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SUPERTALL SURVEY: GLOBAL SKYSCRAPERS




SUPERTALLS

Inspired by the superior height of Burj Khalifa, the Museum measured supertall skyscrapers according to a higher standard than the common 300 meters, as part of its 2007 exhibition World's Tallest Building: Burj Dubai. Our 380+ meter benchmark was set by the Empire State Building's 86 occupiable stories and 1,250-foot height to the top of its original 1931 mooring mast. Buildings that matched or exceeded these markers in 2007 were included in this global survey.

Represented here are 20th and 21st century supertalls, grouped by city, that were completed, under construction, or proposed and approved by local authorities. The towers are scaled 1: 2,400, with 20th-century buildings in black and white and 21st-century in color. The survey revealed new geographies of supertall ambitions, shifting from the U.S. to Asia and the Mideast. This trend reflects those regions' expanding economies and desire to compete for international status and business.

 



2007 2011 2014 2018 2020
  NORTH AMERICA
   
CHICAGO
  Sears Tower: 442m, (1,450 ft) green dot green dot green dot green dot
  Trump International Hotel & Tower: 423m, (1,389 ft) yellow dot green dot green dot green dot
     
NEW YORK Empire State Building: 381m (1,250 ft) green dot green dot green dot green dot
One World Trade Center (Formerly Freedom Tower): 541m, (1,776 ft) yellow dot yellow dot green dot green dot
432 Park Ave: (1,396 ft) green dot green dot
111 57th Street: 411.5m (1,350 ft) yellow dot yellow dot
217 West 57th St (Central Park Tower): 472m (1,550 ft) yellow dot yellow dot
One Vanderbilt: 427m (1,401 ft.) red dot yellow dot
30 Hudson Yards: 386m (1,268 ft) red dot red dot
Two World Trade Center: 403m (1,323 ft) red dot red dot yellow dot
80 South Street: circa 437m (1,436 ft) red dot
     
  RUSSIA
   
ST. PETERSBURG Lahkta Center (formerly Gazprom Tower): 396m, (1,300 ft)   red dot red dot green dot
     
GRONZY Akhmat Tower: 435m, (1,427 ft)       red dot
     
  MIDDLE EAST
   
  UAE
     
ABU DHABI Burj Mohammed Bin Rashid (AKA World Trade Center Abu Dhabi): 382m, (1,251 ft)   green dot green dot green dot
     
DUBAI Princess Tower: 414m, (1,358 ft) yellow dot green dot green dot green dot
Marina 101: 412m, (1,352 ft) yellow dot yellow dot green dot green dot
23 Marina: 395m, (1,296 ft) yellow dot green dot green dot green dot
Elite Residence: 380 m, (1,247 ft) yellow dot green dot green dot green dot
Burj Khalifa: 828m, (2,717 ft) yellow dot green dot green dot green dot
       
     
  QATAR
         
DOHA Kamal Mixed Use Development: 408m, (1,338 ft)   red dot red dot red half dot
     
  KUWAIT
     
KUWAIT CITY Al Hamra Tower: 412m, (1352 ft) yellow dot green dot green dot green dot
     
  SAUDI ARABIA
     
MAKKAH (MECCA) Abraj Al Bait Hotel Tower: 601m, (1,972 ft) yellow dot green dot green dot green dot
     
RIYADH Capital Market Authority Tower: 385m, (1,263 ft)     green dot green dot
     
JEDDAH Kingdom Tower: 1,000m, (3,281 ft)     yellow dot yellow dot
     
  ASIA
   
HONG KONG International Commerce Centre: 484m, (1,588 ft) yellow dot green dot green dot green dot
Two International Finance Centre: 415m, (1,362 ft) green dot green dot green dot green dot
     
  CHINA
     
BEIJING China Zun (Zhongguo Zun): 528m, (1732 ft)     yellow dot green dot
     
CHANGSHA Changsha IFS Tower 1: 452m, (1,483 ft)     green dot green dot
     
CHENGDU Chengdu Greenland Tower: 468m, (1,535 ft)     yellow dot green dot
     
CHONGQING Corporate Avenue 1 AKA Chongqing ITCC: 458m, (1,503)   yellow dot yellow dot yellow dot
     
DONGGUAN Dongguan International Trade Center 2: 427m, (1,401 ft)     yellow dot yellow dot green dot
     
GUIYANG Guiyang International Financial Center T1: 401m, (1,316 ft)     green dot green dot
  Guiyang World Trade Center Landmark Tower: 380m, (1,247 ft)       green dot
     
GUANGZHOU Guangzhou IFC, West Tower: 442m, (1,439 ft) yellow dot green dot green dot green dot
CITIC Plaza: 390m, (1283 ft) green dot green dot green dot green dot
  CTF Finance Centre: 530m, (1,738 ft)   green dot green dot green dot
     
NANNING Logan Century Center 1: 390m, (1,279 ft)   yellow dot green dot green dot
  Nanning China Resources Tower: 403m, (1,321 ft)     green dot green dot
     
NANJING Zifeng Tower (AKA Nanjing Greenland Financial Center): 450m, (1,476 ft) yellow dot green dot green dot green dot
     
SHANGHAI Jin Mao: 421m, (1,380 ft) green dot green dot green dot green dot
Shanghai World Financial Center: 492m, (1,614 ft) yellow dot green dot green dot green dot
  Shanghai Tower: 632m, (2,073 ft)   green dot green dot green dot
     
SHENYANG Forum 66 383, (1,259 ft) *Now 351m no longer tall enough   green dot green dot yellow dot
  Global Financial Center Tower 1 (AKA Pearl of the North): 568m, (1,864 ft)     green dot green dot
     
SHENZHEN Shun Hing Square: 384m, (1,260 ft) green dot green dot green dot green dot
  Kingkey Finance Center Plaza : 442m, (1,449 ft) yellow dot green dot green dot green dot
  China Resources Headquarters: 400m, (1,312 ft)     green dot green dot
  Ping An Finance Center : 599m, (1,965 ft)   green dot yellow dot green dot
  Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 1: 388m, (1,273 ft)     green dot green dot
     
SUZHOU Suzhou Super Tower (AKA Suzhou IFS): 450m, (1,482 ft)   green dot yellow dot green dot
  Suzhou Zhongnan Center: 700m, (2,297 ft)     yellow dot yellow dot
     
TIANJIN Tianjin R & F Guandong Tower: 468m, (1,535 ft)   yellow dot yellow dot yellow dot
  Tianjin CTF Finance Centre: 530m, (1,739 ft)     yellow dot yellow dot
  Goldin Finance 117*: 597m, (1,958 ft) *Topped out, but unfinished   green dot yellow dot yellow dot
     
DALIAN Dalian Eton Center: 383m, (1,257 ft)   green dot green dot green dot
     
WUHAN Wuhan Greenland Center: 606m, (1,988 ft); height may be limited to 500m due to flight regulations   green dot yellow dot yellow dot
  Wuhan Riverview Plaza: 436m, (1,437 ft)   yellow dot yellow dot yellow dot
  Wuhan Center: 438m, (1,4371 ft)   green dot yellow dot yellow dot
     
HAIKOU Haikou Tower: 428m, (1,404 ft)       green dot
     
  TAIWAN Taipei 101: 509m, (1,671 ft) green dot green dot green dot green dot
     
  SOUTH KOREA
     
SEOUL Lotte World Tower 123: 555m, (1821 ft) red dot red dot yellow dot green dot
     
BUSAN LTC The Sharp Landmark Tower: 412m, (1,350 ft)     red dot yellow dot green dot
     
  KAZAKHSTAN
     
ASTANA Abu Dhabi Plaza: 382m, (1,253 ft)     green dot green dot
     
  INDONESIA
     
  MALAYSIA
     
KUALA LUMPUR Petronas Towers: two towers, each 452 m, (1483 ft) green dot green dot green dot green dot
  Merdeka PNB118 644 m, (2,113 ft)     red dot green dot
  The Exchange 106: 446m, (1,461 ft)       green dot
 
VIETNAM Vincom Landmarks 81: 461 m, (1513 ft)       green dot
     
  INDONESIA
   
JAKARTA Signature Tower: 638m, (2,093 ft)   green dot red red
  Pertamina Energy Tower: 500m, (1,640 ft)     red dot red
     
  INDIA
     
MUMBAI World One: 442m, (1,450 ft)   green dot green dot red
     

The 2007 Supertall Survey, at left, is compared, at right, with the 2011 Supertall Status.

 

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