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COVER STORY Vertical horizon Te CTBUH has defned three categories in which the world's In 2015, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat tallest building can be measured: (CTBUH) has determined that 106 buildings of 200 meters’ height 1. Height to Architectural Top or greater were completed around the world – setting a new record (including spires and pinnacles, but not antennas, masts or fagpoles). for annual tall building completions. Tis tally included 3 supertalls Tis measurement is the most widely used and is used to defne the (buildings of 300 meters or higher). Tis beats the previous record rankings of the 100 Tallest Buildings in the World. high of 99 completions in 2014, bringing the total number of 200- 2. Highest Occupied Floor meter-plus buildings in the world to 1,040, exceeding 1,000 for the 3. Height to Tip frst time in history and marking a 392% increase from the year Te height-to-roof criterion, used earlier, was discontinued because 2000, when only 265 existed. relatively few modern tall buildings possess fat roofops, making Te tallest building to complete in 2015 was Shanghai Tower, now this criterion difcult to determine and measure. the tallest building in China and the second-tallest in the world at Te tallest artifcial structure completed as of today continues to 632 meters. be Burj Khalifa, Dubai, with 163 foors, and a height of 829.8 m Once again, Asia was a major driver of skyscraper completions in (2,722 f). Burj Khalifa broke the height record in all the categories 2015, with 81 buildings representing 76 per cent of the 106-building for completed buildings. total. september 2016 |construction opportunities 11