World Skyscraper Day

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Dates of World Skyscraper Day
2026 InternationalSep 3 International Thu, Sep 3Observances Holiday 2025 InternationalSep 3 International Wed, Sep 3Observances Holiday 2024 InternationalSep 3 International Tue, Sep 3Observances Holiday 2023 InternationalSep 3 International Sun, Sep 3Observances Holiday 2022 InternationalSep 3 International Sat, Sep 3Observances Holiday
Summary
September 3rd is the global commemorative day for skyscrapers

Skyscrapers are a real decoration of big cities, but they have existed for only 130 years. In crowded areas, where there is little land space, such buildings are also quite effective. The date was not chosen by chance. 

September 3rd was chosen as the date for this commemorative day because it was the birthday of architect Louis H. Sullivan, who has been called the "father of skyscrapers" and was widely considered to have designed the first ones.

The world's first skyscraper is generally considered to be the Home Insurance Building in Chicago. It was built in 1885 and was 10 stories tall -- an impressive height back then -- and stood out as well for having a frame of metal, rather than being built primarily from stone. An addition in 1890 later gave another two stories to the Home Insurance Building.

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The Top 10 tallest buildings

	Building	City	Country	Metres	Feet	Floors
1	Burj Khalifa	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	828	2,717	163
2	Shanghai Tower	Shanghai	China	632	2,073	128
3	Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower	Mecca	Saudi Arabia	601	1,971	120
4	Ping An Finance Center	Shenzhen	China	599	1,965	115
5	Lotte World Tower	Seoul	South Korea	554.5	1,819	123
6	One World Trade Center	New York City	United States	541.3	1,776	104
7	Guangzhou CTF Finance Center	Guangzhou	China	530	1,739	111
8	Tianjin CTF Finance Center	Tianjin		530	1,739	98
9	China Zun	Beijing		528	1,732	108
10	Taipei 101	Taipei	Taiwan	508	1,667	101

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