THE SKYSCAPERS 4.

Plaza Rakyat
- tallest to smallest 2000
- antenna, radio communications, etc. are not included Architect: Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
(SOM)
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1. Petronas Tower Number of floors: 79
1997 Height: 382 meters
Architect: Cesar Pelli & Associates
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Number of floors: 88
Height: 452 meters

5. Empire State Building

1931
Architect: Shreve Lamb & Harmon
Associates
2. Sears Tower Location: New York City, USA
1974 Number of floors: 102
Architect: Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Height: 381 meters
(SOM)
Location: Chicago, USA
Number of floors: 110
Height: 443 meters
 still the tallest building if the antennas
are included
 has the highest occupied floors
6. Central Plaza
1992
Architect: Dennis Lau and Ng Chu Man &
3. Jin Mao Building Associates
1998 Location: Hong Kong, China
Architect: Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Number of floors: 78
(SOM) Height: 374 meters
Location: Shanghai, China
Number of floors: 88
Height: 420.60 meters
 design most refer to the number 8, an
auspicious number for Chinese
7. Bank of China
1989
Architect: I.M. Pei & Partners
Location: Hong Kong, China
Number of floors: 70
Height: 369 meters
8. Emirates Tower I
2000
Architect: NORR Group Consultants
Int’l. Ltd.
Location: Dubai, UAE
Number of floors: 56
Height: 358 meters
9. The Center
1998
Architect: Unknown
Location: Hong Kong, China
Number of floors: 73
Height: 350 meters
10. T & C Tower
(Tuntex & Chien-tai Building)
1997
Architect: Hellmuth, Obata &
Kassabaum/Cy Lee
Location: Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Number of floors: 85
Height: 347 meters
11. AON Center
(Amoco Building)
1973
Architect: Edward D. Stone & Associates
Location: Chicago, USA
Number of floors: 83
Height: 346 meters
12. John Hancock Center
1969
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)
Location: Chicago, USA
Number of floors: 100
Height: 344 meters
13. Shun Hing Square Number of floors: 55
1996 Height: 312 meters
Architect: K.Y. Cheung Design Associates
Location: Shenzhen, China 19. Library Tower
Number of floors: 81 (First International World Center)
Height: 325 meters 1990
Architect: Pei Cobb Freed and Partners
14. Citic Plaza Location: Los Angeles, USA
(Sky Central Plaza) Number of floors: 73
1996 Height: 310.30 meters
Architect: Dennis Lau snd Ng Chu Man & Associates
Location: Guangzhou, China 20. Malaysia Telecom HQ
Number of floors: 80 1998
Height: 322 meters Architect: Hijjas Kasturi Associates / Daewoo & Partners
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
15. Burj Al-Arab Hotel Number of floors: 77
(Arabia Tower) Height: 310 meters
1998
Architect: Tom Wright of WS Atkins & Partners 21. AT & T Corporate Center
Location: Dubai, UAE 1989
Number of floors: 60 Architect: Peter Ellis, SOM
Height: 321 meters Location: Chicago, USA
Number of floors: 61
16. Baiyoke Tower 2 Height: 307 meters
1998
Architect: Plan Architect Co. 22. Chase Tower
Location: Bangkok, Thailand (Texas Commerce Bank)
Number of floors: 90 1982
Height: 320 meters Architect: Pei Cobb Freed and Partners
Location: Houston, USA
17. Chrysler Building Number of floors: 75
1930 Height: 305.40 meters
Architect: William Van Allen
Location: New York City, USA 23. Ryugyong Hotel
Number of floors: 77 1995
Height: 319.40 meters Architect: Baikdoosan Architects & Engineers
Location: Pyongyoang, North Korea
18. Bank of American Plaza Number of floors: 105
(Nationsbank Plaza) Height: 300 meters
1992
Architect: Johnson / Burgee Architects
Location: Atlanta, USA