The Bow in Canada is the headquarters of the Canadian petroleum and gas producer EnCana. The crescent-shaped building looks out at the Bow River.
The BMW Building in Munich is made of four linked tubes designed to look like a four-cylinder engine.
The BMW Welt is the event location for handing over new cars in Munich. The building has a double cone design and sits right next to the BMW building.
The Lloyd's of London building headquarters is also known as the "Inside-Out Building" for all of its exterior staircases and elevators.
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip AdThe Hearst Tower in Manhattan — HQ of Hearst Corporation — was the first building in NY to receive LEED Gold Rating for energy.
Natural gas producer Gazprom currently resides in this Moscow high rise by the same name, but is planning a new skyscraper in St. Petersburg shaped like a flame.
Tour CMA CGM in Marseille, France was built by star-architect Zaha Hadid and is meant to look like a ship's sail for the French shipping group CMA CGM.
Aldar Headquarters in Al Raha Beach, United Arab Emirates is the first upright circle-shaped building in the Middle East.
This tower houses the Bank of China Hong Kong HQ, and was the first building outside the USA to break the 1,000-foot mark for a skyscraper.
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip AdRiviera TwinStar Square in Shanghai has two bending towers that house two separate banks: The Agricultural Bank of China and the China Construction Bank.
The futuristic Jong-ro Tower is home to Samsung Securities investment company and has amazing views of Seoul, South Korea at the top.
Global financial services provider ING Group resides in Amsterdam's ING House, often called the "shoe" or "Dustbuster" due to its shape.
The twin Petronas Towers in Malaysia were commissioned by petroleum conglomerate Petronas, and are connected by a sky bridge that rises over 550 feet above the ground.
The General Motors Renaissance Center has five separate towers, with the central tower housing the revolving Detroit restaurant "Coach Insignia" in the penthouse.
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip AdBarcelona's innovative Torre Mare Nostrum structure uses two protruding horizontal towers as it's base.
The adidas LACES building is a part of the "World of Sports" corporate headquarters in Bavaria, Germany, and has enough floorspace to fit eight soccer fields.
But there's more competition on the horizon.