The height of a skyscraper where everything is. The tallest skyscrapers in the world
Since ancient times, man has strived to reach the sky. Tall buildings amaze not only with their grandeur, but also with their technical innovation. Stunning skyscrapers decorate cities and become their main attractions.
The tallest skyscraper in the world - Burj Khalifa
The tallest skyscraper in the world is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. This skyscraper is shaped like a stalagmite and rises 828 meters above the ground. The building has 163 floors and houses 9 hotels and an entire fountain system just like in Las Vegas. The total cost of the skyscraper is 4.1 billion dollars. The author of the project is the American architect Andrian Smith. The first 37 floors house hotels, while floors 45 to 108 house luxury apartments. Big square The building is dedicated to offices, and on the 123rd and 124th floors there is a lobby and an observation deck. It was specially designed for the skyscraper the new kind concrete that can withstand temperatures up to +50 degrees. This concrete is poured only at night, and ice is added to the solution. Visitors and residents can move between floors only with transfers.
The observation deck, called At the Top, is located on the 124th floor of the building. Average duration The excursion is about an hour, during which time you can fully enjoy the views of the city. Tickets for the site are sold on the ground floor of the skyscraper and cost a little more than $30.
The tallest skyscraper in Russia
The tallest skyscraper in Russia - Federation Tower The tallest skyscraper in Russia is the Federation Tower. It is located on the territory of the Moscow international business center. The height of the skyscraper is 373.7 meters. This is a complex of two buildings, where the tallest is the East Tower. It has 95 floors and is not only the tallest skyscraper in Russia, but also in all of Europe. The Complex houses many offices and apartments. On the 6th floor there is an atrium containing offices and a shopping gallery.
Availability modern technologies And building materials provides architects all over the planet with the opportunity to continually create bold designs for the world's tallest buildings and turn them into reality. As a result, every year different countries not only thousands of ordinary buildings appear, but also hundreds of skyscrapers. Some of them are typical, while others are so unique and recognizable that they bear the title of real architectural masterpieces. This article further presents a ranking of the 10 tallest buildings in the world in ascending order, taking into account the spiers and masts on their roofs.
"Nanjing Greenland"
This structure is also known as the “Zifeng Tower”, and it is located in the Chinese city of Nanjing. It consists of 89 floors and has a height of 450 meters. The commissioning of this skyscraper took place in 2010. Now the high-rise building, which is built in the shape of a triangle, has a mixed purpose. In particular, the lower floors house various shops and restaurants, while the upper floors are used as offices. The observation deck on level 72 offers beautiful views of the local area and the Yangtze River. The project was characterized by three conceptual positions - the aforementioned Chinese river, landscaped gardens and motifs of local mythology (dragons with iconography on columns).
Petronas Towers
In ninth position in the “World’s Tallest Building” ranking is the symbol of Kuala Lumpur (the capital of Malaysia) - the Twin Towers. The then Prime Minister of the state, Mahathir Mohamad, took an active part in their design. It was he who came up with the idea of building them in the Islamic style, and more specifically, in the shape of eight-pointed stars. Both skyscrapers were built in 1998, consist of 88 floors and have a height of 451.9 meters. Inside they have conference rooms, art galleries and offices. The cost of the project reached 800 million US dollars. Interesting feature is that the structures were erected on soft soil, so to strengthen it, piles about 100 meters deep were driven into the ground. This foundation is the most powerful on the planet to this day. A covered walkway has been constructed between the towers, one of the important purposes of which is fire safety.
International Commerce Center in Hong Kong
The height of this structure is 484 m. It consists of 118 floors and was put into operation in Kowloon in 2010. It mainly houses offices, shops and shopping centers. The top seventeen floors are occupied by a five-star hotel with a huge swimming pool on the last floor. Initially, it was planned to build a 102-story structure with a height of 574 meters, but due to the ban on building buildings higher than the surrounding mountains, the project was revised.
Shanghai World Financial Center
This representative of the "World's Tallest Building" rating was built in 2008. The World Financial Center in Shanghai is 492 meters high and consists of 101 floors. The skyscraper can boast of several prizes and awards as the best high-rise building in 2008 and the owner of the highest observation deck on the planet. The structure has passed the seismic stability test and is capable of withstanding an earthquake of up to magnitude seven. Moreover, even at the design stage, the architects provided three options for saving people during a fire. On every twelfth floor there is a protected area where you can hide from a fire or wait for rescuers.
"Taipei 101"
In sixth position on the list is a skyscraper from Taipei, the capital of Taiwan. The building consists of 101 floors and its height is 508 meters. The high-rise building, built in 2004, harmoniously combines ancient Chinese architecture and modern postmodernist traditions. Between the 87th and 91st floors there is a giant pendulum ball weighing 660 tons, which significantly reduces the likelihood of collapse in the event of an earthquake or hurricane. The structure, which is predominantly made of steel, aluminum and glass, is supported by 380 pillars made of concrete and extending underground to a depth of 80 meters.
CTF Finance Center
This high-rise building is located in the Chinese city of Guangzhou. It is also known as the International Financial Center. The skyscraper was built in the modernist style and was officially opened in 2010. As of today, it belongs to the category of “the tallest buildings under construction in the world”, since work on its construction is still ongoing. According to the architects' plans, they should be completed in 2016. Then it will be a whole complex consisting of two towers. The height of the completed western building, consisting of 103 floors, is now 441 meters. The complex also includes a 28-storey building, which is connected to the existing tower through a 4-storey common basement. The impact of air flow on the building is practically reduced to zero due to its streamlined shape.
Freedom Tower
Located in American city In New York, the Freedom Tower is a skyscraper with a height of 541.3 meters. It should be noted that this is the tallest building in the world that is used exclusively for offices. Moreover, it is the largest high-rise building in the entire Western Hemisphere. The Freedom Tower became the main structure of the new World Trade Center, built to replace the complex destroyed by a terrorist attack in 2001. The building itself is 417 meters high up to the roof, and the remaining 124 meters fall on the 758-ton spire installed on it. On the outside it is lined with glass bluish tint so it looks very nice.
Royal Clock Tower
The representative closes the top three in the top tallest buildings in the world Saudi Arabia. The building is located in the world famous city Mecca and rises to 601 meters. It consists of 102 floors and was officially opened in 2012. The skyscraper is the largest on the planet in terms of construction volume and boasts the highest clock on Earth. The mosque with the main Islamic shrine (Kaaba) is located directly across the road. The Royal Clock Tower houses a hotel that proudly bears the title of the highest in the world. It can accommodate about 100 thousand people at the same time.
Shanghai Tower
In second place in the “World’s Tallest Building” ranking is a super-tall structure called Shanghai Tower, the construction of which is currently being completed in the Chinese city of the same name. According to the project, its height will be 632 meters, and the number of floors will be 128. The cost of its implementation, according to preliminary estimates, will be 4.2 billion US dollars. It is expected that its official commissioning will take place in 2015, despite the fact that construction work started in 1993. The frame itself has already been erected, and now only finishing work is underway. The skyscraper is multifunctional and consists of nine separate vertical zones. The finishing is made using durable glass, which provides not only protection from external weather conditions people, but also natural ventilation.
"Burj Khalifa"
The ranking of the tallest buildings in the world is confidently headed by the Burj Khalifa, a skyscraper from the city of Dubai (UAE). Its peak is at an altitude of 828 meters. The building was erected in 2010 and consists of 136 floors. In its shape it resembles a stalagmite. Initially, the facility was planned as a city within a city, which would have its own lawns, parks and boulevards. There are three separate entrances to the skyscraper. From the 1st floor to the 39th floor, there are offices and the Armani Hotel. This is not surprising, since the design of the hotel was personally developed by Giorgio Armani. On the site from levels 44 to 108, the architects built 900 apartments, and from 111 to 154 they equipped office space. There is an observation deck on the 124th floor.
Without a doubt, located in the city of Dubai, the tallest building in the world amazes the human imagination. Be that as it may, many high-rise buildings and dozens of skyscrapers appear on our planet every year. Many of them, even at the construction stage, can well be considered as potential competitors to the representatives of the above rating. A clear indication of this is the fact that some of them are already considered real architectural masterpieces and are recognizable throughout the planet. The most iconic objects that can already be safely included in the list of “The Tallest Buildings of the World of the Future” are considered to be the Zhongnan Center (China), Lotte World Tower ( South Korea) and World Tower (Mumbai).
The first of the mentioned structures, according to the project, should have a height of 730 meters and consist of 138 floors. If all work is completed according to schedule, then its official opening will take place in 2020. After this, the building will become the tallest in China. The project is estimated at $4.2 billion.
The height of the Lotte World Tower skyscraper in Seoul is expected to reach 556 meters. Its construction should be completed in 2016. The architects plan to place offices, shops and a hotel inside.
As for the World Tower, the building should receive its first visitors already in next year. The tallest building now in Mumbai - the Imperial Tower - this structure will be almost twice as large. In addition to shopping centers and offices, it is planned to build approximately three hundred luxury apartments, the cost of which will start at $1.5 million.
The most outstanding marvels of engineering in modern architecture!
10. Gherkin, London
30 Mary Ax, known as the Gherkin, rises in London's main financial district. The 40-story building reaches a height of 180 meters. The building uses energy-saving electrification methods, allowing it to use half the energy that a structure of this scale would typically require. The headquarters of the reinsurance company Swiss Re is located within the walls of the skyscraper.
9. Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong
The most recognizable building in the skyscraper capital of the world, Hong Kong. Reaching a height of 305 meters, from 1989 to 1992 it was the tallest building in all of Asia. Elements external design skyscrapers resemble bamboo - a symbol of longevity and prosperity. True, Feng Shui practitioners criticized the skyscraper for its sharp lines. A small observation deck is open on the 43rd floor of the building.
8. Willis Tower, Chicago
108-story skyscraper in Chicago. When it opened in 1973, it was the tallest building in the world, surpassing the World Trade Center in New York. The observation deck on the 103rd floor of the skyscraper is Chicago's most famous landmark. On a clear day, you can see not only all of Chicago from there, but also the opposite shore of Lake Michigan. Before its renaming in 2009, the skyscraper was called the Sears Tower.
7. Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai
The 101st floor of the Shanghai World Financial Center houses offices, hotels, observation decks and shops. In 2007, the skyscraper reached a height of 492 meters, becoming the tallest building in all of China, including Hong Kong. The most characteristic its design has a huge “hole” at the top. Initially, this element was planned to be made round, but this caused a number of protests due to the fact that this design was too similar to the rising sun on the Japanese flag. In the final version, the circle was replaced with a trapezoid, thanks to which, according to many, the skyscraper resembles a giant bottle opener.
6. Taipei 101, Taiwan
The skyscraper, reaching a height of 508 meters, was the tallest building in the world until 2007, when it was overtaken by the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The special design of the skyscraper allows it to withstand typhoons and earthquakes, which are not uncommon in Taiwan. The number of floors in the building - 101 - is timed to coincide with the meeting of the new century, at the beginning of which the skyscraper (100+1) was erected.
5. Chrysler Building, New York
Art Deco skyscraper in eastern Manhattan. Its height is 319 meters; for 11 months, until the construction of the Empire State Building in 1931, it was the tallest building in the world. It is a classic example of Art Deco architecture and is considered by many modern architects to be the most beautiful building in all of New York.
4. Burj Khalifa, Dubai
The tallest building on the planet and the main attraction of Dubai rises to an unprecedented height: 818 meters. The lower 37 floors are occupied by the Armani Hotel. From the 45th to the 108th floor there are luxury apartments, and the uppermost part of the building is reserved for offices. The observation deck, which offers a breathtaking view of ultra-modern Dubai, is located on the 124th floor of the skyscraper.
3. Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur
Until 2004, these skyscrapers in the capital of Malaysia were the tallest buildings in the world, until they were overtaken by the Taipei 101 skyscraper. Be that as it may, they remain the tallest twin buildings in the world to this day. Their most famous feature is the “sky bridge” connecting the buildings at the 42nd floor level. It is built in such a way that, if necessary, it can be “pulled” inside buildings to protect it from possible hurricanes. The bridge is playing important role in the security system: if an emergency occurs in one of the buildings, people will be able to quickly evacuate to the neighboring tower.
2. Burj Al Arab, Dubai
One of the tallest and most fashionable hotels in the world, the very appearance of which evokes associations with luxury and beautiful life. It reaches a height of 321 meters. Located on an artificial island 280 meters from the coast. Not everyone can afford to enter its territory: one night in a hotel costs from 1.5 to 30 thousand dollars!
1. Empire State Building, New York
Although the Empire State Building has not been the tallest building in the world for many decades, it still remains one of the most recognizable symbols of New York. For 40 years, he held the world palm in height. It was built in 1931 during the Great Depression, and for many years most of its offices were empty. Until 1950, the skyscraper did not bring benefits to its owners. The building houses one of the most visited observatories in the world, offering spectacular 360-degree views of New York City!
In the previous article we discussed the tallest skyscrapers in Russia. Unfortunately, now none of the high-rise buildings erected in the country is among the ten tallest buildings in the world. Therefore, until the completion of the construction of the Lakhta Center (hello to the commentators of the previous article), we will talk about skyscrapers in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, China, the USA, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Willis Tower
The oldest of the dozen currently existing tallest skyscrapers in the world was built in 1974 in Chicago. Its height is 442 meters without the spire, with the spire - 527 meters. In the Russian-language Wikipedia, the Willis Tower ranks 11th, but this is somewhat incorrect: the Lakhta Center, which has already been ranked 8th in the ranking, will be completed in 2018.Just think: in forty years, only nine skyscrapers in the world have surpassed the 108-story Willis Tower in Chicago, and in the United States this result was beaten only by the Freedom Tower, opened in 2014.
The design of the skyscraper was carried out by the architectural bureau Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, which later erected both the Freedom Tower and the tallest this moment building - Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The building was originally called the Sears Tower, and received the name Willis in 2009. The Willis Tower foundation rests on concrete piles driven into hard rock. The frame consists of nine square "tubes" forming one large square at the base. Each such “pipe” consists of 20 vertical beams and many horizontal ones. All nine “pipes” are welded up to the 50th floor, then seven pipes go up to 66, by the 90th floor five remain, and the remaining two “pipes” rise another 20 floors. Exactly what it looks like is clear from a photograph from 1971.
A worker stands on the spire of a tower.
The Willis Tower in this photo is on the right, with two spiers.
Zifeng Tower
In Nanjing, China, there was a Porcelain Pagoda until the mid-19th century. Buddhist temple 78 meters high. Travelers described it as one of the wonders of the world. It was replaced by the Zifeng skyscraper.Construction of the 450-meter high-rise Zifeng building was completed in 2009. It is the business center of the city. It houses offices, shops, shopping centers, restaurants and an observatory. Total - 89 floors.
Work on the construction of the tower lasted only four years. During the process, the project was changed: the tower could have a height of 300 meters. In China, where population density is extremely high, efficient use of land is essential. The triangular construction site was used to the maximum: the skyscraper has triangular base.
The architects' idea was to interweave motifs of Chinese dragons, the Yangtze River and green gardens. The river is the vertical and horizontal seams that separate the glass surfaces. These surfaces themselves, according to architectural thought, are a reference to dancing dragons. Vegetation and pools were placed inside the building.
View of the city from a spire on a skyscraper.
Petronas Towers
In the capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, skyscrapers called Petronas Towers were erected in 1998. The height of the two 88-story skyscrapers is 451 meters, including the spire.The skyscraper was built in the “Islamic” style; each building is an eight-pointed star with semicircular protrusions for stability. The construction site was changed after geological surveys. Initially, one skyscraper was supposed to stand on limestone, the other on rock, so one of the buildings could sag. The site was moved 60 meters. The foundation of the towers is the deepest concrete foundation at the moment: the piles are driven 100 meters into soft soil.
Construction was complicated an important condition: Only domestically produced materials could be used. Strong elastic concrete, reinforced with quartz and comparable in strength to steel, was developed especially for the building. The mass of the skyscraper was twice that of similar steel buildings.
The bridge between the twin towers is secured with ball bearings. Rigid fastening is impossible, as the towers sway.
The elevators in the building are two-story models designed by Otis. One cabin stops only on odd-numbered floors, the second - on even-numbered floors. This saved space inside skyscrapers.
International Commerce Center
The 118 floors of the Hong Kong International Commerce Center house offices, a hotel and shopping centers. The height of the building is 484 meters. Initially, they planned to build a skyscraper 574 meters high, but the project was changed due to a ban on the construction of buildings higher than Mount Victoria.Construction was completed in 2010, but official opening did not follow: the building was already in full use by tenants. The 102nd to 118th floors are the highest above ground level hotel operated by the Ritz-Carlton. On the last, 118th floor, there is the world's highest swimming pool.
The building can withstand earthquakes up to magnitude seven and has fire-protected floors. After the attack on the Twin Towers in New York, the design of the building was modified so that it could withstand a direct hit from an airplane.
Thanks to its silhouette, the skyscraper received the name “opener”. The trapezoidal opening at the top was supposed to be spherical, but the Chinese government forced the design to be changed so that the building did not resemble the rising sun on the Japanese flag. Such changes made it possible to reduce the cost and simplify the design. This was planned top part building:
Here's what happened as a result:
Taipei 101
The capital of Taiwan, Taipei, boasts a skyscraper more than half a kilometer high. Together with the spire, the height of Taipei 101 is 509.2 meters, and the number of floors is 101.For some time, Taipei 101 was also distinguished by the fastest elevators in the world: they rise at a speed of more than 60 kilometers per hour, or 16.83 meters per second. People rise from the fifth to the eighty-ninth floor in 39 seconds. Now new record belongs to Shanghai Tower.
On the 87th and 88th floors there is a 660-ton steel pendulum ball. This architectural solution was made not only to decorate the interior. The pendulum allows the building to compensate for gusts of wind. The durable but not rigid steel frame can withstand the strongest earthquakes. These solutions, together with a foundation of piles one and a half meters in diameter driven 80 meters into the ground, made the building one of the safest in the world. On March 31, 2002, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake destroyed two cranes on the building, killing five people. There was no damage to the tower itself. But there is a theory that it was the skyscraper that activated the seismic activity.
Freedom Tower
World Trade Center 1 in Manhattan, New York, has surpassed its pursuer, Taipei 101, in terms of spire by 32 meters, although if we count the distance from the ground to the roof, the American Freedom Tower, on the contrary, is inferior to the Taiwanese tower by 37 meters. Center Height international trade 1 - 541.3 meters along the spire and 417 on the roof.The building stands on the site occupied by the twin towers of the World Trade Center, destroyed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. When designing WTC1, past experience was taken into account, and the lower 57 meters were constructed using concrete instead of the standard steel structure.
The building officially opened on November 3, 2014. It is occupied by offices, trading platforms, restaurants and the Urban Television Alliance.
Royal Clock Tower
In Mecca in Saudi Arabia, in 2012, a complex of high-rise buildings, the Tower of the House, was built opposite the entrance to the al-Haram mosque, where the main shrine of Islam, the Kaaba, is located. The tallest building in the complex is the Royal Clock Tower Hotel, 601 meters high. It is designed to accommodate up to one hundred thousand pilgrims out of the five million people who visit Mecca annually. The Royal Clock Tower is the third tallest building in the world.On the tower at a height of 400 meters there are four dials with a diameter of 43 meters. They are visible from any part of the city. This is the highest altitude clock in the world at the moment.
The length of the spire at the top of the hotel is 45 meters. The spire contains 160 loudspeakers for the call to prayer. The 107-ton crescent at the very top of the building has several rooms, one of which is a prayer room.
The tower contains 21 thousand flashing lights and 2.2 million LEDs.
Shanghai Tower
The second tallest skyscraper is located in China. This is the Shanghai Tower, a 632-meter-tall building adjacent to another skyscraper on the list - the Shanghai World Financial Center. Offices, shopping and entertainment centers, and a hotel were located on 130 floors.The elevators in the building were developed by Mitsubishi Electric. Their speed is 18 meters per second, or 69 kilometers per hour. These are currently the fastest elevators in the world. There are three such elevators in the building, and four more two-story elevators reach a speed of 10 meters per second.
Beautiful view You shouldn't expect it from the windows of a skyscraper. The building has double walls and has a second shell designed to maintain temperature.
The tower has a twisted design, which adds stability to combat wind.
From this angle, a spiral gutter is visible to collect rainwater used for heating and air conditioning.
Burj Khalifa
Opened in 2010 in Dubai, UAE, the Burj Khalifa tower has surpassed all existing skyscrapers and is still the leader in height.The tower was designed by the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, which created the Willis Tower and 1 World Trade Center, which we previously discussed. The construction of the Dubai Tower was carried out by Samsung, which also participated in the construction of the Petronas Towers. There are 57 elevators in the building, they must be used with transfers - only one service elevator can go up to the top floor.
The tower houses the Armani Hotel, designed by Giorgio Armani himself, apartments, offices, shopping centers, fitness centers and observation decks with Jacuzzis. Indian billionaire B.R. Shetty completely purchased two floors, including the hundredth, at a cost of more than 12 million US dollars each.
As in the case of the Petronas Towers, they developed their own for the tallest skyscraper in the world special type concrete. It can withstand temperatures up to 48 degrees Celsius. During construction, concrete was laid at night, adding ice to the solution. The builders did not have the opportunity to secure the foundation in the rocky soil, and they used two hundred piles 45 meters long and 1.5 meters in diameter.
If the Shanghai Tower has a gutter to collect rainwater, then in the case of the Burj Khalifa Tower such an approach is not needed: there is little rainfall in the desert. Instead, the building has a condensate collection system that can collect up to 40 million liters of water per year for watering plants.
During the filming of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Tom Cruise decided to climb the tower to write Katie Holmes' name there and get a great shot.
Planned buildings
At the moment, there are only two building projects that can rank first in the ranking of the tallest skyscrapers in the world.At 828 meters high, the Burj Khalifa seems less impressive compared to the Dubai Creek Harbor Tower project. Its roof height will be 928 meters - that is, it will already beat the current record by 100 meters. And the height of the spire will exceed a kilometer - it will reach 1014 meters. But this is not certain - the parameters of the building are kept secret. Like the Eiffel Tower, the Dubai Creek Harbor Tower will be open for World Expo 2020 if all goes according to plan. The foundation was laid on October 10, 2016. Add tags
To date, the tallest skyscrapers on the planet are mostly located in Asia and the Middle East. And the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai tops the list of record holders.
1 place. Burj Khalifa (Dubai, UAE)
The tallest skyscraper in the world allows you to rise almost a kilometer into the heavens - its height with its spire is 828 meters. The grandiose building in the form of a stalagmite has 163 floors, its own lawns, parks and boulevards, and it is dedicated to the president United Arab Emirates Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan.
2nd place. Makkah Royal Clock Tower (Mecca, Saudi Arabia)
The second tallest skyscraper in the world is the Royal Clock Tower of the Abraj al-Bayt high-rise building complex in . Its height is 601 meters, and construction was completed in 2012. 
3rd place. Taipei 101 (Taipei, Taiwan)
The third tallest skyscraper is in the Chinese city of Taipei. The building has 101 floors, and the height with the spire is 509.2 meters. 
4th place. Shanghai World Financial Center (Shanghai, China)
The list continues. The building, whose construction was completed in 2008, rose 492 meters above the ground. 
5th place. International Commerce Center (Hong Kong, China)
At 484 meters high, the Hong Kong International Commerce Center is the fifth in this prestigious list of high-rise towers. 
6th place. Petronas Towers (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Superiority Asian world above all else, they are confirmed by, located in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. These twin skyscrapers are the sixth tallest skyscrapers in the world, each 451.9 meters high. 
7th place. Nanjing Greenland Financial Complex (Nanjing, China)
The financial center of Nanjing Greenland is ranked seventh on the list. The 450-meter-high tower houses the business center of the Chinese city of Nanjing. 
8th place. Willis Tower (Chicago, USA)
The only high-rise building in North America, which ended up in the tallest skyscrapers in the world - . The height of the building, which was built in 1973, is 443.2 meters. In this regard, this Chicago skyscraper has surpassed the famous skyscrapers of New York, among which the tallest is the Empire State Building with a height of 382 meters (without the spire). 
9th place. Kingkey 100 (Shenzhen, China)
Literally on the heels of the American high-rise is another representative of the Asian world - the Kingkey 100 skyscraper from the city of Shenzhen in China. With its height of 441.8 meters, this tower ranks 9th in the list of the tallest skyscrapers in the world. 
10th place. Guangzhou International Finance Center (Guangzhou, China)
Last in the ranking of the top 10 tallest buildings in the world for 2012 is the Guangzhou International Financial Center. Its height is 437.5 meters. 
Top 10 tallest skyscrapers in the world:
| № | Name | city | a country | height, m | year of construction |
| 1 | Burj Khalifa | Dubai | UAE | 828 | 2010 |
| 2 | Makkah Royal Clock Tower | Mecca | Saudi Arabia | 601 | 2012 |
| 3 | Taipei 101 | Taipei | Taiwan | 508 | 2004 |
| 4 | Shanghai World Financial Center | Shanghai | China | 492 | 2008 |
| 5 | International Commerce Center | Hong Kong | China | 484 | 2010 |
| 6 | Petronas Towers | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 451,9 | 1998 |
| 7 | Nanjing Greenland Financial Complex | Nanking | China | 450 | 2010 |
| 8 | Willis Tower | Chicago | USA | 442,1 | 1974 |
| 9 | Kingkey 100 | Shenzhen | China | 441,8 | 2012 |
| 10 | Guangzhou International Finance Center | Guangzhou | China | 437,5 | 2010 |
