As the economic crisis reduced financial markets to rubble in 2008, tall buildings hit a high - literally.
New figures show the average height of the top 10 tallest buildings completed in 2008 rose to 319m - 31m above the previous highest average set in 1998.
The 492m Shanghai World Financial Centre - also known as the bottle opener - was the tallest building, followed by the 363m Almas Tower in Dubai. See the full list here.
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has named 2008 the most successful year of skyscraper construction and is predicting even better results in 2009 and 2010.
The international research group points to the 818m Burj Dubai, the 577m Makkah Clock Royal Tower in Saudi Arabia and the 414m Dubai Towers in Doha - all to be completed in 2009.
The council also predicts the Burj Dubai will hold the title of the world's tallest building until 2020 and that building heights will fall until 2017.
I wonder what Saudi Arabia's Al-Waleed bin Talal - the man who wants to beat the Burj with a 1km high skyscraper - thinks of that?
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