USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Skyscrapers are very tall high-rise buildings. Historically, the term first referred to buildings with between 10 and 20 stories when these types of buildings began to be constructed in the 1880s.

Detailed explanation-2: -Total height of a 10 story building = 100 to 110 feet. Today’s building are usually built to an average overall height of 10 feet each. So a 10 storey building should be about 100 feet + ground 10 x terrace & water storage/Lift Room another 15 feet or so; say a total of 125 feet tall.

Detailed explanation-3: -Story height is the vertical distance from the top of one floor to the top of the next floor. In a one-story building, measure story height from the floor surface to the roof eave. Do not include parapets (extensions of the wall above the roof line) in story height.

Detailed explanation-4: -Low-rise buildings are defined as buildings with 4 floors or under. Mid-rise buildings are defined as buildings that have between 5 to 12 floors. High-rise buildings are defined as buildings that have 13 floors or above. Skyscrapers are buildings with over 40 floors and are considered part of the high-rise category.