Tallest Buildings in the World

Do you subscribe to pay-TV (Whether it's satellite or cable?) If you do, then you know that one channel in the line-up is National Geographic Channel (NGC). One of my favourite programmes is Mega Structures which tells us about massive (and tallest) buildings, how they are built, and what technologies are invloved in the buildings themtselves. So it was no surprise for me to find out that every tallest structure in this world involves multinational companies to combine their resources to build the structure! Here below are some of the tallest buildings (and the future tallest buildings):

THE PETRONAS TOWER

The Petronas Towers are the past tallest building in the world (1998-2004) before it was surpassed by Taipei 101. Yet the towers are still considered as the tallest TWIN towers in the world. Located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the building which is designed by a Norwegian architect, Dawid Tadeusz Mauno, has the original height of 375 meters. That height figure is actually not enough to make the towers the tallest building in the world. To make these towers the tallest building in the world, they added an antenna on the top of the building to make it as high as 452 meters. That's the world record at that time! The Building which began to be built in 1995 has 88 floors and 78 elevators within.

TAIPEI 101 (臺北101)
By the time this article was written, Taipei 101 (Located in Taipei, Taiwan of course!) was the tallest building in the world. It surpassed the Petronas Towers in height in 2004. The building who is designed by C. J. Lee & Associates has 101 floors, that's why the building is named Taipei 101. The height of the main building itself is of 449 meters, with the antenna added on the top of it the height becomes 509 meters. The building is equipped with a very high speed Internet connection which comes at the rate of 1 gigabit per second on fibre optic or satellite connection.

BURJ DUBAI برج دبي
In English it is simply translated as Tower of Dubai, is still under construction. The construction itself has begun in 2004 and will be finished circa 2009. The tower will be the tallest building in the world and it will surpass Taipei 101 by a very wide and record-breaking margin! Located in Dubai, The United Arab Emirates, the height of the tower will be estimated as 818 meters with the antenna installed on the top. The number of the floors will be estimated around 160 but I still have no idea who exactly desgined this building, perhaps you can come with the information I need.

Burj Mubarak al-Kabir

Also known as Mubarak Tower in English. Located in the future urban area in Subiya, Kuwait, this tower will also be the the future tallest building in the world. The building will have the height of 1001 meters, the only building on the planet that hits the mark of kilometer. This building is still proposed, and the construction has not yet begun. The other facts about this building are still little known.

(Written by: Yari NK)