What is List of tallest buildings?
{{More sources|date=November 2019}} {{Dynamic list}} [[File:Tallest Buildings in the World 2020.png|thumb|right|485px|The tallest buildings in 2020]] This '''list of tallest buildings''' includes [[skyscraper]]s with continuously occupiable floors and a height of at least {{val|350|u=m}}. [[Nonbuilding structure|Non-building structures]], such as [[tower]]s, are not included in this list (see [[list of tallest buildings and structures]]). Historically, the world's tallest man-made structure was the ancient tomb - the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]] in [[Egypt]], which held the position for over 3,800 years<ref>{{cite book| last = Collins| first = Dana M.| title = The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt| year = 2001| publisher = Oxford University Press| isbn = 978-0-19-510234-5| page = 234}}</ref> until the construction of [[Lincoln Cathedral]] in England in 1311. Until the completion of the [[Washington Monument]] in 1884 the world's tallest buildings were Christian churches and cathedrals in Europe. The early skyscraper was pioneered in [[Chicago]] with the {{convert|138|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} [[Home Insurance Building]] in 1885, forming the basis for which the United States would hold the position of the world's tallest building throughout the 20th century until 1998, when the [[Petronas Towers]] were completed. Since then only two buildings have held the title: [[Taipei 101]] in 2004 and [[Burj Khalifa]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web | last=GmbH | first=Emporis | title=History of the World's Tallest Buildings | website=EMPORIS | url=https://www.emporis.com/statistics/history-of-worlds-tallest-buildings | access-date=2020-06-22 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622025903/https://www.emporis.com/statistics/history-of-worlds-tallest-buildings | archivedate=2020-06-22}}</ref> Since the beginning of the 21st century, the US, the [[Middle East]], [[China]], and [[Southeast Asia]] have experienced booms in skyscraper construction. == Ranking criteria and alternatives == The international non-profit organization [[Coun