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The term Twin Towers in architecture refers to two tall structures with nearly identical characteristics and similar height. The charts below lists most twin and other multi-column structures with similar characteristics. Buildings and structures shorter than 100 m (330 ft) are not included.

Twin buildings

The tallest twin tower complex in the world, the Petronas Twin Towers, with the skybridge clearly visible at the center.

The three wind turbines visible at the center of the two skyscrapers of the Bahrain World Trade Center.

The Belgacom Towers complex in Brussels with its skybridge.

The following list includes only twin buildings that are continuously habitable.

Name	City	Country	Height (max)	Floor count (t1/t2)
Petronas Twin Towers	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	452 m (1,483 ft)	88/88
Bahrain Financial Harbour	Manama	Bahrain	260 m (853 ft)	53/53
The Imperial	Mumbai	India	249 m (817 ft)	60/60
Bahrain WTC	Manama	Bahrain	240 m (787 ft)	50/50
Time Warner Center	New York City	United States	229 m (751 ft)	55/55
Parque Central Complex	Caracas	Venezuela	225 m (738 ft)	56/56
Karachi Financial Towers	Karachi	Pakistan	215 m (705 ft)	45/45
The St. Francis Shangri-La Place	Mandaluyong	Philippines	213 m (699 ft)	60/60
Orchid Enclave	Mumbai	India	210 m (689 ft)	54/54
Dolmen City	Karachi	Pakistan	210 m (689 ft)	40/40
Berjaya Times Square	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	203 m (666 ft)	48/48
Bankers Hall	Calgary	Canada	197 m (646 ft)	52/52
The St. Francis Square Towers	Mandaluyong	Philippines	197 m (646 ft)	51/51
The Tokyo Towers	Tokyo	Japan	194 m (636 ft)	58/58
Jordan Gate Towers	Amman	Jordan	180 m (591 ft)	44/44
Marina City	Chicago	United States	179 m (587 ft)	65/65
Pacific Plaza Towers	Taguig City	Philippines	179 m (587 ft)	49/49
Century Plaza Towers	Century City	United States	174 m (571 ft)	44/44
El Faro towers	Buenos Aires	Argentina	170 m (558 ft)	57/57
Blue and Green Diamond	Miami Beach	United States	170 m (558 ft)	44/44
Renoir towers	Buenos Aires	Argentina	168.5 m (553 ft)	57/58
Tours Société Générale	Paris	France	167 m (548 ft)	37/37
GA Twin Towers	Mandaluyong	Philippines	165 m (541 ft)	30/30
Residences of College Park	Toronto	Canada	163 m (535 ft)	51/45
Deutsche Bank Twin Towers	Frankfurt	Germany	155 m (509 ft)	40/38
WTC Colombo	Colombo	Sri Lanka	152 m (499 ft)	40/40
Belgacom Towers	Brussels	Belgium	134 m (440 ft)	28/28
Highlight Towers	Munich	Germany	126 m (413 ft)	32/27
Rosslyn Twin Towers	Arlington	United States	116 m (381 ft)	31/31
Casablanca Twin Center	Casablanca	Morocco	115 m (377 ft)	28/28
Gate of Europe	Madrid	Spain	115 m (377 ft)	26/26
Denver World Trade Center	Denver	United States	109 m (358 ft)	28/29
Centro Simon Bolivar	Caracas	Venezuela	103 m (338 ft)	25/25
Deira Twin Towers	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	102 m (335 ft)	22/22

Twin structures

This list consists of nonbuilding structures. In other words, they are not continuously habitable. Masts and towers are considered structures.

Structure	City	Country	Height (max)
Nackasändaren	Stockholm	Sweden	299 m (981 ft)
RKS Liblice 2	Liblice	Czech Republic	355 m (1,165 ft)

Buildings and structures with more than two identical columns

Name	City	Country	Height (max)	No. of columns	Floor count (max/min)
Abraj Al Lulu	Seef	Bahrain		3	50/40
Malecon Center	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	122 m (400 ft)	3	31/31
Havelock City Project	Colombo	Sri Lanka		8	29/22

Multi-column buildings and structures which no longer exist

Name	City	Country	Height (max)	No. of columns	Floor count (t1/t2)	Status
World Trade Center	New York City	United States	417 m (1,368 ft)[A]	2	110/110	Destroyed

Notes

• A. ^{^}  By official height (height to roof, in this case)

See also

• List of tallest buildings in the world
• List of tallest buildings and structures in the world