A new record was set on this same year in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Here lies the tallest building in the world called the Burj Khalifa. It has a total of 828 meters (2,17 ft.) in height and has a total of 160 floors. The building was inaugurated on January 4rth, 2010. In Second place stands the Taipei 101 and in third place stands the Shanghai World Financial Center. The top seven buildings as you can notice are all in the Asian continent. This are the top 10 tallest buildings in the world. You can see a full list of the top 200 by following the hyperlink.
1. Burj Khalifa 828 mt. United Arab Emirates
2. Taipei 101 509 mt. Taiwan (ROC)
3. Shanghai WFC 492 mt. China (PROC)
4. International Commerce Center 483 mt. Hong Kong, China
5. Petronas Tower 1 452 mt. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
6. Petronas Tower 2 452 mt. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
7. Nanjing Greenland Financial Center 450 mt. China
8. Willis Tower 442 mt. Chicago USA
9. Guangzhou West Tower 440 mt. China
10. Trump International Hotel and Tower 423 mt. Chicago, USA
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