World's Tallest Buildings in Coming 2020 Year

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World's Tallest Buildings in Coming 2020

Kingdom Tower - Jeddah, Saudi
Arabia
Height (meter/foot): 1000+/3280+
Year of completion: 2020
Architect: Smith and Gill
Construction Status: Confirmed
The Chicago based architectshave
not yet revealed the finalheight of
the building, except that it will be
at least 1000 meters.
Burj Mubarak Al Kabir - Kuwait
City, Kuwait
Height (meter/foot): 1001/3284
Year of completion: 2016
Architect: Eric Kuhne and Associates
Construction Status: Under
construction
The building will include seven
vertically-stacked 30-story
'neighborhoods", including
apartments, offices, and
hotels.Reachingthe one kilometer
milestone has long been an elusive
dream, but now seems it will finally
be realised.
Burj Khalifa - Dubai, UnitedArab
Emirates
Height (meter/foot): 828/2717
Year of completion: 2010
Architect: Adrian Smith (Skidmore, Owens and Merill)
Construction Status: Completed The Burj Khalifa opened one January
4th of this year, and iscurrently the
tallest man made structure ever
built, which includes TV-towers.
Shanghai Tower - Shanghai, PR
China
Height (meter/foot): 632/2073
Year of completion: 2014
Architect: Gensler/Tongji University
Construction Status: Under
construction
Only four years after the Shanghai
World Financial Centeropenedits
doors to become the the thirdtallest
building in the world, the city is
once again breaking its own records
with the Shanghai Tower, whichupon
completion will be the second tallest
in the world.
Chicago Spire - Chicago, United
States
Height (meter/foot): 610/2000
Year of completion: 2015-17
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
Construction Status: On hold The commenced construction has
been halted since late 2008 due to
the financial crisis, but the developers are continuously working
to secure funds and insist the project is not dead. We can only hope.
Incheon Tower - Incheon, South Korea
Height (meter/foot): 601/1969
Year of completion: 2015
Architect: John Portman and
Associates
Construction Status: Under
construction
The Incheon Tower will consist of
two buildings with 150 floorseach,
making them the world's tallest twin
towers.
Goldin Finance 117 - Tianjin, PR
China
Height (meter/foot): 597/1959
Year of completion:2014-15
Architect: P&T Group
Construction Status: Under
construction/on hold
Although construction startedin
2008, in late January 2010 itwas
announced that it had been suspended. If constructionresumes,
the building will not becompleted
until late 2014 or early 2015.