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4KingdomTower1000m3280ftJeddahBurjKhalifa828m2717ftDubaiSignatureTowerJakarta638m2093ftJakartaShanghaiTower632m2073ftShanghaiTripleOne620m2034ftSeoulWuhanGreenlandCenter606m1988ftWuhanMakkahRoyalClockTowerHotel601m1972ftMeccaGoldinFinance117597m1957ftTianjinLotteWorldTower555m1819ftSeoulRoseRockInternationalFinanceCenter588m1929ftTianjinOneWorldTradeCenter541m1776ftNewYorkCityDalianGreenlandCenter518m1699ftDalianBusanLotteTownTower510m1674ftBusanShanghaiWorldFinancialCenter492m1614ftShanghaiTaipei101508m1667ftTaipeiInternationalCommerceCentre484m1588ftHongKongTheCTFGuangzhou530m1739ftGuangzhouKaisaFengLongCentre500m1640ftShenzhenTianjinChowTaiFookBinhaiCenter530m1739ftTianjinPingAnFinanceCenter660m2165ftShenzhen2019181716151413121110987654321CouncilonTallBuildingsandUrbanHabitaThetallestbuildingsintheworldarenowdoubletheheightofSydneyTower.MelbourneandBrisbanehavetallerbuildingsthanSydneyTheboomintallskyscrapersaroundtheworldhasledtotheestablishmentofacouncilofexpertsspecialwebsitesandcongressesallfocussedontallerandtallertowers.ThekeyorganisaonthatrunsallofthisistheCouncilofTallBuildingsandUrbanHabitatsCTBUHwww.ctbuh.org.TherateofchangeisevidentinreadingfromaCTBUHstatementin2012.Aswestartedthe21stcenturyjust11shortyearsagothePetronasTowersheldthetleofTheWorldsTallestat452metersinheight.Taipeitookthetlein2004at508meters.ThenattheendofthedecadetheBurjKhalifasetFuturetallestskylinesin2020incomparisonwithSydneysCentrepointtower300m600m1BRISBANETheInnityTowerbyMeritonis80storeyshigh.2MELBOURNETheEurekaToweris91storeyshigh.3PARRAMATTATheproposedAspireToweris90storeyshigh.4NEWYORKTheEmpireStateBuildingis103storeys381metershighand443meterstothetopofthespire.Itwasbuiltin1931.5LONDONTheShardis87storeysand306metershigh.www.ctbuh.orgwww.skyscrapercity.comwww.skyscrapercenter.comwww.emporis.comwww.skyscraperpage.comUSEFULWEBSITESONSUPERHIGHRISEnewstandardsat828meters.Nowwithworksettostartin2012forJeddahs1000meterKingdomTowerwecanexpectthatinameretwodecades20002020theheightoftheWorldsTallestBuildingwillhavemorethandoubled.TheCTBUHnowusesthetermSUPERTALLfortowersupto300metersandMEGATALLfortowersover600meterstall.Thegraphicdepiconofthepredictedworlds20tallesttowersintheyear2020abovedemonstrateswherehighriseisgoing.TheSydneyTowerisshownatthesamescaletodemonstratethatSydneysskyscrapersaremuchlowerthatmanyothersinglobalcies.12345