Top 10 Tallest Buildings in the World
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No. 10
Central Plaza, Hong Kong
Year built: 1992
No. of stories: 78
Height: 374m
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No. 9 Empire State Building, New York
Year built: 1931
No. of stories: 102
Height: 381m
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No. 8 Shun Hing Square, Shenzhen, China
Year built: 1996
No. of stories: 69
Height: 384m
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No. 7 CITIC Plaza, Guangzhou, China
Year built: 1996
No. of stories: 80
Height: 391m
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No.1 CN tower, Toronto, Canada
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No. 6 Two International Finance Centre, Hong Kong
Year built: 2003
No. of stories: 88
Height: 415m
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No. 5 Jin Mao Building, Shanghai
Year built: 1999
No. of stories: 88
Height: 421m
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No. 4 Sears Tower, Chicago
Year built: 1974
No. of stories: 110
Height: 442m
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No. 3 Petronas Tower 2, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Year built: 1998
No. of stories: 88
Height: 452m
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No. 2 Petronas Tower 1, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Year built: 1998
No. of stories: 88
Height: 452m -
No. 1
Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan
Year built: 2004
No. of stories: 101
Height: 509m
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nope, your ugly Taiwan building is beat.
No.1 the CN tower
year built: 1980s or something who cares
height: OMFGWTF meters
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LOL! my dear raven, didn't u read the thread title before u post? it says top 10 tallest buildings in the world, not towers.Originally posted by the.raven:nope, your ugly Taiwan building is beat.
No.1 the CN tower
year built: 1980s or something who cares
height: OMFGWTF meters
for the top 10 towers in the world click here. http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=152310 -
Originally posted by Gordonator:
wah..is ur type wrongly or humans actually manage to squeeze 88 415 storeies into a 415m tall building???Then 1 story is how tall only ah??
[b]No. 6 Two International Finance Centre, Hong Kong
Year built: 2003
No. of stories: 88 415
Height: 415m[/b]
The empire state building is so old ah??Build in 1931??That time can build so tall buildings ah?? -
thanks for pointing it out. i forgot to erase the 415. it's 88 stories. i go edit it asap.Originally posted by *Lord Kang*:wah..is ur type wrongly or humans actually manage to squeeze 88 415 storeies into a 415m tall building???Then 1 story is how tall only ah??
The empire state building is so old ah??Build in 1931??That time can build so tall buildings ah??
anyway, yes indeed, the empire state building has been around for a very long time. -
I think another highest is in the making right?
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yup. the burj dubai tower.Originally posted by sbst275:I think another highest is in the making right?
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got any more top 10?
BTW notice most are in asia...
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Originally posted by Gordonator:
all d coating coming off d exterior
[b]No. 1 Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan
Year built: 2004
No. of stories: 101
Height: 509m[/b]
somebody gonna be executed -
i'll see what i can do, provided i have time to do all those research.Originally posted by SBS9828X:got any more top 10?
BTW notice most are in asia...
anyway, you're right, most of the tallest buildings are in asia. in fact the Petronas Tower in Kuala Lumpur takes up 2 spots already. -
our very own skyscrapers are in what position ah??
anyone knows or not??? -
Why no.2 & no.3 is petronas towers?
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cos the petronas twin towers are treated as 2 different towers. tower 1 and tower 2.Originally posted by alexkusu:Why no.2 & no.3 is petronas towers? -
but they have same stats.. can treat them as petronas twin towers ma. Most publications list them as such.
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for the World Top 100 Tallest Buildings, Sinagpore has 4 spots.Originally posted by *Lord Kang*:our very own skyscrapers are in what position ah??
anyone knows or not???
46. United Overseas Bank Plaza
47. Republic Plaza
48. Overseas Union Bank Centre
83. Capital Tower