PLACES TO DODGE IF YOU ARE AFRAID OF ALTITUDES
Added on: 21st Jun 2016
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE CENTRE
(HONG KONG)
Height: 484 metres (1,588ft)
The tallest building in Hong Kong is directly across Victoria
Harbour from the second tallest building in Hong Kong,
2 International Finance Centre.
SHANGHAI WORLD FINANCIAL CENTRE
(CHINA)
Height: 492 metres (1,614ft)
The third tallest Chinese building on our list is also part of the
world’s first adjacent grouping of three supertall skyscrapers.
TAIPEI 101
(TAIWAN)
Height: 509 metres (1,670ft)
THIS WAS THE FIRST SKYSCRAPER TO PASS
THE 1/2 KILOMETRE MARK
CTF FINANCE CENTRE (CHINA)
Height: 530 metres (1,740ft)
Still under construction, this skyscraper will be the second
tower of the Guangzhou Twin Towers.
FREEDOM TOWER/ONE WORLD TRADE CENTRE
(UNITED STATES)
Height: 541.3 metres (1,776ft)
The height of the new World Trade Centre skyscraper in feet
corresponds to the birth of the United States (1776).
ABRAJ AL BAIT
(SAUDI ARABIA)
Height: 601 metres (1,971ft)
This government owned supertall skyscraper features the
largest clock face in the world. It was built in order to
modernize the city of Mecca in its catering to Muslim pilgrims.
SHANGHAI TOWER
(CHINA)
Height: 632 metres (2,073ft)
Designed by American firm Gensler and owned by a series of
Chinese companies, this is the tallest building in China.
BURJ KHALIFA
(UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)
Height: 828 metres (2,717ft)
Covering the better portion of 1 km in height, the
Burj Khalifa is the tallest building on Earth.
Comment on this