Report: 2014 Was Tallest Year Ever
We’ve just heard that 2014 was the warmest year on record. Now we discover that it was also the tallest. According to statistics from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), the world gained 97 vertigo-inducing buildings last year. All extend at least 657 feet into the air, and 11 are “supertall†— soaring more than 984 feet. The $3.9 billion One World Trade Center topped them all, with its faceted façade towering a symbolic 1,776 feet. Close behind was the World Trade Center Abu Dhabi, a skinny structure that climbs 1,251 feet. In third place, the drab Wharf Times Square 1 in Wuxi, China, failed to make much of a statement with its 1,112 feet of airspace.
