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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of tallest buildings and structures in the world
		The CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario was the world's tallest freestanding structure on land from 1975 until the Burj Dubai surpassed it in 2007, rising 553.33 m (1,815 ft).
		, surpassing Taipei 101 as the tallest high-rise building in the world.
		Ulm MÃ¼nster is a Lutheran church and the tallest church in the world with its steeple measuring 161.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-tallest-buildings-and-structures-in-the-world (5638 words)

	Talk:Q1 (building) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Took out reference to worlds highest bedroom as this reference suggests Q1's apartments are the highest in the world, which is incorrect.
		Emporis uses spire heights, and especially when the Worlds tallest buildings page uses them as well, I think it should be the same for Q1.
		Q1 is the tallest skyscraper in the southern hemisphere because it is a skyscraper, unlike sky tower which is a tower.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Q1_(building) (384 words)

	The tallest building in the world or the tallest tower in the world.
		The tallest building in the world or the tallest tower in the world.
		With 104 floors and a height of 330 meters, it was one of the tallest buildings in the world in the early ninetees.
		During the end of the 19th century the USA was the worlds single supplier of skyscrapers and it dominated the race for the title of the tallest building in the world.
	www.xs4all.nl /~hnetten/tallestbuildingortallesttower.html (1986 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Trump Tower Chicago
		Slated for completion in 2007, it will be the second tallest building in Chicago and second tallest building in the United States (unless the Freedom Tower in New York is completed by then).
		The first setback matches the height of the nearby Wrigley Building, the second setback matches the height of the Marina City Towers, and the third setback matches the height of the IBM Building.
		Another one of the building's claims to fame is that the project is being managed by Bill Rancic, who chose the job as his prize for winning the first season of the television reality series The Apprentice.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Trump-Tower-Chicago (1343 words)

	World's Tallest Buildings — Infoplease.com
		A building differs from a tower in that the former is considered to be a structure that is designed for residential, business, or manufacturing purposes.
		Height The height of a building is measured from the sidewalk level of the main entrance to the structural top of the building.
		GROLLO'S POSTMODERN ICON.(developer Bruno Grollo; tallest building in the world)
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0001338.html (767 words)

	Talk:World's tallest structures - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It originally was not given this title when it opened June 28th (only tallest free-standing structure), 1975; however, in 1995 they revised their decision and proclaimed the CN Tower was infact the World's Tallest Building and Tallest Free-Standing Structure on Land.
		The claim that 'The CN Tower is excluded from these categories because it is not a "habitable building", which is defined as a frame structure made with floors and walls throughout.' is false because it does indeed have floors and walls throughout.
		The only difference between the CN Tower and other buildings in the list is that those floors and sections are offlimits to the public because they do not involve the tourist or restaurant functions of the building.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Talk:Worlds_tallest_buildings (1069 words)

	Worlds Tallest Buildings-High Rise Real Estate-High Rise Office Buildings-High Rise Commercial Office Space-New York ...
		With a massive 60-foot spire inspired by Taiwan's native bamboo plant, Taipei 101 Tower is one of the tallest buildings in the world.
		The Sears Tower remained the tallest building in the world until February 13, 1996.
		The world's tallest inhabited building is "Taipei 101" in Taiwan, which is 508 meters (1,666 feet) tall.
	www.discountretailersdirectory.com /worlds-tallest-buildings.html (923 words)

	Worlds Tallest Buildings -= Considering how small the country is and how fast they have been developing is amazing. =- (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Worlds Tallest Buildings -= Considering how small the country is and how fast they have been developing is amazing.
		World's Tallest Towers : Timeline Of All Skyscrapers Holding The Title Of Tallest Building In The World From 1890 To...
		World's tallest towers : timeline of all skyscrapers holding the title of tallest building in the world from 1890 to 2000 World's tallest towers : timeline of all skyscrapers holding the title of tallest building in the world...
	buildings-a.niche-x.com /Worlds-Tallest-Buildings/Worlds-Tallest-Buildings.html?15 (651 words)

	Worlds Tallest Hotel
		For many millennia the record holder for world's tallest structure was clearly defined (see table below.) However, there has been much debate as to the ranking of the world's tallest structures since the middle of the 20th century, chiefly depending on the criteria used for selecting the structures admissible to the list.
		Tallest Structure by Category The tallest currently standing structure is the KVLY-TV mast near Mayville, North Dakota, at 629 m (2,063 ft).
		The main reason these transmission antennas are not usually included with the world's tallest buildings is that they are not self-supported.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/233/worlds-tallest-hotel.html (534 words)

	Talk:Skyscraper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The main page says that this is a list of the tallest buildings, and also that these are all the buildings over 300m, so the CN Tower wouldn't be excluded under that description.
		The Roman insulae, the Yemen mud-brick houses, and the buildings in Edinburgh (I'm unfamiliar with Lancashire) are constructed with masonry bearing walls and, mostly, wood-joist floors.
		While the late 19th century buildings including the Home Insurance Building in Chicago through the Park Row Building in NYC were major steps forward in building design, it is not entirely accurate to refer to them as "skyscrapers".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Skyscraper (2660 words)

	World's Tallest Buildings
		The height of the buildings, and therefore the recognition of the tallest building in the world, is the responsibility of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) today.
		They were the tallest buildings when measured according to the height from the main entrance to the structural top.
		According to the factors set by the CTBUH, it is the seventh tallest building in the world as regards the pinnacle height, while it is the fifth tallest building in the world with regard to the roof height.
	www.buzzle.com /articles/worlds-tallest-buildings.html (784 words)

	World's tallest structures : Worlds tallest structures
		The tallest currently-standing structure is the KTHI-TV Tower in North Dakota, at 629m (2,063 feet).
		In June 2003, the 508m (structural top) Taipei 101 building in Taiwan is set to succeed the Petronas Towers as the official world's tallest building[?].
		Boeing claims that its 747 assembly building at Everett, Washington is the largest building in the world at 472 million cubic feet (13.3 million cubic meters), having grown from the original 200 million cubic feet.
	www.fastload.org /wo/Worlds_tallest_structures.html (539 words)

	Travelling: World's Tallest High-rise Buildings
		Taipei 101 is the world's tallest building, surpassing the height of the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur in late August 2003.
		It is expected to be surpassed by the outdoor deck in the Shanghai World Financial Center.
		The Ryugyong Hotel in North Korea is still considered the world's tallest hotel because it is a pure hotel and not mixed-use.
	world-travelling-now.blogspot.com /2007/07/worlds-tallest-high-rise-buildings.html (2962 words)

	Worlds tallest tower, the Burj Dubai pictures, charts and facts.
		Not even halfway through construction the Burj Dubai is already the 5 th tallest building in Dubai but staying it is another project.
		The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat's, one of the most respected sources when it comes to categorization define the following four measurements for the tallest building in the world(note buildings).
		The Burj Dubai will have all the abow titles but with it's great height it will also claim the "tallest freestanding structure on land" and the "world's tallest supported structure on land", traditionally out of any buildings league and there has already been argued if the Burj actually could claim it no matter it's height.
	www.burj-dubai-tower.org /worlds_tallest_tower.htm (748 words)

	LiveScience.com : Image Gallery: The World's Tallest Buildings
		CITIC Plaza, completed in 1997, was briefly the tallest building in China, until the completion of the Jin Mao Building in 1998.
		The third tallest building in China, and currently the eighth tallest building in the world, Shun Hing Square ascends 1,260 feet (384 m), 69 stories above the ground.
		Built in 1931, the Empire State Building was constructed to be “the tallest structure on earth.” With the construction of the World Trade Center in New York, which stood at 1,368 and 1,362 feet (417 and 415 meters), the Twin Towers emerged as the tallest structure in New York, until the terrorist attacks of 2001.
	www.livescience.com /php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=125&gid=10 (727 words)

	Sears Tower :: 233 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois, United States :: Glass Steel and Stone
		This is either the tallest, second-tallest, or third-tallest building in the world, depending on your definition.
		Nevertheless, the Sears Tower is the tallest building in the United States, though there are constantly discussions on building a taller building nearby.
		Sears Tower was the last supertall building constructed during the International architecture period, and SOM's interpretation of the style is remarkably bold and awe-inspiring.
	glasssteelandstone.com /BuildingDetail/375.php (1262 words)

	Timeline of the Tallest Buildings since 1892
		But when calculating the official height of a building, antennas aren't counted, so the Petronas Towers spires are taller than the highest 'structure feature' (in this case their highest floor) floor on both the WTC and Sears tower.
		It can be noticed that the majority, about 70%, of the skyscrapers on the list of 100 tallest buildings were built later than 1990.
		Only 1 out of 10 of the 10 tallest buildings were in Asia in 1990, but today 8 out of the 10 are from Asian cities.
	www.allaboutskyscrapers.com /history_of_the_tallest_buildings.htm (308 words)

	The world’s tallest buildings: Taipei 101, Sears in Chicago, CN Tower, Q1 and Burj in Dubai
		The world’s tallest buildings: Taipei 101, Sears in Chicago, CN Tower, Q1 and Burj in Dubai
		Over the last century, the world’s buildings have gone steadily upwards and upwards.
		With the giant spires of Taipei and Kuala Lumpur thought by some to be crafty gamesmanship, the purists still insist that the Sears Tower in Chicago is the tallest in the world.
	buildings.suite101.com /article.cfm/the_worlds_tallest_buildings (555 words)

	Worlds tallest building may cause earthquakes - Archiseek Architecture Planning Discussion
		Standing 508 metres (1,667ft) high, it is the world's tallest.
		Taipei 101 is thought to have triggered two recent earthquakes because of the stress that it exerts on the ground beneath it.
		"A building will change the stress on the ground under the building, but this probably won't reach down to around 10km, the level where the earthquakes occurred," says John Vidale, an earthquake expert at the University of California in Los Angeles.
	www.archiseek.com /content/showthread.php?t=4489&goto=nextnewest (924 words)

	Which is the world's tallest building?
		At 509.2 meters, the 101-storey tower now officially holds the world's tallest building title previously held by Petronas Towers 1 and 2.Sears Tower, Chicago still holds the title of the world's tallest building to the tip of the antenna at 527 meters.
		Trump World Tower (262 m) was the world's tallest all-residential tower from 2000 to 2002, when it was surpassed by Tower Palace Three, Tower G (264-m).
		Tallest buildings in India, cities with most scyscrapers were interesting facts I didn't know.
	www.rediff.com /money/2004/apr/07quiz.htm (1053 words)

	Worlds Tallest Building
		Investors in a central China city are building a giant 0 million sculpture of a dragon that they say will be the largest in the world.
		Defining the Toronto skyline, the tower is the world's tallest building and free standing structure.
		...tallest building', 'tallest tower' or 'tallest structure' in the world.
	www.building-100.com /building-2/worlds-tallest-building.html (986 words)

	Worlds Tallest Buildings (Site not responding. Last check: )
		I live Worlds Tallest Buildings Lebanon, and that is in the Middle East.
		I wouldnt mind on it for the prestige Yazoo Mar 4 2006, 18:41 All of those buildings were designed by architects from Europe, UK mostly.
		vital statistics for the tallest buildings in the world, as...
	www.indiangranite.com /Worlds-Tallest-Buildings.html (797 words)

	Chicagoist: Chicago Firm Designs World's Tallest Building
		In that tall buildings have become targets for terrorist, I really don't understand the fascination with wanting to build the tallest building in the world.
		It is an alright looking building, very eligant indeed yet it will truely be an eyesore with it being the only building in the area with any kind of height.
		The true reason why chicago has the best skyline and why its tallest buildings fit in and just seem to work is because they are surrounded by other tall buildings that can help the ultra tall buildings just seem to nestle in the surrounding areas of the city.
	www.chicagoist.com /archives/2004/05/27/chicago_firm_designs_worlds_tallest_building.php (600 words)

	Worlds Tallest Buildings
		Towers in Kuala Lumpur to be the worlds tallest buildings.
		Taiwan's native bamboo plant, Taipei 101 Tower is one of the tallest buildings in the world...
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		At a height of 553.33m (1,815 ft., 5 inches), it is the World's Tallest Building and Free Standing Structure, an important telecommunications hub, and the centre of tourism in Toronto.
		The CN tower is the tallest "structure" in the world, because many say it is not a building.
		The petronas tin towers are acepted as being the worlds tallest "building"
	www.freewebspace.net /forums/showthread.php?t=10469&page=2 (283 words)

	World's Tallest Buildings
		The Sears Tower remained the tallest building in the world until February 13, 1996.
		The Sears Tower continues to be the tallest building in North America.
		On July 10, 1997, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat met in Chicago to announce new standards with four categories for measuring tall buildings.
	www.buildings.com /Articles/detail.asp?ArticleID=379 (351 words)

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