A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Modern sources currently define skyscrapers as being at least 100 metres or 150 metres in height, though there is no universally accepted definition. Skyscrapers are very tall high-rise buildings. Historically, the term first referred to buildings with between 10 and 20 stories when these types of buildings began to be constructed in the 1880s. Skyscrapers may host offices, hotels, residential spaces, and retail spaces.
Here are the top 20 tallest buildings in the United States.
Rank | Building | Height |
1. | One World Trade Center | 541 m (1,776Â ft) |
2. | Central Park Tower | 472 m (1,550Â ft) |
3. | Willis Tower | 442 m (1,451Â ft) |
4. | 111 West 57th Street | 435 m (1,428Â ft) |
5. | One Vanderbilt | 427 m (1,401Â ft) |
6. | 432 Park Avenue | 426 m (1,396Â ft) |
7. | Trump International Hotel and Tower | 423 m (1,389Â ft) |
8. | 30 Hudson Yards | 386 m (1,268Â ft) |
9. | Empire State Building | 381 m (1,250Â ft) |
10. | Bank of America Tower | 366 m (1,200Â ft) |
11. | St Regis Chicago | 365 m (1,198Â ft) |
12. | Aon Center | 346 m (1,136Â ft) |
13. | John Hancock Center | 344 m (1,127Â ft) |
14. | Comcast Technology Center | 342 m 91,121Â ft) |
15. | Wilshire Grand Center | 335 m (1,099Â ft) |
16. | 3 World Trade Center | 329 m (1,079Â ft) |
17. | Salesforce Tower | 326 m (1,070Â ft) |
18. | 53W53 | 320 m (1,050Â ft) |
19. | Chrysler Building | 319 m (1,046Â ft) |
20. | The New York Times Building | 319 m (1,046Â ft) |
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