Tallest towers in the world by height. Tallest towers in the world

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The tower consists of a central core surrounded by tube-shaped elements that create a hyperboloid structure. The construction of the tower was combined with the construction of the new Zhendong district, with the participation of Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa. The tower's observation deck is amorphous in shape, with several distinct conical shapes forming glazed platforms. On the third and fourth floors of the observation deck there is the largest panorama in the world, which was included in the Guinness Book of Records. The height of the panorama is 18 meters, length is 164 meters and area is 3012 square meters. The steel lattice mast that rises from the observation deck is used for antennas.

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Used by China Central Television. It has an observation deck at an altitude of 238 meters, as well as a revolving restaurant, which can be reached by a high-speed elevator. It is one of the tallest television towers in the world. It was built by the Ministry of Radio and Television of China. The most notable are the spherical parts of the tower, painted in gold and blue, located at an altitude of 221 and 238 meters, respectively.

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The tower was built in 1991. At an altitude of 253 meters there is an observation deck, which is currently used mainly for communication equipment. At an altitude of 257 meters there is a revolving restaurant. Tianjin TV Tower is a member of the international organization "World Federation of Tall Towers".

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Construction of the 421-meter-high building lasted about 5 years. For its original lighting, Menara Kuala Lumpur received the unofficial name “Garden of Light”. The design of tourism facilities reflects the classical Islamic culture of Malaysia. For example, the dome of the main lobby, reminiscent of a giant diamond, is made using the muqarnah technique.

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The tower has three elevator shafts in which 6 panoramic elevators move. At an altitude of 276 m there is a panoramic revolving restaurant. Above are various rooms dedicated to television, radio broadcasting, telecommunications, weather stations and traffic control services. The radio mast is made of steel and reaches a height of 120 m. The customer for this television tower is the municipality of Tehran.

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The tower design includes 11 spherical elements. The two largest spheres have diameters of 50 m (the lower one, “Space City”) and 45 m (the upper one, “Space Module”). These spheres are interconnected by three cylindrical columns, each 9 m in diameter; in the inner space of the columns there are five small spheres in which the rooms of the “Space Hotel” are located. Nearby is the 88-story Jin Mao skyscraper, one of the tallest in Asia. At night the TV tower is illuminated. Three-dimensional lighting was developed especially for it, giving it a literally fantastic look.

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The first name is “All-Union Radio and Television Transmitting Station named after. 50th anniversary of October". Ostankino TV Tower is the tallest building in Europe. The TV tower is a full member of the World Federation of Tall Towers. The high-rise restaurant “Seventh Heaven” is located at an altitude of 328-334 m and occupies 3 floors, two of which are currently not operational. The ring-shaped rooms of the restaurant, on which the tables are located, perform circular rotations around their axis at a speed of one revolution per hour. Over the 30 years of the tower’s existence, the observation deck and the Seventh Heaven restaurant have been visited by over 10 million guests. Tour group sizes are currently limited to 90 visitors.

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Initially, the abbreviation CN stood for Canadian National (since the building belonged, at that time, to the state company Canadian National Railways). However, in 1995, the tower was purchased by the Canada Lands Company (CLC). Residents of Toronto wished to keep the former name of the television tower, so now the abbreviation CN officially stands for Canada’s National. It is the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere. At an altitude of 447 meters there is an observation deck.

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Built in 2005-2010 by ARUP for the 2010 Asian Games. The height of the TV tower is 600 meters. Up to a height of 450 meters, the tower was erected as a combination of a hyperboloid load-bearing mesh shell and a central core. The mesh shell of the tower is made of large-diameter steel pipes. The tower is crowned by a steel spire 160 meters high. The tower is designed to broadcast TV and radio signals, as well as to view the panorama of Guangzhou and is designed to receive 10,000 tourists per day. At an altitude of 488 meters there is an open observation platform. Revolving restaurants are located at altitudes of 418 and 428 meters, at an altitude of 407 meters there is a “VIP cafe”.

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During construction, the tower was known as New Tokyo Tower. The name "Tokyo Sky Tree" was chosen following a competition that took place on the Internet from April to May 2008. During the construction of the tower, a special system was created that, according to the architects, compensates for up to 50% of the force of tremors during earthquakes. The tower is mainly used for digital television and radio broadcasting, mobile telephony and navigation systems. In addition, it is a popular tourist attraction. In the TV tower you can visit 2 observation decks, and there are also a large number of boutiques and several restaurants open there, and at the foot of the tower there is a mini-complex with a large shopping area, an aquarium and a planetarium.

Modern construction technologies today allow large companies to build real works of art - we will talk about those that reach the sky as much as possible. Their amazing height fascinates, and frightens some: the ten highest architectural achievements in the world are in front of you!

10. International commercial center

Its total height is 484 meters. The original project assumed almost a hundred meters more, but in China it is officially prohibited to build skyscrapers higher than mountains located nearby, so the architects limited themselves to this figure. The last 17 floors of the building are occupied by a luxury five-star hotel, which is the tallest hotel in the world - another record.

9. World Financial Center

The next addition to the list of tallest buildings is a skyscraper from China, located in Shanghai. It rises to 492 m. Local residents nicknamed the building “opener” for its unusual, characteristic shape. It is noteworthy that in the original design, the window at the top of the building had a round shape, but this idea was not supported by city residents, including the mayor, due to the similarity of the symbol with the circle-sun on the Japanese flag. So the International Financial Center received a trapezoid-shaped window.

8. Taipei 101

The famous tower in Taiwan is 509 m high from the base to the tip of the spire. Taipei has been in operation since late 2003; today it houses numerous offices and shops. The skyscraper is famous for its fast elevators: you can climb to the observation deck, located on the 89th floor, in just 40 seconds! A giant pendulum in the form of a ball weighing 660 tons, located in the upper half of the tower, will help the building to withstand seismological danger (which is very typical for Taiwan).

7. CTF Financial Center (Chow Tai Fook Enterprises)

A world achievement, again located in China, in the city of Guangzhou. 530 meters in height - it takes your breath away at just one glance, but here, in addition to offices, shops and hotel rooms, there are also residential apartments! In China, this giant ranks third in height among a huge number of skyscrapers; in the world it is seventh. By the way, in our rating CTF is the “youngest”; the construction of the Financial Center was completed only a year ago.

6. Freedom Tower - 1 World Trade Center

A little higher - in every sense - is New York's Freedom Tower. The tallest skyscraper in the West has 104 floors and a total height of 541 m. It is worth noting the location - this is where the twin skyscrapers destroyed by terrorists in 2001 were previously located. “Freedom Tower” is a unique symbol of the courage and resistance of the American people to global misfortune. The height of the building was also not calculated by chance: 541 meters is 1776 feet; it was in this year that the US Declaration of Independence was adopted.

5. Lotte World Tower

In the middle of our rising ranking is Lotte World Tower. This tower is located on the territory of the huge Lotte World entertainment complex in Seoul. 555 m, 123 floors - this skyscraper is the tallest on the Korean Peninsula. Inside there are shops, offices, residential apartments and hotel rooms, and the last four floors are open to everyone - from the observation decks you can enjoy a magnificent view of Seoul and the Han River. The slightly convex cone shape and glass panel exterior are a traditional reference to the famous Korean ceramics as part of the Korean culture.

4.Pingan International Financial Center

In fourth place in the ranking is China again, this time the city of Shenzhen. The large financial complex of Pinan is located here, which includes a luxurious skyscraper 600 m high. Among the dozens of tallest buildings in the world, Pinan is a newcomer; it opened only in 2017. In total, the giant has 115 floors.

3. Abraj al-Bayt

The top three among the giants of world architecture opens with the luxurious complex of Abraj al-Bayt, or the Royal Clock Tower. This building is located in Saudi Arabia, the city of Mecca. Directly opposite is a mosque with the main shrine for Muslims - the Kaaba building. Pilgrims from all over the world constantly come here; the Abraj al-Bayt hotel houses hundreds of thousands of them. In addition to hotel rooms, there is also a shopping center and residential apartments. A huge clock with a diameter of 43 meters is the culmination of a luxurious structure.

2. Shanghai Tower

The Shanghai Tower is recognized as the tallest skyscraper in China and the second tallest structure on the planet. The total height of this architectural heritage is 632 m. In total, the building has 128 floors with an area of ​​380 thousand square meters.

1. Burj Khalifa

The undisputed leader of the rating, the tallest building in the world, is the Dubai skyscraper Burj Khalifa. The structure in the form of a giant stalagmite was opened in 2010 in the UAE. Its height is 828 m, including a sharp spire 180 meters long. For the last ten years, this building has held the laurels of being the tallest man-made building on the planet. The building belongs to the largest Dubai complex, including a hotel, shopping centers, offices and residential apartments, as well as gyms, swimming pools, Jacuzzis, and observation decks.

On the vast territory of the Earth in different cities there are many amazing ones that can be classified by size, originality, uniqueness and other characteristics.

In this article we will consider high-rise buildings in the form of towers. Before we find out which Russian tower is the tallest in the country, we will briefly describe the largest buildings in the whole world.

About some skyscrapers in the world

The construction of modern high-tech architectural structures is widespread in all developed countries. A huge number of high-rise towers and buildings compete with each other in height and originality. Before we decide which is the largest tower in Russia, we will consider the tallest buildings in the world.

1. In the city of Dubai (UAE), the Burj Khalifa building reaches a height of 828 meters.

2. In China there is a tower 610 meters high. It is a station for transmitting radio and TV signals. It is also used as an observation deck for a panoramic view, allowing approximately 10 thousand tourists per day.

3. In Canada, the CN Tower (Toronto) has a height of 553 meters. This tower is a symbol of Canada.

4. The Freedom Tower was built in New York, its height is 541 meters. It was built in May 2013 (design by D. Libeskind) on the site of the destroyed twin towers (terrorist attack of September 11, 2001). The new building was named "1 World Trade Center".

5. Moscow Ostankino TV tower has a height of 540 meters. Inside it is the famous “Seventh Heaven” (a restaurant at an altitude of 328 meters), and there is a magnificent viewing platform.

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The year the tower was built is 1967.

As noted above, this is the fifth tallest building in the world after the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

Main characteristics of the tower:

• the base is located at an altitude of 160 meters above sea level;
• the structure is located on 10 supports, between which the average diameter is 65 meters;
• 149 ropes hold the tower trunk;
• the total volume of premises is about 70,000 sq. m. meters;
• the maximum deviation of the top of the tower at maximum wind speed is 12 meters;
• The main observation deck is located at an altitude of 337 m.

The largest tower in Russia was designed by the architect Nikitin. The image of the structure is a lily, only upside down. It should be noted that the initial project included only 4 supports, later their number was increased to 10.

Symbols of Russia through the eyes of foreigners

Before answering which tower is a symbol of Russia, we should remember what, according to statistics, foreigners associate with our country.

The generally accepted matryoshka, ushanka, vodka, samovar, birch, balalaika, Russian troika. Frosts, dumplings, Red Square...

The Spasskaya Tower of Russia is the most significant architectural symbol of Russia. This is a kind of power of the country and a reminder of the signs of the Russian people. On New Year's Eve, the first chime of the Kremlin chimes is accompanied by making one's most cherished wish for the coming year.

High-rise buildings in Russia

Mercury City Tower is a 75-story building with a height of 338.8 meters.

Built in 2012 on one of the sections of the MIBC called “Moscow City”. In terms of its height, it surpassed the London skyscraper The Shard, which held the status of the first tallest building in Europe for no more than 4 months.

The sights of great Russia today are not only historical ancient buildings, but also modern skyscrapers, of which there are especially many in Moscow.

In the capital alone, 87 buildings with a height of more than 100 meters were built.

The construction of these began with the construction of the main building of Moscow State University in 1953 (height - 240 m).

High-rise buildings in Moscow have been built over the past 15 years. These include the following structures:

• another tallest tower in Russia in “Moscow City” - “Eurasia” (309 m);
• Moscow Tower (height - 301 m);
• tower "C" on the Embankment (268 m);
• the tallest skyscraper (residential) in Europe “Triumph Palace” (264 m);
• St. Petersburg Tower, also in the Moscow City complex (256.9 meters);
• Federation-West Tower in Moscow City (243 m).

In the modern world, skyscrapers are a necessary architectural structure, which is inherent in megacities, where building plots are literally worth their weight in gold. In addition, such fantastic majestic buildings attract numerous tourists, captivating people with their unprecedented height, technical solutions and a wide variety of unique forms.

Construction is developing at a rapid pace around the world. There are so many high-rise buildings (skyscrapers) built in the world, but we should not forget about high-rise towers, which are not inferior in height to even the tallest skyscrapers. And it is these structures that will be discussed in this article.

1. Burj Khalifa, Dubai, UAE, 818 m

The United Arab Emirates is trying to catch up and surpass the whole world, building more and more architectural wonders. This is perhaps the most ambitious project, construction of which began in September 2004. The grand opening took place on January 4, 2010. The picturesque place is surrounded by hotels and shopping centers. The building even has its own website, burjkhalifa.ae.

2. Guangzhou Tower, China, 610 m

The next tower, Guangzhou TV Tower, is currently the tallest tower in the world. It was built in 5 years, for the opening of the 2010 Asian Games. The height of the TV tower is 610 meters. The tower is designed to transmit radio and TV signals, as well as for a panoramic view; the observation deck is designed to receive about 10,000 tourists per day.

3. CN Tower, Toronto, Canada, 553 m

Another building, which was the leader in height until 2007, is located in the city of Toronto, Canada, and is called the CN Tower. This tower is the symbol of the city and its height is 553.3 meters.

4. Freedom Tower, New York, USA, 541 m

After the sad events in New York on September 11, 2001, for some time the destroyed World Trade Center remained the subject of widespread discussion in terms of what should be in its place now. In 2002, after several tenders, the project proposed by Daniel Libeskind was selected and it acquired its final form by 2006. The opening took place on May 10, 2013. The building was called "1 World Trade Center".

5. Ostankino TV tower, Moscow, Russia, 540 m

The tallest tower in Russia is located in Moscow, its height is about 540 meters, most likely you already guessed that its name is Ostankino. The tower is installed on 10 supports, the so-called legs. Inside there is the Seventh Heaven restaurant at an altitude of 328-334 meters. According to the calculations of civil engineers, it is assumed that the Ostankino tower will stand for at least three hundred years. The observation deck is covered with three-layer glass to prevent accidents.

6. Willis Tower, Chicago, Illinois, 527 m

Construction work began in 1970 and the opening took place in May '73 in Chicago. The building, 443 meters high, contains 110 floors with a total area of ​​418 thousand square meters. The building is made of 9 square pipes, which form a square at the base. There are 104 elevators operating here and people use them to get to the three zones into which this building is divided.

7. Pentominium Tower, Dubai, 516 m

Construction of this facility began in 2011 and is still ongoing. The author of the project, which cost about $400 million, is Andrew Bromberg from Aedas. Construction work is planned to be completed by 2014 and then the skyscraper will be about 516 m in height.

8. Taipei 101, Taiwan, 509 m

Built in 2004 in Taipei and has 101 floors. Taipei ranks first on this list with an altitude of 509 meters. Upon completion of the Taipei 101 skyscraper, the twin towers Petronas Towers and Sears Tower moved up to 2nd, 3rd and 4th places, respectively.

9. Burj Al Alam, Dubai, 501 m

Construction began in 2006 and was expected to be completed by 2009. But due to lack of funds, the project was frozen. The official website of the building was closed and the domain was parked. There is no news yet, but the project promised to be impressive, which is why it is in our rating.

10. Eiffel Tower, Paris, France, 324 m

We could not help but mention it, although it has not been the tallest for a long time, but at the time of its opening there was no equal to it in the whole world. As you know, it was installed in Paris, France. The Eiffel Tower was erected in 1889 for the World Exhibition. That year it was the tallest tower on the Planet. It was designed by the famous engineer Gustave Eiffel. The Parisians in those days took the erected structure with hostility, calling it an “ugly skeleton,” but time passes and today this “skeleton” is a symbol of Paris and France as a whole.

Burj Khalifa is a skyscraper in Dubai, the tallest building in the world. The height of the building is 828 meters. Its construction began in 2004, and the grand opening ceremony took place on January 4, 2010.

The skyscraper project was developed by the American architectural bureau Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, which also designed the Willis Tower in Chicago, 1 World Trade Center in New York and many other famous buildings. The author of the project is American architect Adrian Smith.

The Burj Khalifa was originally planned to be the tallest building in the world. When the skyscraper was still under construction, its design height was kept secret. If during the construction of the tower a skyscraper of greater height had been designed somewhere, then adjustments could have been made to the project.

Inside the complex there is a hotel, apartments, offices and shopping centers. The building has 3 separate entrances: the hotel entrance, the apartment entrance and the office entrance. The Armani hotel and the company's offices occupy floors 1 to 39. 900 apartments occupy floors 44 to 72 and 77 to 108. The hundredth floor is owned entirely by Indian billionaire Shetty. Office premises occupy floors from 111 to 121, from 125 to 135 and from 139 to 154. On the 43rd and 76th floors there are gyms, swimming pools, and observation decks. The highest observation deck is on the 124th floor at an altitude of 472 meters. On the 122nd floor is Atmosfera, a restaurant located at the highest altitude in the world.

Construction of the skyscraper began in 2004 and proceeded at a rate of 1-2 floors per week. A special grade of concrete was developed especially for the Burj Khalifa, which can withstand temperatures up to +50 degrees Celsius. Concrete work was completed after the construction of the 160th floor, followed by the assembly of a 180-meter spire from metal structures.

The Burj Khalifa has special equipment that cools and aromatizes the air inside the structure. At the same time, the building is finished with tinted glass thermal panels, which reduce the heating of the rooms inside, which reduces the need for air conditioning.

2 Tokyo Sky Tree

Tokyo Sky Tree is a television tower in Tokyo, the tallest television tower in the world and the second tallest structure in the world after the Burj Khalifa. The height of the television tower including the antenna is 634 meters.

In July 2011, all television in Japan was due to go digital, but the Tokyo Tower was not tall enough to transmit to the upper floors of some skyscrapers, so a taller tower was built. Construction began in July 2008 and was completed on February 29, 2012. The opening took place on May 22.

During the construction of the tower, a special system was created that, according to the architects, compensates for up to 50% of the force of tremors during earthquakes.

The tower is mainly used for digital television and radio broadcasting, mobile telephony and navigation systems. In addition, it is a popular tourist attraction. In the TV tower you can visit 2 observation platforms: one is located at an altitude of 350 meters, the other at an altitude of 450 m. There are also a large number of boutiques and several restaurants open there, and at the foot of the tower there is a mini-complex with a shopping area, an aquarium and a planetarium.

3 Shanghai Tower

Shanghai Tower is the tallest skyscraper in China and the third tallest building in the world. Its height is 632 meters.

The spiral-shaped tower was designed by the large American company Gensler. In June 2009, a pit was dug and construction of the first floors of the tower began. In August 2013, a ceremony was held in Shanghai to erect the last beam at a height of 632 meters, that is, the skyscraper was brought to the roof level. The facade cladding was completed in September 2014, and all internal work was completed in 2015.

In 2016, the Shanghai Tower was supposed to be overtaken by the Ping'an International Financial Center under construction in Shenzhen, but at the last moment its height was reduced from 660 to 600 m.

The lowest floor of the Shanghai Tower is dedicated to the city's historical museum. Each area of ​​the tower contains shops and galleries. There is a hotel in the middle part of the building. There is also a restaurant inside, the peculiarity of which is that it rotates around its axis, a concert hall and a club. The skyscraper attracts about 2.8 million travelers every year. The tower has several observation platforms.

The Shanghai Tower has high-speed elevators that rise up at a speed of eighteen meters per second. The building is equipped with 106 elevators from Mitsubishi Electric, three of which are high-speed and rise to a record height of 578 meters, breaking the record of the Burj Khalifa elevators, rising to a height of 504 meters.

4 Abraj al-Bayt

Abraj al-Bayt is a complex of high-rise buildings built in Mecca. It is the largest structure in the world by mass, and it is also the tallest structure in Saudi Arabia. The height of the building is 601 meters. Its construction began in 2004 and was completed in 2012.

Abraj al-Bayt stands opposite the entrance to the al-Haram mosque, in the courtyard of which is the Kaaba, the main shrine of Islam. The tallest tower in the complex, which serves as a hotel, provides accommodation for about 100,000 of the more than five million pilgrims who visit Mecca each year for the Hajj.

The Abraj Al Bayt Towers house a four-story shopping arcade and a parking garage for more than 800 vehicles. The residential towers house apartments for permanent residents of the city.

At the top of the tallest Royal Tower there is a huge clock with a diameter of 43 meters (the length of the hour hand is 17 meters, the length of the minute hand is 22), located at an altitude of more than 400 meters above the ground. Their four dials are installed in the four cardinal directions. The clock is visible from anywhere in the city, and is the largest and highest clock in the world.

The royal tower is crowned by a 45-meter spire with a gilded crescent. The spire has eight rows of 160 powerful loudspeakers capable of broadcasting the call to prayer over a distance of more than seven kilometers. The Crescent is the largest ever built. Inside, it is divided into several service rooms, including a small prayer room - the tallest in the world. The diameter of the crescent is 23 meters. It is covered with golden mosaics.

5 Guangzhou TV Tower

Guangzhou TV Tower is the second tallest TV tower in the world. Built in 2005-2010 by ARUP for the 2010 Asian Games. The height of the TV tower is 600 meters. Up to a height of 450 meters, the tower was erected as a combination of a hyperboloid load-bearing mesh shell and a central core.

The mesh shell of the tower is made of large-diameter steel pipes. The tower is crowned by a steel spire 160 meters high. The tower is designed to broadcast TV and radio signals, as well as to view the panorama of Guangzhou and is designed to receive 10,000 tourists per day.

There are glass observation platforms at heights of 33, 116, 168 and 449 meters; at an altitude of 488 meters there is an open observation platform. Revolving restaurants are located at altitudes of 418 and 428 meters.