Top 5 Tallest Completed Buildings in the World

2. Shanghai Tower, Shanghai, China

Height: 632 m / 2,073 ft

Floors: 18

Year of completion: 2015

Material: composite

Use: hotel / office

Shanghai Tower is the third one in the trio of Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone besides Jin Mai Tower and Shanghai World Financial Center. It reaches up to the skies with its gorgeous curved facade, and spiral form that embody modern China emerging dynamically. Shanghai is a real, modern, vertical city, and this skyscraper offers a sustainable life in the 21th century. The tower also has a remarkable tri-cogeneration system, which includes couple of renewable energy sources, and a grey water/rainwater system.

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