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The Eiffel tower was the tallest building in the world until the completion in 1930 of the Chrysler building - a year before the Empire State building was completed.
The Taipei 101 tower was succeeded by the Burj Khalifa as the world's tallest building.
The fourth tallest building in the world as of this year statistics is the CN Tower under the Concrete Tower Category that has the height of 553.3m.
The Chrysler building was only the tallest construction for about a year between 1930 and 1931, until the Empire State Building was build.
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In 1930 the Empire State Building took over the Eiffel tower to be the Worlds Tallest Building.Matt
The tallest building is built just this year, 2009, Burj Dubai located at United Arab Emirates, Dubai. It has a height of 818m or equivalent to 2,684ft.
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When it was completed in 1973 and it held that title for 25 years. It is still the tallest building in the United States.
Until April of 1930, it was the Woolworth Building. Completed in 1913, the Woolworth Building was the tallest building in the world until it was surpassed by the Bank of Manhattan Trust building, now known simply by its address, 40 Wall Street. The 40 Wall Street building was the tallest in the world only for a few short weeks, from the time of its completion in April 1930, until it was surpassed by the Chrysler Building, which was completed on May 28, 1930. Like 40 Wall Street, the Chrysler Building also enjoyed the title of World's Tallest Building for a very short time. It was soon surpassed by the Empire State Building, which opened on May 1, 1931.
The tallest old building in Japan is Tokyo Tower it is built in year 1958.
Taipei 101 was completed in 2004 and officially opened on July 1 of that year. It was designed by the Taiwanese architect C.Y. Lee and has since become a symbol of Taipei and a significant landmark in Taiwan. The building held the title of the tallest building in the world until 2010.