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Tall buildings worldwide, with heights, construction status and the companies involved.

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Tall buildings worldwide, with heights, construction status and the companies involved.

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Tall buildings,
tracked.

SKYDB tracks skyscrapers and tall structures worldwide. 317,083 verified tall buildings across thousands of cities. Supported by a community of editors, as seen in:

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Objects
1,325,634
Tall buildings
317,083
Companies
60,019
Cities
158,679
Tall-Building Pipeline

The world is building up.

Live counts from 317,083 tracked tall buildings. Refreshed continuously; every record drillable to source.

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13,595
Under construction
4.3% of stock
15,585
In planning
4.9% of stock
11,028
Asia
Top region
29,180
Active pipeline
Planning + under construction
Status distribution (all tall buildings) n=317,083 · Source: SKYDB | As of: 2026-09-20
Under construction 13,595 (4.3%) In planning 15,585 (4.9%) Vision 9,936 (3.1%) Existing 273,603 (86.3%) Demolished 4,364 (1.4%)

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Tall buildings under construction, random order Source: SKYDB | As of: 2026-09-20
Height147 m
Floors34
Year
Height
Floors32
Year
Height124 m
Floors24
Year
Height
Floors28
Year
Height129 m
Floors37
Year
Height150 m
Floors48
Year
Height
Floors23
Year
Height116 m
Floors24
Year
Height
Floors19
Year
Height
Floors25
Year
Tall buildings worldwide

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SKYDB Awards

Honoring the best new skyscrapers each year

Every year SKYDB selects the most significant tall buildings completed that year. Winners are picked by community members for the best functionality and design. When the inaugural award was selected in 1999, no architectural prize existed specifically for tall buildings.

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Community

Many editors.
One team.

All data on SKYDB is curated through expert-led standards and quality controls. Our editors verify height claims, photograph construction progress, cross-check sources, and resolve disputes between conflicting data points. The result: a database where every data point can be traced back to a verified source.

  • Expert editors with industry experience
  • Every data point verified at primary source
  • Continuous on-site verification and updates