【World Property Journal】New Global Record Set in 2019 for Number of Supertall Building Completions

According to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat's newly released annual report -- CTBUH Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2019 -- 126 buildings of 200 meters' height or greater were completed in 2019, including 26 "supertall" buildings of at least 300 meters' height, a new world record.

The total number of supertall buildings worldwide is now 170. In 2013, there were 76 buildings 300 meters or higher worldwide; in 2000, only 26. The 530-meter Tianjin CTF Finance Centre in Tianjin, China was the tallest building completed in 2019.

"This is the fifth year in a row that a building over 500 meters has been completed, which is a remarkable accomplishment for the building industry - it was only 15 years ago that such buildings didn't exist," said CTBUH Chief Executive Officer Antony Wood.

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