Tall Buildings In Numbers

2008: A Tall Building Review

Tallest 50 Buildings completed during 2008 The Ten TallestThe Buildings Ten Tallest Completed Buildings in 2008 Completed in 2008

500m No. Building Name City Stories m ft 1 World Financial Center Shanghai 101 492 1614 400m 2 68 363 1191

3 Wuhan 68 331 1087 300m 4 The Burj Dubai Dubai 63 306 1004 5 One Island East Hong Kong 69 298 979 200m 6 Comcast Center Philadelphia 57 297 974 100m 7 Emirates Crown Dubai 63 296 971

8= The Cullinan I Hong Kong 68 270 886 0m Taipei 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8= The Cullinan II Hong Kong 68 270 886 Shanghai World Almas Tower Minsheng Bank The Address One Island Comcast Emirates The World’s Tallest Financial Center Dubai Building Downtown East Center Crown Cullinan I Cullinan II Shanghai Building since 2004 Shanghai Wuhan Burj Dubai Hong Kong Philadelphia Dubai Hong Kong Hong Kong 10 One Lujiazui Shanghai 47 269 883 (For reference) Dubai 11= Al Kazim Tower 1 Dubai 53 265 869 Tall Buildings 200m or Taller Completed in 2008: by Country 11= Al Kazim Tower 2 Dubai 53 265 869 Tall Buildings 200m or Taller completed in 2008: by Country

18 4400 4500 13 Grand Lisboa Macau 52 258 847 17 Number (Total = 57)

14 Fortune Plaza Office Building I Beijing 63 257 843 16 Sum of Heights (Total = 13,732m) 4000

15 Torre Caja Madrid Madrid 49 250 820 14 3500

16 Torre de Cristal Madrid 45 249 817 12 3000 11 2792 17 The Sail @ Marina Bay Singapore 70 245 804 10 2500 18 Arenco Tower Dubai 46 244 800 Number 8 2000 19= Federation Towers - Zapad Tower Moscow 63 242 795 ofSum Heights (m) 6 6 1360 1500 19= Neo- Top City Main Tower Chongqing 54 242 795 4 4 924 1000 3 3 21= Bahrain World Trade Center 1 Manama 50 240 787 658 735 2 480 2 2 2 418 420 500 21= Bahrain World Trade Center 2 Manama 50 240 787 1 201 1 204 1 202 1 242 1 216 11245 235 23 Torre Sacyr Vallehermoso Madrid 52 236 774 0 0 USA UAE Qatar Spain Japan 24= The First World Tower 1 Incheon 64 235 771 China Russia Canada Bahrain Panama Malaysia Thailand Indonesia 24= The First World Tower 2 Incheon 64 235 771 Singapore South Korea Saudi Arabia 24= The First World Tower 3 Incheon 64 235 771 24= The First World Tower 4 Incheon 64 235 771 Tall BuildingsTall Buildings 200m 200mor Taller or Tallercompleted Completed in 2008: in 2008: by City by City 24= Central World Plaza Hotel Bangkok 57 235 771 9 Number (Total = 57) 2500 8 29= Menara BCA Jakarta 56 230 755 8 2149 Sum of Heights (Total = 13,732m) 2000 29= Fortune Plaza Urumqi 56 230 755 7 6 31 Al Ayaan Sharjah Gate Tower Sharjah 56 223 734 5 5 1387 1500 32= Navigation Tower Doha 53 220 722 Number 4 4 1051 4 940 3 33 1000 32= Zhongrong Jasper Tower Shanghai 48 220 722 3 735 658 643 ofSum Heights (m) 222 22 34= Fortune Tower 54 218 715 2 420 420 480 424 418 500 1 34= Westport International Mansion Xian 45 218 715 0 0 36 900 Biscayne Bay Miami 65 217 712 Doha Busan Dubai 37 Abraj Al Bait Marwait Tower Makkah 42 216 709 Miami Jakarta Madrid Sharjah Incheon Manama 38 Kempinski Residences Jakarta 57 215 705 Shanghai Hong Kong Panama Panama City 39 Shining Heights Hong Kong 60 213 700 Note: One tall building 200m+ in height was also completed during 2008 in the following cities: Atlanta, Bangkok, 40 Jakarta 52 213 699 Beijing, Chongqing, Foshan, Kuala Lumpur, Macau, Makkah, Moscow, Philadelphia, Shenzhen, Singapore, , 41= Centum Fiesta Towers A Busan 61 210 690 Urumqi, Vancouver, Wuhan and Xian. 41= Centum Fiesta Towers B Busan 61 210 690 250m 43= Torre Aqualina Panama City 61 210 689

43= Majestic Tower Sharjah 52 210 689 200m Buildings 200m or taller Dubai, Shanghai, Hong

43= Malak Tower Sharjah 52 210 689 200m + completed during 2008 Kong and Incheon ac- 150m 46 Foshan International Plaza Foshan 51 208 683 were located in 16 countries counted for 37% of the

47 Ocean One Panama City 54 208 682 100m and 29 cities. Of these 29 buildings 200m or taller 48 Marquis Miami 63 207 679 cities, 17 are in Asia, with 10 completed in 2008. 50m 49 Golden Landmark Shanghai 41 206 676 in China.

50= Angsana Hotel & Suites 1 Dubai 49 205 673 0m

44 | Tall Buildings In Numbers CTBUH Journal | 2009 Issue I For more on this and the ‘Ten Tallest Buildings Completed in 2008’ see pp. 20-26 and www.ctbuh.org/2008.htm

Tall Buildings 200m or Taller completed in 2008: by Region Tall Buildings 200m or Taller completed in 2008: by Function

Tall Buildings 200m or Taller Completed in 2008: by Region Tall Buildings 200m or Taller Completed in 2008: by Function

35 Number (Total = 57) 8000 Number (Total = 57) 7304 30 30 Sum of Heights (Total = 13,732m) 7000 Sum of Heights (Total = 13,732m)

6000 4836 5000 25 4732 21 4500 5000 20 20 19 4000 3908 3500 16 4000 15 3000 Number 15 2509 3000 2500 Sum of Heights (m) 10 10 2000

10 Number 2000 1451 6 1500 ofSum Heights (m) 5 1125 977 5 5 4 1000 1000 2 418 1 204 500 0 0 0 0 Asia Middle East North America Europe Central America Residential Office Mixed Hotel Education

Average HeightAverage of the Height Ten Tallest of the Buildings Ten Tallest Completed Buildings each Completed Year, 1960 - 2020 in Years 1960 – 2020

500 Average Height of the Ten Tallest 450 Buildings Completed Each Year

400 Average Height of the Ten Tallest Buildings Completed in 2008 350

300 Future Projection: Average Height of the Ten Tallest Build- 250 ings Completed Each Year.

Average Height (m) Height Average 200 Note: we can predict this with some accuracy for 2009 - 2010 due to projects already in 150 advanced construction. After 2010 we expect to see a drop 100 in height due to the global recession, until the worldwide economy recovers. 50

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81% Asia and the Middle Of the 100 Tallest Of the ten tallest East accounted for Buildings in the World completed in 2008, only 81% of the buildings at the start of 2009, the Comcast Center, 200m or taller com- 12 were completed Philadelphia, USA at pleted in 2008. during 2008. number 6 was not lo- 19% cated in China or Dubai.

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