World's Tallest Building

[aaron]

So they will have one and two? That's a bit ambitious.

[jmb]

Isn't the tallest building the Taipei 101 tower?

[Tully Mars]

Yes:

http://i.infoplease.com/images/WorldsTallestBuildings.gif

[Tully Mars]

Here is a better graphic:

http://www.tallestbuildingintheworld.com/images/Skyscraper_comparison_chart-big.jpg

[Tully Mars]

Here is a fairly decent artists rendering:


http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/US/07/26/chicago.skyscraper.ap/vert.chicago.skyscraper.ap.jpg

And the folks are right...it is ugly.

[noway]

I went to the top of the empire state building one time and the tall building in chicago :smt038

[aaron]

yeah, I was talking U.S., didn't realize you said the world Hawkeye. I think that's just a waste. Might as well put a bullseye on all four sides and signs going into the basement that say "Bombs go here"