With a pinnacle height of 1,792 feet, One World Trade Center in New York City is the currently the third tallest building in the world. In fact, three buildings grace the current top ten list and the Empire State Building comes in at number eleven. Go USA! But all that will change in the next few year’s as countries in Asia produce modern marvels that reach higher than engineers could have ever imagined just year’s ago when they were designing One World Trade. To give you an idea of how furious the development of ultra sky scrapers is check out the current top 10 list of world’s tallest buildings and then look at how it will change over the next five years (source).

The 10 tallest buildings in the world (pinnacle height) as of 2014

1	Burj Khalifa	Dubai	UAE	829.8 m	2,722 ft	163	2010
2	Abraj Al-Bait Towers	Mecca	Saudi Arabia	601 m[8]	1,971 ft	120	2012
3	One World Trade Center	New York City	USA	546.2 m	1,792 ft	104	2013
4	Willis Tower	Chicago	USA	527.0 m	1,729 ft	108	1974
5	Taipei 101	Taipei	Taiwan	509.0 m	1,669 ft	101	2004
6	Shanghai World Financial Center	Shanghai	China	494.4 m	1,614 ft	101	2008
7	International Commerce Centre	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	484.0 m	1,588 ft	108	2010
8	John Hancock Center	Chicago	USA	457.2 m	1,500 ft	100	1969
9	Petronas Tower 1	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	452.0 m	1,483 ft	88	1998
9	Petronas Tower 2	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	452.0 m	1,483 ft	88	1998
10	Zifeng Tower	Nanjing	China	450.0 m	1,476 ft	89	2009
11	Empire State Building	New York City	USA	443.2 m	1,454 ft	102	1931

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