Which is the tallest building in the world?

At present, the top ten tallest buildings in the world: Taipei 10 1 building.

Building 10 1, known as "the new landmark of Taipei", started on 1998 1, and the main project was completed in 2003 1. There is the largest and heaviest "air brake" in the world and two elevators with the highest speed in the world. It only takes 39 seconds to get from the first floor to the 89th floor. In the certificate issued by the World Tall Buildings Association, Taipei 10 1 Tower won three of the four indicators of "World Tall Buildings", namely "Highest Building" (508m), "Highest Floor" (438m) and "Highest Roof Height" (448m). turn

Second place: Petronas Petronas Petronas Twin Towers

Located in gmcc, Kuala Lumpur, the Petronas Petronas Twin Towers, 88 stories high, are world-famous super buildings. Magnificence is the pride of Malaysia. It once broke the 22-year record of Sears Tower in Chicago, USA at a height of 45 1.9 meters. This project started on February 27th 1993, was officially capped on February 27th 1996, and was completed and put into use in June 5438+0997. When you climb the Twin Towers, you can see the beautiful scenery of Kuala Lumpur. The city lights are on at night, and the scenery is particularly magnificent. turn

Third place: Sears Tower

Sears Tower is a skyscraper located in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is 442m high, with floor 108 above ground. It was designed by architect Mies Vandler.

Chicago, Illinois, USA is the birthplace of skyscrapers. Built for Sears-Loubak Company, 1973 completed. Sears Tower consists of nine towers. Their steel frames are welded together, which also helps to reduce the shaking in the wind caused by height. All towers have the same width, but different heights. The black belt outside the building cleverly covers the service facilities area.

Sears Tower has 1 10 floors and was once the tallest office building in the world. About 65438+6500 people come to work here every day. There is an observation deck on the 103 floor for tourists to overlook the whole city. 4 12 meters above the ground, you can see four States in the United States when the weather is clear.

Fourth place: Shanghai Jinmao Building

Jinmao Tower, a super-high-rise building with traditional style in China, is one of the landmark buildings in Shanghai towards the 2 1 century, which was designed by SOM design firm in the United States. 1998 completed in August. It covers an area of 2.36 million square meters and has a building area of 289,500 square meters. It is 420.5 meters high and has 88 floors.

The main building of Jinmao Mansion 1 ~ 52 floors are office buildings, 53 ~ 87 floors are five-star hotels, and 88 floors are sightseeing. The building fully embodies the characteristics of the integration of traditional culture and modern high technology in China. It is not only the extension and development of the ancient tower architecture in China, but also the reappearance of Shanghai style architecture in Pudong.

Fifth place: International Financial Center Building

Hong Kong Central International Finance Center Phase I 1998 completed, with 39 floors,180m. Since its establishment, it has attracted many international financial institutions. Guo Jin Phase II was completed in 2003, with a height of 420 meters and a total of 88 floors, making it the tallest building in Hong Kong. Known as the "masterpiece of the world", the design concept of the second phase of the international financial center expresses "welcome to you" to overseas friends with a gesture of "waving" to foreign friends.

Sixth place: CITIC Plaza Building

Tianhe CITIC Plaza is the tallest building in Guangzhou in the 1990s after the 63rd floor Guangdong International Hotel, with a height of 39 1 m and 80 floors, which is still the highest in Guangdong Province.

As one of the tallest buildings in China, CITIC Plaza has 68 elevators. The person in charge of Poly Property said that the whole CITIC is a "erected street".

Seventh place: Xinxing Plaza Building

Wang Di Building in Xinxing Square consists of a 68-storey commercial building, a 32-storey commercial apartment, a 5-storey shopping center and a 2-storey underground parking lot. It is 384m high and covers an area of18734m 2, with a total construction area of 270,000 m2 and a total investment of HK$ 4 billion.

Eighth place: Empire State Building

198 1 On April 30th, 2008, the Empire State Building with a height of 1250 feet and a floor of *** 102 in downtown new york, USA, spent 50 spring and autumn. In the 1930s, the American economy suffered a great depression, and people's lives became more difficult. However, Wall Street bosses are keen on the competition to build skyscrapers. Millionaire Rascobb decided to build the tallest building in the world to show his wealth. He called the famous architect william ram and asked how high the building could be built. Ram thought for a moment and then replied, "1050 feet." Rascobb was not satisfied with this height, because it was only 4 feet higher than the new Chrysler Building in new york. Therefore, the architect managed to add a 200-foot-high circular tower to make the height of the Empire State Building 1250 feet. This skyscraper was built in only 4 10 days, which is a miracle in the history of architecture. For a long time, the Empire State Building has been the tallest building in the world.

Ninth place: Central Plaza Building

1993 hong kong central plaza building was completed, with a height of 374 meters and 78 floors. It is the tallest skyscraper in Hong Kong at present. It is also one of the tallest buildings in the world.

The building looks like a triangle, but it is not a real triangle because its sharp corners have been cut off. There are two reasons: one is to have more convenient indoor area; More importantly, avoid offending neighbors by rushing to the sharp corner of their tax profits. Doing so is not only impolite, but more importantly, it will hinder "Feng Shui".

At the top of the building, the pyramid-shaped slope top and the mast standing on it are used as beams, which shine in the sun at night. The front is surrounded by three different colors of insulating glass. Gold-plated and silver-plated glass forms vertical and horizontal patterns, and patterned glass with different finishes is inserted between them, forming an elegant and sparkling image.

Tenth place: Bank of China Building

Bank of China Building in Hong Kong, designed by I.M. Pei Architects, completed on 1990. The total construction area is 6.5438+0.29 million square meters, with 70 floors above ground and a total height of 369 meters. The structure is supported by four-corner 12-story giant steel columns, and there is no column in the room.

Careful observation of the Bank of China Building will reveal many common designs of Bayesian works. Take the plane as an example. Bank of China Tower is a square plane, diagonally divided into four groups of triangles, and the height of each group of triangles is different, which makes the facade varied in strict geometric specifications. As for the concept of plane, it can be traced back to the Madrid Tower in 1973. The Madrid Tower and the front of the square are also divided multilaterally. Is a series to analyze its combination.