This is a list of the tallest buildings in

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

. The list includes habitable buildings standing at or above 90 meters (295 feet) but excludes other structures above 90 meters such as the

Yeywa Dam The Yeywa Hydropower Station ( my, ရဲရွာရေအားလျှပ်စစ်ဓာတ်အားပေးစက်ရုံ), located on the Myitnge River, southeast of Mandalay city, at Yeywa village in Kyaukse Township, Mandalay ...

, the Laykyun Sekkya Buddha Statue, the

Shwemawdaw Pagoda The Shwemawdaw Pagoda ( my, ရွှေမောဓော ဘုရား ; mnw, ကျာ်မုဟ်တ ) is a stupa located in Bago, Myanmar. It is often referred to as the Golden God Temple. At in height, the Shwemadaw holds the record ...

, etc. For other tallest structures, see List of tallest structures in Myanmar. All of Myanmar's tallest buildings are high rises. The country does not have a

skyscraper A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Modern sources currently define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition. Skyscrapers are very tall high-ri ...

—i.e. one at least 150 meters tall as defined by the

Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is an international body in the field of tall buildings and sustainable urban design. A non-profit organization based at the Monroe Building in the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States ...

and

Emporis Emporis GmbH was a real estate data mining company that was headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. The company collected data and photographs of buildings worldwide, which were published in an online database from 2000 to September 2022. On 12 Sept ...

. Most of the tallest buildings are located in

Yangon Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...

where zoning regulations restrict the maximum height of buildings to 127 meters (417 feet) above sea level, in order to prevent buildings from overtaking the

Shwedagon Pagoda The Shwedagon Pagoda (, ); mnw, ကျာ်ဒဂုၚ်; officially named ''Shwedagon Zedi Daw'' ( my, ရွှေတိဂုံစေတီတော်, , ) and also known as the Great Dagon Pagoda and the Golden Pagoda is a gilded stupa ...

. The first ever attempt to build a skyscraper in the country—a 195-meter (640-foot) tower in

downtown Yangon Downtown Yangon (also known as the Yangon Central Business District or Yangon CBD; formerly the Cantonment) is the central business district of Yangon, Myanmar, located close to the geographic centre of the metropolitan area. The area features ma ...

— faced intense opposition by local conservationists, and was cancelled in 2014.

Tallest buildings

The following list ranks completed buildings in Myanmar that stand ''about'' 90 meters (295 feet) or taller based on the estimates by Emporis, unless otherwise stated. Because of the Emporis estimates, the list may not be fully accurate—in terms of inclusion and rankings. (Emporis estimates the height of buildings based on the number of floors; as a result, buildings with the same number of floors—regardless of the type (office or residential)—are estimated at the same height.See Emporis's estimates for Yangon buildings here

) Height estimates are denoted in ''italics''. The list may not be up-to-date.

Tallest under construction

The list below covers the buildings under construction that will be 90 meters or taller. Height estimates are denoted in italics, and are sourced from Emporis unless otherwise stated. Given the dynamic nature of the topic, the list may not be up to date, and is likely incomplete.

Tallest proposed

Timeline of tallest buildings

The tallest non-religious building before 1996 was Asia Plaza Hotel, built in Yangon in 1988, which is estimated to be about or tall. The timeline below may be incomplete. Height estimates are denoted in ''italics''.

External sources

Committee for Quality Control of High Rise Building Construction Projects, Republic of the Union of Myanmar

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Bibliography

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