Do All Buildings Have 13th Floors

These days it s practically scripture.

Do all buildings have 13th floors.

Interestingly fairmont hotels in other cities do. I have noticed that most high rise buildings i have been in that are more than 13 stories skip floor 13. Buildings with more than 13 floors skipped the unlucky number. It is because of the disorder triskaidekaphobia and a general dislike of or superstition regarding the number 13.

This is true for other tall buildings as well. Fairmont hotels in acapulco quebec city and vancouver don t have a 13th floor. Omitting the 13th floor may take a variety of forms. 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.

A spokesman for otis international the elevator maker once estimated that 85 percent of u s. 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. Because of this many hotels and other high rise buildings will eliminate at 13th floor either skipping to floor 14 or. Many people have a fear of the number 13 believing it to be unlucky.

Is this some superstition that architects have with the number 13 andrea lakeview. So if it goes up to floor 15 then it only really has 14 stories. Doesn t have a 13 th floor. 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.

Some hotels skip the number 13 and go straight to 14 when numbering floors. If you took a survey of high rises i think you d find 90 percent don t have a 13th floor. 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. 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.

And according to its official site the whole thing is available to lease. Samuel lewis general manager of the lefrak management company told the new york times that the superstition has now affected the overwhelming majority of tall buildings in america. Q i noticed lots of buildings in chicago don t have a 13th floor. A triskaidekaphobes the breed of.

Owners are simply afraid people won t rent.