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World's tallest buildings in pictures

  • The Trump International Hotel and Tower is a skyscraper condo-hotel and the 10th tallest building in the world. Dominating the Chicago skyline at an incredible 98-storeys high (356m), the building was the world's highest residence above ground level until it was overtaken by the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
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    Trump International Hotel and Tower

    The Trump International Hotel and Tower is a skyscraper condo-hotel and the 10th tallest building in the world. Dominating the Chicago skyline at an incredible 98-storeys high (356m), the building was the world's highest residence above ground level until it was overtaken by the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
  • Jin Mao Tower is an 88-story (370m) landmark supertall skyscraper in the Lujiazui area of the Pudong district of Shanghai, People's Republic of China. It contains offices and the Shanghai Grand Hyatt hotel. Until 2007, it was the tallest building in the country, but it was surpassed by its neighbour - the Shanghai World Financial Centre.
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    Jin Mao Tower

    Jin Mao Tower is an 88-story (370m) landmark supertall skyscraper in the Lujiazui area of the Pudong district of Shanghai, People's Republic of China. It contains offices and the Shanghai Grand Hyatt hotel. Until 2007, it was the tallest building in the country, but it was surpassed by its neighbour - the Shanghai World Financial Centre.
  • Hong Kong’s International Commerce Centre is still a relatively new structure, having been built in 2011. Standing at 1587ft it doesn’t come too close to other lofty buildings across the globe but it has a refined structure, combining office space with a lower shopping mall.
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    Hong Kong

    Hong Kong’s International Commerce Centre is still a relatively new structure, having been built in 2011. Standing at 1587ft it doesn’t come too close to other lofty buildings across the globe but it has a refined structure, combining office space with a lower shopping mall.
  • Shanghai World Financial Centre cost an astonishing $1.2 billion to complete during an 11 year construction process. Often referred to as the SWFC, it has won over industry experts for its grand design- named by architects as the best skyscraper completed in 2008.
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    Shanghai

    Shanghai World Financial Centre cost an astonishing $1.2 billion to complete during an 11 year construction process. Often referred to as the SWFC, it has won over industry experts for its grand design- named by architects as the best skyscraper completed in 2008.
  • Formerly named (and more well known as) the Sears Tower, the Willis skyscraper completed in 1972 and was the tallest building in the world for nearly 25 years.
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    Willis

    Formerly named (and more well known as) the Sears Tower, the Willis skyscraper completed in 1972 and was the tallest building in the world for nearly 25 years.
  • The dual Petronas Towers sit in the largest Malaysian city of Kuala Lumpur, 1483ft high. Costing an estimated $1.6 billion, the Petronas Towers remain the tallest twin buildings in the world, surpassed as the singular tallest structure in 2004.
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    Petronas Towers, Malaysia

    The dual Petronas Towers sit in the largest Malaysian city of Kuala Lumpur, 1483ft high. Costing an estimated $1.6 billion, the Petronas Towers remain the tallest twin buildings in the world, surpassed as the singular tallest structure in 2004.
The Trump International Hotel and Tower is a skyscraper condo-hotel and the 10th tallest building in the world. Dominating the Chicago skyline at an incredible 98-storeys high (356m), the building was the world's highest residence above ground level until it was overtaken by the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
Jin Mao Tower is an 88-story (370m) landmark supertall skyscraper in the Lujiazui area of the Pudong district of Shanghai, People's Republic of China. It contains offices and the Shanghai Grand Hyatt hotel. Until 2007, it was the tallest building in the country, but it was surpassed by its neighbour - the Shanghai World Financial Centre.
Hong Kong’s International Commerce Centre is still a relatively new structure, having been built in 2011. Standing at 1587ft it doesn’t come too close to other lofty buildings across the globe but it has a refined structure, combining office space with a lower shopping mall.
Shanghai World Financial Centre cost an astonishing $1.2 billion to complete during an 11 year construction process. Often referred to as the SWFC, it has won over industry experts for its grand design- named by architects as the best skyscraper completed in 2008.
Formerly named (and more well known as) the Sears Tower, the Willis skyscraper completed in 1972 and was the tallest building in the world for nearly 25 years.
The dual Petronas Towers sit in the largest Malaysian city of Kuala Lumpur, 1483ft high. Costing an estimated $1.6 billion, the Petronas Towers remain the tallest twin buildings in the world, surpassed as the singular tallest structure in 2004.

Some of the world's most spectacularly tall buildings in photos.