Just now I read some articles about the tallest building in the world and I was kinda surprised that the Taipei 101 building is no longer the tallest building in the world! I feel like I am so far behind after knowing this. The non-profit, international organization Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) was formed and announces the title of "The World’s Tallest Building" and sets the standards by which buildings are measured. The council currently ranks Burj Khalifa as the tallest building at 828 m (2,717 ft). Here I'm going to share some review on the top 5 current world's tallest building.
#1. Burj Khalifa or known as Burj Dubai located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is currently the tallest man-made structure ever built, at 828 m (2,717 ft). The ground breaking for the site was in January 2004 and began to construct on 21 September 2004, with the exterior of the structure completed on 1 October 2009. It’s officially opened on 4 January 2010. The total cost for the project was about US $1.5 billion and sold for US $3,500 per square feet (over US $37,500 per m2). The floor area of Burj Khalifa is exactly 309,473 m2 (3,331,100 square feet).
#2. Taipei 101, known as the Taipei World Financial Center is a landmark skyscraper located in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan and officially ranked as the world’s tallest building from 2004 until the opening of Burj Khalifa. Taipei 101 was the first building in the world to break the half-kilometer mark in height and the first record-setting skyscraper constructed in the new millennium (3rd millennium).The height of the Taipei 101 is 508 m (1,667 ft) according to architectural detail. The first tower column erected was on June 7, 2000 and the tower completed in year 2003. It’s officially opens to public on December 31, 2004.
#3. The Shanghai World Financial Center is a 492.0 meters (1,614.2 ft) skyscraper in Pudong, Shanghai, China. It is a mixed use skyscraper which consists of offices, hotels, conference rooms, observation decks, and shopping malls on the ground floors. The foundation stone was laid on 27 August 1997. On 17 July 2008 The Shanghai World Financial Center was completed and opened on August 28, 2008.
#4. The International Commerce Centre is a supertall skyscraper completed in 2010 in West Kowloon,Hong Kong, making it the tallest building in Hong Kong at 484 m (1,588 ft). The building was constructed in year 2002, completed and opened in 2010. It is consist of Hotel, observation, office, shopping mall, parking garage and retail.
#5. The Petronas Towers, also known as the Petronas Twin Towers or KLCC are skyscrapers and twin towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They were the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004 until surpassed by Taipei 101, but remain the tallest twin buildings in the world at 451.9 m (1,483 ft). What is interesting about this building, the twin towers were built by two different companies from Korea and Japan. Tower 1 was built by a Japanese consortium led by the Hazama Corporation while Tower 2 was built by Samsung C&T and Kukdong Engineering & Construction, both South Korean contractors.
till now, the place I've ever went was only the KLCC. and I lost when looking for the exit. I wish I could go to those top 4 tallest building *finger cross*