2014 Year in Review - The Skyscraper Center
2014 was the year of the
skyscraper, with over 97 completed buildings reaching a height of 200 meters or
more. Explore these charts from The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
to learn more. What do you think of the trend to build upwards?
Completions by Country:-
Only countries with at least two
completions in 2014 are included in this chart. One tall building 200m+ in
height was also completed during 2014 in these countries: Chile, Kuwait,
Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Vietnam.
Once
again, for the seventh year in a row, China completed
the most 200-meter-plus buildings (58). This represents 60% of the global 2014
total, and a 61% increase over its previous record of 36 in 2013.
The Philippines took
second place with five completions, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar share
position three with four completions, and the United States, Japan, Indonesia and Canada tie
for fourth, with three completions each.
Japan
marked its first entry into the supertall stakes with the completion of the
300-meter Abeno Harukas in Osaka, becoming the country’s
tallest building.
This
was the "tallest year ever" by another measure: The sum of heights of
all 200-meter-plus buildings completed across the globe in 2014 was 23,333
meters – setting another all-time record and breaking 2011’s previous record of
19,852 meters.
Completions by City:-
Only cities with at least two completions
in 2014 are included in this chart. One tall building 200 m+ in height was also
completed during 2014 in these cities: Brisbane, Busan, Changsha, Foshan,
Haikou, Hanoi, Harbin, Istanbul, Izmir, Jeddah, Jinan, Kuala Lumpur, Kunming,
Kuwait City, Liuzhou, London, Manila, Melbourne, Nanjing, Nanning, Nantong,
Osaka, Riyadh, Santiago, Shenzhen, Singapore, Taipei, Taiyuan, Zhengzhou.
China's dominance of the tall-building
industry can be seen in this completions by city chart. Of the 25 cities with
two or more 200m+ completitions, 16 of them are located in China.
Tianjin,
China was the city that completed the most 200m+ buildings with six. Chongqing,
Wuhan, and Wuxi, China, along with Doha, Qatar all tied for second place with
four completions each.
Although
it didn't have as many completions as some other cities this was a triumphant
year for New York City, for more reasons than one. At
541 meters, One World Trade Center,
New York, was the tallest building to complete in 2014 and is now the world’s
third-tallest. Its 298-meter neighbor, 4 World Trade Center, also
joined the ranks as the 12th-tallest building to complete in 2014. The
completions of these two structures are important milestones in a long and
often tortuous rebuilding process after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Meanwhile, midtown New York marked the completion of One57, a 306-meter residential tower. All of
these completions point toward a resurgent skyscraper city in New York, which
is one of the reasons CTBUH will hold its 2015 conference there.
Completions by Timeline:-
97 buildings completed in 2014 beat every previous year on record,
including the previous record high of 81 completions in 2011.
A
total of 11 supertalls (buildings
of 300m or higher) completed in 2014 – the highest annual total on record.
Since 2010, 46 supertalls have been completed, representing 54% of the
supertalls that currently exist (85).
Completions by Locations:-
Asia’s dominance of the tall-building
industry increased yet again in 2014. Seventy-four of
the 97 buildings completed in 2014, or 76%, were in Asia.
South
America welcomed its first supertall, the 300-meter Torre Costanera of Santiago, Chile, which was also the
only building of 200 meters or greater to complete on the continent in 2014.
Completions by Functions:-
In 2014, 47 all-office buildings were completed (48% of the total), the largest total ever,
versus 31 (38% of the total) in 2011, the previous record high.
Completions by Material:-
A majority of 2014
completions used composite construction as the primary structural system – 52 out of 97 (54% ), as
compared to 24 out of 71 (34%) in 2013. The number of buildings whose
predominant structural material is concrete dropped to 38% in 2014 from 61% in
2013.
World’s 100 Tallest
Location:-
World’s 100 Tallest by Function:-
World’s 100 Tallest by Material:-
All-steel continued its
decline as a primary structural material, comprising only 5% of 2014’s
200-meter-plus completions and 13% of the world’s 100 tallest buildings, though
it showed a slight uptick from 3% in 2013.
At 541 meters, One World
Trade Center was the
tallest building to complete in 2014 and is now the world’s third-tallest
building.
Skyline: Tallest 2014
Completions:-
Average Building Height:-
Although the average
height of all 200m+ completions seems to fluctuate each year, the average
height of the tallest 100 buildings continues to rise as the industry pushes
itself further into the sky.
Total # of 200m +
Buildings:-
The number of
200-meter-plus buildings in existence has hit 935, a 352% increase from 2000.
Buildings Entering 100
Tallest:-
As skyscrapers
"surge," a number of tall buildings enter the 100 Tallest Buildings
list each year. Since 2010, at least 12 buildings have entered the list annually.
With high projected supertall numbers for 2015 and 2016 completions, it might
not be long before we see a year pass the 2011 record.
Projected 2015
Completions:-
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