Skyscrapers trace their history back to late 19th century America, with New York and Chicago having the largest number. In European cities like Paris, skyscraper construction goes back only to the 1970s.
超高層大樓又稱摩天大樓，發展於十九世紀末的美國，以紐約及芝加哥兩城興建最多，歐洲如法國巴黎則發展於一九七○年代。