2007-02-04 00:18:29 · 8 answers · asked by ahmad 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
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.
2007-02-04 00:58:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan 101stories, 508m or 1,667 feet. Taipei 101, in the Hsinyi dist., Taipei, Taiwan; also known as the Taipei Financial Center. With 101 stories and reaching 1,671 ft (509 m) high, Taipei 101 became the world's tallest building when it was topped out in 2003, surpassing the Petronas Towers; construction, which began in 1999, was completed in 2004. Designed by C. Y. Lee & Partners, the multiuse steel-and-glass skyscraper echoes a traditional Chinese pagoda with its soaring podium base, eight tiers of eight stories (a number that is a homophone for prosperous growth in Chinese), and narrow pinnacle tower and spire. A 18-ft (5.5-m), 882-ton (800-metric-ton), ball-shaped damper located near the top counteracts swaying during earthquakes and typhoons
2016-05-24 02:38:00 · answer #2 · answered by Rhonda 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The world's tallest tower is the CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
CN Tower- 1815 ft- 553 m -1976- Concrete tower-Canada ,Toronto
2007-02-04 04:30:22 · answer #3 · answered by chess c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tallest freestanding structure on Earth is the CN Tower in Toronto. It's 551 metres high, and the view from the top is breathtaking. They also have a lovely revolving restaurant about 350 metres up.
2007-02-04 00:20:57 · answer #4 · answered by poorcocoboiboi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all depends on how you define tower, wikipedia lists 42 different structures including supported tower, free standing tower etc, the eiffle tower doesnt come close
2007-02-04 00:25:09 · answer #5 · answered by mark a 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sears tower
2007-02-04 00:21:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be in the Himalayas some place,
2007-02-04 00:24:02 · answer #7 · answered by ktbaron 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
wasn't that the Eiffeltower?
2007-02-04 00:20:30 · answer #8 · answered by silverearth1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋