What is the tallest building in China? Is it Shanghai Jinmao Building or Shanghai World Financial Building?

Fifth place (under construction): Shanghai World Financial Center

Shanghai World Financial Center project is a large-scale super-high-rise building, which is mainly for office work and integrates commercial, hotel, sightseeing, exhibition and other public facilities. Located in Lujiazui, Pudong, only 40 meters away from Jinmao Building. The total construction area of the project is 377,300 square meters, and the tower is above ground 1, 0 1 floor, with a ground height of 492 meters. It will have the highest observation deck, five-star luxury hotel and retail space in the world.

Fourth place: Taipei 10 1 Building

Known as the "New Landmark of Taipei", the Taipei 10 1 Building, 1998 65438+ 10 started construction in October, and the main project was completed in June 2003, with a height of 508 meters. There is the largest and heaviest "wind damper" in the world: an iron ball weighing 660 tons hangs from the roof inside the building. In order to keep balance when the typhoon comes, there are two elevators with the fastest speed in the world. It only takes 39 seconds to get from the first floor to the 89th floor. It holds the record of the fastest elevator in the world (60.4 kilometers per hour).

In the certificate issued by the World Tall Buildings Association, Taipei 10 1 Tower won three of the four indicators of "World Tall Buildings", namely "Highest Building" (508m), "Highest Floor" (438m) and "Highest Roof Height" (448m).

Third place (under construction): New York World Trade Center 1 Freedom Tower

On the occasion of the 6th anniversary of the "9 1 1" incident, the WTO reconstruction plan was completely announced. On the 6th, the final reconstruction plan of World Trade Center in New York was announced. According to the plan, the No.2, No.3 and No.4 high-rise buildings designed by three world-renowned architects will stand at the east end of the World Trade Center. The whole construction project is expected to last four years and will be put into use in 20 12, costing billions of dollars. Instead of the World Trade Center destroyed in the 9 11incident, they will form a complex with the Freedom Tower1,the tallest building already under construction, and eventually become the center of transportation, commercial retail and office corridors in lower Manhattan. After various counter-terrorism considerations, the height of the main structure of the Freedom Tower is still 1.776 feet (54 1 m), which symbolizes the year of the founding of the United States-1.776. The 70th floor of the building will be used as the office area, and a public sightseeing area will be established by using the cable structure above 70th floor. Television antennas and wind turbines will also be built on the top of the building. Together with the TV antenna at the top, the total height of the Freedom Tower will exceed 2,000 feet (609 meters), ranking third in the world. (AFP) Second place in Shanghai Center (construction started)

The third of the "three pillars", on June165438+1October 2 1 day, 2007, Lujiazui Co., Ltd. (600663) announced that it planned to jointly develop Z3-2 with Shanghai Urban Construction Investment and Development Corporation (Shanghai Chengtou) and Shanghai Construction Engineering Group (Shanghai Construction Engineering Group). Among them, Shanghai City Investment holds 565,438+0% of the shares, becoming the lead unit of the project. In February of the same year, after the project company was formally established, the person in charge of the project company was appointed by Shanghai Chengtou.

In fact, the new company has already started to operate. The Morning Post reporter learned from the person in charge of the newly established "Shanghai Center Building Construction Co., Ltd." that the plan has been determined and the specific start time cannot be determined.

If the "Shanghai Center" can be started smoothly this year, it will probably be unveiled as the latest landmark building in Shanghai in Expo 20 10, and the situation of the three towers in Lujiazui will become a reality from the blueprint of 1993. At present, the height of Jinmao Tower is 42 1 meter, and the height of World Financial Center is 492 meters. What is the height of "Shanghai Center" in the future? In this regard, the industry said: "It is not clear how high and what style the' Shanghai Center' will eventually be, but the height is definitely the highest among the three skyscrapers. (over 650)

First place (under construction): Dubai-Burj Khalifa, United Arab Emirates

The Burj Dubai, the tallest building in the world, is under intense construction, and now it has been built to 1 10 floors. According to internal sources, the final height may be 828 meters. By then, the tallest building in the world will be born in Dubai. The Burj Dubai under construction has surpassed Taipei 10 1 in early 2007 to become the tallest building in the world. However, the construction work will not be completed until the end of 2008, so it has not been officially recognized. The final height of the Burj Dubai has not been announced, but the possible height should be between 700 meters and 900 meters. Local media reported in June, 5438+00 that the final height of Burj Dubai is expected to reach 8 18 meters according to the architectural sketches published on the Internet.

Burj Dubai is located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Designed by SOM Architects in Chicago, USA, it is expected to be completed in 2008. The Burj Dubai will have160th floor, and its facilities include hotels, shopping centers, office buildings and luxury apartments.

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