i'm one of those luddite americans, so forgive for not being familiar with meters, but as an old-schooler around these parts whose first exposure to internet skyscraper geekery was Marshall Gerometta's "hot 500 list" from the good old days where he tabulated every building on the planet that stood 500 feet or taller, i've always maintained that benchmark as the point at which a highrise becomes a "skyscraper". so i guess that converts to about 150 meters or something close to it.
with the explosive growth in supertall structures this past decade, maybe that benchmark is becoming a bit out-moded, but old habits (mental constructs) die hard.
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