1. Burj Khalifa

Height: 828 meters
Floor: 168
Country: UAE
City: Dubai
Complete: December 30, 2008

The tower-shaped sharp needle and is described as "vertical city" because it obscures all existing buildings and limited repel architecture and construction. The tower consists of 164 stories, more than any other building in the world and has a 124-floor balcony allows a panoramic view of the city.

The tower 828 m high and 1.69 billion dollars worth, was built from 9/2004, and to 12,000 workers to complete. At one point, just after 3 days a new layer to be grown up. The amount of concrete used to build enough towers to cover a 2,065 km long roads and reinforcing steel can fully extended quarter way around the earth. On the 39th floor, a luxury bathroom and entertainment facilities can meet the needs of the most sumptuous mogul in the world.

Cooling System creates enough water to fill 20 Olympic swimming pools every year. The tower design includes 1,000 apartments and 49 floors for offices and a hotel by expert fashion designer Giorgio Armani. The tower not only broke the record for height but also enrolled in other records as the highest balcony to observe the world's fastest elevators with speed 64 km / h...Toan the outer surface the tower is made of glass and steel can cover an area of ​​17 football fields. Located at the foot of the tower will be the center of Downtown Burj Dubai width 202 ha, including 30,000 homes, 9 hotels, a 24,000 m2 park, the biggest mall Dubai Mall world wide 836,000 m2 and a large lake 120,000 m2.

Works by Adrian Smith from Chicago, United States, and bring ideas designed to bridge the gap between the Arab world traditions with modern Western style. Dubai hopes the tower will be inaugurated help polish the image of a country being torn to pieces because of the economic crisis and the debt pile.

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2. Tokyo Sky Tree

Height: 634 meters
Country: Japan
City: Tokyo
Complete: February 29, 2012

Tokyo Sky Tree Tower is the new TV tower in Tokyo, located in Sumida area near Asakusa district. With a height of 634 meter Tokyo Sky Tree is a television tower with the highest Japanese architecture and ranks second in the world at the time of completion.

Tokyo Sky Tree - a joint project of the railway company Tobu television and radio city. With a height of Tokyo Sky Tree is turned over to city-wide coverage, and of course more efficient than existing Tokyo Television Tower with a height of 333 meters. Structurally, the Tokyo Sky Tree is set two observation deck and a commercial center - Tokyo Sky Tree Town.

The tower has a restaurant and two cafes on the observatories, and an emergency staircase with 2,523 steps. Just 50 seconds the elevator will take you to the lower observation deck at a height of 350 meters and an additional 30 seconds to take you to the observatory at an altitude higher than 450 meters. The tower was built with extremely durable steel tubes and crank medical centers around a concrete column. In case of an earthquake, concrete pillars and steel frame are designed interact to reduce movement of the whole tower. The tower is designed to withstand magnitude 7 earthquake. Tokyo Sky Tree Tower is expected to enhance the operation of broadcast television and radio stations in the capital Tokyo and the tourist attractions.

The tower Guinness Book of World Records recognized as the tallest tower, surpassing China's Canton Tower (600 meters high). Building the world's tallest building Burj Khalifa is currently in Dubai with a height of 828 meters. The building of the skyscraper group, other than those towers.

3. Willis Tower

Height: 527 meters
Floor: 108
Country: United States
City: Chicago
Complete: 1973

Willis Tower, formerly the Sears Tower is the tallest building in the United States since 1973.

A building to see the ingenuity and creativity, Sears Tower presence on Chicago's skyline, and was built in 1974. The building is 442 meters tall (1,450 ft).

The building was designed by Fazlur Kahn includes nine different frame tube, which is actually nine skyscrapers combined together into one building. The result is an interesting tower, which looks different from every angle. With comprehensive security networks and more than 3.8 million square feet of office and retail space, Sears Tower is an ideal business location in Chicago.

July 16, 2009, at 10 am, the building and the building was officially renamed Willis Tower.

"Willis Tower is not only the symbol of Chicago, but it is also a symbol of the country is the whole world to know"

4. Taipei 101

Height: 509 meters
Floor: 101
Country: Taiwan
City: Ack-ack
Complete: 2004

Taipei 101 Tower, formerly known as the World Financial Center Taipei. The building has a height of 449.2 meters to the roof, if you count the antenna mast on the roof of the building will reach 509.2 m height. The building includes 101 stories above the ground as his name in the basement with built deep into the ground, and also serve as a solid foundation to support the weight of the whole project.

The foundation of the building was reinforced by 380 large piles, each pile has a diameter of 1.5 m plunged 80m to the ground, piles also penetrates deeper into the hard rock 30m below the surface and can withstand loads from 1,000 to 1,320 tons.

Inside the tower, suspended between floors 88 and 89 is a giant metal sphere, is described as a balance for the building of the hurricane with winds of more than 216km / g, the earthquake 7-magnitude earthquake.

To be able to be 101 floors of the building, you can choose between 61 lifts, including 2 lifts with high speed (1.010m/phut) in just 39 seconds should tourists have been "shot jump "up to level 89. It has an indoor observation deck lets you see the entire city at 383.4 m elevation. At the end of the day, Tai Pan Bar, located at the terrace of the Grand Formosa hotel should be the final destination of visitors to sip a cocktail and watch the Taipei cityscape at night.

5. The World Financial Center Shanghai

Height: 492 meters
Floor: 101
Country: China
City: Shanghai
Complete: 2008

World Financial Center Shanghai is a glass skyscraper soaring blue sky, with some very special opening on top. Near the top of a building about to open trapezoid, winds to ease the world's financial center has 101 floors.

The ground floor of the world's financial center Shanghai is used as shopping mall and corridor with elevator, with the spinning kaleidoscope ceiling. The upper floor, one of the office layout, conference rooms, hotel rooms, and observation.

Apart from the layout of office space with smart functions and specifications, modern, world financial center Shanghai is also a multi-functional complex, like a five-star luxury hotel, with the retail sector urban sophistication, leased areas, meeting space, an area of ​​"green" open, and an observatory on the ninetieth floor private, throughout the story is always the one hundred or more.

In early 2008, when completed, the world's financial center Shanghai will be soaring sky blue, to 492 m, and this is not just a symbol of the twenty-first century in Shanghai, but also position well out of Asia in the context of global financial markets.

6. Center for International Trade

Height: 484 meters
Floor: 118
Country: Hong Kong
City: Hong Kong
Complete: 2010

It is the tallest building in Hong Kong, with 118 floors. Used to blue hotel and office. From floors 102 to floors 118 with a total of 312 rooms overlooking the harbor and city.

7. Petronas Towers

Height: 452 meters
Floor: 88
Country: Malaysia
City: Kuala Lumpur
Complete: 1998

Petronas Towers have 88 floors, the roof height of the building is 403 m, growing on land used to be a racing school. The structure of the building is mostly concrete with extremely good bearing capacity. Surface complete with two glass towers and steel, was designed by art motifs Islam, the main religion in Malaysia.

Due ground pretty hard, the Petronas Towers nails dug deep to 120 m, with a record of building high-rise buildings in the world. Had to have a huge amount of concrete was poured at the base to ensure stability.

An impressive landmark twin towers of the bridge is in the air (Skybridge), a height of 170 m and 158 m long, is located in the 41st and 42nd floors, which is considered the floor for visitors who want to move up the higher levels have to change elevators here. After the terror of 9/11, no longer stinging open to visitors. Each day is only 1,400 passengers on tour and totally free. The building is closed on Monday every week.

Below the twin towers is Suria KLCC - one of the major commercial center and the most modern Malaysia and Dewan Filharmonik Petronas, the famous Philharmonic Orchestra of Malaysia. Outside the building is a park with jogging track and promenade. A fountain with water recitals, lake walks and children's playground.

The building is the first fully working office of Petronas Company, the owner of the company and the subsidiary. Towers spent most of the rest of the rental.