Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat is the world’s leading resource for professionals focused on the design, construction, and operation of tall buildings and future cities. A not-for-profit organization, founded in 1969 and based at the Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, the group facilitates the exchange of the latest knowledge available on tall buildings around the world through events, publications, research, working groups, and its extensive network of international representatives. The Council’s research department is spearheading the investigation of the next generation of tall buildings by aiding original research on sustainability and key development issues. The Council also maintains the world’s largest free database on tall buildings, The Skyscraper Center, which is updated daily with detailed information, images and news on thousands of tall buildings around the world. The CTBUH is the arbiter of international standards for measuring tall building height.