The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has revealed that 84 per cent of the world's skyscrapers over 200 metres have been built in the past 20 years.
The statistic forms part of The Global Impact of 9/11 on Tall Buildings report created by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) to investigate the impact that the 9/11 terrorist attack had on the design of skyscrapers.
According to the report, the World Trade Center, which was destroyed in a terrorist attack on 11 September, was one of 285 buildings over 200 metres standing in 2001.
According to CTBUH 84 per cent of skyscrapers have been built since 2001
However, since the attack, the organisation reports that 1,480 skyscrapers over 200 metres have been built. This means that 84 per cent of the skyscrapers standing today have been built in the past 20 years. The rate of construction has also increased, with an average of 12 buildings over 200 metres built a year in the decade running up to 2001 and 112 built a year in the past 10 years.
"The age of the skyscraper seemed to be at an end"
The rapid increase in the construction of tall buildings runs counter to many people's predictions following the terrorist attack.
"In the immediate aftermath of the terrible events of 9/11, the age of the skyscraper seemed to be at an end," said the CTBUH.

"After witnessing the collapse of the World Trade Center towers due to terrorist attacks, many people, including some in the building i...