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The Strasbourg Cathedral in France, completed in 1439, was the world's tallest building until 1874. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. The first building considered to be a skyscraper was the 138 ft (42.1 m) Home Insurance Building, built in Chicago in 1885.
Use the filters below to create a tallest buildings list. You can view detailed information on a building by clicking its name. View the seminal tall buildings CTBUH features as case studies.
21 July 2007: Surpasses Taipei 101, whose height of 509.2 m (1,671 ft) made it the world's tallest building, and level 141 reached. [ 25 ] [ 105 ] 12 August 2007: Surpasses the Sears Tower antenna, which stands 527 m (1,729 ft).
The world's tallest human-made structure is the 828-metre-tall (2,717 ft) Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The building gained the official title of "tallest building in the world" and the tallest self-supported structure at its opening on January 9, 2010.
Oct 14, 2024 · Burj Khalifa, mixed-use skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, that is the world’s tallest building, according to all three of the main criteria by which such buildings are judged (see Researcher’s Note: Heights of Buildings).
May 24, 2024 · The Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world standing at a gargantuan 828m (2,717ft) tall. Construction began in 2004 and was formally opened in early 2010, although work still needed to be done on the interior.
Nov 9, 2024 · Burj Khalifa has been the tallest building in the world by any measurement since its completion in 2009, it is estimated that it still can keep holding this title for the next 3 to 4 years, then it will possibly be surpassed by Dubai Creek Tower which is located at a site only miles away from it.
Dubai’s 828 m (2,716 ft 6 in) high Burj Khalifa became the tallest building in the world, when it was officially opened in January 2010.
tallest buildings in the world, the highest-standing buildings on the globe, as determined by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), an international nonprofit organization headquartered in Chicago. The CTBUH recognizes a tall building as having 14 or more stories and standing more than 50 meters (165 feet) tall.
Nov 1, 2023 · The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has developed its own system for classifying tall buildings, stating that the Burj Khalifa (828 m.) is the world’s tallest building...
