what is the tallest tower in the world?

Question

the tallest tower is burj dubai in U.A.E.You might be read in the newspaper.

Answer 1

The answer is actually a bit controversial, but the tower in Dubai is only 656 feet???? ... not sure. There is a debate between the terms "building" and "tower" and whether they are different. These links may help confuse the issue even more.

Answer 2

Up until 1998 the tallest building status was essentially uncontested. Counting buildings as structures with floors throughout, and with antennas excluded, the Sears Tower in Chicago was considered the tallest. When the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia were built, controversy arose since the "spire" extended nine meters higher than the roof of the Sears Tower. Excluding the spire, the Petronas Towers are not taller than the Sears Tower. At their convention in Chicago, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat reduced the Sears Tower from "world's tallest" and pronounced it not "second tallest", but "third", and pronounced Petronas as "world's tallest." This action caused a considerable amount of controversy, so, (CTBUH) defined four categories in which the "world's tallest building" can be measured:

Height to the structural or architectural top (including spires and pinnacles, but not antennas, masts or flagpoles)
Height to the highest occupied floor
Height to the top of the roof
Height to the top of antenna
The height is measured from the sidewalk level of the main entrance. In all of these categories, Sears Tower had held the second and third category. Petronas held the first and the original World Trade Towers held the fourth. Within months, however, a new antenna was placed on the Sears Tower, giving it hold of the fourth category. On April 20, 2004, the Taipei 101 in Taipei, Taiwan was completed. Its completion gave it the world record for the first three categories.

Today, Taipei 101 leads in the first category with 509 m (1,671 ft); in the second category with an occupied floor at 439 m (1,441 ft); and in the third category with 449 m (1,474 ft). The first category was formerly held by the Petronas Twin Towers with 452 m (1,483 ft), and before that by Sears Tower with 442 m (1,451 ft). The second and third categories were held by the Sears Tower, with 412 m and 442 m (1,451 ft) respectively.

The Sears Tower still leads in the fourth category with 527 m (1,729 ft), previously held by the World Trade Center until the extension of the Chicago tower's western broadcast antenna in 2000, over a year prior to the Trade Center's destruction in 2001. Its antenna included, 1 World Trade Center measured 526 m (1,727 ft). The World Trade Center became the world's tallest buildings to be demolished–indeed, its site entered the record books twice on September 11, 2001, in that category, replacing the Singer Building, which once stood a block from the WTC site.

The Ostankino Tower and the CN Tower are excluded from these categories because they are not "habitable buildings", which are defined as frame structures made with floors and walls throughout

Answer 3

the CN Tower is the tallest building in the world according to Guinnes, why does Sears Tower get more fame?
The only reason the Sears Tower is probably more famous is because it's in America.

Answer 4

the CN Tower in Canada is the world's tallest building. The communications tower and tourist attraction measures 553.33 meters (1,815 ft., 5 inches) tall.

Answer 5

The taipei 101 is the tallest tower in the world proven by scientific study.

Answer 6

Petronas Twin Towers!
da first tower that steal the tallest title from USA!
My country!

Answer 7

They also stone you to death in Saudi Arabia if you are naughty, and chop your head off for stealing! No wonder they have about 27 million people and only beheaded 158 people in 2007. Nobody steals, smuggles drugs, rapes, or kills in that country. They want to keep their head! "At least 158 people, 82 Saudi Arabians and 76 foreign nationals, were executed. They included three women and at least one child offender, Dhahian Rakan al-Sibai’, who was 15 at the time of the alleged murder for which he was condemned. He was executed in July in Taif. Those executed were convicted of murder, rape, drug offences, witchcraft, apostasy and other charges, but virtually no information was available about their trials or any appeal, or whether the defendants had received legal representation. Most of the executions were carried out in public."

Answer 8

There are so many answers...
What kind of tower are you looking for...
All classifications are here at this link

Answer 9

You can't answer your own question! I knew that one too! Oh well, rock on UAE!

Answer 10

OK thanks