Tall Buildings in Numbers

Tall Buildings In Numbers 2009: A Tall Building Review Tallest 50 Buildings completed during 2009 Tall Buildings 200m Tall Buildings 200m Tall Buildings 200m or Key Asia Middle East North America or Taller completed in or Taller completed in Taller completed in 2009: by Region No. Building Name City Stories m ft 2009: by Function 2009: by Structural Material 1 Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago 98 423 1389 Note: A total of 38 buildings over 200m were completed in 2009 2 Bank of America Tower New York 54 365 1198 Concrete/Steel – 3 Steel (8%) 2 3 China World Trade Center III Beijing 74 330 1083 North (5%) America – 9 Mixed – 9 4 Arraya Center Offi ce Tower Kuwait City 60 300 984 (24%) (24%) Composite Office – 16 5 Aqua Chicago 87 262 858 5 (42%) (13%) Asia – 22 6 Al Fardan Residences Doha 64 253 830 Middle East – 7 (58%) Concrete – 28 7 Shanghai IFC South Tower Shanghai 58 250 820 (18%) Residential – 13 (74%) 8 RunHua International Building Wuxi 55 248 814 (34%) 9 Hongdu International Plaza Wuxi 48 248 814 10 Xinjiekou Department Store Phase 2 Nanjing 60 240 787 11 Neo-China Top City Main Tower Chongqing 54 240 787 12 300 North La Salle Chicago 60 239 785 Tall Buildings 200m or Taller completed in 2009: by Country 13 13 Duke Energy Center Charlotte 48 233 764 3101 12 3000 14 Huanghe River Center Building Dongguan 62 230 754 Number (Total = 38) 15 The Met Bangkok 69 228 748 10 2500 16 Landsea International Plaza Nanjing 53 228 748 2162 Sum of Heights (Total = 8,991m) 8 8 2000 17 Al Tayer Tower Dubai 55 225 738 18 One Museum Park Chicago 62 224 726 6 1500 19 21st Century Tower Shanghai 50 220 722 Number 4 4 832 1000 Sum of Heights (m) 20 BM Plaza Offi ce Tower Shanghai 50 220 722 3 636 2 514 2 433 2 21 Bay Adelaide West Toronto 50 218 715 2 2 468 413 500 1 218 1 214 22 L'Arc New World Hotel Macao 56 217 712 0 0 23 Al Biddah Tower Doha 43 215 705 USA UAE China Kuwait Qatar Japan Canada 24 Bakrie Tower Jakarta 48 214 702 Philippines Thailand Indonesia 25 Al Tijaria Tower Kuwait City 45 214 702 26= St. Francis Tower 1 Mandaluyong 60 213 699 26= St. Francis Tower 2 Mandaluyong 60 213 699 Tall Buildings 200m or Taller completed in 2009: by City 28 Majestic Tower Sharjah 52 210 689 5 5 1357 1400 29= Metropolitan Tower 1 Suzhou 52 210 689 29= Metropolitan Tower 2 Suzhou 52 210 689 Number (Total = 38) 1200 4 31 Elysian Chicago 60 209 686 Sum of Heights (Total = 8,991m) 1000 32 The Kitahama Residence Osaka 54 209 686 3 3 800 33 Marquis Miami 63 207 679 690 34 Northpoint South Tower Pattaya 54 205 673 Number 600 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 514 506 468 468 35 San Lorenzo Tower Makati 57 204 669 426 426 420 Sum of Heights (m) 400 36 Park City Musashi-Kosugi Mid Sky Tower Kawasaki 59 204 668 1 37 One Corporate Center Pasig 54 202 663 200 38 The Citadel Dubai 48 201 659 0 0 Note: The buildings below are not included in the adjacent diagrams, as they are under the 200m threshold. Wuxi Doha Nanjing Dubai Suzhou 39= Millennium Residence 2 Bangkok 54 199 654 Chicago Shanghai Kuwait City Mandaluyong 39= Millennium Residence 3 Bangkok 54 199 654 Note: One tall building 200m+ in height also completed during 2009 in theses cities: Bangkok, Beijing, Charlotte, Chongqing, Dongguan, Jakarta, Kawasaki, Macao, Makatai, Miami, New York, Osaka, Pasig, Pattaya, Sharjah, and 41= Silver Towers East New York 58 199 653 Toronto. 41= Silver Towers West New York 58 199 653 250m 43 Bea Financial Tower Shanghai 42 198 651 200m Buildings 200m or taller 3 of the 5 tallest 44 Millennium Tower San Francisco 58 197 645 completed during 2009 buildings completed 45 155 North Wacker Chicago 45 194 638 200m + 150m were located in 25 cities. in 2009 are located in 46= Millennium Residence 1 Bangkok 51 192 631 Of these 17 are in Asia North America. This 46= Millennium Residence 4 Bangkok 51 192 631 100m (68%), with 9 in China has not occurred since 48 353 North Clark Chicago 44 190 624 50m 49 Aria Resort & Casino Las Vegas 60 183 600 alone (36%). 1990. 50 RBC Centre Toronto 42 183 600 0m 48 | Tall Buildings In Numbers CTBUH Journal | 2009 Issue I Tall Buildings 200m or Taller completed each year, 1960–2012 110 107 100 Total Number of Tall Buildings 200m or Taller 98 900 90 796 800 Number of buildings 200m+ 700 643 80 600 500 70 400 300 267 60 200 144 100 55 70 53 27 2 6 11 11 15 50 0 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2012 Year Total number of completed buildings in the world 200m or taller as of end of 2009: 536 40 Total number of under construction buildings in the world 200m or taller as of end of 2009: 370 38 Total number of buildings 200m or taller completed prior to 2000: 242 34 Total number of buildings 200m or taller completed in last decade (2000 through 2009): 294 Number of buildings 200m+ completed each year Number of buildings 200m+ completed 30 29 28 27 26 25 20 19 18 16 15 13 13 13 12 12 11 10 9 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 4 44 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 1960 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Number of buildings 200m or taller Number of buildings 200m or taller Future projection: Number of buildings completed in 2009 completed each year 200m or taller completed 2010–2012 Note: Due to a variety of factors, a signifi cant number of tall buildings which had been Note: we can predict this with some accuracy for 2010–2012 expected to complete in 2009 have been delayed, and will now likely be completed in 2010. due to projects in advanced construction. From 2012, we These include, amongst others, the Burj Dubai, Nanjing Greenland Financial Center, The expect to see a drop in number due to the global recession, Index (Dubai), Wenzhou Trade Center, HHHR Tower (Dubai) and Capitol City Moscow Tower. until the worldwide economy recovers. For more on this and the ‘Ten Tallest Buildings Completed in 2009’ see pp. XX-XX and http://2009.ctbuh.org 16 4 supertall buildings There were no buildings In 2008, 11 buildings (300m+) were from Africa, Australasia, 200m or taller were completed during Central America, Europe, completed in the UAE. 2009, the same as in or South America among In 2009 this fi gure was 2008. 16 supertalls are the tallest 50 completed only 3 4 4 expected in 2010 in 2009 CTBUH Journal | 2009 Issue I Tall Buildings In Numbers | 49.

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