The World's 10 Tallest Completed Buildings | Heights Compared

Compare ten completed skyscrapers on one vertical height scale, with architectural silhouettes, flags, ranks and locations. Whole-metre architectural heights from The Skyscraper Center / Council on Vertical Urbanism, checked 23 October 2026. Spires count; antennae do not. Guangzhou CTF and Tianjin CTF share eighth place. Merdeka 118 is listed by the source as Menara Merdeka Maybank. Original schematic elevations: accurate relative height, illustrative widths and facade details. These are not photographs or construction drawings. Source: https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/buil... 00:00 How high can a building go? 00:08 How to read the scale 00:20 The countdown begins 01:50 All ten compared 02:04 First versus second 02:20 Structure and measurement 02:38 The record holder #Skyscrapers #TallestBuildings #Architecture #MahaaniDataStories