As you know that all the countries are running behind making the tallest buildings to make their country or city iconic. We can say to the tallest building as Skyscraper.
Do you know why we call the tallest buildings as skyscrapers because during the 20th century when construction work developed, then we divided construction work into two fields! One in Supertall another is Megatall? If building size is between 984ft (299.923m), then it comes under supertall and if it exceeds 500 meters, then it called Megatall.
However, when the pyramid built of Giza then it was the tallest man-made building in the world, then at that time it maintained record 147mtr (482ft) tall pyramid till 4000years. After that, many buildings were made and broken Gija’s pyramid record. if you want to know those skyscrapers, then read below.
Now go together with us to State below to scan all the tallest skyscrapers within the world.
Top 10 Skyscraper In The World
1 Burj Khalifa skyscraper
Burj Khalifa is the tallest skyscraper in the world, it’s very special because it is the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest skyscraper and the tallest free-standing structure in the world. If we talk about its height, then Burj Khalifa is 2716.5ft (0.83 km) tallest.
And Burj Khalifa has made a lot of records in history. Let’s come with me to see those records of Burj Khalifa. It has several stories in the world. Like the highest occupied floor in the world. And the longest elevator for travel.
However, it is not just the tallest building; Some people ask the question of whether Burj Khalifa is a hotel. Then the answer is no, but if you want to stay (there) then there are many hotels around Burj Khalifa such as Armani Hotel is the highest hotel in Dubai near Burj Khalifa.
Important list of Burj Khalifa.
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Listing | Details |
Address | 1 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Blvd Burj Park by Emaar – Dubai – United Arab Emirates |
parking space | 2957 |
Floor | 163 |
Hours | 24 Hours open |
Website | Website |
2 Shanghai Tower
If you want to travel to China or go for official work, then you should visit Shanghai Tower. Because it is one among tallest structures in the world whose length is 632 m (2073 ft) long located in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai, and it is the rank second tallest building in the world.
Listing | Details |
Address | 501 Yincheng Middle Rd, Lu Jia Zui, Lujiazui Residential District, Pudong, Shanghai, China |
parking space | 1794 |
Floor | 128 |
Hours | Closed every day at 9:30 pm |
Website | Website |
3 Mecca Royal Clock Tower
Mecca Royal Clock Tower looks good, it is the largest and 5-star hotel in Saudi Arabia with 601m / (1,972 ft) tall. Interestingly, this holy mosque is the third tallest building in the world, located near Al Haram, and has 858 rooms, with a modern contemporary design that looks like the rich.
Besides, the hotel has one for meeting rooms and two separate restaurants for business centers. So if you have time to go to Saudi Arabia then go there too.
Listing | Details |
Address | First Ring Rd, Al-Hiljrah, Mecca 24,231, Saudi Arabia |
Elevators | 96 |
Floor | 123 |
Hours | 24 Hours open |
Website | Website |
4 Ping A Finance Centre
As we discussed above Megatall and Supertall, the Ping An Finance Centre is the 4th tallest and supertall skyscraper building in the world. And it is the center of most attraction, its top observation deck.
However, Ping is designed by Persson Fox Associates and Thornton Tomasetti. And built by stone and glass towers. In addition, it has 5 floors for retail shops and it is used to welcome space for meetings, shopping, and meals.
So go there on this holiday and enjoy it!
Listing | Details |
Address | No. 5033 Yitian Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. |
Elevators | 80 |
Cost | 150 crores USD |
Height | 600 m / 1,969 ft |
Floor | 120 |
Hours | 24 Hours open |
5 Lotte World Tower South Corean tallest Skyscraper
Readers, have you ever seen Lotte world Tower? If yes, did you ever noticed its quality? Let’s see, it is located in Seoul, South Korea. It is a supertall skyscraper. And it is the highest building in South Korea and ranks sixth in the world.
Listing | Details |
Address | South-Korea,300 Olympic-Ro-Jamsil-6(yuk)-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, |
Elevators | 58 |
Cost | 150 crores $ USD |
Height | 555 meter |
Floor | 123 |
Hours | 24 Hours open |
Let’s see some more tallest skyscraper in the world
Skyscraper in the World | Rank | Height | Elevators | Country/States |
One World Trade Center in new york | The seventh tallest building in the world | 386.5 m / 1,268 ft | 73 | New York |
Tianjin CTF Finance Centre | Eight tallest building in the world | 530 m | 86 | Tianjin, China |
Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre | Seventh tallest Building in the world | 530 m | 86 | Guangzhou, China |
China Zun | Eight tallest building in the world | 527.7 m | 101 | Beijing, China |
TAIPEI 101 | – | 508 m | 61 | Taipei, Taiwan |
So finally, we have given all the skyscraper names and addresses, visit there and enjoy your holiday.
Future skyscraper in the world?
Now we are going to tell you about Jeddah Tower which is under construction. After completion of construction, Jeddah Tower will become the tallest building in the world. The Building is constructing in Dubai. It’s estimated construction year is 2020.
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Some Important knowledge
By seeing skyscrapers competition, industries started to build the mobile tower and many tallest towers. Then France engineers made the Eiffel tower which is 324m tallest, but it does not come under the tallest skyscraper list.
Because Eiffel Tower made by slim irons wherein wind can pass through it. This is the cause that it stand in any situation. That’s why we didn’t include those towers on our list.
So let’s see some questions that people ask about skyscrapers.
FAQ
Q.1 Where is the world’s tallest skyscraper?
Ans Burj Khalifa still at rank 1 since 2010 which is in Dubai. And the smallest skyscraper
The building is the Zifeng Tower in China.
Q.2 How many skyscrapers are in New York?
Ans. New York had 28 skyscrapers before 2004 but after that 13 more built and 19 are proposed.