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Chiendemere Cumberland Skyscrapers |
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| Introduction to Skyscrapers |
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| Thank you for visiting Chiendemere Cumberland Skyscrapers. This page has an introduction to skyscrapers, starting with "What is a skyscraper?" |
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| What is a skyscraper? |
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| In basic terms, a skyscraper is any tall building. However, not every tall building is a skyscraper. Technically, a skyscraper is a high-rise building taller than 150 metres / 500 feet. Sometimes any building with over 12 floors is a deemed to be skyscraper. A skyscraper also has to have regular floors all the way up the tower |
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| Where are skyscrapers located? |
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There are skyscrapers on every continent. The continents with the most skyscrapers are: North America (the birthplace of the skyscraper), and Asia, where skyscrapers are needed due to lack of building space.
Here are some famous examples of skyscrapers in some different continents:
North America
Chrysler Building, New York (USA)
Empire State Building, New York (USA)
Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco (USA)
Europe
One Canada Square, London (United Kingdom)
Commerzbank, Frankfurt (Germany)
Swiss RE Tower, London (United Kingdom)
Asia
Petronas Towers, Kualar Lumpar (Malaysia)
Jin Maio Tower, Shanghai (China)
Taipei 101, Taipei (Taiwan)
Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong (China)
Oceania
Rialto Towers, Melbourne (Australia)
Citigroup Centre, Sydney (Australia) |
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| Skyscraper Capitals |
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| Just as the world has financial and tourism capitals, there are also cities which claim to be the skyscraper capitals. The main skyscraper capitals of the world are generally regarded to be: New York, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Each continent has a city which they might call their 'skyscraper capital', as well as the principle world ones. In Europe, Frankfurt is generally seen as the skyscraper capital, closely followed by London. In South America, Sao Paulo; in North America, New York and Chicago; in Oceania, Sydney and Melbourne; in Asia, Hong Kong and Shanghai; and lastly, in Africa, Johannesburg and Nairobi. |
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| Where can I find out more about skyscrapers? |
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If you want to find out more about skyscrapers, please have a look through my site, or try some of the links below to some great skyscraper websites!
Emporis Skyscrapers - www.emporis.com
Skyscraper News - www.skyscrapernews.com
UK Skyscrapers - www.ukskyscrapers.com
European skyscrapers - www.europeanskyscrapers.tk
Birmingham Highrise - www.geocities.com/birmingham_highrise
Skyscraperpicture - www.skyscraperpicture.com |
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| Returrn to Skyscrapers contents |
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Home - Buildings and infrastructure - Skyscrapers - Cities - Language pages - Other pages |
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Do you have any questions, comments or corrections? If so, you can e-mail me on:
[email protected] |
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Thankyou for visiting |
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Chiendemere Cumberland 2004 |
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