The kilometer high club

One is in Russia, two are in the US, seven are in the Far East and a whopping 10 are in the Middle East. Any idea what they are?

They are the 20 tallest buildings in 2020 as predicted by CTBUH (Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat). The four tallest are astoundingly part residential and begs the question, what sort of person would like to live a kilometer above streetlevel?

The tallest building in 2570 BC was the Great Pyramid of Giza at 146m tall. It was nearly 4,000 years before another structure beat it and that was Lincoln Cathedral in England. These days the tallest building seems to change every few months. These super buildings are set to be completed by 2020 and could be interpreted as an egotistical symbol of pride and wealth.

source: http://www.ctbuh.org/HighRiseInfo/TallestDatabase/Tallest20in2020/tabid/791/Default.aspx

Will the nostril capillaries of the human race evolve to withstand the pressure at the top of a kilometer tall building?

What will the next challenge be for architects and engineers? Submerged buildings built from the depths of the Mariana trench? Buildings suspended in the stratosphere?

The sky’s the limit… perhaps.