Highest Buildings of World

Tallest Buildings of World

The non-profit international organization Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) was formed in 1969 and announces the title of "The World's Tallest Building" and sets the standards by which buildings
The organization currently ranks Burj Khalifa in Dubai as the tallest at 828 m (2,717 ft). The CTBUH only recognizes buildings that are complete, however, and some buildings listed within these list articles are not considered complete by the CTBUH.

are measured. It maintains a list of the 100 tallest completed buildings in the world.

History of Tallest Buildings

History of Tallest Building
Today, I make an informative list of ‘history of tallest building’ to improve your knowledge.

              From the 1200s until 1901, the world's tallest building was always a church or cathedral. In the 1200s Old St Paul's Cathedral with its spire was completed. Completed in the early 1300s, the central spire of Lincoln Cathedral surpassed it. In 1549 this spire collapsed, thus making the shorter St. Mary's Church in Stralsund the world's tallest building.