Home›Monuments, Towers and Commemorative Structures›Building Type›TowerConceptTowerBuilding Types and Traditions as ConceptsReference and ClassificationDevelopingA tower is a tall structure, taller than it is wide, often by a significant factor. The cited article says towers are distinguished from masts by their lack of guy-wires and are therefore, along with tall buildings, self-supporting structures, and that towers are specifically distinguished from buildings in that they are built not to be habitable but to serve other functions using their height. For example, the height of a clock tower improves the visibility of the clock, and the height of a tower in a fortified building such as a castle increases the visibility of the surroundings for defensive purposes. Buildings recorded in the atlas as towers are grouped under this concept.TowerConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)TowerFilter Results32 entriesBuilding FamilyAllHistoric Clock and Bell Towers (5)Observation, Communication and Landmark Towers (27)PlaceAllCanada (2)China (7)Czechia (1)Estonia (1)France (1)Germany (1)India (1)Iran (1)Italy (5)Japan (2)Malaysia (1)Netherlands (1)New Zealand (1)Russia (1)South Korea (1)Turkey (1)United Kingdom (2)United States (1)Uzbekistan (1)StyleAllGoogie Architecture (1)Gothic Architecture (1)Gothic Revival (1)High-Tech Architecture (2)Modernist Architecture (4)Neo-Futurism (1)Renaissance Architecture (1)Romanesque Architecture (2)Completed YearAll1172 (1)1173 (1)1260 (1)1338 (1)1348 (1)1349 (1)1372 (1)1497 (1)1859 (1)1878 (1)1889 (1)1894 (1)1957 (1)1958 (2)1960 (2)1961 (1)1962 (1)1967 (1)1968 (1)1969 (1)1975 (1)1976 (1)1980 (1)1985 (1)1989 (1)1991 (1)1992 (2)1994 (2)1997 (1)1999 (1)2001 (1)2007 (1)2010 (1)2012 (1)Standing StatusAllStanding (31)Under Construction or Never Completed (1)ArchitectAllGustave Eiffel (1)GroupAllHistoric Clock and Bell Towers (5)Observation, Communication and Landmark Towers (27)MaterialAllBrick (3)Cast Iron (1)Concrete (5)Concrete (2)Glass (1)Limestone (1)Marble (3)Reinforced Concrete (2)Stained Glass (1)Steel (8)Stone (3)Structural Steel (1)Truss (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 32Auckland Sky TowerTowerBerlin TV TowerTowerBlackpool TowerTowerCalgary TowerTowerCanton TowerTowerCentral Radio and TV TowerTowerCN TowerTowerEiffel TowerTowerElizabeth TowerTowerEuromastTowerGalata TowerTowerKuala Lumpur TowerTowerLeaning Tower of PisaTowerLiaoning Broadcast and TV TowerTowerMacau TowerTowerMilad TowerTowerNamsan Seoul TowerTowerOstankino TowerTowerRajabai Clock TowerTowerShanghai Oriental Pearl TowerTowerSpace NeedleTowerSt Mark's ClocktowerTowerTallinn TV TowerTowerTashkent TowerTowerTianjin Radio and Television TowerTowerTokyo SkytreeTowerTokyo TowerTowerTorre dei LambertiTowerTorre del MangiaTowerTorre TroyanaTowerZhuzhou Television TowerTowerZizkov Television TowerTowerConnectionsAssociated WithSomali Architecture, Styles and Movements Well-attested Source Somali architecture (Wikipedia)Building Type OfAl Bahar Towers, Buildings and Structures Well-attested AT&T Building, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Auckland Sky Tower, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Berlin TV Tower, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Bishop's Palace, Paignton, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Blackpool Tower, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Calgary Tower, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Canton Tower, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Central Radio and TV Tower, Buildings and Structures Well-attested CITIC Tower, Buildings and Structures Well-attested CN Tower, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Doha Tower, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Economist Building, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Eiffel Tower, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Elizabeth Tower, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Emirates Towers, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Eureka Tower, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Euromast, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Flatiron Building, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Galata Tower, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Jericho, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Johnson Wax Headquarters, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Kuala Lumpur Tower, Buildings and Structures Well-attested LAX Theme Building, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Leaning Tower of Pisa, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Lever House, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Liaoning Broadcast and TV Tower, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Lighthouse, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Source Lighthouse (Wikipedia)tier 3Macau Tower, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Milad Tower, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Nakagin Capsule Tower, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Namsan Seoul Tower, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Ostankino Tower, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Petronas Towers, Buildings and Structures Well-attested PPG Place, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Price Tower, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Rajabai Clock Tower, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Seagram Building, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Shanghai Oriental Pearl Tower, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Space Needle, Buildings and Structures Well-attested St Mark's Clocktower, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Stembridge Mill, High Ham, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Tallinn TV Tower, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Tashkent Tower, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Tianjin Radio and Television Tower, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Tokyo Skytree, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Tokyo Tower, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Torre Agbar, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Torre dei Lamberti, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Torre del Mangia, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Showing 1 to 50 of 55 in Building Type Of, page 1 of 2.12Next →SourcesTowerWikipedia, lead sectionQuote, Wikipedia, lead sectionA tower is a tall structure, taller than it is wide, often by a significant factor.View the SourceSomali architecture (Wikipedia)Associated With: Somali Architecture, Lead sectionQuote, Associated With: Somali Architecture, Lead sectionSomali architecture is the engineering and designing of multiple different construction types such as stone cities, castles, citadels, fortresses, mosques, temples, aqueducts, lighthouses, towers and tombs during the ancient, medieval and early modern periods in Somalia and other regions inhabited by Somalis, as well as the fusion of Somalo-Islamic architecture with Western designs in contemporary times.View the SourceLighthouse (Wikipedia)tier 3Wikimedia FoundationBuilding Type Of: Lighthouse, IntroductionQuote, Building Type Of: Lighthouse, IntroductionA lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. 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