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Top 10 World's Tallest Buildings in the World World's Biggest Buildings https://youtu.be/0dM20FNJwkk world biggest buildings pics, Tallest Buildings, tallest buildings in nyc, tallest buildings in the us, tallest buildings in chicago, tallest buildings in the world, tallest buildings in boston, tallest buildings in los angeles, tallest buildings in seattle, tallest buildings in atlanta, tallest buildings in the world 2016, tallest buildings in houston, tallest buildings in dallas, tallest buildings in minneapolis, tallest buildings in denver, tallest buildings in europe, tallest buildings in london, tallest buildings in north america, tallest buildings in las vegas, tallest buildings in miami, tallest buildings in charlotte, world biggest buildings pics, Few things say that a city or a country has arrived more than a gleaming, awe-inspiring skyscraper. And while the recent economic slump put a considerable dent in some skyscraping projects' aspirations, rest assured that the urge to go big and bigger shows no signs of stopping. According to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), these are the top 10 skyscrapers in the world. Burj Khalifa Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates Height: 2,717 feet Completion Date: 2010 An innovative tripedal design, along with the projecting shapes of its edges to cut through the wind like the front of a boat to reduce turbulence, both affording greater stability, are but a few of the smart ways the Burj Khalifa succeeded in rising to its record-setting height. The building soars more than 700 feet over its nearest competitor. The race upward as accelerated In the last couple decades, as governments and citizens have pulled together the means for erecting record-breaking tall buildings, particularly in emerging economies in East Asia and the Middle East. "It's a recognition that they want to project their image out into the global scene," says Daniel Safarik of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) located at the Illinois Institute of Technology. "One easy way physically to do that, in a relative sense, is with a skyscraper." The same designer of the Burj Khalifa, Adrian Smith, has drawn up an even more ambitious project, the Kingdom Tower in Saudi Arabia. It is slated to open in 2017 and soar to 3,281 feet—a full kilometer. Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel Location: Mecca, Saudi Arabia Height: 1,972 feet Completion Date: 2012 Big Ben done bigger, the Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel was built to afford comfortable accommodations to wealthy Muslim pilgrims making the Hajj. A factor that contributes to the building reaching so high: its gigantic footprint—a broader base supports greater height, as we've all learned first-hand playing with blocks as kids. "I think this building is getting by on sheer mass," said Safarik. "You can see the way that the other buildings around it have a stabilizing effect." One World Trade Center Location: New York City, United States Height: 1,776 feet Completion Date: 2014 The spire of One WTC attains a height of exactly 1,776 feet—a shout-out to the birth year of the United States. The building proper is only around 1,300 feet tall, but the CTBUH chose to count spire toward the building's official height. That decision saw the new building controversially eclipse the Willis Tower in Chicago (later in this list) as the tallest building in North America. Safarik said spires have accordingly provoked controversy within CTBUH itself. "We continue to have this debate," he says. Joe Mabel/Flickr/Wikipedia Taipei 101 Location: Taipei, Taiwan Height: 1,667 feet Completion Date: 2004 Taipei 101 "adopts some of the vernacular architecture of the region where it's built," Safarik says. "Here you have a classic, stacked pagoda look, which is a common thing throughout Asia." Furthermore, the building has eight segments of eight floors each, a nod to the auspicious nature of the numeral 8 in the Chinese-speaking world. -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: "Futuristic Homemade HoverBike" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbC78L8OH-A -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Science and Knowledge is a systematic enterprise that creates, builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe Subscribe Here: Science and Knowledge www.youtube.com/c/scienceandknowledge Also Visit On : Facebook : Science and Knowledge https://www.facebook.com/scienceandknowledge99 Google+ : Science and Knowledge https://plus.google.com/b/102698119824395818278/102698119824395818278/posts VK : Science and Knowledge https://vk.com/scienceandknowledge Tumblr : Science and Knowledge https://www.tumblr.com/blog/scienceandknowledge Pinterest : Science and Knowledge https://www.pinterest.com/demo1237390/science-and-knowledge-science-technology