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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

The Top 15 Tallest Building in the world


This blog will be introduces the 15 tallest building in the world..
The tallest building can use "Skyscraper" to replace…

What means by Skyscraper?? 
skyscraper is a tall,
Continuously habitable building of many stories and usually 
Designed for office and commercial used.


According to the non-profit, international organization Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH)

The title of "The World’s Tallest Building" listed and ranked through four categories which include:

v Height of structural or architectural top
v Height of highest floor
v Height to the top of roof (removed as category November 2009)
v Height to top of any part of the building like spires on the roof

    Rank 
    Building
               City        
              Country  
       Height (m)
        Floors  
         Built  
       1       
      Burj Khalifa  
       Dubai
       UAE      
        828 m
163
2010
     2     
      Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel
      Mecca
      Saudi Arabia
       601 m
120
2012
3
     One World Trade Center
New York
 City
USA
 541m
104
2013
4
      Taipei 101
Taipei
 Taiwan
509 m
101
2004
5
      Shanghai World Financial Center
Shanghai
 China
492 m
101
2008
6
    International Commerce Centre
      Hong Kong
     Hong Kong
484 m
118
2010
7
     Petronas Tower 1
Kuala 
 Lumpur
 Malaysia
452 m
88
1998
7
     Petronas Tower 2
Kuala 
 Lumpur
 Malaysia
452 m
88
1998
8
Zifeng Tower
Nanjing
 China
450 m
89
2010
9
Willis Tower
 (Formerly Sears Tower)
Chicago
 USA
442 m 
108
1973
10
Kingkey 100
 Shenzhen
 China
442 m
100
2011
11
    Guangzhou International 
Finance Center
    Guangzhou
 China
440 m
103
2010
12
Marina 101
Dubai
 UAE
432 m
101
2014
      (expected)
13
   Trump International 
    Hotel and Tower
Chicago
 USA
423 m
98
2009
14
Jin Mao Tower
Shanghai
 China
421 m
88
1999
15
     Al Hamra
      Firdous Tower 
     Kuwait City
 Kuwait
413 m
   77
2011


References:
http://deskarati.com/2012/01/05/list-of-the-tallest-buildings-in-the-world-1st-jan-2012 







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