Small Increase in Completions Marks Return to Upward Trend

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1 CTBUH Year in Review: Tall Trends of Small Increase in Completions Marks Return to Upward Trend Report by Daniel Safarik and Antony Wood, CTBUH Research by Marty Carver and Marshall Gerometta, CTBUH By all appearances, the small increase in the total number of tall-building completions from into is indicative of a return to the prevalent trend of increasing completions each year over the past decade. Perhaps, with its small year-on-year drop in completions, was the last year to register the full effect of the / global financial crisis, and a small sigh of relief can be let out in the tall-building industry as we begin. Figure. The tallest buildings completed in CTBUH Please see end of report for a more detailed skyline At the same time, it is important to note that was the second-most successful year ever, in terms of -meter-plus building completion, with buildings of meters or greater height completed. When examined in the broad course of skyscraper completions since, the rate is still increasing. From to, the total number of -meter-plus buildings in existence increased from to an astounding percent. From this point of view, we can more confidently estimate that the slight slowdown of, which recorded completions after s record was a blip, and that was more representative of the general upward trend. Tallest #: JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai, Dubai JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai Tallest #: Al Yaqoub Tower, Dubai (CC BY-NC-ND) Bertrand Duperrin Tallest #: The Landmark, Abu Dhabi. Holistic The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Year in Review report

2 Of course, each year is extraordinary in its own way. Here are some of s key milestones: was the second-most successful year on record for completion of buildings meters or greater in height. In, such buildings were completed, second only to the completions of. Of the buildings completed in, or percent entered the list of Tallest Buildings in the World. Supertall Buildings Completed Supertall Buildings Completed For the fourth year running, nine supertalls were again completed in. These supertalls, built over the last four years, comprise nearly half the total number of supertalls that now exist () Led by JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai Tower, for the second year in a row, three of the five tallest buildings completed this year are located in the United Arab Emirates The tallest building to complete in was the -meter JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai Tower in Dubai, UAE. The city of Goyang,, has debuted on the world skyscraper stage with eight -meter-plus buildings completing in. For the sixth year in a row, China completed the most m+ buildings of any country in the world; the buildings in China were spread across cities Panama added two buildings over meters, bringing the small Central American nation s count up to. It had none as recently as. Of the buildings over meters completed in, only one, Broadway in New York, was in the United States. Europe has two of the tallest buildings completed in a given year for the first time since =, m =, m =, m =, m Tall buildings meters or taller completed each year from to Number of buildings m+ completed each year Total Number of m+ Buildings in Existence in each decade from to, In the study, CTBUH counted buildings as having been completed in. That number has been revised to this year, based on the following updates: CCTV in Beijing, China, was originally reported as completed in ; however, during the CTBUH awards submission process, it was determined that only the exterior cladding had been completed the interior completed in. The Batumi Technological University Tower in Batumi, Georgia, completed in but data was not submitted until mid-. The original height of Hysan Place, Hong Kong, was reported as meters, which put it below the -meter threshold for this study. This was amended to meters in. =, m, m, m, m, m, m m The sum of all the + meter buildings completed in was, meters, the second-tallest year in history, after Number of m+ buildings Number of supertalls ( m+) Projected number of m+ buildings Projected number of supertalls ( m+) Notes:. We can predict building completions with some accuracy due to projects now in advanced construction.. Totals after take into account the destruction of the World Trade Center Towers and. Number of megatalls ( m+) Projected number of megatalls ( m+) Tall buildings meters or taller completed each year from to, Inset: Total Number of m+ Buildings in Existence CTBUH The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Year in Review report

3 Tall Buildings meters or Taller Completed in : by City, m Tall Buildings meters or Taller Completed in : by Country Number, m, m, m m Number (Total = ) Sum of Heights (Total =, m) Note: One tall building m+ in height also completed during in these cities: Banqiao, Changzhou, Chengdu, Dalian, Doha, Dongguan, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait City, Liuzhou, London, Makati, Moscow, Nanchang, New York City, Pattaya, Seoul, Shijiazhuang, Taipei, Vienna, Wroclaw, Yuxi. cities in total completed buildings m+ in height during. m m m m m m m m m m m Sum of Heights (m) Number, m,, m Total Number (Total = ) Sum of Heights (Total =, m) Note: One tall building m+ in height was also completed during in these countries: Austria, Indonesia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Thailand, UK, USA. countries in total completed buildings m+ in height during., m,,,,,,, Sum of Heights (m) m m m, Goyang Abu Dhabi Dubai Shenzhen Chongqing Shanghai Nanjing Panama City Shenyang Suzhou Hefei Tianjin Singapore Nanning Xiamen Guangzhou Tall Buildings meters or Taller Completed in Right: by City, Left: by Country. CTBUH China UAE Panama Singapore Taiwan Key Worldwide Market Snapshots of : Asia Asia completely dominated the world tall-building industry, at percent of worldwide completions with buildings in, against percent with buildings in. Asia now contains percent of the Tallest Buildings in the World. China remained the heavyweight and overall undisputed champion of tall-building construction in. A total of two-hundred-meter-plus buildings were completed percent of the global total up from in. The sum of heights of all -meter-plus buildings in China in was, meters, compared to, meters in, an increase of. percent. These buildings were spread across cities. Shenzhen proved to be the most active skyscraper city, doubling its number of completions from the previous year, from two to four. It was closely tailed by Chongqing and Shanghai, which tied at three. Nanjing, Shenyang, Suzhou, Hefei, Tianjin, Nanning, Xiamen and Guangzhou each claimed two completions. Of these, Hefei and Xiamen are first-timers; these cities have never completed buildings of meters or more until. The tallest building to complete in China in was the -meter Modern Media Center in Changzhou. had the next-largest number of tall completions in the Asian region, though its figure of nine buildings was almost entirely due to the opening of an eight-building complex, the Tanhyun Doosan project, whose subtitle, appropriately enough, is We ve the Zenith. Goyang, a city of. million near Seoul, is now on the world skyscraper map, in the same way that so many Chinese cities have entered the world s consciousness over the past dozen years. m+ Buildings Completed Annually Left: Asia (not including China or South ). Total: Right: South. Total: Above: China. Total: CTBUH The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Year in Review report

4 Tallest #: Dongguan TBA Tower (CC BY-NC-SA) Colt Group Tallest #: Shenzhen Stock Exchange Plaza OMA + Philippe Ruault Tallest #: C&D International Tower, Xiamen Gravity Partnership Middle East As a region, the Middle East recorded completion of buildings of -plus meters in height, forming percent of the world total in. This is a decrease from buildings for percent of last year s total, though last year s score was boosted by the completion of the Abraj-al-Bait Endowment, a single seven-building complex in Saudi Arabia. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) remained a dominant player in, increasing from five to completions, a national total second only to China s. The UAE has been in the top four nations since and the top three since. For the second year in a row, three of the five tallest buildings completed globally this year are in the UAE. The dueling Emirati cities of Dubai and Abu Dhabi continued apace in, each completing five -meter-plus buildings. Dubai has been in the top five cities for tall-building completion since (when it was number one, a feat it repeated in ). Abu Dhabi has only once jumped Dubai s rank, jumping to number three in when Dubai slipped to fifth place. Tallest #: Cayan Tower, Dubai SOM / Tim Griffith Tallest #: The Gate Shams Abu Dhabi, Residential Towers,, and, connected via sky bridge. Sorouh The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Year in Review report

5 Dubai laid claim to the title of both the world s tallest building completion of, the JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai Tower ( meters), as well as the world s tallest twisting tower not a category maintained by CTBUH, but impressive nonetheless with the -meter Cayan Tower. Abu Dhabi completed The Gate, whose captivating skybridge connecting its three towers caught the eye of the CTBUH Awards Jury, which selected it as a Finalist in the Best Tall Buildings Middle East category. Europe Europe completed four tall buildings in excess of meters in, and increased its total number of supertalls (m+) in existence from one to three (the first was Capital City Tower in Moscow in ). In, Europe also had two buildings (The Shard, London and Mercury City, Moscow) in the world s tallest completions for the first time since, when two of the seven Moscow sisters (MV Lomonosov State University and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) were completed. Among the two supertalls to complete in Europe last year was The Shard, which is not only the United Kingdom s tallest at meters, but one of the more hard-won victories (anywhere, let alone in the UK) of developer persistence amidst financial crisis, regulatory scrutiny, historic-preservation and traffic-flow constraints. These plaudits, and its aesthetic merits, won the Shard the Best Tall Building Europe award from the Council. The -meter Mercury City tower put Russia on top of the continent, while the -meter DC Tower I brought Austria which broke the -meter threshold only once before, with s Millennium Tower further into the fold of European Tall. Tallest #: Mercury City Tower, Moscow, the tallest building in Europe Butyrskii Igor Tallest #: The Shard, London Terri Meyer Boake Tallest #: DC Tower I. (CC BY-SA) Rftblr The Americas North America s share of total -meter-plus completions during dropped from to percent of worldwide figures. Panama comprised the totality of tall buildings completed in Central America in. There were no completions of tall buildings over meters in South America. Panama continued to punch above its size, completing two -meter-plus buildings, the -meter Bicsa Financial Tower and the -meter Yoo and Arts Tower, both in Panama City. The expansion of the Panama Canal and the appeal of buying real estate on an urban, tropical seashore continued to attract commercial and residential interest to a country that now has tall buildings over meters, but had none as recently as. m+ Buildings Completed Annually: United States of America. Current Total: CTBUH The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Year in Review report

6 Tallest #: Bicsa Financial Center, Panama City Sky Films Panama Tallest #: Yoo and Arts Tower, Panama City Jaime Justiniani Tallest #: Broadway, New York City Tectonic Photo In the United States, heavy construction and a slew of new proposals made an exciting year in New York City, though only one -meter-plus building, the -meter Marriott Courtyard and Residence Inn Central Park Hotel at Broadway, was actually completed. The skyscraper world stage briefly returned to the United States decades-long spat between Chicago and New York in, as the Council s Height Committee ruled that the spire of One World Trade Center would count toward its official height. The -meter building will have to wait until to officially enter the ranks of the world s tallest (most likely in position number three, if briefly), when it is completed. The balance of US interest is in the series of super-slim luxury residential towers now cropping up along th Street and in Lower Manhattan; here, slenderness ratios, not pure height, are the object of much discussion. Still, it will be several years before many of these billionaire needles are completed. Noted Absences in After a burgeoning, Canada seemed to be catching its breath in, registering no completions over meters in, while having finished four in. A busy but sporadic tall-building market, Australia completed no buildings over meters in, after churning out three in. Most of Australia s activity in was restricted to design proposals and heated discussions about where it is appropriate to build tall, particularly in Melbourne. After completing the world s second-tallest building in, Saudi Arabia dropped out of completions in, but saw the important milestone of breaking ground on Kingdom Tower, the,-meter-plus building set to be the world s tallest when it completes in. Tall Buildings in by Function This past year saw the continuation of several trends in building function, which the CTBUH has been tracking over the past decade. These trends are more consistent than the number of completions, which suggests that the story of tall building composition and purpose is at least as interesting, and possibly much more nuanced, than that of pure height and number. Of the two-hundred-meter-plus buildings completed in, the share of pure office buildings continued to decline, from to percent. Pureresidential functions comprised percent of completions. Mixed-use buildings ticked up slightly, to percent, up from percent in. Four of the completions were hotels, comprising five percent of the total (against one percent in ). The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Year in Review report

7 Tall Buildings meters or Taller Completed in : by Region Tall Buildings meters or Taller Completed in : by Function Tall Buildings meters or Taller Completed in : by Structural Material Central America (%) Europe (%) North America (%) Hotel (%) Steel (%) Unknown (%) Middle East (%) Asia (%) Residential (%) Office (%) Composite (%) Concrete (%) Mixed-use (%) Tall buildings meters or taller by region, function, and material CTBUH Tall Buildings in by Structural Material Concrete remains the building material of choice for tall buildings globally, holding steady at percent of completions. Composite construction increased from to percent in, while all-steel construction remained a distant third at three percent, a far shot from, when percent of the Tallest Buildings in the World were constructed of steel. What can we draw from this? It has a lot to do with where construction is occurring and the differing floorplates dictated by multiple uses. Concrete is the leading material in China, for instance, where it is easily come by, and the lion s share of activity this past year was in China. A residential or hotel section with compartmentalized apartments might best make use of concrete, with its thick cores, smaller spans and sturdy rigidity. An office section may call for large unobstructed floorplates, which is more easily accomplished in steel. As more mixed-use buildings enter the market, it follows that there is an increasing requirement for mixed construction types within a single building. Number of buildings entering theworld s Tallest Buildings List The number of tall buildings that entered the World s Tallest Buildings list for each year, starting in. Only time will tell if any future year can break s record setting total buildings CTBUH The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Year in Review report

8 Impact of on The Tallest Buildings in the World Although this was a very successful year in terms of tall-building completions, it has held close to the average set for the last few years when it comes to the number of annual skyscrapers of meters or greater to enter the list of the Tallest in the World. In, new buildings entered the Tallest in the World List. In, that number was. The all time record since accurate recordkeeping began in was in, when buildings finished that year entered the Tallest in the World list. tallest buildings by location tallest buildings by function tallest buildings by structural material North America Asia Middle East Europe Office Mixed-use Steel Concrete Composite South America Australia Central America Africa Hotel Residential Mixed Unknown World s Tallest Buildings by location, function, and material CTBUH An interesting phenomenon also occurred at the bottom of the Tallest in the World list, indicating just how fleeting the status of tall buildings can be today. Panama s -meter Trump Ocean Club International Hotel & Tower, finished in, entered the Tallest in the World list that year, and was removed in. The Central American nation s -meter Torre Vitri joined s -meter Three International Finance Center in Seoul on the Tallest in the World in ; both were out just a year later in. On the other hand, it took years for the.-meter Trump Building at Wall Street (originally the Bank of Manhattan Building) in New York, finished in, to be shown the Tallest in the World exit door in. Its place was well-earned the last time this building was trumped was in, when the secret spire of the Chrysler Building pushed Wall Street to the status of world s second-tallest at the very last moment. Conclusion And a Look Ahead in It s fair to say that was a year of recovery and a return to the still relatively new normal of year-on-year growth in skyscraper completions. While zero megatall (-plus meters) and nine supertall (-plus-meters) buildings completed in, (against one megatall and nine supertalls in ), there was no shortage of activity in planning phases, suggesting that the malaise of the global recession may finally have been shaken off in many regions. In, we predict that between and buildings of meters or more will complete. This year will no doubt be an exciting one, and a year of continued growth. Here is some of what s in store: Up to of the scheduled completions in will be supertalls ( meters or higher). The Torre Costanera, at meters, will be South America s tallest building and its first supertall. Twisting towers will continue to enter the vanguard of tall in the KKR Tower of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and the Spine Tower of Istanbul, Turkey, lead the list. A typically curvaceous Zaha Hadid-designed tower, the Wangjing SOHO T, will complete in Beijing, China this year. This building was the subject of piracy rumors early last year when a highly similar tower group, the Meiquan nd Century in Chongqing, was revealed. The race is on in earnest to see if the original finishes before the copy. The Shanghai Tower finished its concrete core in. The -meter tower, originally set to complete in, will boast the world s fastest elevators, as well as innovative use of double skins and sky lobbies. Its construction has been and will continue to be one of the most closelywatched spectacles in the tall-building universe. Even if the completion date slips into, as now seems likely, Shanghai Tower will likely be China s tallest building for at least a period of time, depending on the progress of rivals Ping An Finance Center ( meters), Wuhan Greenland Center ( meters), and possibly Sky City J. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Year in Review report

9 Burj Khalifa m/, ft Dubai Shanghai World Financial Center m/, ft Shanghai Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel m/, ft Mecca Taipei m/, ft Taipei Trump International Hotel & Tower m/, ft Chicago KK m/, ft Shenzhen JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai Tower m/, ft Dubai Emirates Tower One m/, ft Dubai Two International Finance Centre m/, ft Hong Kong Shimao International Plaza m/, ft Shanghai Menara Telekom m/, ft Kuala Lumpur Kingdom Centre m/ ft Riyadh Q Tower m/, ft Gold Coast Rose Rayhaan by Rotana m/, ft Dubai m m m meters Average: meters The average height of the tallest buildings in existence that year The average height of the tallest buildings completed that year meters Average: meters meters Average: meters meters Average: meters meters Average: meters meters Average: meters meters Average: meters meters Average: meters meters meters Average: meters Average: meters meters Average: meters meters Average: meters meters Average: meters meters Average: meters Above: The tallest building completed each year since the year. during that year CTBUH Below: The average height of the tallest buildings in existence that year and of the tallest buildings completed The China Broad Group s Sky City J, an -meter, -story building to be constructed entirely of prefabricated modules, may or may not have gotten underway, according to conflicting reports, and may or may not complete in. Either way, the world will be watching. Unshaken by skeptical peers and media and bureaucratic hurdles, Broad Group Chairman Zhang Yue has vowed the project aiming to become the world s tallest before Kingdom Tower takes the title will continue. Kingdom Tower, set to become the world s next-tallest building at,+ meters, broke ground in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in. The industry will be closely watching its out-of-ground progress in. Intended to evoke a bundle of leaves shooting up from the ground, the faceted threewing tower will cost $. billion to construct and contain floors. One World Trade Center, New York, when it completes in at its intended symbolic, feet ( meters), will gain status as the United States and North America s tallest building. The announcement of CTBUH s ratification of this height in drew commentary from the global press, Chicago mayor Rahm Emmanuel, and television comedian Jon Stewart--so a little more buzz when we make it official in can be expected. The first of the crop of superslim towers in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, the -meter One, will complete, upping the ante for its even-slimmer rivals along th Street. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Year in Review report

10 Postscript: The Difficulties with Data It should be noted that our prediction from last year was overoptimistic. It is likely the completion total will set a new record for tall building completions, surpassing the total, we wrote in the Journal, Issue I. This did not happen; in fact we were only just inside the bottom of our predicted range by three buildings. The reasons for this were multifold, and they illustrate the difficulty inherent in data collection on tall buildings. Although we maintain with confidence that we have the world s most accurate database of tall building information, missed calls such as this present the opportunity to explain how we do what we do. To create The Skyscraper Center database, from which this and all other Tall Buildings in Numbers reports are drawn, the Council primarily collects data directly from members and participating submitters. We continually corroborate this data with construction drawings from architects, media reports, personal connections within our membership, and a wide universe of online forums and blogs. As we prepare this annual report,, we directly contact the representatives of every tall building project on the long list to confirm our data, and anticipated completion, is correct. Short of using precision equipment to visually inspect each building, we do the best we can with the resources we have. Given this reality, the general areas that tend to be most problematic are: Given the tremendous amount of economic and human energy placed into executing these amazing structures, there is a tendency on the part of many sources to exaggerate the status of construction, rank, or other statistics about buildings. We are not always able to independently verify claims. There is much confusion about the criteria for a building being considered complete, which the CTBUH defines as fully clad, topped out structurally and architecturally, and open for business, or at least ready to receive occupants (i.e. occupiable, if not occupied). Given the importance of these buildings as political and economic symbols, there is sometimes a strong incentive to prematurely declare completion (for example, by way of an official opening before the CTBUH criteria are fully met). Data is not always submitted in a timely manner. Data is sometimes submitted inaccurately, and corrected later. In this year s report then, in keeping with the past few years, we project a range of probable completion totals for the two years ahead, i.e., a minimum and maximum number of completions. For, this range is m+ buildings, Supertalls (m+), and no Megatalls (m+). In, we anticipate completions, of which will be Supertalls (m+), and one will be a megatall (Shanghai Tower, meters). One of the best ways to help us increase the accuracy, depth and utility of our data is to contribute as detailed information as you can. Further, you can support CTBUH s vital research role through participation in our events, subscribing to our quality publications, funding research and becoming members. For more information on this, go to membership.ctbuh.org. For More Information, Contact: Daniel Safarik Editor / Media Relations +--- dsafarik@ctbuh.org About the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat: About the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat: Founded in, the Council s mission is to disseminate multi-disciplinary information on tall buildings and sustainable urban environments, to maximize the international interaction of professionals involved in creating the built environment, and to make the latest knowledge available to professionals in a useful form. The Council is an international not-for-profit organization supported by architecture, engineering, planning, development and construction professionals. The CTBUH is the world s leading body in the field of tall buildings and the recognized source of information on tall buildings internationally. It is the arbiter of the criteria upon which tall building height is measured, and thus the title of The World s Tallest Building determined. For more Tall Building information and statistics, please visit The Skyscraper Center The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Year in Review report

11 The tallest buildings completed in JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai Tower Dubai, m/, ft Modern Media Center Changzhou, m/, ft = Deji Plaza Nanjing, m/, ft Mercury City Tower Moscow, m/, ft Al Yaqoub Tower Dubai, m/, ft = The Landmark Abu Dhabi, m/, ft Cayan Tower Dubai, m/, ft = East Pacific Center Tower A Shenzhen, m/, ft East Pacific Center Tower B Shenzhen, m/ ft = The Shard London, m/, ft Dongguan TBA Tower Dongguan, m/ ft United International Mansion Chongqing, m/ ft Chongqing Poly Tower Chongqing, m/ ft Shimao International Center Office Tower Fuzhou, m/ ft Suzhou Center Suzhou, m/ ft Bicsa Financial Center Panama City, m/ ft Jing An Kerry Centre Tower Shanghai, m/ ft = Garden Square Shanghai, m/ ft = The Metropolitan Office Tower Tianjin, m/ ft = Radisson Plaza Hotel Xiaoshan Tower Hangzhou, m/ ft The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Year in Review report

12 All Buildings meters or Taller Completed in ( no.) Asia Middle East North America Central America Europe Rank Building Name City Stories m ft JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai Tower Dubai, UAE Mercury City Tower Moscow, Russia Modern Media Center Changzhou, China Al Yaqoub Tower Dubai, UAE = The Landmark Abu Dhabi, UAE = Deji Plaza Nanjing, China Cayan Tower Dubai, UAE = East Pacific Center Tower A Shenzhen, China = The Shard London, UK Dongguan TBA Tower Dongguan, China United International Mansion Chongqing, China Chongqing Poly Tower Chongqing, China Shimao International Center Office Tower Fuzhou, China Suzhou Center Suzhou, China Bicsa Financial Center Panama City, Panama East Pacific Center Tower B Shenzhen, China Jing An Kerry Centre Tower Shanghai, China = Garden Square Shanghai, China = The Metropolitan Office Tower Tianjin, China = Radisson Plaza Hotel Xiaoshan Tower Hangzhou, China Conrad Hotel Dubai, UAE Gramercy Residences Makati, Philippines Yoo and Arts Tower Panama City, Panama Shenzhen Stock Exchange Plaza Shenzhen, China Federation of n Industries Head Office Building Seoul, South The Westin Chongqing Liberation Square Chongqing, China = Longemont Asia Pacific Center Tower A Shenyang, China = Longemont Asia Pacific Center Tower B Shenyang, China World Trade Center Doha Doha, Qatar = ASPIN Commercial Tower Dubai, UAE = Central Bank of Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait Anhui International Trade Center Tower Hefei, China = The Gate Residential Tower Abu Dhabi, UAE = The Gate Residential Tower Abu Dhabi, UAE = The Gate Residential Tower Abu Dhabi, UAE Reflection Jomtien Beach Oceanfront Tower Pattaya, Thailand Jinao Tower Nanjing, China Tanhyun Doosan We ve the Zenith Broadway New York City, USA Marina Bay Suites Singapore, Singapore Anhui Province Radio & TV Center Hefei, China China Merchants Tower & Woods Park Shenzhen, China Tanhyun Doosan We ve the Zenith Asia Square Tower Singapore, Singapore DC Tower I Vienna, Austria C&D International Tower Xiamen, China Nanhu Mingdu Plaza Nanning, China Liyuan Skyline City Nanning, China = Tanhyun Doosan We ve the Zenith = Tanhyun Doosan We ve the Zenith = Tanhyun Doosan We ve the Zenith Xiamen Financial Centre Xiamen, China = Tanhyun Doosan We ve the Zenith = Tanhyun Doosan We ve the Zenith = Sky Tower B Wroclaw, Poland Lifestyle Center Main Tower Shijiazhuang, China Peace Hotel Tower B Nanchang, China Farglory Financial Center Taipei, Taiwan = The City Batavia City Jakarta, Indonesia = China Merchants Bank Mansion Shanghai, China Far Eastern Banciao Tower Banqiao, Taiwan Tanhyun Doosan We ve the Zenith Jahe Plaza Dalian, China Golden Mansion Center Tianjin, China Century Plaza Tower Liuzhou, China = Innovation & Entrepenuership Tower Harbin, China = Yuxi Mining Building Yuxi, China = Aiqun Huijing Wan Tower A Guangzhou, China = Aiqun Huijing Wan Tower B Guangzhou, China = Lot G Office Towers Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia = Phoenix International Book City East Tower Suzhou, China = Palm Springs International Center Tower Chengdu, China St. Regis Luxury Hotel Abu Dhabi, UAE Note: Ranking is determined by feet. All heights are rounded to the nearest whole number. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Year in Review report