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Wednesday, January 1, 2014

List of tallest buildings and structures in the world


The world's tallest man-made structure is the 829.8 m (2,722 ft) tall Burj Khalifa in Dubai,United Arab Emirates. The building gained the official title of "Tallest Building in the World" at its opening on January 4, 2010.
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, an organization that certifies buildings as the "World’s Tallest", recognizes a building only if at least fifty percent of its height is made up of floor plates containing habitable floor area. Structures that do not meet this criterion, such as the CN Tower, are defined as "towers".
There are dozens of radio and television broadcasting towers which measure over 600 metres (about 2,000 ft) in height, and only the tallest are recorded in publicly available information sources.



CategoryStructureCountryCityHeight (metres)Height (feet)Year BuiltCoordinates
SkyscraperBurj KhalifaUnited Arab EmiratesDubai829.82,722201025°11′50.0″N55°16′26.6″E
Self supporting towerTokyo Sky TreeJapanTokyo6342,080201135°42′36.5″N139°48′39″E
Guyed MastKVLY-TV mastUnited StatesBlanchard628.82,063196347°20′31.85″N97°17′21.13″W
Clock buildingAbraj Al Bait TowersSaudi ArabiaMecca6011,972201121°25′08″N39°49′35″E
Mast radiatorLualualei VLF transmitterUnited StatesLualualei4581,503196221°25′11.87″N158°08′53.67″W ; 21°25′13.38″N158°09′14.35″W
Twin towersPetronas Twin TowersMalaysiaKuala Lumpur4521,48219983°09′27.45″N101°42′40.7″E3°09′29.45″N101°42′43.4″E
ChimneyEkibastuz GRES-2 Power StationKazakhstanEkibastusz419.71,377198752°1′26.3″N75°28′34.5″E
RadarDimona Radar FacilityIsraelDimona4001,312200830°58′6.93″N35°05′49.64″E ; 30°58′32.46″N35°05′55.25″E
Lattice towerKiev TV TowerUkraineKiev3851,263197350°28′16.49″N30°27′11.97″E
Electricity pylonZhoushan Island Overhead Powerline TieChinaDamao3701,214200929°56′2.78″N122°2′10.12″E ; 29°54′41.39″N122°1′26.38″E
Partially guyed towerGerbrandy TowerNetherlandsIJsselstein366.81,203196152°00′36.24″N05°03′12.87″E
Guyed tubular steel mastTV Tower VinnytsiaUkraineVinnytsia3541,161196149°14′30.04″N28°25′25.25″E
Bridge pillarMillau ViaductFranceMillau3421,122200444°05′09.97″N03°01′17.94″E
Meteorological towerObninsk Meteorological towerRussiaObninsk3151034195855°06′42″N36°35′34″E
Blaw-Knox TowerLakihegy TowerHungarySzigetszentmiklós-Lakihegy3141,0311933, 196847°22′23″N19°00′16″E
DamNurek DamTajikistanNurek300984198038°22′17.09″N69°20′53.57″E
Concrete damGrande Dixence DamSwitzerlandVal d'Hérens285935196546°4′49.89″N7°24′13.13″E
MinaretHassan II MosqueMoroccoCasablanca210689199333°36′28.71″N7°37′58.16″W
Wind turbineTwo on lattice towersPolandNowy Tomyśl2106892012
Cooling towerNiederaussem Power StationGermanyNiederaussem200656200350°59′45.91″N6°40′16.79″E
MonumentGateway ArchUnited StatesSt. Louis192630196538°37′28.62″N90°11′5.87″W
Water towerMain tower of Kuwait TowersKuwaitKuwait City187614197929°23′22.75″N48°00′11.57″E
Wooden structureATLAS-I at Kirtland Air Force BaseUnited StatesAlbuquerque180600198035.029898°N 106.557574°W







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