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What is the oldest building still existing?

'” The Pantheon is the oldest building in the world that's still in use today. Since the 7th century, it has been a Roman Catholic church.



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The De Vargas Street House, often referred to as the Oldest House, is a historic building in Santa Fe, New Mexico, which is often said to be one of the oldest buildings in United States.

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1883: Temple Court Building, New York City, New York, USA Built between 1881 and 1883, Temple Court Building (aka 5 Beekman Street) is the oldest skyscraper in the world still standing today.

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The world's tallest skyscraper, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, is at 2,722ft (829m) vastly taller than anything that has been levelled before. The highest-reaching tower to be peacefully demolished was the 47-storey, 612ft (187m) Singer building in New York, which was taken down manually between 1967 and 1968.

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Completed in 1931, the Empire State was the world's first 100-story building – or rather, the equivalent of 102 stories, since the floors between the 86th floor observation deck and the small room at the apex of the mooring mast were only estimated levels.

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The Home Insurance Building in Chicago is often considered the world's first skyscraper due to both its design and height; the building was supported using an iron frame skeleton.

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The oldest surviving residential structure in America, the Fairbanks House in Dedham, Massachusetts, was built sometime around 1640 (it is a historical museum today).

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Behind the scenes The Oldest House is heavily inspired by Brutalist architecture. A major inspiration for the building was 33 Thomas Street, a windowless skyscraper in New York built in the Brutalist architectural style which is considered a likely location of an NSA mass surveillance hub.

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The Horyu-ji temple in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan, was constructed 607 AD and is one of 48 ancient buildings protected by UNESCO in the area.

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