Skyscrapers completed in 1996

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All skyscrapers completed in 1996 ranked by height
Cities with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1996
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20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1996
Most western/eastern/northern/southern skyscraper on December 31st, 1996

All skyscrapers completed in 1996 ranked by height
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Rank only 1996	Rank until 1996	Rank since 1996	Rank Today	Name	City	Country	Height	Floors
1	8	137	144	Shun Hing Square	Shenzhen	China	324m	69	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
2	9	143	150	CITIC Plaza	Guangzhou	China	321m	80	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
3	19	330	346	Republic Plaza	Singapore	Singapore	280m	66	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
4	42	569	607	Rinku Gate Tower	Izumisano	Japan	256m	56	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
5	79	1007	1081	Wisma 46	Jakarta	Indonesia	230m	46	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
6	97	1160	1251	Centerpoint Energy Plaza	Houston	United States	225m	53	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
7	109	1217	1319	Millenia Tower	Singapore	Singapore	223m	41	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
8	121	1272	1385	Jewelry Trade Center	Bangkok	Thailand	220m	59	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
9	144	1558	1693	Xinjinqiao Mansion	Shanghai	China	212m	38	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
10	180	2007	2177	Baihua Plaza	Foshan	China	203m	54	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
11	197	2354	2540	Metro Plaza I	Guangzhou	China	198m	48	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
12	222	2582	2792	Thai Wah Tower II	Bangkok	Thailand	194m	60	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
13	266	2999	3252	Abdulrahim Place	Bangkok	Thailand	187m	34	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
14	308	3434	3728	Tipco Tower	Bangkok	Thailand	180m	40	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
15	354	3890	4229	Truroll Plaza	Wuhan	China	176m	47	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
16	392	4162	4538	Shen Fang Plaza	Shenzhen	China	173m	53	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
17	405	4217	4605	Shenzhen Development Bank	Shenzhen	China	172m	35	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
18	451	4697	5130	Miramar Towers I	Panama City	Panama	168m	55	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
18	451	4697	5130	GIE Tower	Guangzhou	China	168m	35	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
20	481	4962	5423	China Construction Bank Tower	Guangzhou	China	166m	47	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
21	494	5046	5519	News Center Building	Shenzhen	China	165m	37	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
22	510	5175	5663	RS Tower	Bangkok	Thailand	164m	41	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
23	526	5253	5756	Amartapura I	Tangerang	Indonesia	163m	52	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
24	541	5353	5870	Rufino Pacific Tower	Makati	Philippines	162m	41	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
25	555	5512	6042	Arcos Torre I	Mexico City	Mexico	161m	35	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
26	574	5648	6196	The Scene Johuku	Nagoya	Japan	160m	46	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
26	574	5648	6196	Ayala Tower One	Makati	Philippines	160m	35	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
28	608	5974	6554	Platinum Tower	Panama City	Panama	158m	47	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
29	625	6123	6719	Torre Le Parc	Buenos Aires	Argentina	157m	51	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
29	625	6123	6719	SVOA Tower	Bangkok	Thailand	157m	36	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
31	695	6579	7243	Imperial Court Block C	Hong Kong	China	154m	52	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
31	695	6579	7243	Menara Matahari	Tangerang	Indonesia	154m	41	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
33	709	6689	7365	The Peak	Sydney	Australia	153m	46	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
				Metro City I Tower 3	Hong Kong	China		43	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
				Metro City I Tower 4	Hong Kong	China		43	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
				Metro City I Tower 5	Hong Kong	China		43	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
				Metro City I Tower 6	Hong Kong	China		43	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
				Metro City I Tower 1	Hong Kong	China		42	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
				Metro City I Tower 2	Hong Kong	China		42	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
				World Trade Tower	Shanghai	China		31	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
41	744	6848	7551	Riverside Hotel Central Tower	Guangzhou	China	152m	45	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
Combined height of all skyscrapers completed in 1996: 7.567 kilometres
26 of 41 skyscrapers completed in 1996 have photos so far.

Countries with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1996
Country	New Skyscrapers	Percentage of all skyscrapers
Country	New Skyscrapers	...completed in 1996	...of that country
China	20	48.78%	0.53%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 4.86 MB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 4.8 MB
Thailand	6	14.63%	4.17%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 202 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 199 kB
Indonesia	3	7.32%	2.26%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 190 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 187 kB
Japan	2	4.88%	0.72%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 383 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 378 kB
Singapore	2	4.88%	2.27%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 124 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 122 kB
Panama	2	4.88%	3.03%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 82.9 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 81.6 kB
Philippines	2	4.88%	1.49%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 171 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 169 kB
Argentina	1	2.44%	8.33%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 15.6 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 15.4 kB
Mexico	1	2.44%	2.04%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 62.2 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 61.2 kB
Australia	1	2.44%	0.67%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 212 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 209 kB
United States	1	2.44%	0.12%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 1.16 MB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 1.15 MB

Cities with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1996
City	New Skyscrapers	Percentage of all skyscrapers
City	New Skyscrapers	...completed in 1996	...of that city
Hong Kong	7	17.07%	1.39%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 691 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 681 kB
Bangkok	6	14.63%	4.76%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 178 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 176 kB
Guangzhou	5	12.2%	1.92%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 369 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 364 kB
Shenzhen	4	9.76%	0.67%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 826 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 815 kB
Tangerang	2	4.88%	40%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 6.58 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 6.49 kB
Panama City	2	4.88%	3.03%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 82.8 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 81.6 kB
Makati	2	4.88%	3.57%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 70.9 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 69.8 kB
Shanghai	2	4.88%	1.1%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 246 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 242 kB
Singapore	2	4.88%	2.38%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 124 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 122 kB
Mexico City	1	2.44%	4%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 31.6 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 31.1 kB
Nagoya	1	2.44%	7.69%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 16.4 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 16.1 kB
Izumisano	1	2.44%	100%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 1.54 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 1.52 kB
Buenos Aires	1	2.44%	8.33%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 15.5 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 15.3 kB
Jakarta	1	2.44%	0.87%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 167 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 165 kB
Wuhan	1	2.44%	0.28%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 439 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 432 kB
Foshan	1	2.44%	2%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 68.4 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 67.5 kB
Sydney	1	2.44%	2.56%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 55.9 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 55.2 kB
Houston	1	2.44%	2.56%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 49.8 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 49.1 kB

Historic list of tallest skyscrapers 20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1996
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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	Central Plaza	Hong Kong	China	330m	78	1992	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
8	Shun Hing Square	Shenzhen	China	324m	69	1996	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
9	CITIC Plaza	Guangzhou	China	321m	80	1996	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
10	Bank of China Tower	Hong Kong	China	315m	72	1990	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
11	U.S. Bank Tower	Los Angeles	United States	310m	72	1990	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
12	JPMorgan Chase Tower	Houston	United States	305m	75	1982	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
13	Wells Fargo Plaza	Houston	United States	302m	71	1983	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
14	First Canadian Place	Toronto	Canada	298m	72	1975	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
15	Landmark Tower	Yokohama	Japan	296m	73	1993	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
16	311 South Wacker Drive	Chicago	United States	292m	65	1990	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
17	Columbia Center	Seattle	United States	284m	76	1984	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
18	Chrysler Building	New York City	United States	282m	77	1930	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
19	Overseas Union Bank Centre	Singapore	Singapore	280m	83	1986	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
19	United Overseas Bank Plaza One	Singapore	Singapore	280m	66	1992	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
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Most western/eastern/northern/southern skyscraper in 1996
Most...	Name	City	Country	Height	Floors	From...to
...western	Wells Fargo Center	Portland	United States	166m	40	1973-2008	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 49.8 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 49.1 kB
...eastern	Waterfront Place	Brisbane	Australia	162m	40	1990-1999	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 49.8 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 49.1 kB
...northern	Radisson Royal Hotel	Moscow	Russia	206m	34	1955-2002	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 49.8 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 49.1 kB
...southern	Rialto Towers	Melbourne	Australia	251m	63	1986-1996	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 49.8 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 49.1 kB
Most western/eastern/northern/southern supertall in 1996
...western	U.S. Bank Tower	Los Angeles	United States	310m	72	1990-2017	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 49.8 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 49.1 kB
...eastern	Central Plaza	Hong Kong	China	330m	78	1992-1996	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 49.8 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 49.1 kB
...northern	John Hancock Center	Chicago	United States	343m	100	1969-2012	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 49.8 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 49.1 kB
...southern	Bank of China Tower	Hong Kong	China	315m	72	1990-1997	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 49.8 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 49.1 kB
SHOW MOST WESTERN/EASTERN/NORTHERN/SOUTHERN OVER TIME

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Skyscrapers completed in 1996

All skyscrapers completed in 1996 ranked by height

Combined height of all skyscrapers completed in 1996: 7.567 kilometres

Countries with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1996

Cities with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1996

Historic list of tallest skyscrapers20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1996

Most western/eastern/northern/southern skyscraper in 1996

Most western/eastern/northern/southern supertall in 1996

Historic list of tallest skyscrapers
20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1996