![]() ![]() Tianjin CTF Finance Center, Tianjin, 530 metresĬhina Zun / Citic Tower, Beijing, 528 metres Guangzhou CFT Finance Centre, Guangzhou, 530 metres Ping An Finance Centre, Shenzhen, 599 metres Here are the top 10 tallest buildings in Asia: When they are done, the Petronas Towers will barely make the top 30. ![]() Alamyįifteen out the the world’s tallest buildings under construction are in Asia – 12 of them in China. Once the world's tallest buildings at 452 metres, Petronas Towers don't even make our top 10. When it opens next year, the 118-storey, 644-metre Merdeka 188, also in Kuala Lumpur, will become the second tallest in the world. Mainland China, including Hong Kong, also claims seven of the top 10 tallest buildings in Asia, but there are also places for Taiwan, South Korea and Vietnam.Īll are taller than the Empire State Building, as is the 634-metre high Tokyo Skytree, which is classified as a tower rather than a building as its primary use, as is Guangzhou’s 604-metre Canton Tower.Ĭollectively they are a powerful symbol of rising Asia and the region’s tiger economies. Seven of world’s tallest buildings are there, five of which are in China. The 452-metre twins became an unmistakable symbol of Kuala Lumpur.Īnd today? Such is the pace of skyscraper building in Asia, that the Petronas Towers do not even make it to the current top 10.Īt 508 metres, Tapei 101, which took the world title from Kuala Lumpur in 2004, still clings to a place in Asia’s top 10 but has since dropped to seventh.Īsia is now the place where you build fast and stand tall. ![]()
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