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This is a list of the tallest buildings and structures by country. The list directly includes the tallest buildings and structures for each country, and where appropriate, it also points to more detailed country-specific lists.

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

  • Q1, 323.5 meters, tallest residential tower in the world
  • VLF transmission mast Woodside, 427 meters
  • Rialto Towers (often The Rialto), 2nd tallest reinforced concrete building, 251 meters.
  • Eureka Tower, 297 meters (Second tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere.)
  • Centre point tower, 305 meters.

See also: List of tallest buildings in Australia

Austria

Bangladesh

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Under construction:

Brazil


See also: List of tallest buildings in Brazil

Bulgaria

See also: List of tallest structures in Bulgaria

Canada

See also: Tallest structures in Canada, List of tallest buildings in Montreal, List of tallest buildings in Toronto

Colombia

Under construction:

Cancelled projects:

  • Torre de la Escollera, in Cartagena, 206 meters (Was to be the tallest Colombian building, but the project was canceled after strong winds bent its structure)

Chile

Under construction:

China, People's Republic of

Croatia

Under construction:

Construction planned for 2007.

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Dominican Republic

Under construction:

  • Torre Caney, Santo Domingo, 37 floors (under construction, completed by 2008). Upon completion, it will be the Caribbean's tallest building, surpassing the Malecon Center with 31 floors and 124 meters also located in Santo Domingo.
  • Torre Diandy XX, Santo Domingo, 27 floors (under construction) 110 meters
  • Torres Margot, Santo Domingo, 30 and 25 floors (under construction) 106 meters
  • Torre Azul, Santo Domingo, 27 floors.

Egypt

Estonia

El Salvador

Includes built and in construction:

Finland

  • Tallest structure: Hollola TV Mast ( Tiirismaa ), Hollola, 327 meters
  • Tallest building: Cirrus, Helsinki, 86 meters

See also: Tallest buildings in Finland, List of tallest structures in Finland

France

Germany

See also: List of tallest structures in Germany

Greece

Hungary

See also: List of tallest buildings and structures in Hungary

Iceland

India

Planned/Under construction

  • SD Twin Towers tallest buildings in India at 252m (60 floors) each, when completed in 2006/2007.

See also: List of tallest buildings in India

Indonesia

Under Construction

Iran

Ireland

In the Republic of Ireland unless stated otherwise:

Israel

Under Construction/Planned

buildings >200m

  • Egged tower, 320m
  • Elite Tower, 244m, 2009
  • Ampa tower, 236m, estimate completion 2008
  • Yediot Achronot Tower, 234m
  • Renault Tower, 203m under constuction estimate completion 2007

Italy

Japan

See also: List of tallest buildings and structures in Japan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kuwait

Latvia

Lithuania

See also: List of tallest buildings in Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malaysia


On-Hold

In Progress

Malta

Planned/Under Construction:

Mauritius

Mexico

Moldova

Monaco

  • Le Millefiori - 110m - 36 floors

Morocco

Nepal

  • Grand Hotel, Kathmandu, 12 floors

Netherlands

New Zealand

  • Sky Tower, 328 meters, tallest tower in the Southern Hemisphere
  • New Plymouth Power Station chimney, New Plymouth, 198 meters - one million bricks

North Korea

Norway

Pakistan

Grand Hyatt Hotel,Islambad 45 Story Gold Crest DHA, Islamabad 28 Story, 20 Buildings Jumairah International Hotel Islamabad, 35 story Jumairah Towers, Islamabd 5towers, 30 Story each


Source: http://www.urbanpk.com/pages/resources/toptallest.php

Philippines

  • PBCom Tower, 259 meters, 52 storeys high plus an 8-level radio tower
  • G.T. International Tower [1] 217 meters, 47 floors

Poland

See also:

Portugal

Main article: List of tallest buildings and structures in Portugal

Top 5, combined:

  1. Refinery Chimney in Sines, 234 m
  2. 25 de Abril Bridge, Lisbon, 190 m
  3. Vila Nova de Gaia Communications Tower, 177 m
  4. Bridge on road IC8, municipality of Sertã, 170 m
  5. Vasco da Gama Bridge, Lisbon, 148 m

Qatar

Romania

Russia

See also: List of tallest structures in the former Soviet Union.

Saudi Arabia

Under Construction/Planned

Serbia

Under construction:

  • Avala Tower 203 meters, first build in 1965 and destroyed on April 29, 1999 by NATO. Building a new tower started in 2006, completion is expected in August 2008
  • ((Wallstreet)) 5 building complex with 4 buildings about 100 meteres,and one which is in the center will be high about 200 meteres. It will be placed across Belgrade Arena .Building construction is planed to start at end of this year.

Singapore

See also: List of tallest buildings in Singapore

Slovenia

Slovakia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Under construction:

  • Torre de Cristal, Madrid, Architects Íñigo Ortiz, Enrique León and Cesar Pelli, 45 stories, 249 meters, inauguration in 2007.
  • Torre Sacyr Vallehermoso, Madrid Architects Carlos Rubio, Enrique Álvarez, 52 stories, 236 meters, inauguration in 2007.
  • Torre Espacio, Madrid, Architect Pei Cobb and Reid-Fenwick, 53 stories, 223 meters, inauguration in 2007.

Sri Lanka

Sweden

Switzerland

Projects:

See also: List of tallest structures in Switzerland

Taiwan

Thailand

Turkey

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

Under Construction/Planned:

United Kingdom

  • Tallest structure: Belmont mast, 385 meters. Also the tallest structure of the European Union.
  • Tallest freestanding structure: Emley Moor, 330 meters
  • Tallest habitable structure: One Canada Square, 50 stories, 235 meters
  • Lincoln Cathedral, world's tallest structure c. 1300-1549, 160 meters (until 1546, when the central spire was destroyed in a storm), currently 83 m (tallest cathedral tower in Europe today without a spire).
  • Tallest Residential Structure: Beetham Tower, Manchester, 48 stories, 171 meters.

See also: List of tallest structures in London, List of tallest buildings in Manchester

United States

See also: List of tallest buildings in the United States, List of tallest structures in the United States

Venezuela

Vietnam


References

  1. ^ Chimney in Baia Mare, Romania (351.5 m / 1153 ft)