GLOBAL SKYSCRAPERS / OVERALL SKYSCRAPERS

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The Global Era of Skyscrapers entered the scene. In 2020 the world will have already more than seven Megatall (+ skyscraper 600 meters high). In the first decade of the century and evolving have built the tallest skyscrapers in history. If we look back a little, it was believed that after the tragic attacks that occurred on September 11th 2001 in the city of New York is going to end the idea of continuing to build high-rise buildings, in fact, works were halted all the skyscrapers that were built at that time, after a brief hiatus, the race to build the tallest skyscraper in the world has just begun. Many cities around the world continue to build skyscrapers in leaps and bounds due to overpopulation, scarcity and high land value, but also as a symbol of progress, wealth and power.

Dubai is today, without a doubt, the fastest growing city in recent years. In this important exciting city in the desert is the Burj Khalifa, which opened in 2010 - which, with its 828 meters height, the currently retains the record for world's tallest skyscraper. Countries like China are betting on cutting-edge new architecture by building numerous skyscrapers, as evidenced by the Guangzhou IFC of 439 meters, the Shanghai World Financial Center, 492 meters, the CCTV Tower in Beijing, Shenzhen or KK100 Development of 442 meters and Ping An International Finance Center under construction, the latter in 2015 will become the tallest building in Asia and the second highest in the world with its 660 meters to the end in the city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia Kingdom Tower will exceed the barrier of 1 Km.

There are many factors that influence an increasingly global society in which we are immersed, which have driven an overall architecture. Developed countries, climate change and the rapid economic growth of emerging countries as well as overcrowding at the severe shortage of land, has led to increasingly safe bet and for the construction of high-rise buildings. Here is a list featured over 25 new skyscrapers and high-rises completed in the first decade of the twenty sorted by chronological, demonstrating the important formal and structural change that has been occurring in recent years by new skyscrapers postmodern in its Most hybrid (mixed-use), which is clearly different from the old structures built in the twentieth century.