New York architectural firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates completed the building’s striking infrastructure, while another New York design firm, Thornton Tomasetti, designed the building’s structure, made from a composite of stainless steel and glass. Ping An International Finance Centre holds some significant records: it is the tallest building in Shenzhen, the second tallest building in China, and the fifth tallest building in the world, measuring 1,966 feet high. Ping An International Finance Centre The Ping An International Finance Centre, Shenzhen However, it also contains some world-topping stats – Abraj Al-Bait’s clock face is the biggest in the world, at 43 meters in circumference, while the building’s entire floor area is bigger than any other man-made construction.ĥ. This building is a whopping 1,972 feet high, making it the fourth tallest building in the entire world as of 2023. It was designed by the Lebanese architectural firm Dar Al-Handasah, and completed in 2012, after six years of construction work. Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower The Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower in Mecca, Saudi ArabiaĪbraj Al-Bait Clock Tower is in the heart of the city Mecca in Saudi Arabia. The name Merkeda means Independence Day in Malaysian, while it will have 118 floors in total.ģ. Designed by the Australian architects Fender Katsalidis alongside the local architectural firm RSP Architects Sdn Bhd, the building is set to officially open in mid to late 2023. Once opened, visitors will be able to climb to the very top of the building’s spire. It towers 2,220 feet into the sky, overlooking the city of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. The almost-completed Merdeka 118 is the second tallest building in the world, and the tallest building in South East Asia. Below are the top 25 US Cities with a rough snapshot of the most skyscrapers over 300 feet high, as of July 2021. Merdeka 118 Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia The building was designed by the Chicago based architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM).Ģ. The colossal tower has 163 floors, along with restaurants, apartments, business suites and the tallest elevator shaft in the world, for those brave enough to ride to the top. Amazingly, it is twice the height of the Empire State Building, once the tallest building in the world in 1930, less than 100 years ago. At an incredible height of 2,717 feet, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, is without a doubt the tallest recorded building in the world.
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