Louis Sullivan, father of the American skyscraper, posed the definitive question about that new architectural form back in 1896: “What is the chief characteristic of the tall office building?” he asked in an essay titled “The Tall Building Artfully Considered.”
His answer – that it is “lofty” – is a classic. The implication is that a tall office building must be, as Merriam-Webster defines the word, “very high and good, and meant to be admired.”