Here is a list of the tallest skyscrapers around the world
Burj Khalifa
The Burj Khalifa known as the Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration in 2010, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. With a total height of 829.8 m (2,722 ft, or just over half a mile) and a roof height (excluding antenna, but including a 223 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, supplanting Taipei 101, the previous holder of that status.
Shanghai Tower
Shanghai Tower is a 128-story, 632-meter-tall megatall skyscraper in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai. It is the tallest building in China and the world’s third-tallest building by height to the architectural top. It is the tallest and largest LEED Platinum certified building in the world since 2015.
Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower
The Abraj Al-Bait is a government-owned complex of seven skyscraper hotels in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The central hotel tower, the Makkah Clock Royal Tower, is the fourth-tallest building and sixth-tallest freestanding structure in the world. Clock Tower is 601 m (1,972 ft) tall and has 120 floors.
Ping An Finance Center
The Ping An Finance Center is a 115-story, 599 m supertall skyscraper in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The building was commissioned by Ping An Insurance and designed by the American architectural firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates.
Lotte World Tower
The Lotte World Tower is a 555.7-meter, 123-story skyscraper located in Sincheon-dong, Songpa District, Seoul, South Korea. It opened to the public on April 3, 2017, and is currently the tallest building in South Korea and the sixth tallest in the world.
One World Trade Center
One World Trade Center (also known as One World Trade, One WTC, and formerly Freedom Tower) is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City. On May 10, 2013, the final component of the skyscraper’s spire was installed, making the building, including its spire, reach a total height of 1,776 feet (541 m).
Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre
The Guangzhou Chow Tai Fook Finance Centre, also called East Tower, it is a 530-metre 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 eighth-tallest in the world.
Tianjin CTF Finance Center
Tianjin CTF Finance Center is a super-tall skyscraper located in the TEDA CBD of Binhai, Tianjin, China. Construction started in 2013 and was completed in 2019. The tower is the second tallest building in Municipal Tianjin after Goldin Finance 117, the eighth tallest building in the world, and the tallest building in the world with fewer than 100 floors.
China Zun
CITIC Tower is a supertall skyscraper in the Central Business District of Beijing. It is popularly known as China Zun. The 109-story, 528 m building is the tallest in the city, surpassing that of the China World Trade Center Tower III by 190 meters.
Taipei 101
Taipei 101 formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center, is a skyscraper in Taipei, Taiwan. This building was officially classified as the world’s tallest from its opening in 2004 until the 2009 completion of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE. Upon completion, it became the world’s first skyscraper to exceed a height of half a kilometer.
