Tallest unoccupied building<\/a>:\u00a0Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea<\/h2>\n![\"tallest](\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/tallest-unoccupied-building.jpg\")
<\/a>Photo: imgur<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nHeight:<\/strong> 1,082 feet
\nInteresting facts:<\/strong>\u00a0Construction on the 105-story hotel began in\u00a01987 and was halted in 1992 when the country fell on hard economic times. The project was resurrected in 2008, and in 2011 the exterior was completed. The opening of the hotel has since been scheduled several times but keeps getting postponed. In 2012 the Daily Mail reported the 3,000-room\u00a0inn\u00a0would open in 2013<\/a>,\u00a0an astonishing 26 years after construction began. It did not<\/a>.<\/p>\nTallest building<\/a>\/most floors in a building<\/a>:\u00a0Burj Khalifa\u00a0in Dubai, UAE<\/h2>\n![\"tallest](\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/tallest-building1.jpg\")
<\/a>Photo: imgur<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nHeight:<\/strong> 2,716 feet, 163 floors, plus 46 maintenance levels in the spire and two parking levels in the basement
\nInteresting fact:<\/strong>\u00a0The design of the Burj Khalifa\u00a0is said to be inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright’s The Illinois<\/a>, circa\u00a01956.\u00a0Of course the big difference between the two towers, besides the fact that Wright’s was never built, is that The Illinois would have been twice as tall as the half mile-high Burj.<\/p>\nTallest residential building<\/a>:\u00a0Princess Tower in Dubai, UAE<\/h2>\n![\"tallest](\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/tallest-residential-building.jpg\")
<\/a>Photo: Wikimedia<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nHeight:<\/strong> 1,356 feet, 101 floors
\nInteresting fact:<\/strong>\u00a0The Princess Tower is part of the world\u2019s tallest residential neighborhood. In addition to Princess and 23 Marina<\/a>, the previous tallest residential building in the world,\u00a0the Dubai neighborhood includes The Torch<\/a>, a 1,105-foot\u00a0tower\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a01,399-foot Marina 101<\/a>, which will be completed in 2015<\/a>.<\/p>\nTallest hotel<\/a>:\u00a0The JW Marriott Marquis Hotel in Dubai, UAE<\/h2>\n![\"Tallest](\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Tallest-hotel.jpg\")
<\/a>Photo: JW Marriott<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nHeight:<\/strong> 1,166 feet, 77\u00a0floors
\nInteresting facts:<\/strong>\u00a0The first of two tower at the JW Marriott Marquis Hotel in Dubai was christened the world’s tallest hotel in March 2013. The\u00a0684-room building, which took seven years to complete, boasts 10\u00a0restaurants, four bars, two lounges, two ballrooms and a\u00a043,000-square-foot spa and health club.<\/p>\nHighest BASE jump from a building<\/a>:\u00a0Off the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai, UAE<\/h2>\n![\"highest](\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/highest-base-jump-3.gif\")
<\/a><\/p>\nJump height:<\/strong> 2,716 feet
\nInteresting fact:<\/strong> The world’s tallest building was the site of the previous highest\u00a0BASE jumping set in 2010<\/a>. France’s\u00a0Fred Fugen and Vince Reffet were able to best the mark on Aril 21st, 2014, by jumping off a temporary platform placed on top of the Burj’s spire. You can watch the\u00a0stunt in its entirety here<\/a>.<\/p>\nTallest twin towers<\/a>:\u00a0Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia<\/h2>\n![\"tallest](\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/tallest-twin-towers1.jpg\")
<\/a>Photo:\u00a0Jeroen P\/Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nHeight:<\/strong> 1,482 feet
\nInteresting fact:<\/strong> The Petronas Towers are likely going to\u00a0lose their title to a pair of Dubai towers<\/a>\u00a0recently proposed as part of the\u00a064.5 million-square-foot Creek Harbour project.<\/p>\nHighest bungee jump from a building<\/a>: From the\u00a0Macau Tower\u00a0in\u00a0Macau, China<\/h2>\n![\"highest](\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/highest-bungee-jump-3.gif\")
<\/a><\/p>\nJump height:<\/strong> 653 feet
\nInteresting fact:<\/strong> AJ Hackett of New Zealand leaped off a platform 764 feet up the Macau Tower in Macau, China on December 17th 2006. Why the discrepancy in jump height vs. building height? The distance between the ground and Hackett\u00a0during the lowest point of his fall\u00a0was 111 feet. As Guiness World Records points out, this is a lot different to people who claim to have jumped\u00a0off the highest building, but used a short bungee cord. The full video of Hackett’s stunt is here<\/a>.<\/p>\nLargest building made of mud<\/a>:\u00a0The Grand Mosque in Djenn\u00e9, Mali<\/h2>\n![\"largest](\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/largest-mud-building.jpg\")
<\/a>Photo: UN Mission in Mali\/Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nSize:<\/strong> 328 feet long, 131 feet wide
\nInteresting facts:<\/strong>\u00a0The first mosque on the site was built around the 13th century, but the current structure dates back to 1907. One of the most famous landmarks in Africa, the mosque\u00a0was\u00a0designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988.<\/p>\nHeaviest building<\/a>: The Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, Romania<\/h2>\n![\"heaviest](\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/heaviest-building.jpg\")
<\/a>Photo: Wikimedia<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nInteresting fact<\/strong>:<\/strong> Guinness World Records says it believes<\/em> the building is the heaviest in the world. A good bet since it was constructed from 1.5 billion pounds of steel and bronze combined with 35.3 million cubic feet\u00a0of marble, 7.7 million pounds\u00a0of crystal glass and 31.7 million cubic feet\u00a0of wood. The 12-story palace\u00a0cost about $3.76 billion USD to build.<\/p>\nBuilding with the highest revolving restaurant<\/a>:\u00a0Canton Tower, Guangzhou, China.<\/h2>\n![\"highest](\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/highest-revolving-restaurant.jpg\")
<\/a>![\"highest](\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/highest-revolving-restaurant-1.jpg\")
<\/a>Photos: Wikimedia<\/a>, Canton Tower<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nHeight:<\/strong> 1,387 feet, on the 106 floor
\nInteresting fact:<\/strong> The revolving restaurant known as\u00a0Twist sits on top of the structure that briefly held the title of tallest freestanding tower in the world<\/a>, replacing the CN Tower, before being surpassed by the Tokyo Skytree in 2011.<\/p>\nThe farthest manmade leaning building<\/a>:\u00a0Capital Gate in Abu Dhabi, UAE<\/h2>\n![\"farthest](\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/farthest-leaning-building.jpg\")
<\/a>Photo: imgur<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nInclination:<\/strong> 18 degrees
\nHeight:<\/strong> 525 feet, 35 floors
\nInteresting facts:<\/strong>\u00a0Capital Gate’s 18-degree incline is nearly five times the angle of Italy’s Leaning Tower of Pisa. Unlike the Tower of Pisa, which slanted with time, Capital Gate was designed at an angle, made possible by staggering floor plates from the 12th floor up.<\/p>\nLargest solar-powered building<\/a>: Sun-Moon Mansion\u00a0in Dezhou,\u00a0China<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Photo: imgur<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nHeight:<\/strong> 1,082 feet Height:<\/strong> 2,716 feet, 163 floors, plus 46 maintenance levels in the spire and two parking levels in the basement Height:<\/strong> 1,356 feet, 101 floors Height:<\/strong> 1,166 feet, 77\u00a0floors Jump height:<\/strong> 2,716 feet Height:<\/strong> 1,482 feet Jump height:<\/strong> 653 feet Size:<\/strong> 328 feet long, 131 feet wide Interesting fact<\/strong>:<\/strong> Guinness World Records says it believes<\/em> the building is the heaviest in the world. A good bet since it was constructed from 1.5 billion pounds of steel and bronze combined with 35.3 million cubic feet\u00a0of marble, 7.7 million pounds\u00a0of crystal glass and 31.7 million cubic feet\u00a0of wood. The 12-story palace\u00a0cost about $3.76 billion USD to build.<\/p>\n Height:<\/strong> 1,387 feet, on the 106 floor Inclination:<\/strong> 18 degrees
\nInteresting facts:<\/strong>\u00a0Construction on the 105-story hotel began in\u00a01987 and was halted in 1992 when the country fell on hard economic times. The project was resurrected in 2008, and in 2011 the exterior was completed. The opening of the hotel has since been scheduled several times but keeps getting postponed. In 2012 the Daily Mail reported the 3,000-room\u00a0inn\u00a0would open in 2013<\/a>,\u00a0an astonishing 26 years after construction began. It did not<\/a>.<\/p>\nTallest building<\/a>\/most floors in a building<\/a>:\u00a0Burj Khalifa\u00a0in Dubai, UAE<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Photo: imgur<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
\nInteresting fact:<\/strong>\u00a0The design of the Burj Khalifa\u00a0is said to be inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright’s The Illinois<\/a>, circa\u00a01956.\u00a0Of course the big difference between the two towers, besides the fact that Wright’s was never built, is that The Illinois would have been twice as tall as the half mile-high Burj.<\/p>\nTallest residential building<\/a>:\u00a0Princess Tower in Dubai, UAE<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Photo: Wikimedia<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
\nInteresting fact:<\/strong>\u00a0The Princess Tower is part of the world\u2019s tallest residential neighborhood. In addition to Princess and 23 Marina<\/a>, the previous tallest residential building in the world,\u00a0the Dubai neighborhood includes The Torch<\/a>, a 1,105-foot\u00a0tower\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a01,399-foot Marina 101<\/a>, which will be completed in 2015<\/a>.<\/p>\nTallest hotel<\/a>:\u00a0The JW Marriott Marquis Hotel in Dubai, UAE<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Photo: JW Marriott<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
\nInteresting facts:<\/strong>\u00a0The first of two tower at the JW Marriott Marquis Hotel in Dubai was christened the world’s tallest hotel in March 2013. The\u00a0684-room building, which took seven years to complete, boasts 10\u00a0restaurants, four bars, two lounges, two ballrooms and a\u00a043,000-square-foot spa and health club.<\/p>\nHighest BASE jump from a building<\/a>:\u00a0Off the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai, UAE<\/h2>\n
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\nInteresting fact:<\/strong> The world’s tallest building was the site of the previous highest\u00a0BASE jumping set in 2010<\/a>. France’s\u00a0Fred Fugen and Vince Reffet were able to best the mark on Aril 21st, 2014, by jumping off a temporary platform placed on top of the Burj’s spire. You can watch the\u00a0stunt in its entirety here<\/a>.<\/p>\nTallest twin towers<\/a>:\u00a0Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Photo:\u00a0Jeroen P\/Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
\nInteresting fact:<\/strong> The Petronas Towers are likely going to\u00a0lose their title to a pair of Dubai towers<\/a>\u00a0recently proposed as part of the\u00a064.5 million-square-foot Creek Harbour project.<\/p>\nHighest bungee jump from a building<\/a>: From the\u00a0Macau Tower\u00a0in\u00a0Macau, China<\/h2>\n
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\nInteresting fact:<\/strong> AJ Hackett of New Zealand leaped off a platform 764 feet up the Macau Tower in Macau, China on December 17th 2006. Why the discrepancy in jump height vs. building height? The distance between the ground and Hackett\u00a0during the lowest point of his fall\u00a0was 111 feet. As Guiness World Records points out, this is a lot different to people who claim to have jumped\u00a0off the highest building, but used a short bungee cord. The full video of Hackett’s stunt is here<\/a>.<\/p>\nLargest building made of mud<\/a>:\u00a0The Grand Mosque in Djenn\u00e9, Mali<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Photo: UN Mission in Mali\/Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
\nInteresting facts:<\/strong>\u00a0The first mosque on the site was built around the 13th century, but the current structure dates back to 1907. One of the most famous landmarks in Africa, the mosque\u00a0was\u00a0designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988.<\/p>\nHeaviest building<\/a>: The Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, Romania<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Photo: Wikimedia<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nBuilding with the highest revolving restaurant<\/a>:\u00a0Canton Tower, Guangzhou, China.<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/a>Photos: Wikimedia<\/a>, Canton Tower<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
\nInteresting fact:<\/strong> The revolving restaurant known as\u00a0Twist sits on top of the structure that briefly held the title of tallest freestanding tower in the world<\/a>, replacing the CN Tower, before being surpassed by the Tokyo Skytree in 2011.<\/p>\nThe farthest manmade leaning building<\/a>:\u00a0Capital Gate in Abu Dhabi, UAE<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Photo: imgur<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
\nHeight:<\/strong> 525 feet, 35 floors
\nInteresting facts:<\/strong>\u00a0Capital Gate’s 18-degree incline is nearly five times the angle of Italy’s Leaning Tower of Pisa. Unlike the Tower of Pisa, which slanted with time, Capital Gate was designed at an angle, made possible by staggering floor plates from the 12th floor up.<\/p>\nLargest solar-powered building<\/a>: Sun-Moon Mansion\u00a0in Dezhou,\u00a0China<\/h2>\n
![\"Sun-Moon](\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Sun-Moon-Mansion.jpg\")
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