List of tallest office buildings in the world
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This is a list of tallest office buildings in the world.
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1 | Taipei 101 Taipei 101 Taipei 101 , formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center, is a landmark skyscraper located in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan. The building ranked officially as the world's tallest from 2004 until the opening of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai in 2010... |
Taipei | Republic of China (Republic of China) | 1,671 | 509 | 101 | 2004 |
2= | Petronas Tower 1 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 1,483 | 452 | 88 | 1998 |
2= | Petronas Tower 2 | Malaysia | Malaysia | 1,483 | 452 | 88 | 1998 |
4 | Willis Tower | Chicago | United States | 1,451 | 442 | 108 | 1974 |
5 | Two International Finance Centre | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 1,362 | 415 | 88 | 2003 |
6 | CITIC Plaza CITIC Plaza CITIC Plaza is a skyscraper built in Tianhe District, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. Its structural height is 391 m 80 stories including two tall antenna-like spires on the top. Completed in 1997, it is the tallest concrete building in the world... |
Guangzhou | People's Republic of China | 1,283 | 391 | 80 | 1997 |
7 | Shun Hing Square Shun Hing Square Shun Hing Square , also named "Di Wang" in Shenzhen, is a 384m tall skyscraper in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China.It is currently the second tallest in Shenzhen, 7th tallest building in mainland China, and the 15th tallest in the world. It was the tallest building in China from its completion... |
Shenzhen | People's Republic of China | 1,260 | 384 | 69 | 1996 |
8 | Empire State Building Empire State Building The Empire State Building is a 102-story landmark skyscraper and American cultural icon in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. It has a roof height of 1,250 feet , and with its antenna spire included, it stands a total of 1,454 ft high. Its name is derived... |
New York City | United States | 1,250 | 381 | 102 | 1931 |
9 | Central Plaza | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 1,227 | 374 | 78 | 1992 |
10 | Bank of China Tower | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 1,205 | 367 | 70 | 1990 |
11 | Bank of America Tower Bank of America Tower, New York City Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park is a skyscraper in the Midtown district of Manhattan in New York City, in the United States. It is located on Sixth Avenue, between 42nd and 43rd Street, opposite Bryant Park.... |
New York City | United States | 1,200 | 366 | 54 | 2009 |
12 | Almas Tower Almas Tower Almas Tower is a supertall skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Construction of the office building began in early 2005 and was completed in 2009 with the installation of some remaining cladding panels at the top of the tower. The building topped out at in 2008, becoming the third-tallest... |
Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 1,191 | 363 | 68 | 2009 |
13 | Emirates Office Tower Emirates Office Tower The Emirates Office Tower, also known as Emirates Tower One, is a 54-floor office building along Sheikh Zayed Road in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Connected with the 56-floor Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel by a retail boulevard, the two towers form what is commonly referred to as the... |
Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 1,163 | 355 | 54 | 2000 |
14 | Aon Center Aon Center (Chicago) The Aon Center is a modern skyscraper 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 Building... |
Chicago | United States | 1,136 | 346 | 83 | 1973 |
15 | The Center The Center The Center is the fifth tallest skyscraper in Hong Kong, after International Commerce Centre, Two International Finance Centre , Central Plaza and Bank of China Tower. With a height of 346 m , it comprises 73 stories. The Center is one of the few skyscrapers in Hong Kong that is entirely... |
Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 1,135 | 346 | 73 | 1998 |
16 | Minsheng Bank Building Minsheng Bank Building The Minsheng Bank Building is a supertall skyscraper located in Wuhan, China. The tall building was completed in 2007 and contains 68 floors. In April 2006, the building was topped out, becoming the 18th-tallest building in the world... |
Wuhan | People's Republic of China | 1,087 | 331 | 68 | 2007 |
17= | Chrysler Building Chrysler Building The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco style skyscraper in New York City, located on the east side of Manhattan in the Turtle Bay area at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue. Standing at , it was the world's tallest building for 11 months before it was surpassed by the Empire State... |
New York City | United States | 1,046 | 319 | 77 | 1930 |
17= | New York Times Tower | New York City | United States | 1,046 | 319 | 52 | 2007 |
19 | Bank of America Plaza Bank of America Plaza (Atlanta) Bank of America Plaza is a skyscraper located in the SoNo district of Atlanta, Georgia. At the tower is the 53rd-tallest building in the world. When it first opened, it was the 9th tallest building in the world, and 6th tallest building in the United States... |
Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in... |
United States | 1,023 | 312 | 55 | 1992 |
20 | US Bank Tower | Los Angeles Los Angeles, California Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California... |
United States | 1,018 | 310 | 73 | 1989 |
21 | Menara Telekom Menara Telekom Menara Telekom is the headquarters of Telekom Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur.It is 310 m tall, has 55 floors, and is shaped to represent a sprouting "bamboo shoot". It is located along the Federal Highway, Sprint Expressway and Jalan Pantai Baru and is served by the Rapid KL Kerinchi LRT station... |
Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 1,017 | 310 | 55 | 2001 |
22 | AT&T Corporate Center AT&T Corporate Center The Franklin Center is a 60-story skyscraper completed in 1989 as the AT&T Corporate Center to consolidate the central region headquarters of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company . It stands at a height of and contains in the Loop neighborhood of downtown Chicago... |
Chicago | United States | 1,007 | 307 | 60 | 1989 |
23 | JPMorgan Chase Tower JPMorgan Chase Tower (Houston) JPMorgan Chase Tower, formerly Texas Commerce Tower, is a , 75-story skyscraper in Houston, Texas. It is currently the tallest building in the city, the tallest building in Texas, the tallest five-sided building in the world, 12th tallest building in the United States, and the 54th tallest building... |
Houston Houston, Texas Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ... |
United States | 1,002 | 305 | 75 | 1982 |
24 | Two Prudential Plaza Two Prudential Plaza Two Prudential Plaza is a super-tall skyscraper that was built in the Loop area of Chicago, Illinois, United States in 1990. At 995 feet tall, it is currently the sixth-tallest building in Chicago and the thirteenth tallest in the United States. The building was designed by the firm Loebl,... |
Chicago | United States | 995 | 303 | 64 | 1990 |
25 | Wells Fargo Plaza | Houston Houston, Texas Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ... |
United States | 992 | 302 | 71 | 1983 |
26 | Arraya 2 Arraya 2 The Arraya 2, primarily known as Arraya Tower, is a skyscraper completed in 2009 in Kuwait City, Kuwait. The tower serves as a grade-A office structure. With sixty storeys, and 245 metres high , the slender building will become the tallest tower in Kuwait and one of the fifty tallest towers in the... |
Kuwait City | Kuwait | 984 | 300 | 56 | 2009 |
27 | One Island East Centre | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 979 | 298 | 69 | 2008 |
28= | First Bank Tower First Canadian Place First Canadian Place is a skyscraper in the financial district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the northwest corner of King and Bay streets, and is the location of the Toronto headquarters of the Bank of Montreal. At , it is Canada's tallest skyscraper and the 15th tallest building in North America... |
Toronto | Canada | 978 | 298 | 72 | 1976 |
28= | Shanghai Wheelock Square Shanghai Wheelock Square Shanghai Wheelock Square is a skyscraper located in Puxi, Shanghai, China. It is the 52nd-tallest building in the world.The Wheelock Square building has 58 floors, and just over 100,000 sqm of prime office space. It is located across the street from the Jing’an Temple Metro station, providing... |
Shanghai | People's Republic of China | 978 | 298 | 58 | 2009 |
30 | Comcast Center Comcast Center (office building) Comcast Center is a skyscraper in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 58-story, tower is the tallest building in Philadelphia and the fifteenth tallest building in the United States. Originally called One Pennsylvania Plaza when the building was first announced in 2001, the Comcast Center... |
Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,... |
United States | 973 | 297 | 57 | 2008 |
31 | 311 South Wacker Drive 311 South Wacker Drive 311 South Wacker Drive in Chicago, USA, is a post-modern 65-story skyscraper completed in 1990. At 961 feet tall, it is the seventh tallest building in Chicago and the 16th tallest in the United States... |
Chicago | United States | 961 | 293 | 65 | 1990 |
32 | American International Building American International Building The American International Building is a 66-story, 952 foot tall building in Lower Manhattan in New York City. The official address is 70 Pine Street, New York, NY 10270 and is also bordered by Cedar Street and Pearl Street. It was completed in 1932 by the Cities Service Company for the oil and... |
New York City | United States | 952 | 290 | 66 | 1932 |
33 | Key Tower Key Tower Key Tower is a skyscraper on Public Square in downtown Cleveland, Ohio designed by architect César Pelli. It is the tallest building in both the city of Cleveland and the state of Ohio, the 18th tallest building in the United States, and the 70th tallest building in the world... |
Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border... |
United States | 947 | 289 | 57 | 1991 |
34= | Plaza 66 Plaza 66 Plaza 66 is a commercial and office complex in Shanghai, consisting of a shopping mall and two skyscrapers. The shopping mall has 5 levels with a total area of over 50,000 square metres... |
Shanghai | People's Republic of China | 945 | 288 | 66 | 2001 |
34= | One Liberty Place | Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,... |
United States | 945 | 288 | 61 | 1987 |
36 | Columbia Center Columbia Center Columbia Center is the tallest skyscraper in the downtown Seattle skyline, as well as the tallest building in the State of Washington, and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It occupies most of the block bounded by Fourth and Fifth Avenues and Cherry and Columbia Streets... |
Seattle Seattle, Washington Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country... |
United States | 937 | 285 | 76 | 1985 |
37 | Chongqing World Trade Center Chongqing World Trade Center The Chongqing World Trade Center is a 283.1 metre tall skyscraper located in Chongqing, China. The building was completed in 2005 after 3 years of construction beginning in 2002 and topping out in 2004. The building has 60 floors which can all be accessed by 12 elevators... |
Chongging | People's Republic of China | 929 | 283 | 60 | 2005 |
38 | Cheung Kong Centre | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 928 | 283 | 62 | 1999 |
39 | The Trump Building | New York City | United States | 927 | 283 | 70 | 1930 |
40 | Bank of America Plaza Bank of America Plaza (Dallas) Bank of America Plaza is a 72-story late-modernist skyscraper located in the Main Street District of downtown Dallas, Texas. Standing at a structural height of , it is the tallest skyscraper in the city of Dallas. It is also the 3rd tallest in Texas and the 22nd tallest in the United States, while... |
Dallas Dallas, Texas Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States... |
United States | 921 | 281 | 72 | 1985 |
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44 | Citigroup Center Citigroup Center The Citigroup Center is one of the ten tallest skyscrapers in New York City, United States, located at 53rd Street between Lexington Avenue and Third Avenue in midtown Manhattan... |
New York City | United States | 915 | 279 | 59 | 1977 |
45 | Scotia Tower Scotia Tower Scotia Tower is a prominent skyscraper located at 650 West Georgia Street in Downtown Vancouver.The 12th tallest building in the city, it stands at 138 m or 34 storeys tall and completed in 1977 and is a landmark skyscraper near the end of the central business district... |
Toronto | Canada | 902 | 275 | 68 | 1988 |
46 | Williams Tower Williams Tower The Williams Tower is a skyscraper located in the Uptown District of Houston, Texas. It was designed by architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee, in association with Houston-based Morris Architects , and erected in 1983. The tower is among Houston's most visible buildings... |
Houston Houston, Texas Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ... |
United States | 901 | 275 | 64 | 1983 |
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48 | Renaissance Tower | Dallas Dallas, Texas Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States... |
United States | 886 | 270 | 56 | 1974 |
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53= | Bank of America Corporate Center Bank of America Corporate Center The Bank of America Corporate Center is an 871 ft skyscraper in Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. When completed in 1992, it became and still is the tallest building in North Carolina as well as the tallest building between Philadelphia and Atlanta, Georgia; it is 60 stories high. It is the... |
Charlotte Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009... |
United States | 871 | 265 | 60 | 1992 |
53= | SunTrust Plaza SunTrust Plaza SunTrust Plaza is a 60-story skyscraper in downtown Atlanta. Built as part of the Peachtree Center complex, construction was finished in 1992, and has been the second-tallest building in Atlanta since then. When completed, it was the 28th tallest building in the world, and 21st tallest building... |
Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in... |
United States | 871 | 265 | 60 | 1992 |
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59 | Bitexco Financial Tower | Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City , formerly named Saigon is the largest city in Vietnam... |
Vietnam | 861 | 262.5 | 68 | 2010 |
60 | Aon Center Aon Center (Los Angeles) Aon Center is a 62-story, Modernist office skyscraper located at 707 Wilshire Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles, California. Designed by Charles Luckman, and completed in 1973, the rectangular black building with white trim is remarkably slender for a skyscraper in a seismically active area. It is... |
Los Angeles Los Angeles, California Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California... |
United States | 858 | 262 | 62 | 1973 |
61 | Canada Trust Tower | Toronto | Canada | 856 | 261 | 53 | 1990 |
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68 | Transamerica Pyramid Transamerica Pyramid The Transamerica Pyramid is the tallest skyscraper in the San Francisco skyline and one of its most iconic. Although the building no longer houses the headquarters of the Transamerica Corporation, it is still strongly associated with the company and is depicted in the company's logo... |
San Francisco San Francisco, California San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland... |
United States | 853 | 260 | 48 | 1972 |
69 | Chase Tower Chase Tower (Chicago) Chase Tower, located in the Chicago Loop area of Chicago at 10 South Dearborn Street, is a 60 story skyscraper completed in 1969. At 850 feet tall, it is the tenth tallest building in Chicago, the tallest building inside the Chicago 'L' Loop elevated tracks, and the 32nd tallest in the United... |
Chicago | United States | 850 | 259 | 60 | 1969 |
70 | GE Building GE Building The GE Building is an Art Deco skyscraper that forms the centerpiece of Rockefeller Center in the midtown Manhattan section of New York City. Known as the RCA Building until 1988, it is most famous for housing the headquarters of the television network NBC... |
New York City | United States | 850 | 259 | 69 | 1933 |
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73 | Two Liberty Place | Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,... |
United States | 848 | 258 | 58 | 1990 |
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75 | U.S. Steel Tower U.S. Steel Tower U.S. Steel Tower, also known as the Steel Building , is the tallest skyscraper in Pittsburgh, the fourth tallest building in Pennsylvania, and the 37th tallest in the United States. Completed in 1970, the tower has 64 floors to and has of leasable space. Its original name was the U.S. Steel... |
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States... |
United States | 841 | 256 | 64 | 1970 |
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82 | One Atlantic Center One Atlantic Center One Atlantic Center, also known as IBM Tower, is a skyscraper located in Midtown Atlanta. It is the third-tallest in Atlanta, reaching a height of with 50 stories of office space. It was completed in 1987 and remained the tallest building in Atlanta until 1992, when it was surpassed by the Bank... |
Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in... |
United States | 820 | 250 | 50 | 1987 |
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87 | One Chase Manhattan Plaza One Chase Manhattan Plaza One Chase Manhattan Plaza is a banking skyscraper located in the downtown Manhattan Financial District of New York City, between Pine, Liberty, Nassau, and William Streets. Construction on the building was completed in 1961... |
New York City | United States | 813 | 248 | 60 | 1961 |
88 | Chase Tower Chase Tower (Indianapolis) Opened in 1990 near Monument Circle in Indianapolis, the Chase Tower is the tallest building in Indianapolis. It surpassed the AUL Tower in Indianapolis for the distinction... |
Indianapolis Indianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S... |
United States | 811 | 247 | 49 | 1990 |
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90 | 4 Times Square | New York City | United States | 809 | 247 | 48 | 1999 |
91 | MetLife Building MetLife Building The MetLife Building, originally called the Pan Am Building, is a skyscraper located at 200 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.-History:... |
New York City | United States | 808 | 246 | 59 | 1963 |
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