tower

Japanese: tower
tower

...There are no specific standards for height or number of floors, but in Japan, buildings over 31 meters tall are generally called high-rise buildings, and those over 100 meters are generally called super-tall buildings. In foreign countries, especially in the United States, the term skyscrapers was used to distinguish those built in New York in the 1930s from modern towers and tall buildings.
[History of skyscrapers]
The history of skyscraper architecture, which began in the second half of the 19th century, can be divided into five periods based on the various materials and technologies that made it possible, as well as the expressions and forms that reflect the era.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…とくに高さや階数の基準はないが,日本では高さが31mを超える建築物を高層建築と称し,100mを超えると超高層建築と呼んでいるのが一般的である。また外国,とくにアメリカでは,その呼び方を1930年代にニューヨークで建設されたものをスカイスクレーパーskyscraper(摩天楼)とし,現代のタワーtower,トールビルtall buildingとは区別して用いているようである。
【超高層建築の沿革】
 19世紀の後半から始まる超高層建築の歴史は,それを可能にしたさまざまな材料や技術,さらにはその時代を反映する表現や形態の点から次の五つの時代に区分することができる。…

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