Top 5 Tallest Buildings In The World
Here is our curated list of the top 5 tallest buildings in the world, where we will give you details about each of these masterpieces.
1. Jeddah Tower
Construction started: April 1, 2013
Estimated completion: Unknown, no earlier than 2026
Floor area: 243,866 m2 (2,624,950 sq ft)
Height: 3,281 ft
As of 2022, the Jeddah Tower will be the biggest structure on earth. It is situated in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah. The project is 1,000 metres high, and The Tower has the highest observation deck in the world, which is 2,178 feet (664 metres) above the earth and contains a 5,382 square foot outdoor platform.
When it was completed in 2020, it surpassed Burj Khalifa as the largest tower in the world.
In addition, this skyscraper will have five-star accommodations and 97 serviced apartments, including seven duplexes.
The offices are located on the seventh story, which will also have 325 apartments spread among four residential tyres.
The Elevator is capable of reaching a height of 600 metres. It also has a double-deck lift that takes passengers from level 1 to the sky observation deck.
2. Burj Khalifa
Project Name: Burj Khalifa
City & Country: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Height: 2,717 ft
Floors: 163 (+1 below ground)
Completion Date: 2010
The Burj Khalifa tower, the world's tallest building, debuted in central Dubai in January 2010. Burj Khalifa is a towering 2,717-foot mixed-use skyscraper that is very impressive.
The skyscraper has 163 floors and is home to a number of opulent apartments, restaurants, five-star hotels, and business suits. This famous structure, which has the highest observation deck and the tallest service elevator in the world, holds a number of world records, including:
· Tallest building in the world
· Tallest free-standing structure
· Tallest service elevator in the world
· Highest observation deck
· Highest number of stories
· Elevator with the longest distance
· Highest occupied floors
Interesting Fact: Did you know that this iconic building Burj Khalifa is twice as tall as the Empire State Building in New York? Oh yes, it is!
3. Shanghai Tower
Project Name: Shanghai Tower
City & Country: Shanghai, China
Height: 2,073 ft.
Floors: 128 (+5 below ground)
Completion Date: 2015
The Shanghai Tower in China is the second-tallest structure in the world, rising 2,073 feet above the ground. This amazing skyscraper's development began in 1997, but it was repeatedly delayed owing to financial constraints.
The Guangzhou CTF Finance Center quickly overtook the tower in 2017 with its speed of roughly 21 meters per second, surpassing the second-fastest elevators in the world, which were in the tower at a spectacular speed of 20.5 meters per second.
One of the most stunning structures in the world, Shanghai Tower, the second-tallest building in the world, was created by the international architecture firm Gensler and is owned by the Shanghai Municipal Government.
The Pudong financial district skyscraper has 128 storeys and up to 270 wind turbines. It is located there. Each of the nine structures, or zones, is made up of nine cylindrical buildings and includes lovely gardens, cafes, and some retail spaces. The nine zones are combined into one structure with a glass façade.
Interesting fact: Shanghai Tower is the tallest skyscraper when measured by the height of useable floors, even though Burj Khalifa holds the record for being the world's tallest structure.
4. Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower
The Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower, at 1,972 feet and 120 stories, is the third-tallest structure in the world, behind China's Shanghai Tower. Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower construction started in 2004 and was finished in close to six years.
The third-tallest skyscraper in the world, Dar Al-Handasah, was designed in Lebanon. It is also regarded as the most expensive structure in the world due to its staggering $15 billion construction cost. The building is also the largest building on the earth in terms of its floor area, spanning a vast area of 1,500,000 m2.
Many people think of Big Ben as the largest clock; however, the clock on the London building is significantly smaller than the notable feature of the Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower. It is the largest clock face in the world, with a dial on all four sides measuring 43 meters.
5. Ping An International Finance Centre
Project Name: Ping An International Finance Centre
City & Country: Shenzhen, China
Height: 1,966 ft
Floors: 115 (+5 below ground)
Completion Date: 2017
The Ping An International Finance Centre, which had its construction finished in 2017, has the titles of highest structure in Shenzhen, second tallest structure in China, and fourth tallest structure worldwide. The building, which has around 100 office levels and room for 9,000 passengers and nearly 15,500 workers, also has a retail floor and a conference podium.
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, a New York-based architectural firm, is also responsible for designing several other well-known infrastructures in China, such the Shanghai World Financial Center and Chow Tai Fook Center. However, another New York-based company by the name of Thornton Tomasetti was responsible for the building's structural design.
The estimated floor area of this massive tower is 378,600 sq. mts. If the space in the building's 11-story podium is also considered, then the building has a total of 495,520 sq. mts of area.