[Music] nations around the world are building higher and higher mega skyscrapers with improvements in technology buildings can now be much taller than ever before there are currently three skyscrapers under construction that when completed will be more than one kilometer tall in this video we're going to take a look at the 16 tallest skyscrapers on the planet including the ones that will be the record holders of the future when they're finally completed before we continue make sure to like this video and subscribe to top luxury let us know in the comment section below what you think about the tallest skyscraper now let's begin number 16 shanghai world finance center when it was completed in 2007 the shanghai world financial center became the 12th tallest building in the world located in the pudong district of shanghai it's 474 meters high and has 101 floors although three of these are underground the skyscraper is a mixed-use building and contains offices shopping malls and the park hyatt shanghai hotel it also serves as the headquarters of a number of financial companies and is home to google shanghai offices number 15 taipei 101 [Music] taipei 101 set a number of records when it opened in taiwan in 2004 it became the tallest building in the world and had the fastest elevators which reach speeds of up to 60 kilometers per hour while these titles have since been surpassed it's still an impressive sight on the city skyline at 509 meters tall it was the first skyscraper to be built that is more than half a kilometer high and thanks to the materials used in its construction and energy saving measures it remains the largest certified green building in the world number 14 china zun located in the central business district of beijing china the china zone which is officially known as the citic tower became the city's tallest building when it opened in 2018 at 528 meters tall it has 101 floors above ground which are used for offices hotels and luxury apartments at the top it features an observation platform and a rooftop garden but this soon became controversial it turned out that from the top anyone with a powerful enough telescope could see straight into some of the chinese government's most top secret facilities number 13 tianjin ctf finance center the tianjin ctf finance center opened in tianjin china in 2019 after six years of construction with a height of 530 meters it's the tallest building in the world with fewer than 100 floors and has been purposefully designed in a rocket shape this refracts sunlight during the day to show a range of colors while at night the upper floors glow like a diamond most of its quarter of a million square meters of floor space is dedicated to offices but there are also 365 hotel rooms and 266 private apartments throughout number 12. guangzhao ctf finance center located in the central business district of guangzhou china the ctf finance center also known as the east tower opened in 2016. at 530 metres high it's the tallest building in the city and the third tallest in china and has 111 above ground floors due to its huge power needs efforts have been made to make this skyscraper as energy efficient as possible including solar panels on its roof and chillers throughout that are used to redistribute the natural heat that accumulates inside number 11 one world trade center now the tallest building in the united states the 541 meter tall one world trade center tower is the main structure of the rebuilt world trade center complex in new york it opened in 2014 and despite being 104 floors high has only been divided into 94 usable stories the building which also serves as a memorial to the events that took place on 911 was the world's most expensive when it opened with an estimated cost of 3.
9 billion dollars for comparison the world's tallest building the burj khalifa only cost 1. 5 billion dollars one world trade center's height measured in feet was a purposeful reference to the year 1776 when the declaration of independence was signed despite being mainly used to provide office space it's undoubtedly the most meaningful building to the local community of any of the tallest skyscrapers in the world number 10 lot world tower at 556 meters tall the lot world tower is easily the tallest building in south korea it opened in 2017 after six years of construction and has 123 above ground floors the majority of floor space is used for offices residential apartments and a hotel the top six floors however have been converted into a tourist attraction that features an observation deck to give incredible views out across seoul along with several restaurants and bars number nine ping on finance center the ping on finance center towers over the city of shenzhen china and at 599 meters tall it's the second highest skyscraper in the country when it opened in 2017 it broke the record for having the highest observation deck in the world which is at an altitude of 562 meters the observation deck itself is higher than any of the other buildings we've mentioned so far owned by the ping on insurance group it's believed to have cost around 1. 5 billion dollars to build even though this sounds like a lot it's actually remarkably cheap and less than half the price of the one world trade center number eight abraj al-bayet clock tower at a cost of 15 billion dollars the abraj al-bayet is a seven skyscraper complex in mecca saudi arabia the main building is the makah royal clock tower it's 601 meters tall and at the top is the highest and largest clock in the world it's so big that you can see it from 25 kilometers away and it's fitted with 21 000 white and green lights that illuminate five times a day when it's time for prayers number seven shanghai tower the shanghai tower is the tallest building in mainland china with a height of 632 meters it's made up of nine cylindrical buildings that are on top of each other and surrounded by this unusual twisting glass curtain this creates nine large indoor areas that are reserved for public use and have atria gardens restaurants and shopping malls while the central column is reserved for office space there have however been several issues with the building since it officially opened in 2015 and it is the least occupied completed skyscraper in the world number six merdeka 118.
planned to open in 2021 mordeca 118 will be a 644 meter tall skyscraper in kuala lumpur malaysia when finished it'll immediately become the tallest building in the country and the second tallest in the world and gets its name because it'll have 118 floors 100 of these have been reserved as rentable space for offices hotels and residential apartments and the remaining 18 floors will be used for the machinery needed to run the building and parking spaces number 5 shimao shenzhen hong kong international center construction began on the shimao shenzhen hong kong international center in 2019 in shenzhen china and when it's finished in 2024 it'll reach a maximum height of 700 meters at an estimated cost of 8 billion it's planned to have 148 floors and will easily become the tallest structure in all of china number four dubai one tower the dubai one tower began construction in 2016 and when it's finally complete in 2027 will be the tallest residential building in the world with an expected height of 711 meters it'll be one and a half times the size of the first building we spoke about the shanghai world financial center the plan is for it to have 161 floors with 885 residential apartments and a 350 room hotel number 3 burj khalifa currently the tallest building in the world the stunning birch khalifa was opened in dubai in 2010 its highest point is 829. 8 meters from the ground which is a little over half a mile and it's thought to have cost around 1.
