1.

TAIPEI 101
(also known as Taipei Financial Center)
Architect: C. Y. Lee and Partners

Location
City: Taipei Country: Taiwan
Technical Data
Height: 509 m (1,671 ft)
Floors: 101
Construction: 2004
Building in General
Type of Construction: High-Rise Building
Style: Oriental Revivalism
Status: Completed

2. & 3. PETRONAS TOWERS 1 & 2

(also known as Menera Petronas 1)
Architect: Cesar Pelli and Associates
Location
City: Kuala Lumpur
Country: Malaysia
Technical Data
Height: 452 m (1,483 ft)
Floors: 88
Construction: 1998
Building in General
Type of Construction:
High-Rise Building
Style: Post Modern
Status: Completed

4. SEARS TOWER
Architect: Skidmore Owings and Merill
Location
City: Chicago Country: U.S.A.
Technical Data
Height: 442 m (1,450 ft)
Floors: 108
Construction: 1974
Building in General
Type of Construction: High-Rise Building
Style: International Style
Status: Completed
 5. JIN MAO TOWER
(also known as Jin Mao Mansion, Jin Mao Building)
Architect: Skidmore Owings and Merill
Location
City: Shanghai Country: China
Technical Data
Height: 421 m (1,380 ft)
Floors: 88
Construction: 1998
Building in General
Type of Construction: High-Rise Building
Style: Oriental Revivalism
Status: Completed

6. TWO INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CENTER

(also known as Taipei Financial Center)
Architect: Rocco Design Ltd., DLN Archts & Engrs
Location
City: Hongkong Country: China
Technical Data
Height: 415 m (1,362 ft)
Floors: 88
Construction: 2003
Building in General
Type of Construction: High-Rise Building
Style: Post Modern
Status: Completed

7. CITIC PLAZA
(also known as Sky Central Plaza,
China International Trust and Investment Plaza)
Architect: DLN Architects and Engineers
Location
City: Guangzhou Country: China
Technical Data
Height: 391 m (1,283 ft)
Floors: 80
Construction: 1997
Building in General
Type of Construction: High-Rise Building
Style: Modern
Status: Completed
8. SHUNG HING SQUARE
(also known as Di Wang Commercial Building,
Di Wang Commercial Center)
Architect: K. Y. Cheung and Associates
Location
City: Shenzhen Country: China
Technical Data
Height: 384 m (1,260 ft) Floors: 69
Construction: 1996
Building in General
Type of Construction: High-Rise Building
Style: Post Modern Status: Completed
-Tallest “steel” building in China
-Buildings was constructed with fast pace, four
storeys in nine days.

9. EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

(Architect: Shreve, Lamb and Harmon Associates)
Location
City: New York Country: U.S.A.
Technical Data
Height: 381 m (1,250 ft)
Floors: 102
Construction: 1931
Building in General
Type of Construction: High-Rise Building
Style: Art deco/Art modern
Status: Completed

10. CENTRAL PLAZA

Architect: DLN Architects and Engineers
City: Hong Kong
Country: China
Technical Data
Height: 374 m (1,227 ft)
Floors: 78
Construction: 1992
Building in General
Type of Construction: High-Rise Building
Style: Post Modern
Status: Completed
11. BANK OF CHINA TOWER
Architect: Ieoh Ming Pei Partners
(Pei Cobb Freed and Partners)
Location
City: Hong Kong Country: China
Technical Data
Height: 367 m (1,205 ft)
Floors: 72
Construction: 1990
Building in General
Type of Construction: High-Rise Building
Style: Structural Expressionism
Status: Completed

12. EMIRATES OFFICE TOWER

(also known as Emirates Towers 1)
Architect: Hazel W.S. Wong, Norr Group
Consultants Int., Ltd.
Location
City: Dubai
Country: United Arab Emirates
Technical Data
Height: 355 m (1,163 ft) Floors: 54
Construction: 2000
Building in General
Type of Construction: High-Rise Building
Style: Modern
Status: Completed

13. TUNTEX SKY TOWER

(also known as T & C Tower, Tuntex &
Chien-tai Tower, Kaohsiung Sky Tower)
Architect: C. Y. Lee and Partners, Hellmuth,
Obata and Kassabaum
Location
City: Kaohsiung Country: Taiwan
Technical Data
Height: 348 m (1,140 ft)
Floors: 85
Construction: 1997
Building in General
Type of Construction: High-Rise Building
Style: Oriental Revivalism
Status: Completed
14. AON CENTER
(also known as Amoco Building, Standard Oil
Building) Architect: Edward Durell Stone and
Associates
Location
City: Chicago Country: U.S.A.
Technical Data
Height: 346 m (1,136 ft)
Floors: 83
Construction: 1973
Building in General
Type of Construction: High-Rise Building
Style: Modern
Status: Completed

15. THE CENTER

Architect: DLN Architects and Engineers
Location
City: Hong Kong Country: China
Technical Data
Height: 346 m (1,135 ft)
Floors: 73
Construction: 1998
Building in General
Type of Construction: High-Rise Building
Style: Post Modern
Status: Completed

16. JOHN HANCOCK CENTER

Architect: Skidmore, Owings and Merill
Location
City: Chicago Country: U.S.A.
Technical Data
Height: 344 m (1,127 ft)
Floors: 100
Construction: 1969
Building in General
Type of Construction: High-Rise Building
Style: Modern
Status: Completed
17. WUHAN INTERNATIONAL
SECURITIES BUILDING
(also known as China People’s Bank Building)
Location
City: Wuhan Country: China
Technical Data
Height: 334 m (1,097 ft)
Floors: 68
Construction: 2005
Building in General
Type of Construction: High-Rise Building
Style: Modern
Status: Under Construction (topped out)

18. RYUGYONG HOTEL

(also known as 105 Building)
Architect: Baikdoosan Architects and Engineers
Location
City: Pyongyang Country: North Korea
Technical Data
Height: 330 m (1,083 ft)
Floors: 105
Construction: 1992
Building in General
Type of Construction: High-Rise Building
Style: Modern
Status: On Hold

19. BURJ AL ARAB

(also known as Chicago Beach Hotel,
Arabian Tower) Architect: W. S. Atkins and
Partners
Location
City: Dubai
Country: United Arab Emirates
Technical Data
Height: 321 m (1,053 ft)
Floors: 60
Construction: 1999
Building in General
Type of Construction: High-Rise Building
Style: Structural Expressionism
Status: Completed
 20. CHRYSLER BUILDING
Architect: William Van Allen
Location
City: New York
Country: U.S.A.
Technical Data
Height: 319 m (1,046 ft)
Floors: 77
Construction: 1930
Building in General
Type of Construction: High-Rise Building
Style: Art Deco/Art Modern
Status: Completed

21. BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA

(also known as Nations Bank Building, C & S
Plaza) Architect: Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo
and Associates
Location
City: Atlanta Country: U.S.A.
Technical Data
Height: 312 m (1,023 ft)
Floors: 55
Construction: 1992
Building in General
Type of Construction: High-Rise Building
Style: Post Modern
Status: Completed

22. US BANK TOWER

(also known as Library Tower, First
Interstate World center)
Architect: I.M. Pei Cobb Freed and Partners
Location
City: Los Angeles
Country: U.S.A.
Technical Data
Height: 310 m (1,018 ft)
Floors: 73
Construction: 1989
Building in General
Type of Construction: High-Rise Building
Style: Post Modern
Status: Completed
 23. MENARA TELECOM
(also known as Telekom Malaysia Headquarters)
Architect: Hijjas Kasturi Associates
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Technical Data
Height: 310 m (1,017 ft) Floors: 55
Construction: 2001
Building in General
Type of Construction: High-Rise Building
Style: Post Modern
Status: Completed
-The design was influenced by the bamboo shoot which is
considered as a Malaysian identity. It has a professional
performance theatre for an audience of 2,500, exhibition
halls and a recreation centre for Telekom Malaysia
staff. Landscaping occupies the rest of the site.

24. EMIRATES HOTEL TOWER

(also known as Emirates Tower 2)
Architect: Hazel W. S. Wong, Norr Group Consultants, Int., Ltd.
Location
City: Dubai Country: United Arab Emirates
Technical Data
Height: 309 m (1,014 ft)
Floors: 56
Construction: 2000
Building in General
Type of Construction: High-Rise Building
Style: Modern
Status: Completed

25. AT&T CORPORATE CENTER

Architect: Skidmore, Owings and Merill
Location
City: Chicago
Country: U.S.A.
Technical Data
Height: 307 m (1,007 ft)
Floors: 60
Construction: 1989
Building in General
Type of Construction: High-Rise Building
Style: Post Modern
Status: Completed