List of tallest no longer existing buildings

The list of tallest no longer existing buildings contains a list of all high-rise buildings over 100 meters high that have already been demolished or destroyed. This can be done, for example, by demolition , blasting , but also in other ways.

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The tallest building that no longer exists is the World Trade Center complex in New York City , which was completely destroyed by a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 . With a total height of 417 meters, the north tower was also for a short time the tallest skyscraper in the world. This title was also held by the New York Singer Building , which, with a height of 187 meters, is still the highest planned demolished building in the world. It was demolished in 1968 after the skyscraper had lived for 60 years, together with the neighboring City Investing Building . The title of the tallest abandoned skyscraper will go to the 215-meter-high JP Morgan World Headquarters at 270 Park Avenue, also in New York City , at the beginning of the next decade , the demolition of which will begin in 2019 and will last for 2 years. The high-rise building on the Raderberggürtel in Cologne has been planned to be demolished by blasting for several years . At 138 meters it would be the highest building ever blown up, but the date has been postponed several times. The Frankfurt AfE tower remains the tallest blown building in Germany and the Bayer high-rise in Leverkusen the tallest that no longer exists.

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  The World Trade Center is the tallest building complex that no longer exists

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  The demolition work at JP Morgan World Headquarters in October 2019

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  The Singer Building is the tallest demolished building in the world

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  The demolition work on the radio house on the Raderberggürtel in February 2020

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  The Bayer skyscraper is the tallest demolished building in Germany

List of tallest no longer existing buildings

E. = floors, BJ = year of construction (year of completion)

No.	building	city	Country	height	E.	BJ	End of inventory	Remarks
1	One World Trade Center	New York City	United States	417 m	110	1972	2001	Was the tallest building in the world from 1972 to 1974 . On September 11, 2001 destroyed by a terrorist attack.
2	Two World Trade Center	New York City	United States	415 m	110	1973	2001	Destroyed by a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001
3	Singer Building	New York City	United States	187 m	48	1908	1968	Was the tallest building in the world from 1908 to 1909. To date, the world's tallest abandoned skyscraper.
4th	World Trade Center 7	New York City	United States	174 m	47	1987	2001	Destroyed by a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001.
5	CPF Building	Singapore	Singapore	171 m	45	1976	2018
6th	Morrison Hotel	Chicago	United States	160 m	45	1925	1965
7th	Deutsche Bank Building	New York City	United States	157 m	39	1974	2011	Was demolished as a result of the damage caused by the attack on the neighboring World Trade Center in 2011.
8th	UIC Building	Singapore	Singapore	152 m	40	1974	2013
9	One Meridian Plaza	Philadelphia	United States	150 m	38	1972	1999	Demolished as a result of a fire in 1991.
10	Menera Do Razak	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	150 m	37	1983	2014
11	City Investing Building	New York City	United States	148 m	33	1908	1968	Torn down together with the Singer Building.
12	The Ritz-Carlton	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	142 m	31	1993	2009
13	Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka	Tokyo	Japan	141 m	39	1982	2013
14th	Hennessy Center	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	140 m	41	1983	2008
15th	The Harmon	Las Vegas	United States	138 m	27	2009	2015	The building was demolished before it opened after structural damage was found.
16	Ardmore Park Old Block 1	Singapore	Singapore	137 m	36	1978	2009
17th	Ardmore Park Old Block 2	Singapore	Singapore	137 m	36	1978	2009
18th	Ardmore Park Old Block 3	Singapore	Singapore	137 m	36	1978	2009
19th	Savoy Plaza Hotel	New York City	United States	136 m	33	1930	1964	The General Motors Building was built on the site
20th	National City Bank Building	New York City	United States	132 m	32	1928	1986
21st	State Office Block	Sydney	Australia	128 m	35	1965	1997
22nd	Shinsei Bank Headquarters	Tokyo	Japan	126 m	21st	1993	2013
23	CAGA House	Sydney	Australia	125 m	30th	1977	1992
24	Greater Hudson Store	Detroit	United States	125 m	29	1911	1998
25th	Crowne Plaza Mutiara KL	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	123 m	36	1973	2015
26th	Chongqing Chaotianmen Hotel	Chongqing	People's Republic of China	123 m	31	1998	2012
27	Bayer skyscraper	Leverkusen	Germany	122 m	32	1963	2012
28	Henninger Tower	Frankfurt	Germany	120 m	30th	1961	2013	In 2018, the successor building was opened here, which is optically based on the old Henninger tower, but is 140 meters high.
29	Westpac Bank Building	Sydney	Australia	119 m	30th	1971	2017
30th	Ocean building	Singapore	Singapore	119 m	28	1974	2007
31	First National Bank Building	Pittsburgh	United States	118 m	26th	1912	1970
32	Hanover National Bank Building	New York City	United States	117 m	22nd	1903	1931
33	AfE tower	Frankfurt	Germany	116 m	32	1974	2014	The tallest blown up building in Europe.
34	Ocean Tower	South Padre Island	United States	116 m	31		2009	The largest blown building in the world by weight
35	Knickerbocker Trust Building	New York City	United States	116 m	27	1909	1964
36	GINWA Enterprise Building	Xi'an	People's Republic of China	116 m	26th	1999	2016
37	Landmark Tower	Fort Worth	United States	116 m	30th	1957	2006
38	Empire Landmark Hotel	Vancouver	Canada	116 m	40	1973	2019
39	Trinity Court	New York City	United States	114 m	25th	1927	2015
40	Landmark Hotel & Casino	Las Vegas	United States	111 m	31	1969	1995
41	Wilson Mendes Caldeira	São Paulo	Brazil	110 m	32	1963	1975
42	Central International Rogier	Brussels	Belgium	110 m	30th	1960	2001
43	Goldfield House	Sydney	Australia	110 m	25th	1966	2018
44	Furama Kempinski Hotel	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	110 m	33	1976	2002
45	Stardust West Tower	Las Vegas	United States	109 m	32	1976	2007
46	Risona Maruha Building	Tokyo	Japan	108 m	24	1978	2013
47	Sheraton Lincoln Hotel	Houston	United States	107 m	28	1962	2011
48	60 Wall Street	New York City	United States	107 m	26th	1905	1977	The successor building is also called 60 Wall Street .
49	Hotel Sofitel	Tokyo	Japan	106 m	26th	1994	2008
50	Manhattan Life Insurance Building	New York City	United States	106 m	18th	1894	1964	Was the tallest office building in the world from 1894 to 1899.
51	New York Coliseum	New York City	United States	105 m	26th	1956	2000	The Time Warner Center was built on the area of ​​the Coliseum .
52	Farmers Bank Building	Pittsburgh	United States	105 m	25th	1902	1997
53	Yasuda Fuji Otemachi Coop Building	Tokyo	Japan	105 m	24	1990	2012
54	Edificio Windsor	Madrid	Spain	104 m	32	1979	2005	On February 12, 2005 the building burned down almost completely and was then torn down.
55	Yu Chui Court Block D	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	104 m	34		2001
56	Yu Chui Court Block E.	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	104 m	34		2001
57	Capital Plaza Office Tower	Frankfort	United States	103 m	28	1972	2018
58	Water Sewerage and Drainage Board Building	Sydney	Australia	103 m	28	1965	2017
59	BASF high-rise	Ludwigshafen	Germany	102 m	22nd	1957	2014
60	Tall Oscar	Hagen	Germany	101 m	23	1973	2004
61	Tower building	Baltimore	United States	101 m	16	1912	1986
62	Drapers Gardens	London	United Kingdom	100 m	30th	1967	2007
63	Mitsui Bussan Building	Tokyo	Japan	100 m	24	1974	2016
64	Three George Hotel	Chongqing	People's Republic of China	100 m	22nd		2012
65	Richfield Building	los Angeles	United States	100 m	12	1929	1967

See also

• List of tallest buildings in the world
• List of the tallest structures of their time
• List of tallest office buildings in the world
• List of tallest buildings in Asia
• List of tallest buildings in the United States
• List of tallest buildings in the People's Republic of China
• List of tallest buildings in Germany

Web links

Skyscraper Center: List of tallest buildings destroyed

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World record demolition on Cologne's Raderberg belt threatens to fail . In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger , February 9, 2017. Accessed March 6, 2019.
2. ↑ AfE-Turm highest tower blown up - a European record by Stefan Röttele on welt.de on January 8, 2014. Accessed on March 6, 2019