There will be more skyscrapers built in 2016 than ever before ............

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China Has Highest Ambitions In A World Reaching For The Sky

The Shanghai Tower dwarfs the skyscrapers around it


There will be more skyscrapers built in 2016 than ever before, driven by demand from largely unheard-of cities in Asia eager to put themselves on the map.
Heard of Suzhou, Kunming or Nanning? You might have by the time they’ve finished their megastructures later this year. As many as 135 skyscrapers — defined as buildings over 200m tall — will be completed this year, with 27 of them in the “supertall” category — 300m or higher. 




According to the Council on Tall Buildings, much of the demand is coming from China, which gave the world its second-tallest building, the 632m Shanghai Tower, and which has another 300 skyscrapers under construction. Europe, by contrast, managed a mere eight last year.
“In many ways, it’s about prestige,” Jason Gabel, of Urban Habitat, a Chicago-based think tank, said. “It’s not a response to market demand so much as a conversation about image. What better way is there to draw attention to your city?”
The number of skyscrapers worldwide passed the 1,000 mark last year: there are now 1,040 buildings of 200m or more, up from 265 in 2000. As construction technology improves and building materials become ever more advanced, the number of buildings over 600m is expected to rise from three to seven. Saudi Arabia has begun work on the world’s first kilometre-high building, the Kingdom Tower.
London’s ambitions are modest by comparison. The Shard, at 306m, remains the tallest building in Europe, and work has begun on the 278m 22 Bishopsgate building. Even so, not everyone is thrilled. “The majority of the skyscrapers that are being built are eyesores,” said Barbara Weiss, the architect who founded the Skyline Campaign against inappropriate developments in London.

22 Bishopsgate, London, due for completion next year, will be 278m high






432 Park Avenue: Tallest Residential Building in the Western Hemisphere

Manhattan’s staggering skyline is about to be transformed once again, when in 2015 a new tower will pierce the sky. 432 Park Avenue is set to be the tallest residential building in the Western Hemisphere Have a look inside.

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