Western Development Strategy which sought to improve poorer, western regions. We begin our journey in Chongqing, China - a city with 24 skyscrapers currently under construction.Ībove: The eight-tower Raffles City complex in Chongqing is one of many multi-tower projects rising in the city.Īs one of only four cities in China directly under the control of the central government, Chongqing’s growth has been accelerated as part of the country’s In some cases where multiple cities are constructing exactly the same number of skyscrapers, we have separated them based on the number of supertall skyscrapers We have used CTBUH data on the number of skyscrapers currently under construction in the world’s cities to form our journey.
Supertall skyscrapers exceed 300 metres in height and those in the rare megatall classification stand over 600 metres high. So where are the current areas of growth? What is driving the skyscraper booms in these cities? And what does this say about the broader state of the globalīefore we begin, it is important to explain that the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (or CTBUH) define a skyscraper as a freestanding structure exceeding 150 metres in height and with at least 50% of its height consisting of While numerous factors determine the economic standing of a city, one of the most visual indicators of growth is the number of skyscrapers under construction.ĭemanding significant effort and investment in order to become reality, skyscraper construction is often linked to a city’s economic cycles.Ībove: Skyscrapers under construction are a visual indicator of a city's growth.
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