The Skyscraper Center

Vertical Transportation: Ascent & Acceleration

12 September 2017

CTBUH partnered with Guinness World Records to identify the commercial building with the fastest elevator speeds and longest vertical runs.

Twisting Tall Buildings

18 August 2016

CTBUH has released a study that looks at the recent proliferation of twisting towers creating a new generation of iconic buildings throughout the world.

Al Hamra Firdous Tower Chosen as Featured Building

01 August 2013

The art of high-rise building design embraces, at least in part, how the observer reads the rise of the form from the earth to the sky.

CTBUH India: High-rise Building Technology

14 January 2012

CTBUH Chairman Timothy Johnson, of NBBJ, and CTBUH Advisory Group Member Ahmad Abdelrazaq, of Samsung, recently spoke at a CTBUH seminar on building technology.

1992 Kuwait Conference: Rehabilitation of Damaged Buildings

13–15 April 1992

The 1992 International Conference was held in Kuwait on the Rehabilitation of Damaged Buildings: Sick Building Sydrome.

CTBUH Releases Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2018

12 December 2018

The astronomical growth in tall building construction observed over the past decade continued in 2018, though the total number of completed buildings of 200 meters’ or greater height leveled off at 143, after hitting an all-time record of 147 in 2017.

CTBUH Releases Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2014

31 December 2014

An All-Time Record 97 Buildings of 200 Meters or Higher Completed in 2014 and 2014 showed further shifts towards Asia, and also surprising developments in building functions and structural materials.

CTBUH Releases Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2011

31 December 2011

The annual story is becoming a familiar one: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and now 2011 have each sequentially broke the record for the most 200 meter or higher buildings completed in a given year. Once again, more 200 m+ buildings were completed in 2011 than in any year previous.

CTBUH Releases Analysis of Global Population and Tall Buildings

13 April 2011

Tall buildings are spreading across the globe at an ever-increasing rate. This study demonstrates the relationship between population and tall buildings across those countries and presents information on the average height and age of each country’s tallest buildings.

CTBUH Releases Tallest Buildings Completed in 2009

31 December 2009

Trump International Hotel & Tower named tallest building completed in 2009; Successful year for the American high-rise. Over half of all buildings 200m or taller completed in the past twelve months were located in Asia, with some 36% being in China alone.

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