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SUPER STRUCTURES

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THE EMPIRE STATE
BUILDING IN NEW YORK
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• It is 381 m tall and there are 102
loors.
• Building finished in 1931. It took
only 1 year and 45 days to plan
and build. That’s fast!
• Lightning hits the building
about 100 times per year.
• There are 73 lifts and you can building change colour for • There are 1,860 steps to climb
travel from the ground to the different celebrations. On Earth to the top. An Australian, Paul

80 floor in 45 seconds.
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Day, they are green and blue. Crake, holds the record for the
• There are 6,500 windows. • About four million people visit fastest person to get to the top.
That’s a lot to clean!
it every year and more than It took him 9 minutes and 33
• The lights at the top of the 21,000 people work there. seconds!
THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

• It is about 67 m tall and 120 m • About eight million tourists visit
wide. it each year and it is open almost
the whole year.
• More than 220 people entered a
competition to design an opera • The largest theatre in the opera
house and a Danish architect, Jørn house has seats for more than
Utzon, won. He wanted it to look 2,500 people.
like the sails of a ship.
• It is one of the most famous
• It took fourteen years to build performing arts venues in the world.
and Queen Elizabeth II opened You can see musicals, concerts,
it in 1973. films, exhibitions, opera and ballet.

THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

How tall is it? 381 m

How long did it take to build?
When was the building inished?
How many visitors visit it per year?

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