Per the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, there are currently 133 “supertall” skyscrapers with architectural heights over 300 meters, or 984 feet—three-fourths of which were built in the last decade. And plenty more are on the way, with 20 expected to be completed in 2018 alone.
Read on for seven record-breaking buildings now on the rise—among them, three “megatalls” set to surpass 600 meters and knock longstanding titleholders, including the mighty Burj Khalifa, off their lofty pedestals.
