Tall Buildings - Tall Buildings: Structural Systems and Aerodynamic Form - page 7

TaBle 1.1 The world's ten tallest buildings in 1990 (CTBUH, October, 2009)

Rank Building name Location Completion Height

(m)

Structural
material

1 Sears Tower (currently Willis Tower) Chicago 1974 442 Steel

2 One World Trade Center (WTC I) New York 1972 417 Steel

3 Two World Trade Center (WTC II) New York 1973 415 Steel

4 Empire State Building New York 1931 381 Steel

5 Bank of China Tower Hong Kong 1990 367 Composite

6 Aon Center (formerly Amoco

Building)

Chicago 1973 346 Steel

7 John Hancock Center Chicago 1969 344 Steel

8 Chrysler Building New York 1930 319 Steel

9 U.S. Bank Tower (formerly Library

Tower)

Los Angeles 1990 310 Steel

10 Franklin Center-North Tower

(formerly AT&T Corporate Center)

Chicago 1989 307 Composite

TaBle 1.2 The world's ten tallest buildings in 2000 (CTBUH, October, 2009)

Rank Building name Location Completion Height

(m)

Structural
material

1 Petronas Tower 1 Kuala Lumpur 1998 452 R/C

2 Petronas Tower 2 Kuala Lumpur 1998 452 R/C

3 Sears Tower (currently Willis Tower) Chicago 1974 442 Steel

4 Jin Mao Building Shanghai 1999 421 Composite

5 One World Trade Center New York 1972 417 Steel

6 Two World Trade Center New York 1973 415 Steel

7 CITIC Plaza Guangzhou 1996 390 Composite

8 Shun Hing Square Shenzhen 1996 384 Composite

9 Empire State Building New York 1931 381 Steel

10 Central Plaza Hong Kong 1992 374 Composite

TaBle 1.3 The world's ten tallest buildings in 2011 (CTBUH, December, 2011)

Rank Building name Location Completion Height

(m)

Structural
material

1 Burj Khalifa (formerly Burj Dubai) Dubai 2010 828 R/C

2 Taipei 101 Taipei 2004 508 Composite

3 Shanghai World Financial Center Shanghai 2008 492 Composite

4 International Commerce Centre (ICC)Hong Kong 2010 484 Composite

5 Petronas Tower 1 Kuala Lumpur 1998 452 R/C

6 Petronas Tower 2 Kuala Lumpur 1998 452 R/C

7 Zifeng Tower (formerly Nanjing

Greenland Financial Center)

Nanjing 2010 450 Composite

8 Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) Chicago 1974 442 Steel

9 Kingkey 100 Shenzhen 2011 442 Composite

10 Guangzhou International Finance

Center

Guangzhou 2010 439 Composite