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List of tallest twin buildings and structures

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List of tallest twin buildings and structures
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The term twin towers in architecture refers to two tall structures with nearly identical characteristics and similar height, usually constructed close to each other and part of a single complex. The charts below lists most twin and other multi-column structures with similar characteristics. Buildings and structures shorter than 90 m (300 ft) are not included.

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Tallest twin buildings in the world
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Twin buildings

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The Petronas Twin Towers located in Kuala Lumpur are currently the tallest-twin buildings in the world.
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  Indicates buildings still under construction that have been architecturally topped out but not yet fully opened
  All Buildings currently under construction.
  All Buildings approved.
  All Buildings proposed.
  All Buildings stopped construction.
  All buildings which were originally proposed as a pair of buildings, but only one was built.

Completed or topped-out buildings

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The Imperial Twin Towers in Mumbai, India.
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Yachthouse Residence Club in Brazil serve as the tallest twin towers in the Western Hemisphere.
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JW Marriott Marquis Dubai, the third tallest twin buildings in the world. It is also the world's second tallest hotel globally.
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The St. Francis Shangri-La Place, Philippines
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Colombo's WTC towers on the right—the tallest twin buildings in Sri-Lanka. Also visible the BOC tower on the left, the Galadari hotel and the Presidential Secretariat.
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City National Plaza, in Los Angeles, was briefly the tallest twin building complex in the world, until the NYC World Trade Center was completed.
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The Torres de Santa Cruz on Tenerife are the tallest twin buildings in Spain.
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Taipei's Far Eastern Plaza resides as the tallest twin buildings in Taiwan.
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Marina City, Chicago, the tallest twin buildings in the world when they were completed in the 1960s


The following list includes only twin buildings that are continuously habitable over 90 m (300 ft).

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Under construction

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Proposed, approved, or on hold

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The original World Trade Center in New York City pictured in March 2001, six months before they were destroyed.
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Destroyed or cancelled

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Buildings and structures with more than two identical columns

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List by continent

The following list shows the tallest completed twin buildings located in each continent:

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Notes

  • A. ^ By pinnacle height (height to tip of antenna, in this case)

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