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RANK
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Name
|
Status
Completed Architecturally Topped Out Structurally Topped Out Under Construction On Hold Proposed Vision Never Completed Demolished Competition Entry Canceled Proposed Renovation Under Renovation Renovated Under Demolition |
Height
|
---|---|---|---|
1 | Burj Khalifa | 828 m / 2,717 ft | |
2 | Shanghai Tower | 632 m / 2,073 ft | |
3 | Ping An Finance Center | 599.1 m / 1,965 ft | |
4 | Lotte World Tower | 554.5 m / 1,819 ft | |
5 | One World Trade Center | 541.3 m / 1,776 ft | |
6 | Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre | 530 m / 1,739 ft | |
7 | CITIC Tower | 527.7 m / 1,731 ft | |
8 | TAIPEI 101 | 508 m / 1,667 ft | |
9 | International Commerce Centre | 484 m / 1,588 ft | |
10 | Lakhta Center | 462 m / 1,516 ft |
CTBUH Canada Chapter, 2013 – Present
CTBUH Expert Chinese Translation Committee, 2014 – Present
CTBUH Working Group: MEP, 2018 – Present
10 April 2019
Ceremonial Influences Form a Modern Flagship Building for Beijing’s CBD
China Zun is the flagship building of Beijing’s comprehensively planned 30-hectare central business district core. Its gently rising and curving form embodies the historic capital’s...
22 December 2023
Remembering Charles H. Thornton, 2012 Fazlur Khan Lifetime Achievement Awardee
This edition of Talking Tall is an interview from the CTBUH archives. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat would like to remember Charles...
15 September 2023
Firms Race to Finish the World’s Tallest Tower in Jeddah
The company responsible for constructing the Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia has restarted work on the project and has compiled a list of contractors who...
Motioneering (2000)
RANK
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Name
|
Completion
|
Height
|
Floors
|
Function
|
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jeddah Tower | Jeddah | - |
1,000 m / 3,281 ft |
167 | Residential / Serviced Apartments |
2 | Burj Khalifa | Dubai | 2010 |
828 m / 2,717 ft |
163 | Office / Residential / Hotel |
3 | Wuhan Greenland Center | Wuhan | - |
636 m / 2,087 ft |
126 | Hotel / Residential / Office |
4 | Shanghai Tower | Shanghai | 2015 |
632 m / 2,073 ft |
128 | Hotel / Office |
5 | Ping An Finance Center | Shenzhen | 2017 |
599 m / 1,965 ft |
115 | Office |
6 | Lotte World Tower | Seoul | 2017 |
555 m / 1,819 ft |
123 | Hotel / Residential / Office / Retail |
7 | One World Trade Center | New York City | 2014 |
541 m / 1,776 ft |
94 | Office |
8 | Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre | Guangzhou | 2016 |
530 m / 1,739 ft |
111 | Hotel / Residential / Office |
9 | CITIC Tower | Beijing | 2018 |
528 m / 1,731 ft |
109 | Office |
10 | Dalian Greenland Center | Dalian | - |
518 m / 1,699 ft |
88 | Hotel / Residential / Office |
11 | TAIPEI 101 | Taipei | 2004 |
508 m / 1,667 ft |
101 | Office |
12 | International Commerce Centre | Hong Kong | 2010 |
484 m / 1,588 ft |
108 | Hotel / Office |
13 | Chengdu Greenland Tower | Chengdu | - |
468 m / 1,535 ft |
101 | Hotel / Office |
14 | R&F Guangdong Building | Tianjin | - |
468 m / 1,535 ft |
91 | Residential / Hotel / Office |
15 | Lakhta Center | St. Petersburg | 2019 |
462 m / 1,516 ft |
87 | Office |
16 | Petronas Twin Tower 1 | Kuala Lumpur | 1998 |
452 m / 1,483 ft |
88 | Office |
16 | Petronas Twin Tower 2 | Kuala Lumpur | 1998 |
452 m / 1,483 ft |
88 | Office |
18 | Suzhou IFS | Suzhou | 2019 |
450 m / 1,476 ft |
95 | Hotel / Office / Serviced Apartments |
19 | Wuhan Tower | Wuhan | 2019 |
443 m / 1,454 ft |
88 | Hotel / Residential / Office |
20 | World One | Mumbai | - |
442 m / 1,450 ft |
117 | Residential |
21 | 111 West 57th Street | New York City | 2021 |
435 m / 1,428 ft |
84 | Residential |
22 | 432 Park Avenue | New York City | 2015 |
426 m / 1,397 ft |
85 | Residential |
23 | Trump International Hotel & Tower | Chicago | 2009 |
423 m / 1,389 ft |
98 | Residential / Hotel |
24 | Princess Tower | Dubai | 2012 |
413 m / 1,356 ft |
101 | Residential |
25 | Two International Finance Centre | Hong Kong | 2003 |
412 m / 1,352 ft |
88 | Office |
26 | 23 Marina | Dubai | 2012 |
392 m / 1,287 ft |
88 | Residential |
27 | 30 Hudson Yards | New York City | 2019 |
387 m / 1,270 ft |
73 | Office |
28 | PIF Tower | Riyadh | 2021 |
385 m / 1,263 ft |
72 | Office |
29 | Shun Hing Square | Shenzhen | 1996 |
384 m / 1,260 ft |
69 | Office |
30 | Burj Mohammed Bin Rashid | Abu Dhabi | 2014 |
381 m / 1,251 ft |
88 | Residential |
31 | Federation Tower | Moscow | 2016 |
374 m / 1,226 ft |
93 | Residential / Office |
32 | The Address Boulevard | Dubai | 2017 |
370 m / 1,214 ft |
73 | Residential / Hotel / Retail |
33 | Almas Tower | Dubai | 2008 |
360 m / 1,181 ft |
68 | Office |
34 | Hanking Center | Shenzhen | 2018 |
359 m / 1,177 ft |
65 | Office |
35 | Greenland Group Suzhou Center | Suzhou | 2024 |
358 m / 1,175 ft |
77 | Hotel / Office |
36 | OKO - Residential Tower | Moscow | 2015 |
354 m / 1,162 ft |
90 | Residential / Serviced Apartments / Hotel |
37 | Forum 66 Tower 1 | Shenyang | 2015 |
351 m / 1,150 ft |
68 | Hotel / Office |
38 | Comcast Technology Center | Philadelphia | 2018 |
339 m / 1,112 ft |
59 | Hotel / Office |
39 | Mercury City Tower | Moscow | 2013 |
339 m / 1,112 ft |
75 | Residential / Office |
40 | Hengqin International Finance Center | Zhuhai | 2020 |
338 m / 1,108 ft |
69 | Residential / Office |
41 | Wilshire Grand Center | Los Angeles | 2017 |
335 m / 1,100 ft |
62 | Hotel / Office |
42 | DAMAC Heights | Dubai | 2018 |
335 m / 1,099 ft |
88 | Residential |
43 | Thamrin Nine Tower 1 | Jakarta | - |
334 m / 1,094 ft |
70 | Hotel / Office |
44 | 3 World Trade Center | New York City | 2018 |
329 m / 1,079 ft |
69 | Office |
45 | Three Sixty West Tower B | Mumbai | 2024 |
260 m / 853 ft |
66 | Residential |
Average Building Age*
10 Years
Most Common Function*
Residential (34%)
Most Common Material*
Concrete (53%)
* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database
NOTE: Construction start time is not available for all buildings. The average construction time is only displayed if there is three or more buildings with construction start and complete data in that year.
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10 April 2019
China Zun is the flagship building of Beijing’s comprehensively planned 30-hectare central business district core. Its gently rising and curving form embodies the historic capital’s...
22 October 2018
Building design and devlopment started with small scale conceptual research projects where inspiration and effectiveness, art and technology, and beauty and finance not only co-existed,...
22 October 2018
Since their earliest form, tall buildings have stood as technological marvels, reflecting the latest advancements in materials, methodologies, and tools. These two technologies continue to...
09 July 2018
Carla Swickerath, Partner, Studio Libeskind, sat down with CTBUH to discuss the design approach and urban impact of the World Trade Center complex in New...
31 May 2018
Joining the ranks of the world’s top ten tallest buildings, the 123-story Lotte World Tower rises to 555 meters and offers one of the world’s...
31 May 2018
The Shenzhen Ping An Finance Center (PAFC) is a transit-integrated, 600-meter-tall building that occupies a major node in the increasingly connected megacity of Hong Kong-Shenzhen-Guangzhou....
31 May 2018
Ping An Finance Center (PAFC) is an extraordinary project, which responds to the challenges of constructing in dense urban environments. PAFC advanced nearly every dimension...
28 March 2018
Thursday, February 1, 2018. Chicago, United States of America. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) and the Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) held...
30 October 2017
Quay Quarter Tower (QQT) will create a stunning new building on the Sydney skyline that sets new benchmarks in office tower design globally and creates...
30 October 2017
Recent developments in the design and construction of progressively taller buildings using engineered timber as a structural material raise important questions about the language that...
22 December 2023
Charles Thornton & Richard Tomasetti
This edition of Talking Tall is an interview from the CTBUH archives. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat would like to remember Charles...
05 July 2023
Terri Meyer Boake
Height is aspirational, and having the best view from that height has become a driver in contemporary tall building design. Likewise, observation decks are a...
16 May 2023
Jason Barr & Peter A. Weismantle
This paper reviews the development history of record-breaking skyscrapers to better understand their economics. Given how tall they are, the supposed reason for their construction...
22 August 2022
S. Isaac Work & Shawn Ursini, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
Tall building design has diversified and adapted to accommodate increased demand for distinctive amenities at a range of heights. Swimming pools are a classic feature...
22 August 2022
Tarek Hassan, Yehia El-Ezaby & Charles Malek, rector Dar Al Handasah Consultants (Shair and Partners)
This paper presents an overview of a process of optimizing concrete mixture for tall buildings, culminating in the design of the Iconic Tower, the key...
03 January 2022
CTBUH Research
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has released its annual report, CTBUH Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2021, part of the Tall...
12 January 2021
CTBUH Research
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has released its annual report, CTBUH Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2020, part of the Tall...
23 September 2020
Ahmad Abdelrazaq, Vladimir Travush, PhD, Alexey Shakhvorostov, PhD, et al., Samsung C&T
The 2020 National Building Code of Canada (NBC) and the 2021 International Building Code (IBC) both include Tall Wood Buildings (TWB) and are hailed as...
25 June 2020
Sae Hwang Oh, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Beginning in the late 19th century, construction of skyscrapers spread throughout Chicago, New York City, and then the world as demand of space in buildings...
20 March 2020
CTBUH Research
This research paper undertakes a review of the 2012 report by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, “Tallest 20 in 2020: Entering the...
15 September 2023
The company responsible for constructing the Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia has restarted work on the project and has compiled a list of contractors who...
30 July 2020
History does not want for dizzying fantasies of tall buildings. From the Tower of Babel onwards, humanity has dreamed of ever-more wondrous skyscrapers, whether we...
30 July 2020
History does not want for dizzying fantasies of tall buildings. From the Tower of Babel onwards, humanity has dreamed of ever-more wondrous skyscrapers, whether we...
09 August 2019
The tuned mass damper in the Taipei 101 skyscraper moved 15 centimeters due to an earthquake early Thursday, 8 August, according to the building management....
08 July 2019
The 405-meter One Tower in Moscow is set to become one of the tallest residential buildings in Europe, the deputy mayor of Moscow announced as...
15 April 2019
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has been brought in to deliver Hodder + Partners’ controversial Saint Michael’s tower in Manchester, with the local practice kept...
01 March 2019
The owner of the Chicago Spire site could have another year to begin developing the lakefront site, four months after a downtown alderman rejected a...
28 February 2019
The administrative procedures have been completed to erect what could be the new tallest building in Korea, after Hyundai Motor Group applied for the construction...
21 January 2019
For decades, the New York City skyline was dominated by one building, the 1,250-foot-tall (381-meter) Empire State Building. But 17 “supertall” skyscrapers — defined as...
25 September 2019
CTBUH held a breakfast seminar on vertical building additions, featuring presentations from prominent local firms profiling vertical building addition technologies.
21 November 2018
The CTBUH Canada Future Leaders Committee visited RWDI's facilities, including the company's model shop, wind tunnels, and water flume, and viewed several engaging presentations.
12 September 2018
The CTBUH Canada Chapter hosted a discussion on Modular Design and Construction, featuring an overview of existing modular implementations as well as future implications.
25 July 2018
The CTBUH Canada "Future Leaders" Committee held its inaugural event. Following a series of presentations, emerging professionals networked and planned future initiatives.
21 March 2018
The CTBUH Canada Chapter held a construction tour of YC Condos, a 66-story tower development in downtown Toronto.
01 February 2018
The Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) and CTBUH hosted a panel discussion on the movement to incorporate green features into tall buildings.
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