The skyscrapers of today are the cathedrals and pyramids of previous times.
Skyscrapers symbolize romance, drama, and spectacular beauty.
They are marvels of design and engineering as they loom more than a quarter of a mile high in cities famous for their skylines, such as New York City. In the Skyscraper segment, we learn that the tallest building today, the Petronas Towers, was built in 1996 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in Southeast Asia. The Petronas Towers building was not designed to take the tallest building record from the Sears Tower in Chicago but when the design was almost finished it was only 5 meters shy of being the tallest building so the decision was made to increase the height and take the record. Architects in Chicago are now working on the design of a new building to take back their record. The Japanese have designed a half-mile high conical tower but there have been no plans announced to build it.