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Feb 23, 2012
Skyscraper Resource Site
CTBUH Debuts Groundbreaking Skyscraper Resource Site
Only one U.S. tower on list of world’s 10 tallest buildings; China dominates data
CHICAGO, Feb. 22, 2012 – The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat today launched The Skyscraper Center, the world’s most comprehensive resource for data and information on tall buildings.
The Skyscraper Center (www.skyscrapercenter.com) contains detailed profiles and images on every completed building in the world taller than 200 meters, as well as thousands of other buildings in various stages of development. Users can easily determine the size-ranking of the tower, globally, regionally and within the country, as well as the latest news and data on the project.
World Tallest Buildings image © CTBUH
“The new site builds on our database compiled through 40 years of research and adds valuable new functions, new information and extensive assets for both professionals and non-professionals exploring the world of skyscrapers,” said Timothy Johnson, chairman of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, a not-for-profit organization based on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology (CTBUH), is the leading international organization for builders and designers of tall buildings and cities of the future.
The data in The Skyscraper Center spotlights the latest trends in skyscraper construction, which is in the midst of an unprecedented building boom.
The United States, once the leader in the development of tall buildings, now has only one building, the Willis Tower in Chicago (formerly the Sears Tower), on the list of the world’s 10 tallest buildings, according to CTBUH research. New York’s Empire State Building, the tallest building in the world for 41 years, is now ranked 18th on the list.
China now boasts 11 of the top 20 buildings in the world.
photo © Andrew McRae
The homepage of The Skyscraper Center features a world map tool which can instantly generate relevant facts and tall building lists on any country in the world. The site also makes it easy to track the latest news and changes to the database.
“The site is interactive,” said Nathanial Hollister, CTBUH production coordinator and leader of the database project. “We encourage people to send in new information and images on projects.”
CTBUH plans to add several significant new elements to the center in the next few months, including robust city and country profiles which will provide detailed graphs and statistics on specific regions, he said.
About CTBUH: The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (www.ctbuh.org), a not-for-profit group based on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology, is the world’s leading resource for professionals involved in the creation and execution of skyscrapers and the cities of the future. Founded in 1969, the group conducts independent research and facilitates the exchange of the latest knowledge available to the public around the world through events, publications and its international network of country representatives.
CTBUH developed international standards for measuring tall building heights and is recognized as the arbiter of such global designations as “The World’s Tallest Building.”
Skyscraper Architecture
World’s Tallest Building
image from Emaar
Burj Khalifa skyscraper, Dubai
photograph : Imre Solt
Skyscraper Buildings around the world
Skyscraper Images : A-B
Skyscraper Developments : C-H
Skyscraper Designs : I-N
Tower Designs : O-R
Tower Images : S-Z
World Skyscraper Designs
0-14 tower, Dubai
Design: Reiser + Umemoto
image from architect
2IFC Hong Kong Skyscraper, Hong Kong
Design: Cesar Pelli
photo © Andrew McRae
Agbar Tower, Barcelona
Design: Jean Nouvel Architects
photo © Adrian Welch
Anara Tower, UAE
Design: Atkins
image from architect
Beach Road sksycraper, Singapore
Foster + Partners
image from architects
COR tower Miami, USA
Oppenheim Architecture + Design
image from architects
Headquarter of China Insurance Group
Coop Himmelb(l)au
image © SILKROAD Digital Technology
Rockefeller Center, New York
Raymond Hood, Architect
picture © Andrew McRae
Skyscraper Buildings in Major Global Cities
World’s tallest hotel building (when built) : Burj al Arab tower
image from architect
International Commerce Centre, Hong Kong
Hong Kong IFC skyscraper
Designed by leading world architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF), the world’s highest hotel, The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong is now open. Located within the International Commerce Centre (ICC), the new hotel stands 490 meters above Victoria Harbour, occupying floors 102 to 118 of the building.
Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai, China
Jin Mao Tower Shanghai
This skyscraper is the seventh tallest building in world at time of writing. This Pudong tower’s proportions relate to the number 8, which symbolises prosperity in Chinese traditional culture.
Tall buildings over 300m high
Bank of China, Central, Hong Kong
1985-90
I M Pei & Partners; Sherman Kung & Associates Architects Ltd
367m high
Hong Kong tower
Apparently bad feng shui according to Hong Kong architects that I spoke to. Tallest building in Hong Kong and Asia from 1989-92, until the completion of Central Plaza, 374m high
Al Sharq Tower, Sheik Zayed Road, Dubai, UAE
2007-
SOM Architects – Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
360m high / 100 storeys
Dubai skyscraper
Residential skyscraper – 268 apartments: For Al Sharq Investments
The Center, Central / Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
1998
DLN Architects & Engineers
346m high
The Center skyscraper
John Hancock Center, Chicago, USA
1970
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
344m high ; 459 m high including antennae
John Hancock Center
Infinity Tower, Dubai
2006-
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, Architects
330m high / 80 storeys
Trump International Hotel & Tower, The Palm Jumeirah, Dubai
2006-
Architects: Atkins
255m high approx / 60 storeys
Shanghai Shimao International Plaza, Shanghai, China
2001-05
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246m high; 333m high – with spires / 60 storeys
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