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Check Out All The Megatall Skyscrapers We'll Have By 2020

• http://www.popsci.com, By Sophie Bushwick

Across the globe, more than 100 buildings have reached a height of 300 meters (the approximate height of the Eiffel Tower) or higher, putting them in a category architects call "supertall." Many of them sprang up in the past dozen or so years, which could be considered the supertall era. But according to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, as reported by Dezeen, supertall is SO last decade. Now we're entering the regime of the megatall skyscraper, a category reserved for behemoths taller than 600 meters.

At the moment, only three buildings qualify as megatalls: Dubai's 2,717-foot (828-meter) Burj Khalifa (completed in 2010), the 2,073-foot (632-meter) Shanghai Tower (completed in 2015), and Mecca's 1,972-foot (601-meter) Makkah Royal Clock Tower (completed in 2012).


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