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Cayan Tower

Emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The 155th tallest building in the world

306.4 m · 1,005 ft

Cayan Tower, known as Infinity Tower before it was inaugurated, is a 306-metre-tall (1,004 ft), 75-story skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The tower is designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill SOM architectural group for Cayan Real Estate Investment and Development. Upon its opening on 10 June 2013, the tower became the world's tallest high-rise building with a twist of 90 degrees. This record has since been surpassed by the Shanghai Tower, which opened in February 2015.

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

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