COMPILED BY Lindi Brownell Meiring
World Skyscraper Day is celebrated every year on 3 September. Thanks to the Skyscraper Center database, we rounded up a list of the world’s tallest buildings, both completed and currently under construction.
Ranked in order from tallest first, these 10 buildings will be changing the landscape of their cities in the next five years.
1. Kingdom Tower
Height: 1000m / 3 281ft
Where: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
What: Apartments, Hotel, Offices
Completion Date: 2018
Image via Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture at kingdomtowerskyscraper.com.
2. Burj Khalifa
Height: 829.8m / 2 723ft
Where: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
What: Offices, Apartments, Hotel
Completion Date: 2010
Image via Malibongwe Tyilo
3. Ping An Finance Center
Height: 660m / 2 165ft
Where: Shenzhen, China
What: Offices
Completion Date: 2016
Image via schindler.com
4. Wuhan Greenland Center
Height: 636m / 2 087ft
Where: Wuhan, China
What: Offices, Apartments, Hotel
Completion Date: 2018
Image via Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture at skyscrapercity.com
5. KL118 Tower
Height: 635m / 2 083ft
Where: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
What: Offices, Apartments, Hotel
Completion Date: 2019
Image credit: skyscrapercity.com
6. Shanghai Tower
Height: 632m / 2 073ft
Where: Shanghai, China
What: Offices, Hotel
Completion Date: 2015
Image via Gensler at skyscrapercenter.com
7. Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel
Height: 601m / 1 972ft
Where: Mecca, Saudi Arabia
What: Hotel
Completion Date: 2012
Image credit: laughspark.com
8. Goldin Finance 117
Height: 596.5m / 1 957ft
Where: Tianjin, China
What: Offices, Hotel
Completion Date: 2016
Image via P & T Group at archdaily.com
9. Global Finance Center (Tower 1)
Height: 568m / 1 864ft
Where: Shenyang, China
What: Offices
Completion Date: 2018
Image via arch-student.com
10. Lotte World Tower
Height: 555.7m / 1 823ft
Where: Seoul, South Korea
What: Offices, Hotel
Completion Date: 2016
Image via Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates / CTBUH at bizportal.co.il
