2. Lotte World Tower
designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, the Lotte World Tower
reaches postion 6 with its 556 meteres. The Tower is
located in Seoul and will be the tallest building in South
Korea after completion 2016. The skyscraper surpasses
the Northeast Asia Trade Tower by over 200 metres and
will include a seven-star hotel.
3. Goldin Finance 117
The Goldin Finance 117 tower is a 597-metre-high
skyscraper designed by the P&T Group. Located in
Tianjin, China this diamond-shaped building will be
completed in 2016 and it will house offices and a hotel.
The Goldin Finance 117 just measures 2 meters less than
the Ping An Financial Centre, so it achieves position 5 in
the list of the world's tallest buildings.
4. Ping An Finance Centre
With its 599 metres the Ping An Finance Centre in
Shenzhen China will be the tallest building completing in
2016. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox the tower is to be
found in fourth place in the ranking and once complete,
the 116-storey skyscraper will be the world's tallest office
building. It wil steal the title from One World Trade
Center in New York.
5. the Makkah Clock Royal Tower
The third-tallest building in the world is the Makkah
Clock Royal Tower, whose most striking feature is its
clock tower. The clock face is so large that the clock
can be seen from 25 kilometers away. The 601-
meter-tall building was completed in 2012 and is
situated in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
6. Shanghai Tower
At a height of 632 meters, Shanghai Tower, located in the
Chinese city of Shanghai, is almost 200 meters shorter than Burj
Khalifa in Dubai. Although the skyscraper is due to be completed
during the course of 2014, it has already topped out (reached its
final height) and thus garnered second place in the list of the
world's tallest buildings. In addition, Shanghai Tower will be
home to the world's fastest elevators, which will climb the tower
at the speed of 18 meters per second.
7. The Burj Khalifa
The Burj Khalifa, known as the Burj Dubai prior to its
inauguration in 2010, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United
Arab Emirates. With a total height of 829.8 m and a roof
height of 828 m, the Burj Khalifa has been the tallest
structure and building in the world since its topping out
in 2009.
8. Burj Al Arab Jumeirah
The Burj Al Arab (Arabic: العرب برج ,Tower of the Arabs) is a
luxury hotel located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Of the
tallest hotels in the world, it is the fifth tallest, although 39% of
its total height is made up of non-occupiable space.
9. One World Trade Center
60 meters behind in fourth place follows One World Trade
Center in New York City, which topped out at 541 meters on
May 10, 2013, since when it has not only been the world's
fourth-tallest building but also the tallest skyscraper in New
York City. The building is being constructed on the site of the
former World Trade Center, which was destroyed in the
terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Completion is due in
late 2014
10. CTF Finance Centre
Now the eighth-tallest skyscraper in the world after it
topped out in July 2014, CTF Finance Centre, located in
Guangzhou, is a mixed-use tower that will feature office
space, a hotel, apartments and a shopping center in its
podium. Due to complete in 2016, its 530 meters make it
21 meters taller than the next-tallest, Taipei 101.
11. Taipei 101
509 meters is the height of Taipei 101, which occupies
ninth place in the list. The building was even the tallest in
the world from 2004 to 2007 until it was surpassed by
Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Taipei 101
is named for its location in Taiwan's capital Taipei and for
the number of stories in the building – 101 in total. Its
striking design won it the 2004 Emporis Skyscraper
Award.
12. Shanghai World Financial Center
The Shanghai World Financial Center measures just 16
meters less than Taipei 101. The building, which due to its
shape is also referred to as the "bottle-opener", is a direct
neighbor of Shanghai Tower and was completed in 2008
from a design by Kohn Pedersen Fox.
13. Xi An Glory International Financial Center
The Xi An Glory International Financial Center (Chinese:
西安国瑞国际金融中心) will be a 75-story building located
on Jinye Road in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. With a height of
350 meters (1,148 feet), it will be the 52nd tallest building
in the world, as well as the tallest building in Northwest
China.
14. 85 Sky Tower
85 Sky Tower, formerly known as the T & C Tower or Tuntex
Sky Tower (Chinese: 高雄85大樓; pinyin: Gāoxióng 85 Dàlóu;
Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ko-hiông 85 Tōa-lâu), is an 85-story skyscraper
located in Lingya District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The structure is
347.5 m (1,140 ft) high. An antenna increases the pinnacle
height to 378 m (1,240 ft). Constructed from 1994 to 1997, it is
the tallest skyscraper in Kaohsiung, and was the tallest in
Taiwan until the completion of Taipei 101 in 2004.
15. The Dalian International Trade Center
The Dalian International Trade Center is a supertall
skyscraper designed by architecture firm HOK and under
construction in Dalian, Liaoning, China. Once completed,
the building will have a total height of 365 m, with 86
stories. Construction began in 2003 and was topped-out
in 2017. Completion is expected for 2018.
16. Golden Eagle Tiandi Tower
Golden Eagle Tiandi Tower A is a supertall skyscraper
under construction in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. It will
have a height of 368 metres. Construction began in 2013
and is expected to end in 2018.
17. Address Boulevard
Address Boulevard is a 73-storey 368 m (1,207 ft)
hotel in Downtown Dubai in Dubai, United Arab
Emirates. It
has 196 five-star-hotel rooms and 523 serviced
residences. The hotel opened in March 2017.
18. The Bank of China Tower
The Bank of China Tower (Traditional Chinese: 中國大廈),
abbreviated the BOC Tower, is a skyscraper located in Central, Hong
Kong. Located at 1 Garden Road on Hong Kong Island, the tower
houses the headquarters of the Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited.
One of the most recognizable landmarks in Hong Kong, the building
is notable for its distinct shape and design, consisting of triangular
frameworks covered by glass curtain walls.
19. The Bank of America Tower
The Bank of America Tower (BOAT) at One Bryant
Park is a 1,200 ft (365.8 m) skyscraper in the
Midtown area of Manhattan in New York City. It is
located on Sixth Avenue between 42nd and 43rd
Streets, opposite Bryant Park.
20. Almas Tower
Almas Tower (Arabic: الماس برج Diamond Tower) is a 68-storey, 360
m (1,180 ft), supertall skyscraper in the Jumeirah Lakes Towers,
Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Construction of the office building
began in early 2005 and was completed in 2009 with the installation
of some remaining cladding panels at the top of the tower. The
building was topped out in 2008, and became the tallest building in
Dubai until 2009 when it was surpassed by Burj Khalifa.
21. Vista Tower
Vista Tower (formerly known as 375 E. Wacker) is a 101-
storey, 362.9-metre (1,191-foot) super tall skyscraper being
built in Chicago, Illinois The Chicago Plan Commission
approved the building on November 19, 2015, in a meeting that
also approved the One Grant Park development.
22. The Pinnacle
The Pinnacle, Once completed, it will be the third
highest building in Guangzhou.
23. Hanking Center
Hanking Center is a skyscraper under construction in
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. It is 350 metres
(1,148.3 ft) tall. Construction started in 2013 and was
completed in 2018.
24. Gevora Hotel
Gevora Hotel (Arabic: جيفورا فندق
) is a 1,168 ft (356 m) tall hotel along
Sheikh Zayed Road in the city Dubai. That height has given the
skyscraper the title of tallest hotel building according to Guinness
World Records. The four-star Gevora Hotel opened its doors in
February 2018 after a construction period of twelve years. It offers a
total of 528 rooms spread over its 75 floors and a number of facilities
including restaurants and a pool on top of its parking garage
building.
25. The JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Hotel
The JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Hotel is the world's second tallest
hotel, a 72-storey, 355 m (1,165 ft) twin-tower skyscraper complex in
Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The AED1.8 billion complex features a
1,608-room hotel run by Marriott International.
26. The Emirates Office Tower
The Emirates Office Tower, also known as Emirates Tower One, is a 54-floor
office building along Sheikh Zayed Road in the city of Dubai, United Arab
Emirates. Connected with the 56-floor Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel by a
retail boulevard, the two towers form what is commonly referred to as the
Emirates Towers complex. The tower has a total structural height of 354.6 m
(1,163 ft) and roof height of 311 m (1,020 ft), making it the 41st-tallest
building in the world.[3] The Emirates Office Tower One is taller than the
neighbouring Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel, but has two fewer floors.
Construction of the building was completed on November 3, 1999.
27. OKO
OKO (Russian: ОКО, literally means eye, also an abbreviation for
Ob"yedinonnyye Kristallom Osnovaniya (Russian: Oбъединённые
Кристаллом Oснования, literally means Joined by Crystal Foundation)) is a
complex of two skyscrapers located on plot 16 in the Moscow International
Business Center (MIBC) in Moscow, Russia. Occupying a total area of about
250,000 square metres (2,700,000 sq ft), the mixed-use complex houses
apartments, office space, a 5-star hotel, and other commodities.
28. Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong
Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港四季酒店) is a five-star
hotel building in the Sun Hung Kai Properties-owned International
Finance Centre complex in Central, Hong Kong. It was completed
and opened in September 2005. It is a 45-storey building with 399
rooms, of which 54 are suites, and also contains 519 residential units,
as part of the Four Seasons Place (Chinese: 四季匯). It is operated by
Canadian-based hotel chain, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts.
29. Comcast Technology Center
The Comcast Technology Center is a supertall skyscraper in Center City,
Philadelphia.[5][6] The 60-floor building, with a height of 1,121 feet (342 m),
is the tallest building in Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, the tenth-tallest building in the United States and the tallest
outside Manhattan and Chicago. The tower is located on the southwest
corner of 18th and Arch Streets, one block west of the Comcast Center, the
headquarters of Comcast Corporation. A hotel—the highest in the
country[7]—and restaurant are located on the top floors, while central floors
contain offices for Comcast software developers and engineers, and the
lowest floors have television studios and retail stores.
30. One Shenzhen Bay
One Shenzhen Bay are a group of skyscrapers under construction in
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The tallest of which will have a height
of 338 metres (1,109 ft). Construction began in 2014 and is expected
to end in 2018.
31. The Index
The building contains 25 levels of offices and 47 floors of residential
apartments. The design features a fully glazed double height sky lobby in
between the offices and apartments. Facilities such as a swimming pool,
gym, bars and restaurants will be accommodated on this recreation deck.
The tower has been designed to minimize adverse climatic effects on the
building. It is orientated so that the east and west cores shelter the floor
plates from the intense heat of the sun in this region. Sun shades are used on
the south facade to minimize the effect of solar gain.
32. Longxi International Hotel
The Longxi International Hotel or Hanging Village of Huaxi
(Chinese: 空中华西村; Chinese: 空中華西村) is a late-modernist-
futurism supertall skyscraper in Jiangyin, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China. The
mixed-use tower began construction in 2008 and completed in 2011.
The building rises 328 m (1,076 ft) with 74 stories. The skyscraper
includes a glass sphere at the very top. The opening of the Longxi
International Hotel was on 12 October 2011.
33. The Al Yaqoub Tower
The Al Yaqoub Tower is a 328 m (1,076 ft) tall skyscraper
on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The tower topped out in 2010 and was completed in
2013. It has 69 floors. The building is owned privately by
Daro Saifuddin Yaquob, and functions as a 224-room
hotel.
34. Wuxi Suning Plaza 1
Wuxi Suning Plaza 1 is a supertall skyscraper in Wuxi,
Jiangsu, China. It has a height of 328 metres (1,076 ft).
Construction began in 2010 and ended in 2014. It
functions as a hotel, apartment, and office building.
35. Baoneng Center
Baoneng Center is a supertall skyscraper under
construction in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. It will
be 327 metres (1,072.8 ft) tall. Construction started
in 2014 and is expected to be completed in 2018.
36. Salesforce Tower
Salesforce Tower, formerly known as the Transbay Tower, is a 1,070-
foot (326 m)[1] office skyscraper in the South of Market district of
downtown San Francisco. It is located at 415 Mission Street between
First and Fremont Streets, next to the Transbay Transit Center site.
Salesforce Tower is the centerpiece of the San Francisco Transbay
redevelopment plan. The plan contains a mix of office,
transportation, retail, and residential uses.
37. Aspire Tower
Aspire Tower, also known as The Torch Doha, is a 300-
metre-tall (980 ft) skyscraper hotel located in the Aspire
Zone complex in Doha, Qatar. Designed by architect Hadi
Simaan and AREP and engineer Ove Arup and
Partners,the tower served as the focal point for the 15th
Asian Games hosted by Qatar in December 2006.
38. The Arraya Tower
The Arraya Tower is a skyscraper completed in 2009 in Kuwait
City, Kuwait. The tower serves as a grade-A office structure.
With sixty storeys, and 300 metres high (with a 45-metre
spire), the building was the tallest tower in Kuwait until the
construction of Al Hamra Tower in 2011. On January 19, 2010,
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH)
announced that Arraya Tower was the 4th-tallest building
completed in 2009.
39. One Island East
One Island East (Chinese: 港島東中心; Cantonese
Yale: Góngdóu Dūng Jūngsām), is a skyscraper in
Taikoo Place, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong Island, Hong
Kong.
40. First Canadian Place
First Canadian Place (originally First Bank Building) is a skyscraper in the Financial District
of Toronto, Ontario, at the northwest corner of King and Bay streets, and serves as the global
operational headquarters of the Bank of Montreal. At 298 m (978 ft), it is Canada's tallest
skyscraper and the 15th tallest building in North America to structural top (spires) and 9th
highest to the roof top, and the 105th tallest in the world. It is the third tallest free-standing
structure in Canada, after the CN Tower (also in Toronto) and the Inco Superstack chimney
in Sudbury, Ontario. The building is owned by Brookfield Office Properties, putting it in co-
ownership with the neighbouring Exchange Tower and Bay Adelaide Centre as well as
various other office spaces across Downtown Toronto.
41. Shanghai Wheelock Square
Shanghai Wheelock Square is a skyscraper located in Puxi,
Shanghai, China. It is the 91st-tallest building in the world.The
Wheelock Square building has 58 floors, and just over 100,000
m2 (1,100,000 sq ft) of prime office space. It is located across
the street from the Jing'an Temple Station on Shanghai Metro
Lines 2 and 7.
42. Eureka Tower
Eureka Tower is a 297.3-metre (975 ft) skyscraper located in the Southbank precinct of
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Construction began in August 2002 and the exterior
completed on 1 June 2006. The plaza was finished in June 2006 and the building was
officially opened on 11 October 2006. The project was designed by Melbourne architectural
firm Fender Katsalidis Architects and was built by Grocon (Grollo Australia). The developer
of the tower was Eureka Tower Pty Ltd, a joint venture consisting of Daniel Grollo (Grocon),
investor Tab Fried and one of the Tower's architects Nonda Katsalidis. It was the world's
tallest residential tower when measured to its highest floor, until surpassed by Ocean
Heights and the HHHR Tower in Dubai. It is the second tallest building in Australia, behind
Q1, Queensland, and is the tallest to roof (excluding spire). As of 2016 it was the 15th tallest
residential building in the world.
43. 4 World Trade Center
4 World Trade Center (also known by its street address, 150 Greenwich
Street) is a skyscraper that is part of the World Trade Center complex in New
York City. It is located on the southeast corner of the 16-acre (6.5 ha) World
Trade Center site, where the original nine-story 4 World Trade Center stood.
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Fumihiko Maki was awarded the contract to
design the 978-foot-tall (298 m) building. It houses the headquarters of the
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ).
44. The Grand Hyatt Manila
The Grand Hyatt Manila is a 318 m (1,043 ft) mixed-
used skyscraper, located in Bonifacio Global City,
Taguig, Metro Manila. It is the tallest building in the
Philippines[3] since its completion in 2017.
45. Trump Tower Manila
Trump Tower Manila, also known as Trump Tower at Century City, is a residential building
located in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. The Trump Tower Manila showroom opened
in early 2012, although the company has said that unit reservations started in September
2011. Groundbreaking of the building began in June 2012, with a scheduled opening in
November 2017. Construction was nearly finished as of November 2016. The $150 million
tower will stand 57 stories high upon completion. The building is located at the Century City
mixed-use complex in Makati Poblacion. It is the second tallest building in the Philippines
and tallest in the Makati City skyline.
46. The Philippine Bank of Communications Tower
The Philippine Bank of Communications Tower, more commonly known as
PBCom Tower, is an office skyscraper ranked officially as the third tallest
building in the Philippines. It was previously the tallest building in the
Philippines, a title it held starting year 2000 until the completion of Federal
Land Tower in early 2017. It has a total ground to architectural top height of
259 metres (850 ft), with 52 storeys including an 8-level radio tower. It is a
joint development of Filinvest Asia Corporation (FAC) and the Philippine
Bank of Communications (PBCom). The building is the home of PBCom, one
of the oldest Philippine banks. The bank occupies the building's first ten
floors, with a food court on the seventh floor.
47. The Gramercy Residences
The Gramercy Residences, also known as The Gramercy Residences at
Century City, is a residential high-rise condominium in Makati, Philippines.
As of 2016, it is the second tallest building in the Philippines. It is the first of
several buildings built at the new Century City complex along Kalayaan
Avenue by the Century City Development Corporation.
48. Grand Riviera Suites
The Grand Riviera Suites is a high rise residential
skyscraper located along Roxas Boulevard in Manila,
Philippines. At 230 meters (750 ft) high, the building
is the tallest building in Manila city proper.
49. Shangri-La at the Fort
Shangri-La at the Fort is a 5-star luxury hotel and mixed-
used building in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro
Manila, Philippines. It opened on March 1, 2016 and one
of the three hotels managed by Shangri-La Hotels and
Resorts located in Metro Manila, Philippines. It also
hosts residential units.
50. The One Shangri-La Place Towers
The One Shangri-La Place Towers are twin residential
towers situated in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila,
Philippines. Both of its towers are 64-storeys high with a
height of 227 meters (745 ft), making them the tallest
twin towers in the Philippines. It stands a top a wing of
the Shangri-La Plaza Mall since 2014.
51. The Knightsbridge Residences
The Knightsbridge Residences, also known as The Knightsbridge Residences
@ Century City, is a high-end residential skyscraper constructed in Makati,
Philippines. It is the second of several building projects built in the new
Century City area along Kalayaan Avenue. It is one of the Philippines' tallest
buildings. The Knightsbridge Residences at Century City takes its name after
the most expensive neighborhood in London, Knightsbridge.
52. ELITE RESIDENCE
DESIGNER: Ar. Adnan Saffarini
BLDG. FUNCTION: Residential
LOCATION: Dubai, U.A.E.
HEIGHT: 380.5 meters (1,248 ft)
REASON WHY IT BECOME FAMOUS:
The tower was the third tallest residential building in the
world when completed in January 21, 2012,[5] becoming the
fourth tallest following the completion of 432 Park Avenue.
The handing over commenced from January 2012.
53. CENTRAL PLAZA
DESIGNER: Ng Chun Man & Associates, Architects & Engineers China Ltd.
BLDG. FUNCTION: Office
LOCATION: Hong Kong
HEIGHT: 130,140 m² / 1,400,815 ft²
REASON WHY IT BECOME FAMOUS: Central Plaza is located in the Wan
Chai commercial area in the heart of Hong Kong’s central business district
overlooking the harbor.
#3 Tallest in Hong Kong
54. FEDERATION TOWER
DESIGNER: Sergei Tchoban, Peter Schweger
BLDG. FUNCTION:
Residential building; office building
LOCATION: 16, Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment, Moscow-City, Moscow, Russia
HEIGHT: 374 m (1,227 ft) (East Tower) 242 m (794 ft) (West Tower)
REASON WHY IT BECOME FAMOUS: is a complex of two skyscrapers built on the 13th lot of
the Moscow International Business Center (MIBC) in Moscow, Russia. The two skyscrapers are named
Tower East or Vostok (Russian: Восток; literally means "East") and Tower West or Zapad (Russian:
Запад; literally means "West").
55. ADNOC
HEADQUARTERS
DESIGNER: Six
Construct Co
BLDG. FUNCTION:
Commercial - Multi-
Storey Project
LOCATION:
Abu Dhabi
HEIGHT: 342 m
(1,122 ft)
56. ONE SHENZHEN
BAY 7
DESIGNER:
KPF
BLDG. FUNCTION:
Commercial
LOCATION:
Shenzhen, Guangdon
g
HEIGHT: 338 metres
(1,109 ft)
57. HAEUNDAE LCT THE SHARP
DESIGNER:
Skidmore Owings & Merrill;
Samoo Architects & Engineers
BLDG. FUNCTION: 1
landmark tower and 2
residential towers
LOCATION:
Haeundae, Busan, South
Korea
HEIGHT: Landmark Tower:
411.6 m (1,350 ft)
Residential Tower A: 339.1 m
(1,113 ft)
Residential Tower B: 333.1 m
(1,093 ft)
58. THE WHARF
TIMES SQUARE
DESIGNER:
Aedas
BLDG.
FUNCTION:
Mixed-use
LOCATION:
Wuxi
China
HEIGHT:
59. MERCURY CITY
TOWER
DESIGNER:
M.M. Posokhin
Frank Williams and
Associates
G.L. Sirota
BLDG. FUNCTION:
Mixed-use
LOCATION:
Moscow International
Business Center
Moscow, Russia
HEIGHT: 338.8 m
(1,112 ft)
60. PARC1 TOWER A
DESIGNER: Architect
Lord Richard Rogers
BLDG. FUNCTION:
Commercial building
LOCATION:
South Korea
HEIGHT: 333 m
(1,093 ft)
62. THE PINNACLE TOWER
DESIGNER:
Archgroup Consultants
BLDG. FUNCTION:
Mixed Use Commercial
LOCATION: Upper Hill
HEIGHT:
1,050 feet (320 m)
63. TIANJIN WORLD
FINANCIAL CENTER
DESIGNER:
Skidmore, Owings and
Merrill
BLDG. FUNCTION:
Office
LOCATION:
Tianjin
China
HEIGHT: 336.9 metres
(1,105 ft)
64. GEVORA HOTEL
DESIGNER:
Eng. Adnan Saffarini Office
BLDG. FUNCTION: Hotel
LOCATION: 101 Sheikh Zayed Road
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
HEIGHT:
1,169.1 ft (356.33 m)
65. GW MARRIOTT MARQUIS DUBAI HOTEL
DESIGNER:
Arch Group Consultants
BLDG. FUNCTION:
Hotel
LOCATION:
Sheikh Zayed Road Business Bay
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
HEIGHT: 350 m (1,150 ft)
66. EMIRATES OFFICE TOWER
DESIGNER:
Hazel W.S. Wong Norr
Group Consultants Int. Ltd.
BLDG. FUNCTION: Office
LOCATION:
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
HEIGHT:
354.6 m (1,163 ft)
67. RAFFLES CITY TOWER
DESIGNER:
I. M. Pei
BLDG. FUNCTION:
Office
hotel
shopping complex
LOCATION:
City Hall, Downtown Core, Singapore
HEIGHT:
158 metres (518 ft) (office)
69. FORUM 66 TOWER 2
DESIGNER:
Kohn Pedersen Fox
BLDG. FUNCTION:
Mixed-use
LOCATION:
Shenyang, China
HEIGHT:
384 m (1,259.8 ft)
70. XI AN GLORY
INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL CENTER
DESIGNER:
Guorui Properties
BLDG. FUNCTION:
Office
LOCATION:
Jinye Road, Xi'an, China
HEIGHT: 350 meters
(1,148 feet)
71. TUNTEX 85 SKY TOWER
DESIGNER:
C.Y. Lee
BLDG. FUNCTION:
Mixed Use(Office
building, Hotel, Shoppin
g mall)
LOCATION:
Lingya
District, Kaohsiung, Taiw
an
HEIGHT:
347.5 m (1,140 ft)
72. SHIMAO HUNAN
CENTER
DESIGNER: Shimao
Group
BLDG. FUNCTION:
Mixed use
LOCATION:
Changsha, Hunan
HEIGHT: 347 metres
(1,138.5 ft)
73. AON CENTER
DESIGNER:
Edward Durell
Stone
BLDG. FUNCTION:
Office
LOCATION: 200
E. Randolph St.
Chicago, Illinois 606
01
United States
HEIGHT: 346.3 m
(1,136 ft)
74. THE CENTER
DESIGNER:
Dennis Lau & Ng
Chun Man Architects
& Engineers (HK)
Ltd.
BLDG. FUNCTION:
Office
LOCATION: Hong
Kong
HEIGHT:
346 m (1,135 ft)
75. NEVA TOWER 1
DESIGNER:
ST Towers
BLDG.
FUNCTION:
Office
LOCATION:
Moscow-
City, Moscow, Rus
sia
HEIGHT:
296.9 m (974 ft)
(Tower 1)
79. HUAGUOYUAN
TOWER 2
DESIGNER: under
construction [topped
out]
BLDG. FUNCTION:
Commercial Office
LOCATION:
Guiyang, Guizhou
HEIGHT: 335 metres
(1,099.1 ft
80. WILSHIRE GRAND
CENTER
DESIGNER:
AC Martin Partners
BLDG. FUNCTION:
hotel, restaurants, retail,
offices, and observatory
LOCATION: 900
Wilshire Boulevard, Los
Angeles, California
HEIGHT:
1,100 ft (335.3 m)
81. WENZHOU
TRADE CENTER
DESIGNER:
Shanghai Institute
of Architectural
Design & Research
BLDG.
FUNCTION:
Mixed-use
LOCATION:
Wenzhou, Zhejiang
, China
HEIGHT: 321.9 m
(1,056 ft)
82. KK100
DESIGNER:
TFP Farrells
BLDG. FUNCTION:
Hotel / Office
LOCATION:
5016 Shennan East
Road
Luohu
District, Shenzhen, G
uangdong, China
84. THREE SIXTY
TOWER B
DESIGNER:
Kohn Pedersen Fox
BLDG. FUNCTION:
Residential,
Commercial
LOCATION:
Worli
Mumbai
HEIGHT: 372 metres
(1,220 ft)
85. Al Hamra Tower
Construction of the skyscraper started in 2005.It was
completed in 2011. Designed by architectural firms
Skidmore, Owings, Merrill and Ramshir and Callison, it is
the tallest carved concrete skyscraper in the world, and the
thirtieth tallest building in the world at 414 m (1,358 ft).
86. Zifeng Tower
(Greenland Center-Zifeng Tower or Greenland Square Zifeng
Tower, formerly Nanjing Greenland Financial Center)[3][4] is a 450-
metre (1,480 ft) supertall skyscraper in Nanjing, Jiangsu. The 66-story
building completed in 2010 comprises retail and office space in the
lower section. The floors near the top feature a hotel, numerous
restaurants, and a public observatory.
87. 23 Marina
23 Marina is an 88-story, 392.8 m (1,289 ft) residential skyscraper
in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was the world's tallest all-residential
building until the completion of the nearby Princess Tower.[5] The
tower has 57 swimming pools and each duplex in the tower is equipped
with its own private elevator.
88. Logan Century Center 1
Logan Century Center 1 is a 386 metres (1,266.4 ft)-tall
supertall skyscraper in Nanning, China. Construction
started in 2013 and was completed in 2018.
89. The Princess Tower
The Princess Tower (Arabic: األميرة برج )is a 101-story, 413.4 m
(1,356 ft)[2] tall residential-only skyscraper located in the Marina district
of Dubai, UAE.[4] Princess Tower is currently the third tallest building in Dubai,
after the Burj Khalifa and the Marina 101 and the 29th tallest building in the
world.[5] Princess Tower was the tallest residential building in the world from
2012 to 2015, when it was overtaken by 432 Park Avenue in New York City.
90. Blue Tower Hotel
Blue Tower Hotel (Arabic: تاور بلو فندق )is a four-star hotel
located on Hamra Street, Damascus, Syria. It has 59 rooms and
one restaurant, one café and one bar. The hotel was opened in
late 2007.
91. JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai
This project, owned by The Emirates Group, was originally conceived as a
single, 350 m (1,150 ft), 77-storey tower intended to be completed in 2008 and
built alongside the Sheikh Zayed Road. However, its design and location had to
be changed because of the construction of a creek extension belonging to
the Business Bay megaproject. The new twin-tower design was launched at
the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai in 2006 with 395 m (1,296 ft) towers.
92. DAMAC Residenze
DAMAC Residenze formerly named DAMAC Heights and Ocean
Heights 2, is an 85-storey, 335 m (1,099 ft), supertall skyscraper under
construction in Dubai Marina, Dubai.[2] It is the second supertall
project by DAMAC Properties, the first being Ocean Heights, which is
also located in Dubai Marina.
93. Shimao International Plaza
Shimao International Plaza (Chinese: 上海世茂国际广场) is a 333.3 m
(1,094 ft) tall skyscraper of 60 stories in Shanghai's Huangpu District. It
was completed in 2006 under the design of Ingenhoven, Overdiek und
Partner, East China Architecture and Design Institute.
94. The Minsheng Bank Building
The Minsheng Bank Building (also known as Wuhan
International Securities Building) is
a supertall skyscraper located in Wuhan, Hubei, China.
95. The Al Yaqoub Tower
The Al Yaqoub Tower is a 328 m (1,076 ft)
tall skyscraper on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, United Arab
Emirates. The tower topped out in 2010 and was completed in
2013.[3] It has 69 floors.[2] The building is owned privately by
Daro Saifuddin Yaquob, and functions as a 224-room hotel.
96. The Chrysler Building
The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco–style skyscraper located in
the Turtle Bay neighborhood on the East Side of Manhattan, New York
City, near Midtown Manhattan, at the intersection of 42nd
Street and Lexington Avenue. At 1,046 feet (318.9 m), the structure was
the world's tallest building for 11 months before it was surpassed by
the Empire State Building in 1931.
97. Nina Tower
Nina Tower (Chinese: 如心廣場; Cantonese Yale: Yùhsām
Gwóngchèuhng) is a twin tower of 80-storey and 42-storey
high-rise buildings in Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong
Kong. The tower was designed to be the tallest tower in the
world at 518 m (1,699 ft)
98. The White Magnolia Plaza
The White Magnolia Plaza, also known as Sinar Mas
Center, is a skyscraper whose construction was earlier
suspended, but resumed construction in 2013, and was
completed on January 4, 2017. It is located north of the Bund, the
historic river-front district of Shanghai, adjacent to the
international cruise terminal.
99. Deji Plaza
Deji Plaza (simplified Chinese: 德基广场; traditional
Chinese: 德基廣場; pinyin: Déjī Guǎngchǎng) is an upscale office
and shopping mall complex
in Xinjiekou, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.
100. Baoneng Center
Baoneng Center is a supertall skyscraper under
construction in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. It will be
327 metres (1,072.8 ft) tall. Construction started in 2014
and is expected to be completed in 2018.
101. 30 Hudson Yards
30 Hudson Yards (also the North Tower[4]) is a super-tall mixed use
building in the West Side area of Manhattan. Located near Hell's
Kitchen, Chelsea, and the Penn Station area, the building is part of
the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project, a plan to redevelop
the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's West Side Yard.
102. The Marina Torch
The Marina Torch, also known as Dubai Torch, Dubai Torch
Tower, and The Torch, is a residential skyscraper in Dubai
Marina in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
103. The Jin Mao Tower
also known as the Jinmao Building or Jinmao Tower, is
an 88-story landmark skyscraper in Lujiazui, Pudong,
Shanghai, China. It is 420.5 metres tall and is one of the
tallest buildings in the world.
104. Guangzhou International Finance Center West Tower
Guangzhou International Finance Center or Guangzhou West Tower,
is a 103-story, 438.6 m skyscraper at Zhujiang Avenue West in the
Tianhe District of Guangzhou, Guangdong. One half of the
Guangzhou Twin Towers, it is the 17th tallest building in the world,
completed in 2010.
105. The Woolworth Building
The Woolworth Building is an early American skyscraper
located at 233 Broadway in Manhattan, New York City.
Designed by architect Cass Gilbert, it was the tallest building
in the world from 1913 to 1930, with a height of 792 feet.
106. 30 Rockefeller Plaza
is an American Art Deco skyscraper that forms the
centerpiece of Rockefeller Center in Midtown
Manhattan, New York City.
107. 40 Wall Street - The Trump Building
40 Wall Street, also known as the Trump Building, is a 71-
story neo-gothic skyscraper between Nassau Street and
William Street in the Financial District of Manhattan,
New York City.
108. New York Times Building
The New York Times Building is a skyscraper on the west
side of Midtown Manhattan, New York City that was
completed in 2007. Its chief tenant is The New York Times
Company, publisher of The New York Times as well as the
International New York Times, and other newspapers.
109. MetLife Building
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, colloquially
known as the Met Life Tower, is a landmark skyscraper, built in
1909 and located on Madison Avenue near the intersection with
East 23rd Street, across from Madison Square Park in Manhattan,
New York City.
110. 432 Park Avenue Condominiums
432 Park Avenue is a residential skyscraper in New
York City that overlooks Central Park. Originally
proposed to be 1,300 feet in 2011, the structure topped
out at 1,396 ft. It was developed by CIM Group and
features 125 condominium apartments.
111. 601 Lexington Avenue
The Citigroup Center is an office tower in New York City, located
at 53rd Street between Lexington Avenue and Third Avenue in
midtown Manhattan. It was built in 1977 to house the
headquarters of Citibank. It is 915 feet tall, and has 59 floors with
1.3 million square feet of office space.
112. New York by Gehry
8 Spruce Street, originally known as Beekman Tower and
currently marketed as New York by Gehry,[4] is a 76-story
skyscraper designed by architect Frank Gehry in the New
York City borough of Manhattan at 8 Spruce Street, between
William and Nassau Streets, in Lower Manhattan, just south
of City Hall Park and the Brooklyn Bridge.
113. One57
One57, formerly known as Carnegie 57 and nicknamed "The
Billionaire Building", is a 75-story supertall skyscraper at 157
West 57th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues in the
Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.
114. Seagram Building
The Seagram Building is a skyscraper, located at 375 Park Avenue,
between 52nd Street and 53rd Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York
City. The integral plaza, building, stone faced lobby and distinctive glass
and bronze exterior were designed by German-American architect
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
115. Waldorf Astoria New York
The Waldorf Astoria New York is a luxury hotel in Midtown Manhattan,
New York City. The hotel has been housed in two historic landmark
buildings in New York. The first, bearing the same name, was built in two
stages, as the Waldorf Hotel and the Astoria Hotel, which accounts for its
dual name.
116. Central Park Tower
Central Park Tower is a mixed-use supertall skyscraper being
developed by Extell Development Company and Shanghai
Municipal Investment Group along Billionaires' Row on
57th Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
117. Trump Tower
Trump Tower is a 58-floor, 664-foot-tall mixed-use skyscraper at
721–725 Fifth Avenue, between 56th and 57th Streets, in
Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Trump Tower serves as the
headquarters for the Trump Organization
118. One Vanderbilt
One Vanderbilt is a 67-floor supertall skyscraper under
construction at the corner of 42nd Street and
Vanderbilt Avenue in midtown Manhattan, New York
City.
119. Hearst Tower
The Hearst Tower is a building with the addresses of 300
West 57th Street and 959 Eighth Avenue, near
Columbus Circle, in Midtown Manhattan, New York
City.
120. New York Life Building
The New York Life Insurance Building, New York, located
at 51 Madison Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, across
from Madison Square Park, is the headquarters of the
New York Life Insurance Company.
121. New York World Building
The New York World Building was a skyscraper in New York
City designed by early skyscraper specialist George Browne
Post and built in 1890 to house the now-defunct newspaper,
The New York World. It was razed in 1955.
122. Singer Building
The Singer Building or Singer Tower was a 41-story office
building in Manhattan, New York City, completed in 1908 as
the headquarters of the Singer Manufacturing Company. It
was located at Liberty Street and Broadway in the Financial
District of Lower Manhattan.
123. Trump World Tower
Trump World Tower is a residential condominium in Midtown
Manhattan, New York City. The building was developed by
Donald Trump and opened in 2001. The tower is located at 845
United Nations Plaza. Construction began in 1999 and
concluded in 2001.
124. 56 Leonard
56 Leonard Street is an 821-foot-tall, 57-story
skyscraper on Leonard Street in the neighborhood of
Tribeca in Manhattan, New York City, United States.
The building was designed by the Swiss architecture
firm Herzog & de Meuron, which describes the
building as "houses stacked in the sky."
125. General Electric Building
The General Electric Building, also known as 570
Lexington Avenue, is a historic 50-floor, 640-foot-tall,
skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, at the
southwest corner of Lexington Avenue and 51st Street.
126. Park Row Building
The Park Row Building is a building on Park Row bordering
TriBeCa and the Financial District of the New York City
borough of Manhattan also known as 15 Park Row. The
building was designed by R. H. Robertson, a pioneer in steel
skyscraper design, and engineered by the firm of Nathaniel
Roberts.
127. The Spiral NYC
The Spiral, also known as 66 Hudson Boulevard, is a 65-floor
skyscraper under construction in Hudson Yards, Manhattan,
New York City. The project was announced in 2016 by real
estate developer Tishman Speyer as a 1,031 foot skyscraper
with 2.85 million square feet and 65 floors.
128. 7 World Trade Center
7 World Trade Center refers to two buildings that have existed
at the same location within the World Trade Center site in
Lower Manhattan, New York City. The original structure, part
of the original World Trade Center, was completed in 1987 and
was destroyed in the September 11 attacks in 2001.
129. Four World Trade Center
4 World Trade Center is a skyscraper that is part of the World
Trade Center complex in New York City. It is located on the
southeast corner of the 16-acre World Trade Center site, where the
original nine-story 4 World Trade Center stood.
130. One Wall Street
One Wall Street, is an Art-Deco-style skyscraper in
Lower Manhattan, New York City. It is located in
Manhattan's Financial District on the corner of Wall
Street and Broadway. At 654 feet tall, it is the 88th tallest
building in New York.
131. 3 World Trade Center
3 World Trade Center is a skyscraper constructed as part of the
rebuilding of the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, New
York City. The tower is located on the east side of Greenwich
Street, on the eastern side of the World Trade Center site.
132. 70 Pine Street
70 Pine Street – formerly known as the American International
Building, 60 Wall Tower and originally as the Cities Service Building – is a
67-story, 952-foot (290 m) residential building[6] located at the corner of Pearl
Street and running to Cedar Street in the Financial
District of Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. It was built in
1931–32 by the Cities Service Company[7] for the oil and gas baron Henry
Latham Doherty,[8] and was designed by the firm of Clinton & Russell, Holton
& George in the Art Deco style.[9]
133. One Chase Manhattan Plaza
28 Liberty Street, formerly known as One Chase
Manhattan Plaza, is a banking skyscraper located in the
Financial District of Manhattan, New York City,
between Pine, Liberty, Nassau, and William Streets.
Construction on the building was completed in 1961.
134. 270 Park Avenue
270 Park Avenue was a high-rise office building located in
Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was designed by Gordon
Bunshaft and Natalie de Blois for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. 270
Park Avenue was built between 1957 and 1960, and is 708 ft tall.
135. 9 DeKalb Avenue
9 DeKalb Avenue is a supertall residential skyscraper under
construction in Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York City
by Michael Stern's JDS Development Group. When completed
it will become the tallest structure in New York City outside
Manhattan, as well as the first supertall building in Brooklyn.
136. OYO 210 Home 7207 Princess Tower 1 br
The Princess Tower is a 101-story, 413.4 m tall residential-only
skyscraper located in the Marina district of Dubai, UAE.
Princess Tower is currently the third tallest building in Dubai,
after the Burj Khalifa and the Marina 101 and the 29th tallest
building in the world.
137. Cayan Tower
Cayan Tower, known as Infinity Tower before it was
inaugurated, is a 306-metre-tall, 75-story skyscraper in
Dubai, United Arab Emirates by Cayan Real Estate
Investment and Development.
138. 23 Marina Tower
23 Marina is an 88-story, 392.8 m residential skyscraper in
Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was the world's tallest all-
residential building until the completion of the nearby
Princess Tower. The tower has 57 swimming pools and each
duplex in the tower is equipped with its own private
elevator.
139. Rose Rayhaan by Rotana
Rose Rayhaan by Rotana, also known as the Rose Tower, is
a 72-storey, 333 m (1,093 ft) hotel on Sheikh Zayed Road in
Dubai, United Arab Emirates. ... By total height with spire,
the hotel surpassed the nearby 321 m (1,053 ft) Burj Al Arab.
140. Elite Residence
Elite Residence is a supertall skyscraper in Dubai, United
Arab Emirates in the Dubai Marina district, overlooking
one of the man made palm islands, Palm Jumeirah. The
building stands 380.5 metres tall and has 87 floors.
141. Address Downtown
The Address Downtown, (Arabic: تاون داون العنوان فندق )
formerly The Address Downtown Dubai, is a 63-story,
302.2 m (991 ft) supertall hotel and residential skyscraper in
the Burj Dubai Development Area of Dubai, United Arab
Emirates. It was built by Emaar Properties Group.
142. Jumeirah Beach Hotel
Jumeirah Beach Hotel is a hotel in Dubai, United Arab
Emirates. The hotel, which opened in 1997, is operated by
the Dubai-based hotelier Jumeirah. The hotel contains 598
rooms and suites, 19 beachfront villas, and 20 restaurants
and bars.
143. HHHR Tower
HHHR Tower, also known as the Blue Tower, is a supertall
skyscraper on Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, United Arab
Emirates. The construction of the 72-floor, 317-metre
building started in 2006 and was completed in 2010.
144. Burj Al Alam
The Burj Al Alam was a proposed 108-story, 510 m
hyperboloid skyscraper in the Business Bay area of Dubai,
United Arab Emirates, though the project's roots are in a 101-
storey design called "Fortune 101" and slated for the Dubai
Marina area. It was designed to resemble a crystal flower.