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Night view of the skyline of Hong Kong, which has over 500 skyscrapers. The list of cities with most skyscrapers ranks cities around the world by their number of skyscrapers. A skyscraper is defined as a continuously habitable high-rise building that has over 40 floors [1] and is taller than approximately 150 m (492 ft). [2]
Number of skyscrapers Tallest city Total 200 m+ 300 m+ 1 China: 3,259 1,153 118 Shanghai: 2 United States: 1,025 256 34 New York: 3
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 below ground) Shanghai China: 2008 [26] 13 International Commerce Centre: 484.0 1,588 108 (+ 4 below ground) Hong Kong China: 2010 Tallest building in Hong Kong [27] 14 Wuhan Greenland Center: 475.6 1,560
The tallest building in the U.S. by architectural height is currently Central Park Tower in New York, which is approximately 1,550 feet (470 m)—more than the combined heights of the tallest buildings in Wyoming, Vermont, Maine, South Dakota, Montana, North Dakota, New Hampshire, and West Virginia.
Tallest pencil tower in the world. 2 111 West 57th Street: New York City United States: 435.3 metres (1,428 ft) 84 2021 Topped out in April 2019. 3 432 Park Avenue: New York City United States: 425.7 metres (1,397 ft) 85 2015 Was the tallest residential building in the world from 2015 to 2020. 4 Marina 101: Dubai United Arab Emirates
This recently completed skyscraper (pictured center-left in this image), also known as the Steinway Tower, is the most slender skyscraper in the world, with a height-to-width ratio of 24:1, its ...
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
The tallest structure in the world is the Burj Khalifa skyscraper at 828 m (2,717 ft). Listed are guyed masts (such as telecommunication masts), self-supporting towers (such as the CN Tower ), skyscrapers (such as the Willis Tower ), oil platforms , electricity transmission towers, and bridge support towers.