The tallest buildings in the world since 1900
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 มิ.ย. 2024
- If we had to choose what could best define the past 20th century, surely among our options would be the century in which buildings wanted to reach the sky and people the stars. Here we are going to focus on the former, which is closely related to the latter, and by the way, we will briefly touch on that thorny issue of the CTBUH criteria about what determines the height of a building.
I hope you enjoy it!
#comparison #skyscraper #building #citiesskylines
00:00 Introduction
00:35 Park Row Building
01:08 Philadelphia City Hall
01:41 Singer Building
02:15 Metropolitan Life Tower
02:48 Woolworth Building
03:21 Manhattan Company Building
03:54 Chrysler Building
04:27 Empire State Building
05:00 WTC Twin Towers
05:34 Sears Tower
06:07 Petronas Towers
06:40 Taipei 101
07:14 Burj Khalifa
07:47 First criterion of the CTBUH
08:22 Second criterion of the CTBUH
08:52 Third criterion of the CTBUH.
09:36 Outro
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The WTC was so unique in that it is the only one of these that doesn't get thinner and more pointed as you go up. Same width from bottom to top and right next to each other. It was such a unique and bold design that dominated the NY skyline. It's so sad that we'll never see them standing again
And the small windows were masked by the massive gray steel columns, giving the impression of it being even more massive and bigger. I really miss those buildings.
The criterion should be based on the ability of King Kong to scale it. I think the Burj Kalifa has been designed to be virtually Kong proof, with all those slippery sides, but I am sure he would attempt it, muttering as he slogs his way to the top, 'Are these confounding towers getting bigger or am I getting smaller?'
Bruh the Petronas twin towers are shorter than the Sears tower :/
It was a cotriversal moove but the telecom antennas on the tower were added later after the building was finnished. And werent part of the buldings structure. Meanwhile the petronas towers came with a spire in mind and the spire was just a bit taller than the original design of the towers...
@@Srbio1nice spelling bro 👍
I think sears tower is taller cuz of occupied floors
The sears tower is shorter then the World Trade Center
Um actually the Petronas towers are taller because they Sears towers has antennas which are removable so the towers are taller ☝️🤓
It's my opinion that antennas are no different than raising your arm above your head and saying "I'm taller than you".
If the Antennas don't have any sort of architectural flair or design to them, and are purely functional, they shouldn't count.
There was a proposed shell designed for the New One World Trade Center but it was never added.
Yep, agreed. An aerial is an appendage, not part of the structure of the building. Lets take the old aerials off the Sears Tower and put new ones on that are 400 feet taller. Now it's the tallest building again. Rubbish.
I personally go by roof height for skyscrapers
The Darth Vader of skyscrapers 😂. Sears tower has always been my favorite building. It looks so cool and unique. Much of the inspiration came from a pack of smokes 🚬
Because it's black?
Wow that video was REALLY GOOOOOOOOOD!! You goy in sooooo much detail!! And the editing is amazing!!!!!!!!
😊Wow! Thank you very much! I'm really glad you liked it, and coming from you, who takes such good care of the editing, it means a lot to me.
The Chrysler building is my favorite of all. I simply love Art Deco.
My personal belief has always been that the 3rd criterium is the appropriate one. If a helicopter can actually fly into it, then it doesn't matter if it's an antenna, or spire, or flag pole, etc. It's a tangible part of the building that actually exists and in reality increases the height of the building.
In fact, from 2005 onwards, the needles and antennas now count, so technically the Sears Tower became the tallest building in the world until the inauguration of the Burj Khalifa.
@@AlamBree.Which means the Sears Tower still dwarfs the Freedom Tower
@@bradyryan5105 No the freedom tower is sill taller as the antenna of the sears tower only goes to 1729 feet while the freedom tower is 1792 feet
@@gregmiller8796 1776 ft 😉
Is this a pro Palestine message?
Nice video. Woolworth is really beautiful, but my favorit is and always will be the Empire State Building.
I’ve heard somewhere that the very tip of the North Tower of the World Trade Center was actually 1,730ft. If the criteria for the tallest building was based on height to architectural tip, the North Tower would’ve been the tallest in the world until the Burj Khalifa. Thus the Sears Tower would’ve never been the tallest, standing at 1,729ft
Maybe, but since a challenge cannot be verified we can only speculate. It would have been far better to still have the tower than to than have it retain its tallest title.
'I’ve heard somewhere' aka in this video 2 minutes ago
Even thougbhe litterally said wtc north was 1728 to the tip.
@@CheeseMiserMant sources say the North Tower of the WTC was actually 1730 ft to the tip
@@nboceanlinerhistory good for it
Congratulations, Magnitudes on your channel surpassing on its own yt hights milestone with the first 1K+ subscribers! May there be many, many more thousands to come.
Oh, thank you very much. And if that happens, may it be so that you continue to enjoy it as well. 😊
For me it's always been highest occupied floor space including building systems and maintenance areas such as the 103rd floor of the Empire State Building and even rooftop observatories as in the World Trade Center.
Thank you for calling it the SEARS Tower not that other name!
It’s the Willis tower
Not if you live in Chicago!!😂@@aaronharman5431
@@aaronharman5431 Willis merely pays $1 mil a yr for naming rights. Its naming rights end in 2025 though it has a renwal available in its contract. United Airlines is currently the largest tenant in the building and it could have naming rights. Unlikely solely over it pays already $1mil for naming rights of a Chicago sports stadium United Center where its basketball franchise plays and Hockey franchise of the Blackhawks.
If it got no takers to continue paying $1mil yearly for the rights. It would revert to its address as the former John Hancock Center did as another supertall in Chicago built before Sears.... or it could take back the "Sears" moniker as a GIFT to the city that prefers it remain "SEARS TOWER"
@@aaronharman5431Willis tower you mean
Who even calls it the Willis tower.
I don't think I even lived through the name change but I'd still call it the SEARS tower. Miss their stores...
Sears tower is the most beautiful building ever
Yes definitely, it's very intimidating in person, I've seen it a few times visiting Chicago, looking at it right in front of you, it's so huge! Looking straight up to the top, from the ground, it's an amazing building, I love the design of it.
@@Mrd9960 yeah my cousin works in it. I was in her office a few times and it was so beautiful
Great video
It's a crime that so many magnificent buildings in NYC and across the country were demolished due to greed, Singer building, old Madison Square Garden, Old Penn Station, City Investing Building, Crystal Palace. Every time I see pictures of those building my heart breaks, NYC would've been so much better with these structures
Twin towers?
WTC 7?
The Singer Building may well have been structurally unsafe by now. Reinforced concrete has a remarkably short lifespan even if maintained, owing to the tendency of rebar to rust within the concrete despite the best efforts of architects, leading to these buildings generally not lasting very long.
Great overview! Personally I think floor height should be the standard for building height. Burj Khalifa has a lot of decorative height.
Thank You! I also think that would be the most correct.
I agree. Number of usable floors and their height should be the standard.
nice!
I’m always confused, even from used floors to the spire, how is the tower in Malaysia taller then the sears and twin towers, so confused !
Because these 3 criterias mentioned are used all at the same time with absolutely no reason why and when to.
The Petronas towers never belonged on the list. They were always cheater buildings.
I love this video
¡Hola Magnitudes! 😀 Hace poco me suscribí a tu canal, ¡está muy chulo! 😎 Me ha gustado esta comparativa entre los edificios más altos; mi favorito es el Empire State Building, ¡aunque el Burj Khalifa impresiona! 😲 Nosotros aquí en Valladolid solo tenemos un rascacielos, el Edificio Duque de Lerma, que además tiene la misma altura que el Flatiron Building de Nueva York 🗽. Así que si puedes en algún vídeo intercambiar ambos edificios estaría bien, no desentonarían 😁
¡Un saludo!! 🤗🤗
¡Hola, javier! Gracias por tu amable valoración 🙂. Me voy a tomar nota de lo que propones, y a lo largo de 2024 intentaré hacerlo. Un muy cordial saludo.
@@Magnitudxthank you so much for creating this channel. This is EXACTLY what I've been waiting on for years ! This is absolutely amazing!!!
Wow! Thank you very much! I'm really glad you liked it.
Great visuals. Keep it up!
I can believe city hall in Philly has 14 acres of interior space, having been lost in there more than once.
😄
The US built the tallest buildings with beautiful architecture.
Asia built those to compete each others to whom will have the tallest
Now do the tallest future skyscrapers!
Oh thank u!! Taipei 101 is my favorite current skyscraper!!!❤❤ love it!
Where did you get these models from?
I think height should be measured by roof height. By highest occupied floor, if a new skyscraper has no occupied floors (because it’s new) but is much higher than another skyscraper it would be smaller by occupied floor. If a skyscraper is measured by highest point then an antenna can completely change the ranking such as the Willis tower and Petronas towers controversy. By measuring it by roof height, it is the midway point between Highest occupied floor and highest point.
The Burj Khalifa at 2,722 feet tall is about 1000 feet taller than the 2nd tallest on the list.
Yes, it's true.
Wait….I’m about to turn a cartwheel!!
I think it's because Sears tower ( Willis tower)are built in 1970 and Petronas is 1993 but that doesn't make any sense
the antenna count as part of the building. wtc for example, if a 737 can fly into the antenna, then it is part of the building.
Highest occupiable floor is the only thing that should matter. If a person cannot get up there without a safety harness and stand there then it is not a useable part of the building. These dumb hundred feet spires to pretend your building is taller than it is are dumb.
Spires should be irrelevant in building height
I gave you a like just for the proper use of the word "criterion."
Everyone try not to mention 9/11 upon hearing wtc twin towers(difficulty impossible)
What about the NEW WTC in NYC?
when it was built, it wasn’t the tallest building in the world, which is why it isn’t featured here. The old twin towers reigned as tallest until the sears tower was finished. That’s why you saw the twins but not the 1wtc
@@jadennguyen2852 1 WTC was the North Tower of the Twin Towers, with the antenna in lieu of the observation deck.
Nada será tão lindo e imponente quanto as torres gêmeas do World Trade Center. Não é o tamanho em si que define o conceito de "maior"
Nice use of blue numbers against blue sky so we can all clearly see height in meters...
The first man made structure was the tallest structure of its time
vas a crecer como top luxury , podrías comparar edificios de perú en otras ciudades , no son altos pero como se verían 🤗💫
Bueno, gracias por los ánimos, pero me conformo con mucho menos 🙂. Con lo de los edificios en Perú y con otros países de Latinoamérica tengo el problema de que Google Earth no cuenta con elevación 3D, y es algo que utilizo para los fondos. Lo que sí puedo hacer algún día es comparar edificios conocidos de Lima, por ejemplo, con otros de Perú o de otro país. Con el tiempo ya iremos haciendo cosas. Un saludo, Jorge.
@@Magnitudx gracias hermano 👌👌
I know the Woolworth Building because it was mentioned in 12 Angry Men.
i watched this at 2x speed with the Better Call Saul theme in the background... It fits too well
Why would the Tipai 1 not be taller than those other smaller buildings??
Almost any tower taller than the Sears/Willis Tower is unnecessary. Most were built by middle-income Asian countries with something to prove. Like someone who buys a sports car as soon as he can remotely afford it, even if it doesn't mean he's rich.
Should do dallas
Make a video of Seoul, South Korea
My teacher actually told us about that day where those 2 giants were destroyed. He doesn't know about this day and its not his fault. When it happened, his mother did not want him to see it. Im surprised he still knows this day. Even 1993.
I wish there was a 4th criteria that measures the roof and not just the top floor.
where's the roof on a pyramid?
@@LittleMissSmallPawthe top
@@antonioguglielmetti2661 where's the roof of Burj Khalifa then?
Tower merdeka 118 PNB in kl🇲🇾.
Isn’t an antenna a spire? LOL
Is this script and voice AI? It sounds weird at times 🤔
Or maybe Willis is short than Petronas I'm not an expert but Willis is 1,450 and Petronas are 1,483 ft
Where is the CN tower
ai voiceovers are everywhere and so annoying. like are people too shy to do their own voice over or are they just lazy
Yeah I was suspicious with it sounding robotic. I realized the script was AI too when it said "at the risk of sounding inappropriate, the Woolworth building is my favorite". Why would having a personal favorite building be inappropriate? Unless I'm completely missing something, it sounds like one of those AI script blunders that make it sound really awkward.
Little disappointed the CN tower was not in this which makes me question the legitimacy of this video…
It should be the highest occupiable floor. Period.
Lmao 🚫Freedom Tower TWIN TOWERS 💪
I think another relevent criteria is HIGHEST VIEWING GALLERY POINT open to every-day tourists (no special treatment to reach special places)
If this were the criteria i am not confident the Burj Khalifa would still be TOP
The one you suggest is not a criterion to discard, at least to be part of those accepted by the CTBUH. And indeed, in the case you propose, the Burj Khalifa would lose its first place to the Shanghai Tower.
What about the new 1WTC?
At no point has the One World been the tallest building in the world, and that is the requirement to be on this video's list.
Oh yeah, that’s right. My bad. Great video btw.
What about 1 world trade center????
Arabs: ima end this man's whole career.
Is that reference to building or destroying skyscrapers?
@@InqvisitorMagnvsNope! Hes reffering totally to the jeddah tower
119 m isnt even a skyscraper
The Petronas Tower isnt even taller than the Sears Tower in any metric. Even the tallest habitable floor is shorter than the Sears Tower.
Such BS. The Sears tower is taller than the Petronas. They should never have been able to take the tallest title.
he forgot the majority of the towers, like the towers in Saudi Arabia and Qatar
Subtract 220 stories as penalty for the two towers destroyed by them.
Iconic petronas twin tower KL Malaysia 🇲🇾
The Patronus Towers were never the tallest.
These illustrations are not exactly to scale.
They are, but I'm curious to know what makes you think that. If you're referring to the video thumbnail, I could understand it because the perspective might make it seem that way, but if you've watched the video, I would like to know what leads you to make the statements you're making.
I was looking at the roof of 1 World Trade compared to the tip of the Empire State Building's antenna. That spire should be nearly 100 ft higher, but it doesn't appear that way in the video. They appear almost the same height. Correct me if I'm wrong. It@@Magnitudx
Personal opinion. A building´s height should be meassured to the tip not to the top floor or "tallest habitable area".
One World Trade Center doesn’t make the cut ?
Well, the Petronas Twin Towers are still the tallest twin building in the world to this date 🤷♂