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The following page lists the tallest buildings and structures in Sri Lanka in terms of the highest architectural detail. Apart from the historical timeline of tallest structures, structures which are shorter than 20-floors (for habitable buildings) or 100 m (328 ft) (for non-habitable structures) are excluded.
[1] [2] It has been called a symbolic landmark of Sri Lanka. [3] As of 2019, the tower is the tallest self-supported structure in South Asia; the second tallest structure in South Asia after the guy-wire-supported INS Kattabomman in India; the 11th tallest tower in Asia and the 19th tallest tower in the world.
The Jetavanarama stupa or Jetavanaramaya (Sinhala: ජේතවනාරාමය, romanized: jētavanārāmaya) is a stupa, or Buddhist reliquary monument, located in the ruins of Jetavana monastery in the UNESCO world heritage city of Anuradhapura, [2] Sri Lanka. At 122 metres (400 ft), it was the world's tallest stupa, [3] and the third ...
List of tallest buildings. The 828-metre (2,717 ft) tall Burj Khalifa in Dubai has been the tallest building since 2010. [1] The Burj Khalifa has been classified as megatall. [2] A diagram showing the tallest buildings as of 2024. This is a list of the tallest buildings. Tall buildings, such as skyscrapers, are intended here as enclosed ...
By the 2010s the idea of Sustainable architecture has appeared in Sri Lanka, the 186m(610 ft) tall Clear Point Residencies building which is expected to be the world's tallest vertical garden and use harvested rainwater, recycled bathroom sink and shower water with a drip irrigation system to water the plants. The plants naturally cool the ...
Tallest structure in South Asia. Tallest military structure in the world. Lotus Tower Sri Lanka: 356 metres (1,168 ft) 2019 Concrete: Colombo, Sri Lanka: Tallest self-supported structure in South Asia. Rameswaram TV Tower India: 323 metres (1,060 ft) 1995 Concrete: Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu: Fazilka TV Tower India: 305 metres (1,001 ft) 2007 ...
The World Trade Center (also known as WTC Colombo or WTCC) (Sinhala: ලෝක වෙළෙඳ මධ්යස්ථානය, romanized: Lōka Veḷen̆da Madhyasthānaya; Tamil: உலக வர்த்தக மையம், romanized: Ulaka Varttaka Maiyam) is a 152-metre-tall (499 ft) twin building in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The 39-storey ...
World's tallest mixed-use building 1969–2008. 26 Petronas Tower 1: 451.9 1,483 1998 Skyscraper Office, observation Malaysia Kuala Lumpur: Tallest twin towers in the world. Tallest building in the world 1998–2004.