The international research body on tall buildings, founded in 1969 and based in Chicago, which maintains the criteria by which building height is officially measured, keeps the database of the world's skyscrapers, and confers the title of world's tallest building.
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CTBUH is the body that certifies tall-building height records, including the Burj Khalifa's certification as the world's tallest building.
Source Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Official Site
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1. Council on Vertical Urbanism (Wikipedia)
- intro: "international body in the field of tall buildings"
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Its stated mission is to study and report "on all aspects of the planning, design, and construction of tall buildings."
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Council on Tall Buildings and Urban HabitatAssociated With: Burj Khalifa, Tallest buildings and height criteria recordsView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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