10 Tallest Buildings in the World
10. International Commerce Center
Height: 484.0 m (1,587.9 ft)
Floor count: 108
previously known as Union Square Phase 7, the International Commerce Centre is part of the Union Square project on the Kowloon peninsula which is situated across from Hong Kong Island. The ICC building stands at one end of Victoria Harbour is located across the harbour on Hong Kong Island. The International Commerce Centre will include a Ritz-Carlton hotel that is expected to be the largest hotel in the world.
9. Shanghai World Financial Center
Height: 492.0 m (1,614.2 ft)
Floor count: 101
Standing in the center of Lujiazui Finance & Trade Zone in Pudong, Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC) the 9th tallest building in the world was completed in 2008. Having 101 floors with a height of 492 meters (about 1,614 feet)
8. Taipei 101
Height: 508 m (1,666.7 ft)
Floor count: 101
Originally Taipei 101 was going to be a 66-floor office tower, a symbol of the new development emerging from Taipei’s financial district.
- A groundbreaking ceremony was held on January 13th, 1998, planners later decided to raise the tower’s height from 66 floors to 101 floors.
- Due to the height change, construction was delayed, the first column was finally constructed in the summer of 2000.
7. Busan Lotte Tower
Height: 510.2 m (1,674 ft)
Floor count: 110
The Busan Lotte World Tower is a 110-floor, 510.1 m (1,674 ft) supertall skyscraper project in Busan, South Korea. When build it will become the fifth tallest building in the world.
6. Pentominium
Height: 515.95 m (1,693 ft)
Floor count: 122
When completed, the residential tower will be 516 m (1,693 ft) tall, with 122 floors above ground. It was designed by architects Aedas and funded by Trident International Holdings. The AED 1.46 billion (US$400 million) construction contract was awarded to Arabian Construction Company. The Pentominium has one of the deepest excavations done in the world.
5. One World Trade Center
Height: 541.32 m (1,776 ft)
Floor count: 104
The 104-story supertall skyscraper is being constructed in the northwest corner of the 16-acre World Trade Center site, occupying the location where the original 8-story 6 World Trade Center once stood. At the time of its completion in 2013, One World Trade Center will be the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere and the third-tallest building in the world by pinnacle height, with its spire reaching a symbolic 1,776 feet (541.3 m) in reference to the year of American independence.
4. Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower
Height: 601 m (1,972 ft)
Floor count: 120
Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower is a building complex in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The complex holds several world records, such as the tallest hotel in the world, the tallest clock tower in the world, the world’s largest clock face,[2] and the world’s largest building floor area.
3. Shanghai Tower
Height: 632 m (2,073 ft)
Floor count: 121
The Shanghai Tower is a supertall skyscraper under construction in the Pudong district of Shanghai, China.Upon its completion in 2014, the building will rise approximately 632 metres (2,073 ft) and will have 121 stories, with a total floor area of 380,000 m2 (4,090,000 sq ft).
2. Pingan International Finance Center
Height: 660 m (2,165 ft)
Floor count: 115
The Pingan International Finance Center is a 115-storey supertall skyscraper that is under construction in Shenzhen, China. It is expected to be completed in 2015, and will at that time be the second-tallest building in the world, as well as the tallest in China, standing a total of 660 m (2,165 ft) high. The Finance Center complex will also include a 307-m (1,007-ft), 66-story hotel building.
1. Burj Khalifa
Height: 828 m (2,717 ft)
Floor count: 163
Burj Khalifa is the tallest manmade structure in the world, at 829.84 m (2,723 ft). The total cost for the project was about US$1.5 billion. The building has returned the location of Earth’s tallest freestanding structure to the Middle East where the Great Pyramid of Giza claimed this achievement for almost four millennia before being surpassed in 1311 by Lincoln Cathedral in England.
*all images have been taken from Google
