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In this article, we will discuss the tallest Building in the world.
1. Introduction
There are many tallest people in this beautiful world. Today, we will see different tallest buildings situated in other countries.
Currently, Burj Khalifa is the tallest Building in the world, having a height of 828 meters above the ground, almost double Petronas Tower.
But this world’s tallest building record will be broken soon by the Jeddah Tower, Saudi Arabia tower.
2. List of Tallest Buildings in the World
Here is the list of the 25 tallest buildings in the world.
25. Zifeng Tower
24. Suzhou IFS
23. Petronas Twin Tower 2
22. Petronas Tower 1
21. Changsha IFS Tower
20. Vincom Landmark
19. Lakhta Center
18. Central Park Tower
17. Shanghai World Finance Center
16. International Commerce Center
15. TAIPEI 101
14. CITIC Tower
13. Tianjin CTF Finance Center
12. Guangzhou CTF Finance Center
11. One World Trade Center
10. Lotte World Tower
9. Global Financial Center Tower 1
8. Goldin Finance 117
7. Ping An Finance Center
6. Makkah Royal Clock Tower
5. Merdeka PNB118
4. Shanghai Tower
3. Wuhan Greenland Tower
2. Burj Khalifa
1. Jeddah Tower
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25. Zifeng Tower
| Project Name | Zifeng Tower |
|---|---|
| City & Country | Nanjing, China |
| Height | 450 meters (1,480 feet) |
| Floors | 66 |
| Construction Started | February 27, 2005 |
| Completed | January 30, 2010 – April 8, 2010 |
| Construction Cost | 5 billion RMB |
| Skyscraper Type | Mixed-type |
| Floor Count | 94 |
| Floor Area | 1,480,350 sq ft (137,529 m2) |
| Lifts/Elevators | 54 |
| Architect(s) | Adrian Smith at SOM |
| Structural Engineer | Skidmore, Owings and Merrill |
| Main Contractor | Shanghai Construction Group |
| Consists of | Hotel, Office, Apartment, Public Utility Area, Restaurant |
24. Suzhou IFS
| Project Name | Suzhou IFS Tower |
|---|---|
| Country & City | China, Suzhou |
| Height | 450 meters (1,476.4 feet) |
| Floors | 95 |
| Floor Area | 393,200 square meters (4,232,400 sq ft) |
| Lifts/Elevators | 62 |
| Construction Started | December 30, 2012 |
| Opened | 2019 |
| Top Floor | 399.1 meters (1,309.4 feet) |
| Architectural Style | Postmodern Architecture |
| Architecture Firms | Kohn Pedersen Fox, Wong Tung & Partners |
| Developer | Suzhou Gao Long Property Development Co., Ltd. |
23. Petronas Twin Tower 2
| Project Name | Petronas Twin Tower 2 |
|---|---|
| City & Country | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Height | 452 meters (1,483 feet) |
| Floors | 88 |
| Completed Year | 1998 |
| Architecture Firm | César Pelli and Associates |
| Function | Office |
| Architect | César Pelli |
| Architectural Styles | Art Deco, Islamic Architecture |
22. Petronas Twin Tower 1
KLCC Property Holdings Berhad built Petronas Twin Tower. Petronas Twin Tower 1 is a building-type structure. It is located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Twin tower construction began in 1992 and was finished in 1998. The design is based on Islamic type geometry, and 41 and 42 floors are attached to the Sky Bridge.
Project Name: Petronas Twin Tower 1
Country & City: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height: 491m
Floors: 88
Completion year: 1998
21. Changsha IFS Tower
Changsha IFS Tower was constructed in 2013 and completed in 2017. This Tower has 95 floors, and the floor area is 300000 m2.
Project name: Changsha IFS Tower
Country & City: China
Height: 452
Floor: 95
Completion year: 2018
20. Vincom Landmark
Vincom Landmark is also named Landmark 81. This Tower is the tallest in Vietnam. This Tower contains 81 floors on it. Construction started in 2015 and was completed. Vincom landmark is also the most soaring Tower in Southeast Asia. This is a mixed type of skyscraper.
Project Name: Vincom Landmark
Country & City: Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Height: 470 m
Floor: 81
Completed Year: 2018
19. Lakhta Center
Lakhta Center was built in 2012 and completed in 2019. This Tower consists of 87 floors above the ground level and three feet below the ground level. The whole construction cost is around US 1.77 billion, and the owner of Lakhta was Gazprom. This Tower is located in Lakhta, Russia.
Project Name: Lakhta Center
Country & City: Russia
Height: 462m
Floor: 87
Completed year: 2019
18. Central Park Tower
Generally, Central Park Tower is also known as Nordstrom Tower. Central Park Tower is located in New York City, United States. It is the second tallest Tower in the USA. This Tower was constructed by the Extell company Shanghai Municipal Investment Group. The building consists of 98 floors above and three feet below the ground.
Project Name: Central Park Tower
City & Tower: New York, USA
Height: 472
Floors: 98
Completed year: 2019
17. Shanghai World Finance Center
It is the tallest skyscraper in Shanghai. The Shanghai Center comprises mixed-used skyscrapers with offices, malls, hotels, etc. The Mori Building established the Shanghai center and was constructed by Kohn Pederson Fox. This Tower has a trapezoid peak.
Project Name: Shanghai World Finance Center
Country & City: Shanghai, China
Height: 492m
Floor:101
Completed year: 2008
16. International Commerce Center
This Tower is located in Hong Kong. It is the second tallest Building in Hong Kong. This Building consists of 108 floors above the ground and four below the ground. In this Tower, towers 4, 14, 24, and 34 are neglected, marked as a 118-story Building.
Project Name: International Commerce Center
Country & City: Hongkong
Height: 484m
Floor: 108
Completion year: 2010
15. TAIPEI 101
TAIPEI 101 is also named Taipei World Finance Center. This Building is certified by LEED as the tallest green Building in the world. The elevator of this Building is so fast that it takes 37 seconds to transport people from the 5th floor to the 89th floor.
Project Name: TAIPEI 101
Country & City: Taipei
Height: 508m
Floor: 101
Completed year: 2004
14. CITIC Tower
CITIC Tower consists of mass transportation and connects the pedestrian, subway line, and roadway. This Tower is used for multipurpose business activities.
Project Name: CITIC Tower
Country & City: Beijing
Height: 527
Floor: 109
Completed year: 2018
13. Tianjin CTF Finance Center
The shape of this Building is trapezoidal from top to bottom, and the base is square. The Building appears in different colors during the daytime, but its tops look like a diamond at night.
Project Name: Tianjin CTF Finance Center
City & Country: Tianjin
Height: 530m
Floors: 97
Completed year: 2019
12. Guangzhou CTF Finance Center
This Building is also called EastTower. This is the third tallest Building in China. There are 111 floors above the ground level and five below the ground level. This Tower has a shopping mall, office, hotel, etc.
Project Name: Guangzhou CTF Finance Center
City & Country: Guangzhou
Height: 530m
Floors: 111
Completed year: 2016
11. One World Trade Center
The original World Trade Center was opened in April 1973. in this center, the Big Seven complexes were built, and it was damaged in September 2001; 11 attacks occurred on the tallest World Trade Center. The reconstruction of the Building is needed.
Project Name: One World Trade Center
Country & City: New York, USA
Height: 541m
Floors: 94
Completed year: 2011
10. Lotte World Tower
The built-up ground area is about 505,300 m2. This Tower has the longest and fastest elevator, carrying 54 people from the basement to the 121st floor in less than a minute.
It has a double-deck elevator that is 496m high and powered by a 100-traction machine. The Tower also has the world’s most elevated glass-bottomed observation deck on the 121st floor.
Project Name: Lotte World Tower
Country & City: Seoul, South Korea
Height: 554 m
Floors: 123
Completed Year: 2017
9. Global Financial Tower 1
The Global Financial Center Tower’s main aim is to become the financial center for Shenyang in China. The Tower includes significant activities like businesses, offices, conference hall, meeting area, Trading area offices, and Executive hub.
Project Name: Global Financial Tower 1
Complex Name: Baoneng Shenyang Global Financial Centre
City & Country: Shenyang, China
Height: 568m.
Floors: 114
Completion Year: 2018
8. Goldin Finance 117
The Tower contains the office area from the 7th floor to the 92nd floor with a gross floor area of 280,000m2. P&T Group designed the Goldin Finance tower and aims for LEED Platinum certification.
The 5-star rating hotels are to be situated on the top floors, providing panoramic views of the city and beyond. The Floors have a gross floor area of exactly 80,669m² and will capture bases from level 94 to the top.
Project Name: Goldin Finance 117
Country & City: Tianjin, China
Heights: 599m
Floors: 115
Completed Year: 2017
7. Ping An Finance Center
This Tower includes the five floors of retail shops terrace away from the building, forming a sizeable amphitheater-like shape.
The Ping, An Finance Center, has been conceived to adjust 100 office floors above the retail and conference podium; the Tower will accommodate 15,500 workers and 9,000 daily passengers to an observation deck.
6. Makkah Royal Clock Tower
Makkah Royal Clock Tower is also known as Abraj Al-Bait Tower. The tower construction was started in 2004 and was completed in 2012.
The Tower consists of residential house towers for permanent residents, a five-star hotel run by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts for adapting the Hajj pilgrims, and the Abraj Al Bait shopping mall. There is an arrangement of parking for more than 1,000 vehicles.
For a tower resident, a unique medium is given to achieve formal prayers five times daily. The Tower was created to handle significant visitor flow by Kone for the building complex, allowing up to 75,000 residents from all seven towers to exit the Building via podiums during each prayer time in an organized manner.
Project Name: Makkah Royal Clock Tower
Country & City: Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Height: 601 m
Floor: 120
Completed Year: 2012
5. Merdeka PNB 118
The Merdeka PNB 118 contains 118 floors: 83 floors will be premium office space, 17 will be for the five-star Park Hyatt hotel, and four will be for Southeast Asia’s highest observation deck. In contrast, the remaining floors will be utilized for mechanical and electrical systems and other operations.
Project Name: Merdeka PNB118
Country & City: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height: 630 m
Floor: 118
Completed Year: 2020
4. Shanghai Tower
In this Building, around 200 turbines are spinning at the top, generating 10% of the Building’s electricity. It is famous for being the world’s tallest turbine.
The Tower is bounded by two layers of glass for natural cooling and ventilation, and in total, developers say a third of the site is “green space,” containing 24 sky gardens posing between the two skins.
Project Name: Shanghai Tower
Country & City: Shanghai, China
Height: 632 m
Floor: 128
Completed year: 2015
3. Wuhan Greenland Center
The Wuhan Greenland Center was constructed on June 28, 2012. This 120-story mixed-use building holds 300,000 square meters of floor area, capturing 200,000 square meters of offices. The Tower also captures 50,000 square meters of residential space and a 45,000 square meter Ritz Carlton hotel.
Project Name: Wuhan Greenland Center
Country & City: Wuhan, China
Height: 636 m
Floor: 125
Completed Year: 2022
2. Burj Khalifa Tower
Burj Khalifa is the tallest artificial structure ever built, whose height is 2716.54 feet, and is located in Dubai (UAE). It consists of 163 stories.
The total construction cost of Burj Khalifa was $1.5 billion.
After the construction of Jeddah Tower, many records of Burj Khalifa will be broken.
Project Name: Burj Khalifa Tower
Country & City: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Height: 828 m
Floor: 163
Completion Year: 2010
1. Jeddah Tower
Jeddah Tower will be the first-ever artificial structure whose height will be 3,280 feet after completion.
It will consist of 168 floors (2 basements).
Its preliminary construction cost is SR 4.45 billion (US$1.23 billion).
It has been under construction, and the building was started on April 1, 2013.
The time for complete construction was estimated to be 63 months ( 5 years & 3 months). However, its structure is delayed due to labor-related issues and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Project Name: Jeddah Tower
Country & City: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Height: 1000 m
Floor: 168
Completed Year: Progressing
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