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A skyscraper is a very tall, continuously habitable building, at least 500 feet in height. The word skyscraper was first applied to such buildings in the late 19th century, reflecting public amazement at the tall buildings being built in New York City. 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-story 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. Philadelphia's City Hall, completed in 1901, still holds claim as the world's tallest load-bearing masonry structure. The steel frame developed in stages of increasing self-sufficiency, with several buildings in New York and Chicago advancing the technology that allowed the steel frame to carry a building on its own. Today, however, many of the tallest skyscrapers are built more or less entirely with reinforced concrete. In the United States today, it is a loose convention to draw the lower limit on what is a skyscraper at 150 metres. Elsewhere, though, a shorter building will sometimes be referred to as a skyscraper, especially if it is said to "dominate" its surroundings. Thus, calling a building a skyscraper will usually, but not always, imply pride and achievement.
Originally, skyscraper was a nautical term for a tall mast or sail on a sailing ship. A skyscraper taller than 300 metres (1,000 feet) may sometimes be referred to as a supertall.
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silentalliance (Silent Alliance) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:07:48 -0000
RT @AllieRaymond: ..By the way I LIKE skyscrapers. They are my favourite things. But some skyscrapers really are just disguised dicks. S ...
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e_mikelo (Zuokemefa michael) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:06:51 -0000
#BurjDubai wen Are we goin 2 start havin skyscrapers in naija?
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Emporis - An international team maintains this huge database of tall buildings, navigated by map and list. Also lists construction companies and architects, and supplies news.
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All About Skyscrapers - Explores a wide range of aspects of the skyscraper.
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Burj Dubai - The official site charts the progress of the world's tallest skyscraper, under construction in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, by Emaar Properties, to a design by Adrian Smith. Includes description of the tower and its setting.
Meta Description: [ The Burj Dubai will be the world's tallest tower and the centerpiece of the Gulf regions most prestigious urban development to date. This architectural phenomenon will be a global tourist magnet that skyrockets Dubai into the global limelight. ]
Burj Dubai Skyscraper - Basic facts, site plan and construction photographs of what aims to be the world's tallest skyscraper.
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Damien's Skyscraper Page - Damien Koh's drawings to scale of the world's tallest buildings make it easy to compare heights and construction. He also supplies photographs and facts on each one.
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High Rises - A photo gallery by Matthew Armling of highrises, skyscrapers and towers in New York, Hongkong and Frankfurt.
Meta Description: [ Collection of photos of highrises,skyscrapers and towers in Frankfurt,Hongkong,New York etc. ]
How Skyscrapers Work - This illustrated narrative by Tom Harris from HowStuffWorks explains that the main technological advancement that made skyscrapers possible was the development of mass iron and steel production.
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Skylines and Scrapers - Egbert Gramsbergen presents worldwide highrise statistics, using graphs and various ranking methods.
Meta Description: [ Statistics of the Worlds Tallest Buildings ]
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Skyscraper Guide - Directory of high-rise and skyscraper related links, arranged in categories. Covers the world and some links are to non-English language sites. Advertising.
Skyscraper Page - Dylan presents an illustrated database of the world's tallest buildings. The illustrations drawn to one scale make it easy to compare heights internationally or within a city. Includes dates and architects.
Skyscraper Picture Collection - Collection of photographs by Patrick Beckers of cities across the world and their tallest and most distinctive skyscrapers.
Meta Description: [ A site with pictures, photographs of cities and their most distinctive high-rise buildings (skyscrapers, wolkenkrabbers, gratte-ciel, wolkenkratzer). ]
Skyscrapers - Images, information, and 3D models of a selection of skyscrapers around the world from Great Buildings Online.
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The Skyscraper Museum - Private, not-for-profit, educational corporation devoted to the study of highrise buildings. Exhibits and information on the architecture, materials, and physics of highrise construction.
The Tallest Buildings in the World - A list of the tallest buildings in the world, with a graphic showing the tallest.
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Wikipedia: Burj Dubai - An illustrated article from the collaborative online encyclopedia on the skyscraper under construction in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, which aims to be the world's tallest building.
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