Tall Buildings in Numbers

The Past, Present and Future of

the European Skyscraper

360 m

306 m
293 m

There are currently 109 skyscrapers over 150 meters in Europe. This number is set to jump to 161
by the end of 2015, meaning that there are more than 50 projects in advanced construction. This
study provides a snapshot of the past, present, and future of the European skyscraper.

207 m

261 m

259 m

200 m

200 m
15

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Mapping Europe 2015: Population and Skyscrapers

Map shows data on skyscrapers and population as estimated in the year 2015 (see key for details).
Building outlines show the tallest building in 15 European cities.
Footnotes
1. The focus on buildings over 150 meters in height is driven by the need to ensure accuracy of data, rather than
suggesting that this is the threshold for a tall building.
2. Unless otherwise noted, all population data is taken from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social
Aairs 2015 population estimate (http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm)
3. Population listed is the estimated population of European Russia
4. Population listed is the estimated population of European Turkey
5. Population listed is taken from the CIA World Factbook (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook)
6. All skyscraper data is taken from the CTBUH Skyscraper Center (www.skyscrapercenter.com) as of March 1st, 2013

Vostok Tower
2014

The Shard
2013

Sapphire Tower
2010

Commerzbank Tower
1997

Russia

UK

Turkey

Germany

10.6%

of pop.

of total

00 buildings

00,000,000

%
8.6
of pop.

Key

XXX% XXX%
of total

of TGP

number of buildings 150m+

in height in country and
percentage of European
total by the year 2015
xxx m

%
3.1
of total

15 Buildings

%
9.3
of total

18 Buildings

silhouette of countrys tallest

building by the year 2015

Madrid (5) Barcelona (2)

Benidorm (3) Bilbao (1)
Sevilla (1)

Vienna (3)

1.1%

47,532,000

%
6.4
of total

.00%

%
7.5
of total

of pop.

3 Buildings

Ukraine

1.9%
% of total

10,000,000

Turkey 4

Kosovo 5
6 Buildings

1 Building

%
3.7
of total

%
0.6
of total

1,836,529

% 0.6
0.3
of total
of pop.

Milan (4)
Turin (2)

36 Buildings

249 m

22.4%

%
8.3
of pop.

Total population: 742,067,000

Total 150 m+ buildings (in 2015): 161
Tallest building height (in 2015): 360 m
150 m+ average height (in 2015): 188 m

%
1.3
of pop.

Istanbul (36)

Prishtina (1)
1 Building

Italy

61,241,000

Europe Figures

%
0.6
of total

Kiev (1)

1.1
of pop.

of total

of pop.

44,222,000

%
5.9
of pop.

8,463,000

0.6%

35,000

12 Buildings

%
5.2
of pop.

1 Building

Austria

Monaco (1)

Spain

38,357,000

of total

1 Building
7,814,000

Monaco

Warsaw (7)
Wroclaw (1)

of pop.

Basel (1)

of total

Poland

5.0%

11.0%

Switzerland

11.2%

average height of countrys

tallest ten buildings by the
year 2015

of total

8 Buildings

81,471,000

%
8.7
of pop.

Paris (17)
Lyon (1)

average age (in 2015) of

countrys tallest ten buildings

Country

22.4%

%
2.3
of pop.

France 64,413,000

height of countrys tallest

building by the year 2015

Building Name

5 Buildings

Frankfurt (14)
Bonn (1)

xxx m

36 Buildings

16,850,000

Germany

countrys population and

percentage of total
European population

63,935,000

Rotterdam (4)
Amsterdam (1)

Moscow (36)

of pop.

1 Building

%
0.6
of total

Netherlands

Russia 3

14.8%

Sweden 1.3%

United Kingdom
London (16)
Manchester (1)

110,000,000

9,647,000

Malmo (1)

17 Buildings

of total

31

23
231 m

231 m

200 m

231 m

17
168 m

22

220 m
18

183 m

190 m

165 m
14

178 m

170 m

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151 m

165 m

140 m
103 m

104 m

105 m

93 m

10
7

Torre de Cristal
2008

Tour First
2011

Unicredit Tower
2012

Palace of Culture
and Science, 1955

DC Tower I
2013

HSB Turning Torso

2005

Roche Turm Bau 1

2015

Tour Odeon
2014

ENK Complex
Tower A, 2015

Spain

France

Italy

Poland

Austria

Sweden

Switzerland

Monaco

Kosovo

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163 m
131 m

Maastoren
2010

Klovski Descent 7A
2011

Netherlands Ukraine

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Federation Tower Vostok Tower, Moscow

Mercury City Tower, Moscow

Timeline of European Skyscraper Completion, since 1952

Russia (36)

Turkey (36)

France (18)

Germany (15)

Spain (12)

All Other (27)

The Shard, London

UK (17)

30

300
Torre de Cristal,
Madrid
275
Commerzbank
Tower, Frankfurt
MV Lomonosov State University,
tallest of Moscows Seven Sisters

20

250

One Canada
Square, London

Warsaws Palace of Culture

and Science
Tour de Montparnasse,
Paris

15

225
HSB Turning Torso,
Malmo

10

200
City of Londons
Tower 42

Kotelnicheskaya Naberezhnaya, Moscow

Europes rst 150 m+ skyscraper

175

150
1952
1953
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2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015

Number of buildings over 150 meters completed each year (bars)

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Height of buildings over 150 meters completed each year (each dot represent a single building)

Bars represent total number of buildings completed each year. Dots represent a specic building height and its location.
Note: chart begins in 1952 with the completion of Europes rst 150 m+ skyscraper Kotelnicheskaya Naberezhnaya, Moscow

Note: We can predict 2015 building completions with some accuracy due to projects now in advanced construction.

Europes Future Tallest Ten: 2015

Tallest: 360 meters

Average Height: 300 meters

400 m

300 m

200 m

100 m

Federation Towers
Vostok Tower
360 m / 1,181 ft
Moscow, 2014

Mercury City
Tower
339 m / 1,112 ft
Moscow, 2013

Oko Tower 1
336 m / 1,101 ft
Moscow, 2015

Seven of the future

tallest ten skyscrapers in
Europe will be located in
Moscow, including the
continents tallest, Vostok
Tower.

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Eurasia
309 m / 1,013 ft
Moscow, 2014

33%

12%

1952 2013
2012 2015

The Shard
306 m / 1,004 ft
London, 2013

Capital City
Moscow Tower
302 m / 990 ft
Moscow, 2010

Naberezhnaya
Tower Block C
268 m / 881 ft
Moscow, 2007

While only 12% of Europes

150 meter skyscrapers were
mixed-use at the start of 2013,
over 30% of the buildings set
to complete between 2013 and
2015 are mixed-use skyscrapers.

Triumph
Palace
264 m / 866 ft
Moscow, 2005

Sapphire
Tower
261 m / 856 ft
Istanbul, 2010

Commerzbank
Tower
259 m / 850 ft
Frankfurt, 1997

Europes current tallest,

The Shard, will only
enjoy the title for a few
months, soon to be
surpassed by Moscows
Mercury City Tower.

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