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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aragon" data-source="post: 5920346" data-attributes="member: 134516">A HISTORY OF THE WORLDS TALLEST BUILDINGS                              CHEOPS PYRAMID - EGYPT (481 ft - 146 m)              The Cheops Pyramid at Giza, Egypt, was finished in the year (approx) 2,600 BC and reigned as the world's tallest building / structure for another 4,000 years. It wasn't until the 13th Century that Egypt lost the title to a cathedral that was constructed in the U.K. at Lincoln. <img src="http://coolpics.110mb.com/coolpics/travel&locations/tallestbuildings/1%20CheopsPyramid.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                                              LINCOLN CATHEDRAL, U.K. (525 ft - 160 m)              Construction of the Cathedral finished in the year 1311 AD, and the Cathedral maintained the title of the world's tallest building for 238 years until 1549 AD, when the central spire was destroyed in a storm. The central spire was never re-built.                <img src="http://coolpics.110mb.com/coolpics/travel&locations/tallestbuildings/2%20LincolnCathedral-UK.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                             ST. OLAV, TALLINN, ESTONIA (522 ft - 159 m)              Construction was finished in the year 1519, and the Cathedral was not originally as high as Lincoln Cathedral, however, due to the storm that destroyed Lincoln Cathedral's main spire in 1549, St. Olav became the worlds tallest building. 76 years later, in 1625, St. Olav also saw it's spire destroyed by a storm. <img src="http://coolpics.110mb.com/coolpics/travel&locations/tallestbuildings/3%20St-Olav-Tallinn-Estonia.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                                              STRASBOURG CATHEDRAL, FRANCE (472 ft - 142 m)              Completed in 1439, the Strasbourg Cathedral finally recieved the title of world's tallest building in 1625 due to storms that had destroyed the spires of other taller constructions. Strasbourg Cathedral was to hold this title for another 249 years from 1625 until 1874. <img src="http://coolpics.110mb.com/coolpics/travel&locations/tallestbuildings/4%20StrasbourgCathedral-France.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                                              ST. NIKOLAI, HAMBURG, GERMANY (482 ft - 147 m)              St. Nikolai took the title of world's tallest building upon completion in the year 1874 being just 10 feet higher than it's predecessor, however, St. Nikolai's moment of glory as the world's tallest building only lasted 2 years as another Cathedral was to take the title away in 1876. <img src="http://coolpics.110mb.com/coolpics/travel&locations/tallestbuildings/5%20St-Nikolai-Hamburg.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                                              ROUEN CATHEDRAL, FRANCE (495 ft - 151 m)                Rouen Cathedral was the world's tallest building from 1876 to 1880  <img src="http://coolpics.110mb.com/coolpics/travel&locations/tallestbuildings/6%20RouenCathedral-France.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                             COLOGNE CATHEDRAL, GERMANY (516 ft - 157 m)              Construction of Cologne Cathedral actually took over 640 years to complete (construction began in 1248) and was officially completed in 1880 giving the Cathedral the title of the world's tallest building although this title was only to last for 4 years until 1884 when The Washington Monument, U.S.A. was finally completed. <img src="http://coolpics.110mb.com/coolpics/travel&locations/tallestbuildings/7%20CologneCathedral-Germany.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Up until this point in history, the Lincoln Cathedral, U.K. completed in 1311 would have remained the world's tallest building at 525 ft - 160 m had it's spire not been destroyed by a storm. However, from this moment on, structures were to undergo dramatic changes in construction techniques allowing vastly taller buildings.                                                                          THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT, U.S.A. (555 ft - 169.29 m)                The Washington Monument took the title as the world's tallest building in 1884 and is among the world's tallest masonry structures, standing 555 feet - 169.29 m in height, and is made of marble, granite, and sandstone. The Monument held the title for just 3 years.   <img src="http://coolpics.110mb.com/coolpics/travel&locations/tallestbuildings/8%20WashingtonMonument-usa.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                             EIFFEL TOWER, PARIS, FRANCE (1,063 ft - 324 m)              The Eiffel Tower, completed in 1887 took the title of the world's highest building not with just a few extra feet in height - it is twice the height of it's predecessor, The Washington Monument. The Eiffel Tower was to retain the world's tallest building title for another 43 years. <img src="http://coolpics.110mb.com/coolpics/travel&locations/tallestbuildings/9%20EiffelTower-France.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                                              THE CHRYSLER BUILDING, NEW YORK, USA (1046 ft - 319 m)              Completed in 1930, the Chrysler Building had just 1 year of glory as the world's tallest building. You will note from it's height that it appears to be shorter than the Eiffel Tower, however this is because a new antenna was located on the Eiffel Tower in the year 2000 - before this the Eiffel Tower was some 79 ft - 24 m shorter than The Chrysler Building.                <img src="http://coolpics.110mb.com/coolpics/travel&locations/tallestbuildings/10%20ChryslerBuilding-USA.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                           <img src="http://www.planetware.com/i/photo/new-york-chrysler-building-new-york-city-ny054.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING (1,472 ft - 449 m)              The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in New York, NY on the intersection of 5th Ave and W 34th Street . It stood as the world's tallest building for more than forty years, from its completion in 1931 until the construction of the World Trade Center North Tower topped out on December 23, 1970. It is now once again the tallest building in New York, after the destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 from terrorist attacks. <img src="http://coolpics.110mb.com/coolpics/travel&locations/tallestbuildings/11%20EmpireStateBuilding-USA.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                  <img src="http://halmasonberg.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/empire-state-building.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> WORLD TRADE CENTER, NEW YORK, U.S.A. (1,727 ft - 526.3 m)              When completed in 1972, 1 WTC became the tallest building on Earth, unseating the Empire State Building after a 40 year reign. 2 WTC became the second tallest building in the world when completed in 1973. The WTC towers held the height record only briefly. As the building neared completion in 1973, work had already begun on Chicago's Sears Tower, which ultimately reached 1,450 ft - 442 m (not including spire or antenna). Sadly both WTC towers were destroyed in the terrorist attacks of 9-11-2001. <img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content/world-trade-center_USA.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://coolpics.110mb.com/coolpics/travel&locations/tallestbuildings/12%20WorldTradeCenter-USA.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                                             SEARS TOWER, CHICAGO, U.S.A. (1,729 ft - 527 m) The Sears Tower was completed in May 1973 and held the title as the world's tallest building until 1998 <img src="http://coolpics.110mb.com/coolpics/travel&locations/tallestbuildings/13%20SearsTower.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://gloshare.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/chicago-sears-tower.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                                                           PETRONAS TOWERS, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA (1,482 ft - 542 m)              The Petronas Towers were completed in 1998 and became the tallest buildings in the world on the date of completion, although there is controversy surrounding this because the Sears Tower, including antenna is actually taller - but due to a change of regulations and guidelines used to define tall structures, the antennas of the Sears Tower were not counted as part of its architectural features. <img src="http://coolpics.110mb.com/coolpics/travel&locations/tallestbuildings/14%20PetronasTowers-Malaysia.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://i.livescience.com/images/ig08_petronas2_02.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                                             TAIPEI 101, TAIWAN (1,670 ft - 509.2 m)              The Taipei Tower 101, completed in 2003 took just 4 years to build. It is called the 101 because it has 101 floors (stories) above ground, and 5 below. From ground to tip of spire the Sears Tower is still taller than the Taipei 101, however from ground to top of roof the Taipei does win. The Taipei 101 is the first and currently only habitable building in the world to break the half-kilometer mark in height. However, a tower currently under construction known as "Burj Dubai" is going to do away with any controversy so completely that there will be no doubt as to which is the world's tallest building. <img src="http://coolpics.110mb.com/coolpics/travel&locations/tallestbuildings/15%20TaipeiTaiwan.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                                              BURJ DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (2,684 ft - 818 m)              Construction began in 2004, and the Burj (meaning "tower") is projected to be completed in 2009. As of 12 August 2007, the tower's developers reported that the Burj Dubai's height is 531.3 m (1,743.1 ft), with 145 completed floors. This means that the Burj Dubai is officially taller than the anntena on the Sears Tower at 527 m (1,729 ft), however, until Burj Dubai is offically completed, Taipei 101 continues to hold the title as the world's tallest building. <img src="http://coolpics.110mb.com/coolpics/travel&locations/tallestbuildings/16%20BurjDubai.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://coolpics.110mb.com/coolpics/travel&locations/tallestbuildings/17%20BurjDubai.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://coolpics.110mb.com/coolpics/travel&locations/tallestbuildings/18%20BurjDubai.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Image above and below: Construction of Burj Dubai during August 2007 - already the world's tallest building. <img src="http://coolpics.110mb.com/coolpics/travel&locations/tallestbuildings/19%20BurjDubai.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://coolpics.110mb.com/coolpics/travel&locations/tallestbuildings/20%20BurjDubai.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                                                                                                                                HEIGHT COMPARISON OF EXISTING AND UNDER CONSTRUCTION BUILDINGS <img src="http://coolpics.110mb.com/coolpics/travel&locations/tallestbuildings/21%20HeightComparison.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                                                            THE ONE KILOMETER HIGH CLUB              Several other mega-projects in various states of planning and construction may vie for the title of "tallest structure". One of Burj Dubai's potential competitors is a proposed tower only 50  kilometres (31  miles ) from the Burj Dubai site. Al Burj ("The Tower"), is being developed by Nakheel Properties who are also keeping the project's final height tightly under wraps. Meed.com recently reported that this tower's projected height would be around 1,200 m (3,937 ft) with at least 200 floors.              Another proposed supertall skyscraper, the Murjan Tower in Manama, Bahrain is planned to be 1,022 m (3,353 ft) tall with 200 floors. The Murjan Tower is being designed by Danish firm Henning Larsens Tegnestue A/S.              Also potentially competing with the Burj Dubai is the proposed 1,001 m (3,284 ft) Mubarak al-Kabir Tower to be erected in Kuwait as part of a massive development project called Madinat al-Hareer ("City of Silk") that also includes an Olympic stadium, residences, hotels, and retail facilities. However, the project may take 25 years to complete. <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/10/05/article-0-02E83C4C00000578-675_468x286.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> If you like my post, don't forget to use <img src="http://www.elakiri.com/forum/images/fun/buttons/reputation.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> or <img src="http://www.elakiri.com/forum/images/bluesaint/buttons/reputation.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />....Clicking it it's free... </blockquote>

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