Top 5 Tallest Buildings In The World

5.TAIPEI 101

COUNTRY-TAIWAN

HEIGHT-509

BUILT-2004

This skyscraper is located in Xinyi District,Taipei,Taiwan.This building ranked officially the worlds tallest building from 2004 until the opening of Burj khalifa.It’s also the largest environmentally conscious skyscraper in the world, and is often where Taiwan launches its fireworks during national celebrations.

4.ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER

COUNTRY-USA

HEIGHT-541.3m

BUILT-2013

Also known as Freedom Tower and is tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere.This construction is a part of an effort to memorialize and rebuild the destruction of original World Trade center which was attacked on September 11,2001 by terrorist organisation.

3.MAKKAH ROYAL

COUNTRY-SAUDI ARABIA

HEIGHT-601

BUILT-2012

It is also known as Avraj Al Bait Toeres and is owned by government of Saudi Arabia.It holds several records such as Tallest clock tower and also the world’s largest clock face.It consist of 120 floors.

2.SHANGHAI TOWER

COUNTRY-CHINA

HEIGHT-632m

BUILT-2014

It is tallest of group of three adjacent skyscrapers located in Lujiazui,Pudong,Shanghai.It consists of 121 floors and is currently the tallest building in China.

1.BURJ KHALIFA

COUNTRY-UAE

HEIGHT-828

BUILT-2010

The Burj Khalifa, previously known as the Burj Dubai, is the tallest building in the world.It took five years to build, and was completed in 2009.It consist of 163 floors and certainly displays the taste of royal family of UAE.