document_title: How to Train Your Dragon 2

question_text: who voices hiccup in how to train your dragon 2

text: How to Train Your Dragon 2

text: Plot[edit]

text: Five years after the Viking village of Berk and the dragons made peace, they now live together in harmony. Hiccup goes on adventures with his dragon, Toothless, as they discover and map unexplored lands. Now 20 years old, he is being pressed by his father, Stoick the Vast, to succeed him as chieftain, although Hiccup remains unsure if he is ready for this responsibility.

text: While investigating a burnt forest, Hiccup and Astrid discover the remains of a fort encased in ice and meet a group of dragon trappers led by Eret, who blames them for his fort's destruction and attempts to capture their dragons for an insane conqueror named Drago Bludvist. The two dragon riders escape and return to Berk to warn Stoick about the dragon army that Drago is amassing. Stoick orders the villagers to fortify the island and prepare for battle. Hiccup, however, refuses to believe that war is inevitable. After Stoick interrupts Hiccup's plan to get Eret to take him to Drago, Stoick explains that he once met Drago at a gathering of chiefs, where Drago, mocked after offering the chiefs his service in return for their servitude, murdered them all using armored dragons, with Stoick as the only survivor. Undeterred, Hiccup flies off with Toothless in search of Drago to try to reason with him.

text: They run into a dragon rider named Valka, who is revealed to be Hiccup's long-lost mother. She explains that she, like her son, could not bring herself to kill dragons. After being carried off during a dragon raid, she spent 20 years rescuing dragons from Drago's traps and bringing them to an island nest created out of ice by a gigantic Alpha dragon called a "Bewilderbeast", which is able to control smaller dragons. Stoick tracks Hiccup to the nest, where he discovers that his wife is still alive. Meanwhile, Astrid and the other riders kidnap Eret to find Drago, but Drago captures them and learns of Berk's dragons.

text: Drago and his armada lay siege to the nest, where he reveals that he has his own Bewilderbeast to challenge the Alpha. A battle ensues between the two colossal dragons, which ends with Drago's Bewilderbeast killing its opponent and becoming the new Alpha. Drago's Bewilderbeast then seizes control of all the adult dragons, which hypnotically obey. Hiccup tries to persuade Drago to end the violence, but Drago orders him killed. Toothless, under the Bewilderbeast's influence, approaches Hiccup and launches a blast, but Stoick pushes Hiccup out of the way and is hit instead, dying as a result. The Bewilderbeast momentarily relinquishes control of Toothless, but Hiccup drives him away in a fit of despair. Drago maroons Hiccup and the others on the island and rides Toothless, again under the control of the Bewilderbeast, to lead his army to conquer Berk. Stoick is given a Viking funeral and Hiccup, now having lost both his father and dragon, is unsure what to do. Valka encourages him by telling him that he alone can unite humans and dragons, and inspired by her words and his father's, Hiccup decides to return to Berk to stop Drago.

text: The dragon riders fly baby dragons back to Berk, as they are immune to the Bewilderbeast's control. They find that Drago has already attacked the village and taken control of its dragons. Hiccup confronts Drago and a brainwashed Toothless while the other riders work to distract the Bewilderbeast. Hiccup succeeds in freeing Toothless from the Bewilderbeast's control, much to Drago's surprise. Hiccup and Toothless briefly separate Drago from the Bewilderbeast and confront Drago on the ground, but the Bewilderbeast attacks them, encasing them in ice. However, Toothless blasts away the ice, revealing that both Hiccup and he are unharmed. He then challenges the Bewilderbeast, shooting it in the face repeatedly, which breaks its control over the other dragons, who side with Toothless as the new Alpha dragon. All the dragons repeatedly fire at the Bewilderbeast until Toothless fires a final massive blast, breaking its left tusk. Defeated, the Bewilderbeast retreats under the sea with Drago on its back. The Vikings and dragons celebrate their victory and Hiccup is made chieftain of Berk.

text: Afterwards, Berk undergoes repairs while feeling secure knowing that its dragons can defend it.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Jay Baruchel as Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, the son of the Viking chief Stoick the Vast and Valka.
Cate Blanchett as Valka, Stoick's wife, Hiccup's long-lost mother and a dragon rescuer[5] who spent 20 years living and rescuing Dragons after she was carried off by a Stormcutter.
Gerard Butler as Stoick the Vast, the last chieftain of the Viking tribe of Berk, Hiccup's father and Valka's husband.
Craig Ferguson as Gobber the Belch, Stoick's closest friend and a seasoned warrior.
America Ferrera as Astrid Hofferson, Hiccup's girlfriend.[6]
Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Fishlegs Ingerman.
Jonah Hill as Snotlout Jorgenson.
T. J. Miller and Kristen Wiig as Tuffnut and Ruffnut Thorston, fraternal twins.
Djimon Hounsou as Drago Bludvist, a ruthless warlord and dragon hunter who seeks to take over the world with a dragon army.[7] He has a prosthetic left arm, since he lost his real arm during an earlier encounter with dragons, and wears a dragon-hide cape immune to dragon-fire attacks.
Kit Harington as Eret, Son of Eret, a dragon trapper who sells captured dragons to Drago.[8][9] He sports a scar on his chest given to him by Drago following the last time he showed up with no dragons.

text: Production[edit]

text: Development[edit]

text: After the success of the first film, the sequel was announced on April 27, 2010.[10][11] "How to Train Your Dragon … has become DreamWorks Animation's next franchise. We plan to release the sequel theatrically in 2013," said Jeffrey Katzenberg, DreamWorks Animation's CEO.[11] It was later revealed that DeBlois had started drafting the outline for a sequel in February 2010 at Skywalker Ranch, during the final sound mix of the first film.[12]:10  The film was originally scheduled for release on June 20, 2014,[13] but in August 2013 the release date was moved forward one week to June 13, 2014.[14]

text: The film was written, directed, and executive produced by Dean DeBlois, the co-writer/co-director of the first film.[13] Bonnie Arnold, the producer of the first film, also returned, while Chris Sanders, who co-directed and co-wrote the first film, acted only as an additional executive producer this time due to his involvement with The Croods.[15] When offered the sequel, DeBlois accepted it on condition he can turn it into a trilogy. For the sequel, he intended to revisit the films of his youth, with The Empire Strikes Back and My Neighbor Totoro[16] having the pivotal inspirations for the film.[17] "What I loved especially about Empire is that it expanded Star Wars in every direction: emotionally, its scope, characters, fun. It felt like an embellishment and that's the goal."[18]

text: The entire original voice cast—Baruchel, Butler, Ferguson, Ferrera, Hill, Mintz-Plasse, Miller, and Wiig—returned for the sequel.[19] On June 19, 2012, it was announced that Kit Harington, of Game of Thrones fame, was cast as one of the film's antagonists.[9] At the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International, it was announced that Cate Blanchett and Djimon Hounsou had joined the cast; they lent their voices to Valka and Drago Bludvist, respectively.[20]

text: While the first film was set in a generic North Sea environment, the creative team decided to focus on Norway this time around.  Early in the sequel's development, about a dozen of them traveled there for a week-long research trip, where they toured Oslo, Bergen, and the fjords.[12]:12–13 DeBlois, together with Gregg Taylor (DreamWorks' head of feature development) and Roger Deakins (a cinematographer who served as visual consultant), then broke off from the group to visit Svalbard and see polar bears in the wild with the assistance of armed guides.[12]:12–16

text: DeBlois explained that he had learned from directing Lilo and Stitch (2002) that "if you set an animated film in a place you want to visit, there's a chance you might get to go there."[12]:14 He had wanted to visit Svalbard for some time, after learning of its stark beauty from a couple of backpackers he met during earlier visits to Iceland to work with post-rock band Sigur Rós on the 2007 documentary film Heima.[12]:14

text: Animation[edit]

text: Over the five years before the film's release,[22] DreamWorks Animation had substantially over-hauled its production workflow and animation software. How to Train Your Dragon 2 was the first DreamWorks Animation film that used "scalable multicore processing", developed together with Hewlett-Packard. Called by Katzenberg as "the next revolution in filmmaking", it enabled artists for the first time to work on rich, complex images in real time, instead of waiting eight hours to see the results the next day.[23] The film was also the studio's first film to use its new animation and lighting software through the entire production. Programs named Premo[24] and Torch allowed much more subtlety, improving facial animation and enabling "the sense of fat, jiggle, loose skin, the sensation of skin moving over muscle instead of masses moving together."[25]

text: By the time production was complete, over 500 people had worked on the film at DreamWorks Animation's headquarters in Glendale, as well as its branch offices at PDI/DreamWorks in Redwood City and DreamWorks India in Bangalore.[12]:158–159

text: Release[edit]

text: The film was screened out of competition on May 16, 2014 at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.[27] In the United States, the film premiered on June 8, 2014, at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles, and was theatrically released on June 13, 2014.[28] The film was also digitally remastered into IMAX 3D and released to international theaters on June 13, 2014.[29]

text: Home media[edit]

text: How to Train Your Dragon 2 was released digitally on October 21, 2014, and was released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 11, 2014.[30] The Blu-ray combo pack and digital release is accompanied by a new animated short film Dawn of the Dragon Racers, in which Hiccup and friends compete to become the first Dragon Racing Champion of Berk.[30] A double DVD pack with the film and Dawn of the Dragon Racers was released exclusively at Walmart stores.[31] As of February 2015, 7.5 million home entertainment units have been sold worldwide.[32]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a "certified fresh" score of 91% based on reviews from 165 critics, with an average rating of 7.7/10. The website's critical consensus states: "Exciting, emotionally resonant, and beautifully animated, How to Train Your Dragon 2 builds on its predecessor's successes just the way a sequel should."[33] Metacritic gave the film a score of 76/100 based on reviews from 39 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[34] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore during the opening weekend gave the film a grade A.[35] Audiences were a mix of 47% female and 53% male. Children and Young Adults responded most strongly, with those aged under 25 giving a grade A+.[36][37]

text: At the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, Peter Debruge of Variety praised the film and its ambitions: "The pressures to make a giant four-quadrant monstrosity must be enormous, and yet, like his unflappable hero Hiccup, How to Train Your Dragon 2 writer-director Dean DeBlois has prevailed, serving up DreamWorks Animation's strongest sequel yet—one that breathes fresh fire into the franchise, instead of merely rehashing the original. Braver than Brave, more fun than Frozen, and more emotionally satisfying than so many of its live-action counterparts, Dragon delivers. And good thing, too, since DWA desperately needs another toon to cross the half-billion-dollar threshold."[38] Elizabeth Weitzman of the New York Daily News gave the film three out of five stars, saying 'It's the unflinching edge that gives the film its unexpected depth'."[39] Jocelyn Noveck of the Associated Press gave the film three out of four stars, saying "How to Train Your Dragon 2 doesn't play it safe, and that's why it's the rare sequel that doesn't feel somewhat stale."[40] Lou Lumenick of the New York Post gave the film three out of four stars, saying "Dragon 2 really soars when our hero is aloft, imparting some important lessons about family, ecology and war for young audiences. It should also do very healthy business for hit-starved DreamWorks Animation."[41] Joe McGovern of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a B, saying "The flight path needs straightening, but this is still a franchise that knows how to fly."[42] Jody Mitori of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch gave the film three out of four stars, saying "For audiences who want a sweet story, they can't beat the first film of a boy finding his best friend. For those who are ready for the next stage, try this one about a boy becoming a man."[43]

text: Bill Goodykoontz of The Arizona Republic gave the film four out of five stars, saying "It seemed as if there was nowhere new to go after the first film, but this is a richer story that dares to go darker and is thus more rewarding."[44] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, saying "Dragon 2, like The Empire Strikes Back, takes sequels to a new level of imagination and innovation. It truly is a high-flying, depth-charging wonder to behold."[45] Peter Hartlaub of the San Francisco Chronicle gave the film three out of four stars, saying "DeBlois, who also wrote the script, successfully juggles the multiple story lines, shifting allegiances and uncharted lands."[46] Rafer Guzman of Newsday gave the film three out of four stars, saying "Gruesome? A little. Scary? You bet. But that's exactly what makes the "Dragon" films so different, and so much better, than the average children's fare."[47] Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, saying "For once, we have an animated sequel free of the committee-job vibe so common at every animation house, no matter the track record."[48] Stephen Holden of The New York Times gave the film a negative review, saying "The story seems to be going somewhere until it comes to a halt with the inevitable showdown between the forces of darkness and the forces of light."[49] Peter Howell of the Toronto Star gave the film three out of four stars, saying "Taking its cues as much from Star Wars and Game of Thrones as from its own storybook narrative, How to Train Your Dragon 2 breathes fire into a franchise sequel."[50]

text: Claudia Puig of USA Today gave the film three out of four stars, saying "Nearly as exuberant as the original, How to Train Your Dragon 2 nimbly avoids sequel-itis."[51] Colin Covert of the Star Tribune gave the film four out of four stars, saying "The impressive part is the storytelling confidence of writer/director Dean DeBlois. He has created a thoughtful tale as meaningful for grown-ups as it is pleasurable for its young primary audience."[52] Stephanie Merry of The Washington Post gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, saying "This may be the first and last time anyone says this, but if How to Train Your Dragon 2 is this good, why stop at 3 and 4?"[53] Moira MacDonald of The Seattle Times gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, saying "Young and old fans of the first movie will be lining up for the wit, for the inventiveness of the characters, for the breathtaking visuals — and just the sheer fun of it all."[54] Tirdad Derakhshani of The Philadelphia Inquirer gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, saying "One of this year's true surprises, the superior animated sequel not only is infused with the same independent spirit and off-kilter aesthetic that enriched the original, it also deepens the first film's major themes."[55] Stephen Whitty of the Newark Star-Ledger gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four, saying "This was not a sequel that anybody needed, outside of the accountants. And there's another already planned."[56] John Semley of The Globe and Mail gave the film four out of four stars, saying "More than just teaching kids what to think about the world they're coming into, it's a rare film that encourages them to think for themselves."[57]

text: Rene Rodriguez of the Miami Herald gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, saying "How to Train Your Dragon 2 is its own standalone picture, with a surprising range of emotions that surpasses the original and a brisk pace and manner of storytelling that give it purpose and direction. The fact that it's also so much fun, no matter what your age, almost feels like a bonus."[58] Bill Zwecker of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film four out of four stars, saying "Not only does this second movie match the charm, wit, animation skill and intelligent storytelling of the original, I think it even exceeds it."[59] Lisa Kennedy of The Denver Post gave the film a positive review, saying "How to Train Your Dragon 2 is soaring, emotionally swooping, utterly satisfying fun."[60] Bob Mondello of NPR gave the film an 8.5 out of 10, saying "It's clear that [director Dean DeBlois] took inspiration from the first Star Wars trilogy—not a bad model for breathing new life, and yes, a bit of fire, into one of Hollywood's more nuanced animated franchises."[61] Inkoo Kang of The Wrap gave the film a mixed review, saying "If there isn't enough to feel, at least there's a lot to look at. Thanks to the superb 3-D direction by DeBlois, we swoop through the air, whoosh down dragons' tails, and juuust baaaarely [sic] squeeze into small crevices, but still, those experiences are only like being on a really great rollercoaster—they don't mean anything."[62] A.A. Dowd of The A.V. Club gave the film a B-, saying "There aren't just more dragons, but more characters, more plot, more everything. The trade-off is that the charm of the original gets a little lost, a casualty of rapid-franchise expansion."[63]

text: Box office[edit]

text: How to Train Your Dragon 2 grossed $177 million in North America, and $441.9 million in other countries, for a worldwide total of $618.9 million.[3] The film is the second-highest-grossing animated film of 2014, behind Big Hero 6, and the twelfth-highest-grossing film of the year in any genre.[3][64][65] While How to Train Your Dragon 2 only earned $177 million at the US box office, compared to $217 million for its predecessor,[66] it performed much better at the international box office, earning $438 million to How to Train Your Dragon's $277 million. Calculating in all expenses, Deadline.com estimated that the film made a profit of $107.3 million.[67]

text: In the United States and Canada, the film earned $18.5 million on its opening day,[68] and opened at number two in its first weekend, with $49,451,322.[69] In its second weekend, the film dropped to number three, grossing an additional $24,719,312.[70] In its third weekend, the film stayed at number three, grossing $13,237,697.[71] In its fourth weekend, the film dropped to number five, grossing $8,961,088.[72]

text: Its $25.9 million opening weekend in China was the biggest-ever for an animated film in the country, surpassing the record previously held by Kung Fu Panda 2.[73]

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
List of awards and nominations

Award / Film Festival

Category

Recipient(s)

Result

Annie Awards[74]

Best Animated Feature

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Won

Animated Effects in an Animated Production

James Jackson, Lucas Janin, Tobin Jones, Baptiste Van Opstal, Jason Mayer

Nominated

Character Animation in a Feature Production

Fabio Lignini

Won

Steven "Shaggy" Hornby

Nominated

Thomas Grummt

Nominated

Directing in a Feature Production

Dean DeBlois

Won

Music in a Feature Production

John Powell, Jónsi

Won

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

Truong "Tron" Son Mai

Won

Writing in a Feature Production

Dean DeBlois

Nominated

Editorial in an Animated Feature Production

John K. Carr

Won

Academy Awards[75]

Best Animated Feature

Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold

Nominated

British Academy Children's Awards[76]

Kid's Vote - Film in 2014

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Nominated

Children's Feature Film in 2014

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Nominated

Critics' Choice Movie Award[77]

Best Animated Feature

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Nominated

Golden Globe Awards[78]

Best Animated Feature Film

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Won

Hollywood Film Awards[79]

Best Hollywood Animation Award

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Won

National Board of Review[80]

Best Animated Feature

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Won

Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards[81]

Favorite Animated Movie

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Nominated

Online Film Critics Society[82]

Best Animated Feature

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Nominated

People's Choice Awards[83]

Favorite Family Movie

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Nominated

Phoenix Film Critics Society[84]

Best Animated Film

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Nominated

Producers Guild of America

Best Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures

Bonnie Arnold

Nominated

San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award[85]

Best Animated Feature

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Nominated

Satellite Awards[86]

Best Motion Picture Animated or Mixed Media

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Nominated

Visual Effects Society Awards[87]

Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

Bonnie Arnold, Dean DeBlois, Dave Walvoord, Simon Otto

Nominated

Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

Jakob Hjort Jensen, Fabio Lignini, Stephen Candell, Hongseo Park for "Hiccup"

Nominated

Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

Sun Yoon, Liang-Yuan Wang, Ted Davis, Shannon Thomas for "Oasis"

Nominated

Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

Spencer Knapp, Baptiste Van Opstal, Lucas Janin, Jason Mayer for "The Battle"

Nominated

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association[88]

Best Animated Feature

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Nominated

Saturn Awards[89]

Saturn Award for Best Animated Film

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Nominated

Saturn Award for Best Music

John Powell

Nominated

text: Soundtrack[edit]

text:
How to Train Your Dragon 2Soundtrack album by John PowellReleased
June 17, 2014Recorded
2014Genre
Film scoreLength
60:07Label
Relativity Music GroupJohn Powell film scores chronology

Rio 2 (2014)Rio 22014

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

text: Composer John Powell, who earned his first Academy Award nomination for his music in the original movie, returned to score the sequel. Powell described the project "a maturation story" and stated that he too tried to achieve the same maturation in the structure of his music by developing further every aspect of his compositions from the original film.[90]

text: Recording took place during April 2014 at Abbey Road Studios in London[91] with a 120-piece orchestra, a 100-voice choir,[92] and a wide array of ethnic instruments, including celtic harp, uilleann bagpipes, tin whistle, bodhrán, and Highland bagpipes; the latter of which were performed by pipers from the Scottish group The Red Hot Chilli Pipers.[20] The ensemble was conducted by the composer's usual collaborator Gavin Greenaway.[92]

text: Sigur Rós lead vocalist, Jónsi, who wrote and performed the song "Sticks & Stones" for the original movie, provided two new original songs for the sequel in collaboration with Powell.[20] Belarusian-Norwegian artist Alexander Rybak, who voices Hiccup in Norwegian, also wrote and performed the song "Into a Fantasy". The latter song is featured only in the European versions of the film.[93]

text: A soundtrack album for the film was released on June 17, 2014, by Relativity Music Group.[94][95] The album features over an hour of score by Powell, as well as the two original songs written by Powell and Jónsi. Rybak's song, "Into a Fantasy", was released separately as a single.

text: Track listingNo.TitleLength1."Dragon Racing"4:342."Together We Map the World"2:193."Hiccup the Chief/Drago's Coming"4:444."Toothless Lost"3:285."Should I Know You?"1:566."Valka's Dragon Sanctuary"3:197."Losing Mom/Meet the Good Alpha"3:248."Meet Drago"4:269."Stoick Finds Beauty"2:3310."Flying with Mother"2:4911."For the Dancing and the Dreaming" (performed by Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson & Mary Jane Wells)3:0612."Battle of the Bewilderbeast"6:2613."Hiccup Confronts Drago"4:0614."Stoick Saves Hiccup"2:2315."Stoick's Ship"3:4816."Alpha Comes to Berk"2:2017."Toothless Found"3:4618."Two New Alphas"6:0619."Where No One Goes" (performed by Jónsi)2:44

text: European/Slavic bonus trackNo.TitleLength20."Into a Fantasy" (performed by Alexander Rybak)3:32

text: Video game[edit]

text: A video game based on the film, titled How to Train Your Dragon 2, was released in June 2014 by Little Orbit.[96] Developed by Torus Games, the game is available for Xbox 360, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Wii U, and PlayStation 3.[96] It allows players to choose various riders and dragons, and enter a dragon flight school, participating in trainings, challenges, and tournaments.[96]

text: Sequel[edit]

text: The third and final film, titled How to Train Your Dragon 3,[97] was originally scheduled for release on June 17, 2016,[98] but in September 2014, DreamWorks Animation moved the release date to June 9, 2017.[99][100] In January 2015, in the wake of the closure of Pacific Data Images and massive lay-offs, the release date was initially pushed back to June 29, 2018, but subsequently was brought forward to May 18, 2018.[101][102] On December 5, 2016, the release date was pushed back again to March 1, 2019.[103] Dean DeBlois, the co-screenwriter/co-director of the first and writer-director of the second film, will return, along with producer Bonnie Arnold and all the main cast,[104] while composer John Powell, who scored the first two films, will also be returning.[105] Cate Blanchett, Kit Harington, and Djimon Hounsou will also reprise their roles as Valka, Eret, and Drago, respectively, from the second film.[106][107][108] F. Murray Abraham had joined the cast as the film’s main villain, named Grimmel.[108]


document_title: List of tallest buildings

question_text: which is the tallest building in the world 2018

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text: List of tallest buildings

text: Ranking criteria and alternatives

text: The international non-profit organization Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) was formed in 1969 and announces the title of "The World's Tallest Building" and sets the standards by which buildings are measured. It maintains a list of the 100 tallest completed buildings in the world.[3] The organization currently ranks Burj Khalifa in Dubai as the tallest at 828 m (2,717 ft).[3] The CTBUH only recognizes buildings that are complete however, and some buildings included within the lists in this article are not considered finished by the CTBUH.

tag: p

text: In 1996, as a response to the dispute as to whether the Petronas Towers or the Sears Tower was taller,[4] the council listed and ranked buildings in four categories:

text:
height to structural or architectural top;
height to floor of highest occupied floor;
height to top of roof (removed as category in November 2009);[5] and
height to top of any part of the building.

tag: ul

text: Spires are considered integral parts of the architectural design of buildings, to which changes would substantially change the appearance and design of the building, whereas antennas may be added or removed without such consequences. The Petronas Towers, with their spires, are thus ranked higher than the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) with its antennas, despite the Petronas Towers' lower roofs and lower highest point.

text: Until 1996, the world's tallest building was defined by the height to the top of the tallest architectural element, including spires but not antennae. This led to a rivalry between the Bank of Manhattan Building and the Chrysler Building. The Bank of Manhattan Building employed only a short spire and was 282.5 m (927 ft) tall and had a much higher top occupied floor (the second category in the 1996 criteria for tallest building). In contrast, the Chrysler Building employed a very large 38.1 m (125 ft) spire secretly assembled inside the building to claim the title of world's tallest building with a total height of 318.9 m (1,046 ft), although it had a lower top occupied floor and a shorter height when both buildings' spires were excluded.

text: Upset by Chrysler's victory, Shreve & Lamb, the consulting architects of the Bank of Manhattan Building, wrote a newspaper article claiming that their building was actually the tallest, since it contained the world's highest usable floor. They pointed out that the observation deck in the Bank of Manhattan Building was nearly 30 m (100 ft) above the top floor in the Chrysler Building, whose surpassing spire was strictly ornamental and inaccessible.[6]

text: At present, the Burj Khalifa tops the list by some margin, regardless of which criterion is applied.[7][8]

text: Tallest buildings in the world (350 m+)

text: As of 2018, this list includes all 56 buildings (completed and architecturally topped out) which reach a height of 350 metres (1,148 ft) or more, as assessed by their highest architectural feature. Of these, 27 (48%) are in China. Six of the last seven buildings to have held the record as 'tallest building' are still found in the list, with the exception being the North Tower of the original World Trade Center after its destruction in the September 11 attacks of 2001. If the twin towers were still standing today they would occupy numbers 24 and 25 on the list (or 23 and 24 since it can be assumed One World Trade Center would have never been built).

text:
bold
Denotes building that is or was once the tallest in the world

tag: table

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Rank
Building[A]
City
Country
Height (m)[3]
Height (ft)
Floors
Built

1
Burj Khalifa
Dubai
 United Arab Emirates
828 m
2,717 ft
163
2010

2
Shanghai Tower
Shanghai
 China
632 m[9]
2,073 ft
128
2015

3
Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower
Mecca
 Saudi Arabia
601 m[10]
1,971 ft
120
2012

4
Ping An Finance Centre
Shenzhen
 China
599 m
1,965 ft
115
2017

5
Lotte World Tower
Seoul
 South Korea
554.5 m
1,819 ft
123
2016

6
One World Trade Center
New York City
 United States
541.3 m
1,776 ft
104
2014

7
Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre
Guangzhou
 China
530 m[11]
1,739 ft
111
2016

Tianjin CTF Finance Centre
Tianjin
 China
530 m
1,739 ft
98
2017

9
China Zun
Beijing
 China
528 m
1,732 ft
108
2018

10
Taipei 101
Taipei
 Taiwan
508 m[12]
1,667 ft
101
2004

11
Shanghai World Financial Center
Shanghai
 China
492 m
1,614 ft
101
2008

12
International Commerce Centre
Hong Kong
 China
484 m
1,588 ft
118
2010

13
Lakhta Center[13]
St. Petersburg
 Russia
462 m
1,516 ft
86
2018

14
Landmark 81
Ho Chi Minh City
 Vietnam
461.2 m
1,513 ft
81
2018

15
Changsha IFS Tower T1
Changsha
 China
452.1 m
1,483 ft
88
2017

16
Petronas Tower 1
Kuala Lumpur
 Malaysia
451.9 m
1,483 ft
88
1998

Petronas Tower 2
Kuala Lumpur
 Malaysia
451.9 m
1,483 ft
88
1998

18
Zifeng Tower
Nanjing
 China
450 m
1,476 ft
89
2010

Suzhou IFS
Suzhou
 China
450 m
1,476 ft
92
2017

20
Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower)
Chicago
 United States
442.1 m
1,450 ft
108
1974

21
KK100
Shenzhen
 China
442 m
1,449 ft
100
2011

22
Guangzhou International Finance Center
Guangzhou
 China
440 m
1,440 ft
103
2010

23
Wuhan Center
Wuhan
 China
438 m
1,437 ft
88
2016[B]

24
432 Park Avenue
New York City
 United States
425.5 m
1,396 ft
88
2015

25
Marina 101
Dubai
 United Arab Emirates
425 m
1,394 ft
101
2015[B]

26
Trump International Hotel and Tower[14]
Chicago
 United States
423.2 m
1,388 ft
98
2009

27
Jin Mao Tower
Shanghai
 China
421 m
1,380 ft
88
1999

28
Princess Tower
Dubai
 United Arab Emirates
414 m
1,358 ft[15]
101
2012

29
Al Hamra Tower
Kuwait City
 Kuwait
413 m
1,354 ft
80
2011

30
Two International Finance Centre
Hong Kong
 China
412 m
1,352 ft
88
2003

31
China Resources Headquarters
Shenzhen
 China
392.5 m
1,288 ft
67
2017

32
23 Marina
Dubai
 United Arab Emirates
392.4 m
1,287 ft
89
2012

33
CITIC Plaza
Guangzhou
 China
390.2 m
1,280 ft
80
1996

34
Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 1
Shenzhen
 China
388.1 m
1,273 ft
80
2017

35
Capital Market Authority Headquarters
Riyadh
 Saudi Arabia
385 m
1,263 ft
77
2016

36
Shun Hing Square
Shenzhen
 China
384 m
1,260 ft
69
1996

37
Eton Place Dalian Tower 1
Dalian
 China
383 m
1,257 ft
81
2015

38
Logan Century Center 1
Nanning
 China
381.3 m
1,251 ft
82
2017

39
Burj Mohammed bin Rashid
Abu Dhabi
 United Arab Emirates
381 m
1,251 ft
88
2014

40
Empire State Building
New York City
 United States
381 m
1,250 ft
102
1931

41
Elite Residence
Dubai
 United Arab Emirates
381 m
1,248 ft
87
2012

42
Central Plaza
Hong Kong
 China
374 m
1,227 ft
78
1992

Federation Tower (East Tower)[16]
Moscow
 Russia
374 m
1,227 ft
95
2016

44
The Address the BLVD
Dubai
 United Arab Emirates
368 m
1,207 ft
72
2017

45
Bank of China Tower
Hong Kong
 China
367 m
1,205 ft
70
1990

46
Bank of America Tower
New York City
 United States
365.8 m
1,200 ft
54
2009

47
Almas Tower
Dubai
 United Arab Emirates
363 m
1,191 ft
68
2009

48
Gevora Hotel
Dubai
 United Arab Emirates
356.3 m
1,169 ft
75
2017

49
JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Tower 1
Dubai
 United Arab Emirates
355 m
1,166 ft
82
2012

JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Tower 2
Dubai
 United Arab Emirates
355 m
1,166 ft
82
2012

51
Emirates Office Tower
Dubai
 United Arab Emirates
355 m
1,163 ft
54
2000

52
OKO Tower - South Tower
Moscow
 Russia
354 m
1,160 ft
85
2015

53
The Marina Torch
Dubai
 United Arab Emirates
352 m
1,155 ft
86
2011

54
Forum 66 Tower 1
Shenyang
 China
350.6 m
1,150 ft
68
2015

55
The Pinnacle
Guangzhou
 China
350.3 m
1,149 ft
60
2012

56
Hanking Center
Shenzhen
 China
350 m
1,148 ft
73
2017

Xi An Glory International Financial Center[17]
Xi'an
 China
350 m
1,148 ft
75
2017

text: Gallery

text:
Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is the world's tallest building.

Shanghai Tower in Shanghai, China, is the 2nd tallest building.

The Abraj Al-Bait Towers in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, is the 3rd tallest building.

Ping An Finance Centre, in Guangdong, China, is the 4th tallest building.

Lotte World Tower in Seoul, South Korea, is the 5th tallest building.

One World Trade Center in New York City, is the 6th tallest building and the tallest in the Western Hemisphere.

CTF Finance Centre in Guangzhou, China, is the 7th tallest building.

Taipei 101 in Taipei, Taiwan, was the world's tallest building from 2004 to 2010; it is now 8th.

The Shanghai World Financial Center is the 9th tallest building and the 3rd tallest in China.

The International Commerce Centre in Hong Kong, is currently the 10th tallest building.

The Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, were the tallest buildings from 1998 to 2004, and are still the tallest twin buildings.

Willis Tower, formerly Sears Tower, in Chicago, United States, was the tallest building from 1974 to 1998.

New York City's Empire State Building was the tallest building from 1931 to 1972, and is the 5th tallest building in the United States.

text: Alternative measurements

text: Height to pinnacle (highest point)

text: This measurement disregards distinctions between architectural and non-architectural extensions, and simply measures to the highest point. This measurement is useful for air traffic obstacle determinations, and is also a wholly objective measure. However, this measurement includes extensions that are easily added, removed, and modified from a building and are independent of the overall structure.

text: This measurement only recently came into use, when the Petronas Towers passed the Sears Tower (now called Willis Tower) in height. The former was considered taller because its spires were considered architectural, while the latter's antennae were not. This led to the split of definitions, with the Sears Tower claiming the lead in this and the height-to-roof (now highest occupied floor) categories, and with the Petronas claiming the lead in the architectural height category.

text:
bold
†Denotes building with pinnacle height higher than architectural

text:
Rank
Building
City
Country
Height
Floors
Built

1
Burj Khalifa†
Dubai
 United Arab Emirates
829.8 m
2,722 ft
163
2010

2
Shanghai Tower
Shanghai
 China
632 m
2,073 ft
128
2015

3
Abraj Al-Bait Towers
Mecca
 Saudi Arabia
601 m[10]
1,971 ft
120
2012

4
Ping An Finance Center
Shenzhen
 China
599 m
1,965 ft
115
2016

5
Lotte World Tower†
Seoul
 South Korea
555.7 m
1,823 ft
123
2016

6
One World Trade Center†
New York City
 United States
546.2 m
1,792 ft
104
2014

7
CTF Finance Centre
Guangzhou
 China
530 m[11]
1,739 ft
111
2016

7
Tianjin CTF Finance Centre
Tianjin
 China
530 m
1,739 ft
98
2017

9
China Zun
Beijing
 China
528 m
1,732 ft
108
2018

10
Willis Tower†
Chicago
 United States
527 m
1,729 ft
108
1974

11
Taipei 101
Taipei
 Taiwan
508 m
1,667 ft
101
2004

12
Shanghai World Financial Center†
Shanghai
 China
494.3 m
1,622 ft
101
2008

13
International Commerce Centre
Hong Kong
 China
484 m
1,588 ft
118
2010

14
Lakhta Center[18]
St. Petersburg
 Russia
462 m
1,516 ft
86
2018

15
Landmark 81
Ho Chi Minh City
 Vietnam
461.2 m
1,513 ft
81
2018

16
John Hancock Center†
Chicago
 United States
456.9 m
1,499 ft
100
1969

17
Changsha IFS Tower T1
Changsha
 China
452 m
1,483 ft
94
2017

18
Petronas Tower 1
Kuala Lumpur
 Malaysia
451.9 m
1,483 ft
88
1998

18
Petronas Tower 2
Kuala Lumpur
 Malaysia
451.9 m
1,483 ft
88
1998

20
Zifeng Tower
Nanjing
 China
450 m
1,476 ft
89
2009

21
Suzhou IFS
Suzhou
 China
450 m
1,476 ft
98
2017

22
Empire State Building†
New York City
 United States
443.2 m
1,454 ft
102
1931

23
Kingkey 100
Shenzhen
 China
442 m
1,449 ft
100
2011

24
Guangzhou International Finance Center
Guangzhou
 China
438.6 m
1,445 ft
103
2009

25
Wuhan Center
Wuhan
 China
438 m
1,437 ft
88
2017

26
432 Park Avenue
New York City
 United States
425.5 m
1,396 ft
85
2015

27
Marina 101
Dubai
 United Arab Emirates
425 m
1,394 ft
101
2017

28
Trump International Hotel and Tower
Chicago
 United States
423.2 m
1,388 ft
96
2009

29
Jin Mao Tower
Shanghai
 China
421 m
1,381 ft
88
1998

30
Princess Tower†
Dubai
 United Arab Emirates
414 m
1,358 ft[15]
101
2012

31
Al Hamra Tower
Kuwait City
 Kuwait
412.6 m
1,354 ft
80
2010

32
Two International Finance Centre
Hong Kong
 China
412 m
1,352 ft
88
2003

text: Height to occupied floor

text: This height is measured from the level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance to the highest occupied floor within the building.

text:
Rank
Building
City
Country
Height
Floors
Built

1
Burj Khalifa
Dubai
 United Arab Emirates
584.5 m (1,918 ft)
163
2010

2
Shanghai Tower
Shanghai
 China
583.4 m (1,914 ft)
128
2015

3
Ping An Finance Center
Shenzhen
 China
562.2 m (1,844 ft)
115
2016

4
China Zun
Beijing
 China
515 m (1,690 ft)
108
2018

5
Lotte World Tower
Seoul
 South Korea
497.6 m (1,633 ft)
123
2016

6
CTF Finance Centre
Guangzhou
 China
495.5 m (1,626 ft)
111
2016

7
Abraj Al-Bait Towers
Mecca
 Saudi Arabia
494.4 m (1,622 ft)
120
2012

8
Shanghai World Financial Center
Shanghai
 China
474 m (1,555 ft)
101
2008

9
International Commerce Centre
Hong Kong
 China
468.8 m (1,538 ft)
118
2010

10
Tianjin CTF Finance Centre
Tianjin
 China
439.4 m (1,442 ft)
98
2017

11
Taipei 101
Taipei
 Taiwan
438 m (1,437 ft)
101
2004

12
Changsha IFS Tower T1
Changsha
 China
437.1 m (1,434 ft)
94
2017

13
KK100
Shenzhen
 China
427.1 m (1,401 ft)
100
2011

14
Guangzhou International Finance Center
Guangzhou
 China
415.1 m (1,362 ft)
103
2010

15
Willis Tower
Chicago
 United States
412.7 m (1,354 ft)
108
1974

16
Suzhou IFS
Suzhou
 China
406.4 m (1,333 ft)
98
2017

text: Buildings under construction

text: This is a list of buildings taller than 350 metres that are currently under construction. More than half of the buildings are located in China.

text:
Building
Planned architectural height
Floors
Planned completion
Country
City
Remarks

Jeddah Tower
1,000 m (3,300 ft)
167+
2020
 Saudi Arabia
Jeddah
[19]

KL118
644 m (2,113 ft)
118
2024
 Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur

Wuhan Greenland Center
636 m (2,087 ft)
125
2018
 China
Wuhan

Rama IX Super Tower
615 m (2,018 ft)
118
2021
 Thailand
Bangkok
[20]

Baoneng Shenyang Global Financial Center
568 m (1,864 ft)
114
2018
 China
Shenyang

Skyfame Center Landmark Tower
528 m (1,732 ft)
108
2021
 China
Nanning
[21]

Evergrande IFC 1
518 m (1,699 ft)
112
2021
 China
Hefei
[22]

Central Park Tower
472 m (1,549 ft)
99
2020
 United States
New York City

Chengdu Greenland Tower
468 m (1,535 ft)
116
2018
 China
Chengdu

The Exchange 106
445.5 m (1,462 ft)
106
2018
 Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
[23]

China Resources Centre Block A
445 m (1,460 ft)
90
2018
 China
Nanning
[24]

Riverview Plaza
436 m (1,430 ft)
73
2018
 China
Wuhan

111 West 57th Street
435.3 m (1,428 ft)
82
2018
 United States
New York City

Akhmat Tower
435 m (1,427 ft)
100
2020
 Russia
Grozny

Diamond Tower
432 m (1,417 ft)
93
2019
 Saudi Arabia
Jeddah
[25]

Chongqing Tall Tower
431 m (1,414 ft)
101
?
 China
Chongqing
[26]

Haikou Tower
428 m (1,404 ft)
94
2020
 China
Haikou

Shandong IFC
428 m (1,404 ft)
86
2022
 China
Jinan
[27]

One Vanderbilt
427 m (1,401 ft)
58
2021
 United States
New York City
[28]

Dongguan International Trade Center 1
427 m (1,401 ft)
88
2019
 China
Dongguan

Haeundae LCT The Sharp Landmark Tower
411.6 m (1,350 ft)
101
2019
 South Korea
Busan

Dongfeng Plaza Landmark Tower
407 m (1,335 ft)
100
2020
 China
Kunming
[29]

Guiyang Financial Center Tower 1
380 m (1,250 ft)
79
2021
 China
Guiyang
[30]

30 Hudson Yards
386.6 m (1,268 ft)
73
2019
 United States
New York City

La Maison by HDS
386.5 m (1,268 ft)
105
2021
 United Arab Emirates
Dubai
[31]

Abu Dhabi Plaza
382 m (1,253 ft)
75
2019
 Kazakhstan
Astana

Guiyang World Trade Center Landmark Tower
400 m (1,300 ft)
?
2021
 China
Guiyang
[32]

Shenzhen Center
375.6 m (1,232 ft)
80
2019
 China
Shenzhen

Fairmont Kuala Lumpur Tower 1
370 m (1,210 ft)
78
2019
 Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
[33]

Coronation Square Tower 1
370 m (1,210 ft)
78
?
 Malaysia
Johor Bahru
[34]

Xujiahui Center Tower 1
370 m (1,210 ft)
70
?
 China
Shanghai
[35]

Hai Tian Center Tower 2
369 m (1,211 ft)
72
2021
 China
Qingdao
[36]

Golden Eagle Tiandi Tower A
368 m (1,207 ft)
76
2018
 China
Nanjing

Guiyang Financial Center Tower 2
367 m (1,204 ft)
72
2021
 China
Guiyang
[37]

VietinBank Business Center Office Tower
363.2 m (1,192 ft)
70
2018
 Vietnam
Hanoi

Wanda Vista
362.9 m (1,191 ft)
93
2020
 United States
Chicago

Three Sixty West Tower B
361.2 m (1,185 ft)[38]
90
?
 India
Mumbai

Greenland Group Suzhou Center
358 m (1,175 ft)
75
2018
 China
Suzhou
[39]

Il Primo Tower 1
356 m (1,168 ft)
88
2021
 United Arab Emirates
Dubai
[40]

S Residence by Immo
356 m (1,168 ft)
80
2020
 United Arab Emirates
Dubai
[41]

Raffles City Chongqing T4N
354.5 m (1,163 ft)
79
2019
 China
Chongqing
[42]

Raffles City Chongqing T3N
354.5 m (1,163 ft)
79
2019
 China
Chongqing
[42]

Icon Tower 1
350 m (1,150 ft)
75
2019
 Indonesia
Jakarta

Agricultural Development Center Tower 1
350 m (1,150 ft)
?
?
 China
Harbin
[43]

text: List by continent

text: The following list shows the tallest completed buildings located in each continent listed by greatest to least height:

text:
Continent
Building
Height
Floor count
Completed
Country
City

Asia
Burj Khalifa
828 m (2,717 ft)
160
2010
 United Arab Emirates
Dubai

North America
One World Trade Center
541.3 m (1,776 ft)
104
2014
 United States
New York City

Europe
Lakhta Center
462 m (1,516 ft)
86
2018
 Russia
St. Petersburg

Oceania
Q1
323 m (1,060 ft)
78
2005
 Australia
Gold Coast

South America
Gran Torre Santiago[44]
300 m (980 ft)
64
2012
 Chile
Santiago

Africa
Carlton Centre
225.5 m (740 ft)
50
1973
 South Africa
Johannesburg

Antarctica
Long Duration Balloon (LDB) Payload Preparation Buildings[45]
15 m (49 ft)
-
2005[46]
 Antarctica
McMurdo Station