Talk:List of tallest buildings

Height of Damac Heights has been reduced !

The Damac Heights, a supertall skyscraper under construction in Dubai Marina, Dubai, has now been replaced by a new shorter building with a height of 335 metres tall, i saw this, when i tried to open the database of Damac Heights on CTBUH, but that was either deleted or moved:here Damac Heights , and the new page has been created by the name of Damach Residenze, here DAMAC Residenze.

But i am unable to find any other reliable source that says the tower's height has been reduced, if any one of you have such source then please share here, as we have to change the rank of tower in this article.

Nabil rais2008 (talk) 12:21, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

1WTC antenna

We do not count antennas, yet on 1WTC it's counted. Elk Salmon (talk) 13:46, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

Buildings should be listed to "Architectural height". However, some are listed with the height to the tip of the antenna. Burj Khalifa was to the antenna (I just corrected that). 1WTC is to the architechural height 541.3 m (it is 4.9 m more to the top of the antenna). Astronaut (talk) 14:55, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

I also improved the "note to editors" to make it more obvious and to add that the list is by the architectural height. Astronaut (talk) 15:12, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

Burj Khalifa is entirely architectural to its tip. 1WTC has huge metallic installment on the roof that is not architectural at all. Elk Salmon (talk) 19:22, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

Take a look at each building's article: Burj Khalifa, One World Trade Center. Take a look at a reliable listing site such as the CTBUH's Skyscraper center and visit the page for each building there. They list:

Burj Khalifa Height: Architectural 828.0 meter / 2717 feet Height: Occupied 584.5 meter / 1918 feet Height: To Tip 829.8 meter / 2723 feet

One World Trade center: Height: Architectural 541.3 meter / 1776 feet Height: Occupied 382.3 meter / 1254 feet Height: To Tip 546.2 meter / 1792 feet

Burj Khalifa has a very tall metal spire above the top floor. The spire is topped by a 1.8 m tall antenna. 1WTC recently had a 125 m metal spire installed on the roof. Since the tip is listed as 4.9 m higher, I expect there is/will be a small antenna on top of the spire. I have no reason to disbelieve the reliable sources used to create the articles. The architectural height of 1WTC is not in dispute whether or not you think it is just a "huge metallic installment on the roof". Astronaut (talk) 16:34, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

Stratosphere

The Stratosphere Las Vegas is missing. --XXLVenom999 (talk) 20:01, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

The Stratosphere Las Vegas is a tower and therefore does not qualify for inclusion on this list. It is correctly listed in List of tallest towers in the world. Astronaut (talk) 12:24, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

Edit request, August 2013

In the list, the second tallest building is entered as something in Shanghai with a completion date of 2014. I can provide almost seven witnesses to testify that this year hasnt showed up yet... The biggest and second tallest land structure ever built is the Makkah Royal Hotel Clock Tower cluster. Thus it should be second on the list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.187.251.113 (talk) 16:02, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

It is usual to place new commentas/questions at the end of the talk page. Luckily, I noticed your question was added and moved it here. Astronaut (talk) 22:58, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

Presumably, you are asking about Shanghai Tower. That skyscraper was topped out earlier this month. Even though it is not yet fully complete and won't actually open until 2014, it has reached its maximum height. In common with some other height listing sites, topped out buildings are eligible for inclusion in this list as stated in the first paragraph of that section, which says: "The list includes the tallest 300 (completed and topped out) buildings in the world." Shanghai Tower is also flagged with footnote "B" which says "Topped out but not completed." Astronaut (talk) 22:58, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

HONG KONG IS NOT A COUNTRY BUT A CITY OF CHINA

Hong Kong is not a country but a city of China, so under "COUNTRY" you should write CHINA.--79.144.102.242 (talk) 02:19, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

I added a header to separate your new question from the previous one. Astronaut (talk) 16:36, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

This has been discussed many times before and will probably be discussed many more times too (see Talk Page Archive 3 for the last time it happened on this page). Occasionally some Chinese nationalist with a point to prove will convert all mention of "Hong Kong" to add "Peoples Republic of China" or the PRC flag. A short while later a Hong Kong nationalist will change it back and so an edit war will start. It'll go back and forth a few times, everyone's time will be wasted, and nothing will get decided. Eventually one side will lose patience and get themselves blocked from editing or will give up entirely. What is slightly unusual this time is the half-hearted attempt. If you are going to start this kind of thing, try to do a proper job and don't leave the article inconsistant. Astronaut (talk) 16:36, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

I am from SPAIN, and I have never been in China, but it is OBVIOUS that if you write "TALLEST BUILDINGS BY COUNTRY", then the word used has to be CHINA, not Hong Kong which is just a Chinese city as anybody knows. Whatever people say is not relevant as far as facts are taken into account. Hong Kong is right now a city of CHINA. That is out of discussion.--88.1.244.26 (talk) 17:51, 22 October 2013 (UTC) You can solve the problem easily writing about the tallest buildings in the World just by CITY, not by country. Otherwise it is ridiculous, because then you would have to write NEW YORK....Country: NEW YORK. It is not a question of debate that Hong Kong is part of China as everybody knows it is, and as any serious Encyclopedia says.--88.1.244.26 (talk) 17:55, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

Perhaps you should read all the previous discussions (on this page's talk archives, and other pages too). As I said, it has been discussed at great length with no clear consensus. Astronaut (talk) 19:59, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

...and please do not vandalise the article by removing column headings. Astronaut (talk) 20:03, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

You should read an Encyclopedia to know where is Hong Kong...--193.152.161.116 (talk) 04:43, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

Of course we all know where Hong Kong is - an island just off the coast of China, was part of the British Empire until 1997 and is now a Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China which operates under One country, two systems. Just saying this has been discussed many, many times before and no clear consensus has come out of it for this article or any other article. Astronaut (talk) 12:35, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

But even you agree that there is no discussion about the COUNTRY: CHINA. That is out of discussion.--79.146.242.195 (talk) 03:45, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

THE HEIGHT(m) DOES NOT SORT PROPERLY

When I clicked to sort by height in metres, it sorted the values alphanumerically!! It starts at 1001, 1002 .... 2073, 2717, 790 .... 995, 997