Height w/

World's Tallest Buildings Ranked tower

Chief
Building & Location Year Stories M. Ft. Architect

Burj Dubai Dubai, UAE (Under Construction)

Skidmore,
705-
2009 160 ? Owings &
950?
Merrill

Tower of Russia, Moscow, Russia

(Under Construction)

Foster +
2012 118 612 2,009
Partners

Chicago Spire (Under Construction) 2011 150 609. 2,000 Santiago

6 Calatrava

Perkins and Will

International Business Center,
Seoul, S. Korea (proposed)

2008? 130 580 1,903

Abraj Al Bait Towers, Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Dar
2009 101 577 1,893 Al-Handasah
Architects

(Under Construction)

David Childs
541.
2011 108 1776 Skidmore
Freedom Tower Manhattan, New York City 3
Owings and
Merrill
(Under Construction)
Pentominium Dubai, UAE
(Under Construction)

120
2011 above 516 1,693 AEDAS
grd.

Taipei 101 Tower

Taipei, Taiwan

C.Y. Lee &

2004 101 509 1,670
Partner
Burj Al Alam Dubai, UAE
(Under Construction)

Nikken Sekkei
2010 108 501 1,644
Ltd.

Shanghai World Financial Center, China

(under construction)

Kohn Pedersen
2008 101 492 1,614
Fox

International Commerce Center 2010 118 484 1,587 Kohn Pedersen

Union Square Phase 7, Hong Kong, China (under Fox
(Design
Architect)

Wong &
Ouyang (HK)
Ltd.
(Architect)
construction)

Suyong Bay Tower, Busan, S. Korea

(proposed)

2010 102 462 1,516 Kohn Pedersen

Fox

Xujiahui Tower, Shanghai, China

John Portman &

2010 92 460 1,509
Associates

(proposed)
Petronas Towers 1 & 2, Kuala Lumpur 1998 88 452 1,483 Cesar Pelli
Greenland Square Zifeng Tower Nanjing
China

Skidmore
2009 69 450 1,467 Owings and
Merrill

Dubai Towers, Doha Qatar (Under

Robert Matthew
2010 94 445 1,460
Johnson
Marshall

Construction)
Sears Tower, Chicago 1974 110 442 1,450 Bruce Graham
(SOM)
Zhujiang New City Twin Towers/ Guangzhou
International Finance Center, West Tower,
China (Under Construction)

437.
2009 103 1,435 Wilkinson Eyre
5

Asia Plaza, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

(proposed)

TMA Architects
2008? 103 431 1,414
& Associates

1999 1,381 Skidmore,

Jin Mao Building, Shanghai Owings &
Merrill
88
 421

Dalian International Trade Center, Dalian

China (Construction Suspended)

Dalian
Architectural
? 78 420 1,378 Design &
Research
Institute

World Trade Center, New York

Destroyed by terrorists 9/11/01

1973 110 417 1,368

Minoru Yamaski
Trump International Hotel and Tower,
Chicago (Under Construction)

Skidmore
Owings and
2008 92 415 1,362 Merril

Princess Tower, Dubai UAE (Under

Construction)

2009 107 414 1,362 Tameer

(Developer)

Two International Finance Centre (IFC),

Hong Kong

2003 88 414 1,362 Cesar Pelli

Marina 101, Dubai UAE (Under 2010 101 412 1,352 National
Construction)

Engineering
Bureau

Al Hamra Tower, Kuwait

Skidmore
2010 77 412 1,352 Owings and
Merril

411
2012 79 1,350 Norman Foster

World Trade Center Tower 2,

200 Greenwich Street, New York
23 Marina, Dubai UAE (Under
Construction)

International
2009 89 395 1,296 Engineering
Center

Emirates Park and Towers, Dubai UAE

(Under Construction)

Archgroup
2009 77 395 1,296 Consultants

CITIC Plaza, China International Trust, Guangzhou 1997 80 391 1,283 DLN Architects
Shun Hing Square, Shenzhen, China

1996 69 384 1,260 K.Y. Cheung

Design Assc.

World Trade Center Tower 3,

175 Greenwich Street, New York (Under
construction)

2011 71 383 1,255 Richard Rogers

Central Market Towers, Abu Dhabi 2010 88 382 1,253 Norman Foster
(Under construction)

Empire State Building, New York

Shreve, Lamb
1931 102 381 1,250 and Harmon

Elite Residence, Dubai (Under

EMAAR
2010 91 380 1,247 Properties

construction)
Mercury City Tower, Moscow Russia

2009 70 380 1,247 M.M. Posohin,

Frank Williams,
G.L. Sirota

(Under construction)

Sky Tower, Abu Dhabi UAE

(Under construction)

Arquitectonica/
A2so4
2009 83 379 1,243 Architecture

1992 78 374 1,227 Ng Chun Man

Central Plaza, Hong Kong
Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong

1989 70 369 1,209 Ieoh Ming Pei

Ocean One Tower, Pattaya, Thailand

2010 91 367 1,204 Woods Bagot

(under construction)
Bank of America Tower, New
York City USA (under construction)

2008 54 366 1,200

Cook + Fox

Federation Tower East, Moscow Russia

(Under Construction)

NPS Tchoban
2008 93 360 1,181
Voss

Dimensions
Lam Tara Towers, Dubai UAE 2010 70 360 1,181 Engineering
(Under Construction) Consultants
Emirates Office Tower, Dubai

Norr Group
Consultants
1999 54 355 1,165 Int. Ltd., Hazel
W.S. Wo

The Square Capital Tower, Kuwait

(Under Construction)

2009 63 351 1,150 Norr Limited

D1 Tower, Dubai UAE
(Under Construction)

Innovarchi Pty.
2009 80 350 1,148 Ltd.

T & C Tower (Tuntex Sky Tower),

C.Y. Lee &

Partners
And
1997 85 348 1,140 Hellmuth,
Obata &
Kassabaum

Kaoshiung, Taiwan
Aon Centre, Chicago

Edward Durell
1973 80 346 1,136 Stone

The Center, Hong Kong 1998 79 346 1,135 Ng Chun Man

Faros del Panamá, Panama City (Under
Construction)

Chapman
2010 84 346 1,135 Taylor

The Marina Torch, Dubai UAE 2009 80 345 1,132 Khatib and
Alami
(Under Construction)
John Hancock Center, Chicago

Bruce Graham
1969 100 344 1,127 (SOM)

Abbco Rotana Hotel (Rose Tower) Dubai,

UAE (Under Construction)

2007 72 333 1,093 Khatib & Alami

Shimao International Plaza, Shanghai, China

East China
Architecture
2005 60 333 1,093 and Design
Institute

Minsheng Bank Building,

aka. Wuhan International Securities Building, Wuhan

Wuhan
Architectural
2005 68 331 1,087 Design
Institute

Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang, N. Korea 1995 105 330 1,083 Baekdu

Mountain
Architects &
Engineers
Q1 Tower, Gold Coast, Australia

Sunland Group
2005 78 323 1,058 Ltd., The
Buchan Group

Burj al Arab Hotel, Dubai

Tom Wright of
1998 60 321 1,053 Atkins Middle
East

Chrysler Building, New York 1930 77 319 1,046 William Van

Alen
Bank of America, Atlanta

Kevin Roche
John Dinkeloo
1993 55 312 1,023 and Associates
LLC

U.S. Bank Tower, Los Angeles 1990 75 310 1,018 Pei Cobb Freed
and Partners
Menara Telekom Headquarters, Kuala

Lumpur

1999 55 310 1,017 Hijjas Kasturi

Associates

AT&T Corporate Center, Chicago 1989 60 307 1,007 Adrian D.

Smith,
(SOM)
JP Morgan Chase Tower, Houston

1982 75 305 1,000 Ieoh M. Pei

Baiyoke Tower II, Bangkok

Plan Architects
1997 85 304 997 Co.

Two Prudential Plaza, Chicago 1990 64 303 995

Kingdom Centre, Riyadh 2002 41 302 992
Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang, N. Korea 1995 105 300 984