List of tallest buildings in the world
This list of tallest buildings in the world ranks skyscrapers by height. Only buildings with continuously occupiable floors are included, thus non-building structures, including towers, are not included. (See List of tallest buildings and structures in the world).
Ranking criteria and alternatives
The international non-profit organization Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) was formed in 1969 and announces the title of "The World's Tallest Building" and sets the standards by which buildings are measured. It maintains a list of the 100 tallest completed buildings in the world.[3] The organization currently ranks Burj Khalifa in Dubai as the tallest at 828 m (2,717 ft).[3] The CTBUH only recognizes buildings that are complete, however, and some buildings listed within these list articles are not considered complete by the CTBUH.
In 1996, as a response to the dispute as to whether the Petronas Towers or the Sears Tower was taller,[4] the council listed and ranked buildings in four categories:
- height to structural or architectural top;
- height to floor of highest occupied floor;
- height to top of roof (removed as category in November 2009);[5] and
- height to top of any part of the building.
Spires are considered integral parts of the architectural design of buildings, to which changes would substantially change the appearance and design of the building, whereas antennas may be added or removed without such consequences. This naturally hurts the rankings of buildings without spires, or with antennas instead of spires, or with shorter spires. The most famous such discrepancy is that the Petronas Towers, with their spires, are ranked higher than the Willis Tower (formerly called the Sears Tower) with its antennas, despite the Petronas Towers' lower roofs and lower highest points (of spire/antenna).
However, this type of discrepancy has happened before, without resulting in a change of the criteria used to determine the world's tallest building, which until 1996 was the height to the top of the tallest architectural element (spires, but not antennae). A famous historical case of this discrepancy was the rivalry between The Trump Building (then known as the Bank of Manhattan Building) and the Chrysler Building. The Bank of Manhattan Building employed only a short spire and was 927 ft (283 m) tall and had a much higher top occupied floor (the second category in the 1996 criteria for tallest building). In contrast, the Chrysler Building employed a very large 125 ft (38 m) spire secretly assembled inside the building to claim the title of world's tallest building with a total height of 1,048 ft (319 m), despite having a lower top occupied floor and a shorter height when both buildings' spires are not counted in their heights. Upset by Chrysler's victory, Shreve & Lamb, the consulting architects of the Bank of Manhattan Building, wrote a newspaper article claiming that their building was actually the tallest, since it contained the world's highest usable floor. They pointed out that the observation deck in the Bank of Manhattan Building was nearly 100 ft (30 m) above the top floor in the Chrysler Building, whose surpassing spire was strictly ornamental and essentially inaccessible.[6] At present the issue of identifying the tallest building is not contested, as Burj Khalifa tops the list by some margin, regardless of which criterion is applied.[7][8]
Tallest buildings in the world
This list includes all buildings (completed and architecturally topped out) which reach a height of 300 metres (984 ft) or more as assessed by their highest architectural feature. As of 2015, seven of the last eight buildings to have held the record as 'tallest building in the world' are still found in the list, with the North Tower of the original World Trade Center being the exception after its destruction in the September 11 attacks of 2001.
bold | †Denotes building that is or was once tallest in the world |
Rank | Building[A][9] | City | Country/region | Height (m)[3] | Height (ft) | Floors | Built |
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1 | Burj Khalifa† | Dubai | UAE | 828 m | 2,717 ft | 163 | 2010 |
2 | Shanghai Tower | Shanghai | China | 632 m[10] | 2,073 ft | 128 | 2015 |
3 | Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower | Mecca | Saudi Arabia | 601 m[11] | 1,971 ft | 120 | 2012 |
4 | Ping An Finance Centre | Shenzhen | China | 599 m | 1,965 ft | 115 | 2016[B] |
5 | Goldin Finance 117 | Tianjin | China | 596.5 m | 1,957 ft | 117 | 2016[B] |
6 | One World Trade Center | New York City | United States | 541.3 m | 1,776 ft | 104 | 2014 |
7 | CTF Finance Centre | Guangzhou | China | 530 m[12] | 1,740 ft | 111 | 2016[B] |
8 | Taipei 101† | Taipei | Taiwan | 509 m[13] | 1,670 ft | 101 | 2004 |
9 | Shanghai World Financial Center | Shanghai | China | 492 m | 1,614 ft | 101 | 2008 |
10 | International Commerce Centre | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 484 m | 1,588 ft | 118 | 2010 |
11 | Petronas Tower 1† | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 452 m | 1,483 ft | 88 | 1998 |
12 | Petronas Tower 2† | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 452 m | 1,483 ft | 88 | 1998 |
13 | Zifeng Tower | Nanjing | China | 450 m | 1,476 ft | 89 | 2010 |
14 | Willis Tower† (formerly the Sears Tower) | Chicago | United States | 442 m | 1,451 ft | 107 | 1974 |
15 | KK100 | Shenzhen | China | 442 m | 1,449 ft | 100 | 2011 |
16 | Guangzhou International Finance Center | Guangzhou | China | 440 m | 1,440 ft | 103 | 2010 |
17 | Wuhan Center | Wuhan | China | 438 m | 1,437 ft | 88 | 2016[B] |
18 | Marina 101 | Dubai | UAE | 426.5 m | 1,399 ft | 101 | 2015[B] |
19 | 432 Park Avenue | New York City | United States | 426 m | 1,397 ft | 88 | 2015[B] |
20 | Trump International Hotel and Tower[14] | Chicago | United States | 423 m | 1,389 ft | 98 | 2009 |
21 | Jin Mao Tower | Shanghai | China | 420.5 m | 1,380 ft | 88 | 1999 |
22 | Princess Tower | Dubai | UAE | 414 m | 1,358 ft[15] | 101 | 2012 |
23 | Al Hamra Tower | Kuwait City | Kuwait | 413 m | 1,354 ft | 80 | 2011 |
24 | Two International Finance Centre | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 412 m | 1,352 ft | 88 | 2003 |
25 | 23 Marina | Dubai | UAE | 395 m | 1,296 ft | 89 | 2012 |
26 | CITIC Plaza | Guangzhou | China | 391 m | 1,283 ft | 80 | 1997 |
27 | Capital Market Authority Headquarters | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 385 m | 1 263 ft | 77 | 2015[B] |
28 | Shun Hing Square | Shenzhen | China | 384 m | 1,260 ft | 69 | 1996 |
29 | Eton Place Dalian Tower 1 | Dalian | China | 383 m | 1,257 ft | 81 | 2015[B] |
30 | Burj Mohammed bin Rashid | Abu Dhabi | UAE | 381.2 m | 1,251 ft | 88 | 2014 |
31 | Empire State Building† | New York City | United States | 381 m | 1,250 ft | 102 | 1931 |
32 | Elite Residence | Dubai | UAE | 380.5 m | 1,248 ft | 87 | 2012 |
33 | Central Plaza | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 374 m | 1,227 ft | 78 | 1992 |
34 | Federation Tower (East Tower)[16] | Moscow | Russia | 374 m | 1,226 ft | 95 | 2015[B] |
35 | Dalian International Trade Center | Dalian | China | 370.1 m | 1,214 ft | 86 | 2016[B] |
36 | The Address the BLVD | Dubai | UAE | 368 m | 1,207 ft | 72 | 2016[B] |
37 | Bank of China Tower | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 367 m | 1,205 ft | 70 | 1990 |
38 | Bank of America Tower | New York City | United States | 366 m | 1,200 ft | 54 | 2009 |
39 | Almas Tower | Dubai | UAE | 363 m | 1,191 ft | 68 | 2009 |
40= | JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Tower 1 | Dubai | UAE | 355 m | 1,166 ft | 82 | 2012 |
41= | JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Tower 2 | Dubai | UAE | 355 m | 1,166 ft | 82 | 2012 |
42 | Emirates Office Tower | Dubai | UAE | 354.6 m | 1,163 ft | 54 | 2000 |
43 | OKO Tower - South Tower | Moscow | Russia | 354 m | 1,160 ft | 85 | 2015 |
44 | The Marina Torch | Dubai | UAE | 352 m | 1,155 ft | 86 | 2011 |
45 | Forum 66 Tower 2 | Shenyang | China | 351 m | 1,150 ft | 68 | 2015[B] |
46 | The Pinnacle | Guangzhou | China | 350.3 m | 1,149 ft | 60 | 2012 |
47 | Tuntex Sky Tower | Kaohsiung | Taiwan | 347 m | 1,140 ft | 85 | 1997 |
48 | Aon Center | Chicago | United States | 346.3 m | 1,136 ft | 83 | 1973 |
49 | The Center | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 346 m | 1,135 ft | 73 | 1998 |
50 | John Hancock Center | Chicago | United States | 344 m | 1,128 ft | 100 | 1969 |
51 | ADNOC Headquarters | Abu Dhabi | UAE | 342 m | 1,122 ft | 76 | 2015[B] |
52 | Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower | Dubai | UAE | 342 m | 1,122 ft | 76 | 2015[B] |
53 | The Wharf Times Square | Wuxi | China | 339 m | 1,112 ft | 68 | 2014 |
54 | Chongqing World Financial Center | Chongqing | China | 338.9 m | 1,112 ft | 78 | 2014 |
55 | Mercury City Tower | Moscow | Russia | 338.8 m | 1,112 ft | 75 | 2012 |
56 | Tianjin Modern City Office Tower | Tianjin | China | 338 m | 1,109 ft | 65 | 2015 |
57 | Tianjin World Financial Center | Tianjin | China | 337 m | 1,105 ft | 79 | 2010 |
58 | Twin Towers Guiyang, East Tower | Guiyang | China | 335 m | 1,099 ft | 74 | 2017[B] |
59 | Twin Towers Guiyang, West Tower | Guiyang | China | 335 m | 1,099 ft | 74 | 2017[B] |
60 | Shimao International Plaza | Shanghai | China | 333 m | 1,094 ft | 61 | 2005 |
61 | Rose Tower | Dubai | UAE | 333 m | 1,093 ft | 72 | 2007 |
62 | Minsheng Bank Building | Wuhan | China | 331 m | 1,087 ft | 68 | 2008 |
63 | China World Trade Center Tower 3 | Beijing | China | 330 m | 1,083 ft | 74 | 2009 |
64 | Ryugyong Hotel | Pyongyang | North Korea | 330 m | 1,083 ft | 105 | 1992[C] |
65 | Hon Kwok City Center | Shenzhen | China | 329.4 m | 1,081 ft | 80 | 2015 |
66 | Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower | Hanoi | Vietnam | 328.6 m | 1,078 ft | 72 | 2012 |
67 | Al Yaqoub Tower | Dubai | UAE | 328 m | 1,076 ft | 69 | 2013 |
68 | Longxi International Hotel | Huaxi Village | China | 328 m | 1,076 ft | 72 | 2011 |
69 | Wuxi Suning Plaza 1 | Wuxi | China | 328 m | 1,076 ft | 68 | 2014 |
70 | The Index | Dubai | UAE | 326 m | 1,070 ft | 80 | 2010 |
71= | The Landmark | Abu Dhabi | UAE | 324 m | 1,063 ft | 72 | 2012 |
72 | Deji Plaza Phase 2 | Nanjing | China | 324 m | 1,063 ft | 62 | 2013 |
73 | Yantai Shimao No.1 The Harbour | Yantai | China | 323 m | 1,060 ft | 59 | 2015[B] |
74 | Q1 | Gold Coast | Australia | 322.5 m | 1,058 ft | 80 | 2005 |
75 | Wenzhou World Trade Center | Wenzhou | China | 322 m | 1,056 ft | 68 | 2010 |
76 | Guangxi Finance Plaza | Nanning | China | 321 m | 1,053 ft | 68 | 2016[B] |
77 | Burj Al Arab | Dubai | UAE | 321 m | 1,053 ft | 60 | 1999 |
78 | Nina Tower | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 320.4 m | 1,051 ft | 80 | 2007 |
79 | Sinar Mas Center 1 | Shanghai | China | 319.6 m | 1,048 ft | 66 | 2016[B] |
80 | Chrysler Building† | New York City | United States | 318.9 m | 1,046 ft | 77 | 1930 |
81 | Global City Square[17] | Guangzhou | China | 318.9 m | 1,046 ft | 67 | 2015[B] |
82 | New York Times Building | New York City | United States | 318.8 m | 1,046 ft | 52 | 2007 |
83 | HHHR Tower | Dubai | UAE | 317 m | 1,042 ft | 72 | 2010 |
84 | Chongqing IFS T1 | Chongqing | China | 316 m | 1,037 ft | 65 | 2016[B] |
85 | Nanjing International Youth Cultural Centre Tower 1[18] | Nanjing | China | 315 m | 1,032 ft | 68 | 2015 |
86 | MahaNakhon | Bangkok | Thailand | 314.2 m | 1,031 ft | 75 | 2016[B] |
87 | Bank of America Plaza | Atlanta | United States | 312 m | 1,024 ft | 55 | 1992 |
88 | Moi Center | Shenyang | China | 311 m | 1,020 ft | 75 | 2012 |
89 | U.S. Bank Tower | Los Angeles | United States | 310.3 m | 1,018 ft | 73 | 1989 |
90 | Menara Telekom | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 310 m | 1,017 ft | 55 | 2001 |
91 | Ocean Heights | Dubai | UAE | 310 m | 1,017 ft | 82 | 2010 |
92 | Fortune Center | Guangzhou | China | 309.4 m | 1,015 ft | 73 | 2015[B] |
93 | Pearl River Tower | Guangzhou | China | 309.4 m | 1,015 ft | 71 | 2011 |
94 | Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel | Dubai | UAE | 309 m | 1,014 ft | 56 | 2000 |
95 | Stalnaya Vershina | Moscow | Russia | 308.9 m | 1,013 ft | 72 | 2015 |
96 | Burj Rafal | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 308 m | 1,010 ft | 68 | 2013 |
97 | Wanda Plaza 1[19] | Kunming | China | 307 m | 1,008 ft | 70 | 2016[B] |
98 | Wanda Plaza 2[20] | Kunming | China | 307 m | 1,008 ft | 70 | 2016[B] |
99 | Franklin Center | Chicago | United States | 306.9 m | 1,007 ft | 60 | 1989 |
100 | Cayan Tower | Dubai | UAE | 306.4 m | 1,005 ft | 76 | 2013 |
101 | East Pacific Center Tower A | Shenzhen | China | 306 m | 1,004 ft | 85 | 2012 |
102 | One57 | New York City | United States | 306 m | 1,004 ft | 75 | 2013 |
103 | The Shard | London | United Kingdom | 306 m | 1,004 ft | 73 | 2012 |
104 | JPMorgan Chase Tower | Houston | United States | 305.4 m | 1,002 ft | 75 | 1982 |
105 | Etihad Tower 2[21][22] | Abu Dhabi | UAE | 305.3 m | 1,002 ft | 79 | 2011 |
106 | Northeast Asia Trade Tower | Incheon | South Korea | 305 m | 1,001 ft | 68 | 2010 |
107 | Baiyoke Tower II | Bangkok | Thailand | 304 m | 997 ft | 85 | 1997 |
108 | Wuxi Maoye City - Marriott Hotel | Wuxi | China | 303.8 m | 997 ft | 68 | 2014 |
109= | Shenzhen CFC Changfu Centre | Shenzhen | China | 303.8 m | 997 ft | 68 | 2016[B] |
110 | Two Prudential Plaza | Chicago | United States | 303.3 m | 995 ft | 64 | 1990 |
111 | Diwang International Fortune Center | Liuzhou | China | 303 m | 994 ft | 75 | 2015[B] |
112 | KAFD World Trade Center[23] | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 303 m | 994 ft | 67 | 2015[B] |
113 | Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza 1[24] | Nanchang | China | 303 m | 994 ft | 59 | 2015 |
114 | Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza 2[25] | Nanchang | China | 303 m | 994 ft | 59 | 2015 |
115 | Heung Kong Tower | Shenzhen | China | 303 m | 994 ft | 61 | 2014 |
116 | Leatop Plaza | Guangzhou | China | 303 m | 993 ft | 65 | 2011 |
117 | Wells Fargo Plaza | Houston | United States | 302.4 m | 992 ft | 71 | 1983 |
118 | Kingdom Centre | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 302.3 m | 992 ft | 41 | 2002 |
119 | The Address Downtown Burj Khalifa | Dubai | UAE | 302.2 m | 991 ft | 63 | 2008 |
120 | Gate of the Orient | Suzhou | China | 302 m | 990 ft | 68 | 2015 |
121 | Moscow Tower | Moscow | Russia | 302 m | 989 ft | 76 | 2010 |
122 | Greenland Puli Center[26] | Jinan | China | 301 m | 988 ft | 60 | 2015 |
123 | We've the Zenith Tower A | Busan | South Korea | 301 m | 987 ft | 80 | 2011 |
124 | Gran Torre Santiago | Santiago | Chile | 300 m | 984 ft | 62 | 2012 |
125 | Abeno Harukas | Osaka | Japan | 300 m | 984 ft | 60 | 2014 |
126 | Arraya 2 | Kuwait City | Kuwait | 300 m | 984 ft | 60 | 2009 |
127 | Aspire Tower | Doha | Qatar | 300 m | 984 ft | 36 | 2007 |
Photo gallery
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Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is the tallest building in the world.
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Shanghai Tower in Shanghai, China is the 2nd tallest building in the world.
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The Abraj Al-Bait Towers in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, is the tallest hotel, and the 3rd tallest building in the world.
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One World Trade Center in New York City is the 5th tallest building in the world and the tallest in the Western Hemisphere.
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Taipei 101 in Taipei, Taiwan, was the tallest building in the world from 2004 to 2010; it is now 7th.
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The Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, were the world's tallest buildings from 1998 to 2004, and are still the tallest twin buildings.
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Willis Tower, formerly Sears Tower, in Chicago, United States was the tallest building in the world from 1974 to 1998.
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The Shanghai World Financial Center is the 8th tallest building in the world and the 2nd tallest building in China.
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The International Commerce Centre of Hong Kong is currently the 9th tallest building in the world. The top 15 floors are occupied by the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, the world's highest 6-star grand hotel.
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New York City's Empire State Building was the tallest building in the world from 1931 to 1972 and is the 5th tallest building in the United States.
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Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai, China is the 7th tallest building in China.
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The Ryugyong Hotel is the tallest building in North Korea.
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The Northeast Asia Trade Tower is the tallest building in South Korea.
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Q1, on the Gold Coast in Australia, is the world's 6th tallest residential building.
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The US Bank Tower in Los Angeles is the tallest building in the United States west of the Mississippi River.
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The Gran Torre Santiago in Santiago, Chile is the tallest building in Latin America.
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Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong, was the first building outside the United States to break the 305 m (1,000 ft) mark and was the tallest building in Hong Kong and Asia from 1990 to 1992.
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The Abenobashi Terminal Building in Osaka is the tallest building in Japan.
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Federation Tower in Moscow IBC, Russia is the tallest building in the Europe.
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Baiyoke Tower II in Bangkok is the tallest building in Thailand.
Alternative measurements
Height to pinnacle (highest point)
This measurement disregards distinctions between architectural and non-architectural extensions, and simply measures to the highest point. This measurement is useful for air traffic obstacle determinations, and is also a wholly objective measure. However, this measurement includes extensions that are easily added, removed, and modified from a building and are independent of the overall structure.
This measurement only recently came to use, when the Petronas Towers passed the Sears Tower (now called Willis Tower) in height. The former was considered taller because its spires were considered architectural, while the latter's antennae were not. This led to the split of definitions, with the Sears Tower claiming the lead in this and the height-to-roof (now highest occupied floor) categories, and with the Petronas claiming the lead in the architectural height category.
bold | †Denotes building with pinnacle height higher than architectural |
Rank | Building | City | Country/region | Height | Floors | Built | |
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1 | Burj Khalifa | Dubai | UAE | 829.8 m | 2,722 ft | 163 | 2010 |
2 | Shanghai Tower | Shanghai | China | 632 m | 2,073 ft | 121 | 2015 |
3 | Abraj Al-Bait Towers | Mecca | Saudi Arabia | 601 m[11] | 1,971 ft | 120 | 2012 |
4 | One World Trade Center† | New York City | United States | 546.2 m | 1,792 ft | 104 | 2014 |
5 | Willis Tower† | Chicago | United States | 527.3 m | 1,729 ft | 108 | 1974 |
6 | Taipei 101 | Taipei | Taiwan | 509.0 m | 1,669 ft | 101 | 2004 |
7 | Shanghai World Financial Center | Shanghai | China | 494.4 m | 1,614 ft | 101 | 2008 |
8 | International Commerce Centre | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 484.0 m | 1,588 ft | 118 | 2010 |
9 | John Hancock Center† | Chicago | United States | 457.2 m | 1,500 ft | 100 | 1969 |
10= | Petronas Tower 1 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 452.0 m | 1,483 ft | 88 | 1998 |
10= | Petronas Tower 2 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 452.0 m | 1,483 ft | 88 | 1998 |
12 | Zifeng Tower | Nanjing | China | 450.0 m | 1,476 ft | 89 | 2009 |
13 | Empire State Building† | New York City | United States | 443.2 m | 1,454 ft | 102 | 1931 |
14 | Kingkey 100 | Shenzhen | China | 442 m | 1,449 ft | 100 | 2011 |
15 | Guangzhou International Finance Center | Guangzhou | China | 440.5 m | 1,445 ft | 103 | 2009 |
16 | Trump International Hotel and Tower | Chicago | United States | 423.4 m | 1,389 ft | 96 | 2009 |
17 | Jin Mao Tower | Shanghai | China | 421.0 m | 1,381 ft | 88 | 1998 |
18 | Princess Tower | Dubai | UAE | 414.0 m | 1,358 ft[15] | 101 | 2012 |
19 | Al Hamra Tower | Kuwait City | Kuwait | 412.6 m | 1,354 ft | 80 | 2010 |
20 | International Finance Centre | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 412.0 m | 1,352 ft | 88 | 2003 |
21 | 23 Marina | Dubai | UAE | 395 m | 1,296 ft | 89 | 2012 |
22 | CITIC Plaza | Guangzhou | China | 391.0 m | 1,283 ft | 80 | 1997 |
23 | Shun Hing Square | Shenzhen | China | 384.0 m | 1,260 ft | 69 | 1996 |
24 | Eton Place Dalian Tower 1 | Dalian | China | 383.1 m | 1,257 ft | 81 | 2015 |
25 | Burj Mohammed bin Rashid | Abu Dhabi | UAE | 381.2 m | 1,251 ft | 88 | 2014 |
26 | Elite Residence | Dubai | UAE | 380.5 m | 1,248 ft | 87 | 2012 |
27 | Tuntex Sky Tower† | Kaohsiung | Taiwan | 378.0 m | 1,240 ft | 85 | 1997 |
28 | Central Plaza | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 374.0 m | 1,227 ft | 78 | 1992 |
29 | Bank of China Tower | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 367.4 m | 1,205 ft | 72 | 1990 |
30 | Bank of America Tower | New York City | United States | 365.8 m | 1,200 ft | 54 | 2008 |
31 | Almas Tower | Dubai | UAE | 363.0 m | 1,191 ft | 68 | 2008 |
32 | Aon Center† | Chicago | United States | 362.5 m | 1,189 ft | 83 | 1973 |
33 | SEG Plaza† | Shenzhen | China | 355.8 m | 1,167 ft | 70 | 2000 |
34= | Emirates Park Tower 1 | Dubai | UAE | 355.4 m | 1,166 ft | 77 | 2010 |
34= | Emirates Park Tower 2 | Dubai | UAE | 355.4 m | 1,166 ft | 77 | 2010 |
36 | First Canadian Place† | Toronto | Canada | 355.0 m | 1,165 ft | 72 | 1975 |
37 | Emirates Office Tower | Dubai | UAE | 354.6 m | 1,163 ft | 56 | 2000 |
38 | OKO Tower - South Tower | Moscow | Russia | 354.1 m | 1,160 ft | 85 | 2015 |
39 | The Marina Torch | Dubai | UAE | 352 m | 1,155 ft | 86 | 2011 |
40 | Forum 66 Tower 2 | Shenyang | China | 350.6 m | 1,150 ft | 68 | 2015 |
41 | The Pinnacle | Guangzhou | China | 350.3 m | 1,149 ft | 60 | 2012 |
42 | Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower† | Hanoi | Vietnam | 349 m | 1,145 ft | 72 | 2012 |
43 | The Center | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 346.0 m | 1,135 ft | 73 | 1998 |
44= | ADNOC Headquarters | Abu Dhabi | UAE | 342 m | 1,122 ft | 76 | 2015 |
44= | Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower | Dubai | UAE | 342.0 m | 1,122 ft | 76 | 2010 |
46 | Conde Nast Building† | New York City | United States | 340.7 m | 1,118 ft | 48 | 1999 |
47 | The Wharf Times Square | Wuxi | China | 339 m | 1,112 ft | 68 | 2014 |
48= | Chongqing World Financial Center | Chongqing | China | 338.9 m | 1,112 ft | 78 | 2014 |
48= | Mercury City Tower | Moscow | Russia | 338.8 m | 1,112 ft | 75 | 2012 |
50 | Tianjin World Financial Center | Tianjin | China | 336.9 m | 1,105 ft | 79 | 2010 |
51 | Shanghai Shimao International Plaza | Shanghai | China | 333.0 m | 1,094 ft | 60 | 2005 |
52= | Rose Tower | Dubai | UAE | 333.0 m | 1,093 ft | 72 | 2008 |
52= | Modern Media Center† | Changzhou | China | 333.0 m | 1,093 ft | 57 | 2013 |
54 | Minsheng Bank Building | Wuhan | China | 331.0 m | 1,086 ft | 68 | 2007 |
55= | Ryugyong Hotel | Pyongyang | North Korea | 330.0 m | 1,083 ft | 105 | 1992[C] |
55= | China World Trade Center Tower 3 | Beijing | China | 330.0 m | 1,083 ft | 74 | 2008 |
57 | Baiyoke Tower II† | Bangkok | Thailand | 328.4 m | 1,077 ft | 85 | 1997 |
58= | Wuxi Suning Plaza 1 | Wuxi | China | 328.0 m | 1,076 ft | 68 | 2014 |
58= | Al Yaqoub Tower | Dubai | UAE | 328.0 m | 1,076 ft | 72 | 2010 |
58= | Hanging Village of Huaxi | Huaxi Village | China | 328.0 m | 1,076 ft | 72 | 2011 |
61 | The Index | Dubai | UAE | 326.0 m | 1,070 ft | 80 | 2009 |
62= | The Landmark | Abu Dhabi | UAE | 324.0 m | 1,072 ft | 72 | 2010 |
62= | Deji Plaza Phase 2 | Nanjing | China | 324 m | 1,063 ft | 62 | 2013 |
64 | Q1 | Gold Coast | Australia | 322.5 m | 1,058 ft | 78 | 2005 |
65 | Wenzhou World Trade Center | Wenzhou | China | 322.0 m | 1,056 ft | 68 | 2010 |
66 | Burj Al Arab | Dubai | UAE | 321.0 m | 1,053 ft | 60 | 1999 |
67 | Nina Tower | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 320.4 m | 1,051 ft | 80 | 2007 |
Buildings under construction
This list shows buildings taller than 300 metres or 65 floors that are currently under construction.
Building | Planned pinnacle height | Planned roof height | Floors | Planned completion | Country/region | City | Remarks |
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Jeddah Tower | 1,008 m (3,307 ft) | 1,008 m (3,307 ft) | 167 | 2019 | Saudi Arabia | Jeddah | Will become the tallest in the world upon completion.[27] |
Suzhou Zhongnan Center | 729 m (2,392 ft) | 137 | 2020 | China | Suzhou | [28] | |
KL118 | 644 m (2,113 ft) | 644 m (2,113 ft) | 118 | 2019 | Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | |
Wuhan Greenland Center | 636 m (2,087 ft) | 547 m (1,795 ft) | 125 | 2017 | China | Wuhan | |
Baoneng Shenyang Global Financial Center | 565 m (1,854 ft) | 114 | 2018 | China | Shenyang | ||
Lotte World Tower | 555.7 m (1,823 ft) | 497.6 m (1,633 ft) | 123 | 2016 | South Korea | Seoul | Will become the tallest building in the OECD with the tallest observation deck in the world.[29] |
225 West 57th Street | 541 m (1,775 ft) | 464 m (1,522 ft) | 95 | 2019 | United States | New York City | Will become the second tallest building in New York, and the tallest residential building in the world; also known as the Nordstrom Tower. |
Tianjin Chow Tai Fook Binhai Center | 530 m (1,740 ft) | 580 m (1,900 ft) | 98 | 2018 | China | Tianjin | |
China Zun | 528 m (1,732 ft) | 528 m (1,732 ft) | 108 | 2017 | China | Beijing | |
Dalian Greenland Center | 518 m (1,699 ft) | 518 m (1,699 ft) | 88 | 2018[30] | China | Dalian | |
Chengdu Greenland Tower | 468 m (1,535 ft) | 100 | 2018 | China | Chengdu | ||
International Commerce Center 1 | 468 m (1,535 ft) | 430 m (1,410 ft) | 99 | 2019[31] | China | Chongqing | |
Lakhta Center | 462 m (1,516 ft) | 86 | 2018 | Russia | St. Petersburg | Will become tallest building in Europe upon completion.[32] | |
Landmark 81 | 461.5 m (1,514 ft) | 81 | 2018 | Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh City | ||
Changsha IFS Tower T1 | 452 m (1,483 ft) | 88 | 2017 | China | Changsha | [33] | |
Suzhou IFS | 452 m (1,483 ft) | 92 | 2016 | China | Suzhou | ||
Marina 106 | 445 m (1,460 ft) | 104 | 2019 | UAE | Dubai | ||
China Resources Centre Block A | 442 m (1,450 ft) | 90 | 2018 | China | Nanning | [34] | |
World One | 442 m (1,450 ft) | 442 m (1,450 ft) | 117 | 2016 | India | Mumbai | Will become tallest residential skyscraper in the world if completed before Pentominium.[35][36][37][38][39][40] |
111 West 57th Street | 438 m (1,437 ft) | 408.7 m (1,341 ft) | 82 | 2017 | United States | New York City | Scheduled to be world's skinniest skyscraper "with a slenderness ratio of about 1:24."[41] |
Riverview Plaza | 436 m (1,430 ft) | 73 | 2018 | China | Wuhan | ||
Haikou Tower | 428 m (1,404 ft) | 94 | 2020 | China | Haikou | ||
Dongguan International Trade Center 1 | 427 m (1,401 ft) | 88 | 2019 | China | Dongguan | ||
LCT Landmark Tower | 411.6 m (1,350 ft) | 411.6 m (1,350 ft) | 101 | 2018 | South Korea | Busan | |
China Resources Headquarters | 393 m (1,289 ft) | 67 | 2018 | China | Shenzhen | ||
Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 1 | 388 m (1,273 ft) | 80 | 2019 | China | Shenzhen | ||
30 Hudson Yards | 387 m (1,270 ft) | 73 | 2019 | United States | New York City | ||
Abu Dhabi Plaza | 382 m (1,253 ft) | 88 | 2017 | Kazakhstan | Astana | ||
The Pinwheel | 380 m (1247 ft) | 66 | 2019 | Lebanon | Beirut | ||
Gemdale Gangxia Tower 1 | 375.5 m (1,232 ft) | 80 | 2018 | China | Shenzhen | ||
Three Sixty West Tower B | 372 m (1,220 ft)[42] | 85 | 2017 | India | Mumbai | ||
Golden Eagle Tiandi Tower A | 368 m (1,207 ft) | 76 | 2018 | China | Nanjing | ||
VietinBank Business Center Office Tower | 363 m (1,191 ft) | 321 m (1,053 ft) | 70 | 2016 | Vietnam | Hanoi | |
Greenland Group Suzhou Center | 358 m (1,175 ft) | 75 | 2018 | China | Suzhou | [43] | |
Hanking Center | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 65 | 2018 | China | Shenzhen | [44] | |
Lamar Tower 1 | 322 m (1,056 ft) | 70 | 2018 | Saudi Arabia | Jeddah | ||
Gezhouba International Plaza | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 69 | 2017 | China | Wuhan | ||
Spring City 66 | 349 m (1,145 ft) | 61 | 2018 | China | Kunming | [45] | |
Shimao Hunan Center | 347 m (1,138 ft) | ?? | 2018 | China | Changsha | ||
Comcast Innovation and Technology Center | 342 m (1,122 ft) | 59 | 2018 | United States | Philadelphia | Will become the tallest building in the United States outside New York and Chicago. | |
Xiamen International Center | 339 m (1,112 ft) | 339.88 m (1,115.1 ft) | 81 | 2016 | China | Xiamen | [46] |
LCT Residential Tower A | 339.1 m (1,113 ft) | 339.1 m (1,113 ft) | 85 | 2018 | South Korea | Busan | |
One Shenzhen Bay | 338 m (1,109 ft) | 80 | 2018 | China | Shenzhen | ||
Tianjin Modern City Office Tower | 338 m (1,109 ft) | 65 | 2016 | China | Tianjin | ||
Wilshire Grand Tower | 335 m (1,099 ft) | 285 m (935 ft) | 73 | 2017 | United States | Los Angeles | Will become tallest building in the United States west of Chicago. |
DAMAC Heights | 335 m (1,099 ft) | 335 m (1,099 ft) | 85 | 2016 | UAE | Dubai | |
LCT Residential Tower B | 333.1 m (1,093 ft) | 333.1 m (1,093 ft) | 85 | 2018 | South Korea | Busan | |
Jinan Center Financial City | 333 m (1,093 ft) | ?? | ? | China | Jinan | ||
Mandarin Oriental Chengdu | 333 m (1,093 ft) | 88 | 2017 | China | Chengdu | ||
Changsha A9 Financial District | 330 m (1,080 ft) | 68 | 2019 | China | Changsha | ||
Suning Plaza Tower 1 | 330 m (1,080 ft) | 330 m (1,080 ft) | 77 | 2016 | China | Zhenjiang | |
Wuhan Yangtze River Shipping Center | 330 m (1,080 ft) | 65 | 2018 | China | Wuhan | ||
Yuexiu Fortune Center Tower 1 | 330 m (1,080 ft) | 66 | 2016 | China | Wuhan | ||
Zhuhai St. Regis Hotel & Office Tower | 330 m (1,080 ft) | 67 | 2016 | China | Zhuhai | ||
Three World Trade Center | 329 m (1,079 ft) | 80 | 2018 | United States | New York City | Also known as 175 Greenwich Street[47] | |
Concord International Centre | 328 m (1,076 ft) | 62 | 2016 | China | Chongqing | ||
Golden Eagle Tiandi Tower B | 328 m (1,076 ft) | 68 | 2018 | China | Nanjing | ||
Nanjing World Trade Center Tower 1 | 328 m (1,076 ft) | 328 m (1,076 ft) | 69 | 2016 | China | Nanjing | |
Baoneng Center | 327 m (1,073 ft) | 65 | 2018 | China | Shenzhen | ||
Salesforce Tower | 326 m (1,070 ft) | 278 m (912 ft) | 61 | 2018 | United States | San Francisco | Formerly Transbay Tower. Will become tallest building in San Francisco. |
Gate of Taipei | 322.2 m (1,057 ft) | 322.2 m (1,057 ft) | 76 | 2016 | Taiwan | Taipei | |
Palais Royale Mumbai | 320 m (1,050 ft) | 320 m (1,050 ft) | 88 | 2017 | India | Mumbai | Structurally "topped out" but not architecturally yet. Will become the tallest building in India, if completed before World One.[48] |
53W53 | 320 m (1,050 ft) | 320 m (1,050 ft) | 82 | 2018 | United States | New York City | Also known as the MoMA Expansion Tower and Tower Verre. |
Australia 108 | 317 m (1,040 ft) | 100 | 2019 | Australia | Melbourne | Will become second tallest building in Australia, and the tallest building in Melbourne. | |
Namaste Tower | 316 m (1,037 ft) | 300 m (980 ft) | 63 | 2020 | India | Mumbai | It resembles the ‘Namaste’ gesture: two wings of the hotel are clasped together like hands greeting. |
Magnolias Waterfront Residences Tower 1 | 315 m (1,033 ft) | 70 | 2019 | Thailand | Bangkok | May become the tallest building in Thailand in 2019 | |
Lokhandwala Minerva | 307 m (1,007 ft) | 307 m (1,007 ft) | 82 | 2016 | India | Mumbai | Residential[49][50][51] |
Brys Buzz | 300 m (984 ft) | 82 | 2017 | India | Greater Noida | [52] | |
Century Textiles Office Tower | 300 m (984 ft) | 59 | 2019 | India | Mumbai | [53][54] | |
Supernova Spira | 300 m (980 ft) | 80 | 2016 | India | Noida | ||
Omkar 1973 Worli Tower 1 | 300 m (980 ft) | 78 | 2016 | India | Mumbai | [55] | |
Omkar 1973 Worli Tower 2 | 300 m (980 ft) | 77 | 2016 | India | Mumbai | [55] | |
Omkar Alta Monte Tower D | 300 m (980 ft) | 73 | 2016 | India | Mumbai | ||
Shenglong Global Center | 300 m (980 ft) | 57 | 2017 | China | Fuzhou | ||
Jin Wan Plaza 1 | 300 m (980 ft) | 300 m (980 ft) | 66 | 2017 | China | Tianjin | [56] |
List by continent
The following list shows the tallest completed buildings located in each continent listed by greatest to least height:
Continent | Building | Height | Floor count | Completed | Country | City |
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Asia | Burj Khalifa | 828 m (2,717 ft) | 160 | 2010 | United Arab Emirates | Dubai |
Europe | Federation Tower | 374 m (1,227 ft) | 101 | 2015 | Russia | Moscow |
North America | One World Trade Center | 541.3 m (1,776 ft) | 104 | 2013 | USA | New York City |
Australia | Q1 | 323 m (1,060 ft) | 78 | 2005 | Australia | Gold Coast |
South America | Gran Torre Santiago[57] | 300 m (980 ft) | 64 | 2012 | Chile | Santiago |
Africa | Carlton Centre | 223 m (732 ft) | 50 | 1973 | South Africa | Johannesburg |
Antarctica | Long Duration Balloon (LDB) Payload Preparation Buildings[58] | 15 m (49 ft) | - | 2005[59] | Antarctica | McMurdo Station |
See also
- History of the tallest buildings in the world
- List of tallest buildings in the world by height to roof
- List of buildings with 100 floors or more
- List of architects of supertall buildings
- List of cities with the most skyscrapers
- List of cities with the most high-rise buildings
- List of future tallest buildings in the world
- List of tallest structures in the Indian subcontinent
- List of tallest buildings and structures in the world
- List of largest buildings in the world
- List of tallest freestanding structures in the world
- List of tallest hotels in the world
- List of tallest residential buildings in the world
- List of tallest structures in the world
- List of tallest structures in the world by country
- Skyscraper Index
Notes
- A. ^ Destroyed buildings not included
- B. ^ Topped out but not completed.
- C. ^ Topped out in 1992, when construction was halted. Work was restarted in 2008, exterior work completed in 2011; interior work ongoing.
References
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