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21st Century Tower

Emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The 237th tallest building in the world

269 m · 883 ft

The 21st Century Tower is a 55-story skyscraper along the Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai. When it was completed in 2003 it took the title of the world's tallest residential building, ultimately being surpassed by the Eureka Tower in Melbourne, Australia and the Q1 tower in Australia's Gold Coast. The logo of the AW Rostamani Group appears on the top of the tower.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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