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The Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo, Japan has been the tallest tower since 2012.. This list includes extant structures that fulfill the engineering definition of a tower: "a tall human structure, always taller than it is wide, for public or regular operational access by humans, but not for living in or office work, and which is self-supporting or free-standing, meaning no guy-wires for support."
Hangzhou West Railway Station Hub Tower 1 399.8 m (1,312 ft) 83 China: Hangzhou [159] 21 China Merchants Group West Headquarters 396 m (1,299 ft) 82 Chengdu: 22 Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Base Tower C-1 394 m (1,293 ft) 78 2027 Shenzhen [160] 23 China Merchants Bank Global Headquarters 393 m (1,289 ft) 74 2026 [161] 24 Haiyun Plaza Tower 1
Thus the status of the Willis Tower as the "totally" tallest was restored in the face of a new threat looming in the Far East—the "Siamese Twins". The Petronas Towers remain the tallest twin towers in the world. A major controversy erupted upon completion of the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1998.
Terminological and listing criteria follow Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat definitions. Guyed masts are differentiated from towers – the latter not featuring any guy wires or other support structures; and buildings are differentiated from towers – the former having at least 50% of occupiable floor space although both are self-supporting structures.
The following is a list of the tallest buildings in the world by country, listing only the tallest building in each country.The list includes only completed or topped out buildings. 25 countries have supertall skyscrapers (above 300 m (980 ft)) and 4 countries have megatall skyscrapers (above 600 m (1,969 ft)).
Park Towers, 120m, 30 floors (tower 2), Santo Domingo Torre Citibank , Winston Churchill Avenue, Santo Domingo, 25 floors, 119 m (390 ft) Alco Paradiso , 117m, 25 floors, Santo Domingo
Prior to the September 11 attacks in New York City, the twin towers of the first World Trade Center occupied the second and third positions on the list below. The North Tower (1 WTC) stood at 1,368 feet (417 m), while the South Tower (2 WTC) was 1,362 feet (415 m) tall, then surpassed only by the Willis Tower at 1,450 feet (442 m).
The tallest building in the U.S. by architectural height is currently Central Park Tower in New York, which is approximately 1,550 feet (470 m)—more than the combined heights of the tallest buildings in Wyoming, Vermont, Maine, South Dakota, Montana, North Dakota, New Hampshire, and West Virginia.