World Federation of Great Towers

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Nový Most, Bratislava, the only WFGT tower located on a bridge

The World Federation of Great Towers (WFGT) is an association of tall towers and skyscrapers from around the world. It was created in 1989. The key criterion for inclusion in the WFGT is that the building in question must have a public observation deck.

Although membership is open to any structure meeting this criterion, a number of supertall structures with observation decks, such as the Taipei 101, the Shanghai World Financial Center and the Willis Tower are not members. See List of tallest buildings in the world for a listing of more observation and communication towers.

The WFGT is a membership organization. As of 2009 it has 31 members. It is based at the Melbourne Observation Deck of the Rialto Towers.

[edit] The Towers

These are the 31 towers in the Federation, from tallest to shortest (by pinnacle height):

Rank	Tower's name	City	Country	Year	Total height
1	CN Tower	Toronto	Canada	1976	553 m / 1,815 ft
2	Ostankino Tower	Moscow	Russia	1967	540 m / 1,771 ft
3	Oriental Pearl Tower	Shanghai	China	1995	468 m / 1,535 ft
4	John Hancock Center	Chicago	United States	1969	457 m / 1,500 ft
5	Empire State Building	New York	United States	1931	443 m /1,454 ft
6	KL Tower	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	1995	421 m / 1,403 ft
7	Central TV Tower	Beijing	China	1992	405 m / 1,329 ft
8	Tashkent Tower	Tashkent	Uzbekistan	1985	375 m / 1,230 ft
9	Fernsehturm	Berlin	Germany	1969	368 m / 1,197 ft
10	Tianjin Radio and Television Tower	Tianjin	China	2004	368 m / 1,197ft
11	Macau Tower	Macau SAR	China	2001	338 m / 1,109ft
12	Dragon Tower	Harbin	China	2000	336 m / 1,102ft
13	Tokyo Tower	Tokyo	Japan	1958	333 m / 1,093ft
14	Sky Tower	Auckland	New Zealand	1997	328 m / 1,076 ft
15	Eiffel Tower	Paris	France	1889	324 m / 1,063 ft
16	Q1 Tower	Gold Coast	Australia	2005	322.5 m / 1,058 ft
17	Sydney Tower	Sydney	Australia	1981	304 m / 1,000 ft
18	Collserola Tower	Barcelona	Spain	1992	288 m / 945 ft
19	Rialto Towers	Melbourne	Australia	1986	270 m / 886 ft
20	Donauturm	Vienna	Austria	1964	252 m / 827 ft
21	Seoul Tower	Seoul	South Korea	1975	239.7 m / 786 ft
22	Qingdao TV Tower	Qingdao	China	1994	232 m / 761 ft
23	Žižkov Television Tower	Prague	Czech Republic	1992	216 m / 709 ft
24	The Calgary Tower	Calgary	Canada	1968	191 m / 627 ft
25	Cairo Tower	Cairo	Egypt	1961	187 m / 613.5 ft
26	The Euromast	Rotterdam	Netherlands	1960	185 m / 607 ft
27	Space Needle	Seattle	United States	1962	184 m / 605 ft
28	Torre Latinoamericana	Mexico City	Mexico	1956	182 m / 594 ft
29	Tour de Montréal	Montreal	Canada	1976	175 m / 575 ft
30	Blackpool Tower	Blackpool	United Kingdom	1894	158 m / 519 ft
31	Nový Most	Bratislava	Slovakia	1972	95 m / 311 ft