{"id":6894,"date":"2013-06-04T05:00:28","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/?p=6894"},"modified":"2021-02-03T16:41:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T00:41:06","slug":"skyreaching-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/skyreaching-heights\/","title":{"rendered":"Skyreaching Heights"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Here\u2019s a trivia question for you: Without cheating and looking at your smartphone, can you name the top ten tallest buildings in the world?<\/p>\n

And for bonus points: do you know that one of the planet’s highest skyscrapers has a Yardi <\/a>connection?<\/p>\n

Until not too long ago, the world\u2019s tallest skyscraper, was the Petronas Towers in Malaysia.<\/p>\n

For six years, between 1998 and 2004, Petronas\u2019 sky-scraping spires were the highest on record. Since then, a number of buildings have surpassed it. Here’s the top ten list of tallest buildings as recorded by Wikipedia:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1<\/td>\nBurj Khalifa<\/td>\nDubai<\/td>\n\u00a0UAE<\/td>\n828\u00a0m<\/td>\n2,717\u00a0ft<\/td>\n<\/td>\n2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nMakkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel<\/td>\nMecca<\/td>\n\u00a0Saudi Arabia<\/td>\n601\u00a0m<\/td>\n1,971\u00a0ft<\/td>\n<\/td>\n2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nOne World Trade Center<\/td>\nNew York City<\/td>\n\u00a0USA<\/td>\n541\u00a0m<\/td>\n1,776\u00a0ft<\/td>\n<\/td>\n2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nTaipei 101<\/td>\nTaipei<\/td>\n\u00a0Taiwan<\/td>\n509\u00a0m<\/td>\n1,670\u00a0ft<\/td>\n<\/td>\n2004<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nShanghai World Financial Center<\/td>\nShanghai<\/td>\n\u00a0China<\/td>\n492\u00a0m<\/td>\n1,614\u00a0ft<\/td>\n<\/td>\n2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nInternational Commerce Centre<\/td>\nHong Kong<\/td>\n\u00a0Hong Kong<\/td>\n484\u00a0m<\/td>\n1,588\u00a0ft<\/td>\n<\/td>\n2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nPetronas Tower 1<\/td>\nKuala Lumpur<\/td>\n\u00a0Malaysia<\/td>\n452\u00a0m<\/td>\n1,483\u00a0ft<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1998<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nPetronas Tower 2<\/td>\nKuala Lumpur<\/td>\n\u00a0Malaysia<\/td>\n452\u00a0m<\/td>\n1,483\u00a0ft<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1998<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nZifeng Tower<\/td>\nNanjing<\/td>\n\u00a0China<\/td>\n450\u00a0m<\/td>\n1,476\u00a0ft<\/td>\n<\/td>\n2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nWillis Tower (Formerly Sears Tower)<\/td>\nChicago<\/td>\n\u00a0USA<\/td>\n442 m<\/td>\n1,450 ft<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1973<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Its one-time status as the tallest is one of many interesting facts about the Petronas Towers. Here are a few more from PBS.org:<\/p>\n