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12 April 2012| last updated at 02:35AM

The Top 10

By Compiled by the Editorial team

From shortest to tallest, here are the world‘s 10 skyscrapers that pushed the limits in height

1st ranking
BURJ KHALIFA
Height: 828m
Architect: Adrian Smith
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Year Built: 2009

2nd ranking
MAKKAH ROYAL
CLOCK TOWER HOTEL
Height: 601m
Architect: Dar Al-Handasah Architects
Location: Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Year Built: 2012

3rd ranking
TAIPEI 101
Height: 509m
Architect: C.Y. Lee and Partners
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Year Built: 2010

4th ranking
SHANGHAI WORLD
FINANCIAL CENTER
Height: 492m
Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox
Location: Shanghai, China
Year Built: 2008

5th ranking
INTERNATIONAL
COMMERCE CENTER
Height: 484m
Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox
Location: Hong Kong
Year Built: 2010

6th ranking
PETRONAS TWIN TOWERS
Height: 452m
Architect: César Pelli
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Year Built: 1998

7th ranking
ZIFENG TOWER
Height: 450m
Architect: Adrian Smith
Location: Nanjing, China
Year Built: 2010

8th ranking
WILLIS TOWER
a.k.a SEARS TOWER
Height: 442m
Architect: Fazlur Khan and Bruce Graham
Location: Chicago, United States of America
Year Built: 1973

9th ranking
KINGKEY 100
Height: 442m
Architect: Terry Farrell and Partners
Location: Shenzhen, China
Year Built: 2011

10th ranking
GUANGZHOU
WEST TOWER
Height: 440m
Architect: Wilkinson Eyre
Location: Guangzhou, China
Year Built: 2010

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