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A guyed mast is cheaper to build than a self-supporting tower of equal height. A guyed mast needs additional land to accommodate the guys, and is thus best suited to rural locations where land is relatively cheap. An unguyed tower will fit into a much smaller plot. A steel lattice tower is cheaper to build than a concrete tower of equal height.
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."
Cellular lattice tower A cell tower in Peristeri, Greece. A cell site, cell phone tower, cell base tower, or cellular base station is a cellular-enabled mobile device site where antennas and electronic communications equipment are placed (typically on a radio mast, tower, or other raised structure) to create a cell, or adjacent cells, in a cellular network.
Shanghai Tower skyscraper 5. KRDK-TV mast. The tallest structure in the world is the Burj Khalifa skyscraper at 828 m (2,717 ft). Listed are guyed masts (such as telecommunication masts), self-supporting towers (such as the CN Tower), skyscrapers (such as the Willis Tower), oil platforms, electricity transmission towers, and bridge support ...
Media General Tower Jackson Jackson, Mississippi: Guyed Mast 491 m WHNS TV-Tower: Brevard, North Carolina: Guyed Mast 490.7 m KOBR-TV Tower: Caprock, New Mexico: Guyed Mast 490.2 m Joint Venture TV Tower Bithlo Bithlo, Florida: Guyed Mast 489.2 m American Towers Tower Bithlo Bithlo, Florida Guyed Mast 488 m NYT Broadcast Holdings Tower Oklahoma
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This list of tallest buildings by height to roof ranks completed skyscrapers by height to roof which reach a height of 300 metres (984 ft) or more. Only buildings with continuously occupiable floors are included, thus non-building structures , including towers, are not included.
This is a part of the list of tallest structures in the world, past and present of any type.. This list includes quite a lot of masts. A mast is a man-made support structure, commonly used on sailing ships as support for sails, or on land as radio masts and towers used to support telecommunication equipment such as radio antennas ("aerials" in the UK).