Many a times, steel buildings evoke a response that is related to low cost low quality housing units after the World War, which is far from truth. In fact, that wasn’t even the time when the best steel structures were erected. The best known steel buildings predate this era and have stood as monuments testifying the efficiency and effectiveness of steel as a structural element, central to all construction. Here are a few best known steel buildings in the world –

The Sears Tower is perhaps one of the most famous towers round. It is today the fifth tallest building in the world and has the highest habitable floors and elevator rides. From the top of the Sears Tower (now called the Willis Tower), you can actually see four states! The Sears Tower has been the pride of Chicago for a very long time. It is fairly modern, being completed in 1973, but is still quite beautiful and full of relevance even today.

Paris has one of the finest steel buildings in the world. Eifel Tower, the pride of Paris, is a gigantic steel building that was built in 1887. Over a century old, it is still one of the best tourist attractions in the world. It was also once the tallest building in the world, just like Sears Tower. Steel buildings tend to be the tallest, owing to the strength and stability of the structures! The Chrysler building in Paris is another amazing building in Paris from the 1930s and was one of the best and most popular buildings in the whole of Europe. It was the Empire State Building that finally took the sheen off Chrysler Building!

Germany had its fair share of steel buildings as well, with one of the best engineers and scientists of all time working on them. The Seagram Building, for example, is a famous building with a very strong and sturdy skeleton that is at once fully functional and artistically beautiful.

Steel buildings occupy a very special place in history and are sure going to shape the future as well.