Data Studies

The Research & Thought Leadership division of the CTBUH performs objective research at all scales and distributes findings in the form of data studies that highlight critical issues facing tall buildings and future cities.

Latest Study

1 February 2024 | CTBUH Journal 2023 Issue IV

Interactive Study: Sea-level Rise Susceptibility, Miami

With sea levels on the rise, prevailing thought suggests such investment should not occur in South Florida. However, the City of Miami could very well be the best place for tall ne...

22 December 2023 | CTBUH Journal 2023 Issue IV

Tall Tales of Transformation: Height Alterations

Even after construction has commenced, it is not uncommon for alterations to be made to a tall building’s design, which can result in subsequent changes in the building’s planned a...

16 October 2023 | CTBUH Journal 2023 Issue III

Green + Growth: Singapore from Above

Over the past two centuries, Singapore’s land area has expanded by 25 percent, reaching 738 square kilometers in 2022. Land reclamation has its limits and, to accommodate its growi...

16 October 2023 | CTBUH Journal 2022 Issue III

Interactive Study - Green + Growth: Singapore from Above

Over the past two centuries, Singapore’s land area has expanded by 25 percent, reaching 738 square kilometers in 2022. Land reclamation has its limits and, to accommodate its grow...

16 October 2023 | CTBUH Journal 2022 Issue IV

Interactive Study - Sea-Level Rise Susceptibility

This interactive data study builds off the work conducted by the Université de Montréal, supported by the 2019 CTBUH Student Research Competition, kindly sponsored by Taipei Financ...

5 July 2023 | CTBUH Journal 2023 Issue II

Evolution of the World's Tallest Buildings

As a companion to CTBUH’s The World’s 118 Tallest Buildings, and in recognition of the 2023 completion of Merdeka 118, the world’s second-tallest building, in Kuala Lumpur, this st...