Elevator World

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com CTBUH TALL BUILDINGS 2019: RECORD YEAR FOR SUPERTALLS The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has released its 2019 year-in-review, “Tall Buildings in 2019: Another Record Year for Supertall Completions.” With 26 buildings at least 300 m tall completed, 2019 topped the 2018 record of 18. For the fifth year in a row, China had the tallest completion, the 530-m-tall Tianjin CTF Finance Centre. Worldwide, there were 126 buildings at least 200 m tall completed in 2019, compared with 146 in 2018, representing a 13.7% decline. The document explores the reasons for this, reveals 2020 predictions and examines tall-building trends, including transit-oriented development and skybridges. It also provides insight about particular markets like the Middle East and North America, and includes interactive graphics such as one showing the 20 tallest buildings completed worldwide in