These Will Be The 10 Tallest Buildings On Earth In 2019
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 |