TowerDB
198 towers, skyscrapers, and monuments worldwide with height, year, and type. From the Burj Khalifa to ancient bell towers.
Featured
Burj Khalifa
The tallest building in the world at 828 m with 163 floors. Designed by Adrian Smith of SO...
Eiffel Tower
The most visited paid monument with 7 million visitors annually. 18,038 iron parts joined ...
CN Tower
The Glass Floor at 342 m can withstand 14 hippos. The EdgeWalk lets visitors walk outside ...
Tokyo Skytree
The tallest tower in the world. Inspired by traditional Japanese pagodas. Has two observat...
Empire State Building
Was tallest for 41 years. 102 floors. Built in 1 year and 45 days. The spire was designed ...
The Shard
The tallest building in the UK. 72 floors by Renzo Piano. Inspired by church spires and ma...
Petronas Twin Towers
The tallest twin towers. 88 floors each by Cesar Pelli. The sky bridge on floors 41-42 con...
Statue of Unity
The tallest statue in the world. Depicts Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. 182 m tall. Built with ...
Skyscraper (101)
Burj Khalifa
The tallest building in the world at 828 m with 163 floors. Designed by Adrian Smith of SO...
Shanghai Tower
The second tallest building. 128 floors twisting 120 degrees. The twist reduces wind loads...
Ping An Finance Center
115 floors in Shenzhen. Designed by KPF with a tapered form. Originally planned to reach 6...
Lotte World Tower
The tallest building in South Korea. 123 floors. References Korean ceramics and calligraph...
One World Trade Center
The tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. 1,776 feet referencing American independen...
Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre
111 floors. Features the worlds fastest elevators at 21 m/s reaching the top in 45 seconds...
Tianjin CTF Finance Centre
97 floors. The sinuous form reduces wind forces. The curving facade is a distinctive landm...
CITIC Tower
109 floors. The shape resembles a zun, an ancient Chinese wine vessel. The narrowest point...
Taipei 101
Was tallest 2004-2010. 101 floors mimicking bamboo. Has a 660-ton tuned mass damper that s...
Shanghai World Financial Center
Called The Bottle Opener for the trapezoid aperture at the top. 101 floors. The observatio...
ICC Hong Kong
The tallest building in Hong Kong. 118 floors. The Ritz-Carlton occupies the top 16 floors...
Petronas Twin Towers
The tallest twin towers. 88 floors each by Cesar Pelli. The sky bridge on floors 41-42 con...
Residential (21)
Marina 101
One of the tallest residential buildings. 101 floors in Dubai Marina. Structural exoskelet...
432 Park Avenue
96 floors with just 104 apartments. Ultra-slender at 1:15 width-to-height ratio. Apartment...
Princess Tower
Was tallest residential 2012-2015. 101 floors in Dubai Marina. 763 residential units. A di...
23 Marina
88 floors in Dubai Marina. Has 57 swimming pools, one per duplex. Each apartment has its o...
Elite Residence
87 floors in Dubai Marina. 695 residential units. Private beach club for residents....
Q1 Tower
The tallest building in Australia. 78 floors on the Gold Coast. Design mimics the Olympic ...
Australia 108
The second tallest in Australia. 100 floors. The golden starburst references the Southern ...
Eureka Tower
91 floors. The Summit observation on level 88. Gold crown represents the gold rush. Red st...
Alma Tower
A residential tower in Dubai. Part of the massive Dubai development boom....
Steinway Tower
One of the slimmest skyscrapers ever built with a 1:24 width-to-height ratio. 84 floors. T...
111 West 57th Street
See Steinway Tower....
Central Park Tower
The tallest residential building in the world. 98 floors. The cantilever over the art muse...
Mixed-use (18)
Landmark 81
The tallest building in Vietnam. 81 floors. Contains hotel, apartments, retail, and observ...
The Index Dubai
80 floors by Norman Foster. Oriented to reduce solar gain. Central core contains elevators...
The Shard
The tallest building in the UK. 72 floors by Renzo Piano. Inspired by church spires and ma...
Wuhan Greenland Center
One of the tallest buildings in China. 97 floors. The streamlined form reduces wind resist...
Eurasia Tower
One of the tallest buildings in Moscow City. 67 floors. The design features a glass crown....
City of Capitals
A twin-tower complex in Moscow City representing Moscow and St. Petersburg. The Moscow Tow...
King Power Mahanakhon
The second tallest building in Thailand. 77 floors. The pixelated design creates a distinc...
Robinson Tower
A retail and office tower by SOM. The design features a cantilevered section with a roofto...
Guoco Tower
The tallest building in Singapore. 64 floors. The design integrates with the Tanjong Pagar...
Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower
The tallest building in Hanoi. 72 floors. Contains offices, apartments, and a hotel. The d...
Lotte Center Hanoi
A 65-floor mixed-use tower in Hanoi. Contains a Lotte hotel, apartments, offices, and reta...
The Taipei Sky Tower
A new mixed-use tower in Taipei. Part of the Xinyi District development. The design featur...
Observation tower (10)
Eiffel Tower
The most visited paid monument with 7 million visitors annually. 18,038 iron parts joined ...
Space Needle
Built for the 1962 Worlds Fair in Seattle. Designed to withstand 200 mph winds and magnitu...
Blackpool Tower
Inspired by the Eiffel Tower. A tourist attraction in the British seaside town of Blackpoo...
Spinnaker Tower
A landmark observation tower in Portsmouth. The shape resembles a spinnaker sail. The glas...
Brighton i360
A vertical observation tower on the Brighton seafront. The glass viewing pod rises to 138 ...
Galata Tower
A medieval stone tower in Istanbul. Was the tallest building in Istanbul when built. Has a...
Bayterek Tower
A landmark observation tower in Astana. Represents a poplar tree with a golden egg, from a...
Skylon Tower
An observation tower overlooking Niagara Falls. A yellow dome tops the tower. Revolving re...
Aspire Tower
Built for the 2006 Asian Games as a torch tower. The tallest structure in Doha. Contains a...
The Tower at Dubai Creek Harbour
Designed by Santiago Calatrava to surpass the Burj Khalifa. The design is inspired by a li...
Office (8)
Kio Towers
Two tilted office towers in Madrid that lean 15 degrees. Designed by Philip Johnson and Jo...
Ocean Financial Centre
An office tower in Singapores financial district. 43 floors. Green features include a gree...
Dunkin Donut Park Tower
A modern office tower in Seoul. Part of the Parc 1 development....
Viettel Tower Hanoi
The headquarters of Viettel, Vietnams largest mobile operator. A modern tower in central H...
Ping An Finance Centre South
A companion tower to the main Ping An Finance Center. Part of the Shenzhen financial distr...
The Towers by Foster
Twin towers in Abu Dhabi by Norman Foster. The connected design creates a gateway. Part of...
ADNOC Headquarters
The headquarters of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. 65 floors. The triangular form is dist...
Capital Gate
The furthest leaning tower in the world at 18 degrees, five times more than the Leaning To...
Communication/Observation (7)
CN Tower
The Glass Floor at 342 m can withstand 14 hippos. The EdgeWalk lets visitors walk outside ...
Kuala Lumpur Tower
Observation deck at 276 m. The design reflects Malaysian Islamic heritage. Atmosphere 360 ...
Berliner Fernsehturm
The tallest structure in Germany. A TV tower in Berlin. The sphere contains observation de...
Milad Tower
The tallest tower in Iran. Part of a trade and convention complex. Observation deck at 276...
Tokyo Tower
Inspired by the Eiffel Tower but painted in international orange and white for aviation sa...
Donauturm
The tallest structure in Austria. Located in the Vienna Prater. Two revolving restaurants....
Olympic Tower Munich
A TV tower in the Olympic Park. 190 m observation deck. Revolving restaurant at 181 m. Has...
Communication tower (6)
Tokyo Skytree
The tallest tower in the world. Inspired by traditional Japanese pagodas. Has two observat...
Ostankino Tower
Was the tallest free-standing structure for 9 years. A TV tower in Moscow. The observation...
Europaturm
The tallest structure in Germany when built. A concrete TV tower in Frankfurt. The observa...
Fernsehturm Stuttgart
The worlds first concrete TV tower. Set the pattern for all subsequent TV towers worldwide...
Radio Tower Berlin
Inspired by the Eiffel Tower. Built for the 3rd Great German Radio Exhibition. Still in us...
Liberation Tower
The tallest structure in Kuwait. Named after liberation from Iraqi occupation. A TV and ra...
Statue/Monument (6)
Statue of Liberty
A gift from France. Copper skin 2.4 mm thick. Internal framework by Gustave Eiffel. Torch ...
Christ the Redeemer
An Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ on Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro. 30 m tall on a...
Spring Temple Buddha
The second tallest statue in the world. A Buddha statue in Henan province. 128 m including...
Statue of Unity
The tallest statue in the world. Depicts Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. 182 m tall. Built with ...
Motherland Calls
A statue in Volgograd (Stalingrad) commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad. 85 m including ...
African Renaissance Monument
The tallest statue in Africa. Depicts a man, woman, and child emerging from a volcano. Con...
Bell tower (5)
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Famous for its unintended tilt of 3.97 degrees. Started leaning during construction due to...
Torre del Mangia
A tower in Siena rivaling the height of the cathedral, symbolizing the equality of church ...
Torrazzo of Cremona
The tallest brick bell tower in the world. 488 steps to the top. A 14th-century astronomic...
Giotto Campanile
The bell tower of Florence Cathedral. Designed by Giotto who only lived to see the first f...
Florence Cathedral Campanile
See Giotto Campanile....
Hotel (4)
Ryugyong Hotel
A massive unfinished hotel in Pyongyang. 105 floors. Construction started in 1987, halted ...
Burj Al Arab
A luxury hotel designed to resemble a dhow sail. Built on an artificial island. The atrium...
Rose Rayhaan by Rotana
One of the tallest hotels. 72 floors. The first hotel in Dubai to offer alcohol-free halal...
Emirates Park Towers
Twin hotel towers near Dubai International Airport. 56 floors each. The JW Marriott Marqui...