Brain-Bending Buildings

One of the tallest buildings in New York City’s skyline is only as wide as the length of a bowling lane. Steinway Tower is the slimmest skyscraper in the world. This 1,428-foot-tall building is only 60 feet wide at its base. It opened in 2019. The residential building holds 60 apartments across 84 floors.

One of the tallest buildings in New York City is only as wide as the length of a bowling lane. Steinway Tower is the thinnest skyscraper in the world. It’s 1,428 feet tall. But it’s only 60 feet wide at its base! It opened in 2019. The residential building holds 60 apartments across 84 floors.

This 2.8 million-square-foot building in Cupertino, California is the largest solar-powered building in the world. Called Apple Park, it’s the headquarters of tech giant Apple Inc. More than 80 percent of the building’s energy comes from the solar panels on its roof. Apple Park cost $4 billion to build. The panels of curved glass around the building are also the largest in the world.

This is the largest solar-powered building in the world! It’s located in Cupertino, California. The building spans 2.8 million square feet. It’s called Apple Park. It’s the headquarters of the technology company Apple Inc. More than 80 percent of the building’s energy comes from the solar panels on its roof. Apple Park cost $4 billion to build. The panels of curved glass around the building are also the largest in the world.

There’s a new leader of leaning towers, and it’s not in Pisa! Capital Gate is a 35-story glass building in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. It opened in 2010. The top 17 floors of the building lean dramatically off center. The building is supported by almost 530,000 cubic feet of concrete. It’s reinforced by 10,000 tons of steel to keep it from toppling over. Inside are
15 floors of office space, four restaurants, and a hotel.

There’s a new leader of leaning towers. And it’s not in Pisa! Capital Gate is in Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi is the capital of the United Arab Emirates. The glass building is 35 stories tall. It opened in 2010. The top 17 floors of the building lean dramatically off center. The building is supported by almost 530,000 cubic feet of concrete. It’s reinforced by 10,000 tons of steel. The steel keeps it from toppling over. Inside are 15 floors of office space, four restaurants, and a hotel.

Back in 1997, the Longaberger Basket Company opened its headquarters in Newark, Ohio. But it didn’t build a typical office building. Instead it designed a 7-story building, called the Big Basket, shaped like a giant version of the company’s signature products! The basket company went out of business in 2016. Now the Big Basket is home to a 180,000-square-foot luxury hotel.

Back in 1997, the Longaberger Basket Company opened its headquarters in Newark, Ohio. But it didn’t build a typical office building. Instead, it designed a building shaped like a giant version of the company’s signature products! The building is 7 stories tall. It’s called the Big Basket. The basket company went out of business in 2016. Now the Big Basket is home to a 180,000-square-foot hotel.