Amid growing competition for the tallest and most innovative towers, one high-rise in South Korea managed to surpass all others.
Earlier this week, the Lotte World Tower in Seoul receivedthe Emporis Skyscraper Award , the world's most renowned prize for high-rise architecture.
The tower's sleek design pales in comparison to its record-shattering features, which include the world's highest glass-bottomed observation deck and the world's fastest elevator.
Take a look at how it was built and what it looks like now.
The towers construction began in 2011, more than two decades after the land was procured.
The owner, Lotte Corp., also oversaw the construction of the world's largest indoor theme park.
The structure is designed to withstand a 9.0 magnitude earthquake.
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It's also intended to withstand gusts of wind as strong as those seen in Hurricane Katrina (around 180 miles per hour).
At more than 1,800 feet, its the tallest building in South Korea and the fifth tallest building in the world.
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The structure, which opened in in April 2017, has 123 floors and 42,000 windows. Construction of the roof alone required 3,000 tons of steel.
The design, though modern, was inspired by the curvature of traditional Korean art and architecture.
One hundred days after it opened, the tower had already attracted 10 million visitors, or about 120,000 people a day.
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The towers standout features include a glass-bottomed observation deck and the worlds fastest elevator.
The double-decker elevator, known as the Sky Shuttle, travels at more than 22 miles per hour. That means it can deliver people from the first floor to the observation deck on the 121st floor in a single minute.
The tower hosted a "sky run" in 2018, which challenged people to climb its 2,917 steps to the top.
The tower could have a $3.8 billion economic impact.
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The tower is also expected to receive about 60 million tourists a year a goal that shouldn't be hard to achieve, now that it's been dubbed the best skyscraper completed in 2017.
