Eureka Tower in Melbourne Southbank in 2006 (91 floors, 297 m) was temporarily the highest residential building in the world.
Burj Khalifa in Dubai in 2010 (163 floors, 830 m) is the tallest building in the world.

I lost track of skyscrapers after 2010, so this thread is a catch-up on the last 10 years.

Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpa (118 floors, 664 m) is the tallest building in Asia. Construction nearing completion and to complete in 2021.

In Melbourne,
Australia 108 in Melbourne (100 floors not 108 that’s cheating, 317 metres high) finished in 2019 – and I hadn’t even noticed.
Aurora Melbourne Central (84 floors, 270.5 metres high) finished in 2019
West Side Place, construction nearing completion on Spencer St (81 floors, 269 m) to complete in 2021.

Elsewhere in Australia,
Q1 on the Gold Coast from 2005 is officially Australia’s tallest skyscraper at 322.5 m, but without the tower it’s only 235 metres.
Crown Sydney (75 floors, 271 m) is Sydney’s tallest and completed in December 2020 – so recent
Brisbane Skytower (90 floors, 269.5 m) is Brisbane’s tallest and completes in 2019.

Elsewhere around the world,

Shanghai tower, 128 floors, in 2015
Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower is in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 120 floors and completed in 2012
Ping An Finance Center in Shenzhen in 2017
Lotte World Tower in Seoul 123 floors completed in 2016
One World Trade Centre in New York in 2014 – but without the tower is only 101 floors, which is only one more floor than Australia 108 in Melbourne.

There are six skyscrapers around the world that will have more than 100 floors and complete before end 2015.

On extra skyscraper worthy of note now a third of the way through construction now is Jeddah Tower

“Jeddah Tower, previously known as Kingdom Tower, is a skyscraper construction project currently on hold. Located on the north side of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, it is planned to be the world’s first 1 km (3,281 ft) high building, and the centrepiece and first phase of a development and tourist attraction known as Jeddah Economic City. There was steady progress, but in January 2018, building owner JEC halted structural concrete work with the tower about one-third completed due to labour issues with a contractor following the 2017–19 Saudi Arabian purge. JEC has said they plan to restart construction in 2020. The design was created by American architect Adrian Smith, who also designed the Burj Khalifa”

We await further news on Jeddah tower with baited breath.

Jeddah tower

Merdeka 118

Australia 108 (right) next to Eureka tower (left)

Crown Sydney

Brisbane Skytower

“The design was created by American architect Adrian Smith, who also designed the Burj Khalifa”

They really should get an engineer involved for these tallish buildings.

The Rev Dodgson said:

“The design was created by American architect Adrian Smith, who also designed the Burj Khalifa”

They really should get an engineer involved for these tallish buildings.

(Actually there were at least two Australian engineers with a high level involvement in the Burj Khalifa design and construction).

The Rev Dodgson said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

“The design was created by American architect Adrian Smith, who also designed the Burj Khalifa”

They really should get an engineer involved for these tallish buildings.

(Actually there were at least two Australian engineers with a high level involvement in the Burj Khalifa design and construction).

well there’s always this beautiful* piece of engineering gifted to us by american engineers

*: lol

SCIENCE said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

“The design was created by American architect Adrian Smith, who also designed the Burj Khalifa”

They really should get an engineer involved for these tallish buildings.

(Actually there were at least two Australian engineers with a high level involvement in the Burj Khalifa design and construction).

well there’s always this beautiful* piece of engineering gifted to us by american engineers

*: lol

I like it, it’s nice.

party_pants said:

SCIENCE said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

(Actually there were at least two Australian engineers with a high level involvement in the Burj Khalifa design and construction).

well there’s always this beautiful* piece of engineering gifted to us by american engineers

*: lol

I like it, it’s nice.

Me too.

And the engineers involved were French, English and Australian.

The Rev Dodgson said:

party_pants said:

SCIENCE said:

well there’s always this beautiful* piece of engineering gifted to us by american engineers

*: lol

I like it, it’s nice.

Me too.

And the engineers involved were French, English and Australian.

What is it?

sibeen said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

party_pants said:

I like it, it’s nice.

Me too.

And the engineers involved were French, English and Australian.

What is it?

a bridge

sibeen said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

party_pants said:

I like it, it’s nice.

Me too.

And the engineers involved were French, English and Australian.

What is it?

Sydney Harbour Bridge.

The concrete one at Gladesville.

party_pants said:

sibeen said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Me too.

And the engineers involved were French, English and Australian.

What is it?

a bridge

peers over glasses

The Rev Dodgson said:

sibeen said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Me too.

And the engineers involved were French, English and Australian.

What is it?

Sydney Harbour Bridge.

The concrete one at Gladesville.

Ta. I’ve driven over it plenty of times but never really looked at its side view profile.

we mean the equivalent one in the dictatorship might be this

in which case we agree, the Gladysville bridge might be more attractive

but then they also have for example this (sorry about the image quality)

sibeen said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

sibeen said:

What is it?

Sydney Harbour Bridge.

The concrete one at Gladesville.

Ta. I’ve driven over it plenty of times but never really looked at its side view profile.

Was the longest concrete arch in the World for quite some time.

SCIENCE said:

we mean the equivalent one in the dictatorship might be this

I understand that it is now not conveniently high enough for shipping.

The Rev Dodgson said:

sibeen said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Sydney Harbour Bridge.

The concrete one at Gladesville.

Ta. I’ve driven over it plenty of times but never really looked at its side view profile.

Was the longest concrete arch in the World for quite some time.

and quite brutalist, it like sibeen we’d appreciated the top view (not bad) previously but yeah from underneath it’s a bit something else

party_pants said:

SCIENCE said:

we mean the equivalent one in the dictatorship might be this

I understand that it is now not conveniently high enough for shipping.

There are now large port facilities before the bridge so that might be why.

mollwollfumble said:

Eureka Tower in Melbourne Southbank in 2006 (91 floors, 297 m) was temporarily the highest residential building in the world.
Burj Khalifa in Dubai in 2010 (163 floors, 830 m) is the tallest building in the world.

I lost track of skyscrapers after 2010, so this thread is a catch-up on the last 10 years.

Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpa (118 floors, 664 m) is the tallest building in Asia. Construction nearing completion and to complete in 2021.

In Melbourne,
Australia 108 in Melbourne (100 floors not 108 that’s cheating, 317 metres high) finished in 2019 – and I hadn’t even noticed.
Aurora Melbourne Central (84 floors, 270.5 metres high) finished in 2019
West Side Place, construction nearing completion on Spencer St (81 floors, 269 m) to complete in 2021.

Elsewhere in Australia,
Q1 on the Gold Coast from 2005 is officially Australia’s tallest skyscraper at 322.5 m, but without the tower it’s only 235 metres.
Crown Sydney (75 floors, 271 m) is Sydney’s tallest and completed in December 2020 – so recent
Brisbane Skytower (90 floors, 269.5 m) is Brisbane’s tallest and completes in 2019.

Elsewhere around the world,

Shanghai tower, 128 floors, in 2015
Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower is in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 120 floors and completed in 2012
Ping An Finance Center in Shenzhen in 2017
Lotte World Tower in Seoul 123 floors completed in 2016
One World Trade Centre in New York in 2014 – but without the tower is only 101 floors, which is only one more floor than Australia 108 in Melbourne.

There are six skyscrapers around the world that will have more than 100 floors and complete before end 2015.

On extra skyscraper worthy of note now a third of the way through construction now is Jeddah Tower

“Jeddah Tower, previously known as Kingdom Tower, is a skyscraper construction project currently on hold. Located on the north side of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, it is planned to be the world’s first 1 km (3,281 ft) high building, and the centrepiece and first phase of a development and tourist attraction known as Jeddah Economic City. There was steady progress, but in January 2018, building owner JEC halted structural concrete work with the tower about one-third completed due to labour issues with a contractor following the 2017–19 Saudi Arabian purge. JEC has said they plan to restart construction in 2020. The design was created by American architect Adrian Smith, who also designed the Burj Khalifa”

We await further news on Jeddah tower with baited breath.

Jeddah tower

Merdeka 118

Australia 108 (right) next to Eureka tower (left)

Crown Sydney

Brisbane Skytower

What will they do with them naow that everyone’s working from home?

Peak Warming Man said:

mollwollfumble said:

Eureka Tower in Melbourne Southbank in 2006 (91 floors, 297 m) was temporarily the highest residential building in the world.
Burj Khalifa in Dubai in 2010 (163 floors, 830 m) is the tallest building in the world.

I lost track of skyscrapers after 2010, so this thread is a catch-up on the last 10 years.

Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpa (118 floors, 664 m) is the tallest building in Asia. Construction nearing completion and to complete in 2021.

In Melbourne,
Australia 108 in Melbourne (100 floors not 108 that’s cheating, 317 metres high) finished in 2019 – and I hadn’t even noticed.
Aurora Melbourne Central (84 floors, 270.5 metres high) finished in 2019
West Side Place, construction nearing completion on Spencer St (81 floors, 269 m) to complete in 2021.

Elsewhere in Australia,
Q1 on the Gold Coast from 2005 is officially Australia’s tallest skyscraper at 322.5 m, but without the tower it’s only 235 metres.
Crown Sydney (75 floors, 271 m) is Sydney’s tallest and completed in December 2020 – so recent
Brisbane Skytower (90 floors, 269.5 m) is Brisbane’s tallest and completes in 2019.

Elsewhere around the world,

Shanghai tower, 128 floors, in 2015
Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower is in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 120 floors and completed in 2012
Ping An Finance Center in Shenzhen in 2017
Lotte World Tower in Seoul 123 floors completed in 2016
One World Trade Centre in New York in 2014 – but without the tower is only 101 floors, which is only one more floor than Australia 108 in Melbourne.

There are six skyscrapers around the world that will have more than 100 floors and complete before end 2015.

On extra skyscraper worthy of note now a third of the way through construction now is Jeddah Tower

“Jeddah Tower, previously known as Kingdom Tower, is a skyscraper construction project currently on hold. Located on the north side of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, it is planned to be the world’s first 1 km (3,281 ft) high building, and the centrepiece and first phase of a development and tourist attraction known as Jeddah Economic City. There was steady progress, but in January 2018, building owner JEC halted structural concrete work with the tower about one-third completed due to labour issues with a contractor following the 2017–19 Saudi Arabian purge. JEC has said they plan to restart construction in 2020. The design was created by American architect Adrian Smith, who also designed the Burj Khalifa”

We await further news on Jeddah tower with baited breath.

Jeddah tower

Merdeka 118

Australia 108 (right) next to Eureka tower (left)

Crown Sydney

Brisbane Skytower

What will they do with them naow that everyone’s working from home?

Convert them to apartments so everybody can work from home.