The World's Tallest Buildings
Dubai, Shanghai, New York City: All around the world, ever taller and ever more spectacular new skyscrapers are being planned and built. Read here which buildings are currently the ten tallest in the world, where they are located and what makes them stand out.
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1. Burj Khalifa
Since its completion in 2010, the world's tallest skyscraper has been Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The building, which was designed by the architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, is a mighty 828 meters tall and has 163 floors. Burj Khalifa is one of Dubai's most famous buildings. Its potential successor, Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, is however already in the starting blocks: At a kilometer in height, this ambitious construction project, which was started in 2013, is due to surpass the current record holder by some distance.Read More
2. 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. Shanghai Tower is home to the world's fastest elevators, which climb the tower at the speed of 18 meters per second.Read More
3. 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.Read More
4. Ping An International Finance Center
With 599 meters, the Ping An Finance Centre in Shenzhen China is the tallest building completed in 2016. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox the tower is to be found in fourth place in the ranking. The 116-storey skyscraper is the world's tallest office building. It steals the title from One World Trade Center in New York.Read More
5. 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 2020 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.Read More
6. Lotte World Tower
Also designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, the Lotte World Tower reaches position 6 with its 554 meters. The Tower is located in Seoul and it is the tallest building in South Korea after its completion in 2016. The skyscraper surpasses the Northeast Asia Trade Tower by over 200 meters and includes a seven-star hotel.Read More
7. One World Trade Center
13 meters behind in seventh 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 seventh-tallest building but also the tallest skyscraper in New York City. The building was constructed on the site of the former World Trade Center, which was destroyed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Read More
8. CTF Finance Centre
Now the eighth-tallest skyscraper in the world after it was completed in 2016, CTF Finance Centre, located in Guangzhou, is a mixed-use tower that features office space, a hotel, apartments and a shopping center in its podium. Its 530 meters make it exactly as high as than the next-tallest, Tianjin CTF Finance Centre.Read More
9. Tianjin CTF Finance Centre
The construction of Tianjin CTF Finance Centre was completed in 2019.The tower is located in the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA), outside Tianjin and it is the second tallest building in the city after Goldin Finance 117. The tall skyscraper houses offices, 300 service apartments, and a five-star hotel.Read More
10. CITIC Tower
The CITIC Tower is the tallest building in Beijing. The design of the skyscraper is inspired by an ancient Chinese wine vessel called the “zun”. At the top, the outer shell becomes more transparent and offers a better view of the inner core, which lights up at night and is visible throughout the city.Read More
(As of: January 2020)