SKYDB Building database

Tall buildings worldwide, with heights, construction status and the companies involved.

Rankings of tall buildings

Tall Building Markets

Tall buildings, tracked.

SKYDB is collecting verifiable information about buildings.

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rotation time

The amount of time in which a moving part of a structure rotates or revolves at maximum speed.

The rotation time of a structure or module is the amount of time needed for a moving part to complete one circular rotation or revolution when turning at maximum speed. This field can be applied to a structure as a whole when the structure itself is generally thought of as a moving object, and when no significant turning part of the structure deviates from one rotation time (for example in the case of an amusement ride). In the case of a revolving floor of a building, the rotation time should be applied to the floor itself.

This is a measurement of the installation as it runs, not a property of the building. Lift speeds are reset, drives are slowed as they age, and a roof that opened in ten minutes when new can take longer later, so a duration belongs to the date it was taken on.

Where several installations exist, the value describes the one named in the field and not an average of them.