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Tall Buildings Compared

This handy graph was created by Dylan Leblanc, author of The Skyscraper Page. You can reach him by email at nalyd@skyscraperpage.com

Measurements are given in feet.
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Tall Buildings Graph

Maharishi Tower rendering courtesy Maharishis Programmes in India
No ranking is specified by the ordering of the buildings in the diagram

Measurements
Feet and meters are rounded to whole numbers

Maharishi Tower
1,600 feet / 488 meters

Shanghai WFC
Original height = 1,509 feet / 460 meters
New height = not specified

South Dearborn
1,550 feet / 472 meters
With antennas = 2,000 feet / 609 meters

CN Tower
Skypod = 1,465 feet / 447 meters
With antenna = 1,815 feet / 553 meters

Sears Tower
1,450 feet / 442 meters
With antennas =1,707 feet / 520 meters

Petronas Towers
1,483 feet / 452 meters

More info:

  Skylines of the Future

  Tall Buildings Table

  Skyscraper Links

  How Tall Can A Building Go?
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