Tallest brick building? Church?

[evan d]

Does anyone know what the tallest brick building is?also what is the tallest church?

[Allan]

The tallest freestanding brick building in the world used to be the Guardian Building in downtown Detroit, although I am not sure if it still holds that title. Completed in 1929, the building is 40 stories & 496 feet tall.

[RustTown]

The Chrysler has claimed to be the tallest brick-facade built building in the world.

[hood]

At 197' tall, the Monadnock Building is the tallest building in the world with a brick structure. It's walls are 6' wide at the base to support the structure.

[evan d]

so which one is it

[hood]

It depends on whether your talking about brick facade or brick structure. A brick facade has not height limitations, you can build a 2000 ft tall building and have a brick facade if you'd like. But Monadnock Building is the tallest brick-structured building (meaning the brick walls offer the main support of the building, instead of having a steel or cement skeleton).

[evan d]

what about the tallest church my grandma is german and she told me it is in germany in a place called ulm

[hood]

It's the Ulm M

[ironchapman]

It's the Ulm M

[hotdancer]

It coul be argued that the

Chicago Methodist Temple is the tallest church in the world, though the church itself occupies only the upper stories ofthe building. The church rents out the rest for commercial uses, usually law firms, but the chuch was the one that had the building built for them.

isn't there a big one in ireland?

dancer

[Snowguy716]

I remember taking a train last fall through Ulm. The "Dom" is massive.. it towers above the rest of the city... and unlike a sleek skyscraper or something, this thing commands the skyline. It's built on a hill above the river, so it looks even bigger.

[Dylan]

That church is beautiful.

[ZachariahDaMan]

I found a huge list of the tallest churches. Here are the top 5:

1. Munster in Ulm, Germany. 530 feet

2. Cathedral in Lincoln England. 524 feet

3. St. Olav in Tallin, Estonia. 520 feet

4. Our Lady of Peace Basilica in Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire. 518 feet

5. Dom in Cologne, Germany. 516 feet

The U.S.' tallest is only the 33rd tallest in the world. It is the Riverside Church in New York City. It is 392 feet.

The next tallest in the U.S. is St. Patrick's Cathedral (71 tallest in world) in New York City, it is 339.

[pdxstreetcar]

when i went to the empire state building observation deck and walked down from the 86th floor to 80th floor to get the elevator to the lobby i noticed brick walls lining the stairwells. obviously these werent structural walls but they definately were brick.

[lammius]

when i went to the empire state building observation deck and walked down from the 86th floor to 80th floor to get the elevator to the lobby i noticed brick walls lining the stairwells. obviously these werent structural walls but they definately were brick.

Yeah, the brick theme continues all the way down the stairwells. Don't ask why, but I once walked from the 73rd floor to the street. Here's a pic from somewhere in the 50s.