The landmark supertall skyscarper is situated in Pudong, Shanghai, China. The tower features offices, restaurants and observation decks. At the time of completion it was 5th tallest building in the world by roof and 7 th tallest by pinnacle height. Jin Mao Tower is a part of Pudong skyline and is right next to Shanghai World Financial Center.
Height: 421 meters or 1,380 ft
Roof height: 370.0 meters or 1,214 ft
Floors: 88
Floor area: 278,707 m sq
Completion: 1998
Designed by: Skdimore, Owings and Merrill.
9. Trump International Tower & Hotel, United States
Trump International Hotel and Tower also known as Trump Tower Chicago and simply Trump Tower is named after its owner Donald Trump who is a real estate developer. It is situated in downtown Chicago Illinois. This condo-hotel sits adjacent to Chicago river and has a four or five star rated restaurant & it includes,from the ground up, retail space ,spa, a parking garage, a hotel, and condominiums and is currently the tenth tallest building in the world.
Height: 423 meters or 1,388 ft
Roof Height: 356 meters or 1170 ft high
Floors: 96
Completion: 2009
Estimated cost: USD $ 847 million
Floor area: 2,600,000 sq ft
Designed by: Adrian Smith of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Bovis Lend Lease
8.Guangzhou International Finance Center, China
Height: 440.2 meters tall or 1,444 ft
Roof height: 432 meter or 1417 ft
Floors: 103
Completion: Will be completed in 2010
Floor area: 285,000 m sq (3,068,000 sq ft)
Designed by: Wilkinson Eyre
Topped-out: 2008
7. Willis Tower, United States
The building is situated in Chicago, Illinois. At its time of construction it was the tallest building in the world (in 1974) surpassing World Trade Center in New York. Former name of the building was Sears Towers which in 2009 was changed to Willis Tower. This building is currently the tallest building in America and 5th tallest free standing structure in the world.
In 2006 seven men were arrested by the FBI. Their plan was to destroy this building. They were sentenced to 13 1/2 years in prison.
Height: 527 meters or 1,30 ft
Roof height: 442 meters or 1,451 ft
Floors: 108
Elevators: 104 elevators with 16 double decker elevators
Floor area: 4.56 million sq ft
Completion: 1974
Designed: Bruce Graham
6. Nanjing Greenland Financial Center, China
The building is situated in Nanjing,China. The building has offices in the lower floor and restaurant and observationdecks near the top. The observation deck is on the 72th floor of the tower. This building is second tallest building in china and was 5th tallest in the world at the time of completion.
Height: 450 meters or 1,480
Roof height: 339 meters or 1,112 ft
Floors: 89
completion: 2010
Designed by: Adrian Smith and Marshall Strabala
5. Petronas Towers, Malaysia
Patronas Towers are located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Building is also known as Twin Towers and are the tallest twin towers in the world. Patronas Towers were also the tallest towers from 1998 to 2004. The towers also feature a double story bridge which the highest 2 story bridge in the world. It is not attached to the mainframe but instead is slide in and out in order to protect it from being destroy in high winds.
Height: 451 meters or 1,482 ft
Roof height: 375 meters or 1230 ft
Floors: 88
Completion: 1998
Elevators: 78
Estimated cost: USD $ 1.6 billion
Designed by: Cesar Pelli
4.International Commerce Center, Hong Kong
The building is located in West Kowloon, Hong Kong. The formal development name of the building is Union Square Phase 7 as it is a part of Union Square project on top of Kowloon station. After completion it is the tallest building in Hong Kong and building with 3rd tallest roof. It also features a restaurant Ritz-Carlton which happens to be the highest restaurant in the world and it occupies the top 15 floors of the building.
Height: 484 meters or 1587 ft
Floors: 118
Completion: 2010
Elevators: 30 elevators 14 shuttle lifts and 2 VIP lifts
Designed by: Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd, Belt Collins & Associates, Kohn Pedersrn Fox Associates
3. Shanghai World Financial Center, China
It is located in Pudon Shanghai,China. The building features hotels, offices, conference roomsand observation decks. The hotel Park Hyatt Shanghai was the highest hotel at the time of completion and contains 178 room and is on the 93rd floor. It was surpassed by Ritz-Carlton. At the time of completion it was second tallest building on the world with the highest occupied floor and tallest roof in the world. Its observation deck is 474 meters high which is the highest observation deck in the world.
Height: 494.4 m (1,622.0 ft)
Roof height: 487 m (1,599 ft)
Floors: 101
Completion: 2008
Elevators: 91
Floor area: 381,600 m sq (4,107,500 sq ft)
Estimated cost: USD $ 1.2 billion
Designed by: Kohn Pedersrn Fox Associsutes
2. Taipei 101, Taiwan
Height: 509.2 m (1,670.6 ft)
Roof height: 449.2 m (1,473.8 ft)
Floors: 101
Completion: 2004
Elevators: 61
Floor area: 412,500 m sq (4,440,100 sq ft)
Estimated cost: USD $ 1.8 billion
Designed by: C.Y. Lee & partners
1.Burj Khalifa, UAE
The tallest man made structure sit in the heart of UAE, Dubai. Its former name was Burj Dubai but was changed when the president of Abu Dhabi (Khalifa Bin Zayed) loaned Dubai $ 10 billion since Dubai has been drastically effected by the recession. The name was changed in his honor. Getting and office would set you back a staggering $ 43000 per sq m.
Height: 828 m (2,717 ft)
Floors: 160
Completion: 2010
Floor area: 464,511 m sq
Estimated cost: USD $ 1.5 billion
Designed by: Adrian Smith
