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The world's first TV tower was built in Berlin in 1926. By modern standards, its dimensions were very modest: a height of 150 meters, and a weight of "only" 600 tons.

Of course, these parameters cannot be compared with the size of modern television towers. In today's report, let's get acquainted with the tallest TV towers in the world.

Height: 375 meters
Location: Uzbekistan, Tashkent
Year of construction: 1985

It is the tallest TV tower in Central Asia. It was built over 6 years and was put into operation on January 15, 1985.

Height: 385 meters
Location: Ukraine, Kyiv
Year of construction: 1973

The Kyiv Tower is considered the tallest structure in the world of buildings with a lattice structure. The tower is entirely made of steel pipes different diameter and weighs 2,700 tons.

In the central part there is a vertical pipe with a diameter of 4 meters. It serves as an elevator shaft and smoothly passes into the antenna part.

Kyiv TV Tower is the most high design Ukraine. The tower is 60 meters higher, but weighs 3 times less.

Height: 405 meters
Location: China, Beijing
Year of construction: 1995

At the top of the tower is a revolving restaurant.

Height: 421 meters
Location: Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Year of construction: 1995

The construction of this structure with a height of 421 meters lasted about 5 years.

For the original lighting, the Menara Tower received the unofficial name "Garden of Light".

Height: 435 meters
Location: Iran, Tehran
Year of construction: 2006

There are 6 panoramic elevators in the tower, and at a height of 276 meters there is a panoramic revolving restaurant. The gondola of the tower has 12 floors with a total area of 12,000 square meters, which is the most large area TV tower premises in the world.

This is the tallest building in Iran:

Height: 468 meters
Location: China, Shanghai
Year of construction: 1995

The Oriental Pearl is the second tallest TV tower in Asia. The sphere at the top of the tower has a diameter of 45 meters and is 263 meters above the ground.

At an altitude of 267 meters there is a revolving restaurant, at an altitude of 271 meters there is a bar and 20 karaoke rooms.

At an altitude of 350 meters - a penthouse with a viewing platform.

Height: 540 meters
Location: Russia Moscow
Year of construction: 1967

The project of the tower was invented by the chief designer Nikitin overnight, the image of the tower was an inverted lily. (Photo by Yuri Degtyarev):

The mass of the tower together with the foundation is 51,400 tons. Ostankino TV tower on Victory Day 2010. (Photo by Dmitry Smirnov):

On August 27, 2000, a strong fire broke out in the Ostankino tower at an altitude of 460 m. 3 floors were completely burned out. Long repair and construction work and landscaping were completed by February 14, 2008. Infrared photo of the Ostankino TV tower:

Height: 553 meters
Location: Canada, Toronto
Year of construction: 1976

CN Tower is almost twice as tall eiffel tower and 13 meters above Ostankino.

It is able to withstand winds of 420 km/h and is struck by more than 80 lightning strikes a year.

From 1976 to 2007 it was the tallest structure in the world.

Height: 610 meters
Location: China, Guangzhou
Year of construction: 2009

The mesh shell of the tower is made of steel pipes of large diameter. The tower is crowned with a steel spire 160 meters high.

The design of the mesh shell of the Guangzhou TV tower corresponds to the 1899 patent of the Russian engineer Shukhov.

Height: 634 meters
Location: Japan Tokyo
Year of construction: February 29, 2012

The construction of the TV tower was completed quite recently, and on May 22, 2012 it was opened. The tower houses more than 300 boutiques, restaurants, an aquarium, a planetarium and a theater.

It is the tallest building in Japan and the tallest TV tower in the world.

Human nature cannot be changed, people have always tried to surpass their own achievements and set new records in absolutely any field of their activity.
So in architecture, in an attempt to conquer the limits of height, people erect the tallest buildings in the world. With the development of technology, the invention of modern composite materials and the creation of fundamentally new building designs, only in the last 25 years has it become possible to build the highest buildings on the planet, the sight of which is simply breathtaking!
In this rating, we will talk about the 15 tallest buildings in the world that you should definitely see.

15. International Financial Center - Hong Kong. Height 415 meters

The Hong Kong International Financial Center was completed in 2003. The building is completely commercial, there are no hotels and residential apartments, but only offices of various companies.
The 88-story skyscraper is the sixth tallest building in China and is one of the few buildings with double-deck elevators.

14. Jin Mao Tower - China, Shanghai. Height 421 meters

The official opening ceremony of the Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai took place in 1999, the construction cost was more than 550 million dollars. Most of the premises of the building are office buildings, there are also shopping centers, restaurants, nightclubs and an observation deck that offers a gorgeous view of Shanghai.

More than 30 floors of the building are rented by the largest Grand Hyatt hotel, and the prices here are quite affordable for tourists with an average income, a room can be rented for $ 200 per night.

13. Trump International Hotel and Tower - Chicago, USA. Height 423 meters

The Trump Tower was completed in 2009 at a cost of $847 million to the owner. The building has 92 floors, of which boutiques and various shops, on the 14th floor there is a chic spa, on the 16th floor there is an elite restaurant Sixteen. From the 17th to the 21st floors is occupied by the hotel, above are penthouses and private residential apartments.

12. Guangzhou International Financial Center – China, Guangzhou. Height - 437 meters

This tallest skyscraper was built in 2010 and has 103 floors, it is the western part of the Guangzhou Twin Towers complex. The construction of the eastern skyscraper should be completed in 2016.
The construction cost of the building was $280 million, most buildings occupy office space, up to the 70th floor. From the 70th to the 98th floor, the five-star Four Seasons Hotel is occupied, and cafes, restaurants and an observation deck are located on the upper floors. There is a helipad on the 103rd floor.

11. KK 100 - Shenzhen, China. Height 442 meters.

Skyscraper KK 100, also known as Kingki 100, was erected in 2011 and is located in the city of Shenzhen. This multifunctional building was built in the style of modernism and most of the premises in it are for office purposes.
The 23 floors of this one of the tallest buildings in the world is occupied by a six-star premium business hotel "St. Regis Hotel", there are also several chic restaurants, beautiful garden and the first IMAX theater built in Asia.

10. Willis - Tower - Chicago, USA. Height 443 meters

The Willis Tower, formerly known as the Sears Tower, stands 443 meters high and is the only building on this list built before 1998. Construction of the skyscraper began in 1970 and was fully completed in 1973. The cost of the project was over $150 million at the prices of the time.

After the completion of construction, the Willis Tower firmly took the status of the tallest building in the world for as much as 25 years. On the this moment, in the list of tallest buildings, the skyscraper is on the 10th line of the list.

9. Zifeng Tower - Nanjing, China. Height 450 meters

The construction of the 89-story skyscraper began in 2005 and was completed in 2009. This building is multifunctional, it contains office space, restaurants, cafes and a hotel. There is an observation deck on the top floor. Also, 54 cargo lifts and passenger lifts were built in Zifeng Tower.

8. Petronas Towers - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Height 451.9 meters

From 1998 to 2004, the Petronas Twin Towers were considered the tallest buildings in the world. The construction of the towers was financed by the Petronas oil company, and the project cost was more than $800 million. Now the premises of buildings are rented by many large corporations - Reuters, Microsoft Corporation, Aveva and others. There are also elite shopping establishments, there are art Gallery, aquarium and science center.

The design of the building itself is unique; there are no more skyscrapers in the world built using the technology of the Petronas towers. Most high-rise buildings are made of steel and glass, but for Malaysia, the cost of high-quality steel was very high and engineers had to find another way to solve the problem.

As a result, high-tech and elastic concrete was developed, from which the towers were built. Specialists carefully monitored the quality of the material and once, during planned measurements, they discovered the slightest error in the quality of concrete. The builders had to completely dismantle one floor of the building and build it on a new one.

7. International Commerce Center, Hong Kong. Height 484 meters

This 118-storey skyscraper rises to 484 meters. After 8 years of construction, the building was completed in 2010 and is currently the tallest building in Hong Kong and the fourth tallest building in China.
The top floors of the skyscraper are occupied by the five-star Ritz-Carlton Hotel, located at an altitude of 425 meters, which makes it the tallest hotel on the planet. The building also features the world's tallest swimming pool, located on the 118th floor.

6. Shanghai World Financial Center. Height 492 meters

Built for $1.2 billion, the Shanghai World Financial Center is a multifunctional skyscraper that houses office space, a museum, a hotel, and a multi-storey car park. The construction of the center was completed in 2008, and at that time the building was considered the second tallest building in the world.

The skyscraper has been tested for seismic resistance and is able to withstand tremors up to 7 points on the Richter scale. Also in the building is the highest observation deck in the world, located at a height of 472 meters above the ground.

5. Taipei 101 - Taipei, Taiwan Height 509.2 meters

Official operation of the Taipei 101 skyscraper began on December 31, 2003, and this building is the most stable and unaffected by natural disasters structure ever created by man. The tower is able to withstand wind gusts up to 60 m/s (216 km/h) and the strongest earthquakes that occur in this region once every 2,500 years.

The skyscraper has 101 ground floors and five floors underground. On the first four floors there are various retail outlets, a prestigious fitness center is located on the 5th and 6th floors, various office premises are occupied from 7 to 84, restaurants and cafes are rented from 85-86.
The building holds several records: the fastest elevator in the world, capable of delivering visitors from the fifth floor to 89, to the observation deck in just 39 seconds (elevator speed 16.83 m / s), the world's largest countdown board, which turns on New Year and the tallest sundial in the world.

4. World Trade Center - New York, USA. Height 541 meters

The construction of the World Trade Center, or as it is also called the Freedom Towers, was fully completed in 2013. The building stands on the site of the World Trade Center.
This 104-story skyscraper is the tallest building in the United States and the fourth tallest building in the world. The cost of construction amounted to a fabulous 3.9 billion dollars.

3. Hotel "Royal Clock Tower" - Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Height 601 meters

The grandiose structure of the "Royal Clock Tower" is part of the complex of buildings Abraj Al-Bayt, built in Mecca, in Saudi Arabia. The construction of the complex lasted for 8 years and was fully completed in 2012. During construction, there were two major fires, in which, by a lucky chance, no one was injured.
"Royal clock tower” can be seen from a distance of 20 km, and its clock is considered the highest in the world.

2. Shanghai Tower - Shanghai, China. Height 632 meters

This skyscraper is the tallest in Asia and is the second tallest building in the world. The construction of the Shanghai Tower began in 2008 and was fully completed in 2015. The cost of the skyscraper was more than 4.2 billion dollars.

1. Burj Khalifa - Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Height 828 meters

The tallest building in the world is the monumental skyscraper Burj Khalifa, rising to a height of 828 meters. Construction of the building began in 2004 and was fully completed in 2010. Burj Khalifa has 163 floors, most of which are occupied by office space, hotels and restaurants, several floors are reserved for residential apartments, the cost of which is simply incredible - from $ 40,000 per sq. meter!

The cost of the project cost the developer, Emaar, $1.5 billion, which paid off literally in the first year after the official commissioning of the building. The observation deck is especially popular in the Burj Khalifa, and in order to get to it, tickets are bought in advance, a few days before the visit.

Kingdom Tower

In the hot sands of the Arabian desert, the construction of the largest and most grandiose building in the history of mankind began. We have not included this building in our rating, as it will take a long time before its completion. This is the future Kingdom Tower, which will rise to a height of 1007 meters, and will be 200 meters higher than the Burj Khalifa.

From the highest floor of the building, it will be possible to view the area at a distance of 140 km. The construction of the tower will be very difficult, due to the huge height of the skyscraper, at the most high floors construction materials will be delivered by helicopters. The initial cost of the facility will be $20 billion

Modern construction technologies today allow large companies to build real works of art - we will talk about those that rush to the sky as much as possible. Their striking height fascinates, and frightens someone: the ten highest architectural achievements of the world are in front of you!

10. International Commerce Center

Its total height is 484 meters. In the original project, it was supposed to be almost a hundred meters more, but in China it is officially forbidden to build skyscrapers higher than those located near mountains, so the architects limited themselves to this figure. The last 17 floors of the building are occupied by a luxurious five-star hotel, which is the tallest hotel in the world - another record.

9. World Financial Center

Following the list of the highest buildings, the skyscraper again from China, located in Shanghai, replenishes. It rises to 492 m. For an unusual, characteristic shape locals nicknamed the building "opener". It is noteworthy that in the original project, the window at the top of the building had round shape, however, this idea was not supported by the residents of the city, including the mayor, due to the similarity of the symbol with the circle-sun on the flag of Japan. So the International Financial Center got a window in the shape of a trapezoid.

8. Taipei 101

The famous tower in Taiwan has a height of 509 m from the base to the tip of the spire. Taipei has been operating since the end of 2003; today it houses numerous offices and shops. The skyscraper is famous for its fast elevators: you can get up to the observation deck located on the 89th floor in just 40 seconds! To resist the seismological danger (which is very typical for Taiwan), the building will be helped by a giant pendulum in the form of a ball weighing 660 tons, located in the upper half of the tower.

7. CTF Financial Center (Chow Tai Fook Enterprises)

World achievement, again located in China, in the city of Guangzhou. 530 meters high - breathtaking at a glance, but here, in addition to offices, shops and hotel rooms, there are also residential apartments! In China, this giant ranks third in height among vast multitude skyscrapers, it is the seventh in the world. By the way, in our rating CTF is the “youngest”; the construction of the Financial Center was completed only a year ago.

6. Freedom Tower - World Trade Center 1

A little higher - in every sense - is the New York "Freedom Tower". The highest skyscraper in the West has 104 floors and a total height of 541 m. It is worth noting the location - it was here that the twin skyscrapers destroyed by terrorists in 2001 were previously located. The Freedom Tower is a kind of symbol of the courage and resistance of the American people to the global disaster. The height of the building is also not calculated by chance: 541 meters is 1776 feet, it was in this year that the US Declaration of Independence was adopted.

5. Lotte World Tower

In the middle of our climbing ranking is the Lotte World Tower. This tower is located on the territory of the huge entertainment complex Lotte World in Seoul. 555 m, 123 floors - on the Korean Peninsula, this skyscraper is the highest. Inside there are shops, offices, residential apartments and hotel rooms, and the last four floors are open to everyone - from viewing platforms Here you can enjoy a magnificent view of Seoul and the Hangang River. Slightly convex conical shape and exterior finish glass panels - a traditional reference to the famous Korean ceramics as part of the culture of this state.

4. Ping'an International Financial Center

On the fourth line of the rating is again China, this time - the city of Shenzhen. Here is a large financial complex Pingan, which includes a chic skyscraper 600 meters high. Among the dozens of the highest buildings in the world, Pingan is a newcomer, its opening took place only in 2017. In total, the giant has 115 floors.

3. Abraj al-Bayt

The top three among the giants of world architecture is opened by the luxurious Abraj al-Beit complex, or the Royal Clock Tower. This building is located in Saudi Arabia, the city of Mecca. Directly opposite is a mosque with the main shrine for Muslims - the construction of the Kaaba. Pilgrims from all over the world constantly come here; the Abraj al-Beit hotel houses hundreds of thousands of them. In addition to hotel rooms, there is also a shopping center and residential apartments. A huge clock with a diameter of 43 meters is the culmination of a chic structure.

2. Shanghai tower

The Shanghai Tower is recognized as the tallest skyscraper in China and the second tallest building on the planet. The total height of this architectural heritage is 632 m. In total, the building has 128 floors with an area of 380 thousand square meters.

1. Burj Khalifa

The undisputed leader of the rating, the tallest building in the world is Dubai's Burj Khalifa. The construction in the form of a giant stalagmite was opened in 2010 in the UAE. Its height is 828 m, including a sharp spire 180 meters long. For the past ten years, this building has carried the laurels of the tallest man-made building on the planet. The construction belongs to the largest complex in Dubai, which includes a hotel, shopping centers, offices and residential apartments, as well as gyms, swimming pools, jacuzzis, observation decks.

Burj Khalifa is a skyscraper in Dubai, the tallest building in the world. The height of the building is 828 meters. Its construction began in 2004, and the grand opening ceremony took place on January 4, 2010.

The skyscraper was designed by the American architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, which also designed the Willis Tower in Chicago, World Trade Center 1 in New York and many other famous buildings. The author of the project is the American architect Adrian Smith.

The Burj Khalifa was originally planned to be the tallest building in the world. When the skyscraper was still under construction, its design height was kept secret. If during the construction of the tower a skyscraper would have been designed somewhere greater height then adjustments could be made to the project.

Inside the complex there is a hotel, apartments, offices and shopping centers. The building has 3 separate entrances: entrance to the hotel, entrance to the apartments and entrance to the office premises. The Armani hotel and offices occupy floors 1 to 39. 900 apartments occupy floors 44 to 72 and 77 to 108. The 100th floor is wholly owned by Indian billionaire Shetty. Office premises occupy floors from 111 to 121, from 125 to 135 and from 139 to 154. On the 43rd and 76th floors there are gyms, swimming pools, observation decks. The highest observation deck is located on the 124th floor at an altitude of 472 meters. On the 122nd floor is the Atmosphere restaurant - a restaurant located on the very high altitude in the world.

The construction of the skyscraper began in 2004 and proceeded at a rate of 1-2 floors per week. Especially for the Burj Khalifa, a special brand of concrete was developed that can withstand temperatures up to +50 degrees Celsius. Concrete work was completed after the construction of the 160th floor, followed by the assembly of a 180-meter spire from metal structures.

The Burj Khalifa has special equipment that cools and flavors the air inside the building. At the same time, the building is finished with tinted glass thermal panels, which reduce the heating of the premises inside, which reduces the need for air conditioning.

2 Tokyo Sky Tree

Tokyo Sky Tree is a television tower in Tokyo, the tallest among the television towers in the world and the second tallest building in the world after the Burj Khalifa. The height of the TV tower together with the antenna is 634 meters.

In July 2011, all television in Japan was supposed to go digital, but the Tokyo TV Tower was not tall enough to transmit to the upper floors of some skyscrapers, so a taller tower was built. Construction began in July 2008 and was completed on February 29, 2012. The opening took place on May 22.

During the construction of the tower, special system, compensating, according to the architects, up to 50% of the force of tremors during earthquakes.

The tower is mainly used for digital TV and radio broadcasting, mobile telephony and navigation systems. In addition, it is a popular tourist attraction. In the TV tower you can visit 2 observation decks: one is located at an altitude of 350 meters, the other is at an altitude of 450 m. a large number of boutiques and several restaurants, and at the foot of the tower there is a mini-complex with a shopping area, an aquarium and a planetarium.

3 Shanghai Tower

The Shanghai Tower is the tallest skyscraper in China and the third tallest building in the world. Its height is 632 meters.

The spirally curved tower was designed by the large American company Gensler. In June 2009, a foundation pit was dug, and the construction of the first floors of the tower began. In August 2013, a solemn ceremony was held in Shanghai to erect the last beam at a height of 632 meters, that is, the skyscraper was brought to roof level. Facade cladding was completed in September 2014, and all interior work— in 2015.

In 2016, the Shanghai Tower was supposed to overtake the Pingan International Financial Center under construction in Shenzhen, but at the last moment its height was reduced from 660 to 600 m.

The lowest floor of the Shanghai Tower is dedicated to historical Museum cities. Each area of the tower contains shops and galleries. There is a hotel in the middle of the building. Also inside there is a restaurant, the peculiarity of which is that it rotates around its axis, concert hall and club. The skyscraper attracts about 2.8 million travelers annually. The tower has several viewing platforms.

AT shanghai tower high-speed elevators are installed, rising up at a speed of eighteen meters per second. The building is equipped with 106 Mitsubishi Electric elevators, three of which are high-speed and reach a record height of 578 meters, breaking the Burj Khalifa record of 504 meters.

4 Abraj al-Bayt

Abraj al-Bayt is a complex of high-rise buildings built in Mecca. It is the largest structure in the world by mass, and it is also the tallest structure in Saudi Arabia. The height of the building is 601 meters. Its construction began in 2004 and was completed in 2012.

Abraj al-Bayt stands opposite the entrance to the al-Haram mosque, in the courtyard of which is the Kaaba, the main shrine of Islam. The tallest tower in the complex, which serves as a hotel, houses about 100,000 of the more than five million pilgrims who visit Mecca each year for the Hajj.

The Abraj al-Beit towers house a four-story shopping arcade and a parking garage with space for more than 800 vehicles. In residential towers there are apartments for permanent residents of the city.

At the top of the highest Royal Tower, there is a huge clock with a diameter of 43 meters (the length of the hour hand is 17 meters, the minute hand is 22), located at a height of more than 400 meters above the ground. Four of their dials are set on the four cardinal points. The clock is visible from anywhere in the city and is the largest and highest clock in the world.

The Royal Tower is crowned with a 45-meter spire with a gilded crescent. There are 160 powerful loudspeakers on the spire in eight rows, capable of broadcasting the call to prayer over a distance of more than seven kilometers. The crescent is the largest ever built. Inside, it is divided into several service rooms, among which a small prayer room is the highest in the world. The diameter of the crescent is 23 meters. It is covered with golden mosaic.

5 Guangzhou TV Tower

Guangzhou TV Tower is the second tallest TV tower in the world. Built in 2005-2010 by ARUP for the 2010 Asian Games. The height of the TV tower is 600 meters. Up to a height of 450 meters, the tower was erected in the form of a combination of a hyperboloid bearing mesh shell and a central core.

The mesh shell of the tower is made of steel pipes of large diameter. The tower is crowned with a steel spire 160 meters high. The tower is designed to broadcast TV and radio signals, as well as to view the panorama of Guangzhou and is designed to receive 10,000 tourists a day.

Glazed observation platforms are located at heights of 33, 116, 168 and 449 meters, and an open observation platform is located at a height of 488 meters. Revolving restaurants are located at 418 and 428 meters.

Why are they building high-rise buildings? Because of the shortage of free space, from technical necessity, or simply - "so that everyone talks about it." Due to the lack of space, the first skyscrapers began to be built. Technical necessity forced the construction of tall TV towers, and considerations of prestige and advertising led to the construction of gigantic multi-purpose buildings. What is the tallest tower in the world and what does the list of its closest competitors look like? Here is a list of the ten tallest towers that have existed and still exist on our planet.

Name	Height, m	Year of construction	Type	The country	City
Burj Khalifa	828	2010	Skyscraper	UAE	Dubai
Warsaw radio tower	646,38	1974	radio tower	Poland	Warsaw
sky tree	634	2012	radio tower	Japan	Tokyo
shanghai tower	632	2013	Skyscraper	China	Shanghai
TV tower KVLY-NV	629	1963	radio tower	USA	Blanchard
Towers of Abraj al-Bait	601	2011	Skyscraper	Saudi Arabia	Mecca
Guangzhou TV Tower	600	2009	hyperboloid tower	China	Guangzhou
CN Tower	553	1976	concrete tower	Canada	Toronto
world trade center	541,3	2013	Skyscraper	USA	New York
Ostankino Tower	540,1	1967	concrete tower	Russia	Moscow

Burj Khalifa

The Burj Khalifa is currently the tallest building in the world. It was built quite recently: the opening took place in 2010. She received the status of the tallest building on July 21, 2007, when the builders surpassed in height the largest building at that time - the television tower in the American city of Blanchard. And ten months later, on May 19, 2008, Burj Khalifa became the tallest tower that has ever existed on Earth. The building under construction exceeded the mark of 647 meters, thus surpassing the height of the Warsaw radio tower that collapsed in 1991.

Initially, according to the project, the tower was called Burj Dubai, or Dubai Tower. The name change took place in best traditions eastern veneration. At the opening ceremony of the tower, the ruler of the emirate of Dubai, and part-time vice president and prime minister of the Emirates, Mohammed al-Maktoum, said that from now on the tower will be called Burj Khalifa. The new name is given in honor of the now living President of the UAE, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan.

The cost of the "new building" turned out to be truly astronomical - one and a half billion dollars! The tower was conceived as a futuristic "city within a city" project: it has its own "green zone": boulevards, lawns and even parks! The design of the tower was created by an American architectural firm, which planned many famous buildings, including the World Trade Center, built on the site of the twin towers destroyed in 2001. Different floors are designed for a variety of functions. The total area of the premises inside the Burj Khalifa tower was 344 thousand square meters, and the mass of the building is half a million tons!

In the basement there is a spacious parking lot, up to the 42nd floor - the Armani hotel and technical levels. On the 43rd there is an observation deck, up to the 110th floor - apartments and technical levels. Next - a restaurant, several viewing platforms, 11 floors given over to offices. At the very top - technical floors, and a little lower - rooms for communications and television. In total, the building has 163 floors. An interesting feature the Burj Khalifa is astronomical observatory located on the 124th floor.

The construction was accompanied large quantity scandals. Many workers from underdeveloped countries were brought to work in the UAE South-East Asia. At the beginning of 2006, information was leaked to the press that skilled carpenters receive 4.34 euros a day, while laborers only 2.84 euros. The workers handed over their passports to employers, but they lived and worked in very poor conditions: there were many accidents at the construction site, including fatal but they are poorly documented. Only one death has been officially recorded.

On March 21, two and a half thousand dissatisfied with working conditions staged a pogrom at the end of the shift, destroying offices, computers, construction equipment and cars parked near the building. According to official figures, the damage amounted to about half a million euros. The next day, most of the builders still went to work, but staged a "sit-in". With great difficulty, the company's management managed to calm the workers and resume construction.

Unlucky record holder

The erection of towers, which at one time were highest buildings in the world, has always caused contemporaries great interest and a reason to be proud of the achievements of their country. This is not surprising, because such construction required the attraction of significant financial and technical resources and turned out to be a noticeable event even for large and wealthy countries. At times, the building even became an object of local folklore. In this regard, the fate of the Warsaw radio mast is interesting, which held the title of "the highest tower in the world" for seventeen years.

Built in 1974, being the tallest in the world, it has become a source of national pride for the Poles. The tower was equipped with equipment for long-wave radio broadcasting throughout Europe. The elevator, rising at a low speed (35 centimeters per second), reached the top in half an hour! The tower was held by fifteen guys, located on five levels. Guys and became the cause of the collapse of the unique structure.

On August 8, 1991, due to violations made when replacing one of them, the tower first bent in half, and then “folded”, fortunately without hitting anyone. After that, she became a character in local jokes, ironic Poles began to jokingly call her "the longest tower in the world." The altitude record reached by the Warsaw radio mast held for almost seventeen years. Intentions to restore the unique structure were dashed against the protests of the local population, who believe that the radiation generated during the operation of the radio mast is detrimental to health.

What's next?

It is clear that the race high-rise construction will not stop there. What will be the next altitude record? During the construction of the Burj Khalifa, the final height of the building was kept secret, so that when an opponent appeared, the project could be slightly adjusted upwards and "get around the competitor on a turn." But then there were no people who wanted to compete.

Saudi Arabia's Prince Al-Waleed recently announced plans to fund a new high-rise project. The tower will bear the proud name "Kingdom", and the height will be as much as 1600 meters! The "Kingdom" will be used in the same way as the current record holder - the Burj Khalifa tower, that is, a hotel, offices and housing will be located on its floors. The estimated cost of the project is about 30 billion dollars, but time will tell how much the giant internal areas of the super skyscraper will be in demand.