List of tallest buildings

The 828-metre (2,717 ft) tall Burj Khalifa in Dubai has been the world's tallest building since 2008.^[1] The Burj Khalifa has been classified as Megatall.^[2]

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.)

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. The Petronas Towers, with their spires, are thus ranked higher than the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) with its antennas, despite the Petronas Towers' lower roofs and lower highest point.

Until 1996, the world's tallest building was defined by the height to the top of the tallest architectural element, including spires but not antennae. This led to a rivalry between the Bank of Manhattan Building and the Chrysler Building. The Bank of Manhattan Building employed only a short spire and was 282.5 m (927 ft) 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 38.1 m (125 ft) spire secretly assembled inside the building to claim the title of world's tallest building with a total height of 318.9 m (1,046 ft), although it had a lower top occupied floor and a shorter height when both buildings' spires were excluded.

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 30 m (100 ft) above the top floor in the Chrysler Building, whose surpassing spire was strictly ornamental and inaccessible.^[6]

At present, the Burj Khalifa tops the list by some margin, regardless of which criterion is applied.^[7][8]

Tallest buildings in the world (350 m+)

As of 2017, this list includes all 51 buildings (completed and architecturally topped out) which reach a height of 350 metres (1,148 ft) or more, as assessed by their highest architectural feature. Six of the last seven buildings to have held the record as 'tallest building' are still found in the list, with the exception being the North Tower of the original World Trade Center after its destruction in the September 11 attacks of 2001.

Rank	Building[A][9]	City	Country	Height (m)[3]	Height (ft)	Floors	Built
1	Burj Khalifa	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	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	2017
5	Lotte World Tower	Seoul	South Korea	554.5 m	1,819 ft	123	2016
6	One World Trade Center	New York City	United States	541.3 m	1,776 ft	104	2014
7	Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre	Guangzhou	China	530 m[12]	1,739 ft	111	2016
8	Taipei 101	Taipei	Taiwan	508 m[13]	1,667 ft	101	2004
9	Shanghai World Financial Center	Shanghai	China	492 m	1,614 ft	101	2008
10	International Commerce Centre	Hong Kong	China	484 m	1,588 ft	118	2010
11	Changsha IFS Tower T1	Changsha	China	452.1 m	1,483 ft	88	2017
12	Petronas Tower 1	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	451.9 m	1,483 ft	88	1998
	Petronas Tower 2	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	451.9 m	1,483 ft	88	1998
14	Zifeng Tower	Nanjing	China	450 m	1,476 ft	89	2010
	Suzhou IFS	Suzhou	China	450 m	1,476 ft	92	2017
16	Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower)	Chicago	United States	442.1 m	1,450 ft	108	1974
17	KK100	Shenzhen	China	442 m	1,449 ft	100	2011
18	Guangzhou International Finance Center	Guangzhou	China	440 m	1,440 ft	103	2010
19	Wuhan Center	Wuhan	China	438 m	1,437 ft	88	2016[B]
20	432 Park Avenue	New York City	United States	425.5 m	1,396 ft	88	2015
21	Marina 101	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	425 m	1,394 ft	101	2015[B]
22	Trump International Hotel and Tower[14]	Chicago	United States	423.2 m	1,388 ft	98	2009
23	Jin Mao Tower	Shanghai	China	421 m	1,380 ft	88	1999
24	Princess Tower	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	414 m	1,358 ft[15]	101	2012
25	Al Hamra Tower	Kuwait City	Kuwait	413 m	1,354 ft	80	2011
26	Two International Finance Centre	Hong Kong	China	412 m	1,352 ft	88	2003
27	23 Marina	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	395 m	1,296 ft	89	2012
28	China Resources Headquarters	Shenzhen	China	393 m	1,288 ft	67	2017
29	CITIC Plaza	Guangzhou	China	391 m	1,283 ft	80	1996
30	Capital Market Authority Headquarters	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	385 m	1,263 ft	77	2016
31	Shun Hing Square	Shenzhen	China	384 m	1,260 ft	69	1996
32	Eton Place Dalian Tower 1	Dalian	China	383 m	1,257 ft	81	2015
33	Logan Century Center 1	Nanning	China	381.3 m	1,251 ft	82	2017
34	Burj Mohammed bin Rashid	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	381 m	1,251 ft	88	2014
35	Empire State Building	New York City	United States	381 m	1,250 ft	102	1931
36	Elite Residence	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	381 m	1,248 ft	87	2012
37	Central Plaza	Hong Kong	China	374 m	1,227 ft	78	1992
	Federation Tower (East Tower)[16]	Moscow	Russia	374 m	1,227 ft	95	2016
39	Dalian International Trade Center	Dalian	China	370 m	1,214 ft	86	2016[B]
40	The Address the BLVD	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	368 m	1,207 ft	72	2017
41	Bank of China Tower	Hong Kong	China	367 m	1,205 ft	70	1990
42	Bank of America Tower	New York City	United States	365.8 m	1,200 ft	54	2009
43	Almas Tower	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	363 m	1,191 ft	68	2009
44	JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Tower 1	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	355 m	1,166 ft	82	2012
	JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Tower 2	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	355 m	1,166 ft	82	2012
46	Emirates Office Tower	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	355 m	1,163 ft	54	2000
47	OKO Tower - South Tower	Moscow	Russia	354 m	1,160 ft	85	2015
48	The Marina Torch	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	352 m	1,155 ft	86	2011
49	Forum 66 Tower 2	Shenyang	China	351 m	1,152 ft	68	2015
50	The Pinnacle	Guangzhou	China	350 m	1,150 ft	60	2012
51	Hanking Center	Shenzhen	China	350 m	1,148 ft	73	2017

Photo gallery

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  Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is the world's tallest building.
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  Shanghai Tower in Shanghai, China, is the 2nd tallest building.
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  The Abraj Al-Bait Towers in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, is the 3rd tallest building.
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  Ping An Finance Centre, in Guangdong, China, is the 4th tallest building.
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  Lotte World Tower in Seoul, South Korea, is the 5th tallest building.
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  One World Trade Center in New York City, is the 6th tallest building and the tallest in the Western Hemisphere.
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  CTF Finance Centre in Guangzhou, China, is the 7th tallest building.
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  Taipei 101 in Taipei, Taiwan, was the world's tallest building from 2004 to 2010; it is now 8th.
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  The Shanghai World Financial Center is the 9th tallest building and the 3rd tallest in China.
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  The International Commerce Centre in Hong Kong, is currently the 10th tallest building.
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  The Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, were the 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 from 1974 to 1998.
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  New York City's Empire State Building was the tallest building 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 10th tallest building in China.

Alternative measurements

Height to pinnacle (highest point)

Tallest buildings by pinnacle height, including all masts, poles, antennae, etc. in 2014.

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 into 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.

Rank	Building	City	Country	Height		Floors	Built
1	Burj Khalifa†	Dubai	UAE	829.8 m	2,722 ft	163	2010
2	Shanghai Tower	Shanghai	China	632 m	2,073 ft	128	2015
3	Abraj Al-Bait Towers	Mecca	Saudi Arabia	601 m[11]	1,971 ft	120	2012
4	Ping An Finance Center	Shenzhen	China	599 m	1,965 ft	115	2016
5	Lotte World Tower†	Seoul	South Korea	555.7 m	1,823 ft	123	2016
6	One World Trade Center†	New York City	United States	546.2 m	1,792 ft	104	2014
7	CTF Finance Centre	Guangzhou	China	530 m[17]	1,739 ft	111	2016
8	Willis Tower†	Chicago	United States	527 m	1,729 ft	108	1974
9	Taipei 101	Taipei	Taiwan	508 m	1,667 ft	101	2004
10	Shanghai World Financial Center†	Shanghai	China	494.3 m	1,622 ft	101	2008
11	International Commerce Centre	Hong Kong	China	484 m	1,588 ft	118	2010
12	John Hancock Center†	Chicago	United States	456.9 m	1,499 ft	100	1969
13	Changsha IFS Tower T1	Changsha	China	452 m	1,483 ft	94	2017
14	Petronas Tower 1	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	451.9 m	1,483 ft	88	1998
14	Petronas Tower 2	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	451.9 m	1,483 ft	88	1998
16	Zifeng Tower	Nanjing	China	450 m	1,476 ft	89	2009
16	Suzhou IFS	Suzhou	China	450 m	1,476 ft	98	2017
18	Empire State Building†	New York City	United States	443.2 m	1,454 ft	102	1931
19	Kingkey 100	Shenzhen	China	442 m	1,449 ft	100	2011
20	Guangzhou International Finance Center	Guangzhou	China	438.6 m	1,445 ft	103	2009
21	Wuhan Center	Wuhan	China	438 m	1,437 ft	88	2017
22	432 Park Avenue	New York City	United States	425.5 m	1,396 ft	85	2015
23	Marina 101	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	425 m	1,394 ft	101	2017
24	Trump International Hotel and Tower	Chicago	United States	423.2 m	1,388 ft	96	2009
25	Jin Mao Tower	Shanghai	China	421 m	1,381 ft	88	1998
26	Princess Tower†	Dubai	UAE	414 m	1,358 ft[15]	101	2012
27	Al Hamra Tower	Kuwait City	Kuwait	412.6 m	1,354 ft	80	2010
28	Two International Finance Centre	Hong Kong	China	412 m	1,352 ft	88	2003
29	China Resources Headquarters	Shenzhen	China	392.5 m	1,288 ft	67	2017
30	23 Marina	Dubai	UAE	392.4 m	1,287 ft	89	2012
31	CITIC Plaza	Guangzhou	China	391 m	1,283 ft	80	1997
32	Logan Century Center 1†	Nanning	China	390 m	1,279 ft	82	2017
33	Capital Market Authority Headquarters	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	385 m	1,263 ft	77	2017
34	Shun Hing Square	Shenzhen	China	384 m	1,260 ft	69	1996
35	Eton Place Dalian Tower 1	Dalian	China	383.1 m	1,257 ft	81	2015
36	Burj Mohammed bin Rashid	Abu Dhabi	UAE	381.2 m	1,251 ft	88	2014
37	Elite Residence†	Dubai	UAE	381 m	1,250 ft	87	2012
38	Tuntex Sky Tower†	Kaohsiung	Taiwan	378 m	1,240 ft	85	1997
39	Central Plaza	Hong Kong	China	373.9 m	1,227 ft	78	1992
40	Federation Tower (East Tower)	Moscow	Russia	373.8 m	1,226 ft	95	2016
32	Bank of China Tower	Hong Kong	China	367.4 m	1,205 ft	72	1990
33	Bank of America Tower	New York City	United States	365.8 m	1,200 ft	54	2008
34	Almas Tower	Dubai	UAE	363 m	1,191 ft	68	2008
35	Aon Center†	Chicago	United States	362.5 m	1,189 ft	83	1973
36	SEG Plaza†	Shenzhen	China	355.8 m	1,167 ft	70	2000
37	Emirates Park Tower 1	Dubai	UAE	355.4 m	1,166 ft	77	2010
38	Emirates Park Tower 2	Dubai	UAE	355.4 m	1,166 ft	77	2010
39	First Canadian Place†	Toronto	Canada	355 m	1,165 ft	72	1975
40	Emirates Office Tower	Dubai	UAE	354.6 m	1,163 ft	56	2000
41	OKO Tower - South Tower	Moscow	Russia	354.1 m	1,160 ft	85	2015
42	The Marina Torch	Dubai	UAE	352 m	1,155 ft	86	2011
43	Forum 66 Tower 2	Shenyang	China	350.6 m	1,150 ft	68	2015
44	The Pinnacle	Guangzhou	China	350.3 m	1,149 ft	60	2012
45	Hanking Center	Shenzhen	China	350 m	1,148 ft	73	2017

Buildings under construction

This is a list of buildings taller than 350 metres that are currently under construction. More than half of the buildings are located in China.

Building	Planned architectual height	Floors	Planned completion	Country	City	Remarks
Jeddah Tower	1,008 m (3,307 ft)	167+	2020	Saudi Arabia	Jeddah	Will become the tallest in the world upon completion.[18]
Wuhan Greenland Center	636 m (2,087 ft)	125	2018	China	Wuhan
KL118	630 m (2,070 ft)	118	2019	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Will become the tallest building in Southeast Asia.
Rama IX Super Tower	615 m (2,018 ft)	118	2021	Thailand	Bangkok	[19]
Goldin Finance 117	597 m (1,959 ft)	128	2018	China	Tianjin
Baoneng Shenyang Global Financial Center	568 m (1,864 ft)	114	2018	China	Shenyang
Tianjin Chow Tai Fook Binhai Center	530 m (1,740 ft)	98	2018	China	Tianjin
China Zun	528 m (1,732 ft)	118	2018	China	Beijing
Skyfame Center Landmark Tower	528 m (1,732 ft)	108	2021	China	Nanning	[20]
Dalian Greenland Center	518 m (1,699 ft)	88	2018[21]	China	Dalian	Building currently on hold
Evergrande IFC 1	518 m (1,699 ft)	112	2021	China	Hefei	[22]
Central Park Tower	478 m (1,568 ft)	131	2019	United States	New York City	Will become the second tallest building in New York. Also known as the Nordstrom Tower.
Chengdu Greenland Tower	468 m (1,535 ft)	116	2018	China	Chengdu
International Commerce Center 1	468 m (1,535 ft)	99	2019[23]	China	Chongqing
Lakhta Center	462 m (1,516 ft)	86	2018	Russia	St. Petersburg	Will become tallest building in Europe upon completion.[24]
Landmark 81	461.2 m (1,513 ft)	81	2018	Vietnam	Ho Chi Minh City
TRX Signature Tower	452 m (1,483 ft)	106	2021	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	[25]
China Resources Centre Block A	445 m (1,460 ft)	90	2018	China	Nanning	[26]
World One	442 m (1,450 ft)	117	2018	India	Mumbai	Will become tallest residential skyscraper in the world if completed before Pentominium.[27][28][29][30][31][32]
Riverview Plaza	436 m (1,430 ft)	73	2018	China	Wuhan
111 West 57th Street	435.3 m (1,428 ft)	82	2018	United States	New York City	Scheduled to be world's skinniest skyscraper "with a slenderness ratio of about 1:24."[33]
Akhmat Tower	435 m (1,427 ft)	100	2020	Russia	Grozny	It will be the second tallest building in Europe upon completion.
Diamond Tower	432 m (1,417 ft)	93	2019	Saudi Arabia	Jeddah	[34]
Haikou Tower	428 m (1,404 ft)	94	2020	China	Haikou
One Vanderbilt	427 m (1,401 ft)	58	2021	United States	New York City	[35]
Dongguan International Trade Center 1	427 m (1,401 ft)	88	2019	China	Dongguan
Haeundae LCT The Sharp Landmark Tower	411.6 m (1,350 ft)	101	2018	South Korea	Busan
Hongshu Bay Metro Station Tower 1	400 m (1,300 ft)	87	2021	China	Shenzhen	[36]
Guiyang Financial Center Tower 1	400 m (1,300 ft)	76	2021	China	Guiyang	[37]
Ningbo Center Tower 1	398 m (1,306 ft)	80	2021	China	Ningbo	[38]
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
Altitude	383 m (1,257 ft)	96	2019	Sri Lanka	Colombo	[39]
Abu Dhabi Plaza	382 m (1,253 ft)	75	2019	Kazakhstan	Astana
Gemdale Gangxia Tower 1	375.5 m (1,232 ft)	80	2018	China	Shenzhen
Fairmont Kuala Lumpur Tower 1	370 m (1,210 ft)	78	2019	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	[40]
Coronation Square Tower 1	370 m (1,210 ft)	78	?	Malaysia	Johor Bahru	[41]
Hai Tian Center Tower 2	369 m (1,211 ft)	72	2021	China	Qingdao	[42]
Golden Eagle Tiandi Tower A	368 m (1,207 ft)	76	2018	China	Nanjing
Guiyang Financial Center Tower 2	367 m (1,204 ft)	72	2021	China	Guiyang	[43]
La Maison by HDS	364.5 m (1,196 ft)	105	2021	UAE	Dubai	[44]
VietinBank Business Center Office Tower	363.2 m (1,192 ft)	70	2018	Vietnam	Hanoi
Three Sixty West Tower B	361.2 m (1,185 ft)[45]	90	2017	India	Mumbai
Wanda Vista	361 m (1,184 ft)	93	2020	United States	Chicago
Greenland Group Suzhou Center	358 m (1,175 ft)	75	2018	China	Suzhou	[46]
Icon Tower 1	350 m (1,150 ft)	75	2018	Indonesia	Jakarta

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
Asia	Burj Khalifa	828 m (2,717 ft)	160	2010	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
Europe	Federation Tower	374 m (1,227 ft)	95	2015	Russia	Moscow
North America	One World Trade Center	541.3 m (1,776 ft)	104	2013	United States	New York City
Oceania	Q1	323 m (1,060 ft)	78	2005	Australia	Gold Coast
South America	Gran Torre Santiago[47]	300 m (980 ft)	64	2012	Chile	Santiago
Africa	Carlton Centre	225.5 m (740 ft)	50	1973	South Africa	Johannesburg
Antarctica	Long Duration Balloon (LDB) Payload Preparation Buildings[48]	15 m (49 ft)	-	2005[49]	Antarctica	McMurdo Station

See also

• History of the world's tallest buildings
• List of tallest buildings by height to roof
• List of tallest twin buildings and structures
• 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
• List of tallest buildings in Asia
• List of tallest buildings in Southeast Asia
• List of tallest structures in the Indian subcontinent
• List of tallest buildings and structures
• List of largest buildings
• List of tallest freestanding structures
• List of tallest hotels
• List of tallest residential buildings
• List of tallest structures
• List of tallest structures by country
• Skyscraper Index

Notes

A. ^{^} Destroyed buildings not included

B. ^{^} Topped out but not completed.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Skyscrapers.

• Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
• BuildingHeights.org, alternative ranking of the world's 1000 tallest buildings
• Emporis, international database and gallery of buildings
• Structurae, international database and gallery of structures
• The World's Tallest buildings list, including u/c and planned buildings, plus historical lists by decade
• A map visualization of each country's tallest building.