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List Of Tallest Buildings In The Washington Metropolitan Area
This list of tallest buildings in the Washington metropolitan area ranks high-rises, skyscrapers, and other buildings in the Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered on Washington, D.C., by height. The metropolitan area includes all of Washington, D.C. and parts of the states of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. Due to height restrictions imposed in Washington D.C., a majority of the tallest buildings in the D.C metropolitan area are located outside of Washington D.C. The tallest structure in the area, excluding radio towers and other freestanding towers not included, is the Washington Monument, which rises 555 feet (169 m) and was completed in 1884. The structure, however, is not generally considered a high-rise building as it does not have successive floors that can be occupied; it is only included in this list for comparative purposes. Tallest buildings Notes A. Not a habitable building, but is included in this list for comparative purposes. B. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High-rise Skyscraper
A tower block, high-rise, apartment tower, residential tower, apartment block, block of flats, or office tower is a tall building, as opposed to a low-rise building and is defined differently in terms of height depending on the jurisdiction. It is used as a residential, office building, or other functions including hotel, retail, or with multiple purposes combined. Residential high-rise buildings are also known in some varieties of English, such as British English, as tower blocks and may be referred to as MDUs, standing for multi-dwelling units. A very tall high-rise building is referred to as a skyscraper. High-rise buildings became possible to construct with the invention of the elevator (lift) and with less expensive, more abundant building materials. The materials used for the structural system of high-rise buildings are reinforced concrete and steel. Most North American-style skyscrapers have a steel frame, while residential blocks are usually constructed of concrete. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Tallest Buildings In Virginia
This list of tallest buildings in Virginia ranks skyscrapers over tall in the United States of America, U.S. Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia by height. The tallest building in Virginia is the Westin Virginia Beach Town Center in Virginia Beach, which contains 38 floors and is tall. The antenna spire however accounts for 95 feet of the building, leaving its rooftop at 413 ft. In comparison, the Capital One Building in Tysons has its roof at 470 ft. Both buildings have their highest occupied floor significantly lower than each building's official height. Tallest buildings Timeline of tallest buildings Tallest under construction, approved, or proposed This lists buildings that are under construction, approved for construction or proposed for construction in Virginia. * Table entries with dashes (—) indicate that information regarding building heights, floor counts, or dates of completion has not yet been released. Tallest no l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June 2020 Lumen At Tysons
June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is the second of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the third of five months to have a length of less than 31 days. June contains the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, the day with the most daylight hours, and the winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere, the day with the fewest daylight hours (excluding polar regions in both cases). June in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent to December in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa. In the Northern Hemisphere, the beginning of the traditional astronomical summer is 21 June (meteorological summer begins on 1 June). In the Southern Hemisphere, meteorological winter begins on 1 June. At the start of June, the sun rises in the constellation of Taurus; at the end of June, the sun rises in the constellation of Gemini. However, due to the precession of the equinoxes, June begins with the sun in the astrological sign of G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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