Friday, October 12, 2012

Top 20 Skyscrapers in 2016

These will be the tallest buildings in 2016.  Completed buildings are bolded and under construction are in italics.  Completion date in parenthesis.
  1. Burj Khalifa, Dubai, 828m (2010)
  2. Ping An Finance Center, Shenzhen, 660m (2015)
  3. Seoul Lite DMC, 640m (2015) (CANCELLED)
  4. Shanghai Tower, 632m (2014) (Topped Out)
  5. Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel, Mecca, 601m (2012)
  6. Goldin Finance 117, Tianjin, 597m (2015)
  7. Lotte World Tower, Seoul, 555m (2015)
  8. One WTC, New York, 541m (2013)
  9. Tianjin CTF Binhai Center, 530m (2015)
  10. CTF Guangzhou, 530m (2016) 
  11. Zhongguo Zun, Beijing, 528m (2016)
  12. Dalian Greenland Center, 518m (2016)
  13. Busan Lotte Town Tower, 510m (2016)
  14. Taipei 101, 509m (2004)
  15. Federation Tower, 506m, Moscow (2016) (height 360m)
  16. Shanghai World Financial Center, 492m (2008)
  17. International Commerce Centre, Hong Kong, 484m (2010)
  18. Tianjin RF Guandong Tower, 468m (2015)
  19. International Commerce Center 1, Chongqing, 468m (2016)
  20. Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur 452m (1998)
Honorable Mention:
Zifeng Tower, Nanjing, 450m (2010) 
Willis Tower,  Chicago, 442m,1974
Kingkey 100,  Shenzhen, 442m, 2011
Guangzhou International Finance Center, 440m, 2010

Buildings that aren't expected to by completed by 2016, but may be completed soon after:
Suzhou Center Plaza, Suzhou, China, 780m (2017)
Wuhan Greenland Center; Wuhan, China, 636m (2017)
Rose Rock IFC in Tianjin, 588m (2017)
Evergrande IFC, Jinan, China, 560m (Unknown)
Doha Convention Centre and Tower; Doha, Qatar, 551m (construction suspended)
China Resources Headquarters; Shenzen, China, ;  525 m (2017)
Kaisa Feng Long Center;  Shenzen, China, 518m  (construction not started, 2015?)


See also Top 20 Skyscrapers in 2020

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