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A skyscraper is defined as a continuously habitable tall building, though there is no official height threshold. The first skyscraper was the 10-story Home Insurance Building in Chicago completed in 1885. Some of the tallest skyscrapers ever built include the Burj Khalifa in Dubai at 2,717 feet tall, the Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel in Mecca at 1,972 feet, and the Shanghai Tower in Shanghai at 2,073 feet.

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A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building. There is no official definition nor height above which a building may clearly be classified as a skyscraper. Most cities consider even a building of 262 feet a skyscraper if it projects above its built environment and changes the overall skyline. The first skyscraper was the ten-storey Home Insurance Building in Chicago, built in 18841885.
Location: Paris, France Completion Date: 1889 Cost: $1.5 million Height: 986 feet Materials: Wrought iron Engineer(s): Gustave Eiffel
Location: New York, New York, USA Completion Date: 1930 Cost: $20 million Height: 1,046 feet Stories: 77 Materials: Steel Facing Materials: Brick Engineer(s): Ralph Squire & Sons
Location: New York, New York, USA Completion Date: 1977 Cost: $175 million Height: 915 feet Stories: 59 Materials: Steel Facing Materials: Aluminum, reflective glass Engineer(s): William LeMessurier and Associates
Location: New York, New York, USA Completion Date: 1931 Cost: $41 million Height: 1,250 feet Stories: 102 Materials: Steel Facing Materials: Limestone, granite, brick Engineer(s): H.G. Balcom
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA Completion Date: 1990 Cost: $350 million Height: 1,018 feet Stories: 75 Materials: Concrete, steel Facing Materials: Granite, glass Engineer(s): CBM Engineers
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA Completion Date: 1885 (demolished in 1931) Height: 138 feet Stories: 10 Materials: Steel Facing Materials: Brick Engineer(s): William LeBaron Jenney
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA Completion Date: 1969 Height: 1,127 feet Stories: 100 Materials: Steel Facing Materials: Aluminum, glass Engineer(s): Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Completion Date: 1998 Cost: $1.6 billion Height: 1,483 feet Stories: 88 Materials: Concrete, Steel Facing Materials: Aluminum, Stainless Steel Engineer(s): ThorntonTomasetti and Ranhill Bersekutu
Location: Chicago, Illinois Completion Date: 1973 Cost: $150 million Height: 1,454 feet Stories: 110 Materials: Steel Facing Materials: Black aluminum Engineer(s): Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Location: New York, New York, USA Completion Date: 1972 (Tower One), 1973 (Tower Two) Cost: $400 million Height: 1,368 feet (Tower One), 1,362 feet (Tower Two) Stories: 110 Materials: Steel Facing Materials: Aluminum, steel Engineer(s): Skilling, Helle, Christiansen & Robertson

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  • 2. A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building. There is no official definition nor height above which a building may clearly be classified as a skyscraper. Most cities consider even a building of 262 feet a skyscraper if it projects above its built environment and changes the overall skyline. The first skyscraper was the ten-storey Home Insurance Building in Chicago, built in 18841885.
  • 3. Location: Paris, France Completion Date: 1889 Cost: $1.5 million Height: 986 feet Materials: Wrought iron Engineer(s): Gustave Eiffel
  • 4. Location: New York, New York, USA Completion Date: 1930 Cost: $20 million Height: 1,046 feet Stories: 77 Materials: Steel Facing Materials: Brick Engineer(s): Ralph Squire & Sons
  • 5. Location: New York, New York, USA Completion Date: 1977 Cost: $175 million Height: 915 feet Stories: 59 Materials: Steel Facing Materials: Aluminum, reflective glass Engineer(s): William LeMessurier and Associates
  • 6. Location: New York, New York, USA Completion Date: 1931 Cost: $41 million Height: 1,250 feet Stories: 102 Materials: Steel Facing Materials: Limestone, granite, brick Engineer(s): H.G. Balcom
  • 7. Location: Los Angeles, California, USA Completion Date: 1990 Cost: $350 million Height: 1,018 feet Stories: 75 Materials: Concrete, steel Facing Materials: Granite, glass Engineer(s): CBM Engineers
  • 8. Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA Completion Date: 1885 (demolished in 1931) Height: 138 feet Stories: 10 Materials: Steel Facing Materials: Brick Engineer(s): William LeBaron Jenney
  • 9. Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA Completion Date: 1969 Height: 1,127 feet Stories: 100 Materials: Steel Facing Materials: Aluminum, glass Engineer(s): Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
  • 10. Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Completion Date: 1998 Cost: $1.6 billion Height: 1,483 feet Stories: 88 Materials: Concrete, Steel Facing Materials: Aluminum, Stainless Steel Engineer(s): ThorntonTomasetti and Ranhill Bersekutu
  • 11. Location: Chicago, Illinois Completion Date: 1973 Cost: $150 million Height: 1,454 feet Stories: 110 Materials: Steel Facing Materials: Black aluminum Engineer(s): Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
  • 12. Location: New York, New York, USA Completion Date: 1972 (Tower One), 1973 (Tower Two) Cost: $400 million Height: 1,368 feet (Tower One), 1,362 feet (Tower Two) Stories: 110 Materials: Steel Facing Materials: Aluminum, steel Engineer(s): Skilling, Helle, Christiansen & Robertson