What is the tallest building in the world?

February 5, 2008

Skyscrapers are about to shoot into the sky to almost twice the height of the current tallest building in the world, which happens to be the Taipei 101 at 508m if you include the spire. I found this out on Skyscraperpage, an incredible site showing pix and stats for the tallest buildings as of now, those in construction, and those in plan. Save some time at the end of your day to scroll through this diagrammed info. Seems New York and Chicago are no longer vying for the top spots, although New York’s future Freedom Tower and the future Chicago Spire will both be impressive. Many Asian cities are reaching on up there, with Hong Kong and Shanghai both trying to top Taipei. But, if Dubai has anything to say about it, they will dwarf all others by 2010.

These pix are here only to entice you to the site, where you get to see everything bigger and in better relation to each other…

1. Taipei 101, Taipei, 508m (448m not including spire)
2. Petronas Towers , Kuala Lumpur, 452m
3. Sears Tower, Chicago, 442.3m
4. Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai, 420.5m
5. 2 International Finance Ctr, Hong Kong, 415.8m

left: Al Burj, Dubai, proposed 2010, 999.9m
center: Burj Dubai, Dubai, 2009 completion , 807.7m
right: Shanghai World Financial Ctr, Shanghai, 2008 completion, 492m

Stumble it!

Tags: , architecture, modern architecture, skyscrapers, tallest buildings, Travel