List of tallest buildings and structures
The tallest artificial structure is Burj Khalifa, a skyscraper in Dubai that reached in height on January 17, 2009. By April 7, 2008 it had been built higher than the KVLY-TV mast in North Dakota, USA. That September it officially surpassed Poland's Warsaw radio mast, which stood from 1974 to 1991, to become the tallest structure ever built. Guyed lattice towers such as these masts had held the world height record since 1954.
List of tallest buildings in Asia
This list of tallest buildings in Asia ranks skyscrapers which are at least tall. The tallest building in Asia (and the tallest in the world) is Burj Khalifa, which stands which was opened on January 4, 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.