Photos: Top 10 tallest buildings in the world
3. World Financial Center
Credit: AFP/Getty Images
TO GO WITH: Lifestyle-Asia-architecture-environment,FEATURE by Marianne Barriaux This picture taken on June 28, 2011 shows the 101-storey World Finance Center (C) in the Pudong financial district in Shanghai. China's construction boom and appetite for bold buildings have given a host of architects the chance to push design boundaries, and other fast-developing Asian nations are following suit amid a slowdown in Europe and North America. AFP PHOTO/Philippe Lopez (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images)