The tallest matchstick model was a scale replica of the Eiffel Tower built by Toufic Daher (Lebanon) that measured 6m 53cm in height and was unveiled at City Mall, Beirut, Lebanon, on 11 November 2009 in celebration of Guinness World Records day. Mr. Daher used approximately 6 million matches in building the model.
Terry Goertzen (Canada) rode a 5.55 m (18 ft 2.5 in) tall bicycle, without any stabilisers, over a distance in excess of 300 m (1,000 ft) at North Kildonan Mennonite Brethren Church, Winnipeg, Canada, on 26 June 2004.
The tallest revolving door measures 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in) and is located in the Novotel Citygate Hong Kong hotel in Tung Chung, Hong Kong. The door was measured during the hotels official opening on 12 June 2006.
Completed in 2012, Princess Tower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is 413.4 m (1,356 ft) high and has 101 storeys above ground, dedicated to residential use. The highest occupied floor stands at 356.9 m (1,171 ft). The architectural height is measured from the level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance to the architectural top of the building, including spires, but not including antennae, signage, flag poles or other functional-technical equipment as defined by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). Building function:
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The tallest motorcycle was constructed by Gregory Dunham (USA)it is 3.429 m (11 ft 3 in) tall to the top of handlebars, 6.187 m (20 ft 4 in) long and weighs 2.948 tonnes (6,500 lb). It is powered by a 8.2 litre (502 cu in) V8 engine and has tyres that are 1.88 m (74 in) tall.
The tallest structure of Lincoln Logs was 3.77 m (12 ft 4 in) tall and was constructed by the city of Lincoln (USA) in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, on 13 April 2013.
The tallest structure built with interlocking plastic bricks in one minute, using one hand, is 48 bricks tall and was built by Chris Challis (UK) at Butlins, Skegness, UK, on 26th December 2011. GWR Live! at Butlins.
The tallest stilts ever mastered measured 16.41 m (53 ft 10 in) from ground to ankle. Saimaiti Yiming (China) was able to walk a distance of 10 steps on them, without touching his safety lines in Shanshan County, Xinjiang, China, on 15 November 2006.
Balancing on a single stilt measuring 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) tall (from the ground to the foot platform), Sergey Cherkasov (Russia) achieved a triple salto and triple twist off a teeter board at the 27th International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo , Monaco in January 2003. He was performing with the Moscow State Circus at the time.
The tallest stack of tortillas was 58 cm (1 ft 10 in) and was created by Richard Godfrey, Marcin Bueski, Mark Monument, and Jason Wilkinson (all UK) at Jubilee Square in Brighton, England, UK on 11 September 2010.