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Journal 2010 Issue4.Indd

Journal 2010 Issue4.Indd

Tall Buildings in Numbers

Tallest World Records, as of September 1, 2010 Note: All heights, unless otherwise indicated, are heights measured to architectural top according to CTBUH Criteria for Defining and Measuring Tall Buildings, see http://criteria. World's Tallest Buildings/Structures According to Function Data from CTBUH Tallest Database/Marshall Gerometta, CTBUH, ctbuh.org see http://tallest.ctbuh.org Function Building Name Location Year Stories Height (m) Height (ft) 210 m All-Offi ce 101 Taipei, 2004 101 508 1,667 , 2010 Gold Coast, , All-Residential Australia 2005 78 323 1,058 + 689 ft Mixed-use: Offi ce/Residential/Hotel 41 years All-Hotel Rose Raynahan by Rotana Dubai, UAE 2007 72 333 1,093 height of the World's Tallest Tallest Building to + Religious Building: The holds the record for being the world's MV Lomonosov State Architectural Top 828 m All-Educational University , Rusia 1953 39 239 784 Tallest Mosque Minaret 828 meters/2,717 feet tallest building the longest; an impressive 41 years from 1931 to +210 meters/689 feet Telecommunications/ TV Guangzhou, 2010 - 600 1,969 2,717 ft 1972. Since the completion of the Home Insurance Building in Observation Great Hassan II Mosque, 1993 + 1885, 16 buildings have enjoyed the title of the “World’s Tallest Sanatorium & Hong Kong, Hospital 2009 38 148 486 Casablanca, Morocco Tallest Building to Tip of Building.” 12 in the US, with 10 in New York, 2 in , 1 in Hospital Li Shu Pui Block China Any Material All-Student Housing Nido Spitalfi elds , UK 2010 34 112 367 Taiwan, and 1 in Dubai. The average length of time for holding the Tallest Church Steeple 830 meters/2,723 feet title is 9 years. Mixed-use Burj Khalifa Dubai, UAE 2010 163 828 2,717 +166 meters/528 feet CN Tower, 1976 (Offi ce/Residential/Hotel) Building with Most Floors Ulm Minster, 1890 , Canada Mixed-use: World Financial 163 stories Shanghai, China 2008 101 492 1,614 Telecommunications/ Hotel/Offi ce Center Ulm, Germany Mixed-use: New Century Plaza East Shanghai World 2003 45 177 581 Offi ce/Hotel Tower Tallest Pagoda Financial Center, 2008 Mixed-use: Trump International Hotel , USA 2009 98 423 1,389 +154 meters/505 feet Shanghai, China Residential/Hotel & Tower Mixed-use: Hong Kong, Tianning Pagoda, 2007 34 Mixed-use: Hotel/Offi ce Conrad International Hotel 1990 61 199 657 Tallest Building to years Hotel/Residential China Changzhou, China Highest Occupiable Floor Highest Office Floor + Mixed-use: Chicago, USA 1969 100 344 1,128 585 meters/1,918 feet 585 meters/1,918 feet Residential/Offi ce Tallest Stupa is the number of years CN 492 m Marina Bay Sands Hotel, 2010 +127 meters/417 feet Tower held the title of the World's Highest Spaces According to Function Phra Pathom Chedi, 1870 tallest free-standing + 1,614 ft structure on land at 553 Hotel Nakhon Pathom, Thailand meters/1,815 feet, until Burj Highest Function Building Name Location Year Level Height (m) Height (ft) Khalifa surpassed it in 2010 Observation Deck th Highest Outdoor Offi ce Burj Khalifa Dubai, UAE 2010 154 585 1,918 474 meters/1,555 feet 56 Observation Deck 2% 2% 452 meters/1,483 feet + floor Residential Burj Khalifa Dubai, UAE 2010 108 385 1,264 47% Highest Restaurant Shanghai World Financial level of the world's highest skybridge and Hotel Shanghai, China 2008 86 372 1,219 + Center Highest 414 meters/1,358 feet outdoor swimming pool. 22% is the projected percentage of 100 Residential Floor Educational Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower , Japan 2008 49 178 583 tallest buildings in Asia by the end of 385 meters/1,264 feet Highest Highest Hotel Floor 47% Shanghai World Financial Shanghai, China 2008 100 474 1,555 2010. Revolving Restaurant 372meters/1,219 feet Highest Skybridge Observation Deck Center Asia 47% Highest Outdoor Swimming Pool 351 meters/1,115 feet Hospital Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hong Kong, 2009 37 140 459 189 meters/618 feet Hospital Li Shu Pui Block China 27% Americas 27% Restaurant Shanghai World Financial Shanghai, China 2008 93 414 1,358 Middle East 22% Highest Indoor Center Europe 2% Swimming Pool Australia 2% 281 meters/923 feet World's Tallest Buildings According to Structural Material

Structural Material Building Name Location Year Stories Height (m) Height (ft)

All-Steel Chicago, USA 1974 108 442 1,451 16.8 m/s All-Reinforced Trump International Hotel + Chicago, USA 2009 96 415 1,362 Concrete & Tower the speed of the Masonry (North Wing) Chicago, USA 1893 16 60 197 observatory lifts ascending, which make them the world's fastest Composite Taipei 101 Taipei, Taiwan 2004 101 508 1,667 , with a travel distance of Wood Frame Reid House , Australia 1914 12 45 148 382 meters/1,253 feet

Steel/Concrete Burj Khalifa Dubai, UAE 2010 163 828 2,717

Concrete/Steel Avenue Chicago, US 1989 66 265 869

The highest tip of a At 330 m/1,082 ft tall and 105 Despite being the world's The tallest wood Although the Shanghai With over 350 km of above sea level stories, the Ryugyong Hotel, tallest building, the Burj framed building World Financial Center hold combined height of is thought to be 3,743 , N. Korea holds Khalifa's Observation Deck is the 12-story the record for the world's buildings over 100 m, Hong m/12,280 ft, at the top the record for the longest is not the world's highest, Reid House, highest restaurant, the Kong is the tallest urban of the Banco Central de topped out but not completed falling 22 m/72 ft short Sydney at 45 highest revolving restaurant agglomeration in the world, Bolivia building, La Paz skyscraper, standing of that in the Shanghai meters/148 feet record is still held by CN 3 times taller than the next (which is 107 m/351 ft tall). unfi nished for 16 years. World Financial Center. tall. Tower since 1976. tallest city, New York.

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