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These are 'lists of skyscrapers', ranked by:

★ structural height (vertical elevation from the base to the highest architectural or integral structural element of the building).

★ highest point on the building (source unknown)
Only buildings with continuous occupiable floors (high-rise buildings) are included. The lists include completed buildings, as well as buildings which have been topped out but are not yet complete. For lists that include non-building structures, ''See:'' List of tallest buildings and structures in the world and List of tallest structures in the world.

Contents

Ranking criteria and its alternatives

Highest skyscrapers by architectural detail (top 200)

Alternative measurements

Height to Roof

Height to Pinnacle

Skyscrapers under construction

Skyscrapers (pinnacle height > 300 metres) whose construction is on-hold

List by continent

References

External links

Ranking criteria and its alternatives

Emporis ranks the buildings by highest architectural structural element, which means:^[1]

★ height of ''spire'', ''statues'' (or any other 'architecturally integral element') count towards the height of the building

★ height of ''antenna'', ''flagpole'' (or other detail 'not classified as architecturally integral element') does not count towards the height of the building

★ ''roof height'' is only relevant if no higher architecturally integral element is present
This naturally hurts the rankings of buildings without spires, or with antennas instead of spires. The most famous such discrepancy is that Malaysian Petronas Towers (with spire on top) is ranked higher than the US Sears Tower (with antenna on top) despite having lower roof and lower highest point (of spire/antenna).
Alternative lists of high buildings are maintained by nongovernmental US organization Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. These lists, first defined and compiled in 1996 as a response to the dispute as to whether the Petronas Towers or the Sears Tower was taller, rank buildings in four categories: height of structural or architectural top; height of highest occupied floor; height to the top of roof; height to top of any part of the building. Currently Taipei 101 tops all categories except highest point, where the Sears Tower is highest.

Highest skyscrapers by architectural detail (top 200)

Rank	Building[2][3]	City	Country	Height		Floors	Built
1	Taipei 101	Taipei	Republic of China (Taiwan)	509 m	1,671 ft	101	2004
2=	Petronas Tower 1	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	452 m	1,483 ft	88	1998
2=	Petronas Tower 2	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	452 m	1,483 ft	88	1998
4	Sears Tower	Chicago	United States	442 m	1,451 ft	110	1973
5	Jin Mao Tower	Shanghai	People's Republic of China	421 m	1,380 ft	88	1998
6	Two International Finance Centre	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	415 m	1,362 ft	88	2003
7	CITIC Plaza	Guangzhou	People's Republic of China	391 m	1,283 ft	80	1997
8	Shun Hing Square	Shenzhen	People's Republic of China	384 m	1,260 ft	69	1996
9	Empire State Building	New York City	United States	381 m	1,250 ft	102	1931
10	Central Plaza	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	374 m	1,227 ft	78	1992
11	Bank of China Tower	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	367 m	1,205 ft	72	1990
12	Emirates Office Tower	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	355 m	1,163 ft	54	2000
13	Tuntex Sky Tower	Kaohsiung	Republic of China (Taiwan)	348 m	1,140 ft	85	1997
14	Aon Center	Chicago	United States	346 m	1,136 ft	83	1973
15	The Center	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	346 m	1,135 ft	73	1998
16	John Hancock Center	Chicago	United States	344 m	1,127 ft	100	1969
17=	Rose Tower	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	333 m	1,093 ft	72	2007
17=	Shimao International Plaza	Shanghai	People's Republic of China	333 m	1,093 ft	60	2006
19	Minsheng Bank Building	Wuhan	People's Republic of China	331 m	1,087 ft	68	2006
20	Ryugyong Hotel	Pyongyang	North Korea	330 m	1,083 ft	105	1992
21	Q1	Gold Coast	Australia	323 m	1,058 ft	78	2005
22	Burj Al Arab	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	321 m	1,053 ft	60	1999
23=	Chrysler Building	New York City	United States	319 m	1,046 ft	77	1930
23=	Nina Tower I	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	319 m	1,046 ft	80	2006
23=	New York Times Building	New York City	United States	319 m	1,046 ft	52	2007
26	Bank of America Plaza	Atlanta	United States	312 m	1,023 ft	55	1992
27	US Bank Tower	Los Angeles	United States	310 m	1,018 ft	73	1990
28	Menara Telekom	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	310 m	1,017 ft	55	2001
29	Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	309 m	1,014 ft	56	2000
30	AT&T Corporate Center	Chicago	United States	307 m	1,007 ft	60	1989
31	JPMorgan Chase Tower	Houston	United States	305 m	1,002 ft	75	1982
32	Baiyoke Tower II	Bangkok	Thailand	304 m	997 ft	85	1997
33	Two Prudential Plaza	Chicago	United States	303 m	995 ft	64	1990
34=	Wells Fargo Plaza	Houston	United States	302 m	992 ft	71	1983
34=	Kingdom Centre	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	302 m	992 ft	41	2002
36	Aspire Tower	Doha	Qatar	300 m	984 ft	36	2007
37	First Canadian Place	Toronto	Canada	298 m	978 ft	72	1976
38=	Eureka Tower	Melbourne	Australia	297 m	975 ft	91	2006
38=	Comcast Center	Philadelphia	United States	297 m	975 ft	57	2007[4][5]
40	Yokohama Landmark Tower	Yokohama	Japan	296 m	972 ft	70	1993
41	311 South Wacker Drive	Chicago	United States	293 m	961 ft	65	1990
42	SEG Plaza	Shenzhen	People's Republic of China	292 m	957 ft	70	2000
43	American International Building	New York City	United States	290 m	952 ft	66	1932
44	Key Tower	Cleveland	United States	289 m	947 ft	57	1991
45=	Plaza 66	Shanghai	People's Republic of China	288 m	945 ft	66	2001
45=	One Liberty Place	Philadelphia	United States	288 m	945 ft	61	1987
47	Columbia Center	Seattle	United States	285 m	937 ft	76	1985
48	Millennium Tower	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	285 m	935 ft	60	2006
49	Tomorrow Square	Shanghai	People's Republic of China	285 m	934 ft	55	2003
50	Chongqing World Trade Center	Chongqing	People's Republic of China	283 m	929 ft	60	2005
51	Cheung Kong Centre	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	283 m	928 ft	62	1999
52	The Trump Building	New York City	United States	283 m	927 ft	70	1930
53	Bank of America Plaza	Dallas	United States	281 m	921 ft	72	1985
54=	UOB Plaza One	Singapore	Singapore	280 m	919 ft	66	1992
54=	Republic Plaza	Singapore	Singapore	280 m	919 ft	66	1995
54=	OUB Centre	Singapore	Singapore	280 m	919 ft	63	1986
57	Citigroup Center	New York City	United States	279 m	915 ft	59	1977
58	Hong Kong New World Tower	Shanghai	People's Republic of China	278 m	913 ft	61	2002
59	Diwang International Commerce Center	Nanning	People's Republic of China	276 m	906 ft	54	2006
60	Scotia Plaza	Toronto	Canada	275 m	902 ft	68	1988
61	Williams Tower	Houston	United States	275 m	901 ft	64	1983
62	Wuhan World Trade Tower	Wuhan	People's Republic of China	273 m	896 ft	58	1998
63=	Renaissance Tower	Dallas	United States	270 m	886 ft	56	1974
63=	The Cullinan North Tower	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	270 m	886 ft	68	2007
65	China International Center	Guangzhou	People's Republic of China	270 m	884 ft	62	2007
66	Dapeng International Plaza	Guangzhou	People's Republic of China	269 m	884 ft	56	2004
67	21st Century Tower	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	269 m	883 ft	55	2003
68	Al Faisaliyah Center	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	267 m	876 ft	30	2000
69=	900 North Michigan	Chicago	United States	265 m	871 ft	66	1989
69=	Bank of America Corporate Center	Charlotte	United States	265 m	871 ft	60	1992
69=	SunTrust Plaza	Atlanta	United States	265 m	871 ft	60	1992
72	Bocom Financial Towers	Shanghai	People's Republic of China	265 m	869 ft	52	2002
73=	Triumph-Palace	Moscow	Russia	264 m	866 ft	57	2005
73=	Bluescope Steel Centre	Melbourne	Australia	264 m	866 ft	52	1991
75	Samsung Tower Palace 3 - Tower G	Seoul	South Korea	264 m	865 ft	73	2004
76	Trump World Tower	New York City	United States	262 m	861 ft	72	2001
77	Shenzhen Special Zone Press Tower	Shenzhen	People's Republic of China	262 m	860 ft	48	1998
78=	Water Tower Place	Chicago	United States	262 m	859 ft	74	1976
78=	Grand Gateway Shanghai I	Shanghai	People's Republic of China	262 m	859 ft	52	2005
78=	Grand Gateway Shanghai II	Shanghai	People's Republic of China	262 m	859 ft	52	2005
81	Aon Center	Los Angeles	United States	262 m	858 ft	62	1973
82=	Hotel Panorama	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	261 m	856 ft	64	2007
82=	TD Canada Trust Tower	Toronto	Canada	261 m	856 ft	53	1990
84=	Post & Telecommunication Hub	Guangzhou	People's Republic of China	260 m	853 ft	66	2003
84=	101 Collins Street	Melbourne	Australia	260m	853 ft	50	1991
84=	Transamerica Pyramid	San Francisco	United States	260 m	853 ft	48	1972
84=	Dual Tower 1	Manama	Bahrain	260 m	853 ft	53	2007
84=	Dual Tower 2	Manama	Bahrain	260 m	853 ft	53	2007
89=	GE Building	New York City	United States	259 m	850 ft	69	1933
89=	Chase Tower	Chicago	United States	259 m	850 ft	60	1969
89=	Commerzbank Tower	Frankfurt	Germany	259 m	850 ft	56	1997
92	PBCOM Tower	Makati	Philippines	259 m	848 ft	55	2000
93	Two Liberty Place	Philadelphia	United States	258 m	848 ft	58	1990
94	Park Tower	Chicago	United States	257 m	844 ft	67	2000
95	MesseTurm	Frankfurt	Germany	257 m	842 ft	55	1990
96=	Sorrento 1	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	256 m	841 ft	75	2003
96=	U.S. Steel Tower	Pittsburgh	United States	256 m	841 ft	64	1970
98=	Emirates Marina Serviced Apartments & Spa	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	256 m	840 ft	59	2007
98=	Mok-dong Hyperion I Tower	Seoul	South Korea	256 m	840 ft	69	2003
98=	Rinku Gate Tower Building	Izumisano	Japan	256 m	840 ft	56	1996
101=	Langham Place Office Tower	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	255 m	837 ft	59	2004
101=	New Century Plaza Tower A	Nanjing	People's Republic of China	255 m	837 ft	48	2006
103	Capital Tower	Singapore	Singapore	254 m	833 ft	52	2000
104	Highcliff	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	252 m	828 ft	72	2003
105=	Osaka World Trade Center Building	Osaka	Japan	252 m	827 ft	55	1995
105=	Bank of Shanghai Headquarters	Shanghai	People's Republic of China	252 m	827 ft	42	2005
107=	The Harbourside	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	251 m	824 ft	75	2003
107=	Rialto Towers	Melbourne	Australia	251 m	824 ft	63	1986
109	Jiali Plaza	Wuhan	People's Republic of China	251 m	823 ft	61	1997
110=	Beijing Yintai Centre Tower 2	Beijing	People's Republic of China	250 m	820 ft	63	2007
110=	One Atlantic Center	Atlanta	United States	250 m	820 ft	50	1987
110=	Chelsea Tower	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	250 m	820 ft	49	2005
110=	Wisma 46	Jakarta	Indonesia	250 m	820 ft	48	1996
114=	Torre de Cristal	Madrid	Spain	249 m	817 ft	45	2007
114=	KLI 63 Building	Seoul	South Korea	249 m	817 ft	60	1985
114=	Central Park	Perth	Australia	249 m	817 ft	52	1992
117=	CitySpire Centre	New York City	United States	248 m	814 ft	75	1989
117=	Hangzhou No.2 Telecom Hub	Hangzhou	People's Republic of China	248 m	814 ft	41	2003
119=	One Chase Manhattan Plaza	New York City	United States	248 m	813 ft	60	1961
119=	Mid Town Tower	Tokyo	Japan	248 m	813 ft	54	2007
121=	State Tower	Bangkok	Thailand	247 m	811 ft	68	2001
121=	Chase Tower	Indianapolis	United States	247 m	811 ft	49	1990
123	Toyota-Mainichi Building	Nagoya	Japan	247 m	810 ft	40	2006
124	Conde Nast Building	New York City	United States	247 m	809 ft	48	1999
125	MetLife Building	New York City	United States	246 m	808 ft	60	1963
126	Bloomberg Tower	New York City	United States	246 m	806 ft	54	2005
127=	JR Central Office Tower	Nagoya	Japan	245 m	804 ft	51	2000
127=	Al Fattan Tower	United Arab Emirates	Dubai	245 m	804 ft	51	2006
127=	Oasis Beach Tower	United Arab Emirates	Dubai	245 m	804 ft	51	2006
127=	One Raffles Quay North Tower	Singapore	Singapore	245 m	804 ft	50	2006
127=	Shin Kong Life Tower	Taipei	Republic of China (Taiwan)	245 m	804 ft	51	1993
132=	City Gate	Ramat Gan	Israel	244 m	801 ft	68	2001
132=	Chifley Tower	Sydney	Australia	244 m	801 ft	50	1992
134=	Menara Maybank	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	243 m	799 ft	50	1988
134=	Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, Tower I	Tokyo	Japan	243 m	799 ft	48	1991
136	Citigroup Centre	Sydney	Australia	243 m	797 ft	50	2000
137	The Tower	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	243 m	796 ft	54	2002
138	Dalian World Trade Center	Dalian	People's Republic of China	242 m	794 ft	50	2000
139=	Woolworth Building	New York City	United States	241 m	792 ft	57	1913
139=	IDS Tower	Minneapolis	United States	241 m	792 ft	55	2002
139=	Maxdo Centre	Shanghai	People's Republic of China	241 m	792 ft	55	2002
139=	Mellon Bank Center	Philadelphia	United States	241 m	792 ft	54	1990
143	Bank of China Mansion	Qingdao	People's Republic of China	241 m	791 ft	54	1999
144	Hancock Place	Boston	United States	241 m	790 ft	60	1976
145=	Four Seasons Hotel & Tower	Miami	United States	240 m	789 ft	72	2003
145=	Manulife Plaza	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	240 m	789 ft	52	1998
147=	Comerica Bank Tower	Dallas	United States	240 m	787 ft	60	1987
147=	Sunshine 60 Building	Tokyo	Japan	240 m	787 ft	60	1978
147=	Panglin Plaza	Shenzhen	People's Republic of China	240 m	787 ft	57	1999
147=	Moscow State University	Moscow	Russia	240 m	787 ft	36	1953
147=	NTT DoCoMo Yoyogi Building	Tokyo	Japan	240 m	787 ft	28	2000
147=	Bahrain World Trade Centre 1	Manama	Bahrain	240 m	787 ft	50	2008[6]
147=	Bahrain World Trade Centre 1	Manama	Bahrain	240 m	787 ft	50	2008[6]
147=	Deutsche Bank Place	Sydney	Australia	240 m	787 ft	39	2005
155	Mok-dong Hyperion I Tower	Seoul	South Korea	239 m	785 ft	63	2003
156=	Beijing TV Centre	Beijing	People's Republic of China	239 m	784 ft	41	2006
156=	Commerce Court West	Toronto	Canada	239 m	784 ft	57	1972
158=	Empire Tower	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	238 m	781 ft	62	1994
158=	Roppongi Hills Mori Tower	Tokyo	Japan	238 m	781 ft	54	2003
158=	Tianjin Xinda Plaza	Tianjin	People's Republic of China	238 m	781 ft	51	2004
158=	Goldman Sachs Tower	Jersey City	United States	238 m	781 ft	42	2004
158=	Cloud Nine	Shanghai	People's Republic of China	238 m	781 ft	58	2006
158=	New World Center	Shenzhen	People's Republic of China	238 m	781 ft	53	2006
164	Bank of America Center	Houston	United States	238 m	780 ft	56	1983
165	Bank of America Center	San Francisco	United States	237 m	779 ft	52	1969
166	One Worldwide Plaza	New York City	United States	237 m	778 ft	50	1989
167	225 South Sixth	Minneapolis	United States	237 m	776 ft	56	1992
168	Wells Fargo Center	Minneapolis	United States	236 m	774 ft	57	1988
169=	Torre Sacyr Vallehermoso	Madrid	Spain	236 m	773 ft	52	2007
169=	Sorrento 2	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	236 m	773 ft	66	2003
171	Washington Mutual Tower	Seattle	United States	235 m	772 ft	55	1988
172	One Canada Square	London	UK	235 m	771 ft	50	1991
173=	Temasek Tower	Singapore	Singapore	235 m	770 ft	52	1986
173=	191 Peachtree Tower	Atlanta	United States	235 m	770 ft	50	1990
175	Tokyo Opera City Tower	Tokyo	Japan	234 m	769 ft	54	1997
176	Park Place	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	234 m	768 ft	56	2007
177=	Tower Palace One, Tower B	Seoul	South Korea	234 m	767 ft	66	2002
177=	Three First National Plaza	Chicago	United States	234 m	767 ft	57	1981
179	Wachovia Financial Center	Miami	United States	233 m	764 ft	55	1984
180=	The Harbourfront Landmark	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	233 m	763 ft	70	2001
180=	Shinjuku Park Tower	Tokyo	Japan	233 m	763 ft	52	1994
182=	Heritage Plaza	Houston	United States	232 m	762 ft	53	1987
182=	International Ocean Shipping Building	Shanghai	People's Republic of China	232 m	762ft	50	2000
184	Suzhou Xindi Center	Suzhou	People's Republic of China	232 m	761 ft	54	2006
185	Menara KOMTAR	Penang	Malaysia	232 m	760 ft	65	1985
186	The Arch	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	231 m	758 ft	65	2005
187=	Carnegie Hall Tower	New York City	United States	231 m	757 ft	60	1991
187=	Palace of Culture and Science	Warsaw	Poland	231 m	757 ft	33	1955
189=	1100 Louisiana	Houston	United States	230 m	756 ft	55	1980
189=	Chicago Title & Trust Center	Chicago	United States	230 m	756 ft	50	1992
191=	World Tower	Sydney	Australia	230 m	755 ft	73	2004
191=	Bear Stearns World Headquarters	New York City	United States	230 m	755 ft	47	2001
193	AXA Center	New York City	United States	229 m	752 ft	54	1986
194=	One Penn Plaza	New York City	United States	229 m	750 ft	57	1972
194=	Time Warner Center North Tower	New York City	United States	229 m	750 ft	55	2004
194=	Time Warner Center South Tower	New York City	United States	229 m	750 ft	55	2004
194=	1251 Avenue of the Americas	New York City	United States	229 m	750 ft	54	1971
194=	Prudential Tower	Boston	United States	229 m	750 ft	52	1964
194=	Two California Plaza	Los Angeles	United States	229 m	750 ft	52	1992
200=	Gas Company Tower	Los Angeles	United States	228 m	749 ft	52	1991
200=	Plaza 66 Tower 2	Shanghai	People's Republic of China	228 m	749 ft	46	2006

Main source: emporis.com [1]

Alternative measurements

Height to Roof

Many skyscraper aficionados prefer height to roof to determine tallest building in the world, as "architectural feature" is regarded as a subjective and more fairly aspect.

Rank	Building	City	Jurisdiction	Height		Floors	Built
1	Taipei 101	Taipei	Republic of China (Taiwan)	449.2 m	1,474 ft	101	2004
2	Sears Tower	Chicago	Illinois, USA	442.3 m	1,451 ft	108	1974
(3)	1 World Trade Center	New York City	New York, USA	417 m	1,368 ft	110	1972
(3)	2 World Trade Center	New York City	New York, USA	415 m	1,362 ft	110	1972
3	2 International Finance Centre	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	406.9 m	1,335 ft	88	2003
4	Empire State Building	New York City	New York, USA	381.0 m	1,250 ft	102	1932
=5	Petronas Tower 1	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	378.6 m[8]	1,242 ft	88	1998
=5	Petronas Tower 2	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	378.6 m	1,242 ft	88	1998
7	Jin Mao Building	Shanghai	People's Republic of China	366.0 m[9]	1,201 ft	88	1998
8	Tuntex 85 Sky Tower	Kaohsiung	Republic of China (Taiwan)	347.5 m	1,140 ft	85	1997
9	Aon Center	Chicago	Illinois, USA	346.3 m	1,136 ft	83	1973
10	John Hancock Center	Chicago	Illinois, USA	343.5 m	1,127 ft	100	1969
11	Ryugyong Hotel	Pyongyang	North Korea	333 m	1,093 ft	105	1992[10]
12	Shun Hing Square	Shenzen	People's Republic of China	324.8 m	1,066 ft	69	1996
13	2 International Finance Centre	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	321.9 m	1,056	80	1997
14	Nina Tower	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	318.8 m	1,046 ft	80	2006
15	Bank of China Tower	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	315 m	1,033 ft	70	1985

Height to Pinnacle

Some skyscraper enthusiasts prefer this measurement, claiming that the extensions that can or cannot be deemed "architectural" are subjective. However, many non-architectural extensions (such as radio antennas) are easily added and removed from tall buildings without significantly changing the style and design of the building, which is seen as a significant part of the value of these buildings. Also, measurement (to the top of the highest architectural detail) has been the one traditionally used for decades for this and other reasons; the pinnacle category has only recently come into use, starting during the construction of the Petronas Towers.
This measure is the value listed in lists of air traffic obstacles and similar lists.

Rank	Building	Pinnacle height		Number of floors	Year of completion	Country	Town	Remarks
1	Sears Tower	1,729 ft	527.3 m	108	1974	United States	Chicago
(2)	1 World Trade Center	1,724 ft	526.3 m	110	1972	United States	New York City	destroyed on September 11th, 2001
2	Taipei 101	1,671 ft	508 m	101	2004	Republic of China (Taiwan)	Taipei
3	John Hancock Center	1,500 ft	457.2 m	100	1969	United States	Chicago
=4	Petronas Tower 1	1,483 ft	452 m	88	1998	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur
=4	Petronas Tower 2	1,483 ft	452 m	88	1998	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur
6	Empire State Building	1,472 ft	448.7 m	102	1931	United States	New York City
7	Jin Mao Tower	1,380 ft	420.5 m	88	1998	People's Republic of China	Shanghai
8	International Finance Centre	1,364 ft	415.8 m	88	2003	People's Republic of China	Hong Kong
(9)	2 World Trade Center	1,362 ft	415.3 m	110	1973	United States	New York City	destroyed on September 11th, 2001
9	CITIC Plaza	1,283 ft	391.1 m	80	1997	People's Republic of China	Guangzhou
10	Shun Hing Square	1,260 ft	384 m	69	1996	People's Republic of China	Shenzhen
11	Tuntex Sky Tower	1,240 ft	378 m	85	1997	Republic of China (Taiwan)	Kaohsiung
12	Central Plaza	1,227 ft	374 m	78	1992	People's Republic of China	Hong Kong
13	Bank of China Tower	1,205 ft	367.4 m	72	1990	People's Republic of China	Hong Kong
14	SEG Plaza	1,167 ft	355.8 m	70	2000	People's Republic of China	Shenzhen
15	First Canadian Place	1,165 ft	355 m	72	1975	Canada	Toronto
16	Emirates Office Tower		354.6 m	56	1975	United Emirates	Dubai
17	Aon Center		346.3 m	83	1973	United States	Chicago
18	The Center		346 m	73	1998	People's Republic of China	Hong Kong
19	Conde Nast Building		340.8 m	48	1999	United States	New York City
20	Shanghai Shimao International Plaza		333.3 m	60	2005	People's Republic of China	Shanghai
21	Ryugyong Hotel		330 m	105	1992	North Korea	Pyongyang
22	Baiyoke Tower II		328 m	85	1997	Thailand	Bangkok
23	Tour Eiffel	1,063 ft	324 m	3	1889	France	Paris
24	Q1		322.5 m	78	2005	Australia	Gold Coast
25	Burj al Arab		321 m	60	1999	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
26	Chrysler Building		318.9 m	77	1930	United States	New York City
27	Nina Tower I		318.8 m	80	2006	People's Republic of China	Hong Kong
28	Bank of America Plaza		311.8 m	55	1992	United States	Atlanta
29	US Bank Tower		310.3 m	73	1989	United States	Los Angeles
30	Menara Telekom		310 m	55	2001	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur
31	AT&T Corporate Center		307 m	60	2001	United States	Chicago
32	JPMorgan Chase Tower		305.4 m	75	2001	United States	Houston
33	Emirates Hotel Tower		305 m	54	2000	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
34	One Shell Plaza		302.4 m	50	1971	United States	Houston
35	Two Prudential Plaza		303.3 m	64	1990	United States	Chicago
36	Wells Fargo Plaza		302.4 m	71	1983	United States	Houston
37	Kingdom Centre		302 m	41	2002	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh
38	Commerzbank Tower		300.1 m	53	1997	Germany	Frankfurt/Main
39	Eureka Tower		300 m	91	2006	Australia	Melbourne

Skyscrapers under construction

A list of skyscrapers taller than 300 metres under construction.

Name	Planned pinnacle height	Floors	Expected year of completion	Country	City	Remarks
Burj Dubai		170	2009	United Arab Emirates	Dubai	final height and floorcount is secret, some sources claim "over 940m"[11]
Chicago Spire	610 metres (2,000 ft)	150	2010	United States	Chicago
Freedom Tower	541 metres (1,776 ft)	108	2011	United States	New York City
Shanghai World Financial Center		101	2008	China	Shanghai	at 2008 may have the highest roof of completed buildings
Abraj Al Bait Towers		76	2008	Saudi Arabia	Mecca
International Commerce Centre		118	2010	China	Hong Kong
Greenland Square Zifeng Tower		69	2008	China	Nanjing
Federation Tower		93	2008	Russia	Moscow
Dubai Towers Doha		94	2009	Qatar	Doha
Guangzhou Twin Towers West Tower		110	2009	China	Guangzhou
Trump International Hotel and Tower		96	2008	United States	Chicago
Princess Tower		107	2009	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
Marina 101		101	2010	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
Al Hamra Tower		77	2009	Kuwait	Kuwait City
23 Marina		89	2008	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
Elite Residence		91	2009	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
Mercury City Tower		70	2009	Russia	Moscow
JW Marriott International Finance Centre		77	2008	China	Chongqing
Sky Tower Abu Dhabi		83	2009	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi
Central Market Residential Tower		88	2010	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi
Ocean One		91	2009	Thailand	Pattaya
Bank of America Tower		54	2008	United States	New York City
Almas Tower		74	2007	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
Lam Tara Twin Towers 1[12]		70	2011	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
Square Capital Tower		63	2009	Kuwait	Kuwait City
Dalian Yujing Center[13]		81	??	China	Dalian
Faros del Panamá		95	2010	Panama	Panama City
The Marina Torch		80	2009	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
Tianjin Tower[14][15]		76	?	China	Tianjin
Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower		74	2010	Vietnam	Hanoi
Al Yaquob Tower		72	2008	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
The Index		86	2008	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
Trump International Hotel and Tower		57	2010	Canada	Toronto
The Landmark[16][17]		72	2009	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi
Wenzhou World Trade Center		68	2009	China	Wenzhou
Waterview Tower		89	2009	United States	Chicago
Ocean Heights 1		82	2010	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
City Hall and City Duma		71	2008	Russia	Moscow
One Island East		70	2008	China	Hong Kong
Burj Dubai Lake Hotel & Serviced Apartments		63	2008	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
Eurasia (building)		67	2008	Russia	Moscow
Northeast Asia Trade Tower		70	2009	South Korea	Incheon
Pearl River Tower		69	2009	China	Guangzhou
China World Trade Center Tower 3		68	2008	China	Beijing
Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower		76	2008	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
Torre Gran Costanera		60	2009	Chile	Santiago
Arraya 2		70	2008	Kuwait	Kuwait City

Skyscrapers (pinnacle height > 300 metres) whose construction is on-hold

There are some skyscrapers whose construction is on-hold.

Name	Planned pinnacle height	Proposed year of completion	Country	Town
Dalian International Trade Center[18]		2006	People's Republic of China	Dalian
Plaza Rakyat		2006	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur
Xiamen Post & Telecommunications Building		2006	People's Republic of China	Xiamen
Najd Tower		2008	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
Skycity		2012	Philippines	Mandaluyong
Infinity Tower		2009	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
868 Towers Offices and Hotel		?	People's Republic of China	Haikou
Ryugyong Hotel		1992	North Korea	Pyongyang
BDNI Center 1		?	Indonesia	Jakarta
Tianjin International Trade Centre		2008	People's Republic of China	Tianjin

List by continent

The following table is a list of the tallest buildings by each continent (listed by geographic size):

'Continent'	'Building'	'Height'[19]	'Floor Count'	'Year'[20]	'Country'	'City'
Asia	Taipei 101		101	2004	Taiwan	Taipei City
Africa	Carlton Centre Office Tower		50	1973	South Africa	Johannesburg
North America	Sears Tower		108	1973	United States	Chicago
South America	Parque Central Torre Oeste		56	1984	Venezuela	Caracas
Europe	Triumph-Palace		57	2003	Russia	Moscow
Australia	Q1		80	2002	Australia	Gold Coast

References

1. http://www.emporis.com/en/ab/ds/sg/ra/bu/td/he/ou/#structuralheight
2. Destroyed buildings not included, notably the New York World Trade Center towers, which would be in the top 10
3. Adapted from http://www.emporis.com/en/bu/sk/st/tp/wo/
4. Currently topped out; expected completion by fall 2007
5. http://www.comcast.com/comcastcenter/ Official Comcast website on Center
6. Currently topped out; expected completion by 2008
7. Currently topped out; expected completion by 2008
8. http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=22
9. http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=9
10. Topped out in 1992, uncompleted
11. http://www.gowealthy.com/realestate/news/1554/detail.asp
12. http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=477586
13. http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=455607
14. [2]
15. [3]
16. http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=48732
17. http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=381077
18. http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=11789
19. height of roof
20. Year completed

External links

★ All the tallest buildings in the world

★ Structurae International Database and Gallery of Structures

★ World's Tallest Skyscrapers Placemarks of skyscrapers for Google Earth

★ The World's Tallest buildings list, including u/c and planned buildings, plus historical lists by decade

★ Burj Dubai - World's tallest skyscraper under construction