Buildings and Structures

Empire State Building

Skyscraper

Citation Formats

General Reference

Architecture and Design Atlas. "Empire State Building." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://architecture.interactiveatlas.org/buildings/empire-state-building.

APA Style

Architecture and Design Atlas. (n.d.). Empire State Building. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://architecture.interactiveatlas.org/buildings/empire-state-building

BibTeX

@misc{architectureanddesignatlas-empire-state-building,
  author = {Architecture and Design Atlas},
  title = {Empire State Building},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://architecture.interactiveatlas.org/buildings/empire-state-building},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

The 102 story Art Deco tower by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon at Fifth Avenue and 34th Street, New York, built in a famous thirteen months and opened in 1931 in the depths of the Depression. The tallest building in the world for forty years, it became the archetype of the skyscraper itself.

Facts

Building Type

Skyscraper 1

Location

New York City, United States 1

Completed Year

1931 2

Height (m)

381 2

Height to the architectural top; the antenna raises the tip to about 443 meters.

Cross-Tradition Connections