The worlds tallest buildings are defined as habitable structures measured from the ground floor entrance to the top of the highest architectural feature such as the roof or spire. Antennae atop buildings are not included.
No | Building | Location | Year built |
Stories | Height metres |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Taipei 101 | Taipei, Taiwan | 2004 | 101 | 509 |
2 | Petronas Tower 1 & 2 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 1998 | 88 | 452 |
3 | Sears Tower, | Chicago | 1974 | 110 | 442 |
4 | Jin Mao Building | Shanghai | 1999 | 88 | 421 |
5 | Two International Finance Centre | Hong Kong | 2003 | 88 | 415 |
6 | CITIC Plaza | Guangzhou, China | 1996 | 80 | 391 |
7 | Shun Hing Square | Shenzhen, China | 1996 | 69 | 384 |
8 | Empire State Building | New York | 1931 | 102 | 381 |
9 | Central Plaza | Hong Kong | 1992 | 78 | 374 |
10 | Bank of China | Hong Kong | 1989 | 72 | 369 |
11 | Emirates Tower One | Dubai | 1999 | 54 | 355 |
12 | Turntex Sky Tower | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 1997 | 85 | 348 |
13 | Aon Centre | Chicago | 1973 | 80 | 346 |
14 | The Center | Hong Kong | 1998 | 73 | 346 |
15 | John Hancock Center | Chicago | 1969 | 100 | 344 |
16 | Wuhan International Securities Building | Wuhan, China | 2005 | 68 | 334 |
17 | Ryugyong Hotel | Pyongyang, North Korea | 1995 | 105 | 330 |
18 | Burj al Arab Hotel | Dubai | 1999 | 60 | 321 |
19 | Chrysler Building | New York | 1930 | 77 | 319 |
20 | Bank of America Plaza | Atlanta | 1993 | 55 | 312 |
The following structures are all taller than the tallest buildings listed above but they are not classified as buildings because mainly they are tv transmission towers without proper habitable floors and are supported by guy ropes. The CN tower is not classified as a building because only the observation deck is habitable, and the main purpose of the tower is a communication mast.
No | Structure | Location | Height Metres |
Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | KTHI TV-tower | Fargo (ND) | 629 | Communication-tower |
2 | KXJB-tower | Galesberg (ND) | 628 | Communication-tower |
3 | KZFX TV-tower | Lake Jackson (TX) | 615 | Communication-tower |
4 | WITN-tower | Grifton (NC) | 610 | Communication-tower |
5 | KATV-tower | Jefferson County (AR) | 610 | Communication-tower |
6 | Senior Road FM Site | Houston (TX) | 603 | Communication-tower |
7 | WFMY TV-Tower | Greensboro (NC) | 583 | Communication-tower |
8 | Coweta TV-Tower | Coweta (OK) | 582 | Communication-tower |
9 | CN Tower | Toronto | 554 | Communication tower including inhabitable observation deck |
10 | Ostankino Tower | Moscow | 540 | Communication-tower |
The following lists the tallest structures in Britain
No | Building | Location | Height metres |
Stories | Year built |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | One Canada Square | London | 235 | 50 | 1991 |
2 | 25 Canada Square | London | 200 | 43 | 2001 |
3 | HSBC UK Headquarters | London | 200 | 42 | 2001 |
4 | Bt Tower | London | 188 | - | 1965 |
5 | Tower 42 | London | 183 | 42 | 1980 |
6 | 30 St Mary Axe | London | 180 | 41 | 2003 |
7 | Hilton Deansgate Tower | Manchester | 171 | 48 | 2006 |
8 | 10 Upper Bank Street | London | 160 | 33 | 2003 |
9 | Blackpool Tower | Blackpool | 157 | - | 1894 |
10 | 25 Upper Bank Street | London | 153 | 33 | 2004 |