The tallest buildings in the world since 1900

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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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@EWH815 8 ай бұрын

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

@h_enrix_92 6 ай бұрын

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.

@willhemmings 7 ай бұрын

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?'

@chadjackson7015 8 ай бұрын

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 🚬

@dray7276 2 ай бұрын

Because it's black?

@oscartapia1409 8 ай бұрын

Bruh the Petronas twin towers are shorter than the Sears tower :/

@Srbio1 8 ай бұрын

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...

@penguiniamc 8 ай бұрын

@@Srbio1nice spelling bro 👍

@evilchocolatedoge155 8 ай бұрын

I think sears tower is taller cuz of occupied floors

@Lubeaut 8 ай бұрын

The sears tower is shorter then the World Trade Center

@_Sunny-Avgeek24 8 ай бұрын

Um actually the Petronas towers are taller because they Sears towers has antennas which are removable so the towers are taller ☝️🤓

@doodledangernoodle2517 8 ай бұрын

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.

@tonywillans7556 8 ай бұрын

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.

@oliversworldofimagination8663 8 ай бұрын

I personally go by roof height for skyscrapers

@ctntelevisionnetwork8738 9 ай бұрын

Wow that video was REALLY GOOOOOOOOOD!! You goy in sooooo much detail!! And the editing is amazing!!!!!!!!

@Magnitudx 9 ай бұрын

😊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.

@Disco-Mike 8 ай бұрын

The Chrysler building is my favorite of all. I simply love Art Deco.

@roccobierman4985 9 ай бұрын

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.

@AlamBree. 9 ай бұрын

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.

@bradyryan5105 8 ай бұрын

@@AlamBree.Which means the Sears Tower still dwarfs the Freedom Tower

@gregmiller8796 8 ай бұрын

@@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

@bradyryan5105 8 ай бұрын

@@gregmiller8796 1776 ft 😉

@SarahThornton-nu4sf 8 ай бұрын

Is this a pro Palestine message?

@Husky5277 8 ай бұрын

Sears tower is the most beautiful building ever

@Mrd9960 8 ай бұрын

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.

@Husky5277 8 ай бұрын

@@Mrd9960 yeah my cousin works in it. I was in her office a few times and it was so beautiful

@BroadwayLTDProductions 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for calling it the SEARS Tower not that other name!

@aaronharman5431 8 ай бұрын

It’s the Willis tower

@michaelmichniak127 8 ай бұрын

Not if you live in Chicago!!😂@@aaronharman5431

@davidw7 8 ай бұрын

@@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"

@Punkster556 8 ай бұрын

@@aaronharman5431Willis tower you mean

@SergioPop-po7ni 8 ай бұрын

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...

@nboceanlinerhistory 9 ай бұрын

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

@Bluenote.19 9 ай бұрын

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.

@LittleMissSmallPaw 8 ай бұрын

'I’ve heard somewhere' aka in this video 2 minutes ago

@CheeseMiser 8 ай бұрын

Even thougbhe litterally said wtc north was 1728 to the tip.

@nboceanlinerhistory 8 ай бұрын

@@CheeseMiserMant sources say the North Tower of the WTC was actually 1730 ft to the tip

@CheeseMiser 8 ай бұрын

@@nboceanlinerhistory good for it

@_haze__5684 9 ай бұрын

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.

@Magnitudx 9 ай бұрын

Oh, thank you very much. And if that happens, may it be so that you continue to enjoy it as well. 😊

@yb9639 3 ай бұрын

Great video

@sergei5106 8 ай бұрын

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

@Adogwithinternet69 8 ай бұрын

Twin towers?

@riku2700 8 ай бұрын

WTC 7?

@unconventionalideas5683 Ай бұрын

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.

@brenthill3241 7 ай бұрын

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.

@caljucotcas 8 ай бұрын

nice!

@potts995 9 ай бұрын

Great overview! Personally I think floor height should be the standard for building height. Burj Khalifa has a lot of decorative height.

@Magnitudx 9 ай бұрын

Thank You! I also think that would be the most correct.

@the23rdbryan 8 ай бұрын

I agree. Number of usable floors and their height should be the standard.

@LondonUnderground186 8 ай бұрын

I love this video

@motorwolfe 8 ай бұрын

I can believe city hall in Philly has 14 acres of interior space, having been lost in there more than once.

@Magnitudx 8 ай бұрын

😄

@javiervll8077 9 ай бұрын

¡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!! 🤗🤗

@Magnitudx 9 ай бұрын

¡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.

@soulerflare7 8 ай бұрын

@@Magnitudxthank you so much for creating this channel. This is EXACTLY what I've been waiting on for years ! This is absolutely amazing!!!

@Magnitudx 8 ай бұрын

Wow! Thank you very much! I'm really glad you liked it.

@RokSkywalker 9 ай бұрын

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 !

@LittleMissSmallPaw 8 ай бұрын

Because these 3 criterias mentioned are used all at the same time with absolutely no reason why and when to.

@Novusod 8 ай бұрын

The Petronas towers never belonged on the list. They were always cheater buildings.

@LondonUnderground186 8 ай бұрын

The US built the tallest buildings with beautiful architecture. Asia built those to compete each others to whom will have the tallest

@Alexis.Pineda 8 ай бұрын

Great visuals. Keep it up!

@razvandobos9759 7 ай бұрын

Now do the tallest future skyscrapers!

@Novusod 8 ай бұрын

Where did you get these models from?

@viktors6413 8 ай бұрын

Nice video. Woolworth is really beautiful, but my favorit is and always will be the Empire State Building.

@eduardoteixeira3280 8 ай бұрын

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"

@winthrop2005 8 ай бұрын

Wait….I’m about to turn a cartwheel!!

@teamok1025 8 ай бұрын

Everyone try not to mention 9/11 upon hearing wtc twin towers(difficulty impossible)

@markrdavis5368 2 ай бұрын

The Burj Khalifa at 2,722 feet tall is about 1000 feet taller than the 2nd tallest on the list.

@Magnitudx 2 ай бұрын

Yes, it's true.

@jadoyon 8 ай бұрын

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.

@davemaglish247 13 күн бұрын

I thought the Sears Tower was the raining champ much longer than it was given credit for. it never did rely on antennas for additional height.I'm still not sure why antennas are included for building size.

@hpoqou 8 ай бұрын

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.

@staringcorgi6475 8 ай бұрын

Spires should be irrelevant in building height

@toxdazcubing 8 ай бұрын

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.

@starcatcult2603 8 ай бұрын

I think it's because Sears tower ( Willis tower)are built in 1970 and Petronas is 1993 but that doesn't make any sense

@Vernon1176 9 ай бұрын

Oh thank u!! Taipei 101 is my favorite current skyscraper!!!❤❤ love it!

@jorgesebastian8338 9 ай бұрын

vas a crecer como top luxury , podrías comparar edificios de perú en otras ciudades , no son altos pero como se verían 🤗💫

@Magnitudx 9 ай бұрын

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.

@jorgesebastian8338 9 ай бұрын

@@Magnitudx gracias hermano 👌👌

@user-tz5ck1xy5u 8 ай бұрын

I gave you a like just for the proper use of the word "criterion."

@kristijanjovanovic4131 8 ай бұрын

Nice use of blue numbers against blue sky so we can all clearly see height in meters...

@toddkurzbard 8 ай бұрын

What about the NEW WTC in NYC?

@jadennguyen2852 8 ай бұрын

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

@InqvisitorMagnvs 8 ай бұрын

@@jadennguyen2852 1 WTC was the North Tower of the Twin Towers, with the antenna in lieu of the observation deck.

@Nonamearisto 8 ай бұрын

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.

@JohnSmith-hd2tl 8 ай бұрын

I know the Woolworth Building because it was mentioned in 12 Angry Men.

@user-gw2ov6xz7s 8 ай бұрын

i watched this at 2x speed with the Better Call Saul theme in the background... It fits too well

@NoOneRemembersMe 8 ай бұрын

The first man made structure was the tallest structure of its time

@Cdr1ck 8 ай бұрын

Should do dallas

@SomebodySomeone-xh9kv 9 ай бұрын

Make a video of Seoul, South Korea

@antonioguglielmetti2661 8 ай бұрын

I wish there was a 4th criteria that measures the roof and not just the top floor.

@LittleMissSmallPaw 8 ай бұрын

where's the roof on a pyramid?

@antonioguglielmetti2661 8 ай бұрын

@@LittleMissSmallPawthe top

@LittleMissSmallPaw 8 ай бұрын

@@antonioguglielmetti2661 where's the roof of Burj Khalifa then?

@Thomas-ry8xq Ай бұрын

Why would the Tipai 1 not be taller than those other smaller buildings??

@S.11Ayers730 8 ай бұрын

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.

@starcatcult2603 8 ай бұрын

Or maybe Willis is short than Petronas I'm not an expert but Willis is 1,450 and Petronas are 1,483 ft

@hanrymark336 Ай бұрын

Tower merdeka 118 PNB in kl🇲🇾.

@southpuddle 8 ай бұрын

Isn’t an antenna a spire? LOL

@brandon5059 8 ай бұрын

Little disappointed the CN tower was not in this which makes me question the legitimacy of this video…

@klax001 8 ай бұрын

Is this script and voice AI? It sounds weird at times 🤔

@aaronvenn8660 8 ай бұрын

It should be the highest occupiable floor. Period.

@tokxaVR Ай бұрын

Where is the CN tower

@APerson-ni1gb 8 ай бұрын

Lmao 🚫Freedom Tower TWIN TOWERS 💪

@El__Mosquito 8 ай бұрын

Arabs: ima end this man's whole career.

@InqvisitorMagnvs 8 ай бұрын

Is that reference to building or destroying skyscrapers?

@KLTRF 8 ай бұрын

@@InqvisitorMagnvsNope! Hes reffering totally to the jeddah tower

@DutchDukeMan 8 ай бұрын

ai voiceovers are everywhere and so annoying. like are people too shy to do their own voice over or are they just lazy

@klax001 8 ай бұрын

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.

@bradwooldidge6979 8 ай бұрын

What about the new 1WTC?

@Magnitudx 8 ай бұрын

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.

@bradwooldidge6979 8 ай бұрын

Oh yeah, that’s right. My bad. Great video btw.

@JAKETHECANADIAN 8 ай бұрын

119 m isnt even a skyscraper

@whyisaac 8 ай бұрын

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

@Magnitudx 8 ай бұрын

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.

@Thomas-ry8xq Ай бұрын

What about 1 world trade center????

@MrChilongaso 8 ай бұрын

Personal opinion. A building´s height should be meassured to the tip not to the top floor or "tallest habitable area".

@M.GC.J.F 8 ай бұрын

he forgot the majority of the towers, like the towers in Saudi Arabia and Qatar

@InqvisitorMagnvs 8 ай бұрын

Subtract 220 stories as penalty for the two towers destroyed by them.

@aregeegee2723 8 ай бұрын

Iconic petronas twin tower KL Malaysia 🇲🇾

@waynemerlo7448 3 ай бұрын

Such BS. The Sears tower is taller than the Petronas. They should never have been able to take the tallest title.

@JohnDoe69X 8 ай бұрын

These illustrations are not exactly to scale.

@Magnitudx 8 ай бұрын

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.

@JohnDoe69X 8 ай бұрын

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