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SKYDB
For professionals working with tall buildings.

Every building,
tracked.

SKYDB tracks skyscrapers and tall structures worldwide. 177,157 verified tall buildings across thousands of cities. Supported by a community of editors, as seen in:

CNN
New York Times
The Guardian
Reuters
381,922
Objects
177,157
Tall buildings
53,770
Companies
10,858
Cities
Tall-Building Pipeline

The world is building up.

Live counts from 177,157 tracked tall buildings. Refreshed continuously; every record drillable to source.

Filter all 14,145 active projects →
7,118
Under construction
4% of stock
7,027
In planning
4% of stock
4,175
Europe
Top region
14,145
Active pipeline
Planning + under construction
Status distribution (all tall buildings) n=177,157 · Source: SKYDB · Updated 2026-05-11
Under construction 7,118 (4%) In planning 7,027 (4%) Vision 5,208 (2.9%) Existing 154,104 (87%) Demolished 3,700 (2.1%)
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What's Rising

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Tall buildings under construction, random order Source: SKYDB · Updated 2026-05-11
Height
Floors 28
Year
Height
Floors 16
Year
Height
Floors 20
Year
Height
Floors 37
Year
Height
Floors 12
Year
Height
Floors 17
Year
Height
Floors 16
Year 2012
Height
Floors 14
Year
Height
Floors 21
Year 2018
Height
Floors 17
Year 2011
Tall Buildings Completed or Under Construction

By the numbers.

More about cities →
RANKCITYCOUNTRYCOUNTRELATIVE DENSITY
01 Makati PhilippinesPhilippines 210structures 9.7 / km²
02 Paris FranceFrance 916structures 8.7 / km²
03 Buenos Aires ArgentinaArgentina 1,721structures 8.5 / km²
04 Vancouver CanadaCanada 826structures 7.2 / km²
05 Singapore SingaporeSingapore 5,025structures 7.1 / km²
06 Hong Kong ChinaChina 7,304structures 6.6 / km²
07 Osaka JapanJapan 1,387structures 6.2 / km²
08 Recife BrazilBrazil 1,328structures 6.1 / km²
09 New York City United StatesUnited States 7,127structures 5.9 / km²
10 Barcelona SpainSpain 535structures 5.3 / km²
Data Quality

Many editors.
One team.

Every building entry on SKYDB is reviewed by one of our expert editors. They 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 human expert.

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