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It is 171 meters long and has 71 plants. These are the record figures for the new best skyscraper in the world, the

One Barangaroo

in the Australian city of Sydney, which has been ranked number one in the ranking prepared every year for 21 years by the Emporis Skyscraper Awards, a prestigious consulting company in database for buildings based in Hamburg. The main evaluation criteria on which the award is based are

design and functionality.

In addition, the skyscrapers had to be completed in the year in which the awards are awarded and be more than 100 meters high.

All these requirements are met by the One Barangaroo, whose location stands out on

Sydney Harbor

as it is right next to the famous Opera House, so the views are spectacular.

Its silhouette also attracts attention because it represents

the shape of a flower with three

intertwined

petals

that twist more and more as steps are advanced upwards.

Casinos and luxury design

Built by the British architecture studio Wilkinson Eyre, inside it houses the largest leisure emporium in all of Australia, with a

six-star hotel

(five is not enough), different restaurants,

82 exclusive residences

, a casino and a viewpoint, located on its 66th floor.

Two images of the Telus Sky from Calgary, Canada.

The second best new skyscraper in the world, after One Barangaroo, is the

Telus Sky in Calgary

(Canada), owned by the telecommunications company of the same name, Telus.

Its height is

222 meters

and it has 59 floors where there is room for offices,

apartments, shops, restaurants,

terraces ... It also stands out for its LED installation, the work of local artist

Douglas Coupland.

The third in the ranking of these

Oscars for tall architecture

is located in New York: the

One Vanderbilt.

With 427 meters high and 67 floors, its author has been Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, one of the main architecture firms in the world, based in

the Big Apple.

Its spectacular

viewpoint

is already called to become the new attraction of the city of skyscrapers, never better said.

View from One Vanderbilt in New York, the third best skyscraper.

Here is the

full list

of skyscrapers that have won the Emporis Skyscraper Awards.

The 10 best skyscrapers in the world

1. One Barangaroo (Sydney, Australia)

2. Telus Sky (Calgary, Canada)

3. One Vanderbilt (New York, USA)

4. Torre Libeskind (Milan, Italy)

5. Qiantan Center (Shanghai, China)

6. Tour Alto (Courbevoie, France)

7. Australia 108 (Melbourne, Australia)

8. Central Park Tower (New York, USA)

9. 110 North Wacker Driver (Chicago, USA)

10. Grand Tower (Frankfurt, Germany)

The list of the Emporis Skyscraper Awards only includes two European representatives (and none Spanish).

The first (and fourth in the ranking) is in Milan, the

Libeskind Tower.

Raised by the Daniel Libeskind studio, it is 175 meters high, has

34 floors

and has a rounded shape, which is why it has been nicknamed

Il Curvo

(The Curve) in the Italian city where it is located.

The new Libeskind Tower in Milan.

The fifth place is occupied by an Asian building, how could it be otherwise. And specifically, Chinese. It is the

Qiantan Center

in Shanghai, located on the banks of

the Huangpu River

, with its 280 meters high and 56 floors. The design of this

new giant

is based on natural elements such as wood and water. It has been created by the same studio as the One Vanderbilt in New York, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates.

The Emporis company wanted to highlight the special characteristics of this edition, since all the buildings were inaugurated in 2020,

the year of the pandemic,

when the construction sector of this type of towers "fell more than 20%", according to those responsible for the firm.

Still, they are optimistic

about next year's awards

.

Candidates can now start applying.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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