List of tallest buildings in the world

Taipei 101, the world's second tallest completed building, is located in Taipei, Taiwan

These are lists of skyscrapers, ranked by

structural height (vertical elevation from the base to the highest architectural or integral structural element of the building);
highest point on the building.

These lists only include buildings that:

are completed or topped-out, and
have continuous occupiable floors (high-rise buildings).

For lists that include non-building structures, see

List of tallest buildings and structures in the world
List of tallest freestanding structures in the world
List of tallest structures in the world
List of towers

1 Ranking criteria and alternatives
2 Tallest skyscrapers by architectural detail (top 200)
3 Alternative measurements
- 3.1 Height to Roof
- 3.2 Height to Pinnacle
4 Skyscrapers under construction
5 Skyscrapers on-hold
6 List by continent
7 Notes
8 References
9 External links

Ranking criteria and alternatives

Emporis ranks the buildings by highest architectural structural element, which means^[1]

height of spire, statue, or any other architecturally integral element count towards the height of the building;
height of antenna, flagpole, or other detail not classified as architecturally integral element does not count towards the height of the building;
roof height is only relevant if no higher architecturally-integral element is present.

A comparison of the Sears Tower, Taipei 101, the Petronas Twin Towers, and the Empire State Building

This naturally hurts the rankings of buildings without spires, or with antennas instead of spires. The most famous such discrepancy is that Petronas Towers, with its spire, is ranked higher than the Sears Tower with its antennae, despite the Petronas Towers' lower roof and lower highest point (of spire/antenna).

Alternative lists of high buildings are maintained by the non-governmental Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. These lists, first defined and compiled in 1996 as a response to the dispute as to whether the Petronas Towers or the Sears Tower was taller, rank buildings in four categories: height of structural or architectural top; height of highest occupied floor; height to the top of roof; height to top of any part of the building. Currently Taipei 101 tops the category of highest structural element, at 509 m. Sears Tower tops the highest point, at 527 m. Shanghai World Financial Center tops the roof height, at 492 m.

Tallest skyscrapers by architectural detail (top 200)

Rank	Building^[A]^[2]	City	Country	Height		Floors	Built
1	Taipei 101	Taipei	Taiwan	509 m	1,671 ft	101	2004
2	Shanghai World Financial Center	Shanghai	China	492 m	1,614 ft	101	2008
3=	Petronas Tower 1	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	452 m	1,483 ft	88	1998
3=	Petronas Tower 2	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	452 m	1,483 ft	88	1998
5	Greenland Square Zifeng Tower	Nanjing	China	450 m	1,476 ft	69	2009^[B]
6	Sears Tower	Chicago	United States	442 m	1,451 ft	108	1973
7	Jin Mao Tower	Shanghai	China	421 m	1,380 ft	88	1998
8	Two International Finance Centre	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	415 m	1,362 ft	88	2003
9	CITIC Plaza	Guangzhou	China	391 m	1,283 ft	80	1997
10	Shun Hing Square	Shenzhen	China	384 m	1,260 ft	69	1996
11	Empire State Building	New York City	United States	381 m	1,250 ft	102	1931
12	Central Plaza	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	374 m	1,227 ft	78	1992
13	Bank of China Tower	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	367 m	1,205 ft	72	1990
14	Bank of America Tower	New York City	United States	366 m	1,200 ft	54	2008
15	Almas Tower	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	360 m	1,181 ft	74	2008
16	Emirates Office Tower	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	355 m	1,163 ft	54	2000
17	Tuntex Sky Tower	Kaohsiung	Taiwan	348 m	1,140 ft	85	1997
18	Aon Center	Chicago	United States	346 m	1,136 ft	83	1973
19	The Center	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	346 m	1,135 ft	73	1998
20	John Hancock Center	Chicago	United States	344 m	1,127 ft	100	1969
21=	Rose Tower	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	333 m	1,093 ft	72	2007
21=	Shanghai Shimao International Plaza	Shanghai	China	333 m	1,093 ft	60	2006
23	Minsheng Bank Building	Wuhan	China	331 m	1,087 ft	68	2007
24=	Ryugyong Hotel	Pyongyang	North Korea	330 m	1,083 ft	105	1992^[C]
24=	China World Trade Center Tower 3	Beijing	China	330 m	1,083 ft	74	2008
26	Q1	Gold Coast	Australia	323 m	1,058 ft	78	2005
27	Burj Al Arab	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	321 m	1,053 ft	60	1999
28=	Chrysler Building	New York City	United States	319 m	1,046 ft	77	1930
28=	Nina Tower	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	319 m	1,046 ft	80	2006
28=	New York Times Building	New York City	United States	319 m	1,046 ft	52	2007
31	Bank of America Plaza	Atlanta	United States	312 m	1,023 ft	55	1992
32	U.S. Bank Tower	Los Angeles	United States	310 m	1,018 ft	73	1989
33	Menara Telekom	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	310 m	1,017 ft	55	2001
34	Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	309 m	1,014 ft	56	2000
35	One Island East	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	308 m	1,011 ft	70	2008
36	AT&T Corporate Center	Chicago	United States	307 m	1,007 ft	60	1989
37	The Address Downtown Burj Dubai	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	306 m	1,004 ft	63	2008
38	JPMorgan Chase Tower	Houston	United States	305 m	1,002 ft	75	1982
39	Baiyoke Tower II	Bangkok	Thailand	304 m	997 ft	85	1997
40	Two Prudential Plaza	Chicago	United States	303 m	995 ft	64	1990
41=	Wells Fargo Plaza	Houston	United States	302 m	992 ft	71	1983
41=	Kingdom Centre	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	302 m	992 ft	41	2002
43	Eureka Tower	Melbourne	Australia	300 m	983 ft	91	2006
44	First Canadian Place	Toronto	Canada	298 m	978 ft	72	1976
45	Comcast Center	Philadelphia	United States	297 m	975 ft	57	2008
46	Yokohama Landmark Tower	Yokohama	Japan	296 m	972 ft	70	1993
47	Emirates Crown	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	296 m	971 ft	63	2008
48	311 South Wacker Drive	Chicago	United States	293 m	961 ft	65	1990
49	SEG Plaza	Shenzhen	China	292 m	957 ft	70	2000
50	American International Building	New York City	United States	290 m	952 ft	66	1932
51	Key Tower	Cleveland	United States	289 m	947 ft	57	1991
52=	Plaza 66	Shanghai	China	288 m	945 ft	66	2001
52=	One Liberty Place	Philadelphia	United States	288 m	945 ft	61	1987
54	Columbia Center	Seattle	United States	285 m	937 ft	76	1985
55	Millennium Tower	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	285 m	935 ft	60	2006
56	Tomorrow Square	Shanghai	China	285 m	934 ft	55	2003
57	Chongqing World Trade Center	Chongqing	China	283 m	929 ft	60	2005
58	Cheung Kong Centre	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	283 m	928 ft	62	1999
59	The Trump Building	New York City	United States	283 m	927 ft	70	1930
60	Bank of America Plaza	Dallas	United States	281 m	921 ft	72	1985
61=	UOB Plaza One	Singapore	Singapore	280 m	919 ft	66	1992
61=	Republic Plaza	Singapore	Singapore	280 m	919 ft	66	1995
61=	OUB Centre	Singapore	Singapore	280 m	919 ft	63	1986
64	Citigroup Center	New York City	United States	279 m	915 ft	59	1977
65	Hong Kong New World Tower	Shanghai	China	278 m	913 ft	61	2002
66	Diwang International Commerce Center	Nanning	China	276 m	906 ft	54	2006
67	Scotia Plaza	Toronto	Canada	275 m	902 ft	68	1988
68	Williams Tower	Houston	United States	275 m	901 ft	64	1983
69	Wuhan World Trade Tower	Wuhan	China	273 m	896 ft	58	1998
70=	Renaissance Tower	Dallas	United States	270 m	886 ft	56	1974
70=	The Cullinan North Tower	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	270 m	886 ft	68	2007
70=	The Cullinan South Tower	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	270 m	886 ft	68	2007
73=	China International Center	Guangzhou	China	270 m	884 ft	62	2007
73=	Dapeng International Plaza	Guangzhou	China	269 m	884 ft	56	2004
75	21st Century Tower	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	269 m	883 ft	55	2003
76	Naberezhnaya Tower C	Moscow	Russia	268 m	881 ft	61	2007
77	Al Faisaliyah Center	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	267 m	876 ft	30^[3]	2000
78=	900 North Michigan	Chicago	United States	265 m	871 ft	66	1989
78=	Bank of America Corporate Center	Charlotte	United States	265 m	871 ft	60	1992
78=	SunTrust Plaza	Atlanta	United States	265 m	871 ft	60	1992
81=	Bocom Financial Towers	Shanghai	China	265 m	869 ft	52	2002
81=	Al Kazim Tower 1	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	265 m	869 ft	53	2008
81=	Al Kazim Tower 2	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	265 m	869 ft	53	2008
81=	Development Tower^[4]^[5]^[6]	Shanghai	China	265 m	869 ft	46	2008
85=	Triumph-Palace	Moscow	Russia	264 m	866 ft	57	2005
85=	Bluescope Steel Centre	Melbourne	Australia	264 m	866 ft	52	1991
87	Samsung Tower Palace G	Seoul	South Korea	264 m	865 ft	73	2004
88	Trump World Tower	New York City	United States	262 m	861 ft	72	2001
89	Shenzhen Special Zone Press Tower	Shenzhen	China	262 m	860 ft	48	1998
90=	Water Tower Place	Chicago	United States	262 m	859 ft	74	1976
90=	Grand Gateway Shanghai I	Shanghai	China	262 m	859 ft	52	2005
90=	Grand Gateway Shanghai II	Shanghai	China	262 m	859 ft	52	2005
93	Aon Center	Los Angeles	United States	262 m	858 ft	62	1973
94=	Hyatt Regency Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	261 m	856 ft	64	2007
94=	TD Canada Trust Tower	Toronto	Canada	261 m	856 ft	53	1990
94=	Post & Telecommunication Hub	Guangzhou	China	260 m	853 ft	66	2003
94=	101 Collins Street	Melbourne	Australia	260 m	853 ft	50	1991
94=	Transamerica Pyramid	San Francisco	United States	260 m	853 ft	48	1972
99=	Dual Tower 1	Manama	Bahrain	260 m	853 ft	53	2007
99=	Dual Tower 2	Manama	Bahrain	260 m	853 ft	53	2007
99=	Fortune Plaza^[7]^[8]	Beijing	China	260 m	853 ft	63	2008
102=	GE Building	New York City	United States	259 m	850 ft	69	1933
102=	Chase Tower	Chicago	United States	259 m	850 ft	60	1969
102=	Commerzbank Tower	Frankfurt	Germany	259 m	850 ft	56	1997
102=	PBCOM Tower	Makati	Philippines	259 m	850 ft	55	2000
106	Two Liberty Place	Philadelphia	United States	258 m	848 ft	58	1990
107=	Lanko·Grand Hyatt Hotel^[9]^[10]	Chongqing	China	258 m	846 ft	60	2006
107=	Grand Lisboa^[11]^[12]	Macau	China	258 m	846 ft	52	2008
109	Park Tower	Chicago	United States	257 m	844 ft	67	2000
110	MesseTurm	Frankfurt	Germany	257 m	842 ft	55	1990
111=	Sorrento 1	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	256 m	841 ft	75	2003
111=	U.S. Steel Tower	Pittsburgh	United States	256 m	841 ft	64	1970
111=	The Harbour Hotel & Residence	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	256 m	840 ft	59	2007
111=	Mok-dong Hyperion I Tower	Seoul	South Korea	256 m	840 ft	69	2003
111=	Rinku Gate Tower Building	Izumisano	Japan	256 m	840 ft	56	1996
116=	Langham Place Office Tower	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	255 m	837 ft	59	2004
116=	New Century Plaza Tower A	Nanjing	China	255 m	837 ft	48	2006
118	Capital Tower	Singapore	Singapore	254 m	833 ft	52	2000
119	Chase Tower	Indianapolis	United States	253 m	829 ft	48	1990
120	Highcliff	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	252 m	828 ft	72	2003
121=	Osaka World Trade Center Building	Osaka	Japan	252 m	827 ft	55	1995
121=	Bank of Shanghai Headquarters	Shanghai	China	252 m	827 ft	42	2005
121=	The Harbourside	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	251 m	824 ft	73	2003
121=	Rialto Towers	Melbourne	Australia	251 m	824 ft	63	1986
125	Jiali Plaza	Wuhan	China	251 m	823 ft	61	1997
126=	Caja Madrid Tower	Madrid	Spain	250 m	820 ft	45	2007
126=	Beijing Yintai Centre Tower 2	Beijing	China	250 m	820 ft	63	2007
126=	One Atlantic Center	Atlanta	United States	250 m	820 ft	50	1987
126=	Chelsea Tower	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	250 m	820 ft	49	2005
126=	Wisma 46	Jakarta	Indonesia	250 m	820 ft	48	1996
126=	Angsana Suites Tower	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	250 m	820 ft	50	2007
126=	Angsana Hotel Tower	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	250 m	820 ft	50	2008
133=	Torre de Cristal	Madrid	Spain	249 m	817 ft	45	2007
133=	KLI 63 Building	Seoul	South Korea	249 m	817 ft	60	1985
133=	Central Park	Perth	Australia	249 m	817 ft	52	1992
136=	CitySpire Center	New York City	United States	248 m	814 ft	75	1989
136=	Hangzhou No.2 Telecom Hub	Hangzhou	China	248 m	814 ft	41	2003
138=	One Chase Manhattan Plaza	New York City	United States	248 m	813 ft	60	1961
138=	Mid Town Tower	Tokyo	Japan	248 m	813 ft	54	2007
140	State Tower	Bangkok	Thailand	247 m	811 ft	68	2001
141	Toyota-Mainichi Building	Nagoya	Japan	247 m	810 ft	40	2006
142	Conde Nast Building	New York City	United States	247 m	809 ft	48	1999
143	MetLife Building	New York City	United States	246 m	808 ft	60	1963
144	Bloomberg Tower	New York City	United States	246 m	806 ft	54	2005
145=	JR Central Office Tower	Nagoya	Japan	245 m	804 ft	51	2000
145=	Al Fattan Tower	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	245 m	804 ft	51	2006
145=	Oasis Beach Tower	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	245 m	804 ft	51	2006
145=	One Raffles Quay North Tower	Singapore	Singapore	245 m	804 ft	50	2006
145=	Shin Kong Life Tower	Taipei	Taiwan	245 m	804 ft	51	1993
150=	Moshe Aviv Tower	Ramat Gan	Israel	244 m	801 ft	68	2001
150=	Chifley Tower	Sydney	Australia	244 m	801 ft	50	1992
152	AAM Tower	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	244 m	800 ft	46	2008
153=	Menara Maybank	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	243 m	799 ft	50	1988
153=	Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building	Tokyo	Japan	243 m	799 ft	48	1991
153=	R&F Centre^[13]	Guangzhou	China	243 m	799 ft	54	2007
156=	Citigroup Centre	Sydney	Australia	243 m	797 ft	50	2000
156=	Dalian Futures Square ^[14]^[15]	Dalian	China	243 m	797 ft	53	2008
158	The Tower	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	243 m	796 ft	54	2002
159=	Federation Tower West	Moscow	Russia	242 m	795 ft	62	2008
159=	NEO-China Top City Main Tower^[16]^[17]	Chongqing	China	242 m	795 ft	54	2008
161	Dalian World Trade Center	Dalian	China	242 m	794 ft	50	2000
162=	Woolworth Building	New York City	United States	241 m	792 ft	57	1913
162=	IDS Tower	Minneapolis	United States	241 m	792 ft	55	1972
162=	Maxdo Centre	Shanghai	China	241 m	792 ft	55	2002
162=	Mellon Bank Center	Philadelphia	United States	241 m	792 ft	54	1990
166	Bank of China Mansion	Qingdao	China	241 m	791 ft	54	1999
167=	Hancock Place	Boston	United States	241 m	790 ft	60	1976
167=	Shenzhen Broadcasting Center Building	Shenzhen	China	241 m	790 ft	48	2001
169=	Four Seasons Hotel & Tower	Miami	United States	240 m	789 ft	72	2003
169=	Manulife Plaza	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	240 m	789 ft	52	1998
171=	Comerica Bank Tower	Dallas	United States	240 m	787 ft	60	1987
171=	Sunshine 60 Building	Tokyo	Japan	240 m	787 ft	60	1978
171=	Panglin Plaza	Shenzhen	China	240 m	787 ft	57	1999
171=	Moscow State University	Moscow	Russia	240 m	787 ft	36	1953
171=	NTT DoCoMo Yoyogi Building	Tokyo	Japan	240 m	787 ft	28^[18]	2000
171=	World Trade Center (Manama) 1	Manama	Bahrain	240 m	787 ft	50	2008
171=	World Trade Center (Manama) 2	Manama	Bahrain	240 m	787 ft	50	2008
171=	Deutsche Bank Place	Sydney	Australia	240 m	787 ft	39	2005
179	Mok-dong Hyperion I Tower	Seoul	South Korea	239 m	785 ft	63	2003
180=	Beijing TV Centre	Beijing	China	239 m	784 ft	41	2006
180=	Commerce Court West	Toronto	Canada	239 m	784 ft	57	1972
182=	Empire Tower	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	238 m	781 ft	62	1994
182=	Roppongi Hills Mori Tower	Tokyo	Japan	238 m	781 ft	54	2003
182=	Tianjin Xinda Plaza	Tianjin	China	238 m	781 ft	51	2004
182=	Goldman Sachs Tower	Jersey City	United States	238 m	781 ft	42	2004
182=	Cloud Nine	Shanghai	China	238 m	781 ft	58	2006
182=	New World Center	Shenzhen	China	238 m	781 ft	53	2006
188	Bank of America Center	Houston	United States	238 m	780 ft	56	1983
189	555 California Street	San Francisco	United States	237 m	779 ft	52	1969
190	One Worldwide Plaza	New York City	United States	237 m	778 ft	50	1989
191	225 South Sixth	Minneapolis	United States	237 m	776 ft	56	1992
192=	Wells Fargo Center	Minneapolis	United States	236 m	774 ft	57	1988
192=	Future International^[19]	Chongqing	China	236 m	774 ft	54	2007
194=	Torre Espacio	Madrid	Spain	236 m	773 ft	57	2007
194=	Torre Sacyr Vallehermoso	Madrid	Spain	236 m	773 ft	52	2007
194=	Sorrento 2	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	236 m	773 ft	66	2003
197=	8 Shenton Way	Singapore	Singapore	235 m	771 ft	52	1986
197=	191 Peachtree Tower	Atlanta	United States	235 m	771 ft	50	1990
197=	One Canada Square	London	United Kingdom	235 m	771 ft	50	1991
197=	Washington Mutual Tower	Seattle	United States	235 m	771 ft	55	1988

Main source: World's Tallest Skyscrapers, emporis.com

Alternative measurements

Height to Roof

Many skyscraper aficionados prefer height to roof to determine tallest building in the world, as "architectural feature" is regarded as a subjective and less-fair measure.

Rank	Building	City	Country	Height		Floors	Built
1	Shanghai World Financial Center	Shanghai	China	492.0 m	1,614 ft	101	2008
2	Taipei 101	Taipei	Taiwan	448.0 m	1,470 ft	101	2004
3	Sears Tower	Chicago	United States	442.3 m	1,451 ft	108	1974
4	2 International Finance Centre	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	406.9 m	1,335 ft	88	2003
5	Empire State Building	New York City	United States	381.0 m	1,250 ft	102	1931
6=	Petronas Tower 1	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	378.6 m^[20]	1,242 ft	88	1998
6=	Petronas Tower 2	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	378.6 m	1,242 ft	88	1998
8	Jin Mao Building	Shanghai	China	370.0 m^[21]	1,231 ft	88	1998
9	Tuntex 85 Sky Tower	Kaohsiung	Taiwan	347.5 m	1,140 ft	85	1997
10	Aon Center	Chicago	United States	346.3 m	1,136 ft	83	1973
11	John Hancock Center	Chicago	United States	343.5 m	1,127 ft	100	1969
12=	Ryugyong Hotel	Pyongyang	North Korea	330.0 m	1,083 ft	105	1992^[C]
12=	China World Trade Center Tower 3	Beijing	China	330.0 m	1,083 ft	74	2008
14	Shun Hing Square	Shenzhen	China	324.8 m	1,066 ft	69	1996
15	CITIC Plaza	Guangzhou	China	321.9 m	1,056 ft	80	1997
16	Nina Tower	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	318.8 m	1,046 ft	80	2006
17	Rose Tower	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	315.0 m	1,033 ft	72	2008
18	U.S. Bank Tower	Los Angeles	United States	310.3 m	1,018 ft	73	1989
19=	Emirates Office Tower	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	310.0 m	1,017 ft	56	2000
19=	Menara Telekom	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	310.0 m	1,017 ft	55	2001
19=	Almas Tower	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	310.0 m	1,017 ft	74	2008
22	Central Plaza	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	309.0 m	1,014 ft	78	1992
23	JPMorgan Chase Tower	Houston	United States	305.4 m	1,002 ft	75	1982
24	Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	305 m	1,000 ft	72	1990
25	Baiyoke Tower II	Bangkok	Thailand	304 m	997 ft	85	1997
26	Wells Fargo Bank Plaza	Houston	United States	302.4 m	992 ft	71	1983
27=	Kingdom Centre	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	300 m	984 ft	41	2002
27=	Eureka Tower	Melbourne	Australia	300 m	984 ft	91	2006
29	The Center	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	292 m	958 ft	73	1998
30	Minsheng Bank Building	Wuhan	China	290 m	951 ft	68	2007
31	Bank of America Tower (New York)	New York City	United States	288 m	945 ft	54	2008
32	Bank of America Plaza	Atlanta	United States	284.4 m	933 ft	55	1992
33	Chrysler Building	New York City	United States	282 m	925 ft	77	1930
34	Rose Tower	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	280 m	919 ft	72	2007
35	Two Prudential Plaza	Chicago	United States	279 m	915 ft	64	1990
36	Q1	Gold Coast	Australia	275 m	902 ft	78	2005
37	Williams Tower	Houston	United States	274.6 m	901 ft	64	1983
38	AT&T Corporate Center	Chicago	United States	270 m	886 ft	60	2001
39	Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	261 m	856 ft	56	2000
40	Shanghai Shimao International Plaza	Shanghai	China	246.5 m	809 ft	60	2005
41	New York Times Building	New York City	United States	228 m	748 ft	52	2007

Height to Pinnacle

Some skyscraper enthusiasts prefer this measurement, claiming that the extensions that can or cannot be deemed "architectural" are subjective. However, many non-architectural extensions (such as radio antennas) are easily added and removed from tall buildings without significantly changing the style and design of the building, which is seen as a significant part of the value of these buildings. Also, measurement (to the top of the highest architectural detail) has been the one traditionally used for decades for this and other reasons; the pinnacle category has only recently come into use, starting during the construction of the Petronas Towers.

This measure is the value listed in lists of air traffic obstacles and similar lists.

Rank	Building	Pinnacle height	Floors	Built	Country	City
1	Sears Tower	527.3 m (1,729 ft)	108	1974	United States	Chicago
2	Taipei 101	509.2 m (1,671 ft)	101	2004	Taiwan	Taipei
3	Shanghai World Financial Center	492 m (1,614 ft)	101	2008	China	Shanghai
4	John Hancock Center	457.2 m (1,500 ft)	100	1969	United States	Chicago
5=	Petronas Tower 1	452 m (1,483 ft)	88	1998	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur
5=	Petronas Tower 2	452 m (1,483 ft)	88	1998	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur
7	Empire State Building	448.7 (1,472 ft)	102	1931	United States	New York City
8	Jin Mao Tower	421 m (1,381 ft)	88	1998	China	Shanghai
9	International Finance Centre	415.8 m (1,364 ft)	88	2003	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
10	CITIC Plaza	391 m (1,283 ft)	80	1997	China	Guangzhou
11	Shun Hing Square	384 m (1,260 ft)	69	1996	China	Shenzhen
12	Tuntex Sky Tower	378 m (1,240 ft)	85	1997	Taiwan	Kaohsiung
13	Central Plaza	374 m (1,227 ft)	78	1992	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
14	Bank of China Tower	367.4 m (1,205 ft)	72	1990	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
15	Bank of America Tower	365.8 m (1,200 ft)	54	2008	United States	New York City
16	Almas Tower	360 m (1,181 ft)	74	2008	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
17	Emirates Office Tower	356.4 m (1,169 ft)	56	2000	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
18	SEG Plaza	355.8 m (1,167 ft)	70	2000	China	Shenzhen
19	First Canadian Place	355 m (1,165 ft)	72	1975	Canada	Toronto
20	Aon Center	346.3 m (1,136 ft)	83	1973	United States	Chicago
21	The Center	346 m (1,135 ft)	73	1998	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
22	Conde Nast Building	340.8 m (1,143 ft)	48	1999	United States	New York City
23	Minsheng Bank Building	336 m (1,087 ft)	68	2007	China	Wuhan
24	Shanghai Shimao International Plaza	333.3 m (1,094 ft)	60	2005	China	Shanghai
25	Ryugyong Hotel	330 m (1,083 ft)	105	^[C]	North Korea	Pyongyang
26	China World Trade Center Tower 3	330 m (1,083 ft)	74	2008	China	Beijing
27	Baiyoke Tower II	328 m (1,076 ft)	85	1997	Thailand	Bangkok
28	Q1	322.5 m (1,058 ft)	78	2005	Australia	Gold Coast
29	Burj Al Arab	321 m (1,053 ft)	60	1999	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
30	Chrysler Building	318.9 m (1,046 ft)	77	1930	United States	New York City
31	Nina Tower	318.8 m (1,046 ft)	80	2006	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
32	Bank of America Plaza	311.8 m (1,023 ft)	55	1992	United States	Atlanta
33	US Bank Tower	310.3 m (1,018 ft)	73	1989	United States	Los Angeles
34	Menara Telekom	310 m (1,017 ft)	55	2001	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur
35	AT&T Corporate Center	307 m (1,007 ft)	60	2001	United States	Chicago
36	JPMorgan Chase Tower	305.4 m (1,002 ft)	75	2001	United States	Houston
37	Emirates Hotel Tower	305 m (1,001 ft)	54	2000	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
38	Two Prudential Plaza	303.3 m (995 ft)	64	1990	United States	Chicago
39=	Wells Fargo Plaza	302.4 m (992 ft)	71	1983	United States	Houston
39=	One Shell Plaza	302.4 m (992 ft)	50	1971	United States	Houston
41	Kingdom Centre	302 m (991 ft)	41	2002	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh
42	Commerzbank Tower	300.1 m (985 ft)	53	1997	Germany	Frankfurt
43	Eureka Tower	300 m (984 ft)	91	2006	Australia	Melbourne

Skyscrapers under construction

This section contains list of skyscrapers taller than 300 metres under construction.

Name	Planned pinnacle height	Planned roof height	Floors	Fulfilled	Country	City	Remarks
Burj Dubai	818 metres (2,684 ft)	643 metres (2,110 ft)	162	2009	United Arab Emirates	Dubai	final height and floor count is a secret until completion; some sources claim "over 940 metres"^[22]
Shanghai Center	632 metres (2,073 ft)	565.6 metres (1,856 ft)	127	2014	China	Shanghai
Pentominium	618 metres (2,028 ft)	516 metres (1,693 ft)	120	2011	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
Russia Tower	612 metres (2,009 ft)	612 metres (2,009 ft)	118	2012	Russia	Moscow	^[23]^[24]
Abraj Al Bait Towers	595 metres (1,952 ft)	460 metres (1,509 ft)	76	2009	Saudi Arabia	Mecca	pinnacle will be over 120 metres (394 ft) tall
China 117 Tower	570 metres (1,870 ft)	570 metres (1,870 ft)	117	2012	China	Tianjin
Freedom Tower	541 metres (1,776 ft)	417 metres (1,368 ft)	108	2011	United States	New York City
Federation Tower	506 metres (1,660 ft)	360 metres (1,181 ft)	93	2009	Russia	Moscow	spire as independent structure, not generally recognized as a part of building^[25]
International Commerce Centre	484 metres (1,588 ft)	484 metres (1,588 ft)	118	2010	China	Hong Kong
Dubai Towers Doha	445 metres (1,460 ft)	400 metres (1,312 ft)	94	2009	Qatar	Doha
Kingkey Finance Tower	439 metres (1,440 ft)	439 metres (1,440 ft)	97	2010	China	Shenzhen
Guangzhou International Finance Center	438 metres (1,437 ft)	438 metres (1,437 ft)	103	2009	China	Guangzhou
Trump International Hotel and Tower	415 metres (1,362 ft)	357 metres (1,171 ft)	96	2009	United States	Chicago
Princess Tower	414 metres (1,358 ft)	414 metres (1,358 ft)	101	2009	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
Marina 101	412 metres (1,352 ft)	412 metres (1,352 ft)	101	2010	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
Al Hamra Tower	412 metres (1,352 ft)		77	2009	Kuwait	Kuwait City
200 Greenwich Street	411 metres (1,348 ft)	387 metres (1,270 ft)	79	2012	United States	New York City	also known as World Trade Center Tower 2
23 Marina	395 metres (1,296 ft)	395 metres (1,296 ft)	89	2009	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
Emirates Park Tower 1	395 metres (1,296 ft)	329.2 metres (1,080 ft)	77	2009	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
Emirates Park Tower 2	395 metres (1,296 ft)	329.2 metres (1,080 ft)	77	2009	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
Dalian Yujing Center^[26]^[27]	384 metres (1,260 ft)		81	??	China	Dalian
175 Greenwich Street	383 metres (1,257 ft)	352 metres (1,155 ft)	71	2011	United States	New York City	also known as World Trade Center Tower 3
Central Market Residential Tower^[28]^[27]	382 metres (1,253 ft)		88	2010	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi
Elite Residence	380 metres (1,247 ft)	380 metres (1,247 ft)	91	2010	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
JW Marriott International Finance Centre	380 metres (1,247 ft)	376 metres (1,234 ft)	77	2008	China	Chongqing
Mercury City Tower	380 metres (1,247 ft)		70	2009	Russia	Moscow
Sky Tower Abu Dhabi	379 metres (1,243 ft)		83	2009	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi
Ocean One	367 metres (1,204 ft)	367 metres (1,204 ft)	91	2010	Thailand	Pattaya
Lam Tara Tower 1	360 metres (1,181 ft)		70	2010	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
Square Capital Tower	351 metres (1,152 ft)		63	2009	Kuwait	Kuwait City
D1 Tower	350 metres (1,148 ft)	350 metres (1,148 ft)	80	2009	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
Faros del Panamá	346 metres (1,135 ft)	290 metres (951 ft)	95	2010	Panama	Panama City
The Marina Torch	345 metres (1,132 ft)		80	2008	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
Tianjin Tower^[29]^[30]	337 metres (1,106 ft)		76	2010	China	Tianjin
Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower	336 metres (1,102 ft)	336 metres (1,102 ft)	74	2010	Vietnam	Hanoi
Parc1 Tower A^[31]^[27]	334 metres (1,096 ft)		72	2011	South Korea	Seoul
Century Star Plaza R6^[32]^[27]	331 metres (1,086 ft)		79	2009	China	Chongqing
Al Yaquob Tower	330 metres (1,083 ft)		72	2008	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
Ryugyong Hotel	330 metres (1,083 ft)	330 metres (1,083 ft)	105	^[C]	North Korea	Pyongyang	put on hold in 1992 and resumed construction in April, 2008.
Infinity Tower	330 metres (1,083 ft)	330 metres (1,083 ft)	80	2010	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
Hang Lung Plaza Tower 1^[33]^[27]	330 metres (1,083 ft)		70	2013	China	Shenyang
The Index	328 metres (1,076 ft)		80	2008	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
The Landmark^[34]^[35]	324 metres (1,063 ft)		72	2009	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi
Wenzhou World Trade Center	323 metres (1,060 ft)		68	2009	China	Wenzhou
Gate of Kuwait	320 metres (1,050 ft)		70	2010	Kuwait	Kuwait City
Hang Lung Plaza Tower 2^[33]^[27]	320 metres (1,050 ft)		68	2013	China	Shenyang
Tour Generali	318 metres (1,043 ft)	318 metres (1,043 ft)	70	2012	France	Paris (La Défense)
HHHR Tower	317 metres (1,040 ft)		72	2008	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
Shard London Bridge	310 metres (1,017 ft)	310 metres (1,017 ft)	87	2011	United Kingdom	London
Ocean Heights	310 metres (1,017 ft)	310 metres (1,017 ft)	82	2010	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
Pearl River Tower	310 metres (1,017 ft)		69	2009	China	Guangzhou
City Hall and City Duma	309 metres (1,014 ft)		71	2008	Russia	Moscow
Hermitage Towers	309 metres (1,014 ft)	309 metres (1,014 ft)	60	2014	France	Paris (La Défense)
Northeast Asia Trade Tower	305 metres (1,001 ft)	305 metres (1,001 ft)	70	2009	South Korea	Incheon
Eurasia (building)	305 metres (1,001 ft)		67	2008	Russia	Moscow
The Gramercy Residences	302 metres (991 ft)		69	2011	Philippines	Makati
Tour Signal	301 metres (988 ft)	301 metres (988 ft)	50	2014	France	Paris (La Défense)
Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower	301 metres (988 ft)	301 metres (988 ft)	76	2008	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
Tianjin International Trade Centre	300 metres (984 ft)		80	2008	China	Tianjin
Arraya 2	300 metres (984 ft)		70	2008	Kuwait	Kuwait City
Torre Gran Costanera	300 metres (984 ft)	300 metres (984 ft)	60	2009	Chile	Santiago
Tour Phare	300 metres (984 ft)	300 metres (984 ft)	50	2012	France	Paris (La Défense)

Skyscrapers on-hold

This list ranks skyscrapers whose construction is on-hold that are planned to rise over 300 metres (984.3 ft).

Name	Planned pinnacle height	Proposed completion	Country	Town
Chicago Spire	610 metres (2,000 ft)	2012	United States	Chicago
Burj Al Alam	510 metres (1,673 ft)	2010	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
Dalian International Trade Center^[36]	420 metres (1,378 ft)	2006	China	Dalian
Plaza Rakyat	382 metres (1,253 ft)	2006	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur
Xiamen Post & Telecommunications Building	364 metres (1,194 ft)	2006	China	Xiamen
Torre Bicentenario II	350 metres (1,148 ft)	2010	Mexico	Mexico City
Skycity	335 metres (1,099 ft)	?	Philippines	Mandaluyong City
868 Towers Offices and Hotel	331 metres (1,086 ft)	?	China	Haikou
Waterview Tower	319 metres (1,047 ft)	2009	United States	Chicago
BDNI Center 1	317 metres (1,040 ft)	?	Indonesia	Jakarta
Torre Bicentenario	300 metres (984 ft)	2010	Mexico	Mexico City

List by continent

The following table is a list of the tallest buildings by each continent (listed by geographic size):

Continent	Building	Height^[D]	Floor Count	Year^[E]	Country	Town
Asia	Taipei 101	509 m (1,670 ft)	101	2004	Taiwan	Taipei
Africa	Carlton Centre Office Tower	223 m (732 ft)	50	1973	South Africa	Johannesburg
North America	Sears Tower	442 m (1,450 ft)	108	1973	United States	Chicago
South America	Parque Central Complex	221 m (725 ft)	56	1979, 1984	Venezuela	Caracas
Europe	Naberezhnaya Tower C	268 m (879 ft)	59	2007	Russia	Moscow
Oceania	Q1	323 m (1,060 ft)	78	2005	Australia	Gold Coast

Notes

A. ^{^} Destroyed buildings not included, notably the New York World Trade Center towers, which would be in the top 10.

B. ^{^} Topped out in 2008, expected completion in 2009.

C. ^{^} Topped out in 1992, but was abandoned.

D. ^{^} Height of roof

E. ^{^} Year completed

References

↑ http://standards.emporis.com/?nav=realestate&lng=3&esn=19417
↑ Adapted from http://www.emporis.com/en/bu/sk/st/tp/wo/
↑ "Al Faisaliyah Center". Emporis.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
↑ Development Tower, Shanghai / Emporis.com
↑ Development Tower, Shanghai - SkyscraperPage.com
↑ SHANGHAI | Lujiazui Development Tower (plot B3-5) | 869 FT / 265 M | 55 FLOORS - Page 5 - SkyscraperPage Forum
↑ Fortune Plaza Office Building 1, Beijing
↑ BEIJING | Fortune Plaza | 260 m | 63 fl | U/C - Page 2 - SkyscraperCity
↑ http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=lanko·grandhyatthotel-chongqing-china
↑ Lanko Grand Hyatt Hotel - SkyscraperPage.com
↑ Grand Lisboa, Macao
↑ GRAND LISBOA! Maybe the best skyscraper in the world? - SkyscraperCity
↑ R&F Centre, Guangzhou
↑ Dalian Futures Square 1, Dalian
↑ CHINA | Projects & Construction in Lesser-Known Cities - Page 7 - SkyscraperCity
↑ SkyscraperPage.com - NEO-China Top City Main Tower
↑ CHONGQING | Neo-China Top City | 242m | 54 fl | T/O
↑ "NTT DoCoMo Yoyogi Building". Emporis.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
↑ Future International, Chongqing
↑ Petronas Towers - SkyscraperPage.com
↑ http://ctbuh.org/Portals/0/Tallest/10Tallest.pdf
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↑ "Russia Tower". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-18.
↑ Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat - 100 Tallest Buildings in the World
↑ DALIAN | Dalian Eton Center | 384 m | 1260ft | 81 fl | 279 m | 915ft | 60 fl | 43 fl x 3 | U/C - SkyscraperCity
↑ ^27.0 ^27.1 ^27.2 ^27.3 ^27.4 ^27.5 http://www.ctbuh.org/Portals/0/Tallest/Tallest_UC_NotTopped.pdf
↑ Central Market Residential Tower, Abu Dhabi
↑ TIANJIN | Tianjin Tower | 337 m | 1106ft | 76 fl | U/C - SkyscraperCity
↑ The Tianjin Tower, Tianjin
↑ "Part1 Tower A". Emporis.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-20.
↑ Dinghao Century Stars City. R6 - SkyscraperPage.com
↑ ^33.0 ^33.1 Hang Lung Plaza Twin Towers 1, Shenyang
↑ The Landmark - SkyscraperPage.com
↑ ABU DHABI | The Landmark | 324 m | 1063ft | 72 fl | U/C - SkyscraperCity
↑ Dalian International Trade Center - SkyscraperPage.com

External links

Emporis, international database and gallery of buildings
Structurae, international database and gallery of structures
World's Tallest Skyscrapers, placemarks of skyscrapers for Google Earth
The World's Tallest buildings list, including u/c and planned buildings, plus historical lists by decade
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