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China Bans New Skyscrapers Over 500 Metres Nationwide
CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE6.4 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "new buildings over 500 metres in height are not allowed to be built."China's housing ministry issued a nationwide notice halting construction of any new building taller than 500 metres and tightly restricting towers over 250 metres.0.80Sydney Approves Taller Skyscrapers Above Its 235m Cap
Sydney Tower, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE4.7 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "In 2021, the City of Sydney announced that the state government had approved its planning framework that would allow buildings of up to 310m."Sydney's decades-old rule capping buildings at 235m, tied to the height of Sydney Tower, gave way as the state government approved a planning framework allowing towers up to 310m.0.74Leeza SOHO Opens with the World’s Tallest Atrium
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE6.8 years agoThe B1M’s March 2018 video and article described the tower as if newly finished, but construction was still ongoing (topping out was only September 2017); Zaha Hadid[4] Architects’ own announcement and multiple design outlets confirm Leeza SOHO actually opened on 19 November 2019. Happened as dated, per the source[1]: "zaha hadid architects completes 'leeza SOHO tower' in beijing".Zaha Hadid Architects’ twisting Beijing skyscraper opened with a 194-metre atrium spanning two towers built around a live subway line.0.71Why Shanghai Tower Failed
501 Yincheng Middle Road, Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai, China
ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCE11.6 years agoEstimated: Wikipedia's[3] infobox gives 1 February 2015 and its text says public use began in February 2015 rather than the scheduled November 2014, but the tower opened in stages - ICE[2] says it was 'officially opened to the public in 2016' and the observation deck only opened in July 2016, with the 118th and 119th floor decks fully public from 26 April 2017.Shanghai Tower, the 632-metre twisting skyscraper meant to crown China’s financial capital, opens to the public - but spends its first years struggling to fill offices meant for multinational tenants.CN¥15.9B0.70Atlassian Central Tops Out as the World's Tallest Hybrid Timber Tower
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE63 days agoThe report says a "topping out ceremony" was held at the Atlassian Central skyscraper in Sydney on Wednesday, 22 July 2026.[1]The 39-storey, 180-metre tower beside Central Station reached its full height at a topping-out ceremony, making it the world's tallest hybrid timber and steel building. Co-owned by Atlassian and the property group Dexus, it anchors Sydney's Tech Central precinct and is expected to be completed in 2027.A$1.4B0.69Dubai to Add the World's First Rotating Skyscraper to Its Skyline by 2020
CONFIRMED80% CONFIDENCE5.8 years agoHappened as dated, per interestingengineering.com[1]: "…“Dynamic Tower” which is expected to be completed in 2020. Th … line by 2020 Dubai will be home to t…"Dubai will be home to the first rotating skyscraper, dubbed the “Dynamic Tower” which is expected to be completed in 2020. The 42-meter skyscraper will be made of a series of 80-story-high rotating condos each costing a whopping $30 million.$30M0.68Azabudai Hills' Mori JP Tower Completes as Japan's Tallest Building
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE3.2 years agoMori Building gives the Mori JP Tower's completion as 30 June 2023, announced at the start of the following week; CNN[3] of 4 July 2023 reports the completion was 'announced Monday', with final touches left and the Azabudai Hills complex to open in the fall. The previous date of 24 November 2023 was the day the complex opened to the public, not the tower's completion.Mori Building's earthquake-engineered Main Tower at Azabudai Hills was completed in Tokyo, becoming Japan's tallest building at 330 metres.0.68Goldin Finance 117 Targeted to Finally Complete in Tianjin
Goldin Finance 117, Xiqing District, Tianjin, China
ESTIMATED65% CONFIDENCEin 280 daysGiven as scheduled, per the source[1]: "In April 2025, it was announced that construction would resume and be completed in 2027."After a decade standing unfinished as the world's tallest abandoned building, Tianjin's 597-metre Goldin Finance 117 resumed construction under a state-led rescue and is targeted to complete in 2027.0.68Emaar Properties Opens Burj Khalifa as the World's Tallest Building
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE16.7 years agoGuinness World Records[2] and The National both confirm the official opening ceremony took place on January 4, 2010.Emaar Properties officially opened the 828-meter Burj Khalifa in Dubai, timed to the fifth anniversary of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's accession to power. The tower took the world's-tallest-building title from Taipei 101 by a record margin.0.68Inside Australia's Tallest New Skyscraper
ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCE6.0 years agoEstimated: Wikipedia's[2] infobox and CTBUH give completion as September 2020 without a day, so the month's last day stands in. The tower had topped out earlier, in June 2020.Australia 108, a 316.7-metre residential tower in Melbourne’s Southbank district, is completed, three months after topping out as the tallest building in Australia by roof height and the tallest residential tower in the Southern Hemisphere.A$900M0.67China's $1BN Skyscraper Mistake
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE18.1 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "The building finished at long last in 2008."The Shanghai World Financial Center opened in 2008 after developers were forced to redesign its circular summit opening into a trapezoid when the public read it as a Japanese flag.$1B0.67Senna Tower Breaks Ground in Balneário Camboriú
CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE359 days agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "A construção do Senna Tower teve início no dia 29 de setembro de 2025".Construction began on the Senna Tower, a supertall residential skyscraper in Balneário Camboriú, Brazil designed to become the tallest residential building on Earth.0.66
