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List of tallest buildings and structures in theworld
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(Redirected from World's tallest structures)While determining the
world's tallest structure
has generally beenstraightforward, the definition of the
world's tallest building
or the
world's tallest tower
is less clear. The disputes generally centre onwhat should be counted as a
building 
or a
tower 
, and what is beingmeasured.In terms of absolute height, the tallest structure is currently the BurjDubai, although it does not currently hold the official title of "TallestBuilding in the World" until the building is officially opened. Thecurrent official holder of the "Tallest Building in the World" is held byTaipei 101. In addition, there are dozens of radio and television broadcasting towers which measure over 600 metres (about 2,000 feet)in height. There is, however, some debate about:
whether structures under construction should be included in thelist
whether structures rising out of water should have their below-water height included.For towers, there is debate over:
whether guy-wire-supported structures should be countedFor buildings, there is debate over:
whether communication towers with observation galleries should be considered habitable buildings.
whether only habitable height is considered.
whether roof-top antennas should be considered towards height of buildings; with particular interest in whether components that look like spires can be either classified as antennas or architectural detail.The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, the organization that determines the title of the"World’s Tallest Building," recognizes a building only if at least fifty percent of its height is made up of floor plates containing habitable floor area.
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Structures that do not meet this criterion, such as the CNTower, are defined as "towers."
Burj Dubai in Dubai, UnitedArab Emirates is currently theworld's tallest man-madestructure. It was topped-out at818 m (2,684 ft) on 17 January2009.
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1 Tallest structures
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Tallest structures
The tallest man-made structure is Burj Dubai, a skyscraper under construction in Dubai that reached 818 m (2,684 ft) in height on 17January 2009.
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By 7 April 2008 it had been built higher than theKVLY-TV mast in North Dakota, USA, which is still the tallestcompleted structure at 628.8 m (2,063 ft).
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In September it officiallysurpassed Poland's 646.38 m (2,121 ft) Warsaw radio mast, whichstood from 1974 to 1991, to become the tallest structure ever built.Guyed lattice towers such as these masts had held the world heightrecord since 1954.The CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, standing at 553.3 m(1,815 ft), is the world's tallest completed freestanding structure onland. Opened in 1976, it was surpassed in height by the rising BurjDubai on September 12, 2007.
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It has the world's second highest public observation deck at 446.5 m (1,465 ft).The Petronius Platform stands 610 m (2,001 ft) off the sea floor leadingsome, including Guinness World Records 2007, to claim it as the tallestfreestanding structure in the world. However, it is debated whether underwater height should be discounted in the same manner as height below grade is ignored on buildings. The Troll A platform is 472 m (1,549 ft), without any part of thatheight being supported by wires. The tension-leg type of oil platform has even greater below-water heights with several examples more than 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) deep. However, these platforms are notconsidered constant structures as the vast majority of their height is made up of the length of the tendonsattaching the floating platforms to the sea floor.Taipei 101 in Taipei, Taiwan is currently the world's tallest inhabited building in only one of the four main categories that are commonly measured: at 509.2 m (1,671 ft) as measured to its architecturalheight (spire). Its roof height 449.2 m (1,474 ft) and highest occupied floor 439.2 m (1,441 ft) haverecently been overtaken by the Shanghai World Financial Center (roof height 487 m (1,598 ft); highestoccupied floor 474 m (1,555 ft)). The Sears Tower is highest in the final category: the greatest height to
1.2 Tallest destroyed structures by category, not surpassed by existing structures
1.3 Tallest building by function
2 Tallest buildings
2.1 History of record holders in each CTBUH category
3 World's tallest freestanding structure on land
3.1 History
3.2 World's highest observation deck 
3.3 Timeline of guyed structures on land
4 Tallest structures, freestanding structures, and buildings
5 Under construction
6 Proposed
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
KVLY-TV mast, the heightrecord holder from 1963–1974and 1991–2008.
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top of antenna of any building in the world at 527.3 m (1,730 ft).On its completion, projected for late 2009, Burj Dubai will break theheight record in all four categories for completed buildings by a widemargin. The Shanghai World Financial Center has the world's highestroof, highest occupied floor, and the world's highest public observationdeck at 474.2 m (1,556 ft). It will retain the latter record after thecompletion of Burj Dubai, as Burj Dubai's observation deck will be at442 m (1,450 ft).
Tallest structure by category
Due to the disagreements over how to measure height and classifystructures, engineers have created various definitions for categories of  buildings and other 
 structures
. One measure includes the absoluteheight of a building, another includes only spires and other permanentarchitectural features, but not antennas. The tradition of including thespire on top of a building and not including the antenna dates back tothe rivalry between the Chrysler Building and 40 Wall Street. Amodern-day example is that the antenna on top of the Sears tower arenot considered part of its architectural height, while the spires on top of the Petronas towers are counted.
The CN Tower in Toronto,Ontario was the world's tallestfreestanding structure on landfrom 1975 until Burj Dubaisurpassed it in 2007, rising553.33 m (1,815 ft). It iscurrently the world's tallestcompleted freestandingstructure on land.
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