PLACES TO AVOID IF YOU ARE AFRAID OF HEIGHTS

EMPIRE STATE BUILDING (UNITED STATES)

Height: 381 metres (1,250ft)

After 9/11, the Empire State Building

was once again the tallest building in New York City until the

completion of the Freedom Tower and 432 Park Avenue

BURJ MOHAMMED BIN RASHID (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)

Height: 381 metres (1,251ft)

Located in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates,

this is the tallest building in the city.

SHUN HING SQUARE (CHINA)

Height: 384 metres (1,260ft)

For a brief period of time between 1996 and 1997 this was the

tallest building in China. Fun fact – with a width to height ratio of

1:9 it was also the thinnest building in the world

when it was completed.

CITIC PLAZA (CHINA)

Height: 391 metres (1,283ft)

Again in China, the CITIC Plaza is the tallest concrete

structure on Earth.

23 MARINA (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)

Height: 392.8 metres (1,289ft)

It has 57 swimming pools and every single duplex in this

skyscraper comes with an elevator.

2 INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CENTRE (HONG KONG)

Height: 412 metres (1,352ft)

The second tallest building in Hong Kong, in 2003 the Financial

Times used this skyscraper to display a 50 story

advertisement, the largest in the world.

AL HAMRA TOWER (KUWAIT)

Height: 412.6 metres (1,354ft)

The tallest building in Kuwait was included in the list of best

inventions of 2011 by TIME Magazine.

Princess Tower (United Arab Emirates)

Height: 414 metres (1,358ft)

The world’s second tallest residential building is also the third 

tallest building in Dubai (after the Burj Khalifa and Marina 101).

JIN MAO TOWER (CHINA)

Height: 421 metres (1,380ft)

Its name translates to “Golden Prosperity Building” and

its Skywalk, or observation deck, can hold more

than 1,000 people.