The total number of skyscrapers completed in 2020 fell by 20 per cent as the coronavirus pandemic affected construction, according to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat's annual tall buildings report.
Over the past year, 106 buildings over 200 metres tall completed compared to 133 in 2019. This is the lowest number since 2014 when 105 were completed.
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) attributes the decrease to the impact the coronavirus pandemic had on construction sites.
"For many people, 2020 will be remembered as the year that nothing went to plan," said the report. "The same can be said for the tall building industry."
"As a global pandemic took hold in the first quarter, numerous projects around the world, at various stages, ground to a halt as restrictions on assembly came into force," it continued. "It is therefore not surprising that 2020 yielded 106 completions of buildings 200 meters and taller, a 20 per cent decline from 133 in 2019." Tallest two buildings completed in New York
2020 was the first year since 2014 when a building over 500 metres was not completed, with the 472-metre-high Central Park Tower designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill the tallest building finished in the year.
This was also the first year since 2014 that the tallest building completed was not in China, as Central Park Tower is in New York. The second tallest completed building, the 427-metre One Vanderbilt, whi...