Trump tower jumps one spot on world's tallest building list
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CHICAGO — Chicago's Trump International Hotel and Tower is now the world's sixth tallest building, after the organization that ranks the heights of the world's tallest buildings changed its criteria.
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) changed its height criteria to reflect recent developments with several super-tall buildings.
The new criteria wording—“Height is measured from the level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance to…” allows for the recognition of the increasing numbers of multi-use tall buildings with often several different entrances at different levels, while also accommodating buildings constructed in non-traditional urban or suburban locations.
For the Trump tower, this means an extra 27 feet in height, according to the Chicago Tribune. Its bottom is now considered to be the entrance to the still-unoccupied shops along the along the Chicago riverwalk, not the main entrance on Wabash Ave.
The Willis Tower remains at No. 5
Nov 18, 2009 at 7:03 a.m.
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