The database
for tall buildings
worldwide.
382k verified structures across 213k places, 54k companies, and a million-file media archive. Maintained by professionals, used as a primary reference by developers, architects, analysts, and the press.
Everything tall buildings
SKYDB wants to list every tall building of the world across its full life cycle: from the initial idea to the proposed, under construction, completed, altered, demolished. For each structure we keep deep, structured technical data: heights, floor counts, dates, materials, structural form, involved companies, primary-source citations.
The data is built from primary sources where possible: blueprints, official filings, on-site visits. Every change is signed, dated, and traceable. Where a claim can not be verified, we say so.
Editors on a construction site visit.
How data gets verified
Three principles applied to every record, on every edit. The reason SKYDB is cited where guess-work databases are not.
Verified data
All data fields are indexed using uniform definitions and measured to a published standard, not lumped into a single marketing number.
Primary sources
Blueprints, building permits, developer filings, on-site photography. We avoid paywalled third-party databases and untraceable rumors.
Audit trail
Every value carries who set it, when, and from which source. Disputed values are kept alongside the accepted one, not silently overwritten.
Read the full data definitions and measurement standards.
Maintained by real people
SKYDB is supported by a network of professionals and editors: architects, urban researchers, engineers, photographers, developers, and journalists. They verify, cross-check, and curate every record. Some of them are featured here.
653 members in total. Get a membership.
Honoring the best new skyscrapers each year
Every year SKYDB selects the most significant tall buildings completed that year. Winners are picked by community members for the best functionality and design. When the inaugural award was selected in 1999, no architectural prize existed specifically for tall buildings.
SKYDB Research
The B2B subscription for professionals who work with tall buildings and major projects: developers, architects, suppliers, analysts, the press. Search every record, filter on 30+ fields, set alerts, export the data.
SKYDB Memberships
Three ways into SKYDB as an individual: sign up free, apply as Editor (free, peer-reviewed), or unlock Premium today for immediate full access.
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