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 (1,776 ft) |
2. | Central Park Tower | 472 m (1,550 ft) |
3. | Willis Tower | 442 m (1,451 ft) |
4. | 111 West 57th Street | 435 m (1,428 ft) |
5. | One Vanderbilt | 427 m (1,401 ft) |
6. | 432 Park Avenue | 426 m (1,396 ft) |
7. | Trump International Hotel and Tower | 423 m (1,389 ft) |
8. | 30 Hudson Yards | 386 m (1,268 ft) |
9. | Empire State Building | 381 m (1,250 ft) |
10. | Bank of America Tower | 366 m (1,200 ft) |
11. | St Regis Chicago | 365 m (1,198 ft) |
12. | Aon Center | 346 m (1,136 ft) |
13. | John Hancock Center | 344 m (1,127 ft) |
14. | Comcast Technology Center | 342 m 91,121 ft) |
15. | Wilshire Grand Center | 335 m (1,099 ft) |
16. | 3 World Trade Center | 329 m (1,079 ft) |
17. | Salesforce Tower | 326 m (1,070 ft) |
18. | 53W53 | 320 m (1,050 ft) |
19. | Chrysler Building | 319 m (1,046 ft) |
20. | The New York Times Building | 319 m (1,046 ft) |
