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  2. List of skyscrapers by floor area - Wikipedia

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    This list ranks the largest skyscrapers in the world by floor area. To be included on this list, buildings must meet the definition of a skyscraper outlined above and have a floor area of approximately 200,000 m 2 (2,200,000 sq ft) or more.

  3. Skyscraper - Wikipedia

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    Burnham and Root's 45 m (148 ft) Rand McNally Building in Chicago, 1889, was the first all-steel framed skyscraper, [32] while Louis Sullivan's 41 m (135 ft) 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 to be ...

  4. List of cities with the most skyscrapers - Wikipedia

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    The list of cities with most skyscrapers ranks cities around the world by their number of skyscrapers. A skyscraper is defined as a continuously habitable high-rise building that has over 40 floors [1] and is taller than approximately 150 m (492 ft). [2] Historically, the term first referred to buildings with 10 to 20 floors in the 1880s.

  5. The Tallest Buildings in the Country - AOL

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    2. Central Park Tower, New York. Height: 1,550 feet Also known as Nordstrom Tower, this is the tallest residential building in the world and the tallest building outside of Asia by roof height alone.

  6. List of tallest buildings - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. At 1,428 feet (435 meters), the building is the second-tallest residential tower in the Western Hemisphere, second to the nearby Central Park Tower at 1,550 feet (470 meters). For comparison, the ...

  8. List of tallest freestanding structures - Wikipedia

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    Skyscraper Office, observation United States New York City Destroyed 11 Sep 2001. Tallest freestanding structure that no longer exists; world's tallest building 1972–74. 18 Taipei 101: 509.2 1,671 2004 Skyscraper Multi-use Taiwan Taipei: World's tallest skyscraper 2004–10, first to exceed 500 m /1,640 ft structural height.

  9. List of countries with the most skyscrapers - Wikipedia

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    A skyscraper is generally defined as any building that is more than 150 metres (492 ft) tall and has more than 40 storeys. [1] [2] The following is a list of countries with the most skyscrapers. Other structures like observation towers or lattice towers are excluded on this list.