Tallest Buildings in the World

World's highest skyscraper Burj Khalifa skyscraper + Burj Khalifa - tallest building in the world Tallest skyscraper : world’s tallest building since 2007 + tallest building in Middle East 808 metres (2650 feet) reported, eventual height shrouded in mystery Latest Skyscraper Added Pearl River Tower, Guangzhou, China : SOM, architects World's highest skyscraper prior to Burj Dubai Taipei 101, Taiwan In 2004 Taipei 101 became the tallest building in the world 1999-2003 C.Y. Lee & Partners 449m high; antenna 509m (thus beating Petronas Towers) / 101 storeys Tallest building in the world 'ground to pinnacle' previously: Sears Tower at 527m - 1729ft World's highest skyscraper upon construction Shanghai World Financial Center 1997-2008: under construction Kohn Pederson Fox - Architect : William Pedersen photo © Andrew McRae 492m - 1614ft / 101 storeys Highest skyscraper under construction Developer: Minoru Mori Due to be tallest building in the world briefly in 2008 (ie tallest ignoring spires), but the building has no spires proposed at time of writing World's highest skyscraper - proposed Subjective, may change Chicago Spire - aka Fordham Spire: proposed skyscraper 2006-11 [currently delayed, 2008] Santiago Calatrava Architects due to be 610m Guangzhou TV & Sightseeing Tower, China 2009 Information Based Architecture due to be 610m picture : Information Based Architecture Guangzhou TV Tower Jakarta Tower - Menara Jakarta, Kemayoran, Central Jakarta 2010/11 East China Architecture Design & Research Institute - ECADI due to be 558m / 1,831 ft high (5m taller than CN Tower) World's highest skyscraper - previous to Taipei 101 Petronas Towers, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia 1998 452m - 1483 ft Tallest building in the world until 2003 (Taipei 103 took over) World's highest skyscraper - previous to Petronas Towers Sears Tower Chicago, USA 1973 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill - SOM Architects Tallest tower in north America; 3rd tallest building in world at time of writing 1450ft / 110 storeys Sears Tower: world’s tallest building for 25 years, beaten 1998 by Petronas Towers Sears Tower still tallest building in the world to tips of the antennae: 1729ft Chicago skyscraper World’s tallest structure CN Tower Toronto, Canada CN Tower Famous tall buildings now destroyed World Trade Center, New York, USA 1966-73; destroyed 2001 Minoru Yamasaki, Emery Roth & Sons One World Trade Center 417m high Two World Trade Center 415m high Tall buildings over 400m high Kowloon skyscraper International Commerce Centre, West Kowloon, Hong Kong due to complete 2010 Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates with Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd 484m - 1,588ft / 118 storeys Skyscraper originally planned to be 574m - 1,883ft high The International Commerce Centre skyscraper should overtake 2 IFC by 2007 Shanghai tower Oriental Pearl Tower, Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai 1991-94/95 - 468m high Shenzhen skyscraper Kingkey Finance Tower, Luohu, Shenzhen, China 2007-10 Farrells (formerly Terry Farrell & Partners) 439m high / 97 storeys Architecture competition - winner Shanghai skyscraper Jin Mao Tower, Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai 1998 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill - SOM Architects 420m high / 88 storey skyscraper Tallest building in China since 2005 Seventh tallest building in world at time of writing Shanghai skyscraper buildings Hong Kong skyscraper Two International Finance Centre - 2 IFC Hong Kong 2003 Rocco Design Limited, Cesar Pelli & Associates Architects 415m high ifc2 skyscraper the tallest tower in hong kong, taking over from the 374m high Central Plaza. However, the International Commerce Centre skyscraper is under construction and should overtake 2 IFC skyscraper by 2007 Tall buildings over 300m high Hong Kong tower Bank of China, Central, Hong Kong 1985-90 I M Pei & Partners; Sherman Kung & Associates Architects Ltd 367m high Apparently bad feng shui according to Hong Kong architects that I spoke to. Tallest building in Hong Kong and Asia from 1989-92, until the completion of Central Plaza, 374m high Dubai skyscraper Al Sharq Tower, Sheik Zayed Road, Dubai, UAE 2007- SOM Architects - Skidmore, Owings & Merrill 360m high / 100 storeys Residential skyscraper - 268 apartments: For Al Sharq Investments The Center skyscraper The Center, Central / Sheung Wan, Hong Kong 1998 DLN Architects & Engineers 346m high John Hancock Center John Hancock Center, Chicago, USA 1970 Skidmore, Owings and Merrill 344m high ; 459 m high including antennae Infinity Tower, Dubai 2006- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, Architects 330m high / 80 storeys Trump International Hotel & Tower, The Palm Jumeirah, Dubai 2006- Architects: Atkins 255m high approx / 60 storeys Shanghai Shimao International Plaza, Shanghai, China 2001-05 - 246m high; 333m high - with spires / 60 storeys World Skyscraper Images Recent Buildings / Current Tallest Building Projects: Scotts Tower, Singapore Rem Koolhaas Architects / OMA picture from the architect Singapore Tower Russia Tower, Moscow Foster + Partners image : Foster + Partners Russia Tower MoMA Tower New York, USA Jean Nouvel image © Ateliers Jean Nouvel MoMA Tower Phare Tower Paris, France Morphosis rendering Unibail-Morphosis Phare Tower Crystal Island Moscow Foster + Partners image : Foster + Partners Russian skyscraper Société Générale tower, France Atelier Christian de Portzamparc photo from the architect Paris skyscraper City Palace Tower, Moscow RMJM Architects picture from the architect Russian building Tour Carpe Diem Paris, France Robert A.M. Stern Architects studio amd for Robert A.M. Stern Architects Tour Carpe Diem Gazprom's new HQ, St. Petersburg RMJM Architects image: courtesy of RMJM © www.glocg.com Russian tower Rotterdam Tower, The Netherlands Monolab image from the architect Rotterdam City Tower Moulmein tower, Singapore WOHA Architects photo from the architect Singapore tower building Ekaterinburg Tower, Siberia RMJM picture from the architect Siberian Tower American skyscraper Evolution of the Skyscraper Conference 2009 - Chicago, USA Early Skyscrapers - Major Buildings Flatiron Building, 23rd Street, Broadway/5th Avenue, New York 1902 Daniel Burnham, Architect 87m high The Flatiron building is the original New York skyscraper New York skyscraper Chrysler Building, 405 Lexington Avenue 1930 William Van Alen, Architect Chrysler Building 318m high An Art Deco skyscraper that is a world-famous symbol for New York. Tallest building globally on completion, taking over from the Eiffel Tower: Paris Buildings. It obviously was also the tallest building in New York until the Empire State Building was completed the following year. Refurbished 1995. Woolworth Building, 233 Broadway, New York 1913 Cass Gilbert, Architect 241m high One of the first New York skyscrapers. Designed in a formal, symmetrical Gothic Revival style and originally nicknamed the Cathedral of Commerce. The Woolworth building was the tallest in the world from 1913-30. Refurbished 1977-81. Empire State New York Empire State Building, 350 Fifth Avenue, New York 1931 Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, Architects Empire State Building 381m high skyscraper, Art Deco architecture - especially the tower interior, famous New York landmark. Lever Building New York Lever Building (Lever House), 390 Park Avenue, New York 1952 Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) Architects Beautiful piece of New York architecture facing Mies van der Rohe's Seagram Building. Rockefeller Center New York Rockefeller Center, 5th - 7th Avenue; 47th - 51st Street, Midtown, New York 1940 Raymond Hood, Architect Seagram Building New York Seagram Building, 375 Park Avenue, New York 1958 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Architect; Philip Johnson New York tower Freedom Tower - Site of World Trade Center, Ground Zero, Lower Manhattan 2004- Daniel Libeskind Architects + David Childs of SOM Architects Controversial towers to replace the New York World Trade Centre skyscrapers lost in 2001. The main Freedom Tower skyscraper by Libeskind was to be a significant number of feet high - 1,776 ft, to mark a key American date in history - United States Year of Independence; the building was largely handed over to architect David Childs. Designed to be the tallest tower in the world. Norman Foster - Seagram Building Foster & Partners to design 62 storey New York skyscraper 99 Church Street Tower, Lower Manhattan Robert A. M. Stern Architects Manhattan tower 23 East 22nd Street, off Madison Square Park, Flatiron district OMA 23 East 22nd Street 400 Park Avenue South Christian de Portzamparc Manhattan skyscraper Hearst Building Eighth Avenue; 56th - 57th Street Foster + Partners Hearst Building New York LVMH Building East 57th Street ; Fifth & Madison Avenue Christian de Portzamparc, Architect LVMH Tower New York Times Building, Times Square, central Manhattan Renzo Piano Building Workshop with FXFOWLE; interiors by Gensler The New York Times Company headquarters 52 storeys One Bryant Park - Bank of America Tower Cook + Fox Architects One Bryant Park World Trade Center - site New York Minoru Yamasaki, Emery Roth & Sons World Trade Center building World Trade Center Tower 4: 150 Greenwich St Maki And Associates World Trade Center towers

Frankfurt skyscraper

Commerzbank Tower
Foster + Partners, Architects
259m high


Frankfurt buildings

MesseTurm
Murphy/Jahn Architects
257m high
Tallest building Europe until 1997


New York skyscrapers I London skyscrapers I Hong Kong skyscrapers


Paris skyscrapers I Frankfurt skyscrapers I Chicago skyscrapers


Rotterdam tower

Glasgow towers - tall housing blocks in Glasgow


Tallest building in Scotland - various proposals but currently Glasgow Tower

French Skyscrapers I German Skyscrapers I Hong Kong Buildings

Recent Skyscrapers - key European Buildings

Kronenhaus
201m high
Kronenhaus Frankfurt

Silver Tower
166m high
Silver Tower Frankfurt

Skyper
154m high
Skyper skyscraper

Japan Center
Ganz + Rolfes Architects
115m high
Japan Center Frankfurt


HSBC skyscraper

Eiffel Tower

French tower