The World Federation of Great Towers ("WFGT") is an international association that brings together the world's tallest structures. One of the peculiarities of this type of buildings is that they all have a balcony open to public observation. This important list "fosters global awareness and international development opportunities for promotion". The tower has enabled communications carried by radio and television to numerous locations around the world, too, just to enjoy spectacular panoramic views in the big cities from above.
Very good examples of towers around the world are own Eiffel Tower of Paris, the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada, the John Hancock Center of Chicago or the Space Needle of Seattle. It should be noted that recent additions to this important list of the new Renzo Piano designed skyscraper called The Shard London Bridge Quarter, which will become the tallest skyscraper in Europe when construction is complete, and the Canton Tower in Guangzhou, of 600 meters, by the prestigious international firm Arup engineering, the list is sorted by height works ...
Very good examples of Great towers around the world are own Eiffel Tower of Paris, the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada, the John Hancock Center in Chicago or the Space Needle of Seattle. It should be noted that recent additions to this important list of the new Renzo Piano designed skyscraper called The Shard London Bridge Quarter, which will become the tallest skyscraper in Europe when construction is complete, and the Canton Tower in Guangzhou, of 600 meters, by the prestigious international firm Arup engineering, the list is sorted by height works ...
Burj Khalifa (Burj Dubai)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, SOM
CN Tower
Toronto, Ontario, Canadá
John Andrews & WZMH Architects
John Hancock Center
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, SOM
Empire State Building
Manhattan, New York City
Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Associates
Eiffel Tower
Champ de Mars, Paris, France
Gustave Eiffel and
Maurice Koechlin
The Shard - London Bridge Quarter
London, United Kingdom
Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Space Needle
Seattle, Washington, USA
John Graham & Associates
Spinnaker Tower
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
HGP Architects
SNP Bridge-Novy Most
Bratislava, Slovakia
Jozef Lacko
WFGT - WORLD FEDERATION OF GREAT TOWERS LIST /
LISTA DE LA FEDERACIÓN MUNDIAL DE GRANDES TORRES
1- Burj Khalifa (Burj Dubai), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2010, 828 m / 2,717 ft
2- The Canton Tower, Guangzhou, China, 2010, 600 m / 1969 ft
3- CN Tower, Toronto, Canada, 1976, 553 m / 1,815 ft
4- Ostankino Tower, Moscow, Russia, 1967, 540 m / 1,771 ft
5- Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai, China, 1995, 468 m / 1,535 ft
6- John Hancock Center, Chicago, United States, 1969, 457 m / 1,500 ft
7- Empire State Building, New York, United States, 1931, 448 m /1,472 ft
8- KL Tower, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1995, 421 m / 1,403 ft
9- Central TV Tower, Beijing, China, 1992, 405 m / 1,329 ft
10- Tashkent Tower, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 1985, 375 m / 1,230 ft
11- Fernsehturm Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 1969, 368 m / 1,207 ft
12- Tianjin Radio and Television Tower, Tianjin, China, 1991, 368 m / 1,197 ft
13- Macau Tower Macau SAR, Macau, 2001, 338 m / 1,109 ft
14- Dragon Tower Harbin, China, 2000, 336 m / 1,102 ft
15- Tokyo Tower, Tokyo, Japan, 1958, 333 m / 1,093 ft
16- Sky Tower, Auckland, New Zealand, 1997, 328 m / 1,076 ft
17- Eiffel Tower, Paris, France, 1889, 324 m / 1,063 ft
18- Q1 Tower, Gold Coast, Australia, 2005, 322.5 m / 1,058 ft
19- The Shard London Bridge, London, UK, 2013, 306 m / 1004 ft
20- Sydney Tower, Sydney, Australia, 1981, 304 m / 1,000 ft
21- Collserola Tower, Barcelona, Spain, 1992 288 m / 945 ft
22- Donauturm, Vienna, Austria, 1964, 252 m / 827 ft
23- Seoul Tower, Seoul, South Korea, 1975, 239.7 m / 786 ft
24- Qingdao TV Tower, Qingdao, China, 1994, 232 m / 761 ft
25- Žižkov Television Tower, Prague, Czech Republic, 1992, 216 m / 709 ft
26- The Calgary Tower, Calgary, Canada, 1968, 191 m / 627 ft
27- Cairo Tower, Cairo, Egypt, 1961, 187 m / 613.5 ft
28- The Euromast, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1960, 185 m / 607 ft
29- Space Needle, Seattle, United States, 1962, 184 m / 605 ft
30- Torre Latinoamericana, Mexico City, Mexico, 1956, 182 m / 594 ft
31- Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Canada, 1976, 175 m / 575 ft
32- Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth, United Kingdom, 2005, 170 m / 558 ft
33- Blackpool Tower, Blackpool, United Kingdom, 1894, 158 m / 519 ft
34- Nový Most (UFO Bridge), Bratislava, Slovakia, 1972, 95 m / 311 ft
WORLD FEDERATION OF GREAT TOWERS
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References / Referencias
The Urban Towers Handbook
John Wiley&Sons, London, 2011
by Eric Firley and Julie Gimbal
English
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TURNING TORSO - Santiago Calatrava
Bellisco Ediciones, Madrid, 2008
by José Miguel Hernández Hernández
Español - English
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