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.
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23 May 2022 | Tall Buildings in Numbers
Interactive Study - The State of Tall Timber: A Global Audit
This data study represents the significant recent momentum of the mass-timber movement worldwide. There are now 139 mass timber buildings around the world of eight stories or higher, either complete, under construction or proposed*. The data in this study has been collected over nearly a decade of scholarship, ranging from papers published in the C...
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23 May 2022 | CTBUH Journal 2022 Issue I
Interactive Study - The State of Tall Timber: A Global Audit
This data study represents the significant recent momentum of the mass-timber movement worldwide. There are now 139 mass timber buildings around the world of eight stories or highe...
17 September 2021 | CTBUH Journal 2021 Issue III
Emissions-Reduction Strategies
The construction sector accounts for 39 percent of all global emissions, but to avoid catastrophic climate-related disasters, these emissions must be reduced significantly, with m...
8 September 2021 | CTBUH Journal 2021 Issue IV
Interactive Study on The Global Impact of 9/11 on Tall Buildings
In the immediate aftermath of the terrible events of 9/11, the age of the skyscraper seemed to be at an end. After witnessing the collapse of the World Trade Center towers due to t...
19 May 2021 | CTBUH Journal 2021 Issue II
CTBUH Awards Through the Years
The CTBUH has operated its Awards program since 2002, evolving from a single honor (the Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award) to 29 categories today. Participation has always...
12 January 2021 | CTBUH Journal 2021 Issue I
Interactive Study on Tall Buildings in 2020: COVID-19 Contributes To Dip in Year-On-Year Completions
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has released its annual report, CTBUH Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2020, part of the Tall Buildings in Numbers data analysis serie...
23 September 2020 | CTBUH Journal 2020 Issue IV
The Post-Crisis Tall Building
This data study proposes a “generic” 200-meter office building, located in Chicago, displaying several key modifications that could take place if certain indicative public-health r...
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