Where is the largest house in the world located? The largest houses in the world

A skyscraper is considered to be a building with a height of at least 150 meters. The height of the tallest building 100 years ago did not exceed 50 meters, but today skyscrapers have crossed the kilometer mark. Moscow is also growing upward—take, for example, the largest high-rise project “Moscow City”. We decided to talk about the 5 tallest residential buildings in the capital, from where residents can look a little down on all other Muscovites.

"Triumph Palace"

Address: Chapaevsky Lane, 3

Height: 264 meters

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Year of construction: 2005

Price per square meter: from 233 thousand rubles

Photo:Ihor Polyakov

The history of Moscow skyscrapers began in 1953, when it was built. It remained the highest for fifty years, until 2005, when the Triumph Palace was built. The architects tried very hard to emphasize this continuity - even purely externally, the building reminds many of Stalin’s high-rise buildings. But this is only at first glance.

What you won’t see in an ordinary house and yard is a large fountain, a private park and space for a winter garden in almost all apartments. All technical systems are monitored around the clock by a single dispatch service. The infrastructure is autonomous, the complex has everything you really need and not so much: a supermarket, a fitness center, restaurants, a beauty salon and a boutique hotel.

Today, the skyscraper is the tallest residential building in Europe, as reported by the Guinness Book of Records. By the way, during the construction of the Triumph Palace, several sections of the building were even lifted up using helicopters.

Address: st. Pyreva, 2

Height: 213 m

Maximum number of floors: 51

Year of construction: 2010

Price per square meter: from 248 thousand rubles

One of the most spectacular skyscrapers in Moscow consists of two towers connected by sections with unusual facades, graceful entrance groups, lacy alleys, as well as an enviable panoramic view of the Novodevichy Convent, Moscow State University, Poklonnaya Gora and the Moscow River. There were also optical illusions here: one of the towers seemed to be tilted back, while the other was erected with a turn, which creates the effect of dynamism and movement of the structure.

Almost every big project has some scandalous story associated with it, and the House on Mosfilmovskaya is no exception. In 2010, even before construction was completed, the mayor's office demanded that the upper floors of the skyscraper be dismantled, citing the height exceeding the height specified in the plan. As a result, the house had to be reduced by 21 meters. Both buyers and developers had to be pretty nervous at that time, but after leaving, the new management considered any manipulations with the top of the building unsafe, so the skyscraper was left as is.

Residential complex "Tricolor"

Address: st. Rostokinskaya, 2

Height: 192 meters

Maximum number of floors: 58

Year of construction: 2012

Price per square meter: from 156,000 rubles

Photo:Nikita Andreev

Three residential buildings were built very close to the Botanical Garden, All-Russian Exhibition Center and Sokolniki. One of the main advantages of the residential complex is, as well as modern infrastructure and developed transport interchange. But what makes it recognizable, of course, is not this, but the very pro-Russian design - the facades of the complex are painted in the colors of the national flag. The project even entered the top thirty most striking architectural projects in the city, which is quite controversial, but the conclusion suggests itself: it is useful to be a patriot.

Residential complex "Vorobyovy Gory"

Address: st. Mosfilmovskaya, 70

Height: 172 meters

Maximum number of floors: 48

Year of construction: 2004

Price per square meter: from 352,000 rubles

Photo:Moacir P. de S Pereira

One of the most prominent residential complexes in Moscow consists of 7 buildings of different heights, united by a single 5-level part. The house is located on Mosfilmovskaya Street, at the highest point of the capital, near foreign embassies and the legendary film studio. The pluses are good (the house is surrounded by parks), excellent location (15 minutes by car to the Garden Ring) and a stunning panorama of Moscow, which opens from unusual observation platforms designed in the form of circular galleries. But you can, of course, look at the capital in all its glory not only from the platforms - the apartments also have panoramic windows.

The infrastructure of the complex is impressive: a kindergarten, restaurants, a shopping and entertainment center, a supermarket, a fitness center, a swimming pool, a business center, a laundry, a car wash, a parking lot and one of the largest water parks in Moscow. Everything is as in the classic examples of urbanists who claim that one of the tasks of modern developers (and one of the most serious problems of residents of such houses) is the absence of the need, in principle, to go beyond the boundaries of the complex.

Residential complex "Continental"

Address: Marshala Zhukova, 72/74

Height: 170 meters

Maximum number of floors: 48

Year of construction: 2010

Price per square meter: from 220,000 rubles

Photo:Artem Svetlov

“Continental” is a complex with its own infrastructure and a high-profile “business class” status. It is located on a bend of the Moscow River, not far from the legendary Serebryany Bor, and therefore, as a bonus, residents have access to clean air and views of the Rowing Canal. It must be said that the Continental is generally a favorite location for photographers, since it offers an incredible view of the river, Zhivopisny Bridge and the endless architecture of Moscow, including doll cottage villages, Triumph Palace, Moscow City, as well as municipal houses in Shchukino, which are popularly called “dry toilets” for their colors and simple shape.

As for the complex itself, according to the developers, only wood was used during its construction, which seems to logically continue the theme of the area’s environmental friendliness.

Why do apartments in skyscrapers cost so much?

There are 101 high-rise buildings in Russia, 83 of which are in Moscow. Alas, living in high-rise buildings is by no means cheap, and not everyone can afford to buy square meters in skyscrapers. Complex design work, additional studies of the construction site, taking into account wind and seismic conditions, as well as increased requirements - all this determines the high price of an apartment in such a house.

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The main task for any skyscraper is to ensure its safety. This includes a modern fire sprinkler system, which automatically turns on the water when a certain temperature is exceeded, as well as an air supply system for evacuation stairs and a smoke removal system.

Few people know, but the speed of the wind “flowing around” a skyscraper increases significantly precisely because of the high altitude. That is, the difference in wind speed on the 3rd floor and the 33rd will be significant. Previously, for these reasons, windows on the highest floors did not even open; it was simply dangerous for the lives of the people there. Today, in order to “protect” a skyscraper from the wind, the technology of “empty levels” is very often used - when there is additional empty space between the facade of the building and the wall of the room, which significantly reduces the wind pressure. The stability of a high-rise building is also ensured by the correctly chosen location for its construction and the type of foundation. Thus, when designing, all possible calculations are made so that the huge building does not collapse like a house of cards.

Living at altitude has many advantages: clean air (all city noise usually “dissolves” at an altitude of 100 meters), unique views from the window, the inability to watch a pensioner sunbathing on the balcony and the absence of mosquitoes, which generally do not reach above the fifth floor. Apartments on the upper floors are also valued for their special level of privacy - no prying eyes for you. Here, at the top, you can forget about curtains and the rules of decency.

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The construction of high-rise buildings in Moscow has long been a “sore topic” for citizens: just as now projects for new skyscrapers give rise to a bunch of disputes about the permissible building height, so before the Revolution, Muscovites differently accepted the prospect of walking under the walls of five-, six-, and then ( oh, horror!) eight-story buildings. And if some show concern for the historical appearance of the city and the comfort of living in it, then others are quite ready to sacrifice it out of good intentions: after all, the higher the houses grow, the more technologically advanced their design and construction should be, the more intensively new technologies should develop.

One way or another, regardless of the views of city residents, buildings worthy of being called skyscrapers have long ceased to be a curiosity for Moscow and have taken a significant place in the appearance of the modern capital.

Moscow has always stretched upward: first with the bell towers of temples and churches (in some areas of the city they still remain significant high-rise dominants), then, with the development of capitalism in Russia, the bell towers were replaced by apartment buildings, the owners of which sought to squeeze maximum profit from the city land available to them, with the advent of the new government, those same ones were replaced by the results of Soviet achievements, the apotheosis of which was the construction of the famous Stalinist high-rise buildings. Seven high-rise buildings built in the 1940-1950s for a long time had no equal in height among the capital's high-rise buildings, and the main building of Moscow State University on Vorobyovy Gory remained the tallest building in Moscow until 2003, when it was replaced by a residential complex that had reached its design height." Triumph Palace". The new leader did not last very long - after a couple of years he began to be overtaken by the skyscrapers of the Moscow City International Business Center, the construction of which began in 1995 and is still ongoing. And in 1998, the city even adopted a whole program - “New Moscow Ring”, which envisaged the construction of 60 new skyscrapers in different areas of the city by 2015; The project was repeatedly subjected to serious criticism, objects were constantly revised and excluded, and to date it has actually failed: only a few buildings have been built within its framework.

With or without problems, Moscow is still reaching upward: every now and then rumors appear about new ambitious projects, and those that turned out to be more than just rumors are being built at an accelerated pace. Today, places on the high-rise pedestal of Moscow are occupied by buildings of various styles, purposes and even eras.

#1: MIBC "Moscow City": 374 meters ("Federation Tower")

To install the spire on top of the Triumph Palace, a unique operation was carried out: several sections of the disassembled structure were lifted up using helicopters.

The architecture of the building deserves attention. The project was developed by the TROMOS Architectural and Design Bureau, and in its appearance the skyscraper is reminiscent of the famous Stalinist high-rises built in Moscow in the mid-20th century:

Indeed, to many, Triumph Palace seems very similar to one of Stalin’s skyscrapers, some even get confused. However, the confusion is more likely due to ignorance, since the building does not have much in common with Stalin’s high-rise buildings.

#3: the main building of Moscow State University on Vorobyovy Gory: 240 meters

For a good half of a century it was the tallest building in Moscow: built in 1949-1953, it held this place of honor until 2003, when the Triumph Palace was built - exactly 50 years.

The university building has an impressive height of 240 meters, but looks incredibly light; and no wonder - outstanding architects of those times worked on its project: B.M. Iofan, P.V. Abrosimov, S.E. Chernyshev, L.V. Rudnev, V.N. Nasonov, A.F. Khryakov. And not only architects - Stalin himself had a hand in the construction of the university, approving the number of floors and the height of the spire. The spire is crowned with a huge star.


They say that peregrine falcons nest on the building of Moscow State University: the proximity of the Vorobyovy Gory nature reserve gives them the opportunity to get food, and the high-rise building itself resembles a rock - a natural habitat.

From a distance the building really looks like a rock. A large symmetrical rock.

#4: Residential complex "House on Mosfilmovskaya": 213 meters

Residential complex "House on Mosfilmovskaya", built according to the design of architect S.A. Skuratov in 2004-2011, became the winner of many architectural awards, but he is best known to Muscovites for the scandal with “extra” floors: in 2010, the authorities discovered as many as 22 extra floors in a building under construction (almost half of the building) and decided to dismantle everything unnecessary. Later, the number of extra floors was reduced to 6, and for a long time, while negotiations and proceedings were ongoing, the house, ready in other parts, stood with an unlined concrete top. In 2011, it became known that the skyscraper would be completed and nothing would be broken.

In December 2011, “House on Mosfilmovskaya” was finally put into operation.

#5: Hotel "Ukraine": 206 meters

The second tallest Stalinist skyscraper, , built in 1953-1957. It is believed that the hotel received this name in honor of the homeland of Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev: Stalin died in 1953, and the post of First Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee just passed to him. Interestingly, at the time of construction, "Ukraine" was the largest hotel in Europe.

The hotel building is decorated with Soviet symbols and even by today's standards it looks simply luxurious. The architectural appearance of “Ukraine” was carried out by A.G. Mordvinov, V.K. Oltarzhevsky, V.G. Kalish and P.A. Krasilnikov.

#6: Residential complex "Tricolor": 192 meters

, located on Prospekt Mira very close to the Rostokinsky aqueduct, painted in the colors of the Russian flag - this is, as it says on website of the construction company LLC "GRM", elevates the object to the rank of attraction. The statement is controversial, since the colors on the facades are arranged in random order, but this did not prevent the buildings of the residential complex from becoming a new and very bright dominant feature of Prospekt Mira.

The Tricolor residential complex consists of 3 residential buildings (2 of 58 floors and one of 38 floors) and an office building, united by a stylobate.

The building was designed by TPO "Reserve" under the direction of architect Vladimir Plotkin.

#7: Residential complex "Sparrow Hills": 188.2 meters

The Vorobyovy Gory residential complex, which was built from 2001 to 2005, consists of 7 buildings of different heights (from 17 to 48 floors), built on a five-level stylobate. Low-rise buildings did not receive a place in the ranking of the tallest buildings in Moscow, but 3 high towers were thoroughly included in it. This is understandable even without exact numbers: the buildings topped with characteristic stepped roofs, located at one of the highest points of the city, are visible from many and have become a familiar detail of the city landscape.

#8: Residential complex "Continental": 184 meters

The Continental residential complex was built in 2007-2011 as part of the New Ring of Moscow program. The 48-story high-rise building is located on Marshal Zhukov Avenue, in a picturesque location not far from the Novikov-Priboy embankment, Serebryany Bor and the Zhivopisny Bridge, which opened in December 2007.

#9: Residential complex "Scarlet Sails": 179 meters

Without exaggeration, the Scarlet Sails residential complex can be called a legendary and iconic object in the residential development of modern Moscow.

The construction of a luxury residential complex was accompanied by loud scandals, mainly related to its proximity to the Moscow River: they were either afraid that the houses would certainly slide into the water, or they accused the owners of seizing the embankment. As a result, the first has long been forgotten (it’s already been 10 years since the first building was commissioned, but it still hasn’t moved), but the second has recently been remembered more and more often: the fact is that Article 6 of the Water Code of the Russian Federation stipulates that the coastal strip 20 meters wide along public water bodies should be publicly accessible, but the embankment in front of “Scarlet Sails” is closed to access by outsiders - mentions of this have recently begun to reappear in the press and blogs of human rights activists, once again fueling the scandal around the residential complex.

The first building was commissioned back in 2003, the last, the construction of which was announced after the completion of the first stage, was completed in 2015.

The author of the project is Andrey Trofimov, chief architect of the TROMOS Architectural and Design Bureau.

#10: Residential complex "Edelweiss": 176 meters

The Edelweiss residential complex closes the top ten tallest buildings in Moscow: like the Continental, it was built as part of the New Ring of Moscow program, only much earlier - construction took place from 2000 to 2003.

The 43-story high-rise building is decorated with turrets that give it a resemblance to a castle - thanks to this architectural detail, the building became popularly known as “Count Dracula’s castle.”

Thus, quantitatively, the list of the tallest buildings in Moscow for 2016 is dominated by residential complexes built over the past decade and a half. This is symbolic and exciting, because these years are the very beginning of the 21st century, and it turns out that, in a sense, these buildings “opened” our century.

In addition to 7 residential complexes, the list included 3 objects that became symbols of their eras: the Ukraine Hotel and the Moscow State University building on Vorobyovy Gory, built in the middle of the last century, and the towers of the MIBC Moscow City, built in our time. Both Stalin's skyscrapers and the business center are large and very large-scale projects of their time.

Briefly and without pictures, the list of the tallest buildings in Moscow looks like this:

1. MIBC "Moscow City" - "Federation Tower": 374 meters (95 floors);
2. Residential complex "Triumph Palace": 264.1 meters (57 floors);
3. Main building of Moscow State University: 240 meters (36 floors);
4. Residential complex "House on Mosfilmovskaya": 213 meters (54 floors);
5. Hotel "Ukraine": 206 meters (34 floors);
6. Residential complex "Tricolor": 192 meters (58 floors);
7. Residential complex "Sparrow Hills": 188.2 meters (48 floors);
8. Residential complex "Continental": 184 meters (48 floors);
9. Residential complex "Scarlet Sails": 179 meters (48 floors);
10. Residential complex "Edelweiss": 176 meters (43 floors).

The exact number of meters required for a building to be considered a skyscraper is a controversial issue, but the most common opinion is that a skyscraper is characterized by a height of 150 meters or higher, with skyscrapers exceeding 300 meters being considered super-tall. Thus, the high-rise TOP-10 of Moscow consists entirely of skyscrapers, led by super-tall skyscrapers as part of the Moscow City International Business Center.

Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in Dubai and the tallest skyscraper in the world. The shape of the building resembles a stalagmite, which rises up to 828 meters. The building has 163 floors, on which there are 9 hotels and a fountain system. The total cost of the structure is estimated at $4.1 billion. And this includes the most amazing facts about Burj Khalifa.

1. Tallest building in the world

It is common knowledge that Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the entire world. However, how tall is it compared to other monstrous structures? The height of the Burj Khalifa is 828 meters, and the height of the second tallest building in the world (Shanghai Tower) is 632 meters. The difference is more than obvious. Also, Burj Khalifa is three times taller than the Eiffel Tower.

2. Inside the building

Those who think that the Burj Khalifa is very impressive from the outside have simply never been inside the skyscraper. The highest observation deck is at an altitude of 452 meters. The building has a total of 164 floors, 1 of which is underground, and as many as 58 elevators that travel at a speed of 10 meters per second (these are some of the fastest elevators in the world). Burj Khalifa also has 2,957 parking spaces, 304 hotels and 904 apartments. Interestingly, the Burj Khalifa has a special elevator system designed for evacuation during a fire.

3. The skyscraper was designed by Americans and built by a South Korean company

While the Burj Khalifa is located in Dubai (the skyscraper's original name was Burj Dubai), the building was designed by the American firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Engineers from Chicago helped develop a special support structure that resembles a three-pointed star. The construction of the building was entrusted to the South Korean company Samsung Engineering and Construction.

4. Several records

Everyone knows that Burj Khalifa is the record tallest building in the world. In fact, the Dubai skyscraper holds more than just this record. It is the tallest free-standing building, the building with the highest residential floor, the building with the most floors, the building with the highest elevators and the second highest observation deck (the highest observation deck is at Canton Tower).

5. What was needed for construction

In order to build such a titanic building of almost a kilometer, it took a lot of time and effort (namely, 6 years and 22 million man-hours). On especially busy days, more than 12,000 workers were on the construction site at one time.

6. Huge weight

The construction of the huge building required a huge amount of materials. So much aluminum was used that it would be enough to create 5 Airbus A380s. 55,000 tons of reinforcing steel and 110,000 tons of concrete were also used. This is approximately equal to the weight of 100,000 elephants. And if you take and stack the reinforcement from a building in a row, it would stretch over a quarter of the Earth.

7. Heat resistance

Dubai is very hot, with an average summer temperature of 41 degrees. In July 2002, the highest temperature recorded in Dubai was 52 degrees. Naturally, a building built in this country must withstand extreme temperature changes. That's why more than 300 Chinese cladding experts were hired to develop a cladding system that could protect against local temperatures.

8. Energy consumption

Naturally, normal life in such a huge building requires a monstrous amount of resources. For example, the Burj Khalifa requires about 950,000 liters of water every day (while Dubai on average uses about 200-300 liters of water per day). The building also consumes a huge amount of electricity (about as much as 360,000 hundred-watt light bulbs “eat”).

9. Skyscraper washing

How to clean and wash 26,000 glass panels that always look perfectly smooth. This is done by 12 machines, each weighing about 13 tons, moving along special rails on the outside of the building. The cars are serviced by 36 people.

10. Floral design

The design of the Burj Khalifa was inspired by the Hymenocallis, a flower that has long petals radiating out from the center. The three wings of the Burj Khalifa spread out to the sides like these petals.

The popular statement - size doesn't matter - certainly doesn't apply to the height of buildings. Man has not given up trying to reach heaven since biblical times - starting with the construction of the Tower of Babel. The tallest buildings in the world amaze with their grandeur and technical innovation; we invite you to learn more about each of them. We will talk specifically about skyscrapers; this list will not include towers, which will be discussed in a separate story

But until the 19th century, increasing the height of buildings meant thickening the walls, which had to support the weight of the structure. The creation of elevators and metal frames for walls freed the hands of architects and engineers, allowing them to design and build taller and taller buildings, increasing the number of floors. So, the 10 tallest buildings in the world:

№10 Empire State Building, New York, USA

The Empire State Building is America's most famous skyscraper, the Chrysler Building is one of the last skyscrapers built in the Art Deco style; Rockefeller Center is the world's largest private business and entertainment complex, consisting of 19 buildings. The center's observation deck offers stunning panoramic views of Central Park and the Empire State Building.

During the construction of the building, new technologies were developed in building structures, such as the frame metal structure made of cast iron by J. Bogardus, the passenger elevator by E. G. Otis. A skyscraper consists of a foundation, a steel frame of columns and beams above the ground, and curtain walls attached to the beams. In this skyscraper, the main load is carried by the steel frame, not the walls. It transfers this load directly to the foundation. Thanks to this innovation, the weight of the building was significantly reduced and amounted to 365 thousand tons. 5,662 cubic meters of limestone and granite were used for the construction of the external walls. In total, the builders used 60 thousand tons of steel structures, 10 million bricks and 700 kilometers of cable. The building has 6,500 windows.

The International Finance Center is a complex commercial building located on the waterfront of central Hong Kong. A significant landmark of Hong Kong Island, it consists of two skyscrapers: the International Financial Center and the shopping gallery and the 40-story Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong. Tower 2 is the tallest building in Hong Kong, usurping the space once occupied by Central Plaza. The complex was built with the support of Sun Hung Kai Properties and MTR Corp. The Hong Kong Airport Express station is located directly below it. The construction of the first international financial center was completed in 1998 and opened in 1999. The building has 38 floors, 18 high-speed passenger elevators in four zones, its height is 210 m, the total area is 72,850 m. The building now accommodates approximately 5,000 people.

№6 Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai, China

The total height of the structure is 421 meters, the number of floors reaches 88 (93 including the belvedere). The distance from the ground to the roof is 370 meters, and the top floor is at an altitude of 366 meters! Perhaps, in comparison with the Emirati (still unfinished) giant Burj Dubai, Jin Mao will seem like a dwarf, but against the background of other buildings in Shanghai this giant looks impressive. By the way, not far from the Golden Building of Success there is also a high-rise building - the Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC), which surpassed Jin Mao in height and became the tallest office building in China in 2007. Currently, a 128-story skyscraper is planned to be built next to Jin Mao and the ShVFC, which will become the tallest building in the PRC.

The hotel is famous for being one of the tallest in the world, it is located on the upper floors of a skyscraper, which, in turn, is currently the tallest in Shanghai

From the 54th to 88th floor there is the Hyatt Hotel, this is its atrium.

On the 88th floor, 340 meters above the ground, there is an indoor Skywalk observation deck that can accommodate more than 1,000 people at a time. Skywalk area - 1520 sq.m. In addition to the excellent view of Shanghai from the observatory, you can look down on the magnificent atrium of the Shanghai Grand Hyatt Hotel.

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№5 Fifth place in the list of tallest buildings is the Sears Tower, Chicago, USA.

The Sears Tower is a skyscraper located in Chicago, USA. The height of the skyscraper is 443.2 meters, the number of floors is 110. Construction began in August 1970, ending on May 4, 1973. Chief architect Bruce Graham, chief designer Fazlur Khan.

The Sears Tower was built more than 30 years ago. In 1974, the skyscraper became the tallest building in the world, surpassing the World Trade Center in New York by 25 meters. For more than two decades, the Sears Tower held the lead and only in 1997 lost to the Kuala Lumpur “twins” - the Petronas Towers.

Today, the Sears Tower is undoubtedly one of the most magnificent buildings in the world. To this day, this building remains the tallest skyscraper in the United States.

The cost of the 443-meter-high Sears Tower was $150 million—a fairly impressive sum at that time. Today the equivalent cost would be almost $1 billion.

The main building material used to construct the Sears Tower was steel.

You don’t need to be an expert in physics and seismology to understand that a structure 509.2 meters high is at very high risk during an earthquake. That is why Asian engineers once decided to secure one of the architectural pearls of Taiwan in a rather original way - with the help of a giant ball or stabilizer ball.

The project, costing more than $4 million, involves installing a giant ball weighing 728 tons on the upper tiers of the skyscraper, turned out to be one of the most striking engineering experiments of recent times. Suspended on thick cables, the ball plays the role of a stabilizer, allowing it to “dampen” vibrations of the building structure during an earthquake.

№1 Burj Dubai, Dubai, UAE

The tower is equipped with 56 elevators (by the way, the fastest in the world), boutiques, swimming pools, luxury apartments, hotels and observation platforms. A distinctive characteristic of the construction is the international composition of the working team: a South Korean contractor, American architects, Indian builders. Four thousand people took part in the construction.

Records set by the Burj Dubai:

* the building with the largest number of floors - 160 (the previous record was 110 for the Sears Tower skyscrapers and the destroyed twin towers);

* tallest building - 611.3 m (previous record - 508 m at the Taipei 101 skyscraper);

* the tallest free-standing structure - 611.3 m (the previous record was 553.3 m at the CN Tower);

* the highest height of injection of concrete mixture for buildings is 601.0 m (the previous record was 449.2 m for the Taipei 101 skyscraper);

* the highest height of injection of concrete mixture for any structure is 601.0 m (the previous record was 532 m at the Riva del Garda hydroelectric station);

* in 2008, the height of the Burj Dubai exceeded the height of the Warsaw radio tower (646 m), the building became the tallest ground-based structure in the history of human construction.

* On January 17, 2009, Burj Dubai reached a declared height of 818 m, becoming the tallest erected structure in the world.

The buildings are different - it could be a one-story house, or it could be a multi-story building several hundred meters high. However, there are also real giants in the world. Today we will talk about the tallest skyscrapers in the world.

Burj Khalifa (828 m)

Our hit parade opens with the Burj Khalifa, a skyscraper created in the likeness of a stalagmite. Its height is a breathtaking 828 meters, and it is located, as you might guess, in the largest city of the UAE - Dubai. Interestingly, there are not so many floors here - only 163.

The building was designed by the American architectural bureau Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, under whose leadership many famous American high-rise buildings were erected. The general contractor is Samsung, which has previously participated in the construction of the famous twin towers in the capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. The total cost of the project is $1.5 billion.

Construction began in 2004. About 12,000 workers were employed every day, and every week the builders handed over one or even two floors. The project was supposed to be completed in 2009, but the opening took place only in 2010 - due to the financial problems of the contractor.

Now the building houses offices, apartments, a shopping center and a hotel, designed by Giorgio Armani himself. There are 57 elevators installed here, and they are considered the fastest in the world - the maximum speed is 18 meters per second.

Taipei 101 (509 m)

Silver goes to Taipei 101, a building located in Taiwan's capital Taipei. The height of the skyscraper reaches 509 meters, and its number of floors is 101 floors. Construction of the tower lasted relatively short time - it began in 1999 and ended in 2003. The project was valued at $1.7 billion.

The huge skyscraper, made of aluminum, steel and glass, is supported by 380 concrete supports, each of which goes deep into the ground for as much as 80 meters. According to the contractor, the risk of collapse even during natural disasters is minimal - this is particularly facilitated by the huge pendulum ball, which is located between the 91st and 87th floors. Its weight is more than 650 tons!

Some of the fastest elevators in the world are located here - their maximum speed is 63 km/h. The building currently houses a variety of boutiques, restaurants, clubs and office space.

The tower is owned by the Taipei Finance Corporation, which is managed by the American City Sales Corporation. Currently, Taipei 101 is one of the main symbols of modern Taipei.

Shanghai World Financial Center (492 m)

Bronze medalist: Shanghai World Financial Center, opened in 2008. The number of floors is 101, the height of the building reaches 492 meters.

The project was designed by the American company Kohn Pedersen Fox, headed by David Malott, and Mori Building Corporation was chosen as the builder. Let us note that construction began back in 1997, but stopped almost immediately - in 1998 the crisis struck and all work was frozen. Only in 2003 did active financing begin, at which time some changes were made to the project - the height of the skyscraper increased from the original 460 to 492 meters.

By the way, do you see the rectangular cutout at the end? Initially, it was supposed to be a circle, but many Chinese opposed this, because the circle resembled the Japanese flag. As a result, it was decided to make a trapezoidal window, which also made the design much cheaper.

Inside, as you might guess, there are office premises, restaurants, and shopping centers.

International Commerce Center (484 m)

The International Commerce Center is located in the western part of the Kowloon district of Hong Kong and is the tallest building in the city. Its height reaches 484 meters and the number of floors is 118.

Officially, the project is called Union Square Phase 7, and its construction was carried out by the Hong Kong metro CCO Corporation Limited in collaboration with the developer Sun Hung Kai Properties. Interestingly, these two companies had already built a slightly smaller building a little earlier, which is located on the opposite side of Victoria Harbor.

Initially, the building was supposed to be much higher - its height could reach 574 m, but the project had to be revised, since the country passed a law that did not allow the construction of buildings that would be higher than the surrounding mountains.

The tower contains offices, a shopping center, several hotels, and a huge parking lot. The total area of ​​the internal space is more than 260 thousand square meters. Thirty high-speed elevators are available for passengers.

Petronas Twin Towers (451.9 m)

Here we have the famous Petronas Twin Towers, whose height is 451.9 m. The number of floors is 88. Location is the capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. The Prime Minister of the country himself took part in the creation of these buildings and proposed making them in the Islamic style. That is why the complex consists of two eight-pointed stars, to which semicircular protrusions were added for better stability.

To build the complex, the builders were given six years. Looking ahead, let's say that they met the deadline. Much more interesting is the fact that the towers were erected by two different companies - this was done to increase productivity. When the inspection of the proposed construction site began, it turned out that one part of it consisted of soft limestone, and the second of brittle rock. As a result, the engineers decided to move the site to the soft side. They understood perfectly well that in this case the towers would definitely begin to sag over time, so it was decided to drive the piles to a depth of more than 100 meters.

It is worth noting that not light steel was chosen as the basis for the structure, but heavier elastic concrete, which is not inferior in strength to steel and can withstand enormous pressure. This was done to reduce the cost of the design, since steel in Malaysia is a very expensive product. By the way, this is why the complex turned out to be approximately twice as heavy as similar buildings. The total cost of the project is $800 million, most of which was paid by the state oil corporation Petronas (it owns most of the complex).

The buildings are connected by a large suspension bridge, placed on giant ball bearings - it cannot be firmly fixed, since the towers tend to sway from the wind.

In total, the complex occupies about 40 hectares, and the area of ​​all premises is about 214 thousand square meters. There are conference rooms, offices, and exhibition areas here. There are no residential apartments.

Petronas Twin Towers can be seen in such famous films as “Trap” with Catherine Zeta-Jones and Sean Connery, “Code of the Apocalypse” with Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, in the games Hitman 2: Silent Assassin and Zero Tolerance.

Nanjing Greenland Financial Center (450 m)

The high-rise building Nanjing Greenland is located in the business center of Nanjing (People's Republic of China). Its construction began in the early 2000s and ended in 2009.

There are no apartments in it, but all the upper floors are occupied by office space, and the lower ones are used for retail sales (shops and shopping centers). In addition, the building has a lot of restaurants and cafes, a huge parking lot, and also has its own observatory.

On the top floor you can find a magnificent observation deck, which allows you to see the city, as well as neighboring rivers, lakes and mountains in all details.

Willis Tower (443.2 m)

Number six is ​​the Willis Tower skyscraper, which until 2009 was called the Sears Tower. It is located in Chicago, USA, its height is 443.2 meters, the number of floors is 110. Its construction began in the late summer of 1970, and less than three years later the building was completed. The remaining work took about another year, after which the tower became the tallest in the world and held this record for almost 25 years. However, in America itself you will not find a taller skyscraper.

The total area of ​​the Willis Tower is 418 thousand square meters, which can be compared to 57 football fields. The building has 104 high-speed elevators. It is interesting that dark-colored windows are used here, which, by the way, are washed eight times a year using special automatic machines.

At the top there are two large antennas for radio and television broadcasting of some of the companies that are located in the same building.

Kingkey 100 (439.8 m)

Kingkey 100 is another super-tall skyscraper located in the Chinese city of Shenzhen. Its height reaches 440 meters. The building was created in the modernist style and is distinguished by its unusual appearance - it resembles a pedestal that tapers significantly towards the top.

In total, Kingkey 100 has 100 floors, which is what the number in the name symbolizes. The first 68 floors are occupied by office space, the next 22 were given over to a famous hotel, a little higher there is a huge shopping center, and at the top there are many restaurants and a wonderful garden.

Construction began in 2007 and ended in 2011.

Guangzhou International Financial Center (437.5 m)

This skyscraper is unusual in that it was built in the modernist style. It is located in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. The building is part of the Guangzhou Twin Towers complex. The project was developed in the mid-2000s, when the government established a competition for the best design of the complex, which was supposed to become the hallmark of the city. The winner was the project of the British architectural company Wilkinson Eyre Architects.

The International Financial Center has a triangular shape, significantly rounded at the edges. This was done on purpose - according to the designers, this idea will save energy consumption (however, we don’t understand). At the base the tower is much wider than at the roof - this shape gives the building a certain elegance. The outside cladding is made of glass.

There are no apartments in the building, but about 30 upper floors are completely occupied by various hotels. The first 70 floors are occupied exclusively by offices, and the first four are reserved for parking. The top two floors are occupied by restaurants and cafes, and in addition, there is its own viewing area.

World Trade Center (417 m)

The World Trade Center is a complex consisting of seven buildings. It was designed by American architect Minoru Yamasaki and was inaugurated in 1973. The complex is located in New York. The main attractions of this complex were once two towers: southern and northern. Their height is 415 and 417 meters respectively.

It was these two towers that were blown up during the famous terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. However, they tried to blow up buildings before. in 1993, a truck containing more than half a ton of explosives drove into the shopping center. The truck drove into the underground parking lot of the north tower and exploded. A crater with a diameter of about 30 meters was formed at the site of the explosion, but the building did not collapse. As a result of that tragedy, six people died, and solely due to the crush at the exit. Many people who were in the building at that moment had difficulty breathing due to lack of oxygen. And besides, it was problematic to go down the dark stairs, since there was no light and the elevators did not work.

The truck driver escaped, although several years later he was arrested in Pakistan and sent to the United States. He and his associates were sentenced to life imprisonment.

On September 11, 2001, one of the most famous terrorist attacks in the world occurred, during which about 3,000 people died and the towers were destroyed. Today there is a memorial complex in their place.

Al Hamra Tower (412 m)

Closing our list is the Al-Hamra Tower, built in Kuwait, whose height reaches 412 meters. This is currently the tallest building with exterior stucco.

The tower was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. construction began in 2004 and ended in 2011. The total cost is more than 500 million US dollars. Inside the building there are commercial and office premises, the area of ​​which reaches 195 thousand square meters. The first 11 floors were allocated for parking, another 5 for a shopping center, and in addition, here you will find one of the largest cinemas in the world (its screens reach several floors in height).

Al-Hamra Tower has an extremely unusual appearance, as you can see by looking at the photo above.