Tallest structures by category
Burj Khalifa , in Dubai, is currently the world's tallest building.The Petronas Towers are the tallest twin towers in the world. These are the world's tallest structures by category .
This article requires the structure to be "topped out ".
By design
Among existing structures
Warsaw radio mast , the height record holder from 1974 to 1991
Unsurpassed destroyed structures
Category
Structure
Country
Location
Height (metres)
Height (feet)
Coordinates
Remarks
Guyed mast Warsaw Radio Mast Poland Gąbin
646.38
2,121
52°22′3.74″N 19°48′8.73″E / 52.3677056°N 19.8024250°E / 52.3677056; 19.8024250 (Konstantynow Radio Mast (destroyed) ) Completed in 1974, collapsed on August 8, 1991
Scientific research tower
BREN Tower United States Nevada Test Site
462
1,516
36°46′50.23″N 116°14′36.9″W / 36.7806194°N 116.243583°W / 36.7806194; -116.243583 (BREN-Tower ) Completed in 1962, demolished May 23, 2012[ 13]
Guyed tubular steel mast Shushi-Wan Omega Transmitter Japan Tsushima
389
1,276
34°36′53″N 129°27′13″E / 34.61472°N 129.45361°E / 34.61472; 129.45361 (Shushi-Wan Omega Transmitter (dismantled) ) Completed in 1973, dismantled in 1998
Solar updraft tower Manzanares Solar Chimney
Spain Manzanares
195
640
39°02′34.45″N 3°15′12.21″W / 39.0429028°N 3.2533917°W / 39.0429028; -3.2533917 (Manzanares Solar Chimney ) Completed in 1982, the tower's guy-wires were not protected against corrosion and failed due to rust and storm winds causing the tower to collapse in 1989. Small-scale experimental model of a solar draft tower, newer proposals if built could become the tallest structure on earth.
Wooden structure
Mühlacker Wood Radio Tower Germany Mühlacker
190
623
48°56′27.67″N 8°51′8.24″E / 48.9410194°N 8.8522889°E / 48.9410194; 8.8522889 (Mühlacker Wood Radio Tower (replaced by guyed mast) ) Completed in 1934, destroyed on April 6, 1945, by the Germans to prevent usage by the Allies , replaced by mast radiator
Masonry building Mole Antonelliana Italy Turin
167.5
549.5
45°04′8.45″N 7°41′35.62″E / 45.0690139°N 7.6932278°E / 45.0690139; 7.6932278 (Mole Antonelliana ) Spire destroyed by a tornado in 1953 (rebuilt since then)
Pre-Industrial era building Lincoln Cathedral United Kingdom Lincoln
160
524
53°14′3.26″N 0°32′10.54″W / 53.2342389°N 0.5362611°W / 53.2342389; -0.5362611 (Lincoln Cathedral ) Completed in 1311, spire blown off in 1549
Telescope Arecibo Telescope Puerto Rico Arecibo, Puerto Rico 150
492
18°20′39″N 66°45′10″W / 18.34417°N 66.75278°W / 18.34417; -66.75278 (Arecibo Telescope ) Completed in 1963, collapsed on December 1, 2020
Gasometer Gasometer Zeche Nordstern
Germany Gelsenkirchen
147
482
Completed in 1938, damaged at an air raid on May 13, 1940, in such a manner that it was not usable any more and had to be demolished.
Storage silo Henninger Turm Germany Frankfurt
120
394
50°05′50.18″N 8°41′36.81″E / 50.0972722°N 8.6935583°E / 50.0972722; 8.6935583 (Henninger Turm ) Constructed in 1961, demolished in 2013
By use
Category
Structure
Country
Location
Architectural top
Year built
Coordinates
(metres)
(feet)
Mixed-use*
Burj Khalifa United Arab Emirates Dubai 830
2,722
2010
25°11′50.0″N 55°16′26.6″E / 25.197222°N 55.274056°E / 25.197222; 55.274056 (Burj Dubai )
Industrial
Petronius (oil platform) United States Gulf of Mexico 640
2,100
2000
29°06′30″N 87°56′30″W / 29.10833°N 87.94167°W / 29.10833; -87.94167 (Petronius oil platform )
Office
Ping An Finance Center China Shenzhen 555
1,821
2017
22°32′12″N 114°3′1″E / 22.53667°N 114.05028°E / 22.53667; 114.05028 (Ping An Finance Center )
Residential Central Park Tower United States New York City
472.4
1,550
2020
40°45′59″N 73°58′52″W / 40.76639°N 73.98111°W / 40.76639; -73.98111 (Central Park Tower )
Military
Large masts of INS Kattabomman
India Tirunelveli , Tamil Nadu471
1,545
1990
8°23′13″N 77°45′10″E / 8.3870°N 77.7529°E / 8.3870; 77.7529 (Large masts of INS Kattabomman )
Hotel Gevora Hotel [ 14] United Arab Emirates Dubai 356.3
1,169
2018
25°12′44.6″N 55°16′37.5″E / 25.212389°N 55.277083°E / 25.212389; 55.277083 (Gevora Hotel )
Scientific research tower
Amazon Tall Tower Observatory Brazil São Sebastião do Uatumã 325[ 15]
1,066
2015
2°08′35″S 59°00′04″W / 2.1430°S 59.0010°W / -2.1430; -59.0010 (Amazon Tall Tower Observatory )
Educational Moscow State University Russia Moscow
240
787
1953
55°42′14″N 37°31′43″E / 55.7039°N 37.5286°E / 55.7039; 37.5286 (Moscow State University )
Tallest religious building overall, also tallest mosque
Djamaa el Djazaïr Algeria Algiers 265
870
2019
36°44′09″N 3°08′17″E / 36.73583°N 3.13806°E / 36.73583; 3.13806 (Djamaa el Djazaïr )
Tallest church overall, also tallest Protestant churchUlm Minster Germany Ulm 161.5
530
1890
48°23′55″N 9°59′30″E / 48.398497°N 9.991797°E / 48.398497; 9.991797 (Ulm Minster )
Catholic church
Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro 158
518
1989
6°48′40″N 5°17′49″W / 6.811126°N 5.296918°W / 6.811126; -5.296918 (Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro )
Hospital Outpatient Center, Houston Methodist Hospital
United States Houston 156.05
511.8
?
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Eastern Orthodox Church Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral Russia St. Petersburg 122.5
402
1733
59°57′00″N 30°18′58″E / 59.950128°N 30.316035°E / 59.950128; 30.316035 (Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg )
Hindu temple Ranganathaswamy Temple India Srirangam 73
239.501
1987
10°51′45″N 78°41′23″E / 10.86250°N 78.68972°E / 10.86250; 78.68972 (Ranganathaswamy Temple )
Air cleaning
Xi'an air purification tower (HSALSCS)[ 16] [ 17] China Xi'an 2016
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* "Mixed-use" is defined as having three or more real estate uses (such as retail, office, hotel, etc.) that are physically and functionally integrated in a single property and are mutually supporting.[ 18]
By continent
Tallest structures supported by land:
See also
References
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^ Year completed
External links
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Structural extremes
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