Talk:Tower

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If skyscrapers aren't considered to be towers, why was the World Trade Center also known as the Twin Towers?

Skyscrapers notwithstanding, I am more use to considering a tower as being part of a structure, rather than an entire structure. Especially in castle and mock-castle architecture. Perhaps it needs a separate topic. Or perhaps I'll write one. Notinasnaid 14:31, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Surface area

I don't think the statement "however the main concept of towers is to save surface area. " can stand without changes. This argument would never have been applied until the 20th century: before then towers were build for security, piety or ostentation. Even in the 20th century this can only really be applied to tower blocks, not to the many other kinds of tower that continue to be built. And high rise housing frequently achieves a lower population density per surface area because of green space requirements. But there seems some controversy so before deleting this sentence, I will invite comments... Notinasnaid 10:01, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

No comments? I will delete/rewrite as appropriate. Notinasnaid 09:17, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] taller than wide?

"A tower is a tall man-made structure, always taller than it is wide" . The tower of london is NOT ! user:Panosfidis

  • This is an important point. The purpose of a tower is to be tall, but it only need to be relatively so. Some of the earliest historical towers were parts of castles and tower houses that could be quite squat structures made of masonry. I also added Tower house to the See Also because I think that is a historically critical use of towers as defensive elements found in many areas. -- M0llusk 05:20, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep in mind that just because something has a name that contains the word "tower" doesn't make it a tower by definition. The appropriate dictionary.com definition advises, "a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions... ". sag6, 0333, 3 Sep 06

[edit] Article clean-up

I cleaned the article up, removing much of the content that was slanted toward occupied buildings. sag6, 0333, 3 Sep 06

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