Facts

Population

Source: CIA World Factbook

16,877,351 (2014)

Area

33,670 km² • 13,000 mi²

Density

501.3 people per km²

1,298.3 people per mi²

GDP

$722.3 billion (2013)

First 150m+ Building

Tallest Building

Tallest City

Rankings

by no. of 150m+ completed buildings

#
34

Tallest City in

the World

#
8

Tallest City in

Europe

Buildings

RANK
Name
Status

Completed

Architecturally Topped Out

Structurally Topped Out

Under Construction

On Hold

Proposed

Vision

Never Completed

Demolished

Competition Entry

Canceled

Proposed Renovation

Under Renovation

Renovated

Under Demolition

Height
1 De Zalmhaven
212 m / 696  ft
2 Zendmast Wieringermeer
201.7 m / 662  ft
3 Kolencentrale Borssele
175 m / 574  ft
4 Maastoren
164.8 m / 541  ft
5 New Orleans
158.4 m / 520  ft
6 Montevideo
152.3 m / 500  ft
7 Gebouw Delftse Poort 1
151.4 m / 497  ft
8 De Rotterdam
151.3 m / 496  ft
9 Cooltoren
150 m / 492  ft
10 Rembrandt Tower
150 m / 492  ft

CTBUH People & Events

Tall Timber: A Global Audit

26 June 2017

2017 Global Walking Tours: The Space Within Tall Buildings

21 Jun-07 July 2017

Videos

28 March 2018

Building Tall Skyscraper Lecture Series: Naturalizing the Vertical Realm

Thursday, February 1, 2018. Chicago, United States of America. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) and the Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) held...

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Research

30 October 2017

Rethinking CTBUH Height Criteria In the Context of Tall Timber

Recent developments in the design and construction of progressively taller buildings using engineered timber as a structural material raise important questions about the language that...

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Global News

09 April 2020

Apartments Built Atop Dockside Warehouse in Rotterdam

A steel and concrete apartment block dubbed Fenix I has been built on top of a warehouse in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Designed by Dutch practice...

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