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Highest Skyscrapers, Photos, World's Tallest Buildings, Information, Pictures

Skyscraper Architecture : Tallest Buildings in the World

Key Tall Buildings across the Globe



Some of the world's highest skyscrapers + background on earlier skyscrapers

World's highest skyscraper under construction

Burj Dubai, Dubai
2005-
SOM Architects
Tallest skyscraper
Tallest skyscraper : became world’s tallest building in 2007
Tallest building in Middle East
808 metres (2650 feet) reported, eventual height shrouded in mystery


World's highest skyscraper prior to Burj Dubai

Taipei 101, Taiwan
In 2004 Taipei 101 became the tallest building
1999-2003
C.Y. Lee & Partners

449m high; antenna 509m (thus beating Petronas Towers) / 101 storeys

Tallest building 'ground to pinnacle' previously: Sears Tower at 527m - 1729ft


World's highest skyscraper upon construction

Shanghai World Financial Center
1997-2008: under construction
Kohn Pederson Fox - Architect : William Pedersen
Shanghai World Financial Center
photo © Andrew McRae
492m - 1614ft / 101 storeys
Highest skyscraper under construction
Developer: Minoru Mori
Due to be tallest building in the world briefly in 2008 (ie tallest ignoring spires), but the building has no spires proposed at time of writing


World's highest skyscraper - proposed (subjective, may change)

Chicago Spire - aka Fordham Spire: proposed skyscraper
2006-11 [currently delayed, 2008]
Santiago Calatrava Architects
due to be 610m

Guangzhou TV & Sightseeing Tower, China
2009
Information Based Architecture
due to be 610m
Guangzhou TV Tower
picture : Information Based Architecture
Guangzhou TV Tower

Jakarta Tower - Menara Jakarta, Kemayoran, Central Jakarta
2010/11
East China Architecture Design & Research Institute - ECADI
due to be 558m / 1,831 ft high (5m taller than CN Tower)


World's highest skyscraper - previous to Taipei 101

Petronas Towers, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
1998
452m - 1483 ft



World's highest skyscraper - previous to Petronas Towers

Sears Tower Chicago, USA
1973
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill - SOM Architects
Tallest tower in north America; 3rd tallest building in world at time of writing
1450ft / 110 storeys
Sears Tower: world’s tallest building for 25 years, beaten 1998 by Petronas Towers
Sears Tower still tallest to tips of the antennae: 1729ft
Chicago skyscraper

World’s tallest structure
CN Tower Toronto, Canada
CN Tower


Famous tall buildings now destroyed

World Trade Center, New York, USA
1966-73; destroyed 2001
Minoru Yamasaki, Emery Roth & Sons
One World Trade Center
417m high
Two World Trade Center
415m high




Tall buildings over 400m high

Kowloon skyscraper
International Commerce Centre, West Kowloon, Hong Kong
due to complete 2010
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates with Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd
484m - 1,588ft / 118 storeys
Originally planned to be 574m - 1,883ft high
The International Commerce Centre skyscraper should overtake 2 IFC by 2007

Shanghai tower
Oriental Pearl Tower, Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai
1991-94/95
-
468m high

Shenzhen skyscraper
Kingkey Finance Tower, Luohu, Shenzhen, China
2007-10
Farrells (formerly Terry Farrell & Partners)
439m high / 97 storeys
Architecture competition - winner

Shanghai skyscraper
Jin Mao Tower, Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai
1998
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill - SOM Architects
420m high / 88 storey skyscraper
Tallest building in China since 2005
Seventh tallest building in world at time of writing
Shanghai skyscraper buildings

Hong Kong skyscraper
Two International Finance Centre - 2 IFC Hong Kong
2003
Rocco Design Limited, Cesar Pelli & Associates Architects
415m high
ifc2 skyscraper the tallest tower in hong kong, taking over from the 374m high Central Plaza. However, the International Commerce Centre skyscraper is under construction and should overtake 2 IFC by 2007




Tall buildings over 300m high

Hong Kong tower
Bank of China, Central, Hong Kong
1985-90
I M Pei & Partners; Sherman Kung & Associates Architects Ltd
367m high
Apparently bad feng shui according to Hong Kong architects that I spoke to. Tallest building in Hong Kong and Asia from 1989-92, until the completion of Central Plaza, 374m high

Dubai skyscraper
Al Sharq Tower, Sheik Zayed Road, Dubai, UAE
2007-
SOM Architects - Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
360m high / 100 storeys
Residential tower - 268 apartments: For Al Sharq Investments

The Center skyscraper
The Center, Central / Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
1998
DLN Architects & Engineers
346m high

John Hancock Center
John Hancock Center, Chicago, USA
1970
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
344m high ; 459 m high including antennae

Infinity Tower, Dubai
2006-
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, Architects
330m high / 80 storeys

Trump International Hotel & Tower, The Palm Jumeirah, Dubai
2006-
Architects: Atkins
255m high approx / 60 storeys

Shanghai Shimao International Plaza, Shanghai, China
2001-05
-
246m high; 333m high - with spires / 60 storeys

World Skyscraper Images

Recent Buildings / Current Projects:

Scotts Tower, Singapore
Rem Koolhaas Architects / OMA
Singapore building
picture from the architect
Singapore Tower

Russia Tower, Moscow
Foster + Partners
Russia Tower
image : Foster + Partners
Russia Tower

MoMA Tower New York, USA
Jean Nouvel
MoMA Tower New York
image © Ateliers Jean Nouvel
MoMA Tower

Phare Tower Paris, France
Morphosis
Phare Tower Paris
rendering Unibail-Morphosis
Phare Tower

Crystal Island Moscow
Foster + Partners
Russian skyscraper
image : Foster + Partners
Russian skyscraper

Société Générale tower, France
Atelier Christian de Portzamparc
Paris skyscraper
photo from the architect
Paris skyscraper

City Palace Tower, Moscow
RMJM Architects
Russian building
picture from the architect
Russian building

Tour Carpe Diem Paris, France
Robert A.M. Stern Architects
Tour Carpe Diem
studio amd for Robert A.M. Stern Architects
Tour Carpe Diem

Gazprom's new HQ, St. Petersburg
RMJM Architects
Russian tower
image: courtesy of RMJM © www.glocg.com
Russian tower

Rotterdam Tower, The Netherlands
Monolab
Rotterdam City Tower
image from the architect
Rotterdam City Tower

Moulmein tower, Singapore
WOHA Architects
Moulmein tower
photo from the architect
Singapore tower building
Ekaterinburg Tower, Siberia
RMJM
Siberian Tower
picture from the architect
Siberian Tower

American skyscraper

Evolution of the Skyscraper Conference 2009 - Chicago, USA


Early Skyscrapers - Major Buildings

Flatiron Building, 23rd Street, Broadway/5th Avenue, New York
1902
Daniel Burnham, Architect
87m high
T he Flatiron building is the original New York skyscraper

New York skyscraper
Chrysler Building, 405 Lexington Avenue
1930
William Van Alen, Architect
Chrysler Building
318m high
A n Art Deco skyscraper that is a world-famous symbol for New York. Tallest building globally on completion, taking over from the Eiffel Tower:
Paris Buildings. It obviously was also the tallest building in New York until the Empire State Building was completed the following year. Refurbished 1995.

Woolworth Building, 233 Broadway, New York
1913
Cass Gilbert, Architect
241m high
One of the first New York skyscrapers. Designed in a formal, symmetrical Gothic Revival style and originally nicknamed the Cathedral of Commerce. The Woolworth building was the tallest in the world from 1913 - 1930.
Refurbished 1977-81.

Empire State New York
Empire State Building, 350 Fifth Avenue, New York
1931
Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, Architects
Empire State Building
381m high skyscraper, Art Deco architecture - especially the tower interior, famous New York landmark.

Lever Building New York
Lever Building (Lever House), 390 Park Avenue, New York
1952
Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) Architects
Beautiful piece of New York architecture facing Mies van der Rohe's Seagram Building and trying to give it a run for its money. Having had a good look at both I think Mies wins but nevertheless this SOM Architects building was a classic in its day, podium and tower.

Rockefeller Center New York
Rockefeller Center, 5th - 7th Avenue; 47th - 51st Street, Midtown, New York
1940
Raymond Hood, Architect

Seagram Building New York
Seagram Building, 375 Park Avenue, New York
1958
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Architect; Philip Johnson

New York tower
Freedom Tower - Site of World Trade Center, Ground Zero, Lower Manhattan
2004-
Daniel Libeskind Architects + David Childs of SOM Architects
Controversial towers to replace the New York World Trade Centre skyscrapers lost in 2001. The main Freedom Tower skyscraper by Libeskind was to be a significant number of feet high - 1,776 ft, to mark a key American date in history - United States Year of Independence; the building was largely handed over to architect David Childs. Designed to be the tallest tower in the world for the site leaseholder - real estate developer Larry Silverstein. The angular design is typical for Daniel Libeskind but here echoes the Statue of Liberty

Norman Foster - Seagram Building
Foster & Partners to design 62 storey New York skyscraper

99 Church Street Tower, Lower Manhattan
Robert A. M. Stern Architects
Manhattan tower

23 East 22nd Street, off Madison Square Park, Flatiron district
OMA
23 East 22nd Street

400 Park Avenue South
Christian de Portzamparc
Manhattan skyscraper

Hearst Building Eighth Avenue; 56th - 57th Street
Foster + Partners
Hearst Building New York

LVMH Building East 57th Street ; Fifth & Madison Avenue
Christian de Portzamparc, Architect
LVMH Tower

New York Times Building, Times Square, central Manhattan
Renzo Piano Building Workshop with FXFOWLE; interiors by Gensler
The New York Times Company headquarters
52 storeys

One Bryant Park - Bank of America Tower
Cook + Fox Architects
One Bryant Park

World Trade Center - site New York
Minoru Yamasaki, Emery Roth & Sons
World Trade Center building

World Trade Center Tower 4: 150 Greenwich St
Maki And Associates
World Trade Center towers




Recent Skyscrapers - key European Buildings

Frankfurt skyscraper
Commerzbank Tower
Foster + Partners, Architects
259m high

Frankfurt buildings
MesseTurm
Murphy/Jahn Architects
257m high
Tallest building Europe until 1997

Other examples of skyscrapers welcome: info@e-architect.co.uk

New York skyscrapers I London skyscrapers I Hong Kong skyscrapers
Paris skyscrapers I Frankfurt skyscrapers I Chicago skyscrapers
Rotterdam tower

Glasgow towers - tall housing blocks in Glasgow

Tallest building in Scotland - various proposals but currently Glasgow Tower

French Skyscrapers I German Skyscrapers I Hong Kong Buildings

Kronenhaus
201m high
Kronenhaus Frankfurt

Silver Tower
166m high
Silver Tower Frankfurt

Skyper
154m high
Skyper skyscraper

Japan Center
Ganz + Rolfes Architects
115m high
Japan Center Frankfurt

Hong Kong skyscraper : Cheung Kong Center

HSBC skyscraper

Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower
French tower

Montparnasse Tower : tallest building in France

Hong Kong buildings : Skyscrapers

New York buildings : Skyscrapers

Tall Buildings : UK Tower building proposals


 
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