Willis Tower | |
---|---|
Height | 527m |
Floors | 108 |
Year | 1974 |
City | Chicago |
The Willis Tower (formerly and informally: Sears Tower, its title until 2009) is a 110-story, 1,450-foot (442.1 m) skyscraper in Chicago. At completion in 1973, it surpassed the World Trade Center in New York City to become the tallest building in the world, a title that it held for nearly 25 years; it was also the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere for 41 years, before the new One World Trade Center surpassed it in 2013. While it held the title of'Tallest Office Building' before 2013, it dropped the title of'Tallest Man-Made Construction' after only 3 decades. The CN Tower in Toronto, which functions as a communications tower, took over the title in 1976.
The Willis Tower is considered a seminal accomplishment for engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan. It is currently the third-tallest construction in the USA and the Western hemisphere -- and the 23rd-tallest in the world.
Emirates Hotel Tower | |
---|---|
Height | 261m |
Floors | 56 |
Year | 2000 |
City | Dubai |
Jumeirah Emirates Hotel Tower, also known as Emirates Tower Two, is a 52-level Resort in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The hotel includes 40 luxury suites and is operated by Jumeirah Group. Connected with the Emirates Office Tower by a retail boulevard, the two towers form the Emirates Towers complex. At a structural height of 309 m (1,014 ft), Emirates Towers Hotel is the smaller of the two sister towers. It ranks as the 48th-tallest building in the world. It's the world's third-tallest all-hotel building. Construction was completed on 15 April 2000. Source: WikipediaJeddah Tower (Arabic: ??? ????), previously called Kingdom Tower (??? ???????), is a stalled...
The Prime Tower, also called'Maag-Tower' in a previous stage of preparation, is a skyscraper in...
Eureka Tower is a 297.3 m (975 feet ) skyscraper located in the Southbank precinct of Melbourne,...
The Washington Monument is an obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Constructed to...