The tallest building in the world has Burj Dubai, a grand opening took place January 4, 2010. Prior to that, the title of tallest building in the world belonged to the Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taipei. Let's look at ten other world's tallest buildings.
1. Burj Khalifa, also known as Burj Dubai - the tallest building in the world - dominates Dubai, UAE. Occupancy rates of 160-storey 828-meter building - the highest in the world, and the building itself has received the title of the highest in the world, ahead of a television tower in North Dakota.
2. World Financial Center in Shanghai - the tallest building in China - is among other high-rises near the Huangpu River in Pudong district of China. 492-meter high 101-storey building was opened to the public August 28, 2008.
3. On this picture June 28, 2006 shows the design of 541-metrovgo building, originally called "the Tower of Freedom" in New York. March 26, 2009 City Hall in New York and New Jersey confirmed that the building official will be called the World Trade Center Tower 1. Upon completion it will be the tallest building in the United States.
4. Financial center in Nanjing, also known as Zifeng Tower, was opened on December 19, 2009. 457-meter high building - seventh tallest building in the world.
6. International Finance Centre in Hong Kong is 415 meters high.
7. Designer sketches showing 609-meter skyscraper «Fordham Spire», which will be built in Chicago by architect Santiago Calatrava. If the building will be built, it will be the highest in the U.S..
8. International Commercial Centre - 483-meter skyscraper under construction in Hong Kong. After completion it will be the fourth tallest building in the world.
9. The famous Empire State Building in New York City area Queens, glowing yellow and purple lights in honor of Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain June 4, 2002. 102-storey 443-meter high building - the tallest in New York and one of the highest in the United States.
10. The tallest building in the United States remains the 441-meter tower Willis, formerly known as the Sears Tower in Chicago. The building was the tallest in the world at the time of its completion in 1973.