List of future tallest buildings

Jeddah Tower under construction in January 2016.

This list of future tallest buildings ranks the tallest buildings in the world which are built, planned or currently under construction. Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE at 828 m (2,717 ft) is currently the world's tallest building.^[1] In 2020, however it will be overtaken by the Jeddah Tower, currently under construction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, with an estimated completed height of 1,008 m (3,307 ft).

Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the current tallest building in the world.

China will be home to 21 of the world's tallest 50 skyscrapers by 2020.

Dubai will have four buildings in the world's future tallest 50 buildings, including the world's current tallest.

New York City will have four buildings in the world's future tallest 50 buildings, with two of these currently under construction

Malaysia will have four buildings in the world's future tallest 50 buildings, with all four of them being in the capital Kuala Lumpur. Petronas Twin Towers considered as 2 towers.

Future tallest

This is a list of the future tallest buildings in the world. Heights are measured to the structural height, which includes architectural elements, but not communications spires or antennas. All measurements are according to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. In order for this list to remain manageable only the future tallest 50 buildings in the world are included.

Denotes building is the tallest in the world today.

Denotes building is already topped out

Denotes building is currently under construction.

Denotes building is approved/proposed.

Rank	Building	City	Country	Height (m)	Height (ft)	Floors	Year of Completion	Notes
1	Sky Mile Tower	Tokyo	Japan	1700 m	5577 ft	400	2045	[2]
2	Jeddah Tower	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	1008 m	3307 ft	167	2020	When completed in 2019, it will be the tallest building in the world
3	Burj Mubarak al-Kabir	Subiya	Kuwait	1001 m	3284 ft	234	2026	Would be the tallest building in Kuwait, surpassing Al Hamra Tower
4	Burj Khalifa	Dubai	UAE	828 m	2717 ft	162	2010	Currently the world's tallest man-made structure.[1]
5	Tradewinds Square Tower A	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	775m	2543 ft	150	?	If built, it will be the tallest building in Malaysia and Southeast Asia
6	H700 Shenzhen Tower	Shenzhen	China	739 m	2425 ft	169	2020	[3]
7	Dubai One Tower	Dubai	UAE	711 m	2333 ft	161	2021	[4]
8	KL118	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	682m	2238 ft	118	2019	Also known as "Warisan Merdeka". When completed in 2019, It will be the tallest building in Malaysia and Southeast Asia.
9	CTF Wuhan	Wuhan	China	648 m	2178 ft	123	2021
10	Signature Tower Jakarta	Jakarta	Indonesia	638 m	2093 ft	113	2021	Would be the tallest building in Indonesia
11	Wuhan Greenland Center	Wuhan	China	636 m	2087 ft	125	2018
12	Shanghai Tower	Shanghai	China	632 m	2073 ft	128	2015	Tallest building in China
13	Al-Aman World Capital Centre	Colombo	Sri Lanka	625 m	2051 ft	111	2020
14	Rama IX Super Tower	Bangkok	Thailand	615 m	2018 ft	125	2021
15	Abraj Al Bait	Mecca	Saudi Arabia	601 m	1972 ft	120	2012	Tallest building in Saudi Arabia
16	Ping An Finance Center	Shenzhen	China	600 m	1968 ft	115	2016
17	Goldin Finance 117	Tianjin	China	596.5 m	1957 ft	117	2018
18	Nexus Tower	Shenzhen	China	595 m	1952 ft	124	?	[5]
19	Rose Rock International Finance Center	Tianjin	China	588 m	1952 ft	124	?	[6]
20	Baoneng Shenyang Global Financial Center	Shenyang	China	568 m	1864 ft	128	2018
21	Lotte World Tower	Seoul	South Korea	555 m	1819 ft	123	2016	Tallest building in South Korea
22	Baoneng Binhu Center Tower 1	Seoul	South Korea	553 m	1804 ft	121	?
23	Hyundai Global Business Center	Seoul	South Korea	550 m	1814 ft	105	2022	[7]
24	One World Trade Center	New York City	USA	541 m	1776 ft	102	2014	Tallest building in United States
25	Tianjin Chow Tai Fook Binhai Center	Tianjin	China	530 m	1739 ft	97	2018
	CTF Finance Centre	Guangzhou	China	530 m	1739 ft	97	2018
27	Zhongguo Zun	Beijing	China	528 m	1732 ft	108	2018	Also known as "China Zun"
28	Entisar Tower	Dubai	UAE	520 m	1706 ft	111	2020
29	Dalian Greenland Center	Dalian	China	518 m	1699 ft	88	2018
30	Taipei 101	Taipei	Taiwan	509 m	1670 ft	101	2004	Tallest building in Taiwan
31	Shanghai World Financial Center	Shanghai	China	492 m	1614 ft	101	2008
32	Hengqin Headquarters Tower 2	Zhuhai	China	490 m	1608 ft	106	2017
33	International Commerce Centre	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	484 m	1588 ft	118	2010
34	Central Park Tower	New York City	USA	472 m	1586 ft	99	2018
35	Chengdu Greenland Tower	Chengdu	China	468 m	1535 ft	101	2018
	International Commerce Center 1	Chongqing	China	468 m	1535 ft	100	2017
	Guangdong Building	Tianjin	China	468 m	1535 ft	91	2018
38	Lakhta Center	Saint Petersburg	Russia	463 m	1517 ft	86	2018	Will became the tallest building in Russia.
39	Landmark 81	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	462 m	1514 ft	81	2018	Will become the tallest building in Vietnam.
	One Vanderbilt	New York City	USA	462 m	1514 ft	65	2020
41	Riverview Plaza A1	Wuhan	China	460 m	1509 ft	82	2017
42	Changsha IFS Tower T1	Changsha	China	452 m	1483 ft	88	2017
	Petronas Tower 1	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	452 m	1483 ft	88	1998	Tallest building in Malaysia and Southeast Asia
	Petronas Tower 2	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	452 m	1483 ft	88	1998
45	Suzhou IFC	Suzhou	China	450 m	1476 ft	95	2017
	Zifeng Tower	Nanjing	China	450 m	1476 ft	89	2010
47	Marina 106	Dubai	UAE	445 m	1461 ft	106	2019
48	China Resources Centre Block A	Nanning	China	445 m	1461 ft	90	2018
49	World One	Mumbai	India	442 m	1450 ft	117	2018	Would be the tallest residential building in the world
	Willis Tower	Chicago	USA	442 m	1450 ft	108	1974
	KK100	Nanjing	China	442 m	1450 ft	100	2011

This section lists the total number of skyscrapers in each country or city featured in the future world's 50 tallest buildings. Only cities with more than one building featured in the world's future 50 tallest buildings are included in the 'tallest by city' section.

Tallest by country

22

China

4	United Arab Emirates

4

Malaysia

4	United States

3	South Korea

2	Saudi Arabia

1

India

1

Kuwait

1

Russia

1

Taiwan

1

Sri Lanka

1

Indonesia

1

Vietnam

Tallest by city

Listed here are the cities with two or more entries on the list of future tallest buildings in the world.

4

Dubai

4

Tianjin

4

Shenzhen

4	Kuala Lumpur

3	New York City

3

Wuhan

2

Shanghai

Tallest by continent

The following table is a list of the future tallest buildings by each continent. Buildings included are either completed, topped out, under construction, or proposed.

Continent	Building	City	Country	Height (m)	Height (ft)	Floors	Built	Status
Middle East (see: list[8])	Jeddah Tower	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	1050 m	3445 ft	167	2019	Under Construction
Southeast Asia (lists: China, South Asia[8])	KL118	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	644 m	2113 ft	118	2019	Under Construction
North America (lists: Canada, U.S., Mexico)	One World Trade Center	New York City	United States	541 m	1776 ft	104	2013	Built
Europe (see: list)	Lakhta Center	Saint Petersburg	Russia	463 m	1517 ft	86	2018	Under Construction
Oceania (see: list)	Q1 Tower	Gold Coast	Australia	323 m	1058 ft	78	2005	Built
South America (see: list)	Gran Torre Santiago	Santiago	Chile	300 m	984 ft	62	2013	Built
Africa (see: list)	Carlton Centre	Johannesburg	South Africa	223m	732 ft	50	1973	Built

See also

• List of tallest buildings in the World
• List of tallest buildings in Asia
• List of tallest buildings in Europe
• List of tallest buildings in China
• List of the tallest buildings of all time

References

1. "100 Tallest Completed Buildings in the World by Height to Architectural Top". The Skyscraper Center. The Skyscraper Center. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
2. Associates, Nick Mafi,Kohn Pedersen Fox. "This Is What Tokyo Will Look Like in 2045—Including Its Mile-High Skyscraper | Architectural Digest". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
3. "H700 Shenzhen Tower". Skyscraper Center. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
4. "Dubai One". Skyscraper Centre. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
5. "Nexus Tower". Skyscraper Center. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
6. "Rose Rock International Finance Center". Skyscraper Center. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
7. "Hyundai Global Business Center". Skyscraper Center. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
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