We just can’t stop colonizing the skies. A new reportWE shows that for the second year in a row, humans erected more skyscrapers than in any previous year.
According to the Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, in 2015 we set a record for the most completed buildings that tower 200 meters or taller. With 106 new buildings completed, that’s more than any year before that, says the council. Even more are expected in 2016.
(Courtesy Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat)
For the eighth year in a row, China was far and away the biggest builder, with 62 newly finished buildings. Indonesia came in second, with nine completed skyscrapers.
Sahid Sudirman Center | Wallpaperchimp
Jakarta was the city with the most new tall buildings, including the Sahid Sudirman Center, an office building 258 meters tall.
The tallest of the new structures, China’s Shanghai Tower, was finished in late 2015. Standing at 632 meters with a whopping 128 stories, it’s now the second tallest building in the world, after Dubai’s Burj Khalifa.
432 Park Avenue, New York | The New York Times
The second tallest in 2015 was New York’s 432 Park Avenue, the tallest residential building in the western hemisphere, at 425.5 meters.
See the tallest 20 completed in the year, by height.
Rank
Building
City
Height (m)
1
Shanghai Tower
Shanghai
632
2
432 Park Avenue
New York City
426
3
OKO – Residential Tower
Moscow
354
4
Forum 66 Tower 1
Shenyang
351
5
ADNOC Headquarters
Abu Dhabi
342
6
Chongqing World Financial Center
Chongqing
339
7
Nanjing International Youth Cultural Centre Tower 1
Nanjing
315
8
Fortune Center
Guangzhou
309
9
Stalnaya Vershina
Moscow
309
10
Diwang International Fortune Center
Liuzhou
303
11
Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza 1
Nanchang
303
11
Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza 2
Nanchang
303
13
Greenland Puli Center
Jinan
301
14
Ilham Tower
Kuala Lumpur
298
15
Xiamen Shimao Straits Tower B
Xiamen
295
16
Kaisa Center
Huizhou
288
17
D1 Tower
Dubai
284
18
City of Lights C1 Tower
Abu Dhabi
282
19
Al Hekma Tower
Dubai
282
20
Eton Place Dalian Tower 2
Dalian
279
This article was first published in Quartz in January 2016
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