Kingdom Tower

Co u nc i l on Tal l B u i ldi ng s an d U rba n H a b itat

Tallest 20 in 2020
1,000+ m/3,280+ ft
Jeddah

Burj Khalifa
828 m/2,717 ft
Dubai

Projected Worlds Tallest 20 Buildings in the Year 2020

Future Tallest Criteria: Buildings included in this study are either built, under construction or considered real proposals. Projects that have commenced
Ping An Finance Center
construction, but with works currently halted, are also included if there is a strong possibility of the project progressing to final completion. A real proposal
660 m/2,165 ft
Shenzhen can be considered such if it has: a specific site with ownership interests within the building development team; a full professional design team progressing the
Seoul Light DMC Tower Signature Tower Jakarta Wuhan Greenland Center design beyond the conceptual stage; formal planning consent/legal permission for construction (or is in the process of obtaining such permission); and a full
640 m/2,101 ft 638 m/2,093 ft 606 m/1,988 ft intention to progress the building to construction and completion. Furthermore this research only considers projects that are within the public domain and have
Seoul Jakarta Wuhan the consent for inclusion from the respective client-consultant teams. Because of this multi-faceted inclusion criteria, a number of prominent projects were not
Shanghai Tower Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel Lotte World Tower included in the study, including: India Tower, Mumbai; Triple One, Seoul; Hyundai Global Business Center, Seoul; and Zhongguo Zun, Beijing.
632 m/2,073 ft 601 m/1,972 ft 555 m/1,819 ft
Shanghai Mecca Seoul
(Data as of December 2011)
Goldin Finance 117 Doha Convention Center and Tower
597 m/1,957 ft 551 m/1,808 ft
Tianjin Doha
One World Trade Center Tianjin Chow Tai Fook Binhai Center
541 m/1,776 ft 530 m/1,739 ft
New York City Tianjin
Dalian Greenland Center Pentominium Busan Lotte Town Tower Kaisa Feng Long Centre
518 m/1,699 ft 516 m/1,693 ft 510 m/1,674 ft 500 m/1,640 ft
Dalian Dubai Busan Shenzhen
The CTF Guangzhou Taipei 101 Shanghai World Financial Center
530 m/1,739 ft 508 m/1,667 ft 492 m/1,614 ft
Guangzhou Taipei Shanghai

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Above: Diagram of the Worlds Tallest 20 Buildings as projected by 2020, according to the CTBUH Height Criteria Height to Architectural Top. Estimated as of December 2011. For more on CTBUH height criteria, see http://criteria.ctbuh.org/.

1 Kingdom Tower
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Height: 1,000 + m/3,280 + ft
2 Burj Khalifa
Dubai, UAE
Height: 828 m/2,717 ft
3 Ping An Finance Center
Shenzhen, China
Height: 660 m/2,165 ft
4 Seoul Light DMC Tower
Seoul, South Korea
Height: 640 m/2,101 ft
5 Signature Tower Jakarta
Jakarta, Indonesia
Height: 638 m/2,093 ft
6 Shanghai Tower
Shanghai, China
Height: 632 m/2,073 ft
7 Wuhan Greenland Center
Wuhan, China
Height: 606 m/1,988 ft
8 Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Height: 601 m/1,972 ft
Building Status Complete
Under Construction
Proposed
Construction Stopped

Current Status: Proposed Current Status: Completed
Completion Date: 2018 Completion Date: 2010
Building Use: Hotel/Residential/Office Building Use: Office/Residential/Hotel
Structural Material: Concrete Structural Material: Steel/Concrete
Total Floors: 156 Total Floors: 163
Owner/Developer: Jeddah Economic Company Owner/Developer: Emaar Properties PJSC
Architect: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Associate Architect: Dar Al-Handasah Shair & Partners Associate Architect: Hyder Consulting
Structural Engineers: Thornton Tomasetti Structural Engineer: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
MEP Engineer: Environmental Systems Design, Inc. MEP Engineer: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Main Contractor: Saudi Bin Ladin Group Project Manager: Turner Construction
Main Contractors: Samsung E & C; Arabtec; Besix Group
Current Status: Under Construction Current Status: Proposed Current Status: Proposed Current Status: Under Construction Current Status: Proposed Current Status: Topped Out
Completion Date: 2015 Completion Date: 2017 Completion Date: 2016 Completion Date: 2014 Completion Date: 2015 Completion Date: 2012
Building Use: Office Building Use: Hotel/Residential/Office Building Use: Hotel/Office Building Use: Hotel/Office Building Use: Hotel/Residential/Office Building Use: Hotel
Structural Material: Composite Structural Material: Composite Structural Material: Composite Structural Material: Composite Structural Material: Composite Structural Material: Steel/Concrete
Total Floors: 115 Total Floors: 130 Total Floors: 111 Total Floors: 121 Total Floors: 118 Total Floors: 120
Owner/Developer: Ping An Life Insurance Company of China Owner: Seoul Light AMC Owner/Developer: PT Grahamas Adisentosa Owner/Developer: Shanghai Tower Construction & Development Owner/Developer: Wuhan Greenland Bin Jiang Property Co. Ltd. Owner/Developer: Saudi Bin Ladin Group
Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates Developer: Millennium Builder Architect: Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart Architect: Gensler Architect: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture Architect: Dar Al-Handasah Shair & Partners
Associate Architect: China Construction Design International Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Associate Architect: PDW Architects Associate Architect: Architectural Design & Research Institute of Associate Architect: ECADI Structural Engineers: Dar Al-Handasah Shair & Partners
Structural Engineers: Thornton Tomasetti Associate Architect: Samoo Structural Engineers: Thornton Tomasetti; PT Gistama Intisemesta Tongji University Structural Engineers: Thornton Tomasetti MEP Engineer: Dar Al-Handasah Shair & Partners
MEP Engineer: J. Roger Preston Group Structural Engineers: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP MEP Engineer: Beca Group; PT Hantaran Prima Mandiri Structural Engineers: Thornton Tomasetti MEP Engineer: PositivEnergy Practice Project Manager: Dar Al-Handasah Shair & Partners
MEP Engineer: SYSKA Hennessy Group Project Manager: PT Grahamas Adisentosa MEP Engineer: Cosentini Main Contractor: Saudi Bin Ladin Group
Main Contractor: Daewoo; Daelim; Doosan E&C Main Contractor: Shanghai Construction

9 Goldin Finance 117

Tianjin, China
Height: 597 m/1,957 ft
10 Lotte World Tower
Seoul, South Korea
Height: 555 m/1,819 ft
11 Doha Convention Center and Tower
Doha, Qatar
Height: 551 m/1,808 ft
12 One World Trade Center
New York City, USA
Height: 541 m/1,776 ft
13 The CTF Guangzhou
Guangzhou, China
Height: 530 m/1,739 ft
14 Tianjin Chow Tai Fook Binhai Center
Tianjin, China
Height: 530 m/1,739 ft
15 Dalian Greenland Center
Dalian, China
Height: 518 m/1,699 ft
16 Pentominium
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Height: 516 m/1,693 ft
Building Location China
Other Asia
Middle East
United States

Current Status: Under Construction Current Status: Under Construction Current Status: Construction Stopped Current Status: Under Construction Current Status: Under Construction Current Status: Proposed Current Status: Under Construction Current Status: Construction Stopped
Completion Date: 2015 Completion Date: 2015 Completion Date: Unknown Completion Date: 2013 Completion Date: 2017 Completion Date: 2015 Completion Date: 2016 Completion Date: Unknown
Building Use: Hotel/Office Building Use: Hotel/Office Building Use: Residential/Hotel Building Use: Office Building Use: Hotel/Residential/Office Building Use: Residential/Hotel/Office Building Use: Hotel/Residential/Office Building Use: Residential
Structural Material: Composite Structural Material: Composite Structural Material: Steel/Concrete Structural Material: Composite Structural Material: Composite Structural Material: Composite Structural Material: Composite Structural Material: Steel/Concrete
Total Floors: 128 Total Floors: 123 Total Floors: 112 Total Floors: 104 Total Floors: 111 Total Floors: 97 Total Floors: 88 Total Floors: 122
Owner/Developer: Goldin Properties Holdings Ltd. Owner/Developer: The Lotte Group Owner/Developer: Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Co. Owner: 1 World Trade Center LLC Owner: Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Owner/Developer: New World China Land Owner/Developer: Greenland Group Developer: Trident International Holdings
Architect: P & T Group Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates Architect: Murphy/Jahn Architects Developer: Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Developer: New World Project Management Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Architect: HOK Architect: AEDAS
Associate Architect: ECADI Associate Architect: Baum Architects, Engineers & Consultants Structural Engineers: Magnusson Klemencic Associates; Werner Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates Associate Architect: ECADI Associate Architect: ECADI Structural Engineers: Hyder Consulting
Structural Engineers: Arup Structural Engineers: Leslie E. Robertson Associates Sobek Engineering & Design; Hyder Consulting Structural Engineers: WSP Cantor Seinuk; Schlaich Bergermann Associate Architect: Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man Architects & Eng. Structural Engineers: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Structural Engineers: ECADI MEP Engineer: Hyder Consulting
MEP Engineer: Parsons Brinckerhoff Consultants Pte Ltd MEP Engineer: SYSKA Hennessy Group MEP Engineer: Arup; Hyder Consulting und Partner Structural Engineers: Arup MEP Engineer: Parson Brinckerhoff Consultants Pte Ltd MEP Engineer: ECADI Project Manager: Precipio Consulting
Project Manager: Goldin Properties Holdings Limited Project Manager: Turner Construction MEP Engineer: Jaros Baum & Bolles MEP Engineer: Parsons Brinckerhoff Consultants Pte Ltd Project Manager: Greenland Group Main Contractor: Arabian Construction Company
Main Contractor: Third Bureau of CSCEC Main Contractor: Tishman Construction Project Manager: New World Project Management Ltd Main Contractor: Shanghai Construction
Main Contractor: Hyundai Engineering & Construction

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, based at the Illinois Institute of
17 Busan Lotte Town Tower
Busan, South Korea
Height: 510 m/1,674 ft
18 Taipei 101
Taipei, Taiwan, PRC
Height: 508m/1,667ft
19 Kaisa Feng Long Centre
Shenzhen, China
Height: 500m/1,640ft
20 Shanghai World Financial Center
Shanghai, China
Height: 492m/1,614ft
Building Use Residential
Office
Hotel
Mixed Use
Technology in Chicago, is an international not-for-profit organization supported by
architecture, engineering, planning, development and construction professionals, Current Status: Under Construction Current Status: Completed Current Status: Proposed Current Status: Completed
designed to facilitate exchanges among those involved in all aspects of the planning, Completion Date: 2016 Completion Date: 2004 Completion Date: Unknown Completion Date: 2008
design, construction and operation of tall buildings. Building Use: Residential/Hotel/Office Building Use: Office Building Use: Hotel/Office Building Use: Hotel/Office
The CTBUH is the worlds leading body in the field of tall buildings and the recognized Structural Material: Composite Structural Material: Composite Structural Material: Composite Structural Material: Composite
source of information on tall buildings internationally. It is the arbiter of the criteria Total Floors: 107 Total Floors: 101 Total Floors: 92 Total Floors: 101
upon which tall building height is measured, and thus the title of The Worlds Tallest Owner/Developer: The Lotte Group Owner/Developer: Taipei Financial Center Corporation Owner/Developer: Kaisa Group Holdings Owner: Shanghai World Financial Center Co. Ltd.
Building determined. Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Architect: C.Y. Lee & Partners Architects/Partners Architect: RTKL Developer: Mori Building
Associate Architect: Heerim Architects & Planners Structural Engineers: Thornton Tomasetti; Evergreen Engineering Structural Engineers: RTKL Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates; Irie Miyake Architects & Engineers
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Phone: +1 (312) 567 3487
Fax: +1 (312) 567 3820
Structural Engineers: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP MEP Engineer: Continental Engineering Consultants, Inc. MEP Engineer: RTKL Associate Architect: Shanghai Modern Architectural Design; ECADI
S.R. Crown Hall
Illinois Institute of Technology Email: info@ctbuh.org MEP Engineer: Syska Hennessy Group Project Manager: Turner Construction Structural Engineer: Leslie E. Robertson Associates
3360 South State Street http://www.ctbuh.org Main Contractor: Lotte Construction Management Main Contractors: Kumagai Gumi; Taiwan Kumagai; RSEA MEP Engineer: Kenchiku Setubi Sekkei Kenkyusho
Chicago IL, 60616, USA Engineering; Ta-You-Wei Construction; Samsung E & C Project Manager: Mori Building
Main Contractors: China State Construction; Shanghai Construction

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