2006-07-26 08:25:20 · 6 answers · asked by Dar 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
60 for modern.
2006-07-26 08:31:23 · answer #1 · answered by Man 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The word "skyscraper" is a general term for tall buildings. There is no height or floor requirement a building must reach for it to be considered a skyscraper.
In fact, one of the first skyscrapers ever built was the 10-story Home Insurance Building (1884-85) in Chicago. It was desined by William Le Baron Jenney and featured a metal frame that supported much of its load. Since then skyscrapers have benefited from more efficient techniques in building steel frames and high-speed elevators, meaning taller buildings than ever before.
2006-07-26 08:32:12 · answer #2 · answered by gurli_gurl04 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A skyscraper is a very tall, continuously habitable building. Although there is no official definition, a height of approximately at least 150 metres or 500 feet is often used as a criterion for a building to qualify as a skyscraper. Other criteria like shape and appearance also affect whether or not a building is considered a skyscraper.
2006-07-26 08:29:33 · answer #3 · answered by mfixx3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a relative term. In the 1920s eight would have been enough in most cities. By the fifties it would have been about twenty . by the 1980s it was about forty. it continues to increase and is now about seventy or more in some Asian cities.
2006-07-26 08:32:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dont know ask that tosser Bin Laden and his wife Mrs Camel...lmao
2006-07-26 08:30:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my town, three. :-)
2006-07-26 08:39:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋