Skyscraper Day 2023: Skyscraper Day is celebrated on September 3 to mark the anniversary of the birth of Louis H. Sullivan. He is known as the ‘Father of Skyscrapers’.
Twinkle Updated: September 3, 2023 at 10:56 IST
Happy World Skyscraper Day 2023
Skyscraper Day 2023: Skyscraper Day is celebrated every year on September 3. The day honors and appreciates tall architectural marvels to mark the anniversary of the birth of Louis H. Sullivan, also known as the ‘Father of Skyscrapers’. These skyscrapers from the Burj Khalifa to the Empire State Building are symbols of our urban progress. All superstructures symbolize human ingenuity and shape human ambition that embraces the world.
Skyscraper Day 2023 focuses on the theme “Go ahead and try to knock me down, I’ll rise from the ground.” Take a moment to admire these towering giants and appreciate the workers and their skills behind the wondrous creature.
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Interesting facts about the skyscrapers of the world
- Skyscrapers are not always extremely tall buildings. The word has been used over the years to refer to various things. The Tall Man (1857) and the Tall Cap or Hat (1800) are a few examples.
- A skyscraper can be called a building that has at least 40 floors or is higher than 150 meters or 492 meters. Well, this threshold was limited to 10 floors in the 19th century.
- There are requirements for buildings above 300 meters or 984 feet and 600 meters or 1969 feet. They are Supertall and Megatall.
- The 138-foot-tall 10-story Home Insurance Building in Chicago, Illinois was the world’s first skyscraper built in 1885.
- Burj Khalifa is noted as the tallest building in the world in 2020. However, the Kingdom Tower under construction will beat the skyscraper of Saudi Arabia. It will have a height of more than one kilometer or 3,307 feet and will cost about 1.2 billion dollars.
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- Bigger than any other metropolis, Hong Kong has 308 skyscrapers. New York is in second place, then Dubai, then Shanghai. The first five are completed by Chicago and Tokyo, who are tied with 116 points each.
- The first building in the world with over 100 floors, the Empire State Building, took more than 410 days. While the currently tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, took 2185 days, five times more.
- Louis H. Sullivan, known as the ‘Father of Skyscrapers’, designed the first tall building. To celebrate his love and dedication to towers, September 3rd is Skyscraper Day.
- The Tower of Babel in Tokyo in 1992 was the largest building ever conceived. If ever built, it would cost 3 quadrillion yen and house about 30 million people.
- A 57-story skyscraper was built in China in just 19 days. The skyscraper construction job used 2,736 modular units and assembled them at an incredible rate of three floors every day.
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Skyscrapers have great importance in the urban world. These tall buildings signify engineering prowess and a commitment to standing out in the world by overcoming the boundaries of design and construction. Their priority is sustainability, they contribute to economic growth and attract tourists by instilling civic pride.
Happy Skyscraper Day!!
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