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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2 June 2025 | Tall Buildings in Numbers

Vertical Urbanism Index Case Study: Amsterdam & Rotterdam

Amsterdam is a global leader in sustainable urbanism, known for its human-scale planning, cycling infrastructure, and adaptive reuse of historic structures. While traditionally low-rise, the city is now exploring vertical expansion in select nodes to meet growing housing needs while preserving livability. Rotterdam is one of the Netherlands’ mos...

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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 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 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...

4 October 2023 | CTBUH Data Handbook 2023

Interactive Study: The World's 100 Tallest Cities in 2023

This is the inaugural edition of the CTBUH Data Handbook, an annual publication that covers the state of tall building construction and the affiliated growth of the world’s cities....

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...

16 May 2023 | CTBUH Journal 2023 Issue I

World Surpasses 2,000 Buildings of 200 Meters or Greater Height

This report shows that 147 buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater were completed in 2022, a 25 percent increase from 2021, when 118 such buildings were completed. Disruptions t...