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2. List of architects of supertall buildings - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of architects who have designed, completed, or topped-out skyscrapers over 300 m (980 ft) tall ... Firm Architect Building City Country Source(s) 5+design:

3. Webbed belt - Wikipedia

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   Two webbed belts, one fastened. A webbed belt , military belt , or skater belt is a type of belt , normally made of webbing , distinguished by its belt buckle design and lack of holes in the cord, which is usually found in other belts where a pin is used as the fastening mechanism in the belt buckle.

4. List of tallest buildings in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Tallest building in the world from 1931 until 1972; tallest man-made structure in the world 1931–1967; first building in the world to contain over 100 floors. Tallest building constructed in the world in the 1930s. [31] [32] Bank of America Tower: New York City: 1,200 ft (366 m) 55 2009 9th-tallest building in New York City. [33] [34] St ...

5. List of buildings with 100 floors or more - Wikipedia

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   100: 403 m (1,322 ft) Designed in the 1920s as a 100-story skyscraper that would have been the tallest building in the world. Due to the stock market crash of 1929 and onset of the Great Depression, construction was halted at floor 29 in 1933. There is some speculation as to whether Metropolitan Life really intended to finish the 100-story ...

6. Sliver building - Wikipedia

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   A sliver building is a tall building constructed on a lot with a narrow frontage, more specifically in New York City, 45 feet (14 m) or less that is taller than other buildings on the same street. Since the mid-1980s, one of the most remarkable advances in tall building design has been their construction to unprecedented slenderness ratios ...

7. Skyscraper - Wikipedia

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   Burnham and Root's 45 m (148 ft) Rand McNally Building in Chicago, 1889, was the first all-steel framed skyscraper, [32] while Louis Sullivan's 41 m (135 ft) Wainwright Building in St. Louis, Missouri, 1891, was the first steel-framed building with soaring vertical bands to emphasize the height of the building and is therefore considered to be ...