According to a popular definition, to be considered a “skyscraper” a building needs to be close to or even exceeding 500 feet — or over 40 floors. This was not always the case, however. Back in 1880, the definition of skyscraper was only 10 to 20 floors. As of this writing (2020 — and since 2008), the tallest building in the world is called Burj Khalifa — a skyscraper in the city of Dubai in the Middle East which stands 2717 feet high. However, at least 2 more buildings in the Middle East are either under construction or planned, each being over 4000 feet tall!
Mount Rainier towering over Seattle (tallest building shown is the Columbia Center, 933 feet — photo by Jonathan Miske from United States [CC BY-SA]
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