Empire State Building introduction: The Empire State Building is a famous skyscraper located in New York City, USA, with a total of 102 floors. It was designed by the Shreeve, Lamb, and Harmon architectural firm and started construction in 1930. It was completed in 1931 and took only 410 days. Its name comes from the nickname of New York State, Empire State, so the original English meaning is actually "New York State Building", and the "Empire State Building" is the literal meaning in English. The translation was a translation, but therefore the translation of Empire State Building has been widely circulated and is still used today.