The highest skyscraper: what can boast different cities in the world

The history of such buildings as the highest skyscrapers began with the invention of automatic lifts. Back in the late 19th century, the American Henry Otis constructed this invention, helping to create high-rise buildings without altitude restrictions. In the modern world the construction of high-rise buildings is practiced in any metropolis, and the tallest skyscraper in the city becomes a kind of visiting card. In the modern world, when the areas in the business part of the city are scarce, the erection of high-rise buildings was the only possible solution to the problem.

The highest skyscrapers in the world have long been known and defined. The first place in this list is occupied by the famous tower of "Khalifa" in Dubai, the construction of which was completed in 2010. The height of the architectural masterpiece is 828 meters, and the floors in the building are 162.

The second place is rightfully given to the Taipei skyscraper in Taiwan with its 508 meters and 101 floors. This building in the style of postmodernism 6 years was considered the highest high-rise building, until you had to give the palm to the tower of the "Caliph", but it is still one of the most beautiful office centers that connect in their architecture the features of Western civilization with traditional Chinese motifs.

The highest skyscraper in China - the Shanghai International Financial Center - takes the third place in the world ranking. He, as well as the Taiwanese "Taipei", has 101 floors, but the total height is only 492 meters.

The fourth position is occupied by the Malaysian twin towers "Petronas Towers", which, at a height of 452 meters, have 88 floors. These skyscrapers are built using traditional Islamic motifs and have a jumper at the level of 170 meters, called "Celestial Bridge", which connects the two buildings into a single architectural composition.

Finishes the top five highest skyscraper of America - "Willis Tower", located in Chicago. Apart from the fact that it occupies the honorable fifth place in the list of the highest buildings, it is also one of the oldest skyscrapers, it was built in 1973. This 110-storey building is distinguished by its original architecture - it resembles several stacked and elongated parallelepipeds, and its height reaches 443.2 meters.

But what can the countries of Europe boast of? The tallest skyscraper in Europe is the London "Shard", which has a height of "modest" 310 meters and 95 floors. This architectural structure in the form of a giant narrow pyramid with unique laser illumination caused a lot of controversy in the society. Italian architect Rantso, who is the developer and the author of the idea, was accused of having disfigured the historical appearance of London. It came to the interference of UNESCO, but the authorities managed to convince the general public that the skyscraper brings more pluses than minuses.

But the race between the countries for the right to have the highest architectural structure in the world continues. America plans to build in Miami, a mega-skyscraper, whose height will be 975 meters, and in Bahrain are negotiating the construction of a 200-story building. But the Japanese proved to be bolder than all other peoples - in their plans the construction of a skyscraper 4 km high!