Here’s a video showing the history.
Dubai Creek Tower, likely to be completed 2022, perhaps should not be included as it’s a tower not a building.
The world’s tallest artificial structure is the 829.8-metre-tall (2,722 ft) Burj Khalifa in Dubai (of the United Arab Emirates). …
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, an organization that certifies buildings as the “World’s Tallest”, recognizes a building only if at least 50% of its height is made up of floor plates containing habitable floor area.
Structures that do not meet this criterion, such as the CN Tower, are defined as “towers“.
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