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Burj Khalifa (2,717 ft.) Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Shanghai Tower (2,073 ft.) Shanghai, China
Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower (1,971 ft.) Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Ping An Finance Centre (1,965 ft.) Shenzhen, China
Lotte World Tower (1,819 ft.) Seoul, South Korea
One World Trade Center (1,776 ft.) New York City, New York
Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre (1,739 ft.) Guangzhou, China
Tianjin CTF Finance Centre (1,739 ft.) Tianjin, China
China Zun (1,732 ft.) Beijing, China
Taipei 101 (1,667 ft.) Taipei, Taiwan
Shanghai World Financial Center (1,614 ft.) Shanghai, China
International Commerce Centre (1,588 ft.) Hong Kong, China
Lakhta Center (1,516 ft.) St. Petersburg, Russia
Changsha IFS Tower T1 (1,483 ft.) Changsha, China
Petronas Towers (1,483 ft.) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Zifeng Tower (1,476 ft.) Nanjing, China
Suzhou IFS (1,476 ft.) Suzhou, China
Willis Tower (1,450 ft.) Chicago, Illinois
KK100 (1,449 ft.) Shenzhen, China
Guangzhou International Finance Center (1,440 ft.) Guangzhou, China
Wuhan Center (1,437 ft.) Wuhan, China
432 Park Avenue (1,396 ft.) New York City, New York
Marina 101 (1,394 ft.) Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Trump International Hotel and Tower (1,388 ft.) Chicago, Illinois
Jin Mao Tower (1,380 ft.) Shanghai, China
Princess Tower (1,358 ft.) Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Al Hamra Tower (1,354 ft.) Kuwait City, Kuwait
Two International Finance Centre (1,352 ft.) Hong Kong, China
China Resources Headquarters (1,288 ft.) Shenzhen, China
23 Marina (1,287 ft.) Dubai, United Arab Emirates
CITIC Plaza (1,280 ft.) Guangzhou, China
Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 1 (1,273 ft.) Shenzhen, China
Capital Market Authority Headquarters (1,263 ft.) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Shun Hing Square (1,260 ft.) Shenzhen, China
Eton Place Dalian Tower 1 (1,257 ft.) Dalian, China
Logan Century Center 1 (1,251 ft.) Nanning, China
Burj Mohammed bin Rashid (1,251 ft.) Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Empire State Building (1,250 ft.) New York City, New York
Elite Residence (1,248 ft.) Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Central Plaza (1,227 ft.) Hong Kong, China
Federation Tower (East Tower) (1,227 ft.) Moscow, Russia
The Address The BLVD (1,207 ft.) Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Bank Of China Tower (1,205 ft.) Hong Kong, China
Bank Of America Tower (1,200 ft.) New York City, New York
Almas Tower (1,191 ft.) Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Gevora Hotel (1,169 ft.) Dubai, United Arab Emirates
JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Towers (1,166 ft.) Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Emirates Office Tower (1,163 ft.) Dubai, United Arab Emirates
embraceme
I wish this started out with shortest tower to tallest.
FailedCrate
Needs moar metric!
steviethefish
Banana?
WileEColi
Where’s Nakatomi Tower?
tryintathink
No one tell Trump there are some of these higher outside of America
mynameisprince
It would be easier if heights were in bananas rather than feet. Or meters. Meters are good too.
paininallthediodesdownmyleftside
Did I miss the Shard?
BrickMcWithers
Those asians are pretty crafty
SpacemanSpread
W-why is it in retard units?...
TheBiggestRipOffSinceWebster
#11 looks like a potato peeler.
RackhamTheRed
most ppl call it bottle opener
themerman
I am taking a dump in the 72nd floor of Al Hamra tower as I type this comment :)
Trisole
I just moved to dubai. That tower is huge and apparently they are going to build one even taller
MCDofficial
Y u no meter america
FavoritesOnlyPussy
We tried, back in the 70s. It didn't stick.
YouHaventLivedaDayIfYouHaventLaughed
They prefer their bodyparts for measuring.
turbochop3300
These buildings were less impressive the further I went down the list...
unpunnyfuns
JustHereToFactYouUp
chinoelpastelero
ctotheg2
Whoa what's this from?
chinoelpastelero
is a reference of the 2001 movie "kate and leopold" good romantic comedy
Sprezzatura81
The Shanghai World financial center looks like a giant bottle opener.
Imamax
That's the Nick name, afair
Felilolli
It was planned with a round opening at first, but that would have looked like the Japanese sun ????????. So they thought "what's Chinese...
Felilolli
...culture about?" and created a bottle opener! (2/2)
owlest
no? the square resembles the square hole in ancient chinese coins
kahless01
i love 432 park avenue. but prices for apts are insane. they go by height. 4000sqft apt at 400ft is $18M, 4000sqft @1250ft is $41M
Jakersbakers
Lmao its the most boring looking of them all haha
kahless01
its supposed to be. fits in with the rest of the city. park ave is too swanky and grown up for anything flashy
HaryTheVII
That's one city I wouldn't want to live in then. Not that I could afford it :)
gon0
As a metric-System guy (I have been in or seen 10 of these Buildings) I would appreciate a height in meters :)
waspinatorrulez
It's not approximate, but divide the number by 3, then subtract 10% of that value.
fudgesickle
Why? Imperial measurements are given for non-metric people. Stands to reason metric should be provided.
Unvisible
Obviously @op hates metric system..
angelBD676
I just got that joke!! BWHAHAHA (Don’t judge me - I get very little sleep)
Bollramm
Stop it with the goddamn imperialistic measurements! The whole bloody world uses metrics!
sirheaton
Where’s the Shard?!!!!
Beelsebooob
The shard is "only" 1004 ft tall.
johnwayne12
The Shard misses the list by about a hundred feet or so i think
twicetemper
*Shart
wandergeist
I love Taipei 101. Eight boxes of take-out Chinese food stacked on a pedestal.
Cheomesh
The next tallest one we build, I wouldn't be too surprised if the engineers suddenly started speaking different languages.
Kaesh
Jesus: Dad, they are at it again!
Cheomesh
ოსკარი, გადამიღო ჩემი გავლენა. ოსკარი? ოსკარი ?! გამარჯობა?
field87
What’s up with China and UAE? They overcompensating or something?
shimmernshine
They've become a force in open international trade only in the past 40 years or so.
squishybaker
slave labour, gets shit done real quick.
johnwayne12
Yes, a booming economy and very little land in cities and huge populations
TheInfamousPenguin
Yeah I mean there is a reason why Sweden isnt in that list, Our tallest building is The Turning Torso at just 190 m
TheInfamousPenguin
https://imgur.com/BEJxWsw
kojenk
Most od the country is uninhabitable desert. Stretching futher into the empty quarter away from the sea is a bigger burden so they need to
kojenk
Compensate for it with areas filled with tall towers connected by roads.
kineticcars
What even is the upper portion of the Burj Khalifa used for? - Storage, or just to be 'the tallest'?
drunkill
top third is mostly empty
jamesn86
There’s a bunch of machinery and systems in there, I believe. Like HVAC kind of stuff.
waspinatorrulez
I believe hotel & condos.
ayymamacita
America needs to step it's skyscrapers game up
azgrak
Only 6, and most are old. All the worlds big architecture firms now do the bulk of their work in China and the Middle East. Mostly China.
ljbr4
I don’t think the architect for 432 Park ave even tries. Ugliest skyscraper ever.
skellington01
There are other problems the US needs to address first I think
FlyingDebris
China has mass poverty issues.
TheObviouiator55
No real need. Plenty of space
Wanderlay
Or just stop using steps when counting. Meters FTW!!
Abfallkonto
Remember when the US used to talk about skyscrapers as an example of world dominance? I wonder why they’re not talking that way anymore.
Dynamite651
I mean, look what happened on 9/11.
KcKilla
We evolved, rest of world still catching up.
TruffleOilFarmer
Well, we used to have these two cool matching ones in New York. Someone ruined them.
TruffleOilFarmer
ayymamacita
Ruined is nice way of putting it
NotReallyIntoSigningForStuff
Starting with an accurate measurement system, you know, the one the world use, the metric system
Mposel
Europe needs go step up even more. Didn’t even make the list.
HaryTheVII
No need for oversized buildings and grid like roads. Most of European countries are too good looking for this.
mimicracra
A lot of European countries have regulations against tall building spoiling scenic views of old cities.
haunter64
I think i read Russia somewhere there
nanflasted
There's no point for America tho. China has this many towers because it has the vast population that would otherwise have no place to go.
kahless01
we cant. lots of airspace if gvmt owned. and every time we try to build tall people bitch and cry about terrorists. were scared, they won
DankVoodoo
It's like China is trying to compensate for something.
johnwayne12
Rate of skyscrapers being built is going at the rate everything else there. When only one party calling the shots, things get done quick
Strugg1eBuss
Or as if they have like a BILLION people and need space
TheFeralDog
Western Europe doesn't even have a game to speak of
balatschaka
Elbphilharmonie
uitSCHOT
Western europeans are a bit more "down to earth".
HaryTheVII
And thanks the universe for that :D
AustriaNotAustralia
I am from Europe and I wouldnt want one of this fugly things in my city. I prefer our gothic art and baroque buildings.Schloß Schönbrunn yea
sangheraj
Rood
AustriaNotAustralia
what?
radyjko
That's because we don't need to compensate for anything with big buildings
mimicracra
It's by design.
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TheFeralDog
Sarcasm by the way, not being serious
shimmernshine
Or you know, learn how to erect a bridge without it falling over.
Arconyte
Oh shit, did all our bridges fall? No? Just one mid construction/stress test? Our standing:collapsed ratio is still pretty good.
NotACop1515IsMyAgeNotACop
But what if all the bridges did fall? Like all of them. How would we get to grandmother's house then?
samsonguy920
How bout the next "construction/stress test" not kill civilians next time and then we can talk about such things.
Arconyte
That would be cool. Never said that was acceptable. It's asinine to say that one bridge fell, so we must not know how.
HerpDerpelton
Not yet, but many of them are woefully in need of maintenance or repair
Arconyte
That has nothing to do with the construction or engineering of the bridges.
Arconyte
But I agree nonetheless. Infrastructure is a nightmare.
iz10
I guess that one in minneapolis doesnt count anymore
Arconyte
It happened 11 years ago, and was constructed in the 60s. These collapses are the exception.
HamHungLo
You misspelled SEARS tower.
iluvbunbuns
sgukkju31415
Tell that to Sears who fucked shit up so bad their name now means shit. Nostalgia can only go so far... they no longer even have Craftsman
GumiGopher
When I was a kid, we always called it “The Batman Tower,” because when the sun is setting, it’s just a black outline that looks like Batman!
GumiGopher
GumiGopher
Also Neal Adams (Batman Illustrator) says that Gotham City is based more on Chicago than New York!!
GumiGopher
Sauce: https://www.google.com/amp/www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-batman-75th-anniversary-chicago-20140723-column,amp.html
chupacabra505
Sears tower or I’ll also accept “what you talkin bout Willis tower”
Paperstars
THANK YOU.
stren
Insert sponsor name tower
FrasierCranesHumongousAss
It’s called the Willis Tower now :/ I prefer Sears Tower myself, though :)
luckyflavor23
Met Willis at a scholarship event, smart guy, lots of MOXIE. Advocate of just going to the company to talk to someone about a job
miatagangordie
As a Chicagoan, it will always be the Sears tower. Unfortunately the John Hancock recently also changed ownership. Bye-bye that name too :(
gon0
Thank you for the info! Greetings to Chi-Town!
ConfusedMusk
Ah fuck did it really? I'd don't even hear about it
miatagangordie
Last I heard it did, but that was a few days ago, I haven’t heard much since
shimmernshine
Is it the John Footpenis tower now?
evergreentt
Came looking for this comment. Thank you
skepticalcow
We know it's Willis tower... We just don't like it
PoolOrAPond
Fun fact: The Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest structure in the world for ~3,870 years until the Lincoln Cathedral in England in 1311.
majoraz
Another fun fact: The Pyramid of Giza is NOT the world's largest: The pyramid of Cholula in Mexico is many larger in mass and volume 1/2
majoraz
& is the largest monument period. The La Danta Pyramid in Guatemala might be taller then Giza too, but I havent seen consistent numbers 2/2
youareawonderfulperson
From what I see the height og The Great Pyramid is close to twice that of La Danta? 138m (originally 146m) vs. 72m
majoraz
I've heard way higher values for the La Danta pyramid then that, is the problem. They are all over the place. Part of the issue 1/3
majoraz
cont: likely that it's hard to define where it starts/ends: It's part of a whole complex, so what parts of it "count" or not as being 2/3
Chpgmr
But what about before The Great Pyramid of Giza?
PoolOrAPond
https://www.kevinmuldoon.com/tallest-structures-world-history/
KalleGusta
Dot!
Zeroji
Very interesting, thank you
PoolOrAPond
https://imgur.com/DUPh02E