Race
to Space

Bank of America Center
Houston, TX USA
1984
780 ft (238 m)
Johnson/Burgee Architects
Neo-Gothic/Postmodern

Bank of China
Hong Kong, China
1990
1,205 ft (367 m)
I.M. Pei & Partners
Structural Expressionism

Burj Al Arab
Dubai, UAE
1999
1,053 ft (321 m)
W.S. Atkins
Structural Expressionism

Burj Dubai
Dubai, UAE
2009*
2,650 ft (807 m)*
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Postmodern

Chrysler Building
New York City, NY USA
1930
1,046 ft (319 m)
William van Alen
Art Deco

Commerzbank
Frankfurt, Germany
1997
850 ft (259 m)
Foster and Partners
Modern

Empire State Building
New York City, NY USA
1931
1,250 ft (381 m)
Shreve, Lamb & Harmon
Art Deco

Two International Finance Center
Hong Kong, China
2004
1,362 ft (415 m)
Cesar Pelli & Associates
Postmodern

Jin Mao
Shanghai, China
1999
1,380 ft (421 m)
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Pagoda Style

John Hancock
Chicago, IL USA
1969
1,127 ft (344 m)
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Black Box/International

Kingdom Center
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2003
992 ft (302 m)
Foster and Partners
Structural Expressionism

Landmark Tower
Yokohama, Japan
1993
972 ft (296 m)
Ellerbe Becket
Modern

Messetrum
Frankfurt, Germany
1990
842 ft (257 m)
Murphy/Jahn
Art Deco/Postmodern

One Canada Square
London, England
1991
771 ft (235 m)
Cesar Pelli & Associates
Postmodern

OUB
Singapore, Singapore
1986
919 ft (280 m)
Kenzo Tange Associates
Modern

Petronas Towers
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1998
1,483 ft (452 m)
Cesar Pelli & Associates
Pagoda Style/Postmodern

Plaza 66, Tower One
Shanghai, China
2001
945 ft (288 m)
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Modern

Rialto Towers
Melbourne, Australia
1985
824 ft (251 m)
Gerard de Preu & Partners
Late-Modernist/Modern

Sears Tower
Chicago, IL USA
1974
1,451 ft (442 m)
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Black Box/International

Taipei 101
Taipei, Taiwan
2004
1,671 ft (509 m)
C.Y. Lee
Pagoda Style

The Centre
Hong Kong, China
1998
1,135 ft (346 m)
Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man
Postmodern

Transamercia Pyramid
San Francisco, CA USA
1972
853 ft (260 m)
William L. Pereria
Late-Modernist

Trump World Tower
New York City, NY USA
2001
861 ft (262 m)
Costas Konyllis & Partners
Black Box

US Bank Tower
Los Angeles, CA USA
1990
1,018 ft (310 m)
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Postmodern

Woolworth Building
New York City, NY USA
1913
792 ft (241 m)
Cass Gilbert
Neo-Gothic