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Originally Posted by WonderlandPark
Should there be a new category made for the tallest of the tall?
Right now we have the "supertall" which is roughly 300m/1000ft.
Should there be a new "hypertall" category? Should it start at, say 600m/2000ft?
It would be an "elite" club for now, just the Burj Dubai and the Guangzhou TV tower would qualify. But towers like the Chicago Spire, the Russia Tower and the tower at Incheon would also be in this elite soon enough, if built.
Or maybe the "hypertall" category could start at 500m/1500ft. Taipei 101 would be the first in the club.
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I strongly believe there should be a new category - some of these new proposals are getting so tall it's ludicrous. We need something to distinguish between skyscrapers which are simply very tall (300m-600m) and those which are extremely tall (600m+).
Furthermore, I think this should be the roof height, as some have suggested. Spires reaching over 600m shouldn't qualify.