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The freestanding structures list uses pinnacle height and includes structures over 500 metres (1,640 ft) that do not use guy-wires or other external supports. This means truly free standing on its own or, in similar sense, non-supported structures.
This is a list of tallest freestanding structures in the world past and present. To be freestanding a structure must not be supported by guy wires , the sea or other types of auxiliary support. It therefore does not include guyed masts , partially guyed towers and drilling platforms but does include towers , skyscrapers ( pinnacle height) and ...
Non-freestanding (also known as shopping centers or shopping malls) Super-regional shopping center: enclosed space; 800,000+ sqft; 5+ anchor stores with other tenants that sell a very large variety of goods; Regional shopping center: enclosed space; 400,000–800,000 sqft; 1–5 anchor stores with other tenants that sell a large variety of goods
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."
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, villa suggested a freestanding comfortable-sized house on a large block, generally found in the suburbs. In Victorian terraced housing , a villa was a house larger than the average byelaw terraced house , often having double street frontage .
Clock tower formerly part of railway terminus now a freestanding tower [108] [109] 84: Albert Memorial Clock Tower: 43 m (141 ft) 4: Yes: 1869: Freestanding Tower: Clock Tower: United Kingdom: Belfast: Height disputed in sources between 43 m (141 ft) and 34.5 m (113 ft) [110] If the greater height 13th tallest freestanding clock tower [111] 85
Order Name Pinnacle height (meters, feet) Year Built Structure Location Remarks 1 Stratosphere Tower: 350.2 m (1149 ft) 1996 Concrete Las Vegas, Nevada
The tallest free-standing lattice tower is the Tokyo Skytree, with a height of 634 metres (2,080 ft). The Petronius Compliant Tower is the tallest supported lattice tower at 640 metres (2,100 ft), being partially submerged.