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	138	145	Shun Hing Square	Shenzhen	China	324m	69	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
2	9	144	151	CITIC Plaza	Guangzhou	China	321m	80	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
3	19	334	350	Republic Plaza	Singapore	Singapore	280m	66	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
4	42	581	619	Rinku Gate Tower	Izumisano	Japan	256m	56	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
5	79	1026	1100	Wisma 46	Jakarta	Indonesia	230m	46	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
6	97	1182	1273	Centerpoint Energy Plaza	Houston	United States	225m	53	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
7	109	1242	1344	Millenia Tower	Singapore	Singapore	223m	41	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
8	121	1299	1412	Jewelry Trade Center	Bangkok	Thailand	220m	59	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
9	144	1593	1728	Xinjinqiao Mansion	Shanghai	China	212m	38	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
10	180	2053	2223	Baihua Plaza	Foshan	China	203m	54	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
11	197	2411	2597	Metro Plaza I	Guangzhou	China	198m	48	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
12	222	2644	2854	Thai Wah Tower II	Bangkok	Thailand	194m	60	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
13	266	3075	3328	Abdulrahim Place	Bangkok	Thailand	187m	34	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
14	308	3516	3810	Tipco Tower	Bangkok	Thailand	180m	40	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
15	354	3977	4316	Truroll Plaza	Wuhan	China	176m	47	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
16	392	4250	4626	Shen Fang Plaza	Shenzhen	China	173m	53	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
17	405	4305	4693	Shenzhen Development Bank	Shenzhen	China	172m	35	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
18	451	4801	5234	Miramar Towers I	Panama City	Panama	168m	55	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
18	451	4801	5234	GIE Tower	Guangzhou	China	168m	35	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
20	481	5067	5528	China Construction Bank Tower	Guangzhou	China	166m	47	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
21	494	5152	5625	News Center Building	Shenzhen	China	165m	37	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
22	510	5281	5769	RS Tower	Bangkok	Thailand	164m	41	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
23	526	5359	5862	Amartapura I	Tangerang	Indonesia	163m	52	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
24	541	5459	5976	Rufino Pacific Tower	Makati	Philippines	162m	41	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
25	555	5618	6148	Arcos Torre I	Mexico City	Mexico	161m	35	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
26	574	5754	6302	The Scene Johuku	Nagoya	Japan	160m	46	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
26	574	5754	6302	Ayala Tower One	Makati	Philippines	160m	35	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
28	608	6089	6669	Platinum Tower	Panama City	Panama	158m	47	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
29	625	6239	6835	Torre Le Parc	Buenos Aires	Argentina	157m	51	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
29	625	6239	6835	SVOA Tower	Bangkok	Thailand	157m	36	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
31	695	6700	7364	Imperial Court Block C	Hong Kong	China	154m	52	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
31	695	6700	7364	Menara Matahari	Tangerang	Indonesia	154m	41	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
33	709	6811	7487	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	6970	7673	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%	0.52%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 4.95 MB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 4.88 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%	1.48%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 172 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 170 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%	0.66%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 214 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 211 kB
United States	1	2.44%	0.11%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 1.17 MB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 1.16 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%	1.37%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 698 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 689 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: 367 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 363 kB
Shenzhen	4	9.76%	0.64%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 866 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 855 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: 247 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 244 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%	2.5%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 57.1 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 56.4 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