COUNCIL ON TALL BUILDINGS AND URBAN HABITAT

(TALLEST BUILDINGS)

Resource Speaker: AR. NICOLE MICHELLE D. GODOY, UAP

Location: AL FALAH UNIVERSITY, DUBAI UAE
Date: 12th JANUARY 2018
ZIFENG TOWER

TALLEST BUILDING – TOP 10

Architect: Adrian Smith (SOM)

Height: 450 meters (Architectural)
Country: China
Completed: 2010
Type: Mixed-use
PETRONAS TWIN TOWERS

TALLEST BUILDING – TOP 09

Architect: Cesar Pelli

Height: 451.9 meters (Architectural)
Style: Postmodern
Country: Malaysia
Completed: 1998
Type: Commercial offices
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE
CENTRE (ICC)
TALLEST BUILDING – TOP 08

Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox

Height: 484 meters (Architectural)
Country: Hong Kong
Completed: 2010
Type: Hotel
THE SHANGHAI WORLD
FINANCIAL CENTRE
TALLEST BUILDING – TOP 07

Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox

Height: 492 meters (Architectural)
Country: Shanghai, China
Completed: 2008
Type: Office, Hotel, Museum
TAIPEI 101
TALLEST BUILDING – TOP 06

Architect: C.Y. Lee and Partners

Height: 509.2 meters (Architectural)
Country: Taipei, Taiwan
Completed: 2004
Type: Commercial Offices

Damper ball
THE GUANGZHOU CTF
FINANCE CENTRE
TALLEST BUILDING – TOP 05

Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox

Height: 530 meters (Architectural)
Country: Guangzhou, China
Completed: October 2016
Type: Commercial
ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER
TALLEST BUILDING – TOP 04

Architect: Daniel Libeskind + David Childs

(SOM)
Height: 541.3 meters (Architectural)
Country: New York, USA
Completed: July 2013
Type: Office
MAKKAH ROYAL HOTEL
CLOCK TOWER
TALLEST BUILDING – TOP 03

Architect: Dar Al-Handasah Architects

Height: 601 meters (architectural)
Country: Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Completed: 2011
Type: Mixed-use: Hotel + Residential
SHANGHAI TOWER
TALLEST BUILDING – TOP 02

Architect: June Xia (Gensler)

Height: 632 meters (architectural)
Country: Shanghai, China
Completed: September 2015
Type: Mixed-use
BURJ KHALIFA
TALLEST BUILDING – TOP 01

Architect: Adrian Smith (SOM)

Height: 828 meters (architectural)
163 floors
Country: Dubai, UAE
Completed: 2010
Type: Mixed-use
19TH CENTURY TALLEST
SKYSCRAPERS
HOME INSURANCE BUILDING
Tallest building from 1884-1890
World’s First Skyscraper to use structural steel

Architect: William Le Baron Jenney

Height: 42 meters
Country: Chicago, USA
Completed: 1884
Demolished: 1931
Type: Office building
NEW YORK WORLD BUILDING
Tallest building from 1890-1894

Architect: George B. Post

Height: 94.18 meters
Country: New York, USA
Completed: 1890
Demolished: 1955
Type: Office building
MANHATTAN LIFE INSURANCE BUILDING
Tallest building from 1894-1895

Architect: Kimball & Thompson

Height: 100 meters
Country: New York, USA
Completed: 1894
Demolished: 1964
Type: Office building
MILWAUKEE CITY HALL
Tallest building from 1895-1899

Architect: Henry C. Koch

Arch’l style: Flemish Renaissance Revival
Height: 353 meters
Country: Milwaukee, USA
Completed: 1895
Type: Municipal office
PARK ROW BUILDING
Tallest building from 1899-1908

Architect: Robert Henderson Robertson

Style: Classical Revival
Height: 119 meters
Country: New York, USA
Completed: 1899
Type: Office building
20TH CENTURY TALLEST
SKYSCRAPERS
SINGER BUILDING
Tallest building from 1908-1909

Architect: Ernerst Flagg

Height: 186.57 meters
Country: New York, USA
Completed: 1908
Type: Commercial offices
METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY TOWER
Tallest building from 1909-1913

Architect: Napoleon LeBrun & Sons

Height: 213.26 meters
Country: New York, USA
Completed: 1909
Type: Commercial offices
WOOLWORTH BUILDING

Tallest building from 1913-1930

Architect: Cass Gilbert

Height: 241.4 meters
Country: New York, USA
Completed: 1913
40 WALL STREET

Also known as Trump Building

Formerly: Bank of Manhattan Trust Building

Tallest building from April-May 1930

Architect: H. Craig Severance, Yasuo Matsui

Height: 283 meters
Country: New York, USA
Completed: 1930
CHRYSLER BUILDING

Tallest building from May 27, 1930 – April 30,

1931

Architect: William Van Alen

Height: 318.8 meters
Architectural style: Art Deco
Country: New York, USA
Completed: 1930
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

Tallest building from 1931 – 1970

Architect: Shreve, Lamb and Harmon

Height: 381 meters
Architectural style: Art Deco
Country: New York, USA
Completed: 1931
WORLD TRADE CENTER

Tallest building from 1971 – 1973

Architect: Minoru Yamasaki

Height: 417 meters
Country: New York, USA
Completed: 1971
Destroyed: September 11, 2001
WILLIS TOWER

Tallest building from 1973 – 1998

Formerly known as Sears Tower

Architect: Skidmore, Owings and Merrill

(SOM)
Height: 442.1 meters
Country: Chicago, USA
Completed: 1973
PETRONAS TWIN TOWERS
Tallest building from 1998-2004

Architect: Cesar Pelli

Height: 451.9 meters
Style: Postmodern
Country: Malaysia
Completed: 1998
Type: Commercial Offices
TAIPEI 101
Tallest building from 2004-2010

Architect: C.Y. Lee & Partners

Height: 509.2 meters
Style: Postmodern
Country: Taiwan
Completed: 2004
Type: Commercial Offices
BURJ KHALIFA
Tallest building from 2010-present

Architect: Adrian Smith (SOM)

Height: 828 meters
Style: International Style
Country: UAE
Completed: 2010
Type: Mixed-use
TALLEST SKYSCRAPERS IN
THE PHILIPPINES
PHILIPPINE BANK OF COMMERCE
PBCOM Tower
Tallest building from 2000 - present

Architect: Skidmore, Owings and Merrill + GF

& Partners
Height: 258.6 meters
Location: Makati, Philippines
Completed: 2000
Type: Mixed-use
GRAMERCY RESIDENCES

Tallest Residential Building in the Philippines

Architect: Jerde Partnership International +

Roger Villarosa Architects & Associates
Height: 244 meters
Location: Makati, Philippines
Completed: 2013
Type: Residential
DISCOVERY PRIMEA

Architect: Jerde Partnership International +

Roger Villarosa Architects & Associates
Height: 238.8 meters
Location: Makati, Philippines
Completed: 2014
Type: Residential
G.T. INTERNATIONAL TOWER

Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox , GF & Partners,

Recio Casas Architects
Height: 217 meters
Location: Makati, Philippines
Completed: 2001
Type: Office