<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/55cba084371d22dc0b8be6be-5555-2777/11742915816_c43ddc8ea6_o.jpg" alt="Petronas Twin Towers" data-mce-source="Flickr/Hadi Zaher" /><p class="source"><span>Flickr/Hadi Zaher</span></p><p class="caption">The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia are the tallest twin structures in the world.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>From the first 180-foot skyscraper in Chicago to the current world's tallest structure in Dubai towering over <span>2,700 feet, architects continue to aim high. </span><span><a href="http://www.ctbuh.org/" target="_blank">The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitats</a> (CTBUH) has catalogued the only 15 buildings to ever hold the title of "World's Tallest Building," from 1885 to present day. <br /></span></p><p>Keep scrolling to <span>see every record-breaking building and find out which ones are still standing today. </span></p>

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These are the only 15 skyscrapers to ever be called 'The World's Tallest'

Flickr/Hadi ZaherThe Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia are the tallest twin structures in the world.From the first 180-foot skyscraper in Chicago to the current world's tallest structure in Dubai towering over 2,700 feet, architects continue to aim high. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitats (CTBUH) has catalogued the only 15 buildings to ever hold the title of "World's Tallest Building," from 1885 to present day. Keep scrolling to see every record-breaking building and find out which ones are still standing today.

FlickrHadi ZaherThe Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia are the tallest twin structures in the world. From the first 180foot skyscraper in Chicago to the current worlds tallest structure in Dubai towering over 2,700 feet, architects continue to aim high.

These are the only 15 skyscrapers to ever be called 'The World's Tallest'

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