Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Asia Rules

Top 10 tallest skyscrapers
(name - country - year of completion - # of floor - height in feet)

1. The Burj Dubai, United Arab Emirates - 2008(expecting) - 160 - 2,275
2. Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan - 2004 - 101 - 1,667
3. Petronas Tower 1, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 1998 - 452 - 1,483
4. Petronas Tower 2, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 1998 - 452 - 1,483
5. Sears Tower, Chicago - 1974 - 110 - 1,451
6. Jin Mao Building, Shanghai - 1999 - 88 - 1,381
7. Two International Finance Centre, Hong Kong - 2003 - 88 - 1,362
8. CITIC Plaza, Guangzhou, China - 1996 - 80 - 1,283
9. Shun Hing Square, Shenzhen, China - 1996 - 69 - 1,260
10.Empire State Building, New York - 1931 - 102 - 1,250

It's interesting that 8 out of 10 buildings are in Asia, does that means something ?

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