Top 10 Tallest Buildings

Historically, the world's tallest man-made structure was the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, which held the position for over 3,800 years until the construction of Lincoln Cathedral in 1311. The Strasbourg Cathedral in France, completed in 1439, was the world's tallest building until 1874.

The first skyscraper was pioneered in Chicago with the 138 ft (42.1 m) Home Insurance Building in 1885. The United States would hold the position of the world's tallest building throughout the 20th century until 1998, when the Petronas Towers were completed. Since then to 2010, only two buildings have held the title: Taipei 101 in 2004 and Burj Khalifa in 2010. Now there are as many as thirteen tall buildings ranked between the Petronas Towers and Burj Khalifa.

## 10. Taipei 101

This building was officially classified as the world's tallest from its opening in 2004 until the 2010 completion of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE.

height:  509.2 m (1,671 ft)

floors: 101

cost: 58 Billion

Construction time: 1999-2003

## 9. China Zun

This building is the tallest in the city, surpassing that of the China World Trade Center Tower III by 190 metres. On August 18, 2016, CITIC Tower surpassed China World Trade Center Tower III in height, becoming Beijing's tallest building.

Height: 528 m (1,732 ft)

floors: 109

cost: 24 billion

construction time: 2011-2018

## 8. Tianjin CTF Finance Centre

Tianjin CTF Finance Center is a supertall skyscraper in Tianjin, China. Construction started in 2013 and was completed in 2019. The tower is the second tallest building in Tianjin after Goldin Finance 117, eighth tallest completed building in the world, and the tallest building in the world with fewer than 100 floors.

Height:  1,739 ft (530 m)

floors: 97

cost: not-known

construction time: 2011-2019

## 7.Guangzhou Chow Tai Fook Finance Centre

The Guangzhou Chow Tai Fook Finance Centre (also called East Tower) is a 1,739-foot (530 m) tall mixed-use skyscraper in Guangzhou, Guangdong, which was completed in October 2016. It is the tallest completed building in Guangzhou, the third-tallest in China, and the seventh-tallest in the world.

Height: 1,739 ft (530 m)

floors: 111

cost: 1.5billion

construction time: 2009-2016

## 6. One World Trade Center

One World Trade Center (also known as One World Trade, One WTC, or Freedom Tower) is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City. One WTC is the tallest building in the United States, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, and the sixth-tallest in the world.

Height:  1,776 ft (541.3 m)

floors:  94

cost:  3.9 billion

construction time: 2006-2013

## 5. Lotte World Tower

Lotte World Tower(Korean: 롯데월드타워) is a 556-metre (1,824 ft), 123-story skyscraperlocated in Seoul, South Korea. It opened to the public on April 11, 2017, and is currently the tallest building in South Korea and the fifth tallest in the world.

Height: 556 m (1,824 ft)

floors: 123

cost: 3.4 Billion

construction time: 2011-2016

## 4. Ping An Finance Centre

The Ping An International Finance Center (also known as the Ping An IFC) (Chinese: 平安国际金融中心) is a 115-story, 599 m (1,965 ft) supertall skyscraper in Shenzhen, Guangdong. The building was commissioned by Ping An Insurance and designed by the American architectural firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates. It was completed in 2017, becoming the tallest building in Shenzhen, the 2nd tallest building in China and the 4th tallest building in the world.

Height:  599.1 m 1,965 ft

floors:115

cost:1.5 billion

Construction time: 2010-2017

## 3.Abraj Al-Bait

The Abraj Al-Bait (Arabic: أبراج البيت‎, romanized: *ʾAbrāǧ al-Bayt* "Towers of the House") is a government-owned complex of seven skyscraper hotels in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. These towers are a part of the King Abdulaziz Endowment Project that aims to modernize the city in catering to its pilgrims. The central hotel tower, the Makkah Royal Clock Tower, has the world's largest clock face and is the third-tallest building and fifth-tallest freestanding structure in the world.

Height: 601 m (1,972 ft)

Floors: 120

cost: 15 billion

construction time: 2004-2012

## 2. Shanghai Tower

Shanghai Tower (simplified Chinese: 上海中心大厦; traditional Chinese: 上海中心大廈; pinyin: *Shànghǎi Zhōngxīn Dàshà*; Shanghainese:*Zånhe Tsonshin Dasa*; lit.: 'Shanghai Center Building') is a 128-story, 632-meter (2,073 ft)-tall megatall skyscraper in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai. It is the world's second-tallest building by height to architectural top and it shares the record (along with the Ping An Finance Center) of having the world's highest observation deck within a building or structure at 562 m.

Height: 632 m (2,073 ft)

floors: 128

cost: 15.7 Billion

construction time: 2008-2014

## 1. Burj Khalifa

The Burj Khalifa known as the Burj Dubaiprior to its inauguration in 2010, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. With a total height of 829.8 m (2,722 ft, just over half a mile) and a roof height (excluding antenna, but including a 244 m spire) of 828 m (2,717 ft), the Burj Khalifa has been the tallest structure and building in the world since its topping out in 2009 (preceded by Taipei 101).

Height: 828 m (2,717 ft)

floors: 154

cost: 1.5 billion

construction time: 2004-2010