The data on the world's tallest buildings was provided by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat , world leaders in the field of the built environment, including research, industry, and education. The council has developed official criterion used to measure and rank the height of buildings. 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.
Height is listed in feet and is rounded to the nearest whole number.
Click on a building to learn more about it. Information current as of February 1999. All rights reserved.