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2018 Tall Building Predictions

17 January 2018

Check out all of our 2018 Tall Building Predictions, and dive into the full 2017 Tall Building Year in Review data report.

Vertical Transportation: Ascent & Acceleration

12 September 2017

CTBUH partnered with Guinness World Records to identify the commercial building with the fastest elevator speeds and longest vertical runs.

Council Visit Reveals Insights on “World’s Next Tallest Tower"

14 May 2017

CTBUH Executive Director Dr. Antony Wood recently visited the construction site of Jeddah Tower, poised to become the world’s tallest tower and the first 1,000-plus-meter structure.

CTBUH Explores Possibility of 2018 Middle East Conference

07–16 May 2017

CTBUH Executive Director Dr. Antony Wood recently traveled to Dubai and Jeddah on a fact-finding mission to explore the possibility of holding a conference in the region in 2018.

Top 12 Happenings of 2016, Month-by-Month

19 December 2016

Check out the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat's top stories of 2016 for each month and take a look ahead with the Council’s monthly predictions for 2017.

Twisting Tall Buildings

18 August 2016

CTBUH has released a study that looks at the recent proliferation of twisting towers creating a new generation of iconic buildings throughout the world.

Performance and Behavior of Tall Buildings for Wind Loads

13 January 2016

CTBUH YPC hosted an event on wind engineering and understanding its effects on tall buildings as well as to provide insight into the engineering efforts in design of shorter buildings.

Kingdom Tower Chosen as Featured Building

01 April 2013

Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, will be the tall building to go where no building has gone before – beyond 1,000 meters.

The Tallest 20 in 2020: Entering the Era of the Megatall

08 December 2011

Within this decade we will likely witness not only the world’s first kilometer-tall building, but also the completion of a significant number of buildings over 600 meters.

CTBUH Releases Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2014

31 December 2014

An All-Time Record 97 Buildings of 200 Meters or Higher Completed in 2014 and 2014 showed further shifts towards Asia, and also surprising developments in building functions and structural materials.

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