The World's Tallest Buildings Are Shorter Than You Think

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the top should be measured by "the place where the designer is willing to sleep for a night"

calebtse

So the tall spires are like high heels for buildings

IllusiveDude

It seems a bit comical when you have this giant square building that is dwarfed by another but is slightly taller because of a tall pole that looks terrible. The Burj Khalifa is one of the only buildings where the spire looks like it belongs on the building and wasnt just added for more height.

bumbleeeee

The ironic part is that the Willis tower’s spire (radio tower) is actually technically usable (as a radio tower) unlike most other spires which are completely unnecessary and just used for vanity lol

nathanielthrush

This is like my 5'2" self claiming "I'm a giant" because I'm holding a broomstick over my head. Just a little bit ridiculous.

FRNCpr

"How tall are you?"
"6'8, almost 6'9."
"What? You're shorter than I am and I'm 5'11...!"
"Well, you don't have a mohawk."

freakazoid

The highest useable floor should be the hight recorded, spires are cheating.

walle

It's like for some humans: The top part is unusable space.

gyes

I'm on team "highest floor" (highest point a person can reach without special equipment).
Which part is architectural is debatable. And putting a pole on top feels like cheating to me.

poldelepel

It all comes down to a stupid game of mine-is-bigger-than-yours.

Martin_Daniel

0:54
Only Chicagoans will understand this:
It’s spelled W-I-L-L-I-S but pronounced SEARS

ColoradoCactus

They should put a toilet on top of the spires to make it "usable"

perfecttionist

Spires shud not be taken into account.. it’s like wearing a top hat and saying u 6’4 instead of 5’11 🤣

axezazel

If spires count then antenna should count too

WaveManMike

Height of the roof, spire not counted.
or engineer will put an 499 meters spire on 501m building and claim "our building is 1 KM tall" because spire is counted as long as it didn't surpass 50% of building height.

ErnestJay