Skyscrapers completed in 1978

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All skyscrapers completed in 1978 ranked by height
Cities with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1978
Countries with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1978
20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1978
Most western/eastern/northern/southern skyscraper on December 31st, 1978

All skyscrapers completed in 1978 ranked by height
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Rank only 1978	Rank until 1978	Rank since 1978	Rank Today	Name	City	Country	Height	Floors
1	22	865	886	Sunshine 60 Tower	Tokyo	Japan	240m	60	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
2	51	1919	1968	Shinjuku Nomura Building	Tokyo	Japan	209m	53	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
3	55	2063	2115	LyondellBassell Tower	Houston	United States	206m	47	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
4	89	3248	3333	ANZ Tower - Collins Place	Melbourne	Australia	188m	46	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
5	95	3560	3650	Federal Reserve Building	Boston	United States	184m	32	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
6	166	5477	5637	Silver Tower	Frankfurt	Germany	166m	32	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
7	216	6601	6810	Devon Energy Center	Houston	United States	158m	36	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
8	255	7273	7520	Anaconda Tower	Denver	United States	154m	40	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
9	260	7395	7646	The Sheffield 57	New York City	United States	153m	50	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
9	260	7395	7646	Centro Candido Mendes	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	153m	43	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
Combined height of all skyscrapers completed in 1978: 1.811 kilometres
6 of 10 skyscrapers completed in 1978 have photos so far.

Countries with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1978
Country	New Skyscrapers	Percentage of all skyscrapers
Country	New Skyscrapers	...completed in 1978	...of that country
United States	5	50%	0.57%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 1.17 MB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 1.16 MB
Japan	2	20%	0.72%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 383 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 378 kB
Australia	1	10%	0.66%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 214 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 211 kB
Brazil	1	10%	1.89%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 68.3 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 67.3 kB
Germany	1	10%	4.17%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 33.3 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 32.9 kB

Cities with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1978
City	New Skyscrapers	Percentage of all skyscrapers
City	New Skyscrapers	...completed in 1978	...of that city
Tokyo	2	20%	1.14%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 250 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 247 kB
Houston	2	20%	5.13%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 49.8 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 49.1 kB
Melbourne	1	10%	1.37%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 107 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 105 kB
Rio de Janeiro	1	10%	50%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 3.21 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 3.18 kB
Frankfurt	1	10%	5%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 27.8 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 27.4 kB
Boston	1	10%	4.35%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 29.6 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 29.2 kB
Denver	1	10%	12.5%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 10.5 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 10.3 kB
New York City	1	10%	0.33%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 458 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 453 kB

Historic list of tallest skyscrapers 20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1978
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Rank	Name	City	Country	Height	Floors	Year
1	Sears Tower	Chicago	United States	442m	108	1974	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
2	1 World Trade Center	New York City	United States	417m	110	1972	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
3	2 World Trade Center	New York City	United States	415m	110	1973	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
4	Empire State Building	New York City	United States	381m	102	1931	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
5	Aon Center	Chicago	United States	346m	83	1973	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
6	John Hancock Center	Chicago	United States	343m	100	1969	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
7	First Canadian Place	Toronto	Canada	298m	72	1975	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
8	Chrysler Building	New York City	United States	282m	77	1930	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
9	Citicorp Center	New York City	United States	278m	63	1977	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
10	The Trump Building	New York City	United States	275m	71	1930	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
11	Chase Tower	Chicago	United States	264m	61	1969	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
12	Water Tower Place	Chicago	United States	261m	74	1976	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
12	Aon Center	Los Angeles	United States	261m	62	1974	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
14	Transamerica Pyramid	San Francisco	United States	260m	48	1972	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
15	GE Building	New York City	United States	259m	70	1933	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
15	American International Building	New York City	United States	259m	67	1932	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
17	U.S. Steel Tower	Pittsburgh	United States	256m	64	1970	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
18	One Chase Manhattan Plaza	New York City	United States	247m	60	1961	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
19	MetLife Building	New York City	United States	246m	59	1963	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
20	Woolworth Building	New York City	United States	241m	58	1913	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
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Most western/eastern/northern/southern skyscraper in 1978
Most...	Name	City	Country	Height	Floors	From...to
...western	Wells Fargo Center	Portland	United States	166m	40	1973-2008	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 458 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 453 kB
...eastern	MLC Centre	Sydney	Australia	228m	60	1977-1978	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 458 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 453 kB
...northern	Radisson Royal Hotel	Moscow	Russia	206m	34	1955-2002	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 458 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 453 kB
...southern	Optus Centre	Melbourne	Australia	153m	34	1975-1985	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 458 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 453 kB
Most western/eastern/northern/southern supertall in 1978
...western	Sears Tower	Chicago	United States	442m	108	1974-1981	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 458 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 453 kB
...eastern	Empire State Building	New York City	United States	381m	102	1931-1989	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 458 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 453 kB
...northern	John Hancock Center	Chicago	United States	343m	100	1969-2012	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 458 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 453 kB
...southern	2 World Trade Center	New York City	United States	415m	110	1973-1981	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 458 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 453 kB
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Skyscrapers completed in 1978

All skyscrapers completed in 1978 ranked by height

Combined height of all skyscrapers completed in 1978: 1.811 kilometres

Countries with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1978

Cities with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1978

Historic list of tallest skyscrapers20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1978

Most western/eastern/northern/southern skyscraper in 1978

Most western/eastern/northern/southern supertall in 1978

Historic list of tallest skyscrapers
20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1978