World Federation of Great Towers

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The World Federation of Great Towers (WFGT) is an association of tall towers and skyscrapers from around the world. It was created in 1989. The key criterion for inclusion in the WFGT is that the building in question must have a public observation deck. See List of tallest buildings in the world for a listing of more observation and communication towers.

[edit] The Towers

These are the 26 towers in the Federation, from tallest to shortest:

Rank	Tower's name	City	Country	Year	Total height
1	CN Tower	Toronto	Canada	1976	553m / 1,815ft
2	Ostankino Tower	Moscow	Russia	1967	540m / 1,771ft
3	Oriental Pearl Tower	Shanghai	China	1995	468m / 1,535ft
4	John Hancock Center	Chicago	USA	1969	444m / 1,455ft
5	Empire State Building	New York	USA	1931	443m /1,454ft
6	KL Tower	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	1995	421m / 1,403ft
7	Central TV Tower	Beijing	China	1992	405m / 1,329ft
8	Tashkent Tower	Tashkent	Uzbekistan	1985	375m / 1,230ft
9	Fernsehturm	Berlin	Germany	1969	368m / 1,197ft
10	Macau Tower	Macau SAR	China	2001	338m / 1,109ft
11	Tokyo Tower	Tokyo	Japan	1958	333m/1,093ft
12	Sky Tower	Auckland	New Zealand	1997	328m / 1,076ft
13	Vilnius TV Tower	Vilnius	Lithuania	1980	326.5m / 1,071ft
14	Q1 Tower	Gold Coast	Australia	2005	322.5m / 1,058ft
15	Sydney Tower	Sydney	Australia	1981	304m / 1,000ft
16	Collserola Tower	Barcelona	Spain	1992	288m / 945ft
17	Rialto Towers	Melbourne	Australia	1986	270m / 886ft
18	Donauturm	Vienna	Austria	1964	252m / 827ft
19	Seoul Tower	Seoul	South Korea	1975	239.7m / 786ft
20	Žižkov Television Tower	Prague	Czech Republic	1992	216m / 709ft
21	The Calgary Tower	Calgary	Canada	1968	191m / 627ft
22	The Euromast	Rotterdam	Netherlands	1960	185m / 607ft
23	Torre Latinoamericana	Mexico City	Mexico	1956	182m / 594ft
24	Olympic Stadium	Montreal	Canada	1976	175m / 575ft
25	Blackpool Tower	Blackpool	United Kingdom	1894	158m / 519ft
26	Nový Most	Bratislava	Slovakia	1972	095m / 311ft