10 Interesting Fact About The world's tallest buildings

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• Burj Khalifa Tower in Dubai is the tallest building in the world with a height of 828 meters.
• The second highest building in the world is the Shanghai Tower in China with a height of 632 meters.
• The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, although famous, is much shorter than modern buildings with a height of only 324 meters.
• Burj Tower Khalifa takes about six years to be completed and costs around 1.5 billion US dollars.
• The tallest building in the United States is the One World Trade Center in New York City with a height of 541 meters.
• Taipei Tower 101 in Taiwan has the fastest elevator in the world, which can reach speeds of up to 60.6 kilometers per hour.
• Burj Khalifa has the largest number of floors in the world, 163 floors.
• Tower Willis in Chicago, Illinois, USA, was once known as the Sears Tower and is the tallest building in the world from 1973 to 1998.
• The tallest building in Europe is the Lakhta Center in St. Petersburg, Russia, with a height of 462 meters.
• Tower of Abraj Al Bait in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, has the largest clock in the world, with a height of 43 meters and weighs 36 tons.