The World's Tallest Building, Every Year Since 1900 (To Scale)

Every building that held the title of world's tallest since 1900, rising one by one on a single to-scale skyline, plus Jeddah Tower's race to 1 kilometer. Source: Council on Vertical Urbanism (formerly CTBUH), height to architectural top by year of completion; Jeddah Tower progress from Gulf Business (Oct 2026). 0:00 Intro 0:08 1899 Park Row Building 0:26 1908 Singer Building 0:46 1909 Metropolitan Life Tower 1:05 1913 Woolworth Building 1:24 1930 40 Wall Street 1:44 1930 Chrysler Building 2:03 1931 Empire State Building 2:23 1972 World Trade Center 2:43 1974 Sears Tower 3:03 1998 Petronas Twin Towers 3:23 2004 Taipei 101 3:42 2010 Burj Khalifa 4:06 Jeddah Tower, the next record? 4:31 Who held the title longest? 4:53 All 12 record holders, to scale 5:12 Will Jeddah Tower reach 1 km? #Skyscrapers #BurjKhalifa #architecture