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When it comes to ranking the world's tallest structures, freestanding towers have a long and proud history of displacing skyscrapers as the loftiest construction projects on earth.
It was Moscow's Ostankino Tower that finally snatched the Empire State Building's title as world's tallest structure when it was completed in 1967 - 36 years after the New York icon first topped the world. And it was another tower, Toronto's CN Tower, that gained the title nine years later when it topped out at 553m, just 13m more than the Russia building.
This list consists solely of non-habitable freestanding towers. While it could be argued that the Burj Khalifa should sit atop this category, the Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat lists buildings, such as skyscrapers and supertall hotel, office and residential properties separately from freestanding towers.
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We’ve also based the list on current published heights. Changes to specifications on towers may have taken place (changes to broadcast equipment, mast heights), but we’ve stuck to official claims published by the CTBUH for the sake of clarity. Any changes made will be reflected in constant monitoring of this list.
We've also excluded ongoing projects, projects under construction and those that may have been approved but have yet to be started.
The World's 10 tallest freestanding towers
1. CN Tower
2. Ostankino Tower
3. Oriental Pearl Tower
4. Milad Tower
5. Menara Kuala Lumpur
6. Tianjin Radio & TV Tower
7. Central Radio & TV Tower
8. Kiev TV Tower
9. Gerbrandy Tower
10. Tashkent Tower
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The main design and build contractor of Milad Tower is Boland Payeh Co. not Heydari.