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Top 10 Tallest Freestanding Structure in The World. Youtube Channel: http://goo.gl/H4x2vr Our Tweets: https://twitter.com/YT_Engineering8 Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Engineering8Channel Tumblr: http://engineering8.tumblr.com/ Google+ page: https://goo.gl/upGvEV Freestanding structure means any man-made structure which is not supported by guy wires, the sea or other types of support. Thus, guyed masts, and drilling platforms are excluded but does include buildings, skyscrapers, towers, or even chimneys. 10. Shanghai World Financial Center; Shanghai, China Shanghai World Financial Center stood at 494 meter (1,617 ft.) completed in 2008 with 118 floors. It functions as office, hotels, observations, and residential building. 9. Taipei 101; Taipei, Taiwan Taipei 101 once hold the highest building the world surpassing Petronas Twin Towers in 2004. At 509 meter (1,671 ft.), that title remained for six years before took over by Burj Dubai (later renamed as Burj Khalifa). 8. Willis Tower; Chicago USA Formerly called Sears Tower, the name changed as part of massive lease to Willis Group in 2009. Like Taipei 101, it was highest building on the planet for 25 years and the last american building holding the title before it goes outside USA after resides for 97 years. 7. Ostankino Tower; Moscow, Russia One of greatest heritage of Soviet Era, this tower considered extraordinary engineering for its age. Function as broadcast tower and observation deck, it stood up to 540.1 meter (1,772.0 ft). It was former highest freestanding tower in the world for 7 years since 1967. 6. One World Trade Center; New York City, USA As former great landmarks destroyed in tragic way, new WTC tower resembles American spirit to move on even better with better icon for Yankees to be proud of. One WTC finished in 2013 and open to public in Nov 3rd, 2014. 5. CN Tower; Toronto, Canada CN Tower is 553.3 meter (1,815.4 ft) high concrete observation and communication tower located in Toronto, Canada. It still the tallest freestanding structure in West Hemisphere albeit losing world highest title to Burj Khalifa in 2010 after 25 years. 4. Canton Tower; Guangzhou, China Canton Tower took its name from Guangzhou's old name. Canton Tower is part of Guangzhou city preparation for Asian Games 2010. At 600 meter (1,969 ft.) it shortly holding title as world tallest tower replacing CN Tower before took over by Tokyo Skytree. 3. Abraj Al-Bait Towers; Mecca, Saudi Arabia Also called as the Mecca Royal Clock Tower Hotel, is a government-owned megatall building complex in Mecca. This 601 meter (1,972 ft) high tower building also house four giant clocks with diameter 43 meter each. 2. Tokyo Skytree; Tokyo, Japan Replacing Tokyo Tower that no longer efficient in transmitting radio channels, it also become tourists attractions as it opened to the public on May 22, 2012. This 634 meter (2,080 ft.) tower took 3 years and 7 months and costs 800 million USD. 1. Burj Khalifa; Dubai, UAE Also known as Burj Dubai back then, it is the tallest man-made structure of any kind for such height: 829.8 m (2,722 ft). It holds few world title such as highest building, and highest freestanding structure. List of freestanding structure is maintained by international body, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_freestanding_structures_in_the_world This video features images from personalities stated in links below which are licensed under CC BY https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ List of original image owners. (list cannot written here since its too long according to YouTube): http://psudatabase.com/CC-BY-credits-youtube-6YkUzK1ceN8.txt I created this video with the YouTube Video Editor (https://www.youtube.com/editor)