2006-11-22 20:29:26 · 8 answers · asked by Carl el fon te 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
It depends on who does the measuring! Skyscraper buffs disagree on whether features like flagpoles, antennas, and spires should be included when measuring building height.
Also under dispute is the question of what, exactly, constitutes a building. Technically, observation towers and communications towers are considered structures, not buildings, because they are not habitable. They do not have residential or office space.
Soaring 1,670 feet (509 meters), the Taipei 101 Tower in Taipei, Taiwan appears to be the world's tallest building. But the Taipei 101 Tower's massive 60-foot spire contributes to much of that height.
Before the Taipei 101 Tower was completed, the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia were described as the tallest buildings in the world. But, like the Taipei 101 Tower, the Petronas Twin Towers get much of their height from spires, not from usable space.
If you count only habitable space and measure from the sidewalk level of the main entrance to the structural top of building (excluding flagpoles and spires), then Chicago's Sears Tower, built in 1974, may still be the tallest building in the world.
But none of these buildings will keep their rankings for long. Even taller buildings are on the drawing board. Freedom Tower at the new World Trade Center in New York City is expected to rise 541 meters (1,776 feet) tall, including its enormous spire.
However, if spires, flagpoles, and antennas can be counted when we measure building heights, perhaps rankings of the World's Tallest Buildings should include all man-made structures, whether or not they contain habitable space. In this case, 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.
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2006-11-22 21:51:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It depends upon what you define as "tallest". If you simply mean tallest, from base to top, structure built by humans, it is like the CN tower. If you mean tallest building as in structure inside which people work and/or live, it is the Petronus towers. If you mean the structure which has the tallest floor used by persons as living or workspace, it is still the Sears Tower in Chicago, IL. Even though the Petronus towers are taller, their top floor of usable workspace is lower than the Sears Tower's.
Then again, if you mean tallest as in higher than anything else, that could be loosley interpretted as describing the Space Station--c'mon it IS a place where people work and live, right? :P If you mean on the earth, pick somewhere really high up, like Denver [you know the "mile high" city] and find its tallest building. The roof of every building in that city is over a mile high!!!
2006-11-23 00:54:40 · answer #2 · answered by quntmphys238 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Taipei 101
2006-11-22 23:00:43 · answer #3 · answered by Lynn Rosemary 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The CN Tower.
2006-11-22 20:32:32 · answer #4 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the 101 Bldg in Taiwan. it has 101 stories. it also has the world's fastest elevator
2006-11-22 20:46:30 · answer #5 · answered by loucquiben 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not sure of the name of it, but it is in shanghai,
2006-11-22 20:33:59 · answer #6 · answered by Marvin C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the library because it has the most stories!
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2006-11-22 20:33:25 · answer #7 · answered by shogunly 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i do not know
2006-11-22 20:36:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋