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Standing 1,451 feet tall and located in Chicago, United States, this tower is formerly and still known as the Sears Tower.
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Standing 1,483 feet tall each and located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, these towers include a two-story skybridge that connects the towers at the 41st and 42nd floors.
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Standing 1,380 feet tall and located in Shanghai, China, this tower contains a 31-story atrium.
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Standing 1,667 feet tall and located in Taipei, Taiwan, the building has eight segments of eight floors each, a nod to the auspicious nature of the numeral 8 in the Chinese-speaking world.
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Located in Shanghai, China and standing 1,614 feet tall, the building has a big hole at the top. The gift shop in the tower sells minature, functional bottle opener replicas of the tower.
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Standing 1,389 feet tall and located in Chicago, United States, The Trump International Tower and Hotel also stands as the tallest building in the world to use reinforced concrete as its primary structural material.
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Located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, this tower stands 2,717 feet tall, more than 700 feet over its nearest competitor.
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Standing 1,476 feet tall and located in Nanjing, China, A rare feature of a building this tall, the windows have to ability to open.
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Standing 1,439 feet tall and located in Guangzhou, China, the building's structure contains strategically placed steel sections that cut down on the amount of steel needed compared to conventional frames while remaining structurally sound.
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Standing 1,588 feet tall and located in Hong Kong, China, ICC's designers had wanted to make it the tallest building then on the planet. But a local ordinance, which outlaws structures from rising higher than nearby mountains, stymied the dream.
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Standing 1,449 feet tall and located in Shenzhen, China, the building's distinctive, transparent, glassed-over top portion hosts a restaurant and mall.
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Standing 1,354 feet tall and located in Kuwait City, Kuwait, the Al Hamra Tower's draped curtain styling is intended to block out the Sun where its rays would fall most intensely.
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Standing 1,972 feet tall, and located in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, this tower was built to afford comfortable accommodations to wealthy Muslim pilgrims making the Hajj.
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Standing 1,356 feet tall and located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, this tower is the tallest residential building in the world.
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Located in New York City, United States, this tower stands 1,776 feet tall as a shout-out to the birth year of the United States.
