A Ranking of the Tallest Buildings in The World

The tallest buildings in the world are predominantly skyscrape rs. The table below lists some of the tallest, fully habitable buildings on the planet excluding observation towers. Many of these buildings are pictured in our galleries, Photos of the World's Tallest Skyscrapers and Skyscrapers of China. For statistics on CN Tower and other very tall structures, see our directory of TV, Radio & Observation Towers.

WORLD'S TALLEST BUILDINGS RANKED
_{(completed or near completion)}

Building and Location	Year	Stories	Height (meters)	Height (feet)	Chief Architect
Burj Khalifa (Burj Dubai or Dubai Tower), Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)	2010	163	828	2,717	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), Adrian Smith
Shanghai Tower, Shanghai, China	2015	128	632	2,073	Gensler
Makkah Royal Clock Tower, Makkah, Saudi Arabia	2012	120	601	1,972	SL Rach and Dar al-Handasah Shair & Partners
Ping An Finance Center, Shenzhen, China	2017	116	599	1,965	Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF)
Goldin Finance 117, Tianjin, China	2019	117	597	1,959	P & T Group ECADI
Lotte World Tower, Seoul, South Korea	2017	123	554.5	1,819	KPF
One World Trade Center, NYC	2014	104	541	1,776	SOM, David Childs
Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre, Guangzhou, China	2016	111	530	1,739	KPF
Tianjin CTF Finance Centre, Tianjin, China	2019	96	530	1,739	SOM
CITIC Tower, Bejing, China	2018	108	528	1,732	KPF
Taipei 101 Tower, Taipei, Taiwan	2004	101	509	1,670	C.Y. Lee & Partner
Shanghai World Financial Center, China	2008	101	492	1,614	KPF
International Commerce Centre (ICC), Hong Kong, China	2010	118	484	1,588	KPF
Lakhta Center, St. Petersburg, Russia	2018	87	462	1,516	Gorproject
Vincom Landmark 81, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	2018	81	461	1,513	Atkins
The Wharf IFS Tower 1, Changsha, China	2018	94	452	1,483	Wong Tung & Partners
Suzhou IFS, Suzhou, China	2018	92	452	1,483	KPF
Petronas Towers 1 & 2, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1998	88	452	1,483	Cesar Pelli
Zifeng Tower (Nanjing Greenland Financial Center), Nanjing, China	2010	66	450	1,476	SOM, Adrian Smith
The Exchange 106, Kuala Lumpur	2019	96	446	1,462	Peter Chan Architect
Willis Tower (Sears Tower), Chicago, Illinois, US	1974	108	442	1,451	SOM, Bruce Graham
KK100 (Kingkey Finance Center Plaza), Shenzhen, China	2011	100	442	1,449	Terry Farrell and Partners
Wuhan Center Tower, Wuhan, China	2019	88	438	1,437	East China Architectural Design & Research Institute
Guangzhou International Finance Center, Guangzhou, China	2010	103	437	1,435	WilkinsonEyre
432 Park Avenue, New York City, U.S.	2015	96	426	1,398	Rafael Viñoly Architects
Marina 101 Tower, Dubai, UAE	2018	101	425	1394	National Engineering Bureau
Trump International Hotel & Tower, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	2009	98	423	1,389	SOM, Adrian Smith
Jin Mao Building, Shanghai, China	1999	88	421	1,381	SOM, Adrian Smith
World Trade Center Twin Towers, New York City, U.S. (Destroyed by terrorists 9/11/01)	1973	110	417	1,368	Minoru Yamaski
Two International Finance Centre, Hong Kong, China	2003	88	415	1,362	Cesar Pelli
Princess Tower, Dubai, UAE	2012	101	413	1,356	Adnan Saffarini
Al Hamra Firdous Tower, Kuwait City, Kuwait	2011	80	412	1,352	SOM
Nanning Resources Center Tower, Nanning, China	2019	85	403	1,321	China Construction Design International Goettsch Partners
30 Hudson Yards, New York City, U.S.	2019	73	395	1,296	KPF
23 Marina Residential Tower, Dubai, UAE	2012	89	393	1,289	KEO International Consultants
China Resources Headquarters Main Tower, Shenzhen, China	2018	67	392.5	1,288	KPF
CITIC Plaza (China International Trust), Guangzhou, China	1997	80	391	1,283	DLN Architects & Engineers
Eton Place Dalian 1, Dalian, China	2015	81		1,274	NBBJ
Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 1, Shenzhen, China	2019	80		1,273	SOM
The Capital Market Authority (CMA) Tower, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	2019	77	385	1,263	Hellmuth Obata & Kassabaum Omrania
Shun Hing Square, Shenzhen, China	1996	69	384	1,260	K.Y. Cheung Design Associates
Burj Mohammed Bin Rashid, Abu Dhabi, UAE	2014	92	382	1,253	Foster + Partners
Logan Century Center, Nanning, China	2018	82	381	1,251	Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man Architects & Engineers (HK) Ltd. (DLN)
Empire State Building, New York City, U.S.	1931	102	381	1,250	Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Associates
Elite Residence, Dubai, UAE	2012	91	380	1,248	Adnan Saffarini
Central Plaza, Hong Kong	1992	78	374	1,227	Ng Chun Man & Associates
Vostok (Federation Tower East, Federation Tower A), Moscow, Russia	2016	95	374	1,226	Sergei Tchoban, Peter P. Schweger
Golden Eagle Tiandi Tower A, Nanjing, China	2019	76	368	1,207	East China Architectural Design & Research Institute Co. Ltd.
The Address The BLVD, Dubai, UAE	2017	72	368	1,207	NORR Group Consultants International Limited
Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong, China	1990	70	367	1,205	I.M. Pei & Partners, Sherman Kung & Associates Architects Limited
Bank of America Tower, New York City U.S.	2009	58	366	1,200	Cook Fox, Adamson Associates
Almas Tower (Diamond Tower), Dubai, UAE	2009	68	363	1,191	WS Atkins & Partners
Vista Tower, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	2020	95	363	1,191	Studio Gang Architects, bKL Architecture LLC
The Pinnacle, Guangzhou, China	2012	60	360	1,181	Guangzhou Hanhua Architects & Engineers
Hanking Center, Shenzhen, China	2018	65	542	1,777	Morphosis Architects
Gevora Hotel, Dubai, UAE	2017	75	356	1,169	Gulf Engineering & Consultants
JW Marriott Marquis Dubai 2, Dubai, UAE	2014	77	355	1,165	Archgroup Consultants
JW Marriott Marquis Dubai 1, Dubai, UAE	2012	77	355	1,165	Archgroup Consultants
Emirates Tower, Dubai, UAE	2000	54	355	1,163	Hazel W.S. Wong, NORR Group Consultants International Ltd.
Raffles City T4N, Chongquing, China	2019	79	355	1,163	Safdie Architects; Chongquing Architecture and Design Institute; P&T Group
Raffles City T3N, Chongquing, China	2019	79	355	1,163	Safdie Architects; Chongquing Architecture and Design Institute; P&T Group
OKO Residential Tower, Moscow, Russia	2015	85	352	1,154	SOM
Forum 66 Tower 2, Shenyang, China	2015	76	350	1,148	KPF
Xi An Glory International Financial Center, Xian, China	2019	75	350	1,148
Tuntex Sky Tower (T & C Tower), Kaoshiung, Taiwan	1997	85	348	1,140	C.Y. Lee & Partners and Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum
Shimao Hunan Center, Changsha, China	2019		347	1,138
Aon, Centre, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	1973	83	346	1,136	Edward Durell Stone
The Center, Hong Kong, China	1998	73	346	1,135	Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man Architects & Engineers
The Torch, Dubai, UAE, (Seriously damaged in fires 2015 and 2017)	2011	80	345	1,132	Khatib & Alami
Neva Tower 1, Moscow, Russia	2019	79	345	1,132
Xiamen International Center, Xiamen, China	2019	68	344	1,128
875 North Michigan Avenue (John Hancock Center), Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	1969	100	344	1,128	SOM, Bruce Graham
ADNOC Headquarters, Abu Dhabi, UAE	2015	75	342	1,123
Four Seasons Place, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	2018	65	342	1,122
Comcast Innovation & Technology Center, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.	2018	59	342	1,122
One Shenzhen Bay 7, Shenzhen, China	2018	71	341	1,120
The Wharf Times Square, Wuxi, China	2014	68	339	1,112
Global Financial Building, Chongqing, China	2025	73	339	1,112
Mercury City, Moscow, Russia	2013	75	339	1,112	Frank Williams & Associates; M.M.Posokhin
Modern City, Tianjin, China	2016	65	338	1,109	SOM
Hengqin IFC, Zhuai, China	2019	69	337	1,106
Tianjin Global Financial Center, Tianjin, China	2011	72	337	1,105
Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower, Hanoi, Vietnam	2012	72	336	1,102
DAMAC Residenze, Dubai, UAE	2017	86	335	1,099
Twin Towers Guiyang West Tower, Guiyang, China	2019	74	335	1,099
Twin Towers Guiyang, East Tower, Guiyang, China	2019	74	335	1,099
Wilshire Grand Center, Wenzhou, China	2017	73	335	1,099
Wenzhou Trade Center, Los Angeles, California, U.S.	2010	68	333	1094
Rose Tower, Dubai, UAE	2007	72	333	1,093	Khatib & Alami
Shimao International Plaza, Shanghai, China	2006	66	333	1,093	East China Architecture and Design Institute
Modern Media Center, Changzhou, China	2013	57	332	1,089
The Adress Fountain Views Tower 2, Dubai, UAE	2019	77	331	1,087
Minsheng Bank Building, Wuhan, China	2007	68	331	1,087	Wuhan Architectural Institute
Zhuhai Tower, China	2017	67	330	1,083	Coscia Moos Architecture
Yuexiu Property Project Main Tower, Wuhan, China	2016	66	330	1,083
China World Trade Center Tower III, Beijing, China	2010	74	330	1,083	SOM
Suning Plaza Tower A, Zhenjiang, China	2016	77	330	1,082
Han Kwok City Center, Shenzhen, China	2016	80	329	1,081
Three World Trade Center, New York City, U.S.	2018	71	329	1,079
Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower, Hanoi, Vietnam	2012	72	329	1,078	Heerim Architects & Planners
The Index, Dubai, UAE	2010	80	326	1076	Norman Foster + Partners
Longxi International Hotel, Jiangsu, China	2011	74	328	1,076	A+E Design (Shenzhen)
Al Yaqoub Tower, Dubai, UAE	2013	72	328	1,076
Wuxi Suning Plaza, Wuxi, China	2014	68	328	1,076
Golden Eagle Tiandi Tower B, Nanjing, China	2019	68	328	1,076
Baoeneng Center, Shenzhen, China	2018	65	327	1,074
Salesforce Tower, San Francisco, California, U.S.	2018	61	326	1,070
The Landmark, Abu Dhabi, UAE	2013	72	324	1,063
Deji Plaza Phase II, Nanjing, China	2013	62	324	1,063
Shimao No. 1 The Harbour Main Tower, Nanjing, China	2016	57	323	1,060
Q1 Tower, Gold Coast, Australia	2005	80	323	1,058	Sunland Group Ltd., The Buchan Group
Wenzhou Trade Center, Zhejiang, China	2010	68	322	1,056	Shanghai Institute of Architectural Design & Research (SIADR)
Burj al Arab Hotel, Dubai, UAE	1998	60	321	1,053	Atkins
Chrysler Building, New York City	1930	77	319	1,046	William Van Alen
New York Times Tower, New York City	2007	52	319	1,046	Renzo Piano
Bank of America, Atlanta, Georgia, US	1993	55	312	1,023	Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo & Associates
U.S. Bank Tower, Los Angeles	1990	75	310	1,018	Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Menara Telekom HQ, Kuala Lumpur	2001	55	310	1,017	Hijjas Kasturi Associates
The Shard, London	2012	72-88	310	1,016	Renzo Piano
Emerates Tower Two, Dubai	1999	56	309	1,114	NORR Limited
Cayan Tower, Dubai	2013	80	307	1,007	SOM
AT&T Corporate Center, Chicago	1989	60	307	1,007
JP Morgan Chase Tower, Houston	1982	75	305	1,000
Baiyoke Tower II, Bangkok	1997	85	304	997
Two Prudential Plaza, Chicago	1990	64	303	995
Kingdom Centre, Riyadh	2002	41	302	992
Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang, N. Korea	1995	105	300	984
Abeno Harukas, Osaka, Japan	2014	60	300	984	Mitchell A. Hirsch, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
First Canadian Place, Toronto	1975	72	298	978
Eureka Tower, Melbourne, Australia	2006	91	297	975	Fender Katsalidis Architects
Wells Fargo Plaza, Houston	1983	71	296	972
Landmark Tower, Yokohama, Japan	1993	70	296	971
311 South Wacker Drive, Chicago	1990	65	293	961
SEG Plaza, Shenzhen	2000	71	292	957
American International Building (AIG), 70 Pine Street, New York	1932	66	290	952	Clinton and Russell, Holton & George
Key Tower, Cleveland	1991	57	289	947	Cesar Pelli
Plaza 66, Shanghai	2001	66	288	945
One Liberty Place, Philadelphia	1987	61	288	945
Bank of America Center, Seattle	1985	76	285	937
Sunjoy Tomorrow Square, Shanghai	2003	55	285	934
Cheung Kong Center, Hong Kong	1999	63	283	929
Chongqing World Trade Center, Chongqing	2005	60	283	929
The Trump Building, 40 Wall Street, New York	1930	72	283	927
Bank of America Plaza, Dallas	1985	72	281	921
Overseas Union Bank Centre, Singapore	1986	66	280	919
United Overseas Bank Plaza, Singapore	1992	66	280	919
Republic Plaza, Singapore	1995	66	280	919
Citicorp Center, New York	1977	59	279	915
Hong Kong New World Tower, Shanghai	2002	61	278	913
Scotia Plaza, Toronto	1989	68	275	902
Williams Tower (Transco), Houston, Texas	1983	64	275	901	Philip Johnson / John Burgee
Renaissance Tower, Dallas	1975	56	270	886
Dapeng International Plaza, Guangzhou	2004	56	269	883
21st Century Tower, Dubai	2003	55	269	883
900 North Michigan Ave., Chicago	1989	66	265	871
Bank of America Corporate Center, Charlotte	1992	60	265	871
SunTrust Plaza, Atlanta	1992	60	265	871
New York By Gehry (8 Spruce Street; Beekman Tower), New York City	2011	76	265	870	Frank Gehry Partners
Triumph Palace, Moscow	2004	61	264	866
Shenzhen Special Zone Daily Tower, Shenzhen	1998	42	264	866
Tower Palace Three, Tower G, Seoul	2004	73	264	865
Trump World Tower, New York	2001	72	262	861
Grand Gateway: Office Tower One, Shanghai, China	2005	55	262	859
Water Tower Place, Chicago	1976	74	262	859
Aon Center, Los Angeles	1974	62	262	858
BCE Place-Canada Trust Tower, Toronto	1990	51	261	856
Transamerica Corporate Headquarters, San Francisco	1972	48	260	853
Commerzbank Tower, Frankfurt	1997	56	259	850	Norman Foster + Partners
GE Building (30 Rock; RCA Building), New York City	1933	70	259	850	Raymond Hood
Chase Tower (One First National Plaza, First National Bank Building, Bank One Plaza), Chicago, Illinois	1969	60	259	850	C.F. Murphy Associates
Two Liberty Place, Philadelphia, PA	1990	58	258	848
Philippine Bank of Communications, Makati	2000	55	258	848
Park Tower, Chicago	2000	67	257	844
Devon Tower, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA	2012	52	257	844	Pickard Chilton Architects Inc.
Messeturm, Frankfurt	1990	63	257	843
Sorrento 1, Hong Kong	2003	75	256	841
U.S. Steel Tower, Pittsburgh	1970	64	256	841
Mok-dong Hyperion Tower A, Seoul	2003	69	256	840
Rinku Gate Tower, Osaka	1996	56	256	840
The Harbourside, Hong Kong	2003	74	255	837
Langham Place Office Tower, Hong Kong	2004	59	255	837
Capital Tower, Singapore	2000	52	254	833
Highcliff, Hong Kong	2003	73	253	831
World Trade Center, Osaka	1995	55	252	827
Bank of Shanghai Headquarters, Shanghai	2005	46	252	827
Jiali Plaza, Wuhan	1997	61	251	824
Rialto Towers, Melbourne	1986	63	251	824	Gerard de Preu / Perrott Lyon Mathieson
One Atlantic Center, Atlanta	1988	50	250	820
Chelsea Tower, Dubai	2005	49	250	820
Wisma 46,Jakarta	1995	46	250	820
Aqua Tower, Chicago, Illinois	2010	82	250	819	Jeanne Gang and Studio Gang Architects
Korea Life Insurance Company, Seoul	1985	60	249	817
CitySpire, New York	1989	75	248	814
One Chase Manhattan Plaza, NYC	1961	60	248	813	SOM, Gordon Bunshaft
State Tower, Bangkok	2001	68	247	811
Bank One Tower, Indianapolis	1989	48	247	811
Condé Nast Building, New York	1999	48	247	809
MetLife, New York	1963	59	246	808
Bloomberg Tower, New York	2004	55	246	806
JR Central Towers, Nagoya	2000	51	245	804
Shin Kong Life Tower, Taipei, Taiwan	1993	51	244	801
Malayan Bank, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1988	50	244	799
Tokyo City Hall, Tokyo	1991	48	243	797
Woolworth Building, New York	1913	57	241	792	Cass Gilbert
Mellon Bank Center, Philadelphia	1991	54	241	792
John Hancock Tower, Boston, MA	1976	60	240	788	Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Deutsche Bank Place: 126 Phillip Street, Sydney, Australia	2005	39	240	787
Bank One Center, Dallas	1987	60	240	787
Commerce Court West, Toronto	1973	57	239	784
Moscow State University, Moscow	1953	26	239	784
Vista Tower (formerly Empire Tower), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1994	62	238	781
NationsBank Center, Houston	1984	56	238	780
Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, Tokyo, Japan	2003	54	238
Bank of America Center, San Francisco	1969	52	237	779
Worldwide Plaza, New York	1989	47	237	778
One Canada Square, London	1991	50	237	777
The Bow, Calgary, Canada	2013	58	236	775	Norman Foster + Partners
IDS Center, Minneapolis	1973	52	236	775
U.S. Bank Place, Minneapolis	1992	58	236	774
Norwest Center, Minneapolis	1988	57	235	773
Treasury Building, Singapore	1986	52	235	770
One Ninety One Peachtree Tower, Atlanta	1991	50	235	770
Opera City Tower, Tokyo	1997	54	234	768
Shinjuku Park Tower, Tokyo	1994	52	233	764
Heritage Plaza, Houston	1987	52	232	762
Suzhou Xindi Center, Suzhou, China	2005	54	232	761
Kompleks Tun Abdul Razak Building, Penang, Malaysia	1985	65	232	760
The Arch, Hong Kong, China	2005	65	231	758
Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw	1955	42	231	758
Carnegie Hall Tower, New York	1991	60	231	757
Three First National Plaza, Chicago	1981	57	230	753	SOM
Chicago Title & Trust Building, 161 North Clark Street, Chicago	1992	50	230	755	Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Equitable Tower, New York	1986	51	229	752
MLC Centre, Sydney	1978	65	229	751
One Penn Plaza, New York	1972	57	229	750
1251 Avenue of the Americas, New York	1972	54	229	750
Prudential Center, Boston	1964	52	229	750
Two California Plaza, Los Angeles	1992	52	229	750
Gas Company Tower, Los Angeles	1991	54	228	749
Two Pacific Place/Shangri-La Hotel, Hong Kong	1991	56	228	748
1100 Louisiana Building, Houston	1980	55	228	748
Korea World Trade Center, Seoul	1988	54	228	748
Governor Phillip Tower, Sydney	1993	64	227	745
Trump Tower, New York City	1983	58	202	664	Donald Clark (Der) Scutt

Note:

A great skyscraper building boom happened in select cities during the first quarter of Y2K. This chart is not comprehensive of New Millennium construction in Dubai, Moscow, and many cities in China.

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