World’s Tallest Buildings

The following list ranks the world’s 100 tallest buildings as determined by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.

#	Building	Location	Year	Height	Stories	Architects
1	Burj Khalifa (Burj Dubai)	Dubai, UAE	2010	2,717 ft	163	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
2	Taipei 101	Taipei, Taiwan	2004	1,667 ft	101	C.Y. Lee & Partners (Taiwan)
3	Shanghai World Financial Center	Shanghai, China	2008	1,614 ft	101	Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates; East China Architectural Design & Research Institute Co. Ltd. (China)
4	International Commerce Centre	Hong Kong, China	2010	1,588 ft	108	Wong & Ouyang Ltd. (Hong Kong); Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
5	Petronas Tower 1	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1998	1,483 ft	88	Cesar Pelli & Associates
6	Petronas Tower 2	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1998	1,483 ft	88	Cesar Pelli & Associates
7	Zifeng Tower	Nanjing, China	2010	1,476 ft	66	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
8	Willis Tower	Chicago, IL	1974	1,451 ft	108	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
9	Guangzhou International Finance Center	Guangzhou, China	2010	1,451 ft	108	Wilkerson Eyre Architects (UK)
10	Trump International Hotel & Tower	Chicago, IL	2009	1,398 ft	98	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
11	Jin Mao Building	Shanghai, China	1999	1,380 ft	88	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
12	Two International Finance Centre	Hong Kong, China	2003	1,352 ft	88	Cesar Pelli & Associates
13	CITIC Plaza	Guangzhou, China	1996	1,280 ft	80	Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man Architects & Engineers (China)
14	Shun Hing Square	Shenzhen, China	1996	1,260 ft	69	K.Y. Cheung Design Associates (China)
15	Empire State Building	New York, NY	1931	1,250 ft	102	Shreve, Lamb & Harmon
16	Central Plaza	Hong Kong, China	1992	1,227 ft	78	Ng Chun Man & Associates (China)
17	Bank of China Tower	Hong Kong, China	1989	1,205 ft	72	Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
18	Bank of America Tower	New York, NY	2009	1,200 ft	55	Cook+Fox Architects; Adamson Associates Architects
19	Almas Tower	Dubai, UAE	2008	1,181 ft	68	WS Atkins & Partners (UK)
20	Emirates Tower One	Dubai, UAE	2000	1,163 ft	54	Norr Group Consultants (Canada)
21	The Torch	Dubai, UAE	2011	1,142 ft	86	Khatib & Alami (UAE)
22	Tuntex Sky Tower	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	1997	1,140 ft	85	C.Y. Lee & Partners (Taiwan); Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum
23	Aon Centre	Chicago, IL	1973	1,136 ft	83	Edward Durrell Stone & Associates
24	The Center	Hong Kong, China	1998	1,135 ft	73	Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man Architects & Engineers (China)
25	John Hancock Center	Chicago, IL	1969	1,128 ft	100	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
26	Tianjin World Financial Center	Tianjin, China	2011	1,105 ft	76	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
27	Shimao International Plaza	Shanghai, China	2006	1,094 ft	60	Ingenhoven Architekten (Germany); East China Architectural Design & Research Institute Co. Ltd. (China)
28	Rose Rayhaan by Rotana	Dubai, UAE	2007	1,093 ft	72	Khatib & Alami (Lebanon)
29	Minsheng Bank Building	Wuhan, China	2008	1,086 ft	68	Wuhan Architectural Design Institute (China)
30	China World Trade Center Tower III	Beijing, China	2009	1,083 ft	74	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
31	Longxi International Hotel	Jiangyin, China	2011	1,076 ft	74	A+E Design Co. (China)
32	The Index	Dubai, UAE	2010	1,070 ft	80	Foster + Partners (UK); Woods Bagot (UAE); Khatib & Alami (UAE)
33	Q1	Gold Coast, Australia	2005	1,058 ft	78	The Buchan Group (Australia)
34	Wenzhou Trade Center	Wenzhou, China	2010	1,056 ft	68	RTKL Associates Inc.; Shanghai Institute of Architectural Design & Research Co. (China)
35	Burj Al Arab Hotel	Dubai, UAE	1999	1,053 ft	60	WS Atkins & Partners (UK)
36	Chrysler Building	New York, NY	1930	1,046 ft	77	William Van Alen
37	New York Times Tower	New York, NY	2007	1,046 ft	52	Renzo Piano Building Workshop (Italy); FXFOWLE Architects
38	Nina Tower I	Hong Kong, China	2007	1,046 ft	80	Arthur CS Kwok Architects & Associates (China); Casa Design International (China); Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man Architects & Engineers (China)
39	HHHR Tower	Dubai, UAE	2010	1,042 ft	72	Al Hashemi (UAE)
40	Bank of America Plaza	Atlanta, GA	1993	1,040 ft	55	Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo & Associates
41	U.S. Bank Tower	Los Angeles, CA	1990	1,018 ft	73	Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
42	Ocean Heights	Dubai, UAE	2010	1,017 ft	83	Aedas (UAE) with ECG Engineering Consultants Group (Egypt)
43	Menara Telekom	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	2000	1,017 ft	55	Hijjas Kasturi Associates (Malaysia)
44	Emirates Tower Two	Dubai, UAE	2000	1,014 ft	56	Norr Group Consultants (Canada)
45	AT&T Corporate Center	Chicago, IL	1989	1,007 ft	60	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
46	JP Morgan Chase Tower	Houston, TX	1982	1,002 ft	75	I.M. Pei & Partners
47	NE Asia Trade Tower	Incheon, South Korea	2010	1,001 ft	68	Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
48	Baiyoke Tower II	Bangkok, Thailand	1997	997 ft	85	Plan Architects Co. (Thailand)
49	Two Prudential Plaza	Chicago, IL	1990	995 ft	64	Loebl Schlossman Dart & Hackl
50	Wells Fargo Plaza	Houston, TX	1983	992 ft	71	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
51	The Address Downtown Dubai	Dubai, UAE	2008	991 ft	63	WS Atkins & Partners (UK)
52	Kingdom Centre	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	2002	991 ft	41	Ellerbe Becket; Omrania & Associates (Saudi Arabia)
53	Capital City Moscow Tower	Moscow, Russia	2010	990 ft	76	NBBJ
54	Arraya Tower	Kuwait City, Kuwait	2009	984 ft	60	Fentress Architects
55	Aspire Tower	Doha, Qatar	2007	984 ft	36	AREP Group (France) with Hadi Simaan Partners (Qatar)
56	First Bank Tower (First Canadian Place)	Toronto, ON, Canada	1975	979 ft	72	Bregman + Hamann Architects (Canada)
57	One Island East	Hong Kong, China	2008	979 ft	69	Wong & Ouyang Ltd. (Hong Kong)
58	Eureka Tower	Melbourne, Australia	2006	975 ft	91	Fender Katsalidis Architects (Australia)
59	Comcast Center	Philadelphia, PA	2008	974 ft	57	Robert A.M. Stern Architects with Kendall/Heaton Associates Inc.
60	Landmark Tower	Yokohama, Japan	1993	972 ft	73	The Stubbins Associates
61	Emirates Crown	Dubai, UAE	2008	971 ft	63	DAR Consult (Sudan)
62	Khalid Al Attar Tower 2	Dubai, UAE	2011	965 ft	66	Eng. Adnan Saffarini (UAE)
63	311 South Wacker Drive	Chicago, IL	1990	961 ft	65	Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
64	Sky Tower	Abu Dhabi, UAE	2011	958 ft	74	Arquitectonica
65	Haeundae l'Park Marina Tower 2	Busan, Korea	2011	958 ft	72	Studio Daniel Libeskind
66	SEG Plaza	Shenzhen, China	2000	957 ft	71	Hua Yi Designing Consultants Ltd (China)
67	American International Building/70 Pine Street	New York, NY	1932	952 ft	67	Clinton & Russell
68	Key Tower	Cleveland, OH	1991	947 ft	57	Cesar Pelli & Associates
69	One Liberty Place	Philadelphia, PA	1987	945 ft	61	Murphy/Jahn
70	Plaza 66	Shanghai, China	2001	945 ft	66	Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates with East China Architectural Design & Research Institute Co. Ltd. (China) and Frank C.Y. Feng Architects & Associates (China)
71	Sulafa Tower	Dubai, UAE	2010	935 ft	75	National Engineering Bureau (UAE)
72	Millennium Tower	Dubai, UAE	2006	935 ft	59	WS Atkins & Partners (UK)
73	Tomorrow Square	Shanghai, China	2003	934 ft	60	John Portman & Associates
74	Columbia Center	Seattle, WA	1984	933 ft	76	Chester Lindsey Architects
75	Chongqing World Trade Center	Chongqing, China	2005	929 ft	60	Haines Lundberg Waehler
76	Cheung Kong Centre	Hong Kong, China	2005	928 ft	63	Cesar Pelli & Associates; LEO A DALY; Hsin Yieh Architects & Associates
77	The Trump Building	New York, NY	1930	927 ft	71	H. Craig Severance
78	Suzhou RunHua Global Building A	Suzhou, China	2010	925 ft	49	East China Architectural Design & Research Institute (ECADI)
79	Bank of America Plaza	Dallas, TX	1985	921 ft	72	JPJ Architects
80	Excellence Century Plaza Tower 1	Shenzhen, China	2010	919 ft	60	Tange Associates (Japan)
81	One Raffles Place (Overseas Union Bank Centre)	Singapore	1986	919 ft	63	Tange Associates (Japan)
82	United Overseas Bank Plaza One	Singapore	1992	919 ft	66	Tange Associates (Japan)
83	Citigroup Center	New York, NY	1977	915 ft	59	Stubbins Associates: Emery Roth & Sons
84	Hong Kong New World Tower	Shanghai, China	2004	913 ft	59	Bregman + Hamann Architects (Canada)
85	Diwang International Commerce Center	Nanning, China	2006	906 ft	54	CityMark Architects and Engineers
86	Republic Plaza	Singapore	1996	906 ft	66	RSP Architects Planners & Engineers (UK)
87	Scotia Tower	Toronto, ON, Canada	1989	902 ft	68	WZMH Architects (Canada)
88	Williams Tower	Houston, TX	1982	901 ft	64	Johnson/Burgee Architects
89	Lvjing Tower	Shenzhen, China	2011	896 ft	56	China Construction Design International (China)
90	Wuhan World Trade Tower	Wuhan, China	1998	896 ft	60	Wuhan Architectural Design Institute (China)
91	Haeundae I Park Marina Tower 1	Busan, Korea	2007	895 ft	66	Studio Daniel Libeskind
92	Shanghai Wheelock Square	Shanghai, China	2010	887 ft	55	Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
93	Renaissance Tower	Dallas, TX	1974	886 ft	56	HKS Architects; HOK
94	The Cullinan I	Hong Kong, China	2008	886 ft	68	Wong & Ouyang (Hong Kong)
95	The Cullinan II	Hong Kong, China	2008	886 ft	68	Wong & Ouyang (Hong Kong)
96	China International Center Tower B	Guangzhou, China	2007	884 ft	62	Wilkerson Eyre Architects (UK)
97	One Lujiazui	Shanghai, China	2008	883 ft	47	Nikken Sekkei (China)
98	Hotel JAL Tower	Dubai, UAE	2010	883 ft	60	Bothe Richter Teherani Architekten (Germany)
99	21st Century Tower	Dubai, UAE	2003	883 ft	55	WS Atkins & Partners (UK)
100	Naberezhnaya Tower Block C	Moscow, Russia	2007	881 ft	61	RTKL; ENKA Architecture (Russia)