New building projects are launched each day in every part of the world, each with aims loftier than the other. Humans are obsessed with the idea of breaking records. And it becomes quite difficult to define the tallest buildings in the world.

Not only are these buildings a living testimony to what architecture and engineering have attained, but they also highlight the human drive for pushing the boundaries of possibilities. So, what is the tallest building in the world like" Dive in with us and see the 20 tallest buildings in the world.

Building
Year
City
Budget
Architect
Height

Burj Khalifa
2009
Dubai
$1.5 billion
Adrian Smith
828 metres

Shanghai Tower
2014
Shanghai
$2.2 billion
Jun Xia, TJAD
632 meters

Makkah Royal Clock Tower
2011
Mecca
$15 billion SL Rasch GmbH and Dar Al-Handasah Architects
601 metres

Ping An Finance Tower
2017
Shenzhen
$1.5 billion
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
599 metres

Lotte World Tower
2016
Seoul
$3.4 billion
Kohn Pedersen Fox
555 meters

One World Trade Centre
2014
New York City
$3.9 billion
David Childs, Daniel Libeskind
541 meters

Guangzhou Chow Tai Fook Finance Centre
2016
Guangzhou
$1.5 billion
Kohn Pedersen Fox
530 meters

Tianjin Chow Tai Fook Finance Centre
2018
Tianjin
n/a
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP in collaboration with Ronald Lu & Partners
530 meters

China Zun
2018
Peking
$3.8 billion
TFP Farrells
524 meters

Taipei 101
2004
Tai...