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The Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates





Tokyo Skytree, Japan in 2014


The world's tallest artificial structure is the 829.8-metre-tall (2,722 ft) Burj Khalifa in Dubai (of the United Arab Emirates). The building gained the official title of "Tallest Building in the World" and the tallest self-supported structure at its opening on January 9, 2010. The second-tallest self-supporting structure and the tallest tower is the Tokyo Skytree. The tallest guyed structure is the KVLY-TV mast.


The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, an organization that certifies buildings as the "World's Tallest", recognizes a building only if at least 50% of its height is made up of floor plates containing habitable floor area.[1] Structures that do not meet this criterion, such as the CN Tower, are defined as "towers".


There are dozens of radio and television broadcasting towers which measure over 600 metres (about 2,000 ft) in height, and only the tallest are recorded in publicly available information sources.




Contents






  • 1 Debate over definitions


  • 2 Tallest structures


    • 2.1 Tallest structure by category


    • 2.2 Tallest destroyed structures by category, not surpassed by existing structures


    • 2.3 Tallest building by function




  • 3 Tallest buildings


    • 3.1 History of record holders in each CTBUH category




  • 4 Tallest freestanding structures on land


    • 4.1 History


    • 4.2 World's highest observation deck


    • 4.3 Timeline of guyed structures on land




  • 5 Tallest towers


    • 5.1 History of tallest tower




  • 6 Tallest structures, freestanding structures, and buildings


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





Debate over definitions


The assessment of the height of artificial structures has been controversial. Various standards have been used by different organizations which has meant that the title of world's tallest structure or building has changed depending on which standards have been accepted. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has changed its definitions over time. Some of the controversy regarding the definitions and assessment of tall structures and buildings has included the following:



  • the definition of a structure, a building and a tower

  • whether a structure, building or tower under construction should be included in any assessment

  • whether a structure, building or tower has to be officially opened before it is assessed

  • whether structures built in and rising above water should have their below-water height included in any assessment.

  • whether a structure, building or tower that is guyed is assessed in the same category as self-supporting structures.


Within an accepted definition of a building further controversy has included the following factors:



  • whether only habitable height of the building is considered

  • whether communication towers with observation galleries should be considered "habitable" in this sense

  • whether rooftop antennas, viewing platforms or any other architecture that does not form a habitable floor should be included in the assessment

  • whether a floor built at a high level of a telecommunications or viewing tower should change the tower's definition to that of a "building"



Tallest structures






Warsaw radio mast, the height record holder from 1974 to 1991




The CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was the world's tallest freestanding structure from 1975 to 2007.


This category does not require the structure to be "officially" open but does require it to be "topped out".


The tallest artificial structure is Burj Khalifa, a skyscraper in Dubai that reached 829.8 m (2,722 ft) in height on January 17, 2009.[2] By April 8, 2008 it had been built higher than the KVLY-TV mast in North Dakota, USA.[3] That September it officially surpassed Poland's 646.38 m (2,120.7 ft) Warsaw radio mast, which stood from 1974 to 1991, to become the tallest structure ever built. Guyed lattice towers such as these masts had held the world height record since 1954.


The Petronius Platform stands 610 m (2,000 ft) off the sea floor leading some, including Guinness World Records 2007, to claim it as the tallest freestanding structure in the world. However, it is debated whether underwater height should be counted, in the same manner as height below ground is ignored on buildings. The Troll A platform is 472 m (1,549 ft), without any part of that height being supported by wires. The tension-leg type of oil platform has even greater below-water heights with several examples more than 1,000 m (3,300 ft) deep. However, these platforms are not considered constant structures as the vast majority of their height is made up of the length of the tendons attaching the floating platforms to the sea floor. Despite this, Guinness World Records 2009 listed the Ursa tension leg platform as the tallest structure in the world with a total height of 1,306 m (4,285 ft). The Magnolia Tension-leg Platform in the Gulf of Mexico is even taller with a total height of 1,432 m (4,698 ft).


Taipei 101 in Taipei, Taiwan, set records in three of the four skyscraper categories at the time it opened in 2004; at the time the Burj Khalifa opened in 2010 it remained the world's tallest inhabited building 509.2 m (1,671 ft) as measured to its architectural height (spire). The height of its roof 449.2 m (1,474 ft) and highest occupied floor 439.2 m (1,441 ft) had been surpassed by the Shanghai World Financial Center with corresponding heights of 487 and 474 m (1,598 and 1,555 ft). Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) was the highest in the final category: the greatest height to top of antenna of any building in the world at 527 m (1,729 ft).


Burj Khalifa broke the height record in all four categories for completed buildings.



Tallest structure by category


Due to the disagreements over how to measure height and classify structures, engineers have created various definitions for categories of buildings and other structures. One measure includes the absolute height of a building, another includes only spires and other permanent architectural features, but not antennas. The tradition of including the spire on top of a building and not including the antenna dates back to the rivalry between the Chrysler Building and 40 Wall Street. A modern-day example is that the antenna on top of Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) is not considered part of its architectural height, while the spires on top of the Petronas Twin Towers are counted.


Note: The following table is a list of the tallest completed structure in each of the structural categories below. For a list of structures by function see the list later in the article. There can only be one structure in each category, unless the tallest is the same for more than one structure in the same category.
































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Category
Structure
Country
City
Height (meters)
Height (feet)
Year built
Coordinates
Building[4]
Burj Khalifa
 United Arab Emirates
Dubai 829.8 2,722 2010
25°11′50.0″N 55°16′26.6″E / 25.197222°N 55.274056°E / 25.197222; 55.274056 (Burj Dubai)

Self-supporting tower[5]
Tokyo Skytree
 Japan
Tokyo 634 2,080 2011
35°42′36.5″N 139°48′39″E / 35.710139°N 139.81083°E / 35.710139; 139.81083 (Tokyo Skytree)
Guyed steel lattice mast KVLY-TV mast
 United States
Blanchard, North Dakota 628.8 2,063 1963
47°20′32″N 97°17′25″W / 47.34222°N 97.29028°W / 47.34222; -97.29028 (KVLY-TV mast)
Mast radiator Lualualei VLF transmitter
 United States
Lualualei, Hawaii 458 1,503 1972
21°25′11.87″N 158°08′53.67″W / 21.4199639°N 158.1482417°W / 21.4199639; -158.1482417 (VLF transmitter Lualualei, Mast 1) ; 21°25′13.38″N 158°09′14.35″W / 21.4203833°N 158.1539861°W / 21.4203833; -158.1539861 (VLF transmitter Lualualei, Mast 2)
Twin building Petronas Twin Towers
 Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur 452 1,482 1998
3°09′27.45″N 101°42′40.7″E / 3.1576250°N 101.711306°E / 3.1576250; 101.711306 (Petronas Tower 1); 3°09′29.45″N 101°42′43.4″E / 3.1581806°N 101.712056°E / 3.1581806; 101.712056 (Petronas Tower 2)
Chimney Ekibastuz GRES-2 Power Station
 Kazakhstan
Ekibastuz 419.7 1,377 1987
52°1′26.3″N 75°28′34.5″E / 52.023972°N 75.476250°E / 52.023972; 75.476250 (GRES-2 Power Station)
Radar Dimona Radar Facility
 Israel
Dimona 400 1,312 2008
30°58′6.93″N 35°05′49.64″E / 30.9685917°N 35.0971222°E / 30.9685917; 35.0971222 (Dimona Radar Facility) ; 30°58′32.46″N 35°05′55.25″E / 30.9756833°N 35.0986806°E / 30.9756833; 35.0986806 (Dimona Radar Facility)
Lattice tower Kiev TV Tower
 Ukraine
Kiev 385 1,263 1973
50°28′16.49″N 30°27′11.97″E / 50.4712472°N 30.4533250°E / 50.4712472; 30.4533250 (Kiev TV Tower)
Electricity pylon Zhoushan Island Overhead Powerline Tie
 China
Zhoushan 370 1,214 2009
29°56′2.78″N 122°2′10.12″E / 29.9341056°N 122.0361444°E / 29.9341056; 122.0361444 (Zhoushan Island Overhead Powerline Tie, 370 metres tower) ; 29°54′41.39″N 122°1′26.38″E / 29.9114972°N 122.0239944°E / 29.9114972; 122.0239944 (Zhoushan Island Overhead Powerline Tie, 370 metres tower)
Partially guyed tower Gerbrandy Tower
 Netherlands
IJsselstein 366.8 1,203 1961
52°00′36.24″N 05°03′12.87″E / 52.0100667°N 5.0535750°E / 52.0100667; 5.0535750 (Gerbrandy Tower)
Guyed tubular steel mast TV Tower Vinnytsia
 Ukraine
Vinnytsia 354 1,161 1961
49°14′30.04″N 28°25′25.25″E / 49.2416778°N 28.4236806°E / 49.2416778; 28.4236806 (TV Tower Vinnytsia)
Bridge Millau Viaduct
 France
Millau 342 1,122 2004
44°05′09.97″N 03°01′17.94″E / 44.0861028°N 3.0216500°E / 44.0861028; 3.0216500 (Viaduc de Millau)

Blaw-Knox Tower (diamond cantilever tower)
Lakihegy Tower
 Hungary
Szigetszentmiklós 314 1,031 1968
47°22′23″N 19°00′16″E / 47.37306°N 19.00444°E / 47.37306; 19.00444 (Lakihegy Tower)
Dam Jinping-I Dam
 China
Liangshan 305 1,001 2013
28°11′07″N 101°37′42″E / 28.18528°N 101.62833°E / 28.18528; 101.62833 (Jinping-I Dam)
Wind turbine
GE 3.4-137 wind turbine at Naturstromspeicher Gaildorf[6]

 Germany
Gaildorf 246.5 809 2017
48°59′49″N 9°48′35″E / 48.997075°N 9.809822°E / 48.997075; 9.809822 (GE 3.4-137 Wind Turbine)

Statue (incl. base)
Statue of Unity
 India

Narmada district, Gujarat
240 790 2018
21°50′17″N 73°43′09″E / 21.8380°N 73.7191°E / 21.8380; 73.7191 (Statue of Unity)
Minaret Hassan II Mosque
 Morocco
Casablanca 210 689 1993
33°36′28.71″N 7°37′58.16″W / 33.6079750°N 7.6328222°W / 33.6079750; -7.6328222 (Hassan II Mosque)
Cooling tower Kalisindh Thermal Power Station
 India
Jhalawar 202[7]
663 2012
24°32′04.97″N 76°05′57.89″E / 24.5347139°N 76.0994139°E / 24.5347139; 76.0994139 (Kalisindh Power Station cooling tower) ; 24°31′58.33″N 76°06′06.81″E / 24.5328694°N 76.1018917°E / 24.5328694; 76.1018917 (Kalisindh Power Station cooling tower)
Monument Gateway Arch
 United States
St. Louis, Missouri 192 630 1965
38°37′28.62″N 90°11′5.87″W / 38.6246167°N 90.1849639°W / 38.6246167; -90.1849639 (Gateway Arch)
Water tower Main tower of Kuwait Towers

 Kuwait
Kuwait City 187 614 1979
29°23′22.75″N 48°00′11.57″E / 29.3896528°N 48.0032139°E / 29.3896528; 48.0032139 (Kuwait Towers)
Wooden structure
ATLAS-I at Kirtland Air Force Base

 United States
Albuquerque 180 600 1980
35°01′48″N 106°33′27″W / 35.029898°N 106.557574°W / 35.029898; -106.557574 (ATLAS-I)
Masonry tower Anaconda Smelter Stack
 United States
Anaconda, Montana 178.3 585 1919
46°06′36.53″N 112°54′48.8″W / 46.1101472°N 112.913556°W / 46.1101472; -112.913556 (Anaconda Smelter Stack)
Inclined structure Olympic Stadium
 Canada
Montreal 175 574 1976
45°33′33.53″N 73°33′7.61″W / 45.5593139°N 73.5521139°W / 45.5593139; -73.5521139 (Montreal Olympic Stadium)
Obelisk San Jacinto Monument
 United States
La Porte, Texas 173.7 570 1939
29°44′59.46″N 95°04′50.52″W / 29.7498500°N 95.0807000°W / 29.7498500; -95.0807000 (San Jacinto Monument)
Ferris wheel High Roller
 United States
Las Vegas 167.6 550 2014
36°07′03″N 115°10′05″W / 36.117402°N 115.168127°W / 36.117402; -115.168127 (High Roller)
Masonry building Mole Antonelliana
 Italy
Torino 167.5 550 1889
45°04′8.45″N 7°41′35.62″E / 45.0690139°N 7.6932278°E / 45.0690139; 7.6932278 (Mole Antonelliana)
Masonry building Philadelphia City Hall
 United States
Philadelphia 167 548 1901
39°57′9.79″N 75°09′48.72″W / 39.9527194°N 75.1635333°W / 39.9527194; -75.1635333 (Philadelphia City Hall)
Flagpole Jeddah Flagpole
 Saudi Arabia
Jeddah 171[8]
561 2014
21°30′28.23″N 39°10′11.04″E / 21.5078417°N 39.1697333°E / 21.5078417; 39.1697333 (Jeddah Flagpole)
Church tower Ulmer Münster
 Germany
Ulm 162 530 1890
48°23′55″N 9°59′30.78″E / 48.39861°N 9.9918833°E / 48.39861; 9.9918833 (Ulmer Münster)
Industrial hall Vehicle Assembly Building
 United States
Kennedy Space Center, Florida 160 525 1966
28°35′9.64″N 80°39′2.11″W / 28.5860111°N 80.6505861°W / 28.5860111; -80.6505861 (Vehicle Assembly Building)
Dome Dome of the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro

 Ivory Coast
Yamoussoukro 158 518 1990
6°48′40″N 5°17′47″W / 6.81111°N 5.29639°W / 6.81111; -5.29639 (Dome of Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro)
Memorial cross Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caídos
 Spain
El Escorial 152.4 500 1957
40°38′31.46″N 4°9′19.6″W / 40.6420722°N 4.155444°W / 40.6420722; -4.155444 (Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caídos)
Telescope Arecibo Telescope
 Puerto Rico
Arecibo, Puerto Rico 150 492 1963
18°20′39″N 66°45′10″W / 18.34417°N 66.75278°W / 18.34417; -66.75278 (Arecibo Telescope)
Roller coaster Kingda Ka
 United States
Jackson, New Jersey 138.98 456 2005
40°08′26.54″N 74°25′59.83″W / 40.1407056°N 74.4332861°W / 40.1407056; -74.4332861 (Kingda Ka)
Tomb Great Pyramid of Giza
 Egypt
Giza 138.8 455.2 2560 BCE
29°58′44.93″N 31°08′3.09″E / 29.9791472°N 31.1341917°E / 29.9791472; 31.1341917 (Great Pyramid of Giza)
Air traffic control tower
Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 Control Tower

 Malaysia
Sepang 141.3 463.6 2013[9]

2°44′26″N 101°40′45″E / 2.740486°N 101.679069°E / 2.740486; 101.679069 (Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 Control Tower)


Stupa Jetavanaramaya
 Sri Lanka
Anuradhapura 122 400
Wooden lattice tower Gliwice Radio Tower
 Poland
Gliwice 118 387 1935
50°18′48.12″N 18°41′20.26″E / 50.3133667°N 18.6889611°E / 50.3133667; 18.6889611 (Gliwice Radio Tower)
Storage silo Schapfen Mill Tower
 Germany
Ulm 115 377 2005
48°25′57″N 9°58′58″E / 48.43250°N 9.98278°E / 48.43250; 9.98278 (Schapfen Mill Tower)

Aerial tramway support tower
Pillar of third section of Gletscherbahn Kaprun

 Austria
Kaprun 113.6 373 1966
47°11′58.62″N 12°41′16.96″E / 47.1996167°N 12.6880444°E / 47.1996167; 12.6880444 (Glacial Aerial Tramway Kaprun III Support Pillar)
Sphere Ericsson Globe
 Sweden
Stockholm 85 279 1989
59°17′36.92″N 18°04′58.79″E / 59.2935889°N 18.0829972°E / 59.2935889; 18.0829972 (Ericsson Globe)
Lighthouse Île Vierge Lighthouse
 France
Finistère 82.5 271 1902
Gopuram Murudeshwara Temple
 India
Murudeshwara 76 249 2008
14°05′39″N 74°29′07″E / 14.094197°N 74.485163°E / 14.094197; 74.485163 (Murudeshwara Temple)


Tallest destroyed structures by category, not surpassed by existing structures


There are some destroyed architectural structures which were taller than the tallest existing structure of their type. There are also destroyed structures omitted from this list that had been surpassed in height prior to being destroyed.







































































































Category
Structure
Country
City
Height (metres)
Height (feet)
Coordinates
Remarks
Guyed mast Warsaw Radio Mast
 Poland
Gąbin 646.38 2,121 52°22′3.74″N 19°48′8.73″E / 52.3677056°N 19.8024250°E / 52.3677056; 19.8024250 (Konstantynow Radio Mast (destroyed)) Completed in 1974, collapsed on August 8, 1991
Scientific research tower BREN Tower
 United States
Nevada Test Site 462 1,516 36°46′50.23″N 116°14′36.9″W / 36.7806194°N 116.243583°W / 36.7806194; -116.243583 (BREN-Tower) Completed in 1962, demolished May 23, 2012[10]
Guyed tubular steel mast Shushi-Wan Omega Transmitter
 Japan
Tsushima 389 1,276 34°36′53″N 129°27′13″E / 34.61472°N 129.45361°E / 34.61472; 129.45361 (Shushi-Wan Omega Transmitter (dismantled)) Completed in 1973, dismantled in 1998
Structure for scientific experiment Smokey Shot Tower
 United States
Nevada Test Site 213 700 37°11′13.63″N 116°4′7.93″W / 37.1871194°N 116.0688694°W / 37.1871194; -116.0688694 (Smokey Shot Tower(destroyed)) Guyed mast, which carried 44 kt yield nuclear bomb "Smokey" (part of operation Plumbbob) on top until its explosion on August 31, 1957
Wooden structure Mühlacker Wood Radio Tower
 Germany
Mühlacker 190 623 48°56′27.67″N 8°51′8.24″E / 48.9410194°N 8.8522889°E / 48.9410194; 8.8522889 (Mühlacker Wood Radio Tower (replaced by guyed mast)) Completed in 1934, destroyed on April 6, 1945, by the Germans to prevent usage by the Allies, replaced by mast radiator
Masonry building Mole Antonelliana
 Italy
Turin 167.5 549.5 45°04′8.45″N 7°41′35.62″E / 45.0690139°N 7.6932278°E / 45.0690139; 7.6932278 (Mole Antonelliana) Spire destroyed by a tornado in 1953 (rebuilt since then)
Pre-Industrial era building Lincoln Cathedral
 United Kingdom
Lincoln 160 524 53°14′3.26″N 0°32′10.54″W / 53.2342389°N 0.5362611°W / 53.2342389; -0.5362611 (Lincoln Cathedral) Completed in 1311, spire blown off in 1549
Gasometer Gasometer Zeche Nordstern
 Germany
Gelsenkirchen 147 482 Completed in 1938, damaged at an air raid on May 13, 1940 in such a manner, that it was not usable any more and had to be demolished.
Storage silo Henninger Turm
 Germany
Frankfurt 120 394 50°05′50.18″N 8°41′36.81″E / 50.0972722°N 8.6935583°E / 50.0972722; 8.6935583 (Henninger Turm) Constructed in 1961, demolished in 2013


Tallest building by function



















































































Category
Structure
Country
City
Architectural top (metres)
Architectural top (feet)
Mixed-use* Burj Khalifa
 United Arab Emirates
Dubai 830 2,722
Office One World Trade Center
 United States
New York City 541 1,776
Military structure Large masts of INS Kattabomman

 India

Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu
471 1,545
Residential 432 Park Avenue
 United States
New York City 425.5 1,396
Hotel Abraj Al-Bait Towers
 Saudi Arabia
Mekka 601 1,972
Scientific research tower Amazon Tall Tower Observatory
 Brazil
160 km NE of Manaus
325[11]
1,066
Educational Moscow State University
 Russia
Moscow 240 787
Religious Hassan II Mosque
 Morocco
Casablanca 210 689
Hospital Outpatient Center, Houston Methodist Hospital

 United States
Houston 156.05 511.8

* "Mixed-use" is defined as having three or more real estate uses (such as retail, office, hotel, etc.) that are physically and functionally integrated in a single property and are mutually supporting.[12]



Tallest buildings



Up until the late 1990s, the definition of “tallest building” was not altogether clear. It was generally understood to be the height of the building to the top of its architectural elements including spires, but not including "temporary" structures (such as antennas or flagpoles), which could be added or changed relatively easily without requiring major changes to the building's design. Other criteria for height measurement generally were not considered, which occasionally caused some controversy.


One historic case involved the building now famous for the Times Square Ball. Known as One Times Square (at 1475 Broadway in Midtown Manhattan), it was the headquarters for The New York Times, which gave Times Square its name. Completed in 1905, it reached a height of 364 feet (111 meters) to its roof, or 420 feet (130 meters) including its rooftop flagpole, which the Times vainly hoped would give it a record high status. But because a flagpole is not an integral architectural part of a building, One Times Square was not generally considered to be taller than the 390-foot-high (120 m) Park Row Building in Lower Manhattan, which was therefore still New York's tallest.[13]


A bigger controversy was the rivalry between two New York skyscrapers built in the Roaring Twenties — the Chrysler Building and the Bank of Manhattan Trust Building, now called the Trump Building but better known as 40 Wall Street (thus avoiding confusion with the many other Trump-named buildings). The latter was 927 feet (283 meters) tall, had a shorter pinnacle, and had a much higher top occupied floor (the second category in the 1996 criteria for tallest building). In contrast, the Chrysler Building employed a very long 125-foot (38 m) spire secretly assembled inside the building to claim the title of world's tallest building with a total height of 1,048 feet (319 m), despite having a lower top occupied floor and a shorter height when both buildings' spires are not counted in their heights. Although the architects of record for 40 Wall were H. Craig Severance and Yasuo Matsui, the firm of Shreve & Lamb (who also designed the Empire State Building) served as consulting architects. They wrote a newspaper article claiming that 40 Wall was actually the tallest, since it contained the world's highest usable floor. They pointed out that the observation deck of 40 Wall was nearly 100 feet (30 m) higher than the top floor of the Chrysler, whose surpassing spire was strictly ornamental and essentially inaccessible.[14] Despite the protest, the Chrysler Building was generally accepted as the tallest building in the world for almost a year, until it was surpassed by the Empire State Building’s 1,250 feet (380 meters) in 1931.


That was in turn surpassed by the 1,368-foot-high (417 m) twin towers of New York’s original World Trade Center in 1972, which were in turn surpassed by the Sears Tower in Chicago in 1974. Now called the Willis Tower (since 2009) it was 1,451 feet (442 meters) to its flat rooftop, or 1,518 feet (463 meters) including its original antennas.[15] But in 1978 One World Trade Center (commonly known as the north tower) attained a taller absolute height when it added its 360-foot (110 m) new broadcasting antenna, for a total height of 1,728 feet (527 meters). The WTC north tower maintained this height record (including its antenna) from 1978 until 2000, when the owners of the Willis Tower extended its broadcasting antennae for a total height of 1,729 feet (527 meters).[15] Thus the status of the Willis Tower as the “totally” tallest was restored in the face of a new threat looming in the Far East — the “Siamese Twins.”




The Petronas Towers remain the tallest twin towers in the world.


A major controversy erupted upon completion of the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1998. These twin towers, at 1,483 feet (452 meters), had a higher architectural height (spires, not antennas), but a lower absolute pinnacle height and a lower top occupied floor than the Willis Tower in Chicago. Counting buildings as structures with floors throughout, and with antenna masts excluded, the Willis was still considered the tallest at that time. Excluding their spires, which are 9 meters (30 feet) higher than the flat roof of Willis, the Petronas Towers are not taller than Willis. At their convention in Chicago, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) found the Willis Tower (without its antennas) to be the third-tallest building, and the Petronas Towers (with their spires) to be the world's two tallest buildings.[13]


Responding to the ensuing controversy, the CTBUH then revised their criteria and defined four categories in which the world's tallest building can be measured,[16] retaining the old criterion of height to architectural top, and adding three new categories:[13]



  1. Height to Architectural Top (including spires and pinnacles, but not antennas, masts or flagpoles). This measurement is the most widely used and is used to define the rankings of the 100 Tallest Buildings in the World.

  2. Highest Occupied Floor

  3. Height to Top of Roof (omitted from criteria from November 2009 onwards)[17]

  4. Height to Tip


The height-to-roof criterion was discontinued because relatively few modern tall buildings possess flat rooftops, making this criterion difficult to determine and measure.[18] The CTBUH has further clarified their definitions of building height, including specific criteria concerning subbasements and ground level entrances (height measured from lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance rather than from a previously undefined "main entrance"), building completion (must be topped out both structurally and architecturally, fully clad, and able to be occupied), condition of the highest occupied floor (must be continuously used by people living or working and be conditioned, thus including observation decks, but not mechanical floors) and other aspects of tall buildings.[18][19]


The height is measured from the level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance. At the time, the Willis Tower held first place in the second and third categories, the Petronas Towers held the first category, and the original WTC north tower held the fourth (height to tip) category with its antenna.[13] In 2000, however, a new antenna mast was placed on the Willis Tower, giving it the record in the fourth category. On April 20, 2004, the 101-storey Taipei 101 in Taipei, Taiwan, was completed, taking the world record for the first three categories. On July 21, 2007, it was announced that Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE, had surpassed Taipei 101. Since its completion in early 2010, Burj Khalifa leads in all categories (the first building to do so) with its spire height of 2,722 feet (830 meters).


Before Burj Khalifa was completed, Willis Tower led in the height-to-tip category with 1,729 feet (527 meters) after its antenna was extended in 2000, making Willis Tower slightly taller height-to-tip than the WTC north tower's antenna that measured 1,728 feet (527 meters). After the September 11, 2001, attacks, the WTC became the world's tallest two buildings to be destroyed or demolished. They took that distinction from the Singer Building, which stood 612 feet (187 meters) tall until the late 1960s where One Liberty Plaza now stands right across Church Street from the WTC site.


A different superlative for skyscrapers is their number of floors. The original World Trade Center set that record at 110 in the early 1970s, and this was not surpassed until the Burj Khalifa opened in 2010.


Structures such as the CN Tower, the Ostankino Tower and the Oriental Pearl Tower are excluded from these categories because they are not "habitable buildings", which are defined as frame structures made with floors and walls throughout.[1]



History of record holders in each CTBUH category



























































Date (event) Architectural top Highest occupied floor Roof
Tip
2010: Burj Khalifa completed Burj Khalifa Burj Khalifa Burj Khalifa
2009: CTBUH omits Height to Roof category Taipei 101 Shanghai World Financial Center Willis Tower
2008: Shanghai World Financial Center completed Taipei 101 Shanghai World Financial Center Shanghai World Financial Center Willis Tower
2003: Taipei 101 completed Taipei 101 Taipei 101 Taipei 101 Willis Tower
2000: Willis Tower antenna extension Petronas Towers Willis Tower Willis Tower Willis Tower
1998: Petronas Towers completed Petronas Towers Willis Tower Willis Tower World Trade Center
1996: CTBUH defines categories Willis Tower Willis Tower Willis Tower World Trade Center


Tallest freestanding structures on land



Freestanding structures must not be supported by guy wires, the sea or other types of support. It therefore does not include guyed masts, partially guyed towers and drilling platforms but does include towers, skyscrapers (pinnacle height) and chimneys.
(See also history of tallest skyscrapers.)


The world's tallest freestanding structure on land is defined as the tallest self-supporting artificial structure that stands above ground. This definition is different from that of world's tallest building or world's tallest structure based on the percentage of the structure that is occupied and whether or not it is self-supporting or supported by exterior cables. Likewise, this definition does not count structures that are built underground or on the seabed, such as the Petronius Platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Visit world's tallest structure by category for a list of various other definitions.


The tallest freestanding structure on land is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The building surpassed the height of the previous record holder, the 553.3 m (1,815 ft) CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario, on September 12, 2007. It was completed in 2010, with final height of 829.8 m (2,722 ft).



History


The following is a list of structures that have held the title as the tallest freestanding structure on land.












































































































































































































































Tallest historical structures
Record from
Record held (years)
Name and location
Constructed
Height (metres)
Height (feet)
Coordinates
Notes
c. 8000 BC
4000

Tower of Jericho, West Bank
c. 8000 BC
8.5
28

31°52′19″N 35°26′38″E / 31.872041°N 35.443981°E / 31.872041; 35.443981

c. 4000 BC
1350
Anu Ziggurat, Uruk
c. 8000 BC
13
40


c. 2650 BC
40

Pyramid of Djoser, Egypt
c. 2650 BC
62
203

29°52′16.53″N 31°12′59.59″E / 29.8712583°N 31.2165528°E / 29.8712583; 31.2165528 (Pyramid of Djoser)
 
c. 2610 BC
5

Meidum Pyramid in Egypt
c. 2610 BC
93.5
307

29°23′17″N 31°09′25″E / 29.38806°N 31.15694°E / 29.38806; 31.15694 (Meidum Pyramid)
Shortly after completion Meidum Pyramid collapsed due to bad design/instability and is now 65 m (213 ft).
c. 2605 BC
5

Bent Pyramid in Egypt
c. 2605 BC
101.1
332

29°47′25″N 31°12′33″E / 29.79028°N 31.20917°E / 29.79028; 31.20917 (Bent Pyramid)
Angle of slope decreased during construction to avoid collapse.
c. 2600 BC
40

Red Pyramid of Sneferu, Egypt
c. 2600 BC
105
345

29°48′31.39″N 31°12′22.49″E / 29.8087194°N 31.2062472°E / 29.8087194; 31.2062472 (Red Pyramid)
 
c. 2560 BC
3871

Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt
c. 2560 BC
146
481

29°58′44.93″N 31°08′3.09″E / 29.9791472°N 31.1341917°E / 29.9791472; 31.1341917 (Great Pyramid of Giza)
By 1647, the Great Pyramid had eroded to a height of approximately 139 m (456 ft).
 1311
238

Lincoln Cathedral in England
1092–1311
160
525

53°14′3.26″N 0°32′10.54″W / 53.2342389°N 0.5362611°W / 53.2342389; -0.5362611 (Lincoln Cathedral)
The central spire was destroyed in a storm in 1549. While the reputed height of 525 ft (160 m) is accepted by most sources,[20][21][22][23][24][25] others consider it doubtful[26]
1549
20

St. Mary's Church in Stralsund, Germany
1384–1478
151
495

54°18′36.01″N 13°5′14.81″E / 54.3100028°N 13.0874472°E / 54.3100028; 13.0874472 (St. Mary's church, Stralsund)

1569
4

Beauvais Cathedral in France
1225 - 1604
153
502

49°25′49″N 2°05′43″E / 49.43028°N 2.09528°E / 49.43028; 2.09528 (Beauvais Cathedral)
Spire collapsed in 1573 (the cross was removed in 1572); today, the church stands at a height of 67.2 m (220.5 ft).
1573
94 (20+74)

St. Mary's Church in Stralsund, Germany
1384–1478
151
495

54°18′36.01″N 13°5′14.81″E / 54.3100028°N 13.0874472°E / 54.3100028; 13.0874472 (St. Mary's church, Stralsund)
The spire burnt down after a lightning strike in 1647. The current spire's height is 104 m (341 ft).
1647
227

Strasbourg Cathedral in France
1439
142
469

48°34′54.22″N 7°45′1.48″E / 48.5817278°N 7.7504111°E / 48.5817278; 7.7504111 (Strasbourg Cathedral)
By 1647, the Great Pyramid had eroded to a height of approximately 139 m (456 ft) hence Strasbourg Cathedral was higher.
1874
2

St. Nikolai in Hamburg, Germany
1846–1874
147
483

53°32′50.94″N 9°59′26.12″E / 53.5474833°N 9.9905889°E / 53.5474833; 9.9905889 (St. Nikolai, Hamburg)

1876
4

Cathédrale Notre Dame in Rouen, France
1202–1876
151
495

49°26′24.54″N 1°5′41.85″E / 49.4401500°N 1.0949583°E / 49.4401500; 1.0949583 (Rouen Cathedral)
 
1880
4

Cologne Cathedral in Germany
1248–1880
157
515

50°56′28.08″N 6°57′25.73″E / 50.9411333°N 6.9571472°E / 50.9411333; 6.9571472 (Cologne Cathedral, Tower South) ;50°56′29.11″N 6°57′25.85″E / 50.9414194°N 6.9571806°E / 50.9414194; 6.9571806 (Cologne Cathedral, Tower North)

1884
5

Washington Monument in Washington D.C., United States
1884
169
555

38°53′22.08″N 77°2′6.89″W / 38.8894667°N 77.0352472°W / 38.8894667; -77.0352472 (Washington Monument)
The world's tallest all-stone structure, as well as the tallest obelisk-form structure.
1889
41

Eiffel Tower in Paris, France
1887–1889
300
986

48°51′29.77″N 2°17′40.09″E / 48.8582694°N 2.2944694°E / 48.8582694; 2.2944694 (Eiffel Tower)
First structure to exceed 300 metres in height. The addition of a telecommunications tower in the 1950s brought the overall height to 324 m (1,063 ft).
1930
1

Chrysler Building in New York, United States
1928–1930
319
1,046

40°45′5.78″N 73°58′31.52″W / 40.7516056°N 73.9754222°W / 40.7516056; -73.9754222 (Chrysler Building)

1931
36

Empire State Building in New York, United States
1930–1931
381
1,250

40°44′54.95″N 73°59′8.71″W / 40.7485972°N 73.9857528°W / 40.7485972; -73.9857528 (Empire State Building)
First building with 100+ stories. The addition of a pinnacle and antennas later increased its overall height to 448.7 m (1,472 ft). This was subsequently lowered to 443.1 m (1,454 ft).
1967
8

Ostankino Tower in Moscow, Soviet Union
1963–1967
540
1,762

55°49′10.94″N 37°36′41.79″E / 55.8197056°N 37.6116083°E / 55.8197056; 37.6116083 (Ostankino Tower)
Remains the tallest in Europe. Fire in 2000 led to extensive renovation.
1975
32

CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1973–1976
553
1,815

43°38′33.22″N 79°23′13.41″W / 43.6425611°N 79.3870583°W / 43.6425611; -79.3870583 (CN Tower)
Remains the tallest in the Western Hemisphere
2007
present

Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2004–2009
829.8
2,722

25°11′50.0″N 55°16′26.6″E / 25.197222°N 55.274056°E / 25.197222; 55.274056 (Burj Dubai)
Holder of world's tallest freestanding structure. Topped out at 829.8 m (2,722 ft) in 2009.



Diagram of the principal high buildings of the Old World, 1884


Notable mentions include the Pharos (lighthouse) of Alexandria, built in the third century BC and estimated between 115–135 m (377–443 ft). It was the world's tallest non-pyramidal structure for many centuries. Another notable mention includes the Jetavanaramaya stupa in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, which was built in the third century, and was similarly tall at 122 m (400 ft). These were both the world's tallest or second-tallest non-pyramidal structure for over a thousand years.


The tallest secular building between the collapse of the Pharos and the erection of the Washington Monument may have been the Torre del Mangia in Siena, which is 102 m (335 ft) tall, and was constructed in the first half of the fourteenth century, and the 97-metre-tall (318 ft) Torre degli Asinelli in Bologna, also Italy, built between 1109 and 1119.



World's highest observation deck



Timeline of development of world's highest observation deck since inauguration of Eiffel Tower.









































































































Record from
Record held (years)
Name and location
Constructed
Height above ground
Notes
m
ft
1889
42

Eiffel Tower, Paris
1889
275
902
Two lower observation decks at 57 and 115 m (187 and 377 ft).
1931
42

Empire State Building, New York City
1931
369[27]
1,250
On the 102nd floor - a second observation deck is located on the 86th floor at 320 m (1,050 ft).
1973
1

World Trade Center, New York City
1973
399.4
1,310
Indoor observatory on the 107th floor of South Tower opened on April 4, 1973. Destroyed on September 11, 2001
1974
1

Willis Tower, Chicago
1974
412.4
1,353
103rd floor Skydeck opened on June 22, 1974
1975
1
World Trade Center, New York City
1973
419.7
1,377
Outdoor observatory on the South Tower rooftop opened on December 15, 1975. Destroyed on September 11, 2001
1976
32

CN Tower, Toronto
1976
446.5
1,464.9
Two further observation decks at 342 and 346 m (1,122 and 1,135 ft).
2008
3

Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai
2008
474
1,555
Two further observation decks at 423 and 439 m (1,388 and 1,440 ft).
2011
3

Canton Tower, Guangzhou
2011
488
1,601
The rooftop outdoor observation deck opened in December 2011. There are also several other indoor observation decks in the tower, the highest at 433.2 m (1,421 ft).
2014
2

Burj Khalifa, Dubai
2010
555
1,821
Opened on October 15, 2014 on the 148th floor. There is another observation deck at 452.1 m (1,483 ft) on the 124th floor, which has been open since the building was opened to the public.
2016
present

Shanghai Tower, Shanghai, China and Ping An Finance Centre (since 2017)
2015
562
1,841
Opened on July 1, 2016.

Higher observation decks have existed on mountain tops or cliffs, rather than on tall structures. The Grand Canyon Skywalk, constructed in 2007, protrudes 21 m (70 ft) over the west rim of the Grand Canyon and is approximately 1,100 m (3,600 ft) above the Colorado River, making it the highest of these types of structures.[citation needed]



Timeline of guyed structures on land


As most of the tallest structures are guyed masts, here is a timeline of world's tallest guyed masts, since the beginning of radio technology.


As many large guyed masts were destroyed at the end of World War II, the dates for the years between 1945 and 1950 may be incorrect. If Wusung Radio Tower survived World War II, it was the tallest guyed structure shortly after World War II.




































































































































































































Record from
Record held (years)
Name and location
Constructed
Height
Coordinates
Notes
m
ft
1913
7
Central mast of Eilvese transmitter, Eilvese, Germany
1913
250
820

52°31′40″N 9°24′24″E / 52.52778°N 9.40667°E / 52.52778; 9.40667 (Eilvese transmitter (demolished))
Mast was divided in 145 m by an insulator, demolished in 1931
1920
3
Central masts of Nauen Transmitter Station, Nauen, Germany
1920
260
853

52°38′56″N 12°54′30″E / 52.64889°N 12.90833°E / 52.64889; 12.90833 (Nauen transmitter)
2 masts, demolished in 1946
1923
10
Masts of Ruiselede transmitter, Ruiselede, Belgium
1923
287
942

51°4′44″N 3°20′6.9″E / 51.07889°N 3.335250°E / 51.07889; 3.335250 (Zendmast Ruiselede (destroyed) (location unclear))?
8 masts, destroyed in 1940
1933
6

Lakihegy Tower, Lakihegy, Hungary
1933
314
1,031

47°22′23.45″N 19°0′17.21″E / 47.3731806°N 19.0047806°E / 47.3731806; 19.0047806 (Lakihegy Radio Tower)
Blaw-Knox Tower, insulated against ground, destroyed in 1945; rebuilt
1939
7

Deutschlandsender Herzberg/Elster, Herzberg (Elster), Germany
1939
335
1,099

51°42′59.76″N 13°15′51.5″E / 51.7166000°N 13.264306°E / 51.7166000; 13.264306 (Deutschlandsender III (dismantled))
Insulated against ground, dismantled 1946/1947
1946
2

Lakihegy Tower, Lakihegy, Hungary
1946
314
1,031

47°22′23.45″N 19°0′17.21″E / 47.3731806°N 19.0047806°E / 47.3731806; 19.0047806 (Lakihegy Radio Tower)
Blaw-Knox Tower, Insulated against ground, rebuilt after destruction in 1945
1948
1

WIVB-TV Tower, Colden, New York, USA
1948
321.9
1,056

42°39′33.19″N 78°37′33.91″W / 42.6592194°N 78.6260861°W / 42.6592194; -78.6260861 (WIVB-TV Tower)

1949
1

Longwave transmitter Raszyn, Raszyn, Poland
1949
335
1,099

52°4′21.72″N 20°53′2.15″E / 52.0727000°N 20.8839306°E / 52.0727000; 20.8839306 (Raszyn Radio Mast)
Insulated against ground
1950
4

Forestport Tower, Forestport, New York, USA
1950
371.25
1,218

43°26′41.9″N 75°5′9.55″W / 43.444972°N 75.0859861°W / 43.444972; -75.0859861 (Forestport Tower (demolished))
Insulated against ground, demolished
1954
2

Griffin Television Tower Oklahoma (AKA KWTV Transmission Tower), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
1954
480.5
1,576

35°32′58.59″N 97°29′50.27″W / 35.5496083°N 97.4972972°W / 35.5496083; -97.4972972 (Griffin Television Tower Oklahoma)
 
1956
3

KOBR-TV Tower, Caprock, New Mexico, USA
1956
490.7
1,610

33°22′31.31″N 103°46′14.3″W / 33.3753639°N 103.770639°W / 33.3753639; -103.770639 (KOBR-TV Tower)
Collapsed in 1960; rebuilt
1959
1

WGME TV Tower, Raymond, Maine, USA
1959
495
1,624

43°55′28.43″N 70°29′26.72″W / 43.9245639°N 70.4907556°W / 43.9245639; -70.4907556 (WGME TV Tower)

1960
2

KFVS TV Mast, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA
1960
511.1
1,677

37°25′44.5″N 89°30′13.84″W / 37.429028°N 89.5038444°W / 37.429028; -89.5038444 (KFVS TV Mast)

1962
1

WTVM/WRBL-TV & WVRK-FM Tower, Cusseta, Georgia, USA
1962
533
1,749

32°19′25.09″N 84°46′45.07″W / 32.3236361°N 84.7791861°W / 32.3236361; -84.7791861 (WTVM/WRBL-TV & WVRK-FM Tower)

1963
0

WIMZ-FM-Tower, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
1963
534.01
1,752

36°08′05.49″N 83°43′28.01″W / 36.1348583°N 83.7244472°W / 36.1348583; -83.7244472 (WIMZ-FM-Tower)

1963
11

KVLY-TV mast, Blanchard, North Dakota, USA
1963
628.8
2,063

47°20′31.85″N 97°17′21.13″W / 47.3421806°N 97.2892028°W / 47.3421806; -97.2892028 (KVLY-TV mast)

1974
17

Warsaw Radio Mast, Gąbin, Poland
1974
646.4
2,121

52°22′3.74″N 19°48′8.73″E / 52.3677056°N 19.8024250°E / 52.3677056; 19.8024250 (Konstantynow Radio Mast (destroyed))
Mast radiator insulated against ground, collapsed in 1991
1991
present

KVLY-TV mast, Blanchard, North Dakota, USA
1963
628.8
2,063

47°20′31.85″N 97°17′21.13″W / 47.3421806°N 97.2892028°W / 47.3421806; -97.2892028 (KVLY-TV mast)



Tallest towers



Towers include observation towers, monuments and other structures not generally considered to be "habitable buildings", they are meant for "regular access by humans, but not for living in or office work, and are self-supporting or freestanding, which means no guy-wires for support", meaning it excludes from this list of continuously habitable buildings and skyscrapers as well as radio and TV masts.


Bridge towers or pylons, chimneys, transmission towers, and most large statues allow human access for maintenance, but not as part of their normal operation, and are therefore not considered to be towers.


The Tokyo Skytree, completed in February 2012, is 634 m (2,080 ft), making it the tallest tower, and second-tallest freestanding structure in the world.[28][29][30]



History of tallest tower





Tokyo Tower held the record of being the tallest tower in the world from 1958 to 1967. In addition, it held the record of being the tallest structure in Japan from 1958 to 2011, when the Tokyo Skytree (the current tallest tower in the world) surpassed it.


The following is a list of structures that have historically held the title as the tallest towers in the world.






















































































































Tallest historical towers
From
To
Tower
Town
Pinnacle height
280 BC 1180 AD Pharos Lighthouse Alexandria, Egypt 122 m
1180 1240
Malmesbury Abbey Tower
Malmesbury, UK 131.3 m
1240 1311 Tower of Old St Paul's Cathedral
London, UK 150 m
1311 1549 Tower of Lincoln Cathedral
Lincoln, UK 159.7 m
1549 1647 Tower of St Mary's church
Stralsund, Germany 151 m
1647 1874 Tower of Strasbourg Cathedral
Strasbourg, France 142 m
1874 1876 Tower of St. Nikolai
Hamburg, Germany 147 m
1876 1880 Tower of Rouen Cathedral
Rouen, France 151 m
1880 1889 Tower of Cologne Cathedral
Cologne, Germany 157.38 m
1889 1958 Eiffel Tower Paris, France 312.3 m
1958 1967 Tokyo Tower Tokyo, Japan 332.6 m
1967 1975 Ostankino Tower Moscow, Russia 540.1 m
1975 2010 CN Tower
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
553.33 m
2010 2011 Canton Tower Guangzhou, China 600 m
2011 present Tokyo Skytree Tokyo, Japan 634 m


Tallest structures, freestanding structures, and buildings




Burj Khalifa and other tallest structures


The list categories are:



  • The structures (supported) list uses pinnacle height and includes architectural structures of any type that might use some external support constructions like cables and are fully built in air. Only the three tallest are listed, as more than fifty US TV masts have stated heights of 600–610 metres (1,970–2,000 ft).

  • The structures (media supported) list uses pinnacle height and includes architectural structures of any type that are not totally built in the air but are using support from other, denser media like salt water. All structures greater than 500 metres (1,640 ft) are listed.

  • The freestanding structures list uses pinnacle height and includes structures over 500 metres (1,640 ft) that do not use guy-wires or other external supports. This means truly free standing on its own or, in similar sense, non-supported structures.

  • The building list uses architectural height (excluding antennas) and includes only buildings, defined as consisting of habitable floors. Both of these follow CTBUH guidelines. All supertall buildings (450 m and higher) are listed.


Notes:



  • Eight buildings appear on the freestanding structures category list with heights different from another category. This is due to the different measurement specifications of those lists.

  • Only current heights and, where reasonable, target heights are listed. Historical heights of structures that no longer exist, for example, for having collapsed, are excluded.























































































































































































































































































Rank
Name and location
Year
completed
Architectural top[31]
(metres)
Architectural top
(feet)
Floors
Structures (supported)
1

KVLY-TV mast, Blanchard, North Dakota, United States
1963
629
2,064

2

KXJB-TV mast, Galesburg, North Dakota, United States
1998
628
2,060

3

KXTV/KOVR Tower, Walnut Grove, California, United States
2000
625
2,051

Structures (media supported)
1

Petronius Platform, Gulf of Mexico
2000
610
2,000

2

Baldpate Platform, Gulf of Mexico
1998
580
1,900

3

Bullwinkle Platform, Gulf of Mexico
1989
529
1,736

Freestanding structures
1

Burj Khalifa, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2009
829.8
2,722
163
2

Tokyo Skytree, Tokyo, Japan
2012
634
2,080

3

Shanghai Tower, Shanghai, China
2015
632
2,073
128
4

Abraj Al Bait, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
2011
601
1,972
120
5

Canton Tower, Guangzhou, China
2010
600
1,969

6

Ping An Finance Centre, Shenzhen, China
2016
599
1,965
115
7

Lotte World Tower, Seoul, South Korea
2016
555
1,821
123
8

CN Tower, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1976
553
1,814

9

One World Trade Center, New York City, USA
2013
541.3
1,776
104
10

Ostankino Tower, Moscow, Russia
1967
540
1,770

11

Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre, Guangzhou, China
2016
530
1,739
111
12

Willis Tower, Chicago, United States
1974
527
1,729
108
13

Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan
2004
509
1,670
101
Buildings
1

Burj Khalifa, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2010
828
2,717
163
2

Shanghai Tower, Shanghai, China
2015
632
2,073
128
3

Abraj Al Bait, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
2011
601
1,972
120
4

Ping An Finance Centre, Shenzhen, China
2016
599
1,965
115
5

Lotte World Tower, Seoul, South Korea
2016
555
1,821
123
6

One World Trade Center, New York City, USA
2013
541.3
1,776
104
7

Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre, Guangzhou, China
2016
530
1,739
111
8

Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan
2004
509
1,670
101
9

Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai, China
2008
492
1,614
101
10

International Commerce Centre, Hong Kong
2010
484
1,588
118
11

Changsha IFS Tower T1, Changsha, China
2017
452.1
1,483
88
12

Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1998
451.9
1,483
88
13

Zifeng Tower, Nanjing, China
2009
450
1,480
89
13

Suzhou IFS, Suzhou, China
2017
450
1,476
92

Source: Emporis



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External links



  • Tallest Buildings in the Islamic World (2017)


  • Collection of many record holders on Skyscraperpage

  • tallestbuildingintheworld.net

  • A map visualization of each country's tallest building

  • The highest abandoned skyscraper in the world









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