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In 2022, there were a total of 147 buildings 200 meters or higher completed. This is up 23.5 percent from 2021, which had 119 such completions. Globally, the world has amassed a total of 2,075 200-meter-plus buildings and 211 supertall buildings through 2022. For perspective, the first 100 of these supertall buildings were completed by 2015, and the other 111 were built in the seven years since. Additionally, the first 1,000 buildings of 200 meters and greater in height were completed by 2015, a figure that has now more than doubled.
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The tallest building to complete in 2022 was CITYMARK CENTRE, in Shenzhen, at 388.3 meters. This is the third time that Shenzhen has completed the tallest building of the year since 1990, with its last record-holding building being Ping An Finance Center, 599.05 meters, which was completed in 2017. Shenzhen now has 130 buildings of 200 meters or greater in height since its first, Shun Hing Square, completed in 1996.
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There were 9 cities to get a new tallest building, as shown below. At 58, the number of cities completing a 200-meter-plus building increased from 2021's 51 different cities, an increase of 13.7 percent from 2021 and a decrease from a peak of 68 cities in 2017.
| Rank | Building Name | City | Floors | m | ft | 1 | Abu Dhabi Plaza | Astana, Kazakhstan | 75 | 310.75 | 1,020 | 2 | Shangri-La Cambodia | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 55 | 228.4 | 749 | 3 | 6 & 8 Parramatta Square | Parramatta, Australia | 55 | 223.4 | 733 | 4 | HEKLA | Puteaux, France | 48 | 220 | 722 | 5 | De Zalmhaven I | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 58 | 215 | 705 | 6 | Hachsharat Hyeshuv C Tower | Bnei Brak, Israel | 52 | 211.25 | 693 | 7 | Roche Turm Bau 2 | Basel, Switzerland | 50 | 205 | 673 | 8 | Regione Piemonte Headquarters | Turin, Italy | 42 | 204.96 | 672 | 9 | Estates at Acqualina South Tower | Sunny Isles Beach, United States | 52 | 204.83 | 672 |
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Asia (excluding the Middle East) continues to host the most buildings amongst the 100 Tallest, with 61 such buildings at the end of 2022. The Middle East and North America are close behind, having 19 and 15 buildings, respectively. Europe is home to 5 of the 100 Tallest, and Africa, Oceania, and South America have yet to have an entrant post-2020.
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At the end of 2022, all-office buildings comprised 37 of the 100 Tallest. Mixed-use buildings have been a plurality in this group since 2017 and now comprise 50, with hotel-only (3 buildings) and residential-only (10 buildings) making up the rest. "Other" uses, such as government-, religious-, and university-related functions, have not been amongst the world's 100 tallest since the Soviet Union's MV Lomonosov State University was eliminated 21 years ago.
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The abundance of buildings that use multiple materials within the primary structural system continues to dominate the world's 100 tallest, with composite and mixed structures making up 61 percent of the list. All-concrete structures, while still a common solution, now make up just 27 percent of the 100 tallest. All-steel structures have been in decline since 1960, when they peaked at supporting 93 of the world's 100 tallest buildings, but now, only nine of them sport an all-steel structure. 30 Hudson Yards, completed in 2019, was the only all-steel structure to enter the 100 tallest in the last 25 years.
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The average height of all completions in 2022 was 236.6 meters—a 2.1 percent descrease from 2021, which had an average completion height of 241.6 meters. Despite this decrease, 2022's new additionst to the World's 100 Tallest increased its threshold for entry to 403.8 meters in 2022. A total of three buildings entered the 100 tallest in 2022: CITYMARK CENTRE, Shenzhen, at 388.3 meters; Autograph Tower, Jakarta, at 382.9 meters; and Glory・Xi'an International Financial Center, Xi’an, at 350 meters.
Of the buildings currently under construction or topped-out, 33 are supertalls; just 27 of those completing in 2023 would smash the record of 26 supertall completions in 2019, marking a true return to normalcy for skyscraper construction. The 2023 list will most likely be led by the completion of Merdeka 118, Kuala Lumpur, which, at 679 meters, will officially be the second-tallest building in the world and only the fourth megatall (600-meter-plus) completion in history.
In light of the massive number of skyscrapers on deck, CTBUH predicts at least 155 buildings of 200 meters and higher to complete in 2023, with as many as 205 completing next year. Of these, we expect between 16 and 26 to be supertalls. Any final figure within this range will be record-breaking on multiple fronts, as it is likely to be the most prolific year for skyscraper completions ever. With construction in China keeping apace, it is also likely that China will be home to over half of the world’s 200-meter-plus buildings, a distinction not held since 1999, when the United States had completed 124 of the world’s 283 skyscrapers of that height.