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.
2 June 2025 | Tall Buildings in Numbers
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...
31 December 2014 | CTBUH Journal, 2015 Issue I
An All-Time Record 97 Buildings of 200 Meters or Higher Completed in 2014 and 2014 showed further shifts towards Asia, and also surprising developments in building functions and st...
6 November 2014 | CTBUH Journal, 2014 Issue IV
Without big dreams, there would be no tall buildings. Conceiving, financing, designing, and constructing a skyscraper is no simple feat, even under the best of conditions. Many pro...
16 September 2014 | CTBUH Journal, 2014 Issue III
The latest CTBUH technical guide, Green Walls in High-Rise Buildings, provides a thorough investigation of the methods used around the world for implementation of vertical vegetati...
11 June 2014 | CTBUH Journal, 2014 Issue II
In this installment of Tall Buildings in Numbers, CTBUH considers how helipads are used on skyscrapers, and which are the highest in the world. The results were somewhat surprising...
31 December 2013 | CTBUH Journal, 2014 Issue I
By all appearances, the small increase in the total number of tall-building completions from 2012 into 2013 is indicative of a return to the prevalent trend of increasing completio...
14 November 2013 | CTBUH Journal, 2013 Issue IV
Twenty years ago, the Middle East contained only one skyscraper over 150 meters in height. It is now estimated that by the end of 2015 the region will have 289 buildings in this ca...
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