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Steel-frame supertall

Recorded year1931

The Empire State Building rises 102 storeys in just over a year.

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Led to

Tower craneRecorded · 1949enables
Glass curtain wallRecorded · 1952enables
Termite-inspired coolingRecorded · 1996enables
Burj KhalifaRecorded · 2010enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.