List of supertall skyscrapers
According to the CTBUH, a supertall building is defined as a building between 300 and 599 m (984 and 1,965 ft) in height.[1][2][3][4][5]
China is the country with the most supertall buildings at 109 entries, followed by the United Arab Emirates and the United States with 35 and 31 supertall buildings respectively. The city with the most supertall buildings is Dubai at 31 entries, followed by Shenzhen and New York City with 20 and 18 supertall buildings respectively.
As of 2024[update], there are 70 cities across the world with at least one supertall building, and 235 completed supertall buildings in the world.
History
[edit]The first supertall skyscraper to be completed was the Chrysler Building in New York City in 1930, which was 319 meters (1,047 feet) tall. This was followed a year later by the Empire State Building, which rose to a height of 381 meters (1,250 feet). No supertall buildings would be constructed for 38 years until the completion of the John Hancock Center in Chicago in 1969. The John Hancock Center was the first supertall to be built outside New York City. Supertalls remained the purview of New York City and Chicago until the completion of the JPMorgan Chase Tower in Houston. Two more American cities gained a supertall skyscraper in the 20th century: Atlanta with the Bank of American Plaza, and Los Angeles with the U.S. Bank Tower, both office buildings.
After the September 11 attacks, New York City was left with only two supertall buildings. This preceded a significant boom in the construction of supertall buildings, which began with The New York Times Building in 2007. and accelerated in the 2010s with the development of the Hudson Yards complex and residential supertall skyscrapers on Billionaires' Row. Currently, New York City has 17 supertall buildings, and 2 more under construction. In 2018, two more US cities gained their first supertall buildings: the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco, and the Comcast Technology Center in Philadelphia. Construction is underway on Waterline in Austin and Waldorf Astoria Miami in Miami, both of which would be the first supertall buildings in their respective cities.
The Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong was the first supertall skyscraper to be built outside of the United States in 1990. This preceded a rise in the construction of supertall skyscrapers internationally, which accelerated in the 2010s, especially in China.
East Asia has become a hotspot for building such tall skyscrapers. The first supertall buildings to be built in Mainland China were CITIC Plaza in Guangzhou and Shun Hing Square in Shenzhen, both built in 1996. In the 2010s, China overtook the United States to become the country with the most supertall buildings. Other cities in China that have built multiple supertall buildings since 2000 include Guiyang, Nanjing, Nanning, Tianjin, and Wuhan. Taiwan completed its first supertall building, 85 Sky Tower, in the city of Kaohsiung in 1997. This was followed by Taipei 101 in Taiwan's capital of Taipei 7 years later, which became the tallest building in the world at the time. Japan and South Korea both constructed their first supertall buildings in the 2010s; Japan with Abeno Harukas in Osaka in 2014, and South Korea with the Northeast Asia Trade Tower in Incheon in 2012. In North Korea, construction of the Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang has been completed, but the hotel remains unopened as of 2024.
Baiyoke Tower II in Bangkok, Thailand became the first supertall building in Southeast Asia when it was completed in 1997. They were followed by the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1998, which overtook the Sears Tower as the tallest buildings in the world at the time, and the World Trade Center as the tallest twin towers in the world. Vietnam received its first supertall building in 2012 upon the completion of Landmark 72 in Hanoi. Likewise, Indonesia completed its first supertall building, Autograph Tower in 2022.
Dubai completed the Burj Al Arab hotel in 1999, the first supertall building in the United Arab Emirates and the Middle East. Saudi Arabia became the next country in the Middle East with a supertall building with the construction of the Kingdom Centre in 2002. Qatar completed its first supertall building, Aspire Tower, in 2007, while Kuwait completed its first supertall skyscraper, Arraya Tower, two years later. The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey in Istanbul, currently under construction, will become the first supertall building in Turkey. Azrieli Spiral Tower in Tel Aviv and Beyond Tower in Givatayim, both in construction, will become the first supertall buildings in Israel.
Europe currently has nine supertall buildings, all completed since 2010. With the exception of The Shard in London, United Kingdom and Varso Tower in Poland, the remainder are in Russia–six in Moscow and one, the Lakhta Centre, in Saint Petersburg. All supertall buildings in Moscow are located in Moscow International Business Centre. The first of these was Moscow Tower in the City of Capitals complex, which was built in 2010. After Brexit, Varso Tower remains the only supertall building in the European Union.
Mexico is the only country besides the United States to have a supertall building in North America – T.Op Torre 1 in Monterrey, which was built in 2020. Torre Rise is currently under construction in the same city, which would become the tallest building in all of Latin America if completed. While Canada has no completed supertall buildings, it has three under construction – The One, Skytower at Pinnacle One Younge, and Concord Sky, all of which are in Toronto. In Australia, supertall buildings have been built in Gold Coast and Melbourne, making Australia the only Oceanian country with supertall skyscrapers.
South Asia currently has only one supertall building, Lokhandwala Minerva in Mumbai, India, which was built in 2023. South America's sole supertall building is Gran Torre Costanera in Santiago, Chile. Similarly, Africa has only one supertall building, the Iconic Tower, located in Egypt's New Administrative Capital. Tour F, a supertall building in construction in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, will be the first such building in West Africa.
Supertall skyscrapers
[edit]This list includes completed skyscrapers that stand between 300 and 599 m (984 and 1,965 ft) in height, based on standard height measurements. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. This list does not include topped out buildings that have not been fully completed.
This list does not include the four tallest buildings in the world: the Burj Khalifa, Merdeka 118, Shanghai Tower, and The Clock Towers, which are over 600 meters and classified as "megatall".
Supertall skyscrapers under construction
[edit]This list includes skyscrapers under construction that are planned to be between 300 and 600 meters (984 and 1,968 feet) tall. based on standard height measurements. The "year" column indicates the expected year of completion. This list does not include buildings whose construction has been suspended indefinitely, which are listed in the "On Hold" table below.[11]
Building | City | Country | Height (m) | Height (ft) | Floors | Year |
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Burj Binghatti Jacob & Co Residences | Dubai | UAE | 557 | 1,827 | 105 | 2026 |
Tiger Sky Tower | Dubai | UAE | 532 | 1,725 | 116 | ? |
Six Senses Residences Dubai Marina (Pentominium) | Dubai | UAE | 517 | 1,696 | 122 | 2028 |
The Line | Neom | Saudi Arabia | 500 | 1,640 | ? | ? |
China International Silk Road Center | Xi'an | China | 498 | 1,634 | 101 | ? |
Panda Tower - Tianfu Center | Chengdu | China | 488.9 | 1,604 | 95 | 2026 |
Rizhao Center | Rizhao | China | 485 | 1,591 | 94 | 2028 |
North Bund Tower | Shanghai | China | 480 | 1,575 | 97 | 2027 |
Torre Rise | Monterrey | Mexico | 475 | 1,559 | 88 | 2026 |
Wuhan CTF Finance Center | Wuhan | China | 475 | 1,558 | 84 | 2029 |
Suzhou Center North Tower | Suzhou | China | 460 | 1,509 | 100 | 2027 |
China Resources Land Center | Dongguan | China | 450 | 1,476 | 98 | ? |
Aeternias Tower (Marina 106) | Dubai | UAE | 450 | 1,476 | 106 | 2026 |
One Bangkok O4H4 | Bangkok | Thailand | 436.1 | 1,431 | 92 | 2030 |
Burj Almasa | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 432 | 1,417 | 93 | 2027 |
Haikou Tower 1 | Haikou | China | 428 | 1,404 | 94 | 2027 |
Shandong IFC | Jinan | China | 428 | 1,404 | 88 | 2024 |
Nanjing Financial City Phase II Plot C Tower 1 | Nanjing | China | 426 | 1,398 | 88 | 2025 |
JPMorgan Chase World Headquarters | New York City | United States | 423 | 1,388 | 60 | 2025 |
Ningbo Central Plaza Tower 1 | Ningbo | China | 409 | 1,342 | 80 | 2024 |
Great River Center | Wuhan | China | 400 | 1,312 | 82 | 2025 |
Hangzhou West Railway Station Hub Tower 1 | Hangzhou | China | 399.8 | 1,312 | 83 | ? |
Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Base Tower C-1 | Shenzhen | China | 394 | 1,293 | 78 | 2027 |
China Merchants Bank Global HQ | Shenzhen | China | 387.4 | 1,271 | 77 | ? |
Tour F | Abidjan | Ivory Coast | 385.8 | 1,266 | 64 | ? |
Torch Tower | Tokyo | Japan | 385 | 1,263 | 62 | 2028 |
Shenzhen Luohu Friendship Trading Centre | Shenzhen | China | 379.9 | 1,246 | 83 | ? |
Guangdong Business Center | Guangzhou | China | 375.5 | 1,232 | 60 | 2024 |
China Merchants Prince Bay Tower | Shenzhen | China | 374 | 1,227 | 59 | 2028 |
Xujiahui Center Tower 1 | Shanghai | China | 370 | 1,214 | 67 | 2024 |
Lucheng Square | Wenzhou | China | 369 | 1,211 | 75 | ? |
Ciel Tower | Dubai | UAE | 365.5 | 1,199 | 82 | 2024 |
Taipei Twin Towers - Tower 1 | Taipei | Taiwan | 360 | 1,181 | 70 | 2027 |
Wanda One | Xi'an | China | 360 | 1,181 | 86 | 2026 |
City Tower 1 | Dubai | UAE | 358 | 1,175 | 94 | 2025 |
Naga 3 Tower A | Phnom Penh | Cambodia | 358 | 1,175 | 75 | 2026 |
Greenland Group Suzhou Center | Suzhou | China | 358 | 1,175 | 77 | 2024 |
Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Base Tower C-2 | Shenzhen | China | 355.7 | 1,167 | 68 | 2027 |
Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey | Istanbul | Turkey | 352 | 1,155 | 59 | 2024 |
Baolixian Village Old Reform Project Main Building | Guangzhou | China | 350 | 1,148 | 70 | 2024 |
China Resources Huafu Tower | Shenzhen | China | 350 | 1,148 | 65 | ? |
Guohong Center | Wenzhou | China | 350 | 1,148 | 71 | 2025 |
SkyTower at Pinnacle One Yonge | Toronto | Canada | 347 | 1,137 | 105 | 2026 |
Al Habtoor Tower | Dubai | UAE | 345 | 1,132 | 82 | 2026 |
Busan Lotte Tower | Busan | South Korea | 343 | 1,124 | 67 | ? |
Mercedes-Benz Places Binghatti | Dubai | UAE | 341 | 1,119 | 71 | ? |
Dau House | Moscow | Russia | 340 | 1,115 | 87 | ? |
Safa Two de Grisogono | Dubai | UAE | 340 | 1,115 | 85 | 2027 |
Zhonghai City Plaza | Tianjin | China | 339.9 | 1,115 | 75 | ? |
Oxley Tower 1 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 339 | 1,111 | 84 | 2024 |
Junkang Center | Wenzhou | China | 339 | 1,111 | 71 | 2024 |
Guangjian Financial Center | Guangzhou | China | 333 | 1,093 | ? | 2027 |
Shenzhen Urban Construction & Tower | Shenzhen | China | 333 | 1,093 | 72 | 2024 |
Regalia | Dubai | UAE | 331 | 1,086 | 70 | 2024 |
Green Energy Superblock Oasis Central Sudirman Tower 2 | Jakarta | Indonesia | 331 | 1,086 | 75 | 2028 |
Meixi Lake Changsha Jinmao Building | Changsha | China | 330 | 1,083 | 64 | 2024 |
Jiulong Lake Knowledge Tower | Guangzhou | China | 330 | 1,083 | 53 | 2025 |
Jinqiao Sub-Center Block C1 Tower 1 | Shanghai | China | 330 | 1,083 | ? | 2026 |
Golden Corridor 22-1 Project Tower 1 | Shenyang | China | 330 | 1,083 | 71 | ? |
Yuexiu Global Financial Center | Wuhan | China | 330 | 1,083 | 68 | 2024 |
The One | Toronto | Canada | 328.4 | 1,077 | 91 | 2025 |
CITIC Pacific Plaza | Jinan | China | 326 | 1,070 | 64 | ? |
Qingqing New Village Landmark Tower | Shenzhen | China | 325.5 | 1,068 | 80 | 2026 |
740 8th Avenue (The Torch) | New York City | United States | 325.1 | 1,067 | 52 | 2027 |
Azrieli Spiral Tower | Tel Aviv | Israel | 323 | 1,060 | 91 | 2027 |
Sumo Tower 1 | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 322 | 1,056 | 70 | ? |
Beibin Lu Main Tower | Chongqing | China | 320 | 1,050 | ? | 2024 |
Guangzhou International Cultural Center | Guangzhou | China | 320 | 1,050 | 54 | 2024 |
Junchao Plaza | Guangzhou | China | 320 | 1,050 | 67 | 2024 |
Hangzhou West Railway Station Hub Tower A | Hangzhou | China | 320 | 1,050 | 61 | ? |
Mong Kok East Station Redevelopment - Tower 2 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 320 | 1,050 | 70 | 2027 |
Palais Royale | Mumbai | India | 320 | 1,050 | 88 | 2024 |
Jiangbei New Financial Center Phase I | Nanjing | China | 320 | 1,050 | 63 | 2024 |
Suhewan Huaxing New City Tower 1 | Shanghai | China | 320 | 1,050 | 67 | 2028 |
Zhangjiang Science Gate Tower 1 | Shanghai | China | 320 | 1,050 | 60 | 2024 |
Zhangjiang Science Gate Tower 2 | Shanghai | China | 320 | 1,050 | 60 | 2024 |
Jiuzhou Bay Tower | Zhuhai | China | 318.5 | 1,045 | 64 | 2024 |
China Resources Metropolitan City Center Landmark Tower | Wenzhou | China | 318 | 1,043 | 60 | ? |
South Taihu CBD Tower | Huzhou | China | 318 | 1,043 | 66 | ? |
Waldorf Astoria Hotel and Residences Miami | Miami | United States | 317.3 | 1,041 | 98 | 2026 |
Hong Plaza Main Tower (CBD Central Plaza) | Jinan | China | 317 | 1,040 | 62 | ? |
Beyond | Giv'atayim | Israel | 313 | 1,027 | 72 | 2025 |
TEDA IFC | Tianjin | China | 313 | 1,027 | 56 | ? |
CIIC Financial Center Tower 1 | Shenzhen | China | 312 | 1,024 | 62 | 2024 |
Waterline | Austin | United States | 311.2 | 1,021 | 74 | 2026 |
Hengyu Jinrong Center Block A | Shenzhen | China | 310 | 1,017 | 66 | 2024 |
Kempinski Hotel & Residences Kuala Lumpur | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 308.5 | 1,013 | 72 | 2024 |
Xiangmi Lake Financial Tower | Shenzhen | China | 308 | 1,010 | 64 | 2026 |
Nanshan Science and Technology Union Building | Shenzhen | China | 307.2 | 1,013 | 67 | ? |
Aradhya Avan | Mumbai | India | 306.6 | 1,006 | 80 | ? |
Wuhan Yangtze River Center Tower 2 | Wuhan | China | 305 | 1,001 | 65 | ? |
Tuwaiq Tower | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 305 | 1,001 | 51 | ? |
520 Fifth Avenue | New York City | United States | 304.8 | 1,000 | 76 | 2025 |
Wynn Al Marjan Island Resort | Ras Al Khaimah | UAE | 304.8 | 1,000 | ? | 2027 |
Suzhou ICC | Suzhou | China | 303.2 | 995 | 68 | 2024 |
Al Wasl Tower | Dubai | UAE | 300.6 | 986 | 64 | 2024 |
Concord Sky | Toronto | Canada | 300.2 | 985 | 85 | 2027 |
Jiefangbei Book City | Chongqing | China | 300 | 984 | 63 | 2024 |
Cavalli Tower | Dubai | UAE | 300 | 984 | 71 | 2026 |
Alamein Iconic Tower | El Alamein | Egypt | 300 | 984 | 68 | ? |
Hangzhou West Railway Station Hub Tower 2 | Hangzhou | China | 300 | 984 | 68 | ? |
Hangzhou West Railway Station Hub Tower B | Hangzhou | China | 300 | 984 | 68 | ? |
Supernova Spira | Noida | India | 300 | 984 | 80 | 2025 |
Cipriani Ocean Resort & Club Residences | Punta del Este | Uruguay | 300 | 984 | 75 | 2025 |
Greenland Bund Centre Tower 1 | Shanghai | China | 300 | 984 | 64 | 2024 |
The Skywaters (Skywaters Residences) | Singapore | Singapore | 300 | 984 | 63 | 2028 |
Shimao Riverside Block D2b | Wuhan | China | 300 | 984 | 53 | 2025 |
Yangzhou Keyne Center | Yangzhou | China | 300 | 984 | 60 | 2024 |
Supertall skyscrapers on hold
[edit]This list includes unfinished buildings with no construction activity that were planned to be supertall skyscrapers. The height column indicates the intended height.
Building | City | Country | Height (m) | Height (ft) | Floors | Construction began | Construction stopped | Notes |
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Goldin Finance 117 | Tianjin | China | 596.6 | 1,957 | 128 | 2008 | 2015 | Topped-out |
Doha Tower and Convention Center | Doha | Qatar | 570 | 1,870 | 112 | 2007 | 2010 | |
Dalian Greenland Center | Dalian | China | 518 | 1,699 | 88 | 2014 | 2018 | |
Evergrande Hefei Center T1 | Hefei | China | 518 | 1,699 | 112 | 2016 | 2020 | |
Greenland Jinmao International Financial Center | Nanjing | China | 499.8 | 1,640 | 102 | 2019 | 2022 | |
Suzhou Zhongnan Center | Suzhou | China | 499.2 | 1,638 | 103 | 2020 | 2023 | |
HeXi Yuzui Tower A | Nanjing | China | 498.8 | 1,636 | 85 | 2021 | 2023 | |
Chushang Building | Wuhan | China | 475 | 1,558 | 111 | 2019 | 2022 | |
R&F Guangdong Building | Tianjin | China | 468 | 1,535 | 91 | 2012 | 2015 | |
Chengdu Greenland Tower | Chengdu | China | 468 | 1,535 | 101 | 2014 | 2023 | |
Evergrande City Light | Ningbo | China | 453.3 | 1,488 | 88 | 2021 | 2022 | |
Tianshan Gate of the World Plots 27 and 28 | Shijiazhuang | China | 450 | 1,476 | 106 | 2019 | 2021 | |
Dubai Towers Doha | Doha | Qatar | 436.5 | 1,432 | 91 | 2007 | 2010 | |
Chongqing Tall Tower | Chongqing | China | 431 | 1,414 | 101 | 2017 | 2020 | |
Greenland Center Tower 1 | Kunming | China | 428 | 1,404 | ? | 2018 | 2021 | |
Nanjing Olympic Suning Tower | Nanjing | China | 419.8 | 1,377 | 99 | 2011 | 2014 | |
Eye of Spring Trade Center | Kunming | China | 407 | 1,335 | 100 | 2017 | 2020 | |
One Tower | Moscow | Russia | 405.3 | 1,330 | 108 | 2019 | 2020 | |
Haiyun Plaza Tower 1 | Rizhao | China | 390 | 1,280 | 86 | 2019 | 2024 | |
Icon Tower 1 | Jakarta | Indonesia | 384 | 1,260 | 77 | 2015 | 2017 | |
SUNAC A-ONE Tower 4 | Chongqing | China | 349 | 1,145 | 89 | 2020 | 2022 | |
Yuetai Zhuxi Financial Center | Jiangmen | China | 336 | 1,102 | 71 | 2022 | 2022 | |
IBN Bukit Bintang | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 330 | 1,083 | 68 | 2019 | 2023 | |
Ryugyong Hotel | Pyongyang | North Korea | 330 | 1,080 | 105 | 1987 | 2012 | Topped-out |
The One Ritz-Carlton Tower | Colombo | Sri Lanka | 326 | 1,070 | 80 | 2017 | 2021 | |
Zhongtian Future Ark Global Valley | Guiyang | China | 322 | 1,056 | 62 | 2018 | 2022 | |
Indonesia-1 North Tower | Jakarta | Indonesia | 306 | 1,004 | 63 | 2015 | 2020 | |
Indonesia-1 South Tower | Jakarta | Indonesia | 304 | 996 | 63 | 2015 | 2020 | |
Shimao Pingshan Center | Shenzhen | China | 302 | 991 | 62 | 2019 | 2022 |
Destroyed or demolished supertalls
[edit]Building | City | Country | Height (m) | Height (ft) | Floors | Year completed | Year destroyed |
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1 World Trade Center | New York City | United States | 417 | 1,368 | 110 | 1972 | 2001 |
2 World Trade Center | New York City | United States | 417 | 1,368 | 110 | 1973 | 2001 |
List of cities with supertalls
[edit]This list ranks cities by number of completed supertall buildings. This list is inclusive of megatall buildings (buildings above 600 meters in height). It does not include supertall buildings that are topped out or under construction.
See also
[edit]- List of architects of supertall buildings
- List of megatall skyscrapers
- List of tallest buildings in the world
- Supertall skyscraper
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