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The international non-profit organization Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) was
formed in 1969 and announces the title of "The World's Tallest Building" and sets the standards by
which buildings are measured. It maintains a list of the 100 tallest completed buildings in the
world.[3] The organization currently ranks Burj Khalifa in Dubai as the tallest at 828 m (2,717 ft).[3] The
CTBUH only recognizes buildings that are complete however, and some buildings included within
the lists in this article are not considered finished by the CTBUH.
In 1996, as a response to the dispute as to whether the Petronas Towers or the Sears Tower was
taller,[4] the council listed and ranked buildings in four categories: