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10. Empire State Building (New York). This building is the 'King Kong'. Empire State Building has 102 floors with a height of 381 meters located in New York City, at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. Its name comes from the nickname for New York-The Empire State. Empire State Building stood as the tallest building in the world for more than 40 years, from its completion in 1931 until construction of the World Trade Center North Tower was completed in 1972. After the collapse of World Trade Center in 2001, Empire State Building once again became the tallest building in New York City. Empire State Building has been designated by the American Society of Civil Engineers as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. The Empire State Building is currently the third tallest skyscraper in the United States (after Willis Tower and Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago), and the highest 15 in the world.
9. Two International Finance Centre (Hong Kong). Two International Finance Centre is an integrated financial and commercial center in Hong Kong. A prominent building on the island of Hong Kong, Tower 2 is the second tallest building in Hong Kong International Commerce Center in West Kowloon. IFC was built and owned by IFC Development, a consortium of Sun Hung Kai Properties. In 2003, the Financial Times, HSBC, and Cathay Pacific put up ads on the facade that stretches more than 50 floors, covering an area of 19,000 m² (0.2 million square feet) long and 230 m, so the record-breaking advertising that uses the world's largest skyscraper sky.
8. Jin Mao Tower (Shanghai). Jin Mao Tower until 2007 to become the tallest building in the PRC. This building contains offices and the Shanghai Grand Hyatt hotel. The high was defeated on 14 September 2007 by the Shanghai World Financial Center. This building has 93 floors with a height of 420 meters. This building system using advanced structural engineering techniques are able to withstand hurricanes and earthquakes up to 7 on the Richter scale. Steel shaft has a sliding joints that act as shock absorbers to dampen the lateral forces imposed by wind and earthquake.
7. Guangzhou International Finance Center (Guangzhou). This building has 103 floors with a height of 440 m. Construction of buildings, designed by Wilkinson Eyre, was built in December 2005. When completed, the building will be used as a conference center, hotels and office buildings. Floors 1-66 are planned to be used as an office, is a mechanical equipment floor 67-68, 69-98 floors as the Four Seasons Hotel and the floor 99 and 100 will have an observation deck. The hotel lobby is located on floor 70.
6. Willis Tower (Chicago). Willis Tower, formerly the Sears Tower, is building 108 floors with a height of 442 m in Chicago, Illinois. At completion in 1974, it was the tallest building in the world, beyond the tower. World Trade Center in New York, and this ranking held for nearly 25 years. Currently Willis Tower is the tallest building in the United States. Although Sears against naming rights expire in 2003, the building continued to be called the Sears Tower for several years. In March 2009 an insurance broker based in London's Willis Group Holdings, Ltd., agreed to lease a portion of the building and obtain building's naming rights. On July 16, 2009, the building was officially renamed Willis Tower.
5. Petronas Tower (Kuala Lumpur). Petronas Twin Towers (also known as the Petronas Tower or KLCC) is a skyscraper and twin towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Petronas Twin Towers is the tallest building in the world for six years, from 1998 until Taipei 101 was completed in 2004, but remains the world's tallest twin buildings. This building has a height of 452 meters with 88 floors.
4. Taipei 101 (Taipei). Taipei 101 was formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center, is a landmark skyscraper located in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan. This building is the record holder of the world's tallest building from 2004 until the opening of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai in 2010. This building has become an icon of modern Taiwan since its opening. Taipei 101 consists of 101 floors above ground and 5 floors underground. The name of the tower reflects the number of floors. The building is architecturally built as a symbol of the evolution of technology and tradition of Asia postmodernist. Taipei 101 is owned by the Taipei Financial Center Corporation (TFCC) and is managed by the Division of International Urban Retail Properties Corporation based in Chicago.
3. International Commerce Center (Hong Kong). International Commerce Center is a 118 floor-storey skyscraper with a height of 484 m which was completed in 2010 in West Kowloon, Hong Kong. The building was completed in stages from 2007 to 2010.Once completed in 2010 to the skyscrapers of Hong Kong's tallest building, the roof of the third highest in the world after Burj Khalifa and the Shanghai World Financial Center.
2. Shanghai World Financial Center (Shanghai). Is the tallest building in Shanghai with 492 meters high. Shanghai World Financial Center, built from years 1997-2008 are located in Shanghai, China. This building consists of offices, hotels, conference rooms, observation and shopping centers. The most distinctive feature of the design of the building is a large hole at the top that are designed to reduce wind pressure. Bengunan is located adjacent to the Jin Mao Tower.
1. Burj Khalifa (Dubai). Here it is the current tallest building. Burj Khalifa (Arabic for "Tower Khalifa '), formerly known as Burj Dubai, a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates which has a height 828 m. Khalifa Burj is the tallest building in the world ever made was made man who inaugurated the opening on January 4, 2010.This building has the fastest elevator with a speed of 60 km / hour.This building has the record for most floors: 163 floors (previously held by Willis and the World Trade Center Tower - 110 Floor)
(From various sources, Mostly WIKI)
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