Indonesia - The Skyscraper Center

16 May 2023

How to Design Tall for the Tropics

Yanko Apostolov

Cities located along the equator are growing rapidly, but their hot, humid and rainy climates present a challenge for designers. How can we deliver high-quality,...

16 May 2023

World Surpasses 2,000 Buildings of 200 Meters or Greater Height

CTBUH Staff

This report shows that 147 buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater were completed in 2022, a 25 percent increase from 2021, when 118 such...

03 April 2023

How to Design Tall for the Tropics

Yanko Apostolov

Cities located along the equator are growing rapidly, but their hot, humid and rainy climates present a challenge for designers. How can we deliver high-quality,...

03 April 2023

Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2022: World Surpasses 2,000 Buildings of 200 Meters or Greater Height

CTBUH Staff

This report shows that 147 buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater were completed in 2022, a 25 percent increase from 2021, when 118 such...

11 October 2019

A Responsible Urban Rejuvenation of Jakarta

Patrick Daly & Paolo Testolini, Woods Bagot

Sinking faster than any other big city on the planet, over 40% of Jakarta is now below sea level. Solutions to prevent the decay of...

12 December 2018

Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2018

CTBUH Research

The astronomical growth in tall building construction observed over the past decade continued in 2018, though the total number of completed buildings of 200 meters’...

10 January 2017

Interactive Study on Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2016

Jason Gabel, Annan Shehadi, Shawn Ursini & Marshall Gerometta, CTBUH

CTBUH has determined that 128 buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater were completed around the world in 2016 – setting a new record for...

17 October 2016

Connectivity in Future Density Indonesia Archipelago

Prasetyo Adi, Dwi Hergiawan, Achmad Zakaria & Pandu B. Siswotomo, PDW Architects

The paper will discuss about the development of Indonesia metropolitan cities. According to national census of 2010 there are 11 cities in Indonesia with population...

17 October 2016

Megacities: Setting the Scene

Daniel Safarik, Shawn Ursini & Antony Wood; Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

The rise of the megacity presents unprecedented opportunities to understand the human urbanization phenomenon, and to observe the effects of multicore, polycentric cities growing together...

17 October 2016

State-of-the-Practice in Design and Construction of Deep Basements in Jakarta

Nick Alexander, Davy Sukamta & Stephen Handoko, Davy Sukamta & Partners

Jakarta is a large metropolis with a strong trend for vertical urbanism marked by the construction of numerous high-rise buildings with 5- to 7-level deep...

17 October 2016

What’s Next?: How Do We Make Vertical Urban Design?

Winy Mass, MVRDV

It seems sometimes as if the further away from the ground we rise, the more architectonic and less urban our buildings become. Skyscrapers have always...

01 June 2016

The Vertical Corporate Campus: Integrating Modern Workplace Models into the High-Rise Typology

John Britton & Steve Hargis, Woods Bagot

As the great urban migration continues to drive the growth of cities worldwide, global companies are seeking new approaches to the urban workplace and corporate...

19 January 2016

Interactive Study on Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2015

Jason Gabel, Marty Carver & Marshall Gerometta, CTBUH

CTBUH has determined that 106 buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater were completed around the world in 2015 – setting a new record for...

26 October 2015

Global Cities in a Local Context: The Case of Indonesia’s Urban Development

Prasetyo Adi & Mohammad Danisworo, PDW Architects

After independence, Indonesia has seen a stable growth since the 80’s that ended by Asian financial crisis in 1998. It was then picked up again...

26 October 2015

The Vertical Corporate Campus: Integrating Modern Workplace Models into the High-Rise Typology

John Britton & Steve Hargis, Woods Bagot

As the great urban migration continues to drive the growth of cities worldwide, global companies are seeking new approaches to the urban workplace and corporate...

31 December 2014

Interactive Study on Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2014

Daniel Safarik, Antony Wood, Marty Carver & Marshall Gerometta, CTBUH

An All-Time Record 97 Buildings of 200 Meters or Higher Completed in 2014 and 2014 showed further shifts towards Asia, and also surprising developments in...

06 November 2014

The Competition for the Tallest Skyscraper - Implications for Global Ethics and Economics

Christopher Michaelson, University of St. Thomas

An iconic skyscraper has aesthetic significance that may have meaning for other aspects of human experience – serving, for example, as an expression of cultural...

16 September 2014

Advances in Seismic Design and Construction in Indonesia

Davy Sukamta, Davy Sukamta & Partners

Since the Great Aceh Earthquake of 2004, much progress has been achieved in Indonesia with the aim of building better earthquake resistant structures. The seismic...

16 September 2014

Next Level – Public Transport and Density in Metropolitan Jakarta

Jakarta, with a population of more than 10 million, has been rapidly growing since the 1970s. However, in the metropolitan area, Jabodetabek (consisting of 14...

19 September 2012

The Signature Tower: Reaching High in the Sky of Indonesia

Sugeng Wijanto, Gistama Intisemesta; Tiyok Prasetyoadi, PDW Architects; Dennis Poon, Thornton Tomasetti; Wayan Sengara, Institut Teknologi Bandung-Indonesia

This presentation discusses the reasons behind the selection of the structural systems, as well as the use of advanced structural analyses and design methods, including...

19 September 2012

Tuned Liquid Dampers for the Economic Design of a Tall Building

Antonios Rofail, Windtech Consultants Pty. Ltd; Marten Eddy & Dean Genner, Taylor Thomson Whitting

Rasuna Tower is an office and hotel development in Jakarta, Indonesia with 63 above-ground stories and four basements and is 280 meters tall. The lateral...

01 September 2012

State of Practice of Performance-Based Seismic Design in Indonesia

Davy Sukamta and Nick Alexander, Davy Sukamta & Partners

The current 2002 Indonesian Seismic Code consists of prescriptive criteria that are intended to result in buildings capable of providing certain levels of performance. However,...

18 January 2012

The Tallest 20 in 2020: Entering the Era of the Megatall

Nathaniel Hollister & Antony Wood, CTBUH

Within this decade we will likely witness not only the world’s first kilometer-tall building, but also the completion of a significant number of buildings over...

10 October 2011

Urban Design Guidelines as Tool for Tall Building in Jakarta

Prasetyo Adi, PDW Architects and Urban Designers

Early 1990s, Urban Design Guidelines instrument is introduced in Jakarta brought by Prof. Danisworo. Since then, the guidelines have been part of the city planning...

11 September 2011

The Global Impact of 9/11

Leader Interviews by Jan Klerks, CTBUH

Just as many Americans still remember exactly where they were when they heard the news that US president John F. Kennedy had been shot, most...

13 April 2011

Tall and Urban: An Analysis of Global Population and Tall Buildings

CTBUH Research

Tall buildings are spreading across the globe at an ever-increasing rate. This study demonstrates the relationship between population and tall buildings across those countries and...