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Inside 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$900M0.75Australia 108 Tops Out as Tallest Residential Tower in Southern Hemisphere
ESTIMATED65% CONFIDENCE6.2 years agoEstimated: Wikipedia's[2] infobox gives the topping out as June 2020 (its source, urban.com.au, reported it on 10 June 2020) without settling a day in the infobox, so the month's last day stands in. Completion followed in September 2020.Australia 108 topped out at level 100 in Melbourne's Southbank, becoming the tallest building in Australia by roof height and the tallest residential tower in the Southern Hemisphere; construction was completed three months later, in September 2020.0.73Atlassian 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$1.4B0.72China Expands Its Nationwide Skyscraper Height Caps
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE4.9 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "Skyscrapers taller than 150 meters are not allowed to be built in cities with less than 3 million people".China's housing ministry tightened its skyscraper rules nationwide, barring any new building over 150m in cities under 3 million people and capping larger cities at 250m.0.71Pinnacle SkyTower Opens in Toronto
SCHEDULED76% CONFIDENCE1 day agoGiven as scheduled, per the source[1]: Pinnacle SkyTower "will be Canada's tallest residential building when it opens in the fall of 2026."Pinnacle SkyTower, a 106-storey, 352m tower on Toronto's waterfront, becomes Canada's tallest building, taking the title from One Bloor West.0.70Australia's Tallest Tower Plan, STH BNK by Beulah, Collapses
CONFIRMED81% CONFIDENCE40 days agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "The dream of Australia's tallest apartment tower is dead in all but name".Melbourne's planned 366-metre STH BNK by Beulah tower, once set to be Australia's tallest building and a supertall vertical garden, collapsed after its developer defaulted on financing.0.67China 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.0.67Emaar 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.0.65Merdeka 118's Spire Completes as World's Second Tallest
CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE3.7 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "When its spire was completed in 2022, it took the building's height up above 600-metres."Kuala Lumpur's Merdeka 118 topped out with its spire in place, reaching 678.9m to become the world's second-tallest building and one of only four megatall skyscrapers on Earth.0.65Leeza 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.0.65Florida's First Supertall Tops Out on Biscayne Boulevard
ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 69 daysWikipedia[1] says construction "began in late 2022 and is expected to top out in 2026"; the developers' August 2026 update narrows that to winter 2026, a season rather than a day.The Waldorf Astoria Hotel and Residences Miami - nine stacked and cantilevered glass cubes holding nearly 100 storeys of condominiums and a 205-room hotel - is expected to reach its full 1,049 feet, making it the tallest building in Florida and the southern United States. Its superstructure passed level 85 and started the ninth and final cube in August 2026; delivery of the finished tower is set for 2028.0.6522 Bishopsgate Reaches Practical Completion
ESTIMATED63% CONFIDENCE5.8 years agoEstimated: Multiplex's[3] news item of 4 December 2020 says the team achieved practical completion "earlier this week" without naming the day, so the announcement date stands in for the milestone.Multiplex's 62-storey 22 Bishopsgate tower - planned and sequenced using an immersive 4D virtual-reality model - reaches practical completion, becoming the City of London's tallest building.0.65
