ctbuh.org/papers Title: 2017: Skyscraper History’s Tallest, Highest- Volume, and Most Geographically Diverse Year Authors: Subjects: Architectural/Design Building Case Study Publication Date: 2018 Original Publication: CTBUH Journal 2018 Issue I Paper Type: 1. Book chapter/Part chapter 2. Journal paper 3. Conference proceeding 4. Unpublished conference paper 5. Magazine article 6. Unpublished © Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat / CTBUH Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2017 2017: Skyscraper History’s Tallest, Highest- Volume, and Most Geographically Diverse Year Abstract This 2017 Tall Building Year in Review / Tall Buildings in Numbers data analysis report shows that more buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater were completed in 2017 than in any other year, with a total of 144 completions. Notably, 2017 was also the most geographically diverse year in terms of the number of cities and countries that completed 200-meter-plus buildings, with 69 cities across 23 countries represented in the data, up from 54 cities across 18 countries in 2016. The report covers other statistical highlights of 2017 and predicts completions for 2018. Note: Please refer to Tall Buildings in Numbers – The Global Tall Building Picture: Impact of 2017 in conjunction with this paper, pages 52–53 Keywords: 2017, Completions, Height, Statistics, Skyscrapers, Urbanization More buildings of 200 meters’ height or added together – was 35,145 meters, making densification, as more than one million greater were completed in 2017 than in any 2017 the “tallest year ever.” people on our planet urbanize each week. other year, with a total of 144 completions, Thirteen cities saw their first 200-meter-plus marking the fourth consecutive record- Notably, 2017 was also the most high-rise completion in 2017, in addition to breaking year (see Figure 2). This is an geographically diverse year in terms of the the 28 cities and eight countries that saw increase of 95% from 2013, when only 74 number of cities and countries that their tallest building completed this year. buildings of 200 meters or more were completed 200-meter-plus buildings, with completed. The total number of 200-meter 69 cities across 23 countries represented in Once again, for the 10th time in a row, China buildings in the world is now 1,319, an the data, up from 54 cities across 18 completed the greatest number of increase of 12.3% from 2016, and a 402% countries in 2016. High-rise construction is 200-meter-plus buildings in 2017 (see Figure increase from 2000, when only 263 existed. no longer confined to a select few financial 3), with 76 completions for 53% of the total. The total sum of heights – that is, if the and business centers, but rather is Although this is a slight decrease from 2016, heights of all completions in 2017 were becoming the accepted global model for when China completed 83 such buildings, Figure 1. Tallest in 2017: Ping An Finance Center, Shenzhen, 599 meters. © Tim Griffith for KPF 44 | CTBUH Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2017 CTBUH Journal | 2018 Issue I 160 160 150 Buildings 200 Meters or Taller Completed Each Year from 1960 to 2018 144 140 130 130 127 1,478 1,500 120 1,448 1,400 115 1,319 1,300 110 Total Number of 200-meter-plus Buildings in 1,200 Existence at Decade’s end from 1920 to 2018 102 1,100 100 1,000 900 90 800 700 81 80 609 600 74 73 500 70 69 400 Number of buildings 200 m+ completed each year 300 60 263 73 200 146 126 146 138 52 100 50 71 28 50 24 47 2 6 11 11 15 5 11 3 3 1 0 1920 1930 1940 19501960 1970 1980 19902000 2010 2017 2018 40 32 31 31 30 27 23 22 20 20 19 18 17 17 15 15 15 14 13 12 12 11 11 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 10 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 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 2009 2011 2013 2014 2015 2008 2012 2016 2017 2018 2010 Notes: Number of 200 m+ buildings Projected number of 200 m+ buildings 1. We can predict 2018 building completions with some accuracy due to projects now in advanced Number of supertalls (300 m+) Projected number of supertalls (300 m+) construction. A range is given to indicate the challenging factors in predicting building completion dates. Number of megatalls (600 m+) Projected number of megatalls (600 m+) 2. Totals after 2001 take into account the destruction of the World Trade Center Towers 1 and 2. Figure 2. Number of 200-meter-plus buildings completed each year from 1960 to 2017, with projections through 2018. or 65% of the global total, China is still by far buildings of any country, with 10 buildings share (see Figure 6 and 11). The top two the world leader in skyscraper construction. finished in 2017. cities, Shenzhen and Nanning, are in China, In fact, the city with the most 200-meter- with Jakarta, Indonesia and Chengdu, China, plus building completions, Shenzhen, China, tied for third place with five completions finished 12 buildings, or 8.3% of the year’s Key Worldwide Market Snapshots of 2017 each (see Figure 4). global total, and more than any other country on the list, except China (see Figures Asia (Not including Middle East) Surprisingly, Pyongyang, North Korea, tied 3 and 4). This is the second year that While 2017 may have been the most for sixth place with four buildings of 200 Shenzhen was the city with the most geographically diverse year for 200-meter- meters or greater completed in 2017, after 200-meter-plus completions in the world. plus building completions, Asia retained its having completed no buildings over 200 It’s the third year in a row in which the tallest status as the world’s skyscraper epicenter, meters in 2016. building to complete in that year is in China. completing 109 buildings of at least 200 That building, Ping An Finance Center, also meters in height, representing 76% of the Seoul, South Korea completed three happens to be in Shenzhen (see Figure 1). total. This marks a small decline from the 200-meter-plus buildings, including Lotte The United States completed the second- 83% share it held in 2016, and is in line with World Tower, a 555-meter mixed-use greatest number of 200-meter-plus China’s slight decline in total completion building – the city’s first “supertall”, or CTBUH Journal | 2018 Issue I CTBUH Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2017 | 45 45 2017 Completions: 200 m+ Buildings by Country 80 19,000 18,802 Total Number (Total = 144) 76 Sum of Heights (Total = 35,146 m) Total Number of Countries = 23 30 Note: Two or fewer tall buildings 200 m+ in height were also completed during 3,000 ) (m 2017 in these countries: Australia, Israel, Japan, Panama, Saudi Arabia, s ht Singapore, Thailand, Colombia, Kenya, Mexico, Qatar, Sri Lanka Heig 2,339 building of 300 meters or higher (see Case of er m Study, page 12 and Figure 5). 1,940 Su mb 20 2,000 Nu 1,342 Mumbai completed its new tallest building 1,165 1,101 (as well as India’s), One Avighna Park, at 266 10 1,064 10 920 884 1,000 meters. Two other 200-meter-plus buildings 7 702 700 5 5 completed in the coastal city in 2017. 4 4 4 4 3 3 0 0 China USA South Korea Canada Indonesia UAE Turkey North Korea Malaysia India Philippines Sri Lanka also completed its new tallest building, the Grand Hyatt Colombo, which Figure 3. Buildings 200 meters or taller completed in 2017 by country. rises to 230 meters. Middle East and Africa 14 3,500 The Middle East had nine completions in 3,300 Total Number (Total = 144) Sum of Heights (Total = 35,146 m) 2017, representing 6.3% of the global total, 12 12 Total Number of Cities = 69 3,000 down from 10 completions in 2016 (see Note: Two or fewer tall buildings 200 m+ in height were also completed during 2017 in Figure 6). Dubai saw three completions in these cities: Nanchang, Bangkok, Chicago, Chongqing, Dongguan, Guangzhou, Hefei, 2017, and all were supertall – the tallest of 10 Melbourne, Nanjing, Panama City, Riyadh, Shenyang, Singapore, Tokyo, Xi’an, Zhengzhou, 2,500 Abu Dhabi, Baoji, Beijing, Calgary, Cartagena, Colombo, Dalian, Doha, Foshan, Fuzhou, which, Marina 101, now holds the title of Giv'atayim, Hong Kong, Houston, Huizhou, Izmir, Johor Bahru, Lanzhou, Lianyungang, Liuzhou, Los Angeles, Nairobi, Nantong, Philadelphia, San Pedro Garza Garcia, Sanya, 18th tallest building in the world at 425 8 Seattle, Suzhou, Tel Aviv, Tianjin, Xiamen, Xuzhou, Yantai, Yinchuan, Zhanjiang, Zhuhai 2,000 meters (see Figure 7). Dubai also completed 7 ) (m the third, fourth, and fifth-tallest buildings of 1,655 s ht er 1,500 the year. A fourth building in Abu Dhabi mb 6 Heig Nu of 5 5 m brings the United Arab Emirates’ total to four. Su 1,137 1,101 1,064 Israel and Saudi Arabia tied with two 1,034 1,032 4 4 4 986 4 4 4 4 955 1,000 920 918 906 848 200-meter-plus completions, with Qatar 814 3 3 3 3 3 792 3 3 3 700 702 664 marking one.