Tallest Building in US

In the United States, Chicago and New York City seem to have become the favorites among construction companies when it comes tor construction of skyscrapers. As many as 8 of the 10 tallest buildings in the United States are located in these two cities. The city of Chicago though, has an edge over New York City - with three of its buildings featuring in the top 5. What is even more interesting is the fact that it is home to the tallest building - measuring 442 meters or 1451 ft tall, in the United States.

Tallest Building in US: Willis Tower

Willis Tower - more popular as the Sears Tower - is a 108 floor skyscraper located in Chicago city of Illinois. It measures a whopping 442 m (1451 ft) tall, and that is excluding its antenna or spire - which makes it 527 m (or 1,730 ft) tall. The Willis Tower has been in limelight since it was constructed back in 1974. In fact, it once boasted of being the tallest building in the entire world. The building was constructed over a period of three years from 1970-1973. On its completion in 1974, the Willis Tower surpassed the World Trade Center (New York City) to become the world's tallest. It continued to be at the top, until 1998 - when the Petronas Twin Towers (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) dislodged it for the top position. Even though it is the 7th tallest building in the world as of today, Willis Tower has ruled the top spot for a record 25 years. Initially named the Sears Tower, this skyscraper was renamed the Willis Tower on 16th July, 2009.

Other Tall Buildings in the USA

At the 100th position in this list of America's tallest buildings we have 4 buildings - the 777 Tower (Los Angeles,) Fullbright Tower (Houston,) One Mellon Center (Pittsburgh) and the Olympia Center (Chicago), each of which is a staggering 221 m tall. This, in turn, means that there are a hundred buildings in the United States which measure more than 220 m as of today - given below is a list of the 10 among these.

Rank	Name of the Building	Location	Height (M)	Height (ft)	Total Floors
1	Willis Tower	Chicago	442	1,451	108
2	Trump International Hotel and Tower	Chicago	423	1,389	98
3	Empire State Building	New York City	381	1,250	102
4	Bank of America Tower	New York City	366	1,200	54
5	Aon Center	Chicago	346	1,136	83
6	John Hancock Center	Chicago	344	1,127	100
7	Chrysler Building	New York City	319	1,046	77
8	New York Times Building	New York City	319	1,046	52
9	Bank of America Plaza	Atlanta	312	1,023	55
10	U.S. Bank Tower	Log Angeles	310	1,018	73

In Comparison With the Tallest Building in the World

Even though United States' tallest, the Willis Tower features at the 7th position in the list of top 10 buildings of the world. At the top of this list is the Burj Khalifa - a recently completed sky scraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, which measures a staggering 828 m (2,717 ft). Interestingly, Burj Khalifa is almost twice as tall as the Willis Tower. The Taipei 101 (508 m), Shanghai World Financial Center (492 m), International Commerce Center (484 m), Petronas Twin Towers (452 m), and the Nanjing Greenland Financial Center (450 m) are the other five marvels of architecture which are enlisted in the top 10 tallest skyscrapers of the world above the Willis Tower.

Lastly, there are quite a few skyscrapers lined up for completion in the next few years to come, each of which is expected to measure a whopping 2000 ft on completion. As of today, however, the distinction of being the tallest American building goes to the Willis Tower - and that's a fact which you can't afford to ignore.