Out of the 50 tallest buildings, more than half are in Asia, according to buildings data firm Emporis.
WSJ: Runners Find Stairways to Heaven Amid Asia's Skyscraper Boom
Asia is now home to seven of the world's 10 tallest buildings, most of them no more than five years old.
WSJ: Runners Find Stairways to Heaven Amid Asia's Skyscraper Boom
The twin skyscrapers were the tallest buildings in the world at the time, only overtaken by the Taipei 101 in 2004.
The country's remarkable modernisation drive was symbolised, nine years ago, by the completion of the Petronas twin towers, in Kuala Lumpur, then the world's tallest buildings.
Of the top 10 tallest buildings in the world right now, the only U.S. property is the Willis Tower (Sears Tower) in Chicago standing at 1, 451 feet.
Construction is set to begin this winter on the 70-story Trump Tower New Orleans, which will be one of the tallest buildings on the Gulf Coast, according to co-developer David Brannen.
When the new Freedom Tower is complete in lower Manhattan, it will be one of the top five tallest buildings in the world with a total peak height of 1, 776 feet.
But that may only be because windows have yet to be installed in the dozens of skyscrapers sprouting in the Arab Gulf, home to 22 of the world's 50 tallest buildings under construction, 16 of those in Dubai alone.
Muse Developments plans a development comprising linked buildings, the tallest of which would be 10 storeys.
Again and again, American buildings topped one another--the Chrysler Building was the tallest in 1930 but was overtaken by the Empire State a year later.
The Freedom Tower, the site's tallest skyscraper, also aims to be LEED-certified, as do ever more government buildings across America.
In his 15-year career, Mr. Majcen has notched 45 buildings, including a 50-story sprint up the stairs of the Millennium Tower, the tallest building in Vienna.
WSJ: Runners Find Stairways to Heaven Amid Asia's Skyscraper Boom
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