<Table> <Tr> <Td> Years tallest </Td> <Td> Name </Td> <Td> Location </Td> <Td> Height </Td> <Td> Increase </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1908 -- 1909 </Td> <Td> Singer Building </Td> <Td> New York City </Td> <Td> 186.57 metres ( 612.1 ft ) </Td> <Td> 11.7 % </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1909 -- 1913 </Td> <Td> Metropolitan Life Tower </Td> <Td> New York City </Td> <Td> 213.36 metres ( 700.0 ft ) </Td> <Td> 14.4 % </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1913 -- 1930 </Td> <Td> Woolworth Building </Td> <Td> New York City </Td> <Td> 241.4 metres ( 792 ft ) </Td> <Td> 13.1 % </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1930 </Td> <Td> Bank of Manhattan Trust Building </Td> <Td> New York City </Td> <Td> 283 metres ( 928 ft ) </Td> <Td> 17.2 % </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1930 -- 1931 </Td> <Td> Chrysler Building </Td> <Td> New York City </Td> <Td> 318.8 metres ( 1,046 ft ) </Td> <Td> 12.65 % </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1931 -- 1972 </Td> <Td> Empire State Building </Td> <Td> New York City </Td> <Td> 381 metres ( 1,250 ft ) </Td> <Td> 19.5 % </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1972 -- 1974 </Td> <Td> World Trade Center </Td> <Td> New York City </Td> <Td> 417 metres ( 1,368 ft ) </Td> <Td> 9.45 % </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1974 -- 1998 </Td> <Td> Sears Tower </Td> <Td> Chicago </Td> <Td> 442 metres ( 1,450 ft ) </Td> <Td> 6 % </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1998 -- 2004 </Td> <Td> Petronas Towers </Td> <Td> Kuala Lumpur </Td> <Td> 451.9 metres ( 1,483 ft ) </Td> <Td> 2.24 % </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2004 -- 2010 </Td> <Td> Taipei 101 </Td> <Td> Taipei </Td> <Td> 509.2 metres ( 1,671 ft ) </Td> <Td> 12.68 % </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2010 -- present </Td> <Td> Burj Khalifa </Td> <Td> United Arab Emirates </Td> <Td> 828 metres ( 2,717 ft ) </Td> <Td> 62.61 % </Td> </Tr> </Table>
was the tallest building in the world until the empire state building was built
Chrysler Building