What's the tallest skyscraper in the world?

[America 117]

Originally Posted by AdrianXSands

1 burj dubai
2 chicago spire*
3 china 117 tower*
4 doha convention center tower*
5 freedom tower*
6 pentominium*
7 taipei 101
8 federation tower*
9 burj al alam*
10 shanghai world financial center
and bumped from the top ten
12 petronas towers
13 sears tower

http://www.ctbuh.org/

yes I agree with that list. 100% CORRECT!

[NYC4Life]

Originally Posted by America 117

yes I agree with that list. 100% CORRECT!

Not really. Russia Tower and The Pentominium in Dubai, are also under construction and both will be taller than the Spire.

[staff]

Shanghai Center too (unless that list is for towers finished earlier than that or something).

[JDRCRASH]

I can't believe this question is being asked; not only because it's been asked before, but because there are so many categories to list them!

[NYC4Life]

Overall, Burj Dubai is the tallest ever man-made structure. Officially however, it won't hold any skyscraper records until it is completed. For now, Taipei 101 maintains the title of tallest completed skyscraper (to architectural top).

[America 117]

Originally Posted by NYC4Life

Not really. Russia Tower and The Pentominium in Dubai, are also under construction and both will be taller than the Spire.

The pentominium is not taller AT ALL they just added a stupid antena at the top.

russia tower is smaller then the spire too!!!!
and its NOT under constuction ITS PROPOSED!

[charmedone]

Originally Posted by Alliance

Whoops.

burj dubai (incomplete) > SWFC (incomplete) > Taipei 101 > Sears > Petronas round out the top 5.

Of course, other buildings (ICC, Spire) will enter this list when they grow up.

umm the Petronas comes before the sears it has the 2 spires that make it taller

[JDRCRASH]

Originally Posted by NYC4Life

Overall, Burj Dubai is the tallest ever man-made structure. Officially however, it won't hold any skyscraper records until it is completed. For now, Taipei 101 maintains the title of tallest completed skyscraper (to architectural top).

Yes; in terms of full height, however....that TV Mast in N. Dakota is the tallest. Its around 2,063 ft, I think.

But the real prize to be obtained is the record that still is technically held by the Warsaw Radio Mast, at over 2,100 ft.: "THE TALLEST MAN-MADE STRUCTURE EVER BUILT"

[Tom Servo]

Originally Posted by NYC4Life

Not really. Russia Tower and The Pentominium in Dubai, are also under construction and both will be taller than the Spire.

well at the time i posted that, i wasn't aware of the russia tower being u/c, and the pentominium hadn't added its spire.

edit: wait... is the russia tower or pentominium even u/c?

[Tom Servo]

ok... new list:

official height
u/c or completed:
1/burj dubai/2650ft*
...shanghai center, pentominium, and russia tower would be 2, 3, 4, but they aren't u/c yet according to the ctbuh
2/chicago spire/2000ft*
3/abraj al bait towers/1952ft*
4/china 117 tower/1870ft*
5/doha convention center tower/1808ft*
6/freedom tower/1776ft*
7/taipei 101/1667ft
8/federation tower/1660ft*
9/burj al alam/1644ft*
10/swfc/1614ft

...and for all the spire haters...

roof height
u/c or completed:
1/burj dubai/really tall*
...russia tower would be 2
2/chicago spire/2000ft*
...shanghai center would be 3
3/china 117 tower/1870ft*
4/doha convention center tower/1808ft*
5/burj al alam/1644ft*
6/swfc/1614ft
7/international commerce center/1588ft*
8/taipei 101/1470ft
9/sears tower/1450ft
10/kingkey finance center plaza/1440ft*


info from: http://www.ctbuh.org/

[bombermwc]

That thing in Louiseville...OMG. That has to be THE worst building every. Absoultely horrible in every possible way.

[JDRCRASH]

The Russia Tower I think IS under construction...and it inches past the Spire at 2,001 ft.

[scalziand]

Originally Posted by JDRCRASH

Yes; in terms of full height, however....that TV Mast in N. Dakota is the tallest. Its around 2,063 ft, I think.

But the real prize to be obtained is the record that still is technically held by the Warsaw Radio Mast, at over 2,100 ft.: "THE TALLEST MAN-MADE STRUCTURE EVER BUILT"

Burj Dubai was last reported at 2,257ft tall.

[JDRCRASH]

^Yes, it passed it back in the summer; what I meant was that it won't go into the official recordbooks until it is finished.

[Tom Servo]

Originally Posted by JDRCRASH

The Russia Tower I think IS under construction...and it inches past the Spire at 2,001 ft.

bro... the russia tower is supposed to be 2,008ft (612m)

and i guess it is u/c... is there even a thread for it on here? oh wait... i don't care about russia...

[Tom Servo]

Originally Posted by bombermwc

That thing in Louiseville...OMG. That has to be THE worst building every. Absoultely horrible in every possible way.

OMG!!!1 i no!! WTH were they thinking when they designed that???

[Pandemonious]

Originally Posted by AdrianXSands

bro... the russia tower is supposed to be 2,008ft (612m)

and i guess it is u/c... is there even a thread for it on here? oh wait... i don't care about russia...

It is NOT yet under construction, and has over 350 feet of fluff at the top above the tallest floor...

Spire will be second tallest to roof when finished. I think its roof is taller than Shanghai Center also, which also seems to perhaps have some sort of large fluff element at the top that may count as a spire.

[ChicagoChicago]

Originally Posted by charmedone

umm the Petronas comes before the sears it has the 2 spires that make it taller

True. They don't count Sears' functioning antennae in the height of the building . To me, that's stupid. If they were there just to look pretty though, they would be counted??? That is a pretty lame reasoning.

[youbetcha1018]

World's Tallest Buildings ranked:

1) Burj Dubai with 2,313 ft.
2) Taipei 101 with 1,667 ft.
2) Petronas Tower1 and 2 with 1,483 ft. (both)
3) Sears Towers with 1,451 ft.

[malec]

^^ What about SWFC, that's completed now.