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Top 10 List:
The World's Tallest Buildings
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This list includes only buildings - there are higher towers in the world. A building is defined as a structure that is designed for residential, business, or manufacturing purposes (they usually have floors). The height of a building is measured from the sidewalk level of the main entrance to the structural top of the building - this includes spires, but does not include television antennas, radio antennas or flag poles.
This list was valid in 2007. New buildings are going up all the time, and as was shown with the Twin Towers of New York, they can come down too. The World Trade Center twin towers ranked fifth and sixth (at 1,368 ft and 1,362 ft) on this list until their destruction on Sept. 11, 2001.
Building |
Year completed |
Stories |
Height (m) |
Height (ft) |
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1. |
Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan |
2004 |
101 | 508 |
1,667 |
2. |
Petronas Tower 1, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
1998 |
88 | 452 |
1,483 |
3. |
Petronas Tower 2, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
1998 |
88 | 452 |
1,483 |
4. |
Sears Tower, Chicago |
1974 |
110 | 442 |
1,451 |
5. |
Jin Mao Building, Shanghai |
1999 |
88 | 421 |
1,381 |
6. |
Two International Finance Centre, Hong Kong |
2003 |
88 | 415 |
1,362 |
7. |
CITIC Plaza, Guangzhou, China |
1996 |
80 | 391 |
1,283 |
8. |
Shun Hing Square, Shenzhen, China |
1996 |
69 | 384 |
1,260 |
9. |
Empire State Building, New York |
1931 |
102 | 381 |
1,250 |
10. |
Central Plaza, Hong Kong |
1992 |
78 | 374 |
1,227 |
see also Top 10 World Tallest Churches
