supertalls

Noun

supertall (plural supertalls)

1. A very tall building.
   • As the show suggests, the center of gravity today has shifted from North America and Europe to Asia and the Middle East, where supertalls are rising at a frenetic pace.2008 June 15, Amy Cortese, “Scraping the Sky, and Then Some”, in New York Times
2. A building between 300m and 600m tall, approximately 1000ft to 2000ft tall. A tall building taller than a plain tall but shorter than a megatall.
   • What few might have predicted is the cumulative effect that unleashing this scale of development might have. The JP Morgan tower is not a one-off, but merely the first of a whole new breed of steroidal supertalls.2025 December 3, Oliver Wainwright, “An eco obscenity: Norman Foster’s steroidal new skyscraper is an affront to the New York skyline”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

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