Race to the Top: The World’s Future Tallest Skyscrapers

Skyscrapers are injecting some serious height into skylines around the globe as architects and developers race to break the 1,000-metre mark.

As the economy recovers from the Global Financial Crisis, some of the most ambitious new skyscrapers are reaching incredible heights that would not have been deemed possible only a few years ago.

According to Emporis, the international provider of building data, the average height of the 10 tallest skyscrapers currently under construction is a whopping 114 metres higher than that of the 10 tallest completed over the last decade.

This astonishing statistic leads into Emporis’ latest compilation, a list of the 10 tallest skyscrapers currently under construction with China clearly in the lead, taking up seven places on the list.

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