 ft)43 a height (in feet) representing the year of the United States Declaration of Independence. India Tower is a 720 m (2360 ft) tall skyscraper under construction in Mumbai India. If completed on schedule it could become the second tallest skyscraper in the world. The 308 m (1010 ft) Tour Generali in Paris La Dfense scheduled to be completed in 201344 is an entirely green building office skyscraper that is set to be the tallest building in Paris and the second tallest in the European Union after the Shard of Glass in London.44 Construction of London's Shard of Glass started in March 2009 and is scheduled to be completed in May 2012 in time for the London Olympics.4546 At 310 m (1017 ft) it is set to be the tallest building in the European Union.47 Sustainability This section may contain original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding references. Statements consisting only of original research may be removed. More details may be available on the talk page. (April 2011) The skyscraper as a concept is a product of the industrialized age made possible by cheap energy and raw materials. The amount of steel concrete and glass needed to construct a skyscraper is vast and these materials represent a great deal of embodied energy. Tall skyscrapers are very heavy which means that they must be built on a sturdier foundation than would be required for shorter lighter buildings. Building materials must also be lifted to the top of a skyscraper during construction requiring more energy than would be necessary at lower heights. Furthermore a skyscraper consumes a lot of electricity because potable and non-potable water must be pumped to the highest occupied floors skyscrapers are usually designed to be mechanically ventilated elevators are generally used instead of stairs and natural lighting cannot be utilized in rooms far from the windows and the windowless spaces such as elevators bathrooms and stairwells. In the lower levels of a skyscraper a larger percentage of the building cross section must be devoted to the building structure and services than is required for lower buildings:- More structure because it must be stronger to support more floors above The elevator conundrum creates the need for more lift shafts everyone comes in at the bottom and they all have to pass through the lower part of the building to get to the upper levels. Building services power and water enters the building from below and have to pass through the lower levels to get to upper levels. In low-rise structures the support rooms (chillers transformers boilers pumps and air handling units) can be put in basements or roof space areas which have low rental value. There is however a limit to how far this plant can be located from the area it serves. The farther away it is the larger the risers for ducts and pipes from this plant to the floors they serve and the more floor area these risers take. In practice this means that in highrise buildings this plant is located on 'plant levels' at intervals up the building. The Q1 Building located in Gold Coast Queensland is the tallest building in Australia. Quotations Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Skyscraper What is the chief characteristic of the tall office building It is lofty. It must be tall. The force and power of altitude must be in it the glory and pride of exaltation must be in it. It must be every inch a proud and soaring thing rising in sheer exaltation that from bottom to top it is a unit without a single dissenting line. 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