Tallest Building In The World

1. This is an 85 floor skyscraper which is 347.5m (1,140ft) high. An antenna pushes the building height to 378m (1,240ft). The building was designed by C.Y. Lee & Partners and Hellmuth, Obata & assabaum.Tuntex Sky Tower, or the T & C Tower or 85 SKYTOWER is an 85 floor skyscraper located in Lingya District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The structure is 347.5 m (1,140 ft) high. An antenna pushes the building height to 378 m (1,240 ft). Constructed from 1994 to .....

Elite Residence Dubai

2. Designed by Adnan Saffarini, the 380.5m building has 87 floors with 695 residential units. Construction of the building was completed in 2012.Elite Residence is a supertall skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in the Dubai Marina district, overlooking one of the man made palm island, Palm Jumeirah. The building stands 380.5 metres (1,248 ft) tall and has 87 floors. Of the 91 floors 76 are for 695 apartments and the other 15 include amenities .....

Empire State Building USA

3. The Empire State Building is a 103 story skyscraper located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. It has a roof height of 1,250 feet (380 m), and with its antenna spire included, it stands a total of 1,454 feet (443 m) high. Its name is derived from the nickname for New York, the Empire State. It stood as the worlds tallest building for nearly 40 years, from its completion in early 1931 unt .....

Central Market Project Abu Dhabi

4. The tallest building of three in the complex, The Domain Tower, stands 381m (1,250ft) tall and contains 88 floors.The Central Market Project is a complex of three skyscrapers, one of which is a .....

Shun Hing Square China

5. Designed by K.Y. Cheung Design Associates, the 384m building began construction in 1993 and was completed in 1996.Shun Hing Square skyscraper in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China.It is currently the second tallest in Shenzhen, 9th tallest building in mainland China, and the 17th tallest in the world. It was the tallest building in China from its completion in 1996 until CITIC Plaza in Guangzhou was completed in 1997. It was also the first skysc .....

CITIC Plaza China

6. The 390.6m building was completed in 1996 and was designed by Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man Architects & Engineers.China International Trust and Investment (CITIC) Plaza is an 80 storey, 391 m (1,283 ft) skyscraper in the Tianhe District of Guangzhou, Guangdong, Peoples Republic of China. Its structural height includes two antenna like spires on the top. Completed in 1997, it is the tallest concrete building in the world. Currently, it ranks as the e .....

23 Marina Dubai

7. 23 Marina is a 90 storey, 392.8 m (1,289 ft) residential skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was the worlds tallest all residential building until the completion of the nearby Princess Tower.The tower has 57 swimming pools and each duplex in the tower is equipped with its own private elevator.The building was 79 percent sold before construction started. The raft was completed on 30 April 2007.In June 2011, 23 Marina topped out and becam .....

Al Hamra Firdous Tower Kuwait

9. The Al Hamra Tower is a completed skyscraper in Kuwait City, Kuwait. Designed by architectural firms Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and Callison, the skyscraper is the tallest building in Kuwait at 412.6 m (1,354 ft).It is also the tallest sculpted tower in the world. Turner Construction was in charge of the towers construction. .....

Princess Tower Dubai

10. The 413m residential building was completed in 2012 and houses more than 700 apartment units.The Princess Tower is a 101 storey, 414 m (1,358 ft) tall residential skyscraper located in the Marina district of Dubai, UAE. Princess Tower was the worlds tallest residential building in 2012 .....

Trump International Hotel and Tower USA

12. 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 L .....

Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) USA

15. 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 .....

Petronas Tower 2 Malaysia

17. 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. .....

Petronas Tower 1 Malaysia

18. 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 .....

International Commerce Centre Hong Kong

19. 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 bu .....

Taipei 101 Taiwan

21. The 101 storey building, which has a height of 508m, is designed to withstand the typhooon winds and earthquake tremors common in its area of the Asia Pacific.Taipei, officially known as Taipei City is the capital of the democratic industrialized island nation officially known as the Republic of China (Taiwan). Situated at the northern tip of the country, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River; it is about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of Keelung, a por .....

One World Trade Center USA

22. The 104 storey structure stands on the northwest corner of the 16 acre World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan. Its spire reaches a symbolic height of 1,776 ft (541m) in reference to the United States Declaration of Independence.One World Trade Center (also 1 World Trade Center or 1 WTC; the current building was dubbed the Freedom Tower during initial basework) is the name of two buildings. It most commonly refers to the primary building of th .....

Burj Khalifa Dubai United Arab Emirates

23. The Burj Khalifa, previously known as the Burj Dubai, is the tallest building in the world, rising to a ridiculous 2,723 feet high with 163 floors. It took five years to build, and was completed in 2009 in Dubais main business district. .....

Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower

24. An attempt to modernize this holy city, the Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower is the tallest hotel in the world, along with the tallest clock tower and containing the worlds largest clock face. It stands at 1,972 feet high and has a whopping 120 floors. .....