Standing at the base of the Great Pyramid, it is hard to imagine that this monument—which remained the tallest building ... world. About 2,550 B.C., King Khufu, the second pharaoh of the fourth ...

The first of its kind, Ascent is also the tallest timber-concrete hybrid building in the world. Tim Gokhman, one of the developers of Ascent, says building costs are comparable to more traditional ...

Shenzhen ranks second, with 443 buildings over 492 feet, followed by New York with 317 skyscrapers with Dubai coming in fourth ... Kong's tallest building and the 13th tallest building in the world.