Skyscrappers Competition

Skyscrapers

A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building. There is no official definition or height above which a building may clearly be classified as a skyscraper. Most cities define the term empirically; even a building of 80 m (260 ft) may be considered a skyscraper if it protrudes above its built environment and changes the overall skyline.

Momentum in setting records passed from the United States to other nations with the opening of the PETRONAS Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 1998. The record for world's tallest building remained in Asia with the opening of Taipei 101 in Taipei, Taiwan, in 2004. A number of architectural records, including those of the world's tallest building and tallest free-standing structure, moved to the Middle East with the opening of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Today

Today, skyscrapers are an increasingly common sight where land is expensive, as in the centers of big cities, because they provide such a high ratio of rentable floor space per unit area of land. They are built not just for economy of space; like temples and palaces of the past, skyscrapers are considered symbols of a city's economic power. Not only do they define the skyline, they help to define the city's identity.

Supertall towers

At the time Taipei 101 broke the half-kilometer mark in height, it was already technically possible to build structures towering over a kilometer above the ground. Proposals for such structures have been put forward, including the Mile-High Tower to be built in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and Burj Mubarak Al Kabir in Kuwait. Kilometer-plus structures present architectural challenges that may eventually place them in a new architectural category.

Skyscrapers are becoming more popular today, they are becoming the identity of the countries & places. World's top three skyscrapers took place in Asia, India is planning to built skyscrapers in future & aims to become the 2nd nation to have 2nd largest skyscraper in the World. According to Islam it is one of the many indications of the day of Resurrection is near if there is competition in making the tallest building of the worlds.