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.
High-rise building
Currently, the tallest residential building in the world is 432 Park Avenue located in Midtown Manhattan, having a height of 1,396 feet with the highest occupied floor at 1,287 feet.