TALL BUILDINGS

TALLEST BUILDINGS IN THE WORLD

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TAIPEI 101
101 FLOORS
Status: built
Construction Dates:  Began 1998- Finished 2004
Floor Count: 101
Elevator Count: 61
BURJ KHALIFA Structural Types - highrise,Tuned mass damper, pole
163 FLOORS Architectural Style - pagoda style
Status: built Materials - glass - steel
Construction Dates:  Began2004- Finished2010
  Heights   Value Source / Comments
Floor Count: 163
Spire 508.0 m
Elevator Count: 58 Roof 448.0 m Architect plans
Structural Types - highrise Top floor 438.0 m Architect plans
Materials - glass - steel - aluminium - concrete, reinforced 101st floor, Observation deck (inside)
Floor 91 390.6 m Architect plans
Observation deck (outside)
  Heights   Value Source / Comments Floor 89 382.2 m Architect plans
Observation deck (inside)
Spire 828.0 m Official website
Floor 86 369.6 m Architect plans
Top floor 638.0 m Otis Elevator company Club house
Concrete Putzmeister/ Wikipedia Floor 12 63.0 m
601.0 m
structure (German) Podium roof (highest point)
Highest Floor 6 37.8 m
584.0 m CTBUH Podium main roof
occupied floor
Highest occupied floor is at 584m (excluding
technical space)
 Sea level -1.2 m
Floor b5 -31.5 m

INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE CENTER

108 FLOORS
SHANGHAI WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER Status: built
101 FLOORS Construction Dates:  Began 2002- Finished 2010
Status: built Floor Count: 108
Construction Dates : Began 1997- Finished 2008 Basement Floors: 4
Floor Count: 101 Structural Types - highrise
Elevator Count: 31Units / Rooms: 300 Materials - glass - steel
Structural Types - highrise - hole
Materials - glass - steel - concrete, reinforced   Heights   Value Source / Comments  
Roof 484.0 m Union Square Development
  Heights   Value Source / Comments Includes 23m podium, also includes parapet
Roof 492.0 m Website & Wikipedia Main roof deck 470.6 m
Top floor 474.0 m Wikipedia Observation
409.0 m
floor
Observation
472.0 m Plaza 23.0 m Union Square Development
deck
Top of podium / MTR station
Vehicle 7.5 m Union Square Development
Description Commercial vehicle access
• Companies: Base 0.0 m Union Square Development
- Architects: Kohn Pedersen Fox & East China Architecture and At +6m from mean sea level
Design Institute. Sea level -6.0 m

- Developer: Mori Building Corporation. Description

- Contractors: China State Construction Engineering Corporation
& Shanghai Construction General Company.
- Cost Management: Davis Langdon & Seah International.
- Architect: Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd.
- Design Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Association
- Landscape Architect: Belt Collins & Associates
- Structural Engineer: Arup
- Development: Harbour Vantage Management Ltd.
 PETRONAS TOWER NANJING GREENLAND FINANCIAL COMPLEX
88 FLOORS 89 FLOORS
Status: built Status: built
Construction Dates : Began 1992- Finished 1998 Construction Dates:  Began 2005- Finished 2010
Floor Count: 88 Floor Count: 89
Basement Floors: 5 Basement Floors: 2
Elevator Count: 78 Structural Types - highrise
Structural Types - highrise - bridge - pole Architectural Style - modern
Architectural Style - pagoda style - postmodern Materials - glass - steel - concrete, reinforced
Materials - glass - steel - aluminium

  Heights   Value Source / Comments     Heights   Value Source / Comments

Spire 451.9 m CTBUH Spire 450.0 m www.smithgill.com
Structural 378.6 m CTBUH Roof 381.0 m www.cnffww.com
Height of Superstructure (without cone and spire) Top floor 339.0 m
Top floor 375.0 m CTBUH Observation
Skybridge 170.0 m KLCC 287.4 m At 72 floor
deck
height above street level Step 1 175.0 m
Length of
58.4 m KLCC
skybridge Description
• Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP.
Description • Design Partners: Adrian Smith, Gordon Gill, Associate Partner +
• Companies:
Studio Head, Robert Forest, Associate Partner + Project Manager
- Architects: Cesar Pelli & Associates Architects, Adamson Associates,
RSP Architects Planners & Engineers Private Limited.
 SEARS TOWER
108 FLOORS TRUMP INTERNATIONAL HOTEL & TOWER
98 FLOORS
Status: Complete
Constructed: 1970-1973 Status: Complete
Use: Office, observation, communication Constructed: 2005–2009
Floor count: 108 Use: Hotel, Condominium
Elevators: 104, with 16 double-decker elevators, made by Floor count: 98
Westinghouse, modernized by Schindler Group Floor area: 2,600,000 square feet (242,000 m2)
Architect(s): Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Elevators: 27
Architect(s): Adrian Smith, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Structural engineer: William F. Baker
Height(m) 423
Height(ft) 1389
 TWO INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CENTER
88 FLOORS

JIN MAO TOWER Country China

Floors 88
88 FLOORS Height(m) 412
Status: Complete Height(ft) 1352
Constructed: 1994 - 1999
Use: Office, Hotel, observation, retail Architect César Pelli
Floor count: 88
Floor area: 278,707 m² Date Built 2003
Elevators: 61
Architect(s): Adrian Smith at SOM

The exterior curtain wall is made of glass, stainless steel, Complete Yes
aluminium, and granite, and is criss-crossed by complex  
latticework cladding made of aluminum alloy pipes. Description
Vital Statistics :

This is a prominent landmark on Hong Kong Island and it consists

of two skyscrapers,

One International Finance Centre is 210 m tall, has 38 storeys

and four trading floors, 18 high speed passenger lifts in 4 zones,
and comprises 784,000 square feet (72,850 m²). The building
currently accommodates approximately 5,000 people.
 Two International Finance Centre is 415m tall, has 88 storeys
and designed to accomodate financial firms equipped with
advanced telecommunications and nearly column free floor
plans. The building expects to accomodate up to 15,000 people.
TALL BUILDINGS
PHILIPPINES
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PBCom TOWER, GT INTERNATIONAL

Philippines TOWER
59 FLOORS 52 FLOORS
Height Height
Antenna or spire: 259 m Antenna or spire: 217.3 m
Roof: 241 m Roof: 181.1 m
Technical details Technical details Floor count:
Floor count: 52 above 47 above ground, 5
ground, 7 below ground underground Elevators : 15
Floor area: 119,905 m2 Architect(s): GF & Partners
Elevators: 17 Architects, Recio + Casas
Architect(s): Skidmore, Architects, Kohn Pedersen
Owings & Merrill, LLP; GF & Fox Associates (design
Partners Architects consultant)

THE ST. FRANCIS PETRON MEGAPLAZA

SHANGRI-LA PLACE 50 FLOORS
65 FLOORS Height
Height Antenna or spire: 210 m
Spire : 212.88 m Technical details Floor count:
Technical details 45 aboveground, 5
Floor count: 60 belowground
aboveground, 5 Elevators: 18
belowground Architect(s) Skidmore, Owings
Elevators: 7 & Merrill, LLP
Architect(s): Wong Tung
International Ltd., in
coorperation with Recio +
Casas Architects
UNIONBANK PLAZA 1322 GOLDEN EMPIRE
55 FLOORS TOWER
Height 57 FLOORS
Roof: 206 m Height
Technical details Floor count: Roof: 203 m
49 aboveground, 6 Technical details Floor count:
belowground 55 above ground, 2
Elevators: 15 underground Elevators: 10
Architect(s) Recio + Casas Architect(s): Architecture
Architects, RTKL Associates International, in cooperation
(design consultant) with GF & Partners Architects

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