Tower buildings, also known as towers or platforms, refer to tall but slender structures that can play different roles and complete different functions in different environments.
In Chinese, tower originally referred to high-rise buildings commonly found in the East Asian and Indian cultural circles, originating from Buddhism. Later, it was also commonly used to refer to some tall buildings in other regions, such as the Eiffel Tower, Leaning Tower of Pisa, TV Tower, Pyramid, and Lighthouse. In modern architecture, towers are also used to refer to extremely tall individual buildings, such as the World Trade Center that once stood on Manhattan Island in New York, known as the "Twin Towers". These skyscrapers belong to one form of building.