We have seen skyscrapers in many metropolitan cities & we all have wished to go even higher than the clouds, architecture & technology have so much evolved nowadays, to an extent that a visit to the moon is no longer a dream far away. You’ve probably heard of Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, which is located in Dubai. Surprisingly, Number 9 on the list was the tallest few years back!
- Burj Khalifa
World’s tallest building till date, a piece of art & a source of pride.
It’s more than just the world’s tallest building, as it sets an unprecedented example of multinational cooperation and a symbol for the new modern Middle East, in a country that developed so quickly in a very short period.
Location: Dubai, UAE
Height: 828 m
Floors: 163
Built in: 2010
Burj Khalifa, Dubai, UAE.
Designed to embrace and stimulate the modern urban city life, with its vertically stacked spaces. You can actually take a look inside it by watching this video.
Location: Shanghai, China
Height: 632 m
Floors: 128
Built in: 2015
Shanghai Tower, Shanghai, China.
- Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower
Known as Makkah Royal Clock Tower, this government-owned building is metres away from the world’s largest mosque & most sacred place in Islam.
Location: Mecca, KSA
Height: 601 m
Floors: 120
Built in: 2012
Abraj Al Beit Clock Tower, Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
- Ping An Finance Centre
On a land size of 18,931 square metres that was sold at a price of 1.6568 billion RMB in 2007, the construction started late 2009 and there was a plan to add a 60-meter antenna at the top to let it surpass Shanghai Tower, but there were fears it would obstruct flight paths.
Location: Shenzhen, China
Height: 599 m
Floors: 115
Built in: To be completed in 2016
Ping An Finance Center, Shenzhen, China.
- Goldin Finance 117
Known as China 117 Tower, it’s still under construction since it started in 2008, it was scheduled to be completed in 2014, but the process got suspended in 2010 & was resumed one year afterwards.
Location: Tianjin, China
Height: 596.5 m
Floors: 117
Built in: To be completed in 2017/2018
Goldin Finance 117, Tianjin, China.
6. Lotte World Tower
Its external construction has finished few days ago, with a lantern-shaped roof structure, and is designed to endure earthquakes up to a magnitude of 9 under Richter scale.
Location: Seoul, Korea
Height: 555 m
Floors: 123
Built in: To be completed in 2016
Lotte World Tower, Seoul, Korea
This one looks massive, however it ranks 7 and was never the tallest building in the world. Although it became the tallest in NYC after it surpassed the height of Empire State Building in 2012.
Location: NYC, USA
Height: 541.3 m
Floors: 104
Built in: 2014
One World Trade Center, New York City, USA.
- CTF Finance Center
Overlooking the Pearl River in the city, the building will be used as a conference center, hotel, observatory, mall & office building.
Location: Guangzhou, China
Height: 530 m
Floors: 111
Built in: To be completed in 2016
CTF Finance Center, Guangzhou, China.
- Taipei 101
Formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center, and was officially classified as the world’s tallest in 2004 until the completion of Burj Khalifa in Dubai in 2009. However, this building has been awarded the tallest and largest green building in the world till date.
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Height: 509 m
Floors: 101
Built in: 2014
Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Shanghai World Financial Center
Lucky China has got 5 buildings out of 10 on the list, Shanghai itself has 2 of them, ranking second and tenth. It is a multi-purpose skyscraper, consisting of offices, hotels, conference rooms, observatory and shopping malls.
Location: Shanghai, China
Height: 492 m
Floors: 101
Built in: 2008
Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai, China.