Home›Tall Buildings and Skyscrapers›All Tall Buildings and SkyscrapersBrowse ByAll Tall Buildings and SkyscrapersReference and ClassificationDevelopingBuildings whose height is itself the defining architectural fact, the class CTBUH (the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, an established atlas source) tracks as its own typology distinct from ordinary commercial buildings: the skyscraper and the office tower built primarily to maximize height and floor area on a constrained footprint. Belongs here: any named building whose height, structural system for achieving it, or record status is central to why it is notable. Does not belong here: an ordinary low-rise office building, grouped under commercial and office buildings, or a monumental freestanding tower with no significant occupied floor area, grouped under monuments, towers and commemorative structures.FactsAll Tall Buildings and SkyscrapersSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1885 CE 1Origin RegionWell-attestedUnited States (Chicago) 1All Tall Buildings and SkyscrapersFilter Results102 entriesArchitectAllAdrian Smith (1)Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1)Norman Foster (1)Building FamilyAllTall Buildings of East Asia (42)Tall Buildings of Europe (11)Tall Buildings of North America (22)Tall Buildings of Southeast Asia (8)Tall Buildings of the Middle East (15)Tall Buildings of the Rest of the World (4)StyleAllAncient Egyptian Architecture (1)Art Deco (3)Chicago School (1)Contemporary architecture (3)Futurist Architecture (2)Gothic Revival (1)High-Tech Architecture (10)International Style (3)Islamic Architecture (2)Modernist Architecture (15)Neo-Futurism (10)Neoclassical Architecture (1)Neomodern Architecture (2)New Classical Architecture (1)Organic Architecture (1)Postmodern Architecture (20)Renaissance Revival architecture (1)MaterialAllAluminum (4)Brick (2)Bronze (1)Glass (15)Granite (1)Insulated Glazing Unit (1)Limestone (3)Low-Emissivity Glass (1)Marble (1)Portland Cement (1)Stainless Steel (6)Steel (15)Terracotta (4)Building TypeAllCommercial office skyscraper (2)Commercial offices (3)Commercial offices, retail (1)High-rise office tower (1)Hotel (4)Hotel Complex (1)Hotel, Office (1)Hotel, Office, Serviced Apartments (1)Megatall Skyscraper (2)Megatall Skyscraper (Under Construction) (1)Mixed-use (office, residential and hotel) (1)Mixed-use (residential, hotel and commercial) (1)Mixed-Use Supertall Skyscraper (4)Neo-Gothic Skyscraper (1)Office (8)Office and retail (1)Office skyscraper (2)Office Tower (3)Office, hotel and retail (1)Office, observation deck, and retail (1)Residential (3)Residential and hotel (1)Residential apartment building, observation tower (1)Residential Skyscraper (5)Residential, Office (1)Skyscraper (19)Skyscraper complex (2)Supertall Skyscraper (20)Supertall skyscraper twin towers (1)Unfinished pyramid shaped skyscraper (1)Completed YearAll1902 (1)1930 (2)1931 (1)1956 (1)1958 (1)1969 (1)1971 (1)1973 (1)1974 (1)1989 (1)1990 (1)1991 (1)1992 (2)1993 (1)1996 (1)1997 (2)1998 (1)1999 (3)2002 (1)2003 (3)2004 (3)2005 (2)2006 (1)2008 (2)2009 (2)2010 (5)2011 (5)2012 (6)2013 (4)2014 (2)2015 (3)2016 (3)2017 (5)2018 (6)2019 (7)2020 (6)2021 (2)2022 (5)2023 (1)2024 (3)2025 (1)2027 (1)Standing StatusAllStanding (93)Under Construction or Never Completed (1)GroupAllTall Buildings of East Asia (42)Tall Buildings of Europe (11)Tall Buildings of North America (22)Tall Buildings of Southeast Asia (8)Tall Buildings of the Middle East (15)Tall Buildings of the Rest of the World (4)PlaceAllAustralia (2)Chile (1)China (30)Dalian (1)Egypt (1)France (1)Georgia (1)Germany (1)Guiyang (1)Hong Kong (1)India (1)Indonesia (1)Kuwait (1)Malaysia (3)Mexico (2)North Korea (1)Qatar (1)Russia (4)Saudi Arabia (4)South Korea (1)Taiwan (1)Ukraine (1)United Arab Emirates (9)United Kingdom (4)United States (20)Vietnam (1)BrowseCompareSelect all 2Wuhan Greenland CenterTall Buildings and SkyscrapersZifeng TowerTall Buildings and Skyscrapers← Previous12Sources1. WikipediaWikimedia FoundationWikipedia, Skyscraper, lead section, erathe ten-story Home Insurance Building in Chicago, built from 1884 to 1885.Wikipedia, Skyscraper, lead section, regionthe ten-story Home Insurance Building in Chicago, built from 1884 to 1885.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.