Race
to Space

2,650 ft (807 m)*

Burj Dubai
Dubai, UAE
2009*
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Postmodern

1,671 ft (509 m)

Taipei 101
Taipei, Taiwan
2004
C.Y. Lee
Pagoda Style

1,483 ft (452 m)

Petronas Towers
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1998
Cesar Pelli & Associates
Pagoda Style/Postmodern

1,451 ft (442 m)

Sears Tower
Chicago, IL USA
1974
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Black Box/International

1,380 ft (421 m)

Jin Mao
Shanghai, China
1999
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Pagoda Style

1,362 ft (415 m)

Two International Finance Center
Hong Kong, China
2004
Cesar Pelli & Associates
Postmodern

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

850 ft (259 m)

Commerzbank
Frankfurt, Germany
1997
Foster and Partners
Modern

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

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

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

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

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