Top 5 tallest buildings in the worldbr br br Tall buildings the symbol of urban style and might – have always fascinated mankind The world’s first skyscraper with a steel frame construction was the Home Insurance Building in Chicago, built in 1885 with a height of 55 m (180 ft) and ten floors. Here are the current 5 tallest buildings in the world.br br Lotte World Towerbr Lotte World Tower is Korea’s tallest building and architectural crown jewel. The design of the 123 story tower draws from the forms of traditional Korean ceramics and calligraphy. The skyscraper rises in a sleek, tapered profile that contrasts with the city’s mountainous topographybr br Ping Anbr Ping An is the physical and iconic center of Shenzhen’s growing central business district. The stone and glass tower’s four facades are sheathed in chevron-shaped stone verticals that extend from the building’s base. The latter includes five floors of retail shops that terrace away from the tower to form a large amphitheater-like spacebr br Makkah Royal Clockbr The Abraj Al-Bait is a government-owned complex of seven skyscraper hotels located next to the world’s largest mosque and Islam’s most sacred site, the Great Mosque of Mecca. The central tower, the Makkah Royal Clock Tower, contains the Clock Tower Museum on its top four floors.br br Shanghai Towerbr The Shanghai Tower it is the tallest of the world’s first triple-adjacent supertall skyscrapers in Shanghai’s financial center, the other two being the Jin Mao Tower and the Shanghai World Financial Center. The tower rises high above Shanghai’s impressive skyline, its curved façade and spiraling form symbolizing the dynamic emergence of modern Chinabr br Burj Khalifabr Inaugurated in 2012, Burj Khalifa has a total height excluding its antenna of 828 m (2,717 ft).