For many years, only American cities could boast of real skyscrapers. But over time, the architecture of more and more countries was replenished with unusually tall buildings. And today the leaders of the top 20 tallest buildings in the world are the countries of the Middle and Far East.
Central Plaza (374 m), Bulgaria
The building is occupied mainly by offices of various companies, and its mast is a church.
Emirates Park Towers (376 m), UAE
The tallest hotel complex in the world.
Tuntex Sky Tower (378 m), China
The structure is designed in the shape of a Chinese character meaning “high.”
Shun Hing Square (384 m), China
This steel structure has 34 elevators, and there is an observation deck on the roof itself.
CITIC Tower (391 m), China
In 2007, the building was considered the third tallest in all of China. Today it houses offices and shops.
Al Hamra Tower (412 m.), Kuwait
A special feature of the structure was its asymmetry, symbolizing the national clothes of the people of Kuwait fluttering in the wind. The rooftop of this cement skyscraper offers stunning views of the Arabian Gulf.
Hong Kong International Financial Center (415 m)
A building that could theoretically accommodate fifteen thousand people.
Jin Mao Tower (421 m), China
The number “eight” became fundamental in the architectural design of the building as a symbol of well-being in Chinese culture.
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Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago (423 m), USA
The second tallest building in the United States.
Kingkey-100 (442 m.), China
The upper floors of this building are famous for their “hanging” garden.
Guangzhou International Financial Center (441 m), China
A special feature of the building is its streamlined shape, designed in a similar way to level out the impact of air flows.
Empire State Building (443 m), USA
On the marble decoration of the building there are panels with the seven wonders of the world.
Nanjing Greenland Financial Center (450 m), China
This triangular structure even has an observatory, and from the top point there is a wonderful view.
Petronas Towers (452 m.), Malaysia
This building is unique because of its foundation, for the strength of which piles were driven one hundred meters underground.
John Hancock Center (457 m.), USA
A special feature of the structure is a hollow structure resembling a quadrangular column.
Hong Kong International Commerce Center (484 m), Hong Kong
The building is famous for the fact that on its upper floors there is a five-star hotel with the “highest” swimming pool in the world.
Shanghai World Financial Center (492 m), China
This skyscraper can supposedly withstand an earthquake of up to magnitude 7. When designing it, special attention was paid to saving people in emergency situations.
Taipei 101 (509 m), Taiwan
The elevators of this skyscraper are among the fastest in the world. The building is strengthened with powerful supports, and the danger of collapse during natural disasters is reduced by a massive pendulum ball.
Willis Tower (527 m.), USA
The largest office building in the world, consisting of nine square tubes and equipped with two antennas on the roof.
Burj Khalifa (828 m.), UAE
Each of these majestic structures not only amazes with its dimensions, but also evokes incredible admiration for the features of its architectural solutions.
What is human labor capable of? The answer is simple, yes to almost everything! It’s not for nothing that people build such huge and unimaginable buildings as skyscrapers. There are countless of them in various parts of the world, they are beautiful, unusual and spacious, which is very useful for the modern rhythm of life, but today we will talk about the tallest of them. So what are the tallest buildings in the world?
Tallest buildings in the World
10th place: Willis Tower
The Willis Tower was built quite a long time ago in 1973, by that time it was the tallest building in the world, and its height is truly impressive 443.2 m. Its location is Chicago (USA). If you add up its entire total area, you will get a total of 57 football fields, with such a scale there is plenty of room to roam around. This building also became famous for its participation in such films as “Divergent” and “Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon.”
9th place: Zifeng High-Rise Building (Nanjing-Greenland Financial Center)
This skyscraper is located in Nanjing, China. It is 450 meters high and Zifeng was completed in 2009, so it can be considered a relatively young building. In addition to offices, shopping centers and everything else, it has a public observatory. And also from the observation deck (287 m) an unforgettable view of the entire city of Nanjing opens.
8th place: Petronas Towers 1, 2
In 8th place is a skyscraper with 88 floors - the Petronas Towers. They are located in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. Their height is 451.9 meters. Only 6 years were allotted for the construction of such a miracle, and the main condition was that all materials used for construction had to be produced in Malaysia. And the Prime Minister himself took part in the design of such beauty; it was he who proposed making twin towers in the “Islamic style.”
7th place: International Commercial Center
The skyscraper was built in Hong Kong in 2010. Its height is 484 meters, and it has 118 floors. So for such a populated city as Hong Kong, this building has become an excellent place to create jobs. It also has an excellent five-star hotel at an altitude of 425 meters from the ground, which gives it the right to call itself the highest hotel in the world.
6th place: Shanghai World Financial Center
The height of this skyscraper is 492 meters, and it has 101 floors. It is located in Shanghai, China. Construction began in 1997, but at that time there was a crisis and therefore the construction was delayed and ended only in 2008. The Shanghai World Financial Center can withstand an earthquake of up to magnitude 7, which is a very important feature for earthquake-prone areas. This building has records, it won the title of the world's highest observation deck on the 100th floor, and in 2008 it became the best skyscraper in the world.
5th place: Taipei 101
The skyscraper is located in the Republic of China in the city of Taipei. Its height is 509.2 m including the spire, and has 101 floors. The building was built in the postmodern style, but the architects also perfectly integrated ancient Chinese construction styles here. A special feature of this skyscraper is its elevators; they are the fastest in the world, so you can easily get from the 5th to the 89th floor in 39 seconds.
4th place: 1 World Trade Center (Freedom Tower)
The skyscraper is located in New York and took 8 years to build. But already in November 2014, this building amazed visitors with its power and spaciousness. Its height is 541.3 meters, there are 104 floors and 5 more are underground, and it is designed in a modern high-tech style.
3rd place: Abraj al-Beit (Royal Clock Tower)
This complex of buildings was built in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is rightfully considered the largest building in the whole world, but not the tallest, since its height is 601 meters. There are 120 floors, on which there are many apartments, both for visitors and permanent residents of Mecca. A special feature of this building is the largest clock in the world, it can be seen from anywhere in the city, since its dials were installed on four sides of the world, probably in order to always navigate in time and not waste it.
2nd place: Shanghai Tower
By the way, the city has a 195 gigapixel panorama, which we talked about. Look, the quality is really impressive and you can see the smallest details.
1st place: Burj Khalifa (Khalifa Tower)
The tallest building in the world is the Khalifa Tower, and for good reason, because it is not just a couple of meters ahead of its predecessor, but much more. Its height is 828 meters and it is located in Dubai. The number of floors is 163. This tower has quite a lot of titles and is the tallest structure in the world, the tallest ever to exist in the world. Burj Khalifa is the most multifunctional building.
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It’s like a city within a city, with its own parks, shops and apartments. Probably, living in such a tower, there’s no particular need to go out into the city, because everything is there, except to walk on the ground. In appearance, it looks like a stalagmite, which again gives the tower a special uniqueness; its beauty is not worth talking about, you just have to see it with your own eyes, but once you see it, you are unlikely to forget it.
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Humanity has always strived to overcome existing boundaries. For example, once a skyscraper appears that claims to be the “tallest building in the world,” a few years later an even taller structure appears. So far, the one kilometer mark has not been crossed, but the only thing left to do is to wait for the completion of the Burj Al Mamlak high-rise building.
And we present a list from which you will find out how many floors are in the tallest building in the world.
We did not include antenna masts, concrete masts, chimneys and other technical structures in the list.
| № | Name | Height, m | Number of storeys | Year | Type | A country | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Burj Al Mamlaka (under construction) | 1000 | 167 | 2020 | Skyscraper | Saudi Arabia | Jeddah |
| 1 | Burj Khalifa | 828 | 163 | 2010 | Skyscraper | UAE | Dubai |
| 2 | Shanghai Tower | 632 | 121 | 2013 | Skyscraper | China | Shanghai |
| 3 | Abraj al-Bayt Towers | 601 | 120 | 2012 | Skyscraper | Saudi Arabia | Mecca |
| 4 | Ping'an International Financial Center | 600 | 115 | 2017 | Skyscraper | China | Shenzhen |
| 5 | Lotte World Tower | 554.5 | 123 | 2017 | Skyscraper | South Korea | Seoul |
| 6 | 1 World Trade Center or Freedom Tower | 541.3 | 104 | 2013 | Skyscraper | USA | NY |
| 7 | CTF Financial Center | 530 | 116 | 2016 | Skyscraper | China | Guangzhou |
| 8 | Taipei 101 | 509.2 | 101 | 2004 | Skyscraper | Taiwan | Taipei |
| 9 | Shanghai World Financial Center | 492 | 101 | 2008 | Skyscraper | China | Shanghai |
| 10 | International Commerce Center | 484 | 118 | 2009 | Skyscraper | Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
Location: Hong Kong
Hong Kong, in addition to its highly developed economy and high standard of living, is famous for its record number of skyscrapers. In total, there are 316 buildings in the metropolis, whose height exceeds 150 meters. But none of them compares to the majestic building of the World Trade Center.
Initially, the project for its creation provided for a height of 574 meters, but it had to be “cut down”, since buildings whose height exceeds the surrounding mountains cannot be built in the city.
Most of the floors of the center are reserved for offices, but at its top (from the 118th to 102nd floor inclusive) there is a five-star hotel, the rooms of which offer wonderful views of Hong Kong, especially at dawn and sunset.
For comparison: - MFC "Federation" - reaches a height of 373.7 meters.
Location: Shanghai, China
This high-rise building is only 16 meters lower than number eight on the list of tallest buildings in the world. Due to the shape of the building, it is called a "bottle opener".
The foundation stone of the skyscraper was laid in 1997, but due to the financial crisis in Asia, the project was frozen, and construction resumed only in 2003. The center was completely ready by 2008.
Initially, they wanted to make not a rectangular, but a round hole in the upper part of the building, symbolizing the sky and reducing the wind load on the building, but the designers decided that with a rectangular hole it would be cheaper and easier to implement the project.
8. Taipei 101 – 509 meters
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
It was the tallest skyscraper in the world between 2004 and 2007. It is named after its location and the number of floors in the building.
In addition, Taipei 101 is the first skyscraper in the world to reach a height of half a kilometer, and no one will take this title away from it.
The building's design is inspired by traditional Chinese architecture and is shaped like a pagoda.
Since the building is located in a place where earthquakes and strong winds are common, its creators provided protection from natural disasters by providing the skyscraper with an external frame and an internal damper. This is a 660-ton ball made of 41 steel plates. It is suspended by eight steel cables, supported by eight shock absorbers and can move 1.5 meters in any direction. This is the largest and heaviest damper in the world.
The striking design of Taipei 101 won the 2004 Emporis Award for Best Skyscraper.
The elevators in this high-rise are among the fastest in the world, rising at a speed of 1,010 meters per minute (60.48 km/h) and descending at a speed of 610 m/min (36.6 km/h). It is also interesting that the Chinese skyscraper is one of the few buildings in the world equipped with two-story elevators.
Location: Guangzhou, China
The seventh largest skyscraper in the world houses office space, a hotel, residential apartments and a shopping mall.
Two of the 86 elevators installed in the Chinese high-rise can rise at speeds of 70-72.4 km/h or 19.4-20.1 m/sec. These are the fastest elevators in the world. However, they descend twice as slow as they rise.
The streamlined shape of the building virtually eliminates the impact of air currents on it.
Location: New York
The tallest skyscraper in the Big Apple, also known as the Freedom Tower, was built on the site of the former World Trade Center, which was attacked by al-Qaeda terrorists on September 11, 2001.
The new building's height of 1,776 feet (541 meters) is a reference to the year in which the United States Declaration of Independence was signed.
The creators of the tower took into account the sad experience gained during the evacuation of victims from the previous World Trade Center.
- There is now a shelter on each floor of WTC 1, while the elevators are located in a secure central tier of the building that serves all floors of the tower.
- The building also has an emergency staircase designed for firefighters, fire protection has been significantly improved, and the air supply system includes chemical and biological filters.
- The 57-meter base of the structure is made of monolithic concrete, and to avoid a heavy appearance, the architects “equipped” the façade of WTC 1 with blue prismatic glass blocks. They shimmer beautifully and sparkle under the sun's rays.
On the territory of World Trade Center 1, in the place where the twin towers were located, there is a Memorial in memory of the victims of the terrorist attack. We also have a museum dedicated to the events of 11/11.
Location: Seoul, South Korea
The tallest buildings in the world now have a brand new, one might say brand new, skyscraper built in 2017. It is the tallest in South Korea.
The foundation stone of the tower was laid in 2005, but then construction slowed down due to the fact that the future skyscraper was located near the airport and was subject to height restrictions. These restrictions were lifted in 2010, and the construction site was “reopened.”
Lotte has one of the best aquariums in all of Asia, where you can even touch some of the sea life, and there are also many interesting shops, including the Studio Ghibli store (released My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke and many other anime)
The Russians made their own, albeit useless, but amusing contribution to the history of the Lotte Tower. Two Russian photographers climbed to the top of a crane and took video of a skyscraper under construction.
Location: Shenzhen, China
Initially, it was decided to build a skyscraper 660 meters high. Thus, he had to surpass the current Chinese leader - Shanghai Tower. But aviation ruined everything. In order not to interfere with the flights of airplanes and other helicopters, the antenna was removed from the plan, thereby reducing the height of the building to the current 599 meters.
1.7 thousand tons of high-quality stainless steel were used on the façade of the building. This material will allow the tower to maintain its aesthetic appearance longer, even taking into account the salty coastal atmosphere of the city.
3. Royal Clock Tower (Abraj al-Bayt) – 601 meters
Location: Mecca, Saudi Arabia
The beautiful building, decorated with glass mosaics, is one of the new symbols of Mecca.
At the top of the skyscraper there is a giant tetrahedral clock, the dial of which is the largest in the world. Its dimensions are 45 by 43 meters and are comparable to the size of a small football field. This dial is visible from a distance of 12 meters during the day and 17 meters at night.
The tower houses a luxury hotel that hosts pilgrims who come to see the wonders of the Muslim holy city.
The skyscraper is part of the Abraj al-Bayt towers complex, which is considered the largest structure in terms of mass on Earth and the tallest in Saudi Arabia.
Location: Shanghai, China
If you ask a Chinese resident what the tallest building in the world is, he will probably name the pride of his country - the Shanghai Tower.
It has the world's highest indoor observation deck and is also the tallest building in China.
The tower spirals upward, this design allows you to compensate for the influence of wind at high altitudes.
Brave Russian extreme sports enthusiasts (the same ones who climbed the Lotte Tower) entered the skyscraper construction site and made a video about it, which gained over 66 million views over the course of several years.
Be careful, you may be afraid of heights while watching!
1. Burj Khalifa – 828 meters
Location: Dubai, UAE
Here is the answer to the question of how many floors are in the tallest skyscraper in the world. There are exactly 163 of them. This was enough for luxury residential apartments (there are about 900 of them) and for a hotel with 304 rooms and for offices of various companies. There are also three underground garages that can accommodate 3,000 cars at a time.
From the windows of the tower there is a stunning view of the turquoise waters of the artificial lake at the foot of the skyscraper. On this lake there is a unique fountain, equipped with 6,000 light sources and with jets shooting to a height of 150 meters. All this unforgettable spectacle is accompanied by musical accompaniment.
Although the building's shape is similar to the Willis Tower tubular tower concept, it is structurally different and is not technically a tubular structure. The outlines of the foundation give rise to associations with the desert pancrat flower. This was done not for the sake of beauty, but to facilitate the construction of a building whose height exceeds several hundred meters.
And the façade cladding system is designed to withstand Dubai's extreme summer temperatures.
The building rests on a concrete and steel podium with 192 piles descending to a depth of more than 50 meters
At first they decided to call the skyscraper Burj Dubai. But during the grand opening ceremony of the building, it was renamed Burj Khalifa, in honor of the President of the UAE, Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan.
The world's tallest building in the future - Burj al Mamlaka (1000 m)
However, the Burj Khalifa will not be called the tallest skyscraper on Earth for long. In 2020, the construction of the Jeddah Tower (Burj al Mamlak), which is as much as 1 kilometer high, should be completed. The initiator of the ambitious project is Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, who is the nephew of the King of Saudi Arabia.
Adrian Smith, who oversaw the construction of the Burj Khalifa, was chosen as the architect.
In October 2017, 56 of the tower's 167 planned floors were completed.
Every year, dozens of skyscrapers and hundreds of high-rise buildings are built around the world. We present to your attention 13 of the world's tallest architectural masterpieces.
Hong Kong International Commerce Center
In 2010, a 118-story, 484-meter skyscraper was built in Hong Kong. It is the tallest building in the city, the seventh tallest in Asia and the ninth tallest in the world.
Shanghai World Financial Center
The 492 m high skyscraper in Shanghai was built by the Japanese company Mori Building Corporation. The main designer of the project is David Malott from New York. The unofficial name of the building is "opener".
Taipei 101
The Taipei 101 skyscraper is located in the capital of Taiwan, Taipei. The 101-story building has a height of 509.2 m. Shopping centers are located on the lower floors of the building, and offices are located on the upper floors. It is the sixth tallest structure in the world and the fifth tallest in Asia.
This skyscraper has the fastest elevators in the world, rising at a speed of 60.6 km/h. From the fifth floor to the observation deck on the 89th you can get there in just 39 seconds.
The building is made of glass, steel and aluminum and is supported by 380 concrete pillars! According to engineers, the tower will be able to withstand an earthquake of any magnitude.
Willis Tower
The Chicago skyscraper Willis Tower is 443.2 m high and has 110 floors. It was built in 1973.
At that time, it was the tallest building in the world, surpassing the height of the World Trade Center towers in New York. This record held for the building for 25 years.
It is now the second tallest building in the United States.
Ostankino Tower
The height of the Ostankino TV Tower in Moscow is 540.1 m. The building is the 8th tallest free-standing structure in the world after the Burj Khalifa skyscraper (Dubai), the Tokyo Sky Tree, and the Shanghai Tower (Shanghai).
The Ostankino TV Tower is the tallest building in Europe and is a full member of the World Federation of Tall Towers.
World Trade Center 1
1 World Trade Center was built on the site of the destroyed Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. This is the central building in the new World Trade Center complex. It is the fourth tallest skyscraper in the world after the Burj Khalifa in Dubai and the Shanghai Tower.
The 541 m high building is located on a plot of 65,000 square meters.
CN Tower
The height of the symbol of the city of Toronto, the CN Tower, is 553.33 meters.
Initially, the abbreviation CN stood for Canadian National (the tower belonged to the state company Canadian National Railways). Toronto residents decided to keep the building's original name, and now the abbreviation CN stands for Canada's National.
Guangzhou TV Tower
This is the second tallest television tower in the world. It was built from 2005 to 2010 for the 2010 Asian Games. The height of the TV tower is 600 meters. Up to a height of 450 meters, the tower resembles a combination of a hyperboloid load-bearing grid shell and a central core.
The mesh shell of the tower is made of large diameter steel pipes. The tower's spire is 160 meters high.
TV and radio tower KVLY-TV
The height of the television and radio mast, which is located in North Dakota (USA), is 628.8 meters.
The building is the third tallest structure in the world after the Burj Khalifa in Dubai and the Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo.
Shanghai Tower
Shanghai Tower is a skyscraper in the Pudong district of Shanghai in China. The height of the structure is 632 meters, the total area is 380 thousand m². The Shanghai World Financial Center is located next to the skyscraper.
Construction of the tower was completed in 2015. The building is the tallest building in Shanghai, the first tallest in China and the third tallest free-standing structure in the world.
Tokyo Skytree
Tokyo Skytree is the tallest television tower in the world. It is located in the Sumida area of Tokyo.
The height of the television tower together with the antenna is 634 meters, it is twice as high as the Tokyo Television Tower. The height of the tower was chosen in such a way that the numbers: 6, 3, 4 were consonant with the name “Musashi” - the historical area where modern Tokyo is located.
Warsaw radio tower
The radio mast, 646.38 meters high, was considered the tallest building in the world until it collapsed in 1991, when the Burj Khalifa skyscraper took the crown.
The tower was intended for long-wave radio broadcasting to Poland and Europe. The project was developed by the famous Polish engineer Jan Polyak.
Burj Khalifa
The largest building in the world is located in Dubai. The height of the Burj Khalifa skyscraper is 828 meters! It was built in the form of a stalagmite.
This tower is a kind of “city within a city” - with its own lawns, boulevards and parks. Inside the complex there are apartments, offices, shopping centers and a hotel. The building has three separate entrances.
The hotel was designed by the famous Giorgio Armani.
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10. International Commerce Centre, Hong Kong
Construction of this tallest building in the city was completed in 2010. The skyscraper with its 118 floors soared to a height of 484 m.
In Hong Kong, there is an official ban on building buildings higher than the mountains surrounding the city, so the original design of the 574 m high building was changed to the current one.
The building houses offices, a shopping center, an observation deck, and on the upper floors there is a hotel owned by the Ritz-Carlton. On the last 118th floor there is a swimming pool.
9. Shanghai World Financial Center, China, Shanghai
Construction of the Shanghai World Financial Center was completed in the summer of 2008. The height of the 101-story skyscraper is 492 m; the construction of the “opener” (as this building is informally called) was carried out by the Japanese company Mori Building Corporation; the design was entrusted to the New York specialist David Malott. Most of the construction costs were covered by the tycoon from the Land of the Rising Sun, Minoru Mori, which is why the Center bears his name. The foundation was laid in 1997, but the process dragged on for 10 years due to problems related to financing. The total area of the “Shanghai giant” is about 380 thousand square meters, it houses offices, shops, observation decks, restaurants, and the Park Hyatt Shanghai hotel.
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8. Taipei 101, Taiwan, Taipei
The height of the 101-story skyscraper is 509.2 m, including the spire. Construction lasted 4 years - from 1999 to 2003, the cost of the project was $1.7 billion. The unique feature of the building is the combination of postmodernism with elements of Chinese architecture and one of the fastest elevators in the world, which lift a person at a speed of more than 60 km/h (84 floors can be covered in just 40 seconds). The foundation is designed in such a way that 380 supporting pillars extend 80 m underground, providing unprecedented protection against earthquakes. Countless areas are occupied by nightclubs, luxury boutiques, exhibition and conference halls; celebrities from sports, show business, as well as political figures like to come here. “Taipei 101” was conquered by the famous extreme sportsman Alain Robert, known as “Spiderman”, in 2004.
7. CTF Financial Center, Guangzhou, China
CTF Finance Center was completed in 2016, its height is 530 m. The building houses office and residential premises, a hotel, and on the upper floors there is an observation deck from where tourists like to explore the surrounding area. In addition, there is parking for cars on the underground floors. The building is equipped with 86 elevators, two of which are the fastest elevators in the world and are capable of ascending at a maximum speed of 70–72.4 km/h (19.4–20.1 m/sec); they descend much more slowly.
The building has a specially designed streamlined shape, which reduces the impact of air flow on it to almost zero.
6. 1 World Trade Center, New York, USA
1 World Trade Center or Freedom Tower is the tallest office building in the world and the tallest building in the United States and the entire Western Hemisphere. The height of the building is 541.3 m. Construction was completed in 2013. The building was erected on the site of the World Trade Center, including the Twin Towers, destroyed as a result of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack, next to the memorial opened in 2011.
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5. Lotte World Tower, Seoul, South Korea
This super-tall skyscraper is 555 m high and has 123 floors. Construction was completed in 2016. The building houses shopping centers and shops, office buildings, a hotel, cafes and restaurants, as well as one of the highest observation platforms in the world. The area of the internal premises is more than 300 thousand square meters.
Lotte World Tower is the tallest building on the entire Korean Peninsula.
4. Pinan International Financial Center, Shenzhen, China
In 2017, construction of the complex was completed, which includes a skyscraper with a height of 599 m. Initially, according to the project, the building was supposed to be the tallest in China, but during construction it was decided not to erect a 60-meter spire on the roof, so the building took only second position in China and fourth in the world ranking.
3. Abraj al-Bayt, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
This is a whole complex of buildings that ranks first in the world in terms of mass. The tallest building in the complex is the Royal Clock Tower. Its height is 601 m. This skyscraper houses a hotel designed specifically to accommodate pilgrims striving for the shrines of the Islamic world. The royal tower houses the largest and tallest clock in the world. The clock is installed at an altitude of 400 m, has 4 dials with a diameter of 43 m (installed on each side of the tower). The length of the hour hand is 17 m. The clock tower is visible from all points of the city.
2. Shanghai Tower, Shanghai, China
Shanghai Tower, when completed in 2015, is the tallest building in China and the second tallest in the world. And also the third free-standing structure in the world after the Burj Khalifa and the Sky Tree in Tokyo, which is a television tower, and therefore was not included in our rating today. The height of the Shanghai Tower is 632 meters, 128 floors, total area - 380 thousand square meters.
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1. Burj Dubai, UAE, Dubai
The 163-story Burj Khalifa with a height of 828 m is considered the absolute record holder in the entire history of mankind. The “Arab Stalagmite” began to function in 2010 as a “city within a city” - inside the structure there are natural lawns, cozy parks and spacious boulevards. The cost of the asymmetrical structure is $1.5 billion, the project was created by an architectural bureau from the USA. The complex includes private housing, business and retail premises, the Armani Hotel, observatories, swimming pools, gyms, observation decks with Jacuzzis, and restaurants. At the foot there is a 275-meter fountain with light and music. The air in the Dubai Tower is cooled and aromatized, and a high-tech system for collecting condensate and rainwater has been developed. The owner of the “eighth wonder of the world” is an investment company from the Emirates - “Emaar Properties”