Modern construction technologies today allow large companies to build real works of art - we will talk about those that reach the sky as much as possible. Their amazing height fascinates, and frightens some: the ten highest architectural achievements in the world are in front of you!
10. International commercial center
Its total height is 484 meters. The original project assumed almost a hundred meters more, but in China it is officially prohibited to build skyscrapers higher than mountains located nearby, so the architects limited themselves to this figure. The last 17 floors of the building are occupied by a luxury five-star hotel, which is the tallest hotel in the world - another record.
9. World Financial Center
The next addition to the list of tallest buildings is a skyscraper from China, located in Shanghai. It rises to 492 m. Local residents nicknamed the building “opener” for its unusual, characteristic shape. It is noteworthy that in the original design, the window at the top of the building had a round shape, but this idea was not supported by city residents, including the mayor, due to the similarity of the symbol with the circle-sun on the Japanese flag. So the International Financial Center received a trapezoid-shaped window.
8. Taipei 101
The famous tower in Taiwan is 509 m high from the base to the tip of the spire. Taipei has been in operation since late 2003; today it houses numerous offices and shops. The skyscraper is famous for its fast elevators: you can climb to the observation deck, located on the 89th floor, in just 40 seconds! A giant pendulum in the form of a ball weighing 660 tons, located in the upper half of the tower, will help the building to withstand seismological danger (which is very typical for Taiwan).
7. CTF Financial Center (Chow Tai Fook Enterprises)
A world achievement, again located in China, in the city of Guangzhou. 530 meters in height - it takes your breath away at just one glance, but here, in addition to offices, shops and hotel rooms, there are also residential apartments! In China, this giant ranks third in height among a huge number of skyscrapers; in the world it is seventh. By the way, in our rating CTF is the “youngest”; the construction of the Financial Center was completed only a year ago.
6. Freedom Tower - 1 World Trade Center
A little higher - in every sense - is New York's Freedom Tower. The tallest skyscraper in the West has 104 floors and a total height of 541 m. It is worth noting the location - this is where the twin skyscrapers destroyed by terrorists in 2001 were previously located. “Freedom Tower” is a unique symbol of the courage and resistance of the American people to global misfortune. The height of the building was also not calculated by chance: 541 meters is 1776 feet; it was in this year that the US Declaration of Independence was adopted.
5. Lotte World Tower
In the middle of our rising ranking is Lotte World Tower. This tower is located on the territory of the huge Lotte World entertainment complex in Seoul. 555 m, 123 floors - this skyscraper is the tallest on the Korean Peninsula. Inside there are shops, offices, residential apartments and hotel rooms, and the last four floors are open to everyone - from the observation decks you can enjoy a magnificent view of Seoul and the Han River. The slightly convex cone shape and glass panel exterior are a traditional reference to the famous Korean ceramics as part of the Korean culture.
4.Pingan International Financial Center
In fourth place in the ranking is China again, this time the city of Shenzhen. The large financial complex of Pinan is located here, which includes a luxurious skyscraper 600 m high. Among the dozens of tallest buildings in the world, Pinan is a newcomer; it opened only in 2017. In total, the giant has 115 floors.
3. Abraj al-Bayt
The top three among the giants of world architecture opens with the luxurious complex of Abraj al-Bayt, or the Royal Clock Tower. This building is located in Saudi Arabia, the city of Mecca. Directly opposite is a mosque with the main shrine for Muslims - the Kaaba building. Pilgrims from all over the world constantly come here; the Abraj al-Bayt hotel houses hundreds of thousands of them. In addition to hotel rooms, there is also a shopping center and residential apartments. A huge clock with a diameter of 43 meters is the culmination of a luxurious structure.
2. Shanghai Tower
The Shanghai Tower is recognized as the tallest skyscraper in China and the second tallest structure on the planet. The total height of this architectural heritage is 632 m. In total, the building has 128 floors with an area of 380 thousand square meters.
1. Burj Khalifa
The undisputed leader of the rating, the tallest building in the world, is the Dubai skyscraper Burj Khalifa. The structure in the form of a giant stalagmite was opened in 2010 in the UAE. Its height is 828 m, including a sharp spire 180 meters long. For the last ten years, this building has held the laurels of being the tallest man-made building on the planet. The building belongs to the largest Dubai complex, including a hotel, shopping centers, offices and residential apartments, as well as gyms, swimming pools, Jacuzzis, and observation decks.
For many years, only American cities could boast of real skyscrapers. But over time, the architecture of more and more countries was replenished with unusually tall buildings. And today the leaders of the top 20 tallest buildings in the world are the countries of the Middle and Far East.
Central Plaza (374 m), Bulgaria
The building is occupied mainly by offices of various companies, and its mast is a church.
Emirates Park Towers (376 m), UAE
The tallest hotel complex in the world.
Tuntex Sky Tower (378 m), China
The structure is designed in the shape of a Chinese character meaning “high.”
Shun Hing Square (384 m), China
This steel structure has 34 elevators, and there is an observation deck on the roof itself.
CITIC Tower (391 m), China
In 2007, the building was considered the third tallest in all of China. Today it houses offices and shops.
Al Hamra Tower (412 m.), Kuwait
A special feature of the structure was its asymmetry, symbolizing the national clothes of the people of Kuwait fluttering in the wind. The rooftop of this cement skyscraper offers stunning views of the Arabian Gulf.
Hong Kong International Financial Center (415 m)
A building that could theoretically accommodate fifteen thousand people.
Jin Mao Tower (421 m), China
The number “eight” became fundamental in the architectural design of the building as a symbol of well-being in Chinese culture.
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Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago (423 m), USA
The second tallest building in the United States.
Kingkey-100 (442 m.), China
The upper floors of this building are famous for their “hanging” garden.
Guangzhou International Financial Center (441 m), China
A special feature of the building is its streamlined shape, designed in a similar way to level out the impact of air flows.
Empire State Building (443 m), USA
On the marble decoration of the building there are panels with the seven wonders of the world.
Nanjing Greenland Financial Center (450 m), China
This triangular structure even has an observatory, and from the top point there is a wonderful view.
Petronas Towers (452 m.), Malaysia
This building is unique because of its foundation, for the strength of which piles were driven one hundred meters underground.
John Hancock Center (457 m.), USA
A special feature of the structure is a hollow structure resembling a quadrangular column.
Hong Kong International Commerce Center (484 m), Hong Kong
The building is famous for the fact that on its upper floors there is a five-star hotel with the “highest” swimming pool in the world.
Shanghai World Financial Center (492 m.), China
This skyscraper can supposedly withstand an earthquake of up to magnitude 7. When designing it, special attention was paid to saving people in emergency situations.
From skyscrapers reaching into the sky to high-tech airports, people have managed to create some truly impressive things. Throughout history and even today, people continue to demonstrate their power and wealth by promoting their societies and cultures by building amazing structures such as the Pyramid of Giza, the Parthenon of Athens, and the Eiffel Tower. These are three of the most famous buildings in the world. Unfortunately, these aren't the biggest things people have built (which is why you won't see them on this list). However, you will learn about the most impressive and impressively large man-made structures. So, here are the 25 largest man-made structures in the world.
25. Bottle of wine
The height of the tallest wine bottle is 4.17 meters and the diameter is 1.21 meters. This bottle held 3094 liters of wine, which was poured into it by Andr? Vogel (from Switzerland). The bottle was measured in Lyssach, Switzerland on October 20, 2014.
24. Motorcycle
The Regio Design XXL Chopper is officially the largest functioning motorcycle in the world! It was first introduced at the Motorbike Expo in 2012, where it wowed the audience. This huge motorcycle, designed by Fabio Reggiani, is 10 meters long and 5 meters high. Based on this, we can confidently say that he won over all other “big and scary” motorcycles.
23. Biscuit with sherry
According to Guinness World Records, on September 26, 1990, students at Clarendon College prepared a sherry sponge cake weighing 3.13 tons. Their creation remains to this day the largest sherry sponge cake, as well as one of the largest desserts.
22. Train
The longest and heaviest freight train, made the trip on February 20, 1986, from Ekibastuz to the Ural Mountains, Soviet Union. The train consisted of 439 cars and several diesel locomotives, the total weight of which was 43,400 tons. The total length of the train was 6.5 kilometers.
21. Telescope
The Arecibo Observatory is a radio telescope that is located in the municipality of Arecibo, Puerto Rico and has an impressive feature. The observatory's radio telescope, with a diameter of 305 meters, is the largest single telescope in the world. It is used in three major research areas: radio astronomy, atmospheric science and radar astronomy.
20. Swimming pool
The largest swimming pool in the world contains approximately 249,837 cubic meters of water and can accommodate thousands of people swimming at the same time. The Crystal Lagoon at the San Alfonso del Mar resort in Chile is even big enough for a sailboat to sail in. It even has its own artificial beach.
19. Subway
The Seoul Subway, serving the Seoul Subway, is the longest subway system in the world. The total length of the route stretches over 940 kilometers. As of 2013. The first metro line opened in 1974, and the system currently consists of 17 lines.
18. Statue
The Spring Temple Buddha is the largest in the world. Its total height is 153 meters, including a 20 meter lotus throne and a 25 meter high building. Construction of the Spring Temple Buddha was planned shortly after the Bamiyan Buddhas were blown up by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Construction of the statue was completely completed in 2008. She represents Vairocana Buddha.
17. Sports arena
Rungrado 1st of May Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea. Its construction was completed on May 1, 1989. It is considered the largest stadium in the world and can accommodate 150,000 people on an area of 207,000 square meters.
16. Satellite
TerreStar-1, weighing 6,910 kilograms, became the world's largest commercial satellite in 2009. It went into orbit from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana on July 1, 2009.
15. Revolver
The Remington Model 1859 replica made by Mr. Ryszard Tobys is officially the largest revolver in the world. Its record length was “only” 1.26 meters.
14. Book
The largest book measures 5 by 8.06 meters and weighs approximately one and a half tons. This book has 429 pages. It was introduced on February 27, 2012 by Mshahed International Group, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is called "This is Muhammad" and contains stories highlighting his life's achievements as well as his positive impact on Islam on an international and humanitarian level.
13. Pencil
The length of the longest and largest pencil is 323.51 meters. It was created by Ed Douglas Miller (from the UK). It was measured in Worcester, Worcestershire, UK, on September 17, 2013.
12. Parliament
The Parliament building in Bucharest, Romania, was designed by the architect Anca Petrescu and was almost completed during the Ceau?escu regime. It was to become the building of the political and administrative branches of government. Today it remains the largest civil building with an administrative function, as well as the most expensive and heaviest administrative building in the world.
11. Skyscraper
Burj Khalifa, known as the "Khalifa Tower" is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is the tallest man-made structure and skyscraper in the world. Its height is 829.8 meters.
10. Wall
Arguably the most famous of all man-made structures in the world, the Great Wall of China is the largest wall in the world. Its length is 21.196 kilometers.
9. Crossword
The world's largest crossword puzzle was built on the side of a residential building in Ukraine. Its height exceeds 30 meters. It occupies the entire outer part of the wall of a residential building in the city of Lviv.
8. Church
St. Peter's Basilica is a late Renaissance church located in Vatican City. Its construction took 120 years (1506–1626). At the moment it is considered the largest church in the world.
7. Castle
The Guinness Book of World Records lists Prague Castle, located in the Czech Republic, as the most extensive ancient castle in the world. It covers an area of almost 70,000 square meters and is 570 meters long and 130 meters wide.
6. Aquarium
The Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta is the largest aquarium in the world. It is home to more than 100,000 sea creatures. This aquarium opened in November 2005. Its construction was funded by a $250 million donation from Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus. The Georgia Aquarium is the only facility not located in Asia that houses whale sharks. The sharks are kept in a giant container designed to hold 24 million liters of water, which is part of the Ocean Voyager exhibit.
5. Airplane
The Antonov An-225 Mriya is a heavy-duty transport jet aircraft that was designed by the Antonov Experimental Design Bureau in the Soviet Union in the 1980s. It is powered by six turbojet engines and is the longest and heaviest aircraft in the world. Its maximum lifting capacity is 640 tons. It also has the largest wingspan of any aircraft in operation today. In its entire history, only one Antonov An-225 Mriya was built, which is still operational.
4. Passenger ship
At the moment, the largest passenger ship is the Oasis of the Seas, which belongs to Royal Caribbean. It made its maiden voyage on a cruise in December 2009. It is 360 meters long and can accommodate 5,400 passengers.
3. Airport
King Fahd International Airport, located in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, is the largest in the world. Every year, 5,267,000 passengers and 82,256 tons of cargo pass through this airport on 50,936 flights. The airport opened its doors in 1999. The length of its runway is 4000 meters and the width is 60 meters. Its total area is 1256.14 square kilometers.
2. Bomb
The largest bomb in history that was detonated is the Tsar Bomba. Its yield was 50 megatons or 500,000 kilotons, which is equivalent to 50 million tons of dynamite. It was detonated only to show other countries how advanced the Soviet Union was. October 30, 1961 went down in history as the most powerful man-made explosion in human history.
1. Item
The largest man-made objects in the world are submarine communication cables. They stretched from San Francisco to Japan and from San Francisco to New Zealand. The total length of cables exceeds 8,000 kilometers. The diameter of these submarine cables is typically 6.6 centimeters. The weight of such a cable is 10 kilograms per meter. The total weight of one cable exceeds 80,000 tons.
Burj Khalifa is a skyscraper in Dubai, the tallest building in the world. The height of the building is 828 meters. Its construction began in 2004, and the grand opening ceremony took place on January 4, 2010.
The skyscraper project was developed by the American architectural bureau Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, which also designed the Willis Tower in Chicago, 1 World Trade Center in New York and many other famous buildings. The author of the project is American architect Adrian Smith.
The Burj Khalifa was originally planned to be the tallest building in the world. When the skyscraper was still under construction, its design height was kept secret. If during the construction of the tower a skyscraper of greater height had been designed somewhere, then adjustments could have been made to the project.
Inside the complex there is a hotel, apartments, offices and shopping centers. The building has 3 separate entrances: the hotel entrance, the apartment entrance and the office entrance. The Armani hotel and the company's offices occupy floors 1 to 39. 900 apartments occupy floors 44 to 72 and 77 to 108. The hundredth floor is owned entirely by Indian billionaire Shetty. Office premises occupy floors from 111 to 121, from 125 to 135 and from 139 to 154. On the 43rd and 76th floors there are gyms, swimming pools, and observation decks. The highest observation deck is on the 124th floor at an altitude of 472 meters. On the 122nd floor is Atmosfera, a restaurant located at the highest altitude in the world.
Construction of the skyscraper began in 2004 and proceeded at a rate of 1-2 floors per week. A special grade of concrete was developed especially for the Burj Khalifa, which can withstand temperatures up to +50 degrees Celsius. Concrete work was completed after the construction of the 160th floor, followed by the assembly of a 180-meter spire from metal structures.
The Burj Khalifa has special equipment that cools and aromatizes the air inside the structure. At the same time, the building is finished with tinted glass thermal panels, which reduce the heating of the rooms inside, which reduces the need for air conditioning.
2 Tokyo Sky Tree
Tokyo Sky Tree is a television tower in Tokyo, the tallest television tower in the world and the second tallest structure in the world after the Burj Khalifa. The height of the television tower including the antenna is 634 meters.
In July 2011, all television in Japan was due to go digital, but the Tokyo Tower was not tall enough to transmit to the upper floors of some skyscrapers, so a taller tower was built. Construction began in July 2008 and was completed on February 29, 2012. The opening took place on May 22.
During the construction of the tower, a special system was created that, according to the architects, compensates for up to 50% of the force of tremors during earthquakes.
The tower is mainly used for digital television and radio broadcasting, mobile telephony and navigation systems. In addition, it is a popular tourist attraction. In the TV tower you can visit 2 observation platforms: one is located at an altitude of 350 meters, the other at an altitude of 450 m. There are also a large number of boutiques and several restaurants open there, and at the foot of the tower there is a mini-complex with a shopping area, an aquarium and a planetarium.
3 Shanghai Tower
Shanghai Tower is the tallest skyscraper in China and the third tallest building in the world. Its height is 632 meters.
The spiral-shaped tower was designed by the large American company Gensler. In June 2009, a pit was dug and construction of the first floors of the tower began. In August 2013, a ceremony was held in Shanghai to erect the last beam at a height of 632 meters, that is, the skyscraper was brought to the roof level. The facade cladding was completed in September 2014, and all internal work was completed in 2015.
In 2016, the Shanghai Tower was supposed to be overtaken by the Ping'an International Financial Center under construction in Shenzhen, but at the last moment its height was reduced from 660 to 600 m.
The lowest floor of the Shanghai Tower is dedicated to the city's historical museum. Each area of the tower contains shops and galleries. There is a hotel in the middle part of the building. There is also a restaurant inside, the peculiarity of which is that it rotates around its axis, a concert hall and a club. The skyscraper attracts about 2.8 million travelers every year. The tower has several observation platforms.
The Shanghai Tower has high-speed elevators that rise up at a speed of eighteen meters per second. The building is equipped with 106 elevators from Mitsubishi Electric, three of which are high-speed and rise to a record height of 578 meters, breaking the record of the Burj Khalifa elevators, rising to a height of 504 meters.
4 Abraj al-Bayt
Abraj al-Bayt is a complex of high-rise buildings built in Mecca. It is the largest structure in the world by mass, and it is also the tallest structure in Saudi Arabia. The height of the building is 601 meters. Its construction began in 2004 and was completed in 2012.
Abraj al-Bayt stands opposite the entrance to the al-Haram mosque, in the courtyard of which is the Kaaba, the main shrine of Islam. The tallest tower in the complex, which serves as a hotel, provides housing for about 100,000 of the more than five million pilgrims who visit Mecca each year for the Hajj.
The Abraj Al Bayt Towers house a four-story shopping arcade and a parking garage for more than 800 vehicles. The residential towers house apartments for permanent residents of the city.
At the top of the tallest Royal Tower there is a huge clock with a diameter of 43 meters (the length of the hour hand is 17 meters, the length of the minute hand is 22), located at an altitude of more than 400 meters above the ground. Their four dials are installed in the four cardinal directions. The clock is visible from anywhere in the city, and is the largest and highest clock in the world.
The royal tower is crowned by a 45-meter spire with a gilded crescent. The spire has eight rows of 160 powerful loudspeakers capable of broadcasting the call to prayer over a distance of more than seven kilometers. The Crescent is the largest ever built. Inside, it is divided into several service rooms, including a small prayer room - the tallest in the world. The diameter of the crescent is 23 meters. It is covered with golden mosaics.
5 Guangzhou TV Tower
Guangzhou TV Tower is the second tallest TV tower in the world. Built in 2005-2010 by ARUP for the 2010 Asian Games. The height of the TV tower is 600 meters. Up to a height of 450 meters, the tower was erected as a combination of a hyperboloid load-bearing mesh shell and a central core.
The mesh shell of the tower is made of large-diameter steel pipes. The tower is crowned by a steel spire 160 meters high. The tower is designed to broadcast TV and radio signals, as well as to view the panorama of Guangzhou and is designed to receive 10,000 tourists per day.
There are glass observation platforms at heights of 33, 116, 168 and 449 meters; at an altitude of 488 meters there is an open observation platform. Revolving restaurants are located at altitudes of 418 and 428 meters.
When they talk about the largest houses on the planet, they are usually divided into record holders in terms of volume (the largest buildings) and area (the most spacious). Today we bring to your attention the second category of Towers of Babel, with a record-breaking large floor space. Considering the development and popularity of air communications and international tourism, it is not difficult to guess that the most spacious houses are airports and hotels. But there are exceptions; military men and traders also like it when there is a lot. However, about everything and everyone - in order.
The Grand Prix in the “Gigantomania” nomination is rightly awarded Terminal 3 of Dubai International Airport. Everything that the Indians and Pakistanis build for the rich Arabians is amazing in scale and luxury. Terminal 3 opened in October 2008 at a cost of $4.5 billion and covers an area of 1.5 million square meters (or 150 hectares). This, for comparison, is 5 times larger than the Moscow Kremlin. Inside the terminal there are 82 moving walks, 97 escalators, and 157 elevators.
(Holland) occupied 990,000 “squares” of precious Dutch land. This is the second largest building in the world and the first in Europe. Every day many thousands of flowers from all over the world are brought here and sold here. Every second bouquet purchased in the underground passage comes from here.
Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3 with an area of 986 thousand m2, they built it specifically for the 2008 Olympics. Its construction and filling cost China 3.5 billion US dollars. The terminal is connected to the metro, which takes about 20 minutes to reach the center of the Chinese capital. According to the architects, from the sky the new terminal looks like a red fiery dragon, but many observers admit that the shape of the building is more reminiscent of a girl’s heavily stretched thong panties.
Hotel-casino Venetian in the city of Macau, the gambling capital of Asia, has 40 floors with a simply indecent level of luxury. Venetian offers millionaires 3,000 multi-room suites, 3,400 slot machines, and 800 gambling tables. This is the largest hotel in Eurasia, one night in which costs at least $180, which is not so expensive for such luxury.
In Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) there is a complex of American-style skyscrapers (203 meters in height), with an area of 700 thousand m2. This “city within a city” is considered the most massive building built “in one go.” Inside Berjaya Times Square there are two five-star hotels, a huge shopping center and an amusement park, residential residences and offices.
The hotel and casino is owned by the American Automobile Association (AAA, not to be confused with Batteries and Alconauts Anonymous). Area - 645 thousand square meters. The moneybag resort opened in January 2008 and cost $1.8 billion to build. The building houses the most luxurious car store in America, where you can touch and buy the coolest and most expensive cars such as Lamborghini, Bugatti, Saleen and Spiker.
In 7th place in the list of the most spacious houses on the planet - everyone knows. The US Department of Defense building boasts an area of 610,000 m 2, it is the most crowded office building on Earth. The Pentagon employs 23 thousand civil servants with and without uniform, as well as 3,000 service personnel. These people drink 5 thousand cups of coffee per day and go to 234 toilets. The Pentagon's perimeter is one and a half kilometers, and there are 7,754 windows in its five above-ground floors.
Object K-25 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee - the 8th largest building in the world by total area (60 hectares), a former uranium enrichment plant. K-25 was built simultaneously with the Pentagon and is designed for 12 thousand jobs. In 1987, the K-25 facility was officially closed; work on the deconstruction and disinfection of the nuclear plant continues to this day, because this is a complex and dreary task, but it still needs to be done.
Hong Kong International Airport ranks 9th and 570 thousand m 2. Among local residents it is known under the exotic name Chek Lap Kok. This is one of the busiest airports in the world in terms of passenger and cargo traffic; it has repeatedly won prizes as the best airport in the world. The $20 billion airport was built on an artificial island in 1998 and is still considered China's main air gateway.
And in 10th place in the ranking of unusually spacious buildings is another Asian miracle. This is the airport again and it's called . Location: Bangkok town. Area – 56.3 hectares. In addition to being one of the top ten, Suvarnabhumi is proud of the tallest control tower in the aviation world (132 m), as well as two parallel runways, allowing aircraft to receive and depart simultaneously. They say that during the construction of the airport, Thai officials received simply insane kickbacks, and this is also a record.
