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At their convention in Chicago, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) found the Willis Tower (without its antennas) to be the third-tallest building, and the Petronas Towers (with their spires) to be the world's two tallest buildings. [19] The KK100 is a supertall skyscraper in Shenzhen, Guangdong.
Τallest building in the world with fewer than 100 floors [23] 10 CITIC Tower: 527.7 1,731 109 (+ 8 below ground) Beijing: 2018 [24] 11 Taipei 101: 508.0 1,667 101 (+ 5 below ground) Taipei Taiwan: 2004 Tallest building in the world from 2004 till 2010; tallest building in Taiwan [25] 12 Shanghai World Financial Center: 492.0 1,614 101 (+ 3 ...
The Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest structure. The Göbekli Tepe , believed to be the world's oldest manmade structure. The Boeing Everett Factory , the world's largest building by volume.
Terminological and listing criteria follow Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat definitions. Guyed masts are differentiated from towers – the latter not featuring any guy wires or other support structures; and buildings are differentiated from towers – the former having at least 50% of occupiable floor space although both are self-supporting structures.
The city with the most supertall buildings is Dubai at 31 entries, followed by Shenzhen and New York City with 20 and 18 supertall buildings respectively. As of 2025, there are 70 cities across the world with at least one supertall building, and 235 completed supertall buildings in the world.
Tallest building in the European Union from 2012 to 2020 United States: One World Trade Center [284] [285] [286] New York City: 541.3 m (1,776 ft) 104 2014 Tallest building in the Americas, and tallest office building in the world. Tallest building in the OECD from 2014 to 2017. Uruguay: Torre Antel [287] [288] [289] Montevideo: 157.6 m (517 ft ...
Building began in 1987 and came to a halt in 1992 with the fall of the Soviet Union and a downturn in North Korea's economy. Standing at just over 1,000 feet tall, the hotel is the most visible ...
Was briefly the tallest tower in the world in 2010. Second tallest tower in the world. 3: CN Tower: 553.3 m (1,815 ft) 1976: Concrete Canada: Toronto: Tallest freestanding structure in the world 1975–2007, and the world's tallest tower until 2009; tallest in the western hemisphere: 4: Ostankino Tower: 540.1 m (1,772 ft) 1967 Russia: Moscow