Do All Buildings Have 13th Floors

These days it s practically scripture.

Do all buildings have 13th floors. I have noticed that most high rise buildings i have been in that are more than 13 stories skip floor 13. Many people have a fear of the number 13 believing it to be unlucky. It is because of the disorder triskaidekaphobia and a general dislike of or superstition regarding the number 13. While the 14 th floor is actually the 13 th floor for obvious structural reasons guests seem to take comfort in the fact that the number 13 is not mentioned at all.

Business owners builders and developers tend to omit the 13 th floor from office buildings and apartment complexes because they may lose out on tenants who refuse to live or work on the 13 th floor. And according to its official site the whole thing is available to lease. Buildings with more than 13 floors skipped the unlucky number. Doesn t have a 13 th floor.

Interestingly fairmont hotels in other cities do. Is this some superstition that architects have with the number 13 andrea lakeview. Because of this many hotels and other high rise buildings will eliminate at 13th floor either skipping to floor 14 or. The most common include denoting what would otherwise be considered the thirteenth floor as level 14 giving the thirteenth floor an alternate designation such as 12a or m the.

Even building owners who are not themselves superstitious realize that the desirability of units on the 13th floor might be compromised because of superstitious tenants or commercial tenants who worry about losing superstitious. Q i noticed lots of buildings in chicago don t have a 13th floor. Some hotels skip the number 13 and go straight to 14 when numbering floors. So if it goes up to floor 15 then it only really has 14 stories.

In some countries as it is here in the united states the number 13 is considered unlucky and building owners will sometimes purposefully omit a floor numbered 13. The empire state building one of the most famous buildings in the world has a 13th floor. Fairmont hotels in acapulco quebec city and vancouver don t have a 13th floor. This is true for other tall buildings as well.

Why is this and do all builders do this. The thirteenth floor is a designation of a level of a multi level building that is often omitted in countries where the number 13 is considered unlucky. A spokesman for otis international the elevator maker once estimated that 85 percent of u s. A triskaidekaphobes the breed of.

Owners are simply afraid people won t rent.