Today we’ll speak about the tallest buildings in the world based on statistics prepared by About Architecture team. The buildings from today are really “buildings” not the towers and not just some other tall structures. These are visited daily by thousands of people and not only to look at the scenery. Lots of people work in numerous offices doing their daily job and don’t even pay attention to the magnificent view from above. But for me, all these building are “WOW”! I mean how can one calculate and build a structure that is so high? That’s amazing and that’s so thrilling.
With every new tall building we are getting closer to the sky…and say in several hundreds years the Earth from the space will look like tangle with threads 
Taipei 101 Tower in Taiwan.
Built in 2004, 101 stories, height 509 meters.
Taipei 101 Tower is currently the world’s tallest building – if you count its massive 60-foot spire. Its design borrows heavily from Chinese culture. Both the building’s interior and exterior incorporate the Chinese pagoda form and the shape of bamboo flowers.
Shanghai World Financial Center, China
Built in 2008, 101 stories, 492 meters.
The Shanghai World Financial Centre is a soaring glass skyscraper with a distinctive opening at the top. The ground floor of Shanghai World Financial Centre is a shopping mall and an elevator lobby with gyrating kaleidoscopes on the ceiling. On the upper floors are offices, conference rooms, hotel rooms, and observation decks.
Petronas Towers 1 & 2, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Built in 1998, 88 stores, 452 meters.
Traditional Islamic design inspired the floor plans for two Petronas towers in Kuala Lumur, Malaysia. Each floor of the 88-story towers is shaped like an 8-pointed star. At the 42nd floor, a flexible bridge connects the two Petronas Towers.
Sears Tower, Chicago
Built in 1974, 110 stores, 442 meters.
To provide stability against high winds, architect Bruce Graham used a new form of tubular construction for Sears Tower. Two hundred sets of bundled tubes were laid into the bedrock. Then, 76,000 tons of prefabricated steel in 15-foot by 25-foot sections were put into place. Four derrick cranes moved higher with each floor to lift these steel “Christmas Trees” into position.
Jin Mao Building, Shanghai
Built in 1999, 88 stories, 421 meters.
The architects at Skidmore Owings & Merrill designed the Jin Mao Building around the number eight. Shaped like a Chinese pagoda, the Jin Mao Building is divided into segments. The lowest segment has 16 stories, and each succeeding segment is 1/8 smaller than the one below.
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beautiful blog, nice job, keep it up !
Hi,
Nice Collection. May be we could include some from Dubai too. Its said, half of worlds cranes are in this city…
Burj Dubai, with a height of 818 m (2,684 ft) its got 160 habitable floors.
Nakheel Towers (under construction) with a height of 1,400 m (4,593 ft) tall with 228 floors.
Vertical City (proposed) with 400 habitable stories, topped by a 400m energy-producing spire, making it 2.4km in height….
The Burj Dubai is not a building, it is a largely uninhabited spire. In fact, the supertowers of dubai are all pretty much fake in that regard. They do not have the occupancy or functionality to truly be considered a building.
You are right Brent…
The Burj Dubai is Art Deco. Made for looks not function
Rally nice i wold like get my office on terrace of this tower -:)
Marvelous buildings… why there is nothing about Burj Dubai?
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