Last modified on June 28, 2018, at 13:14

Tallest buildings in the world

The Chrysler Building.

The tallest buildings in the world have been:

  1. Tower of Babel
  2. Home Insurance Building (1885-1890)
  3. New York World Building (1890-1894)
  4. Manhattan Life Building (1894-1899)
  5. Park Row Building (1899-1901)
  6. Philadelphia City Hall (1901-1908)
  7. Singer Building (1908-1909)
  8. Metropolitan Life Tower (1909-1913)
  9. Woolworth Building (1913-1930)
  10. 40 Wall Street (1930)
  11. Chrysler Building (1930-1931) - since 2008 it is 90% owned by the government of Abu Dhabi.
  12. Empire State Building (1931-1972)
  13. World Trade Center (1972-1974)
  14. Sears Tower (1974-1998)
  15. Petronas Towers (1998-2004)
  16. Taipei World Financial Center (2004-2007)
  17. Burj Khalifa (since 2007)

The current tallest buildings in the world are:

  1. Burj Khalifa
  2. Shanghai Tower
  3. Abraj Al Bait Towers (601 meters)
  4. Ping An Finance Centre
  5. Lotte World Tower
  6. One World Trade Center
  7. CTF Finance Centre
  8. China Zun
  9. Taipei 101
  10. Shanghai World Financial Center
  11. International Commerce Centre
  12. Lakhta Center
  13. Landmark 81
  14. Changsha IFS Tower T1
  15. Petronas Towers (452 meters)
  16. Greenland Square Zifeng Tower
  17. Willis Tower
  18. Kingkey 100
  19. Guangzhou International Finance Center
  20. Trump International Hotel & Tower
  21. Jin Mao Tower
  22. Princess Tower
  23. Al Hamra Tower
  24. Two International Finance Centre
  25. China Resources Headquarters
  26. 23 Marina
  27. CITIC Plaza
  28. Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 1
  29. Capital Market Authority Headquarters
  30. Shun Hing Square
  31. Eton Place Dalian
  32. Logan Century Center 1
  33. Burj Mohammed bin Rashid
  34. Empire State Building
  35. Elite Residence
  36. Central Plaza