Top 10 Tallest building in the WORLD

TOP 10 Tallest building in the WORLD

10.TAIPEI 101

TAIPEI 101 is  known as the Taipei World Financial Center. TAIPEI 101 is located in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan .The building was officially classified as the world's tallest in 2004. It used to have the fastest elevator in the world, traveling at 60.6 km/h and transporting passengers from the 5th to 89th floor in 37 seconds. Its height is 509.2m .Taipei 101 is designed to withstand the typhoon winds and earthquake tremors that are common in the area east of Taiwan. 

9.CHINA ZUN

CITIC Tower is a supertall skyscraper under construction in the Central Business District of Beijing, capital of China. It is known as China Zun (Chinese: 中国尊; pinyin: Zhōngguó Zūn). The 108-storey, 528 m (1,732 ft) building will be the tallest in the city, surpassing that of the China World Trade Center Tower III by 190 metres.^[2] On August 18, 2016, CITIC Tower surpassed China World Trade Center Tower III in height, becoming Beijing's tallest building.China Zun Tower will be a mixed-use building, featuring 60 floors of office space, 20 floors of luxury apartments and 20 floors of hotel with 300 rooms,^[6] there will be a rooftop garden on the top floor at 524m high.

8.WILLIS TOWER

The WILLIS TOWER, built as and still commonly referred to as the Sears Tower, is a 110-story ,1,450-foot (442.1 m) skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, United States.The Willis Tower is the second-tallest building in the United States.The Willis Tower observation deck, called the Skydeck, opened on June 22, 1974. Located on the 103rd floor of the tower, it is 1,353 feet (412.4 m) high, it is the highest observation deck in the United States and is one of the most famous tourist attractions in Chicago. 

7.CTF FINANCE CENTRE

The Guangzhou Chow Tai Fook Finance Centre (also called East Tower) is a 1,739-foot (530 m) tall mixed-use skyscraper in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, which was completed in October 2016. It is the tallest completed building in Guangzhou, the third-tallest in China, and the seventh-tallest in the world.Different techniques were used to make the Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre more environmentally friendly. For example, it has efficient chillers and the podium's roof features solar panels. Moreover, the heat from the condensers of the chillers is recovered.The Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre has 95 elevators, including two elevators that are among the world's fastest.

6.ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER

One World Trade Center (also known as 1 World Trade Center, 1 WTC or Freedom Tower) is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Centercomplex in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It is the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, and the sixth-tallest in the world. The supertall structure has the same name as the North Tower of the original World Trade Center, which was destroyed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.One World Trade Center is considered the first major building whose construction is based upon a three-dimensional Building Information Model.The tower is built upon a 185-foot (56 m) tall windowless concrete base, designed to protect it from truck bombs and other ground-level attacks.

5.LOTTE WORLD TOWER

Lotte World Tower (Korean: 롯데월드타워) is a 123-floor, 554.5-metre (1,819 ft) supertallskyscraper located in Seoul, South Korea. It opened to the public on April 3, 2017 and is currently the tallest building in South Korea, and is the 5th tallest building in the world.On April 2, 2017, Lotte shot off fireworks to celebrate its official opening.^[4] On Jan 1, 2018, Lotte shot off fireworks with led laser show for 7 minutes to celebrate New Year's Day and the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics.

4.PING AN FINANCE CENTER

Ping An International Finance Centre (also known as the Ping An IFC) is a 115-storey megatall skyscraper in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China.The building has a total gross floor area of 378,600 square metres. The 115-story tower has a width-to-height aspect ratio of 1:10 and also has an 11-story podium. Including the podium, the building has 495,520 square metres of floor space. A five-level basement adds 90,000 square metres of area. The 620,000 metric ton tower has eight main columns which form the superstructure. The building was commissioned by Ping An Insurance and designed by the American architectural firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates. It was completed in 2017,^[1]becoming the 4th tallest building in the world.

3.ABRAJ AL BAIT TOWER

The Abraj Al-Bait (Translated as "The Towers of the House") is a government-ownedmegatall complex of seven skyscraper hotels in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. These towers are a part of the King Abdulaziz Endowment Project that strives to modernize the city in catering to its pilgrims. The central hotel tower, the Makkah Royal Clock Tower, A Fairmont Hotel, has the world's largest clock face and is the third tallest building and fifth tallest freestanding structure in the world.The tallest tower in the complex is the tallest building in Saudi Arabia, with a height of 581.1 metres (1,906 feet). Currently it is the third tallest freestanding structure in the world, surpassing the Ping An Finance Center in Shenzhen, China but shorter than the Shanghai Tower in Shanghai, China, the Tokyo Sky Tree in Tokyo, Japan, and the Canton Tower in Guangzhou, China.

2.SHANGHAI TOWER

The Shanghai Tower (Chinese: 上海中心大厦; pinyin: Shànghǎi Zhōngxīn Dàshà; Shanghainese: Zånhe Tsonshin Dasa; literally: "Shanghai Centre Tower") is a 632-metre (2,073 ft), 128-story megatall skyscraper in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai.It also has the world's highest observation deck within a building or structure (Level 121, 561.25 m), and the world's fastest elevators at a top speed of 20.5 metres per second (74 km/h; 46 mph). It is the world's second-tallest building by height to architectural top.

1.BURJ KHALIFA

The Burj Khalifa The structure also features a cladding system which is designed to withstand Dubai's hot summer temperatures. It contains a total of 57 elevators and 8 escalators., known as the Burj Dubai before its inauguration, is a megatall skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. With a total height of 829.8 m (2,722 ft) and a roof height (excluding antenna) of 828 m (2,717 ft), the Burj Khalifa has been the tallest structure in the world since its topping out in late 2008. It is also called "Burj Dubai" for being the tallest building in the United Arab Emirates. It was later named "Burj Khalifa" on the 3rd anniversary in 2011.