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Vertical horizon COVER STORY Vertical horizon By SHAILAJA SHARMA Man has always aspired to reach for the skies. Until 1901, the world's tallest building had always been a church or cathedral. With time as people migrated to cities, the social, economic and technological developments created the environment for modern high-rise buildings to emerge. Today tall buildings, which started chiefy as a western phenomenon, close to 600 meters. continue to reach greater heights, with new records being created Te Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, an organization every year, especially in Asia and the Middle East. Te average height that certifes buildings as the "World's Tallest", recognises a building of the world’s tallest 100 buildings today (358 meters) has increased only if at least ffy percent of its height is made up of foor plates by 25 percent, since the start of this century and the average height containing habitable foor area. Structures that do not meet this of the tallest 20 buildings in the world in 2020 is expected to be criterion, such as the CN Tower, are defned as "towers". 10 construction opportunities|september 2016