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.
1 December 2024 | Tall Buildings in Numbers
Bangkok is the largest city in Thailand and, as of 2024, has doubled in population over the past 37 years. As the growing metropolitan region plans for better transit, higher density, and improved livability, CTBUH has begun to study the role that tall buildings play in achieving a higher standard of urban life in the area. These maps explore so...
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...
10 October 2013 | CTBUH Journal, 2013 Issue III
CTBUH has investigated the increasing trend towards extreme spires and other extensions of supertall (300-meter-plus) buildings that do not enclose usable space, and created a new...
1 June 2013 | CTBUH Journal, 2013 Issue II
There are currently 109 skyscrapers over 150 meters in Europe. This number is set to jump to 161 by the end of 2015, meaning that there are more than 50 projects in advanced stages...
31 December 2012 | CTBUH Journal, 2013 Issue I
For the first time in six years the number of tall buildings completed annually around the world declined as the effects of the global financial crisis became evident.
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