The Tokyo Skytree, twice as tall as the Eiffel Tower, and its surrounding retail and office complex opens today to an estimated 200,000 visitors. [...]
Tokyo Skytree, which took four years to build, surpasses the 600-meter Canton Tower in Guangzhou, China, as the world’s tallest, according to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Dubai’s 828-meter Burj Khalifa is the tallest building, according to the council.
— businessweek.com
To be precise, the opening ceremony for Tokyo Skytree is scheduled for Tuesday morning, May 22 at 9:15 a.m. local time.
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Spiegel has a very nice photo slideshow (English via Google Translate): SkyTree in Tokyo: A tower like a needle
Also, previously in the Archinect Blogs section: Uniforms for Tokyo Sky Tree
"Tokyo Skytree, which took four years to build, surpasses the 600-meter Canton Tower in Guangzhou, China, as the world’s tallest, according to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Dubai’s 828-meter Burj Khalifa is the tallest building, according to the council."
Why does this not make sense to me? Is it incorrect or just worded strangely in that "towers" and "buildings" are rated differently by the council... ?
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