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ottobre 24th, 2009 | 2 Comments

Here you a list of the tallest buildings in the world. Actually the tallest one is the Burj Dubai with 818 meters / 2,684 feet in Bur Dubai (Dubai – UAE).

Dubai is the place with the highest concentration of tallest buildings..

1	Burj Dubai	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	818 m	2,684 ft	162	2009
2	Taipei 101	Taipei	Taiwan (Republic of China)	508 m	1,668 ft	101	2004
3	Shanghai World Financial Center	Shanghai	People’s Republic of China	492 m	1,614 ft	101	2008
4	International Commerce Centre	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	483 m	1,584 ft	118	2009
5=	Petronas Tower 1	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	452 m	1,483 ft	88	1998
5=	Petronas Tower 2	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	452 m	1,483 ft	88	1998
7	Nanjing Greenland Financial Center	Nanjing	People’s Republic of China	450 m	1,476 ft	89	2009
8	Willis Tower	Chicago	United States	442 m	1,451 ft	108	1973
9	Guangzhou West Tower	Guangzhou	People’s Republic of China	440 m	1,444 ft	103	2009
10	Jin Mao Tower	Shanghai	People’s Republic of China	421 m	1,380 ft	88	1998
11=	Two International Finance Centre	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	415 m	1,362 ft	88	2003
11=	Trump International Hotel and Tower	Chicago	United States	415 m	1,362 ft	96	2009
13	CITIC Plaza	Guangzhou	People’s Republic of China	391 m	1,283 ft	80	1997
14	Shun Hing Square	Shenzhen	People’s Republic of China	384 m	1,260 ft	69	1996
15	Empire State Building	New York City	United States	381 m	1,250 ft	102	1931
16	Central Plaza	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	374 m	1,227 ft	78	1992
17	Bank of China Tower	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	367 m	1,205 ft	72	1990
18	Bank of America Tower	New York City	United States	366 m	1,200 ft	54	2008
19	Almas Tower	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	363 m	1,191 ft	68	2009
20	Emirates Office Tower	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	355 m	1,163 ft	54	2000
21	Tuntex Sky Tower	Kaohsiung	Taiwan (Republic of China)	348 m	1,140 ft	85	1997
22	Aon Center	Chicago	United States	346 m	1,136 ft	83	1973
23	The Center	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	346 m	1,135 ft	73	1998
24	John Hancock Center	Chicago	United States	344 m	1,127 ft	100	1969
25=	Rose Tower	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	333 m	1,093 ft	72	2007
25=	Shanghai Shimao International Plaza	Shanghai	People’s Republic of China	333 m	1,093 ft	60	2006
27	Minsheng Bank Building	Wuhan	People’s Republic of China	331 m	1,087 ft	68	2007
28=	Ryugyong Hotel	Pyongyang	North Korea	330 m	1,083 ft	105	2012
28=	China World Trade Center Tower 3	Beijing	People’s Republic of China	330 m	1,083 ft	74	2008
30	The Index	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	328 m	1,076 ft	80	2009
31	Q1	Gold Coast	Australia	323 m	1,058 ft	78	2005
32	Burj Al Arab	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	321 m	1,053 ft	60	1999
33=	Chrysler Building	New York City	United States	319 m	1,046 ft	77	1930
33=	Nina Tower	Tsuen Wan	Hong Kong	319 m	1,046 ft	80	2006
33=	New York Times Building	New York City	United States	319 m	1,046 ft	52	2007
36	HHHR Tower	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	317 m	1,040 ft	72	2009
37	Bank of America Plaza	Atlanta	United States	312 m	1,023 ft	55	1992
38=	Sky Tower	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	310 m	1,018 ft	74	2009
38=	U.S. Bank Tower	Los Angeles	United States	310 m	1,018 ft	73	1989
40	Menara Telekom	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	310 m	1,017 ft	55	2001
41	Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	309 m	1,014 ft	56	2000
42	One Island East	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	308 m	1,011 ft	70	2008
43	AT&T Corporate Center	Chicago	United States	307 m	1,007 ft	60	1989
44	The Address Downtown Burj Dubai	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	306 m	1,004 ft	63	2008
45	JPMorgan Chase Tower	Houston	United States	305 m	1,002 ft	75	1982
46	Northeast Asia Trade Tower	Incheon	South Korea	305 m	1,001 ft	70	2009
47	Baiyoke Tower II	Bangkok	Thailand	304 m	997 ft	85	1997
48	Two Prudential Plaza	Chicago	United States	303 m	995 ft	64	1990
49=	Wells Fargo Plaza	Houston	United States	302 m	992 ft	71	1983
49=	Kingdom Centre	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	302 m	992 ft	41	2002

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