It has the same number of floors as the Shanghai World Financial Center however, it happens to be a bit taller. It has been complemented through the years because of the simplicity of its form and the innovative structural design.Īs the name itself presents the location, Taipei 101 is a 509 meters tall skyscraper built in Taiwan. It actually took the developers 11 years to finish the building, making it the world`s best skyscraper that was built during 2008. The Shanghai World Financial Center is 492 meters high, consisting of 101 floors. It is known to be an attraction for both tourists and business people. It has 108 floors and, even though it takes the 9 th place on this list, it is actually the tallest building in Hong Kong. The ICC in West Kowloon in Hong Kong is a 484 meters high skyscraper, finally completed in 2010. The height of the Petronas Towers is 452 meters per tower, consisting of 88 floors per tower. Even though they`re at the bottom of the list of top 10 tallest skyscrapers, they still have the number one spot as the world`s tallest twin towers. Settled in one of the most visited cities in the world for 2015 – Kuala Lumpur, the Petronas Twin Towers are found to be a real tourist attraction. Have a look at them, starting from the least tallest to the world`s monster: Thanks to the international non-profit organization Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) and their previously set ranking criteria and standards, we have the list of the ten tallest skyscrapers in the world.
However, it is very important not to confuse skyscrapers with non-building structures such as towers, since the skyscrapers, apart from the other, offer continuously occupiable floors used as home or working areas for people. Even though its height is not considered as impressive these days, back in the days, it was something astonishing.įrom then on different technological innovations and new constructional techniques have been used to improve the design to build taller and more usable skyscrapers. It was a ten-story Home Insurance Building built in Chicago in 1884-1885. Think about the first skyscraper ever built in the world.
It is interesting how the perception of what a skyscraper should look like and its approximate height changes over time.
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