CTBUH Ten tallest buildings of 2009. United States

Designed by Editorial, CTBUH Ten tallest buildings of 2009  is located in United States. Building big is nothing new. In 1885, the ten storey Home Insurance Building designed by American architect William Le Baron Jenney, generally credited with the invention of the skyscraper, rose from the streets of Chicago. From then on the aspiration to construct tall, taller and tallest has fuelled the minds... 

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Burj Dubai in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Burj Dubai was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Burj Dubai, renamed Burj Khalifa in honour of the ruler of Abu Dhabi who came to Dubai’s rescue during its financial crisis, is currently the world’s tallest building. Designed by the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM), the tower measures 828 metres from its base to the tip of... 

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