Record-breaking number of skyscrapers completed in 2011


Dezeen Wire:
an annual report released by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat in Chicago reveals that the number of buildings over 200 metres tall completed in the last year has increased for the fifth consecutive time.

Record-breaking number of skyscrapers completed in 2011

88 skyscrapers were constructed in 2011 in total, with the three tallest skyscrapers being Kingkey 100 in Shenzhen, the Al Hamra Firdous Tower in Kuwait City, and 23 Marina in Dubai.

Last month the CTBUH predicted what the tallest buildings will be in the 2020 – see the results of that report here.

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