| # | Building | City | Floors | Height | Year | Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palace of the Parliament | Bucharest | 12 | 84 m | 1988 | $3,000,000,000 | |
| 2 | The Shard | London | 73 | 306 m | 2013 | $1,900,000,000 | |
| 3 | Elbphilharmonie | Hamburg | 25 | 110 m | 2016 | $1,027,510,000 | |
| 4 | United States Embassy | London | 12 | 65 m | 2018 | $1,000,000,000 | |
| 5 | Mercury City | Moscow | 75 | 339 m | 2013 | $1,000,000,000 | |
| 6 | Roche Turm Bau 1 | Basel | 41 | 178 m | 2015 | $588,305,000 | |
| 7 | Bau 2 | Basel | 50 | 205 m | 2022 | $571,625,000 | |
| 8 | 5 Broadgate | London | 13 | 69 m | 2015 | $548,901,470 | |
| 9 | Den Norske Opera & Ballett | Oslo | 11 | 35 m | 2008 | $511,440,162 | |
| 10 | De Rotterdam | Rotterdam | 44 | 151 m | 2013 | $510,000,000 | |
| 11 | Evolution Tower | Moscow | 55 | 246 m | 2015 | $500,000,000 | |
| 12 | WestendGate | Frankfurt am Main | 47 | 159 m | 1976 | $500,000,000 | |
| 13 | Koncerthuset | Copenhagen | 6 | 45 m | 2009 | $430,000,000 | |
| 14 | Sky Tower 1 | Wrocław | 56 | 212 m | 2012 | $400,000,000 | |
| 15 | Westendstraße 1 | Frankfurt am Main | 53 | 208 m | 1993 | $400,000,000 | |
| 16 | WinX Tower | Frankfurt am Main | 29 | 110 m | 2018 | $365,000,000 | |
| 17 | Main Tower | Frankfurt am Main | 55 | 200 m | 1999 | $350,000,000 | |
| 18 | Torre de Cristal | Madrid | 53 | 250 m | 2008 | $339,590,604 | |
| 19 | MesseTurm | Frankfurt am Main | 55 | 256 m | 1990 | $322,000,000 | |
| 20 | Upper West | Berlin | 33 | 119 m | 2017 | $320,122,000 | |