Skyscraper Trends for 2015

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has dubbed 2014 “the tallest ever” for skyscraper construction.

A record 97 buildings of 200 metres high or greater were completed taking the record from 2011’s 81 building completions. This number included a total of 11 supertalls (buildings recognised at 300 metres or higher), the most for any year. Furthermore, the number of 200-metre-plus buildings in existence has hit 935, a 352 increase from 2000, when only 266 existed.

As predicted, Asia dominated, housing 74 of the 97 buildings, with 58 of them housed in China alone.

The tallest building completed in 2014 was One World Trade Centre in New York rising 541 metres – now the world’s third tallest building.

So how will 2015 trump the tallest year ever?

Find out here.

Image of Bosco Verticale, Milan via Attu