VirtualGlobetrotting: World's Tallest Structures

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Burj Khalifa - Tallest building in the world
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The Burj Dubai is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The lead architect was Adrian Smith of the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.
At a height of 2,722 ft, it has 162 floors, and has been the tallest building in the world since 2009.

Merdeka PNB118 (tallest building in Malaysia) under construction
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678.9 m (2227 ft) tall upon completion in 2023, succeeding the Petronas Twin Towers to become the tallest building in Kuala Lumpur and in Malaysia, and the second tallest building in the world.
AKA KL118

Tokyo Sky Tree
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Shanghai Tower (tallest building in China)
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The Shanghai Tower (Chinese: 上海中心大厦; pinyin: Shànghǎi Zhōngxīn Dàshà; literally "Shanghai Central Tower") is a supertall skyscraper in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai.
At 632 m (2073 ft), this megatall is the tallest building in Shanghai, in Shanghai Province, and in China.
By Gensler, Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co. Ltd., and East China Architectural Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd.

World's tallest supported structure in the Western Hemisphere
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The KVLY-TV mast (formerly the KTHI-TV mast) is a television transmitting tower in North Dakota, USA, used by Fargo station KVLY channel 11. At 2,063 ft (628.8 m), it was once the world's tallest supported structure on land.
The tower is located three miles west of Blanchard, North Dakota (at 47°20′32″N, 97°17′20″W), which is roughly halfway between Fargo and Grand Forks. It became the tallest artificial structure upon the completion of its construction on August 13, 1963. The mast was surpassed in height by 18 m (57 ft) in 1974 by the Warszawa radio mast near Konstantynow, Poland, but that collapsed on August 8, 1991, making the KVLY mast again the tallest structure on land (The Magnolia Tension-leg Platform currently holds the tallest structure record). When built, the UAE's Burj Dubai, presently slated for completion in 2008, might surpass the mast as the tallest land structure.
The tower was built by Hamilton Directors and Kline Iron and Steel, and took thirty days to complete, at a cost of a US$500,000 ($3.2 million in 2005 dollars).
Owned by the Meyer Broadcasting Company (now North Dakota Television, LLC) of Bismarck, the tower broadcasts at 316 kW for television station KVLY (channel 11, an NBC affiliate) which is based in Fargo. The tower provides a broadcast area of roughly 30,000 square miles (78,000 km2).
Its overall height above mean sea level is 926 m (3,038 ft). Some time after its completion, the Federal Aviation Administration imposed a limit of 2,063 ft, based on this tower's height, on future construction; consequently, no taller structures may legally be built in the U.S. at present.
The call letters of the television station for which it was built were originally KTHI, the "HI" referring to the height of the mast. The top is reachable by service elevator or ladder.

KXJB-TV mast
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The KXJB-TV mast is a television transmitting tower in Traill County, North Dakota, United States. At 2060 ft (628 m), it is the second-tallest artificial structure in the world, shorter by 3 ft (1 m) than the KVLY-TV mast which stands a few miles away.
Located 3.5 miles (6 km) northeast of Galesburg, North Dakota, it was completed in 1966, to replace the station's previous mast, a 1,085-foot (331 m) tower 15 miles (25 km) northeast of Valley City, North Dakota which was sold to KOVC, an AM radio station.
The antenna transmits at 100 kW for CBS affiliate KXJB-TV of Valley City/Fargo; the station and tower are owned by Parker Broadcasting of Fargo.

KXTV/KOVR Tower
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624.5m guyed tower - fourth tallest guyed mast in the world (2001 data).

WITN Tower
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Rohn Tower
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WTTO-TV Tower

KTVE-Tower

Hearst-Argyle Tower
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609.6m high guyed mast, just NE of KXTV/KOVR tower in Walnut Grove.

WCTV Tower

KCCI Tower

KCAU TV Tower
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KCAU-TV is a television station in Sioux City, Iowa, broadcasting on NTSC Channel 9 (analog) and ATSC Channel 30 (digital). It is affiliated with the American Broadcasting Company

AFLAC Tower

WOI- TV Tower
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WOI-TV is the ABC affiliate in Des Moines, Iowa. It is licensed to Ames, with studios in West Des Moines. Its transmission tower is located near Alleman.
Branding ABC 5
Slogan Clear. Concise. Complete.
Channels Analog: 5 (VHF)
Digital: 59 (UHF)
Affiliations ABC (secondary until 1955)
Owner Citadel Communications
(Capital Communications Company, Inc.)
First air date February 21, 1950
Call letters meaning reverse spelling of "IOWa"
Former channel number(s) 4 (1950-1952)
Former affiliations CBS (1950-1955)
Transmitter Power 100 kW (analog)
1000 kW (digital)
Height 564 m (analog)
613 m (digital)
Facility ID 8661

American Tower Limited Partnership Tower

KVDU Tower

WBTV Tower

Diversified Communications Tower

WCSC Tower

KELO TV Mast

Liberman Broadcasting tower

TV Alabama Tower

Winnie Cumulus Broadcasting Tower

KVSP Tower

KYTV Tower

SpectraSite Comm Tower

Salem Radio Properties Tower

Stowell Cumulus Broadcasting Tower

Channel 40 Tower

KYTV Tower 2

Hoyt Radio Tower (tallest structure in Colorado)

WTVD Tower

Devers Liberman Broadcasting Tower

Media General Tower

WNCN Tower

WRAL HDTV Mast

Pappas Telecasting Tower

Noe Corp Tower

Canton Tower
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The Canton Tower (Chinese: 广州塔), AKA Guangzhou TV Astronomical and Sightseeing Tower (Chinese: 广州电视台天文及观光塔), is a 604-m (1,982 ft)-tall multipurpose observation tower in the Haizhu District of Guangzhou. The tower was topped out in 2009 and it became operational on 9/29/2010 for the 2010 Asian Games. The tower briefly held the title of tallest tower in the world, replacing the CN Tower, before being surpassed by the Tokyo Skytree.[ It was the tallest structure in China prior to the topping out of the Shanghai Tower in 2013, and is now the 2nd-tallest tower and the 5th-tallest freestanding structure in the world.

Senior Road Guyed Mast Complex
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Seven 600 meter-plus guyed masts in a broadcast complex at Senior Road in Missouri City, Texas (20 miles SW of Houston).

Abraj Al Bait Towers (tallest hotel in the world)
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The Abraj Al-Bait Towers also known as the "Mecca Royal Clock Hotel Tower" is a complex under construction in Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The building holds and will break several world records in the construction world, including: the tallest hotel in the world, constructed with the tallest clock tower in the world and displaying the world's largest clock face, the world's largest building floor area, and will become the second tallest building in the world upon completion, surpassed only by Dubai's Burj Khalifa. The building complex is meters away from the world's largest mosque and Islam's most sacred site, the Masjid al Haram.

WCNC-TV Tower

Ping An International Finance Centre (world's tallest office building)
The Ping An International Finance Center is a 115-story, 599 m (1,965 ft) supertall skyscraper in Shenzhen. The building was commissioned by Ping An Insurance and designed by the American architectural firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates. It was completed in 2017, becoming the tallest building in Shenzhen, the second tallest building in China and the fourth tallest building in the world. It also broke the record of having the highest observation deck in a building at 562 m (1,844 ft).

KOLR/KOZK Tower

CBC Real Estate Co. Inc Tower

KTUL Tower

KBIM Television Tower

Lotte World Tower (tallest building in South Korea)
Tallest building in Seoul and on the Korean Peninsula at 555 m (1,820 ft).
By Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

CN Tower
The CN Tower, located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a communications and observation tower standing 553.33 metres (1,815.4 ft) tall. It surpassed the height of the Ostankino Tower while still under construction in 1975, becoming the tallest free-standing structure on land in the world. On September 12, 2007, after holding the record for 31 years, the CN Tower was surpassed in height by the still-under-construction Burj Dubai. It remains the tallest free-standing structure in the Americas, the signature icon of Toronto's skyline, and a symbol of Canada, attracting more than two million international visitors annually.

One World Trade Center
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"One World Trade Center (1 World Trade Center, 1 WTC, formerly known as Freedom Tower) is the primary building of the new World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York. The 104-story supertall skyscraper stands on the northwest corner of the 16 acres (6.5 ha) World Trade Center site, occupying the location of what used to be the original 6 World Trade Center. The building is bordered to the west by West Street, to the north by Vesey Street, to the south by Fulton Street, and to the east by Washington Street. Construction on below-ground utility relocations, footings, and foundations for the building began on April 27, 2006. The tower's steel structure topped out on August 30, 2012.
On May 10, 2013, the final component of the antenna was installed atop the skyscraper, making One World Trade Center tentatively the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere and the third-tallest building in the world by pinnacle height, with its antenna reaching a symbolic 1,776 feet (541 m) in reference to the year of the United States Declaration of Independence."
Photo by Tom Ritucci May 2013

Moscow Ostankino Tower
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Cusseta Richland Towers Tower

WOLO TV Tower

WIMZ-FM TV-mast
When completed in 1963, this was the tallest structure in the world

WTVM/WRBL-TV & WVRK-FM Tower
World's tallest structure from 1962 to 1963

Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre
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The CTF Finance Centre next to Guangzhou International Finance Center will complete the Guangzhou Twin Towers skyscrapers.
It's completion is going to be in 2016.

Tianjin CTF Finance Centre
530 m (1739 ft) tall upon completion in 2020
By Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Ronald Lu & Partners; East China Architectural Design & Research Institute

China Zun Tower
At 528 m (1732 ft), this is the tallest building in Beijing
By TFP Farrells

Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower)
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Willis Tower (formerly named and still commonly referred to as Sears Tower) is a 108-story, 1,451-foot (442 m) skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. At the time of its completion in 1973, it was the tallest building in the world, surpassing the World Trade Center towers in New York, and it held this rank for nearly 25 years. Willis Tower is the second-tallest building in the United States and the eighth-tallest freestanding structure in the world. The skyscraper is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Chicago, and over one million people visit its observation deck each year. Named the Sears Tower throughout its history, in 2009 the Willis Group obtained the right to rename the building, as part of their lease on a portion of its offices. On July 16, 2009, the building was officially renamed Willis Tower.

KFVS-TV Mast
World's tallest structure from 1960 to 1962

Taipei 101 (tallest building in Taiwan)
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TAIPEI is mnemonic for Technology, Art, Innovation, People, Environment, and Identity. 101 represents the concept of striving for beyond perfection.
Taipei 101's pinnacle reached full height on Oct. 9, 2003.
The multi-use structure will house retail facilities on Levels 1-4; a fitness center on Levels 5-6; offices on Levels 7-84; restaurants on Levels 86-88; observation decks on Levels 89, 91, and 101; and communication facilities on Levels 92-100.
There is a station for the Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) beneath the building awaiting the eventual construction of the Hsinyi line.
On December 15, 2004, Toshiba installed the world's two fastest elevators. With top speeds of 1010 m/min, observation deck visitors can whiz from Level B1 to 89 in 39 seconds.
A 900-ton tuned mass damper is installed on the 87th floor to counter earthquakes and typhoons. It will be available for public viewing from the restaurant levels and observation deck.

WMTW Television Tower (tallest structure in Maine)

Greenland Jinmao International Financial Center under construction
499.8 m (1639 ft) tall upon completion in 2025, becoming the tallest building in Nanjing and in Jiangsu Province.
By Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP
AKA Nanjing Greenland Center

Suzhou Zhongnan Center under construction
499.2 m (1637 ft) tall upon completion in 2026, becoming the tallest building in Suzhou.

Yuzui Tower under construction
498.8 m (1636 ft) tall upon completion in 2025

Silkroad International Center under construction
498 m (1634 ft) tall upon completion in 2024, becoming the tallest building in Xi'an

WGME TV Mast
World's tallest structure from 1959 to 1960

Shanghai World Financial Center
The Shanghai World Financial Center is a supertall skyscraper in Pudong, Shanghai, China. It is a mixed use skyscraper which consists of offices, hotels, conference rooms, observation decks, and shopping malls on the ground floors. Park Hyatt Shanghai is the hotel component containing 174 rooms and suites. Occupying the 79th to the 93rd floors, it is the highest hotel in the world, surpassing the Grand Hyatt Shanghai on the 53rd to 87th floors of the neighboring Jin Mao Tower.
It is currently the third-tallest building in the world. It also had the highest occupied floor and the highest height to roof, two criteria to determine the title of "The World’s Tallest Building".

Tianfu Center under construction
488.9 m (1604 ft) tall upon completion in 2026, becoming the tallest building in Chengdu and in Sichuan.
By Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

WKY TV Mast

Rizhao Center under construction
485 m (1591 ft) tall upon completion in 2028, becoming the tallest building in Rizhao and in Shandong Province.

International Commerce Centre (tallest building in Hong Kong)
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At 1,588 ft (484m), the tallest building in Hong Kong and among the tallest in the world.

KERA FM Tower

North Bund Tower under construction
480 m (1574 ft) tall upon completion in 2026
By Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates; East China Architectural Design & Research Institute

KBSI TV Mast

Wuhan Greenland Center
475.6 m (1560 ft) tall upon completion in 2023, becoming the tallest building in Wuhan and in Hubei Province.
By Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture & East China Architectural Design & Research Institute

Chushang Building under construction
475 m (1558 ft) tall upon completion in 2025

Wuhan CTF Centre under construction
475 m (1558 ft) tall upon completion in 2026, becoming the tallest office building in Wuhan and in Hubei Province.
By Ronald Lu & Partners

Torre Rise (tallest building in Latin America) under construction
475 m (1558 ft) tall upon completion in 2026, becoming the tallest building in Monterrey, in Nuevo León, in Mexico, and in Latin America.
By Bernardo Pozas

KTAL TV Tower

Central Park Tower (world's tallest residential building)
472.4 m (1550 ft) tall upon completion in 2021, becoming the tallest all-residential building in New York, the United States, and the world.
By Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture and AAI Architects PC

INS Kattabomman
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Article in Jane's JDW 6 March 2013 claims this is the site under construction for India's ELF site. The current picture on Google Earth isn't recent enough to see the new buildings. One can see the general pentagon outline/shape which is about 2000 meters across.

SUNAC A-ONE Towers under construction
The mixed-use Tower 1 will be 470 m (1542 ft) tall upon completion in 2024, becoming the tallest building in Chongqing.
The office building Tower 2 will be 349 m (1145 ft).
The office building Tower 3 will be 300 m (984 ft).

Fosun Bund Center T1-T2 under construction
T1 will be 470 m (1542 ft) tall upon completion in 2028
T2 will be 356 m (1168 ft) tall

The Landmark 81 (tallest building in Vietnam)
Tallest building in Ho Chi Minh City and in Vietnam.
By Atkins

Qurayyat Transmitter

Chengdu Greenland Center under construction
By Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture; East China Architectural Design & Research Institute

Oriental Pearl Tower
The Oriental Pearl Radio & TV Tower is a TV tower in Shanghai, China.
Construction started July 30, 1991.
On April 13, 2010 the antenna at the top of the 468m tower caught fire at around 2:00 a.m.
On July 7, 2007, Oriental Pearl Tower was host to the Chinese Live Earth concert.

Lakhta Center (tallest building in Europe)
At 462 m (1515 ft), this is the tallest building in St Petersburg, in Russia, and in Europe.
By RMJM & Gorproject

Inta CHAYKA Transmitter
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The Russian CHAYKA system was a direct analogue of the Western LORAN navigational system.

Dudinka Chayka Transmitter

KISS Radio Tower

Lualualei VLF transmitter
VLF transmitter Lualualei is a facility of the United States Navy near Lualualei, Hawaii transmitting orders to submerged submarines in the very low frequency (VLF) range. VLF transmitter Lualualei, which operates under the callsign NPM on 21.4 kHz and 23.4 kHz, uses as antenna two guyed masts, each 458.11 metres (1503 feet) tall. Both masts, which were built in 1972, were not only the tallest towers in the Western hemisphere at the time, used for military purposes, they are also the tallest towers used for long wave transmissions in the Western hemisphere and since the collapse of Warsaw Radio Mast perhaps the tallest structures electrically insulated against ground.

'International Commerce Center' by P&T and KPF
Tower 1 will be 1503 ft (458 m) tall upon completion in 2022, becoming the tallest building in Chongqing.

875 North Michigan Avenue
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FKA John Hancock Center
By Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

The Exchange 106
By Mulia Group and Peter Chan Architects