...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. *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "tower" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…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。 ※「tower」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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