executive summary by darmansjah
Chicago is the
spiritual home of the skyscraper, but for up-and-coming giants, look east. The US
has 28 buildings in the top 100, mainland China
has 22 with more on the way. In the UK,
One Canada
Square (236 metres) has been our tallest buildings since 1991, but the shard at
London
Bridge should overtake it when it reaches 306 metres in 2012.
Burj Kahlifa, Dubai 828
metres. Dubai’s burj Khalifa took six years to complete
Taipei 101, Taiwan
508 metres
International Commerce Centre, Hongkong
484 metres
Petronas Towers, Malaysia
452 metres
Nanjing Greenland Financial
Center, China
450 metres
Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower), USA
442 metres
Guangzhou International Finance Centre, China
438 metres
Trump International Hotel & Tower, USA
423 metres
Jin Mao Building, China
421 metres
Source: Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (ctbuh.org).
TV and communication towers not included
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