Tall and beautiful buildings of the world.

• Taipei:
• Location: Taiwan.
  
•  Height: 509.2m.
• Floors: 101.
  
• Completion: 2004.
• The design inspiration has come from traditional Chinese buildings. The building is equipped with double deck elevators each with an aerodynamic body, pressurisation and emergency breaking systems.

• Petronas twin Tower:
  
• Location: Kuala Lumpur
• Height: 452m.
• Floors: 88.
• Completion: 1996.
  
• Architect: Cesar Pelli & Associates, USA. 
• There exists a sky bridge connecting the two towers. The towers are famous for movie shootings.

Trump International Hotel & Tower:

• Location: Chicago.
• Height: 415m
• Completion: 2009.
• Architect: Adrian Smith, Skidmore, Owings and Merill.
• The design of the building includes a groung up, a retail space, a parking garage, a hotel and condominiums.

• Two International Finance Centre:
• Location: Hong Kong.
• Height: 415.8m.
  
• Floors: 88.
• Completion: 2003.
• Developer: IFC.
• Architect: Recco Design Ltd.
• The building consists of two skyscrapers, The IFC Mall and the 55 storey Seasons Hotel Hong Kong,.Tower 2 is the tallest building in Hong Kong, a title formerly held by Central Plaza.

• Shun Hing Square:
• Location: Shenzhen.
• Height: 384m.
• Completion: 1996.
• Developer: Shen Hing Group. 
• Architect: K Y Cheung Design Associates.
• It is the 5th tallest building in China and 9th in the world. The building was built at a fast pace of four floors in nine days.

• Burj Dubai:
• Location: Dubai.
• Height: 828m.
• Floors: 160.
• Competion.: 2009.
• Developers: Emaar Properties.
• Architect: Skidmore Owings & Merrill.
• Burj Dubai, the tallest building ever built. The skyscraper houses offices, apartments and a pose hotel. The hotel interior is decorated by Glorgio Armani. The Armani Hotels occupies 15 of the first 39 floors.

• Shanghai World Financial Centre:
• Location: Shanghai.
• Height: 494.4m.
• Floors: 101.
• Developers: Mori Building Co.
• Architects: Kohm Pedersen Fox.
• Shanghai world Financial centre  houses offices, hotels, parking garage, shopping malls and conference halls. It also boasts of the Park Hyatt, Shanghai.

• Willis Tower:
• Location: Chicago.
• Height: 527m.
• Floors: 110.
• Developers: Sears Developers.
• Architects: Skidmore Owings & Merrill.
• Offers more than 3.8 million sq ft of office and retail space. It is the tallest building in western hemisphere. The building is to be painted in 2009 at an estimated cost of $50 million.

• Jin Mao Tower:
• Location: Shanghai.
• Height: 421m.
• Floors: 93.
• Developers: China Foreign Trade Centre Co.
• Architects: Skidmore Owings & Merrill.
• It contains offices and hotels. Until 2007 it was the 5th tallest building in the world.
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   Empire State Building:
  
  
  
• Location: Newyork, USA.
• Height: 443.2m.
• Floors: 102.
• Architects: Shreve & Harmon.
• It stood as the world's tallest building for more than 40 years from its completion in 1931 until completion of World Trade Centre in 1972.