Race
to Space
Location : Alphabetical : Time : Category : Hierarchy
1913
Woolworth Building
New York City, NY USA
792 ft (241 m)
Cass Gilbert
Neo-Gothic
1930
Chrysler Building
New York City, NY USA
1,046 ft (319 m)
William van Alen
Art Deco
1931
Empire State Building
New York City, NY USA
1,250 ft (381 m)
Shreve, Lamb & Harmon
Art Deco
1969
John Hancock
Chicago, IL USA
1,127 ft (344 m)
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Black Box/International
1972
Transamercia Pyramid
San Francisco, CA USA
853 ft (260 m)
William L. Pereria
Late-Modernist
1974
Sears Tower
Chicago, IL USA
1,451 ft (442 m)
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Black Box/International
1984
Bank of America Center
Houston, TX USA
780 ft (238 m)
Johnson/Burgee Architects
Neo-Gothic/Postmodern
1985
Rialto Towers
Melbourne, Australia
824 ft (251 m)
Gerard de Preu & Partners
Late-Modernist/Modern
1986
OUB
Singapore, Singapore
919 ft (280 m)
Kenzo Tange Associates
Modern
1990
Bank of China
Hong Kong, China
1,205 ft (367 m)
I.M. Pei & Partners
Structural Expressionism
1990
Messetrum
Frankfurt, Germany
842 ft (257 m)
Murphy/Jahn
Art Deco/Postmodern
1990
US Bank Tower
Los Angeles, CA USA
1,018 ft (310 m)
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Postmodern
1991
One Canada Square
London, England
771 ft (235 m)
Cesar Pelli & Associates
Postmodern
1993
Landmark Tower
Yokohama, Japan
972 ft (296 m)
Ellerbe Becket
Modern
1997
Commerzbank
Frankfurt, Germany
850 ft (259 m)
Foster and Partners
Modern
1998
Petronas Towers
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1,483 ft (452 m)
Cesar Pelli & Associates
Pagoda Style/Postmodern
1998
The Centre
Hong Kong, China
1,135 ft (346 m)
Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man
Postmodern
1999
Burj Al Arab
Dubai, UAE
1,053 ft (321 m)
W.S. Atkins
Structural Expressionism
1999
Jin Mao
Shanghai, China
1,380 ft (421 m)
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Pagoda Style
2001
Plaza 66, Tower One
Shanghai, China
945 ft (288 m)
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Modern
2001
Trump World Tower
New York City, NY USA
861 ft (262 m)
Costas Konyllis & Partners
Black Box
2003
Kingdom Center
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
992 ft (302 m)
Foster and Partners
Structural Expressionism
2004
Two International Finance Center
Hong Kong, China
1,362 ft (415 m)
Cesar Pelli & Associates
Postmodern
2004
Taipei 101
Taipei, Taiwan
1,671 ft (509 m)
C.Y. Lee
Pagoda Style
2009*
Burj Dubai
Dubai, UAE
2,650 ft (807 m)*
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Postmodern