World's Tallest Buildings

- over time, mankind has reached greater and greater heights

Perhaps throw in a scale to work out the relative sizes of the buildings. -

Choose a set of criteria and present facts in an interesting way. eg ascending order, chronlogical order, years completed, stories high, metres high, feet

c. 2550 BCE almost 50 stories high Great Pyramid of Giza - highest building in Roman World - remained tallest on Earth for 3 800 years

Google Earth links to sites of buildings.

- What heights will mankind achieve in coming millenia?

The Eiffel Tower - 75 stories high - 1889

Chrysler Building 1930 world's tallest building title in 27th May 1930 - Empire State building surpassed it in 1931 - 77 stories??? + the spire??? 11 months

iii - 1930 Chrysler Building, New York City 77 stories - world's tallest building for short time - research

IV - Buildings Burj Dubai http://www.archinomy.com/blog/chicago-tall-dubai-supertall.html

Burj Dubai (?meaning "Dubai Tower") ready for occupation in September 2009 with the building 169 stories and over 800 meters high

http://burjdubaiskyscraper.com/ When completed 818 m (2,684 ft).

Why do you think people want to build taller and taller buildings?

Relative heights of world's tallest buildings