1、The newest rankings of tallest skyscraper in the global,YANG Tonghua Psychology departmente of nanjing ,Which countries do you think the most skyscrapers? Is the U.S. ?Is the countries of European? In fact, many top high buildings of the world not far from us 10 of the world tallest building in the
2、Asian region accounted for seven, and the majority in China,NO.1. Burj Dubai, also known as Burj Khalifa,located on Dubai city of United Arab Emirates It was designed by Adrian Smith from the Chicago SOM architectural firm. Samsung is responsible for creating and operating for it 160 layers with a t
3、otal high 828 meters Groundbreaking in September 21, 2004 completion by the end of 2009 start using in January 4, 2010 to enable,The projects with a total investment of about 80 million dollar Its facilities include hotels, shopping centers, office buildings and luxury apartments Burj Dubai - talles
4、t building project in the world so far,NO.2. Taipei 101,Taipei 101, formerly known as Taipei World Financial Center before 2003 years designed by the architect who called CY Lee and his team constructed by KTRT team, Taipei 101 is currently second skyscraper in the worlda total of 101 layers with he
5、ight of 509.2 meters(including antanna) start in January,1998 completion by the 2004,There are largest and heaviest of the “Damper“, andtwo worlds most high-speed elevators in the world The elevators operating from the first floor to the 89 floor, as long as take 39 seconds of time This also maintai
6、ns the worlds records of fastest elevator (60.4 kilometers per hour) Association in high-rise in the world of certificates issued, built in the Burj Dubai before, Taipei 101 won three highest of the “four indicators of skyscraper in the world”. That is the “highest building“ (508 meters), “Maximum f
7、loor “(438 m) and the“ maximum roof height “(448 m),NO.3. Shanghai World Financial Cente(SWFC),IT is highest flat-roofed building in the world. With High 492 meters, the ground layer 101 Design By the U.S. architectural firm Kohn Pedersen Fox The developer is the “Shanghai World Financial Center Com
8、pany“, and leading the construct by the Japanese Mori Building Corporation (Sen Hikaru). Completed in August 2008,It is the tallest building in mainland of China and become the worlds third tallest skyscraper, highest go sightseeing balcony in the world, a five-star luxury hotel,and retail space,上海中
9、心,英文名称：Shanghai Tower。 建设地点：陆家嘴金融中心区Z3-2地块。 开工时间：2008年11月29日。 竣工时间：2014年。 占地面积；2.03万平方米。 建筑面积：未知。 建筑高度：632米。 建筑层数：127层。 结构形式：未知。 建筑造价：148亿元。 设计单位：美国Gensler建筑设计事务所。 投资单位：陆家嘴集团，公司拟与上海市城市建设投资开发总公司（上海城投）、上海建工集团（上海建工）合作。,上海中心由地上121层主楼、5层裙房和5层地下室组成， 总高度达632米，主楼高度达580米， 建筑面积573223平方米， 总投资达到150亿左右。 上海中心大厦于2
10、008年11月开建 2009年7月主楼桩基完成施工 整幢大厦将于2014年竣工。 建成后上海中心将成为中国第一高楼， 在世界上现已竣工的高楼中，排名第二。,NO.4. Petronas Towers,The Petronas Towers also known as the Petronas Twin Towers, in Kuala Lumpur city center Meizhi rhythm, 88 floors, height of 452 meters,it designed by the famous architect Cesar Pelli. start in Decembe
11、r 27, 1993for completion by the built in 1997 Its design combines the style of Islamic art。 It is tallest twin towers the world currently. The pride of Malaysia,NO.5. Purple Peak Tower,purple peaks of Nanjing Greenland Square overall Height Up to 450 meters (including antenna). Start date: the end o
12、f May 2005, Completion date: September 28, 2008 Its height more 1.1meters than Tuo Ling,Nanjing Bauhinia Peak with 448.9 meters. The storeys high have been built in the world and ranked seventh in the construction of skyscrapers.Equipped with super five-star Inter Continental hotel, Class A office b
13、uilding.,NO.6. Sears Tower,Willis Tower, formerly named Sears Tower, is a 108-story, 442 meter(dose not include antenna) skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. At the time of its completion in 1974, and was the tallest building in the world, surpassing the World Trade Center towers in New York. Currently,
14、 Willis Tower is the tallest building in the United States and the fifth-tallest freestanding structure in the world as well as the fifth tallest building in the world to the roof. On July 16, 2009, at 10:00 am Central Time, the building was officially renamed Willis Tower.,NO.7. JinMaoTower,its nam
15、e in English can be translated as “Golden Prosperity Building” designed by the architectural firm SOM, high 421 meters, a total of 88 floors,itis seventh in the world, Chinas third high-rise completed in 1998. design combines the traditional Chinese pagoda shape called upon the international masterp
16、ieces of modern architecture, blend of modern style, ethnic style into a whole,NO.8. Two International Finance Center,Hong Kong,designed by the famous architect Siza. Perry design 415 meters high, 88 level built in 2003 become the highest building in Hong Kong,NO.9. CITIC PLAZA,CITIC Plaza in Tianhe
17、 District of Guangzhou won tallest building in nationwide in 90s once again for Guangdong The floor up to 391 meters, 80 floors and built in 1997. have 68 elevators up and down. It is called “Building up the street.“ , . Although it is not the tallest building in China, itis the worlds tallest concr
18、ete building. the highest in Guangdong Province So far.,NO.10. Shun Hing Chinese:顺兴广场or 信兴广场 or地王大厦),84meter (1,260 ft) tall , 69-story its completion in 1996 It is the 5th tallest building in China, and the 9th tallest in the world. It was the tallest building in China from its completion in 1996 I
19、t was also the first skyscraper in China to be one of the ten tallest in the world It also is the highest “steel“ buildings inchina The building was built at the fast pace of four floors in nine days On the top floor is the Meridian View Centre, an observation deck,NO.11. Empire State Building,The E
20、mpire State Building is a 102-story , 381meter high, landmark Art Deco skyscraper in New York City It stood as the worlds tallest building for more than forty years, from its completion in 1931 The Empire State Building has been named by the American Society of Civil Engineers as one of the Seven Wo
21、nders of the Modern World It was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1986 In 2007, it was ranked number one on the List of Americas Favorite Architecture according to the AIA,NO.11. Empire State Building,The Empire State Building is a 102-story , 381meter high, landmark Art Deco skyscraper
22、 in New York City It stood as the worlds tallest building for more than forty years, from its completion in 1931 The Empire State Building has been named by the American Society of Civil Engineers as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World It was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 19
23、86 In 2007, it was ranked number one on the List of Americas Favorite Architecture according to the AIA,NO.12. Central Plaza Building, Hong Kong,The Central Plaza Building built in Hong Kong in 1993 with 374 meters high, 78 level, and is the tallest skyscraper in Hong Kong now. Also among the talles
24、t buildings in the world top 10 list. Building appears to be triangular shape,NO.13. Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong,The Bank of China Tower (abbreviated BOC Tower) is one of the most recognisable skyscrapers in Central, Hong Kong. It houses the headquarters for the Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited.
25、 Designed by I. M. Pei, the building is 305 meter high with two masts reaching 367.4m meter high. It was the tallest building in Hong Kong and Asia from 1989 to 1992, and it was the first building outside the United States to break the 305 meter mark.,NO.14. Emirates Office Tower,also known as Emira
26、tes Tower One, is a 54-floor office building along Sheikh Zayed Road in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates The tower has a total structural height of 354.6 meter Construction of the building was completed in November 1999,NO.15. Tuntex Sky Tower,Tuntex Sky Tower is an 85-floor The structure is
27、347.5 meter high. An antenna pushes the building height to 378meterwas the secondly high in Taiwan Constructed from 1994 to 1997 The building was designed by C.Y. Lee & Partners and Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum The building was designed by C.Y. Lee & Partners and Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum It is acc
28、essed by high speed elevators, capable of speeds of 10.17m/s (33.4ft/s).,NO.16. Aon Center (Chicago),The Aon Center in the Chicago Loop, Chicago, Illinois, United States, designed by architect firms Edward Durell Stone and The Perkins and Will partnership, and completed in 1973 as the Standard Oil B
29、uilding. With 83 floors and a height of 346 meter, it is the third tallest building in Chicago,NO.17 World Trade Center,The World Trade Center (WTC) was a complex of seven buildings in Lower Manhattan in New York City that were destroyed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. was designed by M
30、inoru Yamasaki in the early 1960s for the twin 110-story towers Groundbreaking for it took place on August 5, 1966. The North Tower (1) was completed in December 1970 and the South Tower (2) was finished in July 1971.,NO.18. Chrysler Building New York,The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco skyscraper
31、in New York City, located on the east side of Manhattan Standing at 319 metres Building in 1931 Its architectural style was modeled on a large number of subsequent skyscraper (the Empire State Building is imitate on its construction), can be said that the father of skyscraper In 2007, it was ranked
32、ninth on the List of Americas Favorite Architecture by the American Institute of Architects,NO.19. Ryugyong Hotel,It is also the highest in the world of semi-finished products, the floor, as the Korean go-vern-ment shortage of funds has been like this for 20 years, ranking 19th overall The hotel ris
33、es to a height of 330 metres with105-floor Construction began in 1987, but was halted in 1992 due to the economic disruptions that afflicted the country until construction resumed in April 2008,NO.20. Q1 (building),Q1 (meaning Queensland Number One) is a supertall skyscraper with the high about 323
34、meters, 78 floors located in Surfers Paradise, on the Gold Coast. It is the worlds tallest residential tower and the tallest building in Australia and the Southern Hemisphere. It is the second tallest free standing structure in the southern hemisphere, behind Aucklands Sky Tower,The first highTower
35、of the world “- Guangzhou New TV Tower project,Guangzhou New TV Tower (Harbour Centre Tower), also called Xiaoman Yao in Cantonese, and we call sheep peak (top of Guangzhou) for it, established in September 2009. Guangzhou TV Tower including the transmission antennas with up to 610 meter has become
36、the worlds first tower. Association of World Records named the worlds highest tower for Chinese,The Chicago Spire,Investment of 2.2 billion U.S. dollars of spiral tower building,height of about 600 meters, 150 floor, originally planned for completion in 2012. As of January 2009, underground works co
37、mpleted. However, owing to the outbreak of the financial crisis, it was forced to stop work in March 2009, lay-off a global wave of skyscraper building one of the most famous unfinished,International Commerce Centre， (ICC) Hong Kong,It is expected to be completed by 2012, 118 level, the level of its
38、 available floor height of 490 meters, the actual height of 484 meters. Two International Finance Centre with the 88 level 415.8 meter will replaced by it, and to become the worlds fourth high-rise. The building be located at regional of international financial center in Mumbai,China accounting for
39、seven of top 10 high-rise buildings of The world, while top 15 large high-rise of the world only accounting for 5 for other countries Therefore, if we want to admire the view of skyscrapers, we just go from Guangzhou to Hong Kong and went to Nanjing from Shanghai, will be able to enjoy tallest and m
40、ost of the skyscrapers of the world,The skyscrapers are a symbol of economic development in over the past. It enhance national pride, but this concept is dying out. One expert has lamented to say that we are to contrast the utility or luxury with others? Who had considered the consequences and impac
41、t that had cost hundreds of billions into these “the worlds most“? Therefore, it was considered that skyscraper is a sick from industrial society. It destroyed the sky of city by the way of brutally,India intends to build first high-residential apartment building in the world,It was designed by IM Pei Architects in New York Heigh 442 meter 117-story Total cost about 440 million dollars Will be completed in 2014 This building will named “World One“,Thank you !,
