The rise of the Chinese construction market since 2010… Skyscrapers completed one after another
1st place: UAE Burj Khalifa, 2nd place: Malaysia Merdeka Tower
LCT The Sharp in Haeundae, Korea ranked 37th… Japan doesn’t make it into the rankings
It was revealed that half of the world’s top 50 tallest buildings are located in China, including Hong Kong. Jamsil Lotte World Tower (555m high), the tallest building in Korea, ranks 6th among the world’s tallest buildings.
Japan’s Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported on the 18th that 25 of the world’s top 50 skyscrapers in 2023 will be in China (23) and Hong Kong (2). China, including Hong Kong, had only nine buildings on the list in 2000.
Since China emerged as the world’s largest construction market in the 2010s, high-rise buildings have been built one after another. The Nippon Keizai Shimbun analyzed that approximately 60% of China’s high-rise buildings were built during this period.
Shanghai Tower (632 m), which ranked third, was completed in 2015, and Guangzhou CTF Finance Center (530 m) was completed the following year.
Most of China’s high-rise buildings were built in the 2010s, including Ping’an International Financial Center (599m), which was completed in 2017, and Tianjin CTF Finance Center (530m), which was completed in 2019.
The world’s number one skyscraper was Burj Khalifa (828m) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Second place is Merdeka 118 Tower (678m) in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia.
The United States, which had 26 buildings in the world’s top 50 tallest buildings in 2000, only had 8 buildings on the list this year.
Korea did not make the list, but two buildings made the list for the first time this year. Lotte World Tower (555m) ranked 6th, and Haeundae L City The Sharp Landmark Tower (411m) ranked 37th.
On the other hand, Japan, which had one of the world’s 50 tallest buildings in 2000, did not make the list this year.
Currently, the tallest building in Japan is Tokyo’s Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower (325m), which opens on the 24th, and is ranked 131st among the world’s tallest buildings.
Source: Donga
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