CTBUH CHANGES HEIGHT CRITERIA, BURJ DUBAI HEIGHT INCREASES

摘要

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), the international body that arbitrates on tall building height and determines the title of 'The World's Tallest Building', has announced a change to its height criteria as a reflection of recent developments with several super-tall buildings. The new criteria wording 'Height is measured from the level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance to...'allows forthe recognition of the increasing numbers of multi-use tall buildings with often several different entrances at different levels, whilst also accommodating buildings constructed in non-traditional urban or suburban locations.