Ranking of the World's Tallest Buildings (2010)

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Skyscrapers, when someone hears the term they probably automatically think New York City. This city, however, is no longer constructing the tallest buildings in the world. These structures are being built all over the planet in an effort to get the most economic advantage from land. In the case of the tallest skyscrapers, the economic motivation is usually nonexistent as greater height entails greater expenses. In these cases the motivation is purely for advertising purposes because these huge buildings, especially if they can pull off being labeled as the tallest building (in the city or country), acquire relevance and notoriety, and they provide their owners with an image of power and prosperity.

Author: ivy (Updated Jan 18, 2011)
Sources: Classora Rankings Group

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	Building	Height (m)
1	Burj Dubai	828.00
2	Taipei 101	509.00
3	Shanghai World Financial Center	492.00
4	Petronas Towers	452.00
5	Sears Tower	442.00
6	Jin Mao Tower	421.00
7	2 International Finance Centre	415.00
8	CITIC Plaza	391.00
9	Shun Hing Square	384.00
10	Empire State Building	381.00
11	Central Plaza	374.00
12	Bank of China Tower	367.00
13	Bank of America Tower (New York City)	366.00
14	Almas Tower	360.00
15	Emirates Office Tower	355.00
16	Tuntex 85 Sky Tower	348.00
17	Aon Center (Chicago)	346.00
18	The Center	346.00
19	John Hancock Center	344.00
20	Rose Tower	333.00
21	Shanghai Shimao International Plaza	333.00
22	Minsheng Bank Building	331.00
23	Ryugyong Hotel	330.00
24	China World Trade Center Tower III	330.00
25	Q1 (building)	323.00
26	Burj al Arab	321.00
27	Chrysler Building	319.00
28	Nina Tower 1 & 2	319.00
29	New York Times Building	319.00
30	Bank of America Plaza (Atlanta)	312.00
31	US Bank Tower	310.00
32	Menara Telekom	310.00
33	Emirates Hotel Tower	309.00
34	One Island East	308.00
35	AT&T Corporate Center	307.00
36	The Address Downtown Burj Dubai	306.00
37	JPMorgan Chase Tower (Houston)	305.00
38	Baiyoke Tower II	304.00
39	Two Prudential Plaza	303.00
40	Wells Fargo Plaza	302.00
41	Kingdom Centre	302.00
42	First Canadian Place	298.00
43	Eureka Tower	297.00
44	Comcast Center (office building)	297.00
45	Yokohama Landmark Tower	296.00
46	Emirates Crown	296.00
47	311 South Wacker Drive	293.00
48	SEG Plaza	292.00
49	American International Building	290.00
50	Key Tower	289.00