Since its completion in January 2010, the tallest building in the world has been theBurj Khalifain Dubai,United Arab Emirates. However, the building calledKingdom Tower, being built in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, is expected to be completed in 2019 and would move Burj Khalifa to the second place ...
Located in Hong Kong, China, the International Commerce Centre (ICC) stands 1,588 feet tall and has 108 floors. When it was built, it was the fourth-tallest building in the world, but now it is only the tallest building in Hong Kong. The ICC holds a mall, offices, a Ritz-Carlton h...
Skyscrapers are being built all around the world.The measured height of new skyscrapersseems to rise every year. OtherSupertallandMegatallbuildings are on the drawing board. Today the tallest building is in Dubai, but soon the Burj may be second tallest or third or further down the list. Wha...
Unlike thehighest mountain in Europe, there’s no question as to what the tallest building in the world is – it’s quite a black and white picture really (it’s the Burj Khalifa). The tallest building in the world doesn’t sit between two tectonic plates and can be clearly measured wi...
Dubai boasts(夸口)that it has just built a “new global landmark”-the Dubai Tower, which stands 512.1 meters high now and has just become the tallest building in the world. The Dubai Tower nowsurpassesTaiwan’s Taipei 101, which is 508 meters tall, and has 141 storeys, more than any ...
In the modern era of design where advancements in technology and construction have enabled architects to build better, faster, and taller, the sky’s the limit. Every few months, another headline boasts the tallest residential tower or the newly constructed office building that breaks ...
For years,the Empire State Building in New York was recognized as the tallest building in the world,but in recent decades,many much higher structures have been built.Read on to learn more about four of the tallest skyscrapers existing today. ● Buri Khalifa Buri Khalifa in Dubai,United Arab...
Buri Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is currently the tallest building in the world. The tower is part of a new development built on a man-made lake. Burj Khalifa has a distinctive shape so that the windows look out onto the Persian Gulf. A 304-room hotel occupies the lower flo...
Its nicknameChina Zuncomes from the influence of an ancient Chinese drinking vessel, which inspired the design of the building. The tower is currently the tallest in Beijing, and due to new legislation banning buildings over 180m from being built in the city, it is likely to remain the talle...
stretch higher and higher. Once upon a time, churches used to be the architecture of the era, then public institutions and now, it’s the commercial skyscraper that defines our urban fabric. With skyscrapers being built across the globe, the tallest building in the world keeps getting updated...