Top Tallest Buildings in the World 2023
The CITIC Tower has the name China Zun owing to its appearance of Chinese Zun. The tallest building in China and 10th in the world, comprising 109-story, is 528m in height. The beautiful tower on plot Z15 in Central Business District holds 108 floors above the ground with eight underground floorings. Apart from the curved shape at the waist of the skyscraper, the base is graceful, with an arch design and strong corner anchoring for support. Most floors are for commercial use of CITIC as a shopping mall, Bank headquarters, or Headoffices. While the rest are in use as a Mech. layer, offices, conference centers, lobbies, The Alibaba Group, Parking lot, Business Club, and the Observation Deck.
Chow Tai Fook Financial Center in Tianjin is the next tallest to the Golden Finance 117 building in China. IStructE awarded the tower in 2021 for its Slender/Tall Structure. CTF tower has a curved shape that plays an essential role in lateral system and gravity by boosting the building’s stiffness. This is one of the 9th tallest buildings in the world with a height of 530m. It has 97 floors with rounded corners but is square in plan enabling matchless interiors for the tenants. In addition, the tower building refracts the sunlight during the day while the structure top glows at night. Chow Tai Fook tower opened in 2019 and has offices, hotels, and residences with an observation deck on the topmost floor.
The Guangzhou Chow Tai Fook Finance Centre, otherwise known as East Tower, is the 8th tallest building in the world and the 3rd tallest building in China. The building is standing in the central east of Zhujiang New Town. With about 111 floors above and five beneath the ground, the Finance Center links public transport and runs a mall underground. The building, in operation since 2016, is in service for offices, residences, and hotels. CTF Finance Center is about 530m in height and was the highest hotel for two years, 2019-20. The building has 95 Hitachi elevators, with 02 being the fastest in the world. This tower is unique, with different sizes on each floor to meet all the requirements. The CTF has setbacks as the usage place changes, allowing sky terraces and parapets that create a divergent look from each angle.
One World Trade is the rebuilt tower of the World Trade Center of New York. One WTC is the tallest tower in the United States on the 16-acre trade center site. It comes in 7th place when talking about the tallest buildings in the world. The skyscraper building has a height of 541m and has 86 floors above ground and 1-19 underground. Though the structure has 104-story while only 94 are available, and 78 are only for office use. It consists of a public lobby, office floors, mechanical floors, underground parking, shopping, and storage, along with a transportation hub path to the City Subway. It has a 03-story of observatory deck open to the public and free of cost for 9/11 victims and responders. Freedom Tower is mainly for communication, office, and an observatory. Post the attack rebuilt tower has a design that takes care of protection from attacks, calamities, and dangers.
Lotte World Tower of South Korea is the tallest building in the country and 6th in the world located in Seoul. This first 100-story building in Korea has 123 floors, with a whopping 07 top floors as the observatory decks. It has a slender cone design with gentle curvy sides completing the exteriors with pale color glass. With a height of 555.7m, this skyscraper celebrated its official opening in 2017 with fireworks and also held a laser LED show on 2018 New year’s Eve for a straight 7 min. This tall building has Sky Terrace and a Friendly Cafe on the 118th story and Photozone on the 119th floor. The Lotte Tower has 06 underground levels that function as the parking lot and observation entrances. While the rest are in use as the lobby, podium, prime office, residence, hotel, private office, and observation deck.
Ping An International Finance Centre ranks on number 02nd in China’s tallest building list.
The location of this building is in Guangdong, China. The construction of PIFC started in 2009 and was completed in 2017. Its height is 599 m, and have 115-plus floors. According to reports on completion, it broke the record for having the highest observatory at 562 m. It has corporate space, including elite shops, hotels, etc. Later, in 2019 according to an SCMP second quarter, 30 percent of office space was still vacant. China Construction First Building Group is the main contractor Thornton Tomasetti is the structural engineer of Ping An International Finance Centre.
Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower is also known as the Clock Tower of Makkah. Since 2012, The Makkah Clock Tower hits 04th in the world’s tallest buildings structures list. The clock tower is near the biggest mosque in the world-Makkah.
It’s constructed of reinforced concrete, steel, glass, marble, glass-fiber reinforced plastic, etc. The 06th freely standing tallest structure has 120 floors, including an exhibition, observatories, rooms, service floors, clock, etc. The distinctive sublime 04-sided clock at the clock tower is visible from a distance of 25 KM. Its diameter measures approx 141ft. The clock is according to Saudi standard time. Also, it has around 20 million LED lights illuminated on the sides. Besides the clock, they crafted Allah’s name and Kalma-e-Tayab above the clock. Also, the tower flashes at the time of prayers, besides displaying LED rays that flash to 30 KM.
The 3rd place for the tallest buildings in the world goes to the Shanghai Tower of China. This prepossessing 128-story was built in 2008. However, the Shanghai tower is the tallest structure in China to date. The 600-plus m skyscraper has 128 above and 05 floors below the ground.
Also, the tower received certificates for adopting sustainable green construction. Thornton Tomasetti built this elite tower with a unique twist-designed structure. Indeed the twist design brought down the material for construction.
The skyscraper Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpur heights around 2000 feet also known as KL 118, and Warisan Merdeka 118. The world’s second tallest building of 118 floors provides emporiums, residentials, and hotels besides an observation deck. The elite design resembles Tunku Abdul Rahman’s gesture toward the independence of Malaysia. It’s designed by combining glass pieces of diamond shape and constructed with steel, reinforced concrete. Merdeka Ventures are the owner of KL 118. As per reports, the tower is completed and opened, but the roof is under construction. However, South East Asia’s tallest skyscraper KL 118, is expected to set opening in 2023 upon completion. The project faced criticism from the citizens during construction. They said that instead invest; in daily necessities, PM consoled it to grab opportunities and help the country grow economically.
The most adorable skyscraper Burj Khalifa stands first as the tallest building in the world. It’s around 2,716.5 feet tall tower in Dubai, UAE. Since 2009, no structure has surpassed the height of this tower. This place is one of the best places to visit in Dubai. Reinforced concrete and structural steel are materials used in its construction. The construction of skyscraper tower is on a desert flower shape foundation that stands around 160-plus floors tall. This world’s longest building has also included Parking, hotels, corporate suites, and residential with all other extravagant facilities.