Human beings are obsessed with creating and breaking records, over and over again. Our skyline has been regularly altered by the skyscrapers that stretch higher and higher. Once upon a time, churches used to be the architecture of the era, then public institutions and now, it’s the commercial skyscraper that defines our urban fabric. With skyscrapers being built across the globe, the tallest building in the world keeps getting updated.

Countries all over the world are building taller – especially as the price of land goes up and area to built becomes lesser. The US has only two cities representing it in the list of skyscrapers – Chicago and New York. China and Dubai boast of more than 3 “tallest buildings in the world” within their boundary.
When it comes to defining what makes a building tall, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat have come up with their own rules. This was done because it became difficult to decide what buildings were tall, with antennas and other gadgets on top of the building. The CTBUH measures it from “level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance to the architectural top of the building, including spires, but not including antennae, signage, flag poles or other functional-technical equipment.?

Using this system they have classified more than 3400 buildings as more than 150 meters tall.
At 1227 Feet, The Federation Tower
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