These Are The Fastest Elevators In The World

Elevator speed: 1,378 feet per minute

Building height: 1,482 feet

The towers house an art gallery, an 840-seat concert hall and an underground parking lot.

Elevator speed: 1,3975 feet per minute

Building height: 1,250 feet

It took 7,000,000 man hours and $40,948,000 to build the Empire State Building.

Elevator speed: 1,772 feet per minute

Building height: 1,380 feet

Despite it's massive height — it's the fifth tallest building in the world — Jin Mao Tower can withstand winds and typhoons of up to 124 miles per hour and an earthquake of up to 7 on the Richter Scale.

Elevator speed: 1,772 feet per minute

Building height: 670 feet

The structure is actually an apartment building and offers 1,2, and 3 bedroom floor plans.

Note: No videos of the actual elevator were available, but the building is still pretty cool.

Elevator speed: 1,801 feet per minute

Building height: 1,149 feet

The tower is the tallest observation tower in the country and houses a hotel, gaming floor, and several other attractions.

Elevator speed: 1,801 feet per minute

Building height: 1,127 feet

The building observatory has the only open-air viewing deck in Chicago.

Elevator speed: 1,968 feet per minute

Building height: 797 feet

The structure was built on top of the site of the destroyed Sugamo Prison.

Elevator speed: 1,959 feet per minute

Building height: 1,822 feet

The building cost $800 million to construct.

Elevator speed: 2,461 feet per minute

Building height: 972 feet

In addition to offices, the building houses a hotel and a shopping mall.

Elevator speed: 3,314 feet per minute

Building height: 1,671 feet

Of the building's 101 stories, five are underground.

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