Sky-guy Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Title is self-explanatory. Does anyone know what the official height is for a structure to be considered a skyscraper? (If there is on at all) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
democide Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Not sure if there is an official height, but I'll say 200 meters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 My guess is that this has changed over time.I would say that 60 stories and above gets this bragging rights now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 there is no official height to be a skyscraper.the wiki entry is interesting though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 That's debatable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 100 meters according to emporis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky-guy Posted October 9, 2014 Author Share Posted October 9, 2014 theres no way a skyscraper is only 328' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D F W Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many floors, primarily designed for office, commercial and residential use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper and at which height it may not be considered a high-rise anymore. For buildings above a height of 300 m (984 ft), the term Supertall can be used, skyscrapers reaching beyond 600 m (1,969 ft) are classified as Megatall. After the completion of the 10-story Home Insurance Bldg in Chicago (1895) as the tallest bldg in the city the term skyscraper was used, although a 10-story bldg today may not be considered a skyscraper but a high-rise.I personally consider a high-rise would be about 30-stories or 400-ft. and a skyscraper to be above 400-ft and upto the Supertall height. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 theres no way a skyscraper is only 328'Tell that to Emporis... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 You are technically a skyscraper if you are at around 10 floors or higher. Lets remember that one of the first skyscrapers, The Wainwright Building built in Chicago, was designed by the great Louis Sullivan near the turn of last century (19th to 20th) and that was only 10 stories tall! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 10-20 stories I would consider mid rise.20+ stories I would consider a skyscraper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 10-20 stories I would consider mid rise.20+ stories I would consider a skyscraper.Mid rise is from 4 stories up to 9 or 11 stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucian Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 The Century Building was Houston' 1st skyscraper, not so much height but steel frame (steel allowed you to go higher) … L Hood-Bang had ended their partnership due to Bang wanted to use same Engineer they had been using, but Ken S "Owner" wanted to use relative/friend? so Bang said good by and Lucian said ok and did plans, to bad because Hood-Bang had found Texas multi color stone about 3' sq cut pieces, and thick because soft … I wish I knew where it was and was there any more removed for any projects ? … the B/W rendering shows the building as stand alone (do you see similar look to Times Bldg?) and no park garage added later … 2 things more … a beam being placed on top story came loose and fell to side walk …. no one was killed but everybody got sued … must have sounded like St Paul Methodist Church Bells, another time Lucian met Ken S on site to chat so I was running all over the place and got into the crane cab and pulled some levers and she started moving forward, I was worried were I should aim if it did not stop and reversed what I did and it stopped, I bailed and ran to see if my Dad or KS had seen what I did if they had I was going to kept running maybe to Galveston …. was lucky that day …. L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 that's the Central Bank Building, it was built way after two much taller buildings, The Neils Esperson Building and the Gulf Oil Building Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specwriter Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 "Skyscraper" is definitely a subjective term. Certainly the Wainwright building scraped the sky when it was new and by far the tallest structure in the area. In the past (and maybe still) a building was defined as "high-rise" for purposes of the building codes if it was 75 feet or more above the ground on which it sat. This determination was made in part because that was the limit of fire department ladder trucks IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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