1. they built so high, because then more people can live on one place.
2. because then the people are closer to heaven.
3. because then airplains can easier crash into them :)
4. because they like to have some earth food in heaven :)
Termites are able to build towers as high as a giraffe.
Architects don't "build" skyscrapers, they design them. Give credit where credit is due, IronWorkers build skyscrapers.
California experiences earthquakes frequently as compared to other States. Skyscrapers are more vulnerable to the shaking during an earthquake than shorter buildings. So they don't build as high in California.
Because Japan has a very small landmass and very big population. There just isn't enough land in Japan to build houses all over. So the only alternative is to build upwards. Hence why Japan is full of very high apartments. These apartments have to be tremor-proof because Japan is within an earthquake zone.
Their all so so so tall, their high up in the sky, sky scrapper
Steel made it possible to build Skyscrapers. Answer "construction of skyscrapers"
Skyscrapers came about due to a lack of land in two of America's largest cities, New York and Chicago. This lack of space created high land values and made it financially viable to build upwards. This led to a race between the two cities to build the tallest building and thus the skyscraper was born.
Supportive steel frames were developed .
The electric elevator, water pressure, and steel.
no, but they are so high that people claim that they do touch the sky, which they don't. They just reach so high! First you would have to define at what height the sky begins
Europe has a combination of historical preservation efforts, strict building regulations, and limited space in city centers that make it challenging to construct skyscrapers.
The architect had built two skyscrapers before he built the museum.