The first place in our top 10 skyscrapers of the world, for more than 7 years he has been holding a Burj Khalifa, the amazing and the highest skyscraper of the world for 2017, which is located in the united Arab Emirates. Burj Khalifa, originally known as Burj Dubai, rises above the city skyline Dubai. Skyscraper It has 163 floors and a height of 828 meters, and is the highest building in the world since 2010, when it was built on the Design Bureau of Chicago, and construction was engaged insAMSUNG C & T Zhokorye company. The building was built by order of the Government of the United Arab Emirates.
2. Shanghai Tower, China, 632 meters
The Shanghai Tower is a 632-meter, 128-storey megatall skyscraper in Shanghai. This skyscraper has the highest viewing platform in the world inside the building or facilities and the fastest elevators in the world with a maximum speed of 20.5 m / s (74 km / h). This is the second in height building in the world and the third in height of the construction in the world, after a television in Tokyo, whose height is 634 meters, exactly 2 meters higher than the Shanghai Tower.
The megatall project was developed by the international designer company of Genslera and belongs to the Government of Shanghai. Its multi-level construction is intended for the functioning of nine separate zones divided into office, commercial and residential sectors.
Construction work on the tower began in November 2008 and ended in September 2015.
3. Abraj Al-Bate, Saudi Arabia, 601 meters
Abraj Al-Bates is the third highest building in the world, its top is located at an altitude of 601 meters. He is in Saudi Arabia In Mecca and is state ownership. The hotel offers 120 floors and it was built Ben Laden Groupe, which is the largest construction company in Saudi Arabia and Yes, that terrorist Bin Laden comes from this family. The design of the skyscraper belongs to the German architectural firm SL Rasch GmbH. Abraj Al-Beit is famous primarily not height, but with its largest hours in the world.
In addition to hotel roomsThe tower has a conference center, an Islamic museum, a prayer room in which more than 10,000 people and a shopping center in five floors can pray at a time.
4. Pinan International Financial Center, China, 600 meters
The International Financial Center in Shenzhen is one of the newest skyscrapers in the world, its construction was completed at the end of 2016 with a height of exactly 600 meters, which made it possible to take the 4th line in our ranking - the top 10 skyscrapers of the world. The building has a conference center, a hotel and shopping squares within the high-end shopping center.
5. Lotte WORLD TOWER, South Korea, 555 meters
Lotte World Tower built in South KoreaIs one of the newest skyscrapers of the world, he replenished the list of Megatollov in 2016 its construction was completed recently in March 2016, giving him the status of the fifth highest building in the world.13 years of planning and preparation ended with the beginning of construction in March 2011, the building has 123 floors, six of which underground. This amazing megatall is able to withstandearthquake with magnitude to 9 points on the Richter scale.
6. World Trade Center 1, USA, 541 meters
ONE World Trade Center is not only the highest building in the city of New -York and B.United States of America, but also the entire Western Hemisphere.It was completed in 2014 and built, as a replacement and memory towersoriginal World Trade Center.
7. CTF Financial Center, China, 530 meters
Located in Guangzhou in the southChina, The International Financial Center is a multifunctional skyscraper,which is a new addition to this list, it was built at the end of 20016. At its height of 530 meters it holds111 floors a total.
8. Taipei 101, Taiwan, 509 meters
101-storey Taipei 101 is located in the city of Taipei and takes an 8th place in our ranking. And when this megatall was built in 2004, he was the highest skyscraper in the world, but for 13 years rolled on the 8th place. This skyscraper is a real example Postmodern architecture.
9. Shanghai World Financial Center, China, 492 meters
The Shanghai World Financial Center was transferred to the customer represented by the state in 2008, and has a height of 492 meters in 101 floors.It is located in the center of the Shanghai Financial District on Pudong Embankment and acts as an international financial and shopping center.It is the placement of hotel rooms, offices, conference rooms, viewing sites and shopping centers. B.ashnya has a trapezoid hole on top for better aerodynamics.
10. International Commercial Center, Hong Kong, 484 meters
This amazing skyscraper grew up in Hong Kong in 2010 and at that time he held 4th place in the ranking of the most high buildings The world, and in 2017 he sank with his 484 meters and 118th floors on the 10th place in the ranking of the top 10 skyscrapers of the world. The International Commercial Center in Hong Kong boasts the highest swimming pool in the world and the bar on the 108th floor, also in this high Skyscraper Hong Kong is beautiful observation deck andand five star restaurants.
A popular statement - the size does not matter - probably does not apply to the height of buildings. Man did not leave attempts to get to the sky since biblical times - starting with the construction Babylonian tower. The highest buildings of the world are striking their greatness and technical novelty, we suggest you know more about each of them. We will tell you about the skyscrapers, this list will not include the towers, about which there will be a separate story
But until the 19th century, the increase in the height of the buildings meant thickening of the walls, which were supposed to withstand the weight of the structure. The creation of elevators and metal frames for the walls unleashed hands to architects and engineers, allowing them to design and build more and higher buildings, increasing the number of floors. So, the 10 highest buildings in the world:
№10 Empire State Building, New York, USA
Empire State Building is the most famous skyscraper of America, Chrysler Building - one of the last skyscrapers built in Art Deco style; Rockefeller Center - the world's largest private complex of business and entertainment, consisting of 19 buildings. From the observation deck of the center offers stunning panoramic view At the Central Park and Empire State Building.
During the construction of the building, new technologies were developed in building structures, such as a frame metal design from cast iron J. Bogardus, Passenger elevator E. G. Otis. A skyscraper consists of a foundation, a steel frame of columns and beams above the ground and walls on curtains attached to the beams. In this skyscraper, the main burden carries a steel frame, not the walls. It transmits this load directly to the foundation. Thanks to this innovation, the weight of the building has significantly decreased and amounted to 365 thousand tons. 5662 cubic meters of limestone and granite were spent on the construction of external walls. Total builders used 60 thousand tons of steel structures, 10 million bricks and 700 kilometers of cable. The building has 6500 windows.
International Finance Center - Complex Commercial Building coastline Central District of Hong Kong. The significant landmark of Hong Kong island, consists of two skyscrapers: the International Financial Center Shop Gallery and the 40-storey Hotel "Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong". Tower 2 is the highest building in Hong Kong, usurgoing the place that Central Plaza once held. The complex was built with the support of Sun Hung Kai Properties and MTR Corp. Hong Kong Station Airport Express is located right under it. The construction of the First International Financial Center ended in 1998, and the discovery took place in 1999. In the building of 38 floors, 18 high-speed passenger elevators in creek zones, its height is 210 m., Total area - 72.850 m. Now the building has about 5,000 people.
№6 Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai, China
The overall height of the structure is 421 meters, the number of floors reaches 88 (93 together with the Belvedere). The distance from the ground to the roof is 370 meters, and the last floor is at an altitude of 366 meters! Perhaps compared with the emirat (so far unfinished) Giant Bourges Dubai, Jin Mao will seem dwarf, but against the background of the rest of the Shanghai buildings this gigant looks impressive. By the way, it is not far from the Golden Building of Success, it is also the height of the Shanghai World Financial Center (WFC), who surpassed Jin Mao in height and became the highest office building in China in 2007. Currently, next to Jin Mao and the SWFTs, it is planned to build a 128-storey skyscraper, which will be the highest building in the PRC.
The hotel is famous for which is one of the highest in the world, it is located on the upper floors of the skyscraper, which, in turn, is currently the highest in Shanghai
From 54 to 88 floor there is Hyatt Hotel, this is his atrium.
On the 88th floor at an altitude of 340 meters above the ground is the covered Skywalk observation deck, which can accommodate more than 1000 people at the same time. Skywalk Square - 1520 m.KV. In addition to the superior Shanghai review from the Observatory, you can see from above the magnificent Atrium of the Shanghai Grand Hayat Hotel.
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№5 Fifth place in the list of the highest buildings is occupied by Sears Tower, Chicago, USA
Sirs-Tower is a skyscraper located in the city of Chicago, USA. The height of the skyscraper is 443.2 meters, the number of floors is 110. Start of construction August 1970, the end - May 4, 1973. Chief Architect Bruce Graham, Chief Designer Fazlur Khan.
Sirs Tower was built more than 30 years ago. In 1974, the skyscraper became the highest building in the world, surpassing the World Trade Center in New York by 25 meters. More than two decades Sirs Tower kept leadership and only in 1997 lost to Kuala Lumpursky "Gemini" - Petronas towers.
Today, Sirs Tower is undoubtedly one of the most majestic buildings in the world. Until now, this building remains the highest skyscraper in the United States.
The cost of the Tower of Sirs in 443 meters high was 150 million dollars - for those times it is a rather impressive amount. Nowadays, equivalent costs would be almost 1 billion dollars.
The main building material that went to the construction of Sirs Tower was steel.
It is not necessary to be a specialist in terms of physics and seismology in order to understand that the structure of 509.2 meters high during the earthquake is exposed to very high danger. That is why Asian engineers at one time decided to secure one of architectural pearls Taiwan is quite original way - with the help of a giant ball or stabilizer ball.
The project worth more than 4 million dollars, providing for the installation on the upper tiers of the skyscraper of the Giant Bowl weighing 728 tons, turned out to be one of the most vivid engineering experiments of recent times. Hung on thick cables, the ball plays the role of a stabilizer that allows you to "extinguish" the oscillations of the building design during the earthquake.
№1 "Burj Dubai", Dubai, UAE
The tower is equipped with 56 elevators (by the way, the fastest in the world), boutiques, pools, luxury apartments, hotels and observation sites. The distinctive design characteristic is the international composition of the working team: South Korean company contractor, American architects, Indian builders. Four thousand people took part in the construction.
Records established by the structure of Burj Dubai:
* The building with the largest number of floors is 160 (the previous record - 110 at the Sirs-Tower skyscrapers and destroyed twin towers);
* The highest building is 611.3 m (the previous record - 508 m at the Taipei 101 skyscraper);
* The highest separate structure - 611.3 m (the previous record - 553.3 m in the Tower of CI ent Tower);
* The greatest height of the disconnect mixture for buildings is 601.0 m (the previous record is 449.2 m at Taipei 101 skyscraper);
* The greatest height of the disconnecting mixture for any structures is 601.0 m (the previous record - 532 m in Riva del Garda HPP);
* In 2008, the height of Burj Dubai exceeded the height of Warsaw Radomach (646 m), the building became the highest ground construction in the history of human construction.
* On January 17, 2009, Burj Dubai reached the declared height of 818 m, and became the highest erected construction in the world.
Modern construction technologies today allow large companies to build real works of art - we will talk about those that rushed as much as possible to the sky. Their afflicting height fascinates, and someone scares: a dozen of the highest architectural achievements of the world in front of you!
10. International Commercial Center
Its general height is 484 meters. In the initial project, it was assumed almost a hundred meters more, but in China, it was officially forbidden to build skyscrapers above the mountains located near the mountains, so architects were limited to such a digit. The last 17 floors in the building occupies a luxurious five-star hotel, which is the highest hotel in the world - another record.
9. World Financial Center
The next list of the highest buildings replenishes the skyscraper again from China, located in Shanghai. It rises at 492 m. For an unusual, characteristic form local residents Nicknamed the building "Opener". It is noteworthy that in the initial project, the window at the top of the construction had a round form, but such an idea did not support residents of the city, including the mayor, because of the similarity of the symbol with the circle of sun on the flag of Japan. So the International Financial Center received a window in the form of a trapezoid.
8. Taipei 101.
The famous tower in Taiwan has a height of 509 m from the base to the tip of the spire. Taipei operates since the end of 2003; Today there are numerous offices and shops. The skyscraper is famous for its fast elevators: climb the sightseeing platform located on the 89th floor, here you can just 40 seconds! To resist the seismological danger (which is very characteristic of Taiwan) the building will help a gigantic pendulum in the form of a ball with a weighing of 660 tons, located in the upper half of the tower.
7. CTF Financial Center (Chow Tai Fook Enterprises)
The global achievement, newly located in China, in the city of Guangzhou. 530 meters of height - the spirit captures at one glance alone, and after all, in addition to offices, shops and hotel rooms, residential apartments are also located! In China, this giant ranks third in height among a huge set of skyscrapers, in the world he is the seventh. By the way, in our rating CTF - the youngest ", the construction of the financial center was completed only a year ago.
6. "Freedom Tower" - World Trade Center 1
Even above - in every sense - the New York "Tower of Freedom" is located. The highest skyscraper in the West has 104 floors and a total height of 541 m. It is worth noting the location - it was here that the twin skyscrapers were destroyed by terrorists in 2001. "Freedom Tower" is a kind of symbol of courage and confrontation between the American people of the world trouble. The building height is also designed not by chance: 541 meters are 1776 feet, it was this year that the Declaration of Independence of the United States was adopted.
5. Lotte World Tower
In the middle of our aspiring upward rating is Lotte World Tower. This tower is located on the territory of the huge Lotte World multiple complex in Seoul. 555 m, 123 floors - On the Korean Peninsula, this skyscraper is the highest. Inside there are shops, offices, residential apartments and hotel rooms, and the last four floors are open to everyone - from the viewing sites here you can enjoy a luxurious view of Seoul and the Khangan River. A slightly convex cone-shaped shape and exterior decoration with glass panels is a traditional reference to the famous Korean ceramics as a part of the culture of this state.
4. Pinan International Financial Center
On the fourth line of the rating - again China, this time - the city of Shenzhen. Here is a large financial complex Pinan, which includes a chic skiing skyscraper 600 m. Among the dozens of the highest buildings in the world Pinan - newcomer, its discovery took place only in 2017. In total in giant, 115 floors.
3. Abraj Al-Bate
The top three among the giants of world architecture opens the luxurious complex Abraj Al-Bate, or the private royal tower. It is located in Saudi Arabia, the city of Mecca. Right opposite is the mosque with the main shrine for Muslims - the construction of Kaaba. This is constantly moving on pilgrims from around the world; Hotel Abraj Al-Bate gives housing hundreds of thousands of them. In addition to hotel rooms, there is also a shopping center and residential apartments. Huge clock with a diameter of 43 meters - the climax of a chic structure.
2. Shanghai Tower
The Shanghai Tower is recognized as the highest skyscraper of China and the second in height of the construction on the planet. The overall height of this architectural property is 632 m. In total, the building has 128 floors with an area of \u200b\u200b380 thousand square meters.
1. Burj Khalifa
The indisputable leader of the rating, the highest building in the world is the Dubai Skyscraper of Burj Khalifa. The construction in the form of a giant stalagmitis was opened in 2010 in the UAE. Its height is 828 m, including a sharp spire of 180 meters long. For the past ten years, this building wears the laurels of the highest man built by a man on the planet. The construction belongs to the largest Dubai complex, including the hotel, shopping centers, offices and residential apartments, as well as gyms, swimming pools, jacuzzi, viewing platforms.
Burj Khalifa is the highest building in Dubai and the highest skyscraper in the world. In the form of the building resembles stalagmites, which rushes at 828 meters. In the building of 163 floors, which accommodate 9 hotels and the fountain system. The total cost of the structure is estimated at 4.1 billion dollars. And this is still the most striking facts about Burj Khalifa.
1. The highest building in the world
It is well known that Burj Califa is the highest building around the world. However, how high it is high compared to other monstrual structures? The height of the Khalifa Burge is 828 meters, and the height of the second largest building in the world (Shanghai Tower) is 632 meters. The difference is more than obvious. Also Burge Caliph is three times higher than the Eiffel Tower.
2. Inside the building
Those who believe that Burj Khalif is very impressive outside, they simply have not been inside the skyscraper. The highest quality observation deck is located at an altitude of 452 meters. In total, in the building of 164 floors, 1 of which is underground, and as many as 58 elevators, which go at a speed of 10 meters per second (this is one of the fastest elevators in the world). Also in Burj Khalifa there are 2957 parking spaces, 304 hotels and 904 apartments. What is interesting, in Burj Khalifa there is a special elevator system designed for evacuation during a fire.
3. The skyscraper was developed by the Americans, and built by the South Korean company
While Burj Khalifa is in Dubai (the initial name of the skyscraper - Burj Dubai), the building of the building was developed by the American company Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Chicago engineers helped develop a special reference structure that resembles a three-beam star. The construction of the building was entrusted to the South Korean company Samsung Engineering and Construction.
4. Multiple records
Everyone knows that Burj Khalifa is a record at the height of the building in the world. In fact, the Dubai skyscraper belongs not only to this record. This is the highest free standing building, building with the highest residential floor, building with the largest number of floors, the building equipped with the highest lifes and the second in height of the observation platform (the most highly located observation deck is in the Cantonese television bash).
5. What happened to build
In order to build such a titanic building almost a kilometer, it took a lot of time and effort (namely, 6 years and 22 million people-hours). In particularly intense days, more than 12,000 workers were at the construction site.
6. Huge weight
For the construction of a huge building it took a huge amount of materials. One aluminum went so much that it would be enough to create 5 A380 airbones. 55,000 tons of reinforcement steel and 110,000 tons of concrete were also spent. This is approximately equal to the weight of 100,000 elephants. And if you take and fold the reinforcement from the building in a row, it would stretch to a quarter of the Earth.
7. Heat resistance
In Dubai, very hot, the average temperature here is 41 degrees. In July 2002, the highest temperature of 52 degrees was recorded in Dubai. Naturally, the building built in this country must withstand extreme temperature differences. That is why more than 300 Chinese cladding experts were hired, which developed a cladding system capable of protecting from local temperatures.
8. Power consumption
Naturally, for normal life in such a huge building requires a monstrous amount of resources. For example, the Burj Khalif requires about 950,000 liters of water every day (at the same time in Dubai, about 200-300 liters of water a day are used on average). Also, the building consumes a huge amount of electricity (approximately as much as "eaten" 360,000 stove light bulbs).
9. Sink of skyscraper
How 26,000 glass panels are clean and wash, which always look perfectly smooth. For this, 12 cars are answered, which weigh about 13 tons each, moving along special rails on outside building. Serve cars 36 people.
10. Floral design
The Design of Burj Khalifa was inspired by Himenokalles - a flower, which has long petals divergent from the center. Three wings of Burj Khalify diverge to side like these petals.
To date, the highest skyscrapers of the planet for the most part are in Asia and the Middle East. And he heads the list of record holders of the skyscraper of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
1st place. Burj Khalifa (Dubai, UAE)
The highest skyscraper in the world allows you to rise to heaven almost a kilometer - its height with a spire of 828 meters. A grand building in the form of stalagmitis has 163 floors, their own lawns, parks and boulevards, and it is dedicated to the President of the Arab Emirates Sheikh Calif Ibn Zaid An-Nahayan.
2nd place. Makkah Royal Clock Tower (Mecca, Saudi Arabia)
The second highest skyscraper of the world is the hourly royal tower of the complex of high-altitude buildings Abraj Al-Bates. Its height is 601 meters, and construction was completed in 2012. 
3rd place. Taipei 101 (Taipei, Taiwan)
The third highest skyscraper - in the Chinese city of Taipei. In the building 101 floor, and the height with the spire is 509.2 meters. 
4th place. Shanghai World Financial Center (Shanghai, China)
Continues a list. The building, whose construction was completed in 2008, rose above the Earth for 492 meters. 
5th place. International Commerce Center (Hong Kong, China)
The International Commercial Center in Hong Kong is 484 meters high - the fifth in this prestigious list of high-rise towers. 
6th place. Petronas Towers (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Superiority asian Mira Above everyone else confirm and, located in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. These twin skyscrapers are the sixth highest skyscrapers of the world, their height is 451.9 meters each. 
7th place. Nanjing Greenland Financial Complex (Nanjing, China)
Nanjing Greenland's financial center is located in the seventh place of the list. A business center of the Chinese city of Nanjing is located in the tower of 450 meters high. 
8th place. Willis Tower (Chicago, USA)
The only high-altitude building from North America, which fell into the highest skyscrapers of the world. The height of the building, which was built in 1973, is 443.2 meters. In this regard, this Chicago skyscraper was overtaken by the famous New York Skyscrapers, among which the highest - Empire State Building Tower with a 382 meter height (without a spire). 
9th place. KingKey 100 (Shenzhen, China)
Literally, another representative of the Asian world comes on the heels of American altitude - the skyscraper Kingkey 100 from the city of Shenzhen in China. With its height of 441.8 meters, this tower ranks 9th place of the list of the highest skyscrapers of the world. 
10th place. GUANGZHOU INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CENTER (Guangzhou, China)
The last in the ranking of the top 10 of the highest buildings in the world in 2012 is the International Financial Center Guangzhou. Its height is 437.5 meters. 
Top 10 highest skyscrapers of the world:
| № | name | city | the country | height, M. | year of Construction |
| 1 | Burj Khalifa. | Dubai. | UAE | 828 | 2010 |
| 2 | Makkah Royal Clock Tower | Mecca | Saudi Arabia | 601 | 2012 |
| 3 | Taipei 101. | Taipei | Taiwan | 508 | 2004 |
| 4 | Shanghai World FINANCIAL CENTER | Shanghai | China | 492 | 2008 |
| 5 | International Commerce Center. | Hong Kong | China | 484 | 2010 |
| 6 | Petronas Tower | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 451,9 | 1998 |
| 7 | Nanjing Greenland Financial Complex | Nanking | China | 450 | 2010 |
| 8 | Willis Tower | Chicago | USA | 442,1 | 1974 |
| 9 | Kingkey 100. | Shenzhen | China | 441,8 | 2012 |
| 10 | GUANGZHOU INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CENTER | Guangzhou | China | 437,5 | 2010 |
