Top 10 Tallest Buildings in the World
Tall buildings - symbols of urban style and majesty - have always fascinated mankind. The world's first skyscraper built with a steel frame was the Chicago Home Insurance Building, built in 1885 with a height of 55 m (180 ft) and 10 stories. But it was in New York that the skyscraper concept became an aspiration in the early 20th century, with the 443 m (1,454 ft) Empire State Building being literally the tallest building in the world, a landmark brand that it held for nearly half a century (from 1931 to 1972). Constantly improving technology, technical ability and a lot of ego make us keep building higher and higher, pushing our own boundaries (today, the Empire State Building doesn't even make the top 45 again). Here are the 10 tallest buildings in the world today.
Top 25 tallest buildings in the world:
Burj Khalifa 828m
Shanghai Tower 632m
Makkah Royal Clock Tower 601m
Ping An Finance Center 599m
Lotte World Tower 554,5m
One World Trade Center 541,3m
Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre 530m
Tianjin CTF Finance Centre 530m
CITIC Tower 527,7m
TAIPEI 101 508m
Shanghai World Financial Center
International Commerce Centre
Lakhta Center
Vincom Landmark 81
Changsha IFS Tower T1
Petronas Twin Tower 1
Petronas Twin Tower 2
Suzhou IFS
Zifeng Tower
The Exchange 106
Willis Tower
KK100
Guangzhou International Finance Center
Wuhan Center Tower
432 Park Avenue
1. Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world
Location: Dubai
Height: 2,717 ft (828 m)
Floor: 163
Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)
Building Function: Hotel, House, Office
Finished: 2010
2. Shanghai Tower, the tallest twisted building in the world
Location: Shanghai
Height: 2,073 ft (632 m)
Floor: 128
Architect:
Gensler Building Function: Hotel, Office
Finished: 2015
3. Makkah Royal Clock Tower, the tallest clock face building in the world
Location: Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Height: 1,972 ft (601 m) No.
Floor: 120
Architect: Dar al-Handasah Shair & Partners +
SL Rasch Building Function: Mixed Use
Finished: 2012
4. Ping An Finance Center
Location: Shenzhen
Height: 1,965 ft (599 m)
Floor: 115
Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF)
Building function: Office
Completed: 2017
5. Lotte World Tower
Location: Seoul
Height: 1,819 ft (554.5 m)
Floor: 123
Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF)
Function Building: Hotel, Office, House, Retail
Completed: 2017
6. One World Trade Center
Location: New York
Height: 1,776 ft (541.3 m)
Floor: 94
Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)
Function Building: Office
Finished: 2014
7. Guangzhou CTF Finance Center
Location: Guangzhou
Height: 1,739 ft (530 m)
Floor: 111
Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF)
Building Function: Hotel, House, Office
Completed: 2016
8. Tianjin CTF Finance Centre
Location: Tianjin
Height: 1,740 ft (530 m)
Floor: 97
Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)
Function Building: Hotel, Serviced Apartment, Office
Finished: 2019
9. CITIC Tower
Location: Beijing
Height: 1,731 ft (527.7 m)
Floor: 109
Architects: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (Design Architect) + TFP Farrells (Land Tender Concept)
Building function: Office
Finished: 2018
10. TAIPEI 101
Location: Taipei
Height: 1,667 ft (508 m)
Floor: 101
Architect: CY Lee & Partners Architect / Planner
Building function: Office
Finished: 2004