tallest building in the world

The 87 storey building, which was completed in 1999, stands at 420.5m.The Jin Mao Tower is an 88 storey landmark skyscraper in the Lujiazui area of the Pudong district of Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China. It contains offices and the Grand Hyatt Shanghai hotel. Until 2007 it was the tallest building in the PRC, the fifth tallest in the world by roof height and the seventh tallest by pinnacle height. Along with the Oriental Pearl Tower, it is part of the Pudong skyline. Its height was surpassed on September 14, 2007 by the Shanghai World Financial Center which is next to the building. The Shanghai Tower, a 128 story building located next to these two buildings and now under construction, will be even taller.

The 423m condominium hotel development was designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill and named after the billionaire property developer, Donald Trump.The Trump International Hotel and Tower, also known as Trump Tower Chicago and Trump Tower, is a skyscraper condo hotel in downtown Chicago, Illinois. The building, named after billionaire real estate developer Donald Trump, was designed by architect Adrian Smith of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Bovis Lend Lease built the 98 story structure, which reached a height of 1,389 feet (423 m) including its spire, its roof topping out at 1,170 feet (360 m). It is adjacent to the main branch of the Chicago River, with a view of the entry to Lake Michigan beyond a series of bridges over the river. The building received publicity when the winner of the first season of The Apprentice reality television show, Bill Rancic, chose to manage the construction of the tower over managing a new Trump National Golf Course and resort in Los Angeles, California.

Trump announced in 2001 that the skyscraper would become the tallest building in the world, but after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, he scaled back the buildings plans, and its design underwent several revisions. When topped out in 2009, it became the second tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, after another Chicago building, the Willis Tower (formerly known as the Sears Tower). Trump Tower Chicago surpassed the citys John Hancock Center as the building with the highest residence (apartment or condo) in the world, and held this title until the completion of the Burj Khalifa. As of 24 November 2012 it is the twelfth tallest building in the world.

The 438.6m building was designed by Wilkinson Eyre and has a total of 103 floors.Guangzhou International Finance Centre or Guangzhou West Tower, is a 103 storey, 438.6 m (1,439 ft) skyscraper at Zhujiang Avenue West in the Tianhe District of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.The building was topped out at the end of 2008.[citation needed] It is a part of the Guangzhou Twin Towers.Construction of the building, designed by Wilkinson Eyre, broke ground in December 2005, and was completed in 2010. The building is used as a conference centre, hotel and office building. Floors 1 through 66 are used as offices, floors 67 and 68 are for mechanical equipment, floors 69 to 98 have a Four Seasons Hotel with the lobby being on the 70th floor, and floors 99 and 100 are used as an observation deck.

Designed by TFP Farrells, the 100 storey building stands at 441.8m and was completed in 2011.The KK100 formerly known as Kingkey 100 and Kingkey Finance Center Plaza, is a skyscraper in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China. It is located in Shenzhens Luohu District east of Lizhi Park, approximately one kilometer north of the border between mainland China and Hong Kong. The area is often described as the financial district of Shenzhen. The mixed use building rises to 441.8 metres (1,449 ft) and contains 100 floors for office space and a hotel. Out of those 100 floors, 68 are used for 173,000 square metres (1,862,157 sq ft) of Class A office space, 22 stories for a 35,000 square metres (376,737 sq ft) six star business hotel and the top four floors of the skyscraper hold a garden and several restaurants. Adjacent to KK100 is the KK Mall, which opened its doors November 26, 2010, and contains luxury brand stores, restaurants and a supermarket. The KK Mall also hosts Shenzhens first IMAX cinema.

Previously known as the Sears Tower, the 421m building was completed in 1974 and remained the tallest building in the world for nearly 25 years.Willis Tower (formerly named and still commonly referred to as Sears Tower) is a 108 story, 1,451 foot (442 m) skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, United States. At the time of its completion in 1973, it was the tallest building in the world, surpassing the World Trade Center towers in New York, and it held this rank for nearly 25 years. Willis Tower is the second tallest building in the United States and the eighth tallest freestanding structure in the world. The skyscraper is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Chicago, and over one million people visit its observation deck each year. Named the Sears Tower since its opening, the structure was renamed in 2009 by the Willis Group, as part of their lease on a portion of its space.United Airlines moved its corporate headquarters to Willis Tower from the United Building at 77 West Wacker Drive in August 2012.As of December 2013, United is the Willis Towers largest tenant, with its headquarters and operations center occupying around 20 floors of the tower.

The 450m building was designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill and completed in 2010.Zifeng Tower (a.k.a. Greenland Center Zifeng Tower or Greenland Square Zifeng Tower, formerly Nanjing Greenland Financial Center)is a 450 metre (1,480 ft) skyscraper completed in 2010 in Nanjing, China. The 89 story building comprises retail and office space in the lower section, and restaurants, a hotel, and a public observatory near the top. The towers stepping is functional, helping separate these sections.

Designed by Cesar Pelli & Associates, the Petronas twin towers stand at 451.9m and feature a double decker skybridge connecting the two towers on the 41st and 42nd floors.

Designed by Cesar Pelli & Associates, the Petronas twin towers stand at 451.9m and feature a double decker skybridge connecting the two towers on the 41st and 42nd floors.The Petronas Towers, also known as the Petronas Twin Towers (Malay Menara Petronas, or Menara Berkembar Petronas) are twin skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. According to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH)s official definition and ranking, they were the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004 and remain the tallest twin towers in the world. The buildings are a landmark of Kuala Lumpur, along with nearby Kuala Lumpur Tower.

This mixed use development in West Kowloon stands at 484m and houses a swimming pool and bar on the 118th floor.The Hong Kong International Commerce Centre (abbr. ICC Tower) is a 118 storey (see below), 484 m (1,588 ft) commercial skyscraper completed in 2010 in West Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is a part of the Union Square project built on top of Kowloon Station. As of 2013, it is the worlds seventh tallest building by height, worlds third tallest building by number of floors, as well as the tallest building in Hong Kong.Notable amenities include The Ritz Carlton, Hong Kong hotel and an observatory called Sky100.The ICC Tower faces the second tallest skyscraper in Hong Kong, the 2 International Finance Centre (abbr. IFC), located directly across Victoria Harbour in Central, Hong Kong Island. The IFC Tower was also developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties, along with another major Hong Kong developer, Henderson Land.

Completed in 2008, the 492m tower was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by the Japanese Mori Building Company.The Shanghai World Financial Center is a supertall skyscraper located in the Pudong district of Shanghai, China. It was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by the Mori Building Company, with Leslie E. Robertson Associates as its structural engineer and China State Construction Engineering Corp and Shanghai Construction (Group) General Co. as its main contractor. It is a mixed use skyscraper, consisting of offices, hotels, conference rooms, observation decks, and ground floor shopping malls. Park Hyatt Shanghai is the towers hotel component, comprising 174 rooms and suites. Occupying the 79th to the 93rd floors, surpassing the Grand Hyatt Shanghai on the 53rd to 87th floors of the neighboring Jin Mao Tower. It is the second highest hotel in the world after The Ritz Carlton, Hong Kong, which occupies floors 102 to 118 of the International Commerce Centre.