#WORLDS LARGEST SKYSCRAPER PATCH#
#WORLDS LARGEST SKYSCRAPER FREE#

#WORLDS LARGEST SKYSCRAPER PATCH#

The supertall office building was originally rumoured to exceed 520 metres before being scaled back.ĭespite its relative modesty the building will still dominate its patch of the Shenzhen skyline, a city which already holds some of the world’s tallest buildings - including the 441 metre KK100 and Asia’s second tallest building the 599 metre Ping An Finance Center.

Image courtesy of Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF). Rising 388 metres above Shenzhen - China’s own version of Silicon Valley - the Chengmai Center has already structurally topped out and is awaiting its finishing touches before opening to the public.Ībove: The tower will become one of the tallest in Shenzhen. Past 2025, once the current crop of skyscrapers are mostly complete, another country altogether may dominate this list.įor 2022 though, four out of the five tallest skyscrapers being completed next year are in China, and all of them are in Asia.įrom shortest to highest, these are the tallest skyscrapers completing in 2022. China has recently introduced strict rules on the construction of new skyscrapers, banning them altogether in cities with less than 3M people and restricting them to just 250 metres in larger cities. Spoiler alert: China once again dominates the list of tallest skyscrapers currently under construction. Of the 20 tallest currently being built 16 are Chinese, one is Thai, one is Malaysian, one is Saudi, and one is American.īut this could all be about to change.

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It's got to be over 150-metres (492 feet), free of any supporting cables and at least 50% of its height needs to be habitable floorspace. Now before everyone freaks out and starts talking about other 'structures' set to rise higher in the year ahead, we politely ask that you refresh yourselves on what truly defines a building as a skyscraper. That moment when we cast our eyes ahead (or rather up) to reveal the tallest skyscrapers set to complete in 2022. IT'S the most wonderful time of the year.

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