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.