About Emporis
Emporis is a global provider of building information. Emporis collects data on buildings of high public and economic value, connects them with involved companies and sets standards for this information. Our products include Emporis Research, Image Licensing, Premium Company and Online Advertising, and are used by customers from the building industry and other fields.
In 2000 the Emporis website was founded as Skyscrapers.com, with a focus on collecting information on skyscrapers and high-rise buildings only. Since 2003 Emporis has branched out, widening its database by collecting building information on all construction types. In addition, our Image Shop has approximately 580,000 royalty-free photographs of buildings all over the world. Contributors are located worldwide: data is collected by our editorial Community, data researchers and public. Our audiences are building industry professionals and people with an interest in buildings and urban habitat.
Our Database Covers
403,420 buildings
in 190 countries
582,785 images
in 18,297 cities
1,105,693,656 m² GFA (Gross Floor Area)
11,901,587,462 ft² GFA
165,090 companies
in 191 company types
Latest Press Releases
September 18, 2012
Hamburg – Five out of the ten tallest skyscrapers in Europe are currently located in Moscow, including the tallest building in Europe, called Mercury City.
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July 17, 2012
Hamburg – Nine out of the ten future skyscrapers are located in Asia. Nevertheless, Dubai is no longer booming with construction, instead China is now leading therace with 6 of the 10 tallest skyscrapers currently being built.
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Emporis in the Press
July 18, 2012
Architects Journal
According to the research by Emporis, a series of new super-tall towers will eclipse the existing buildings in the elite sky-high club. Download PDF
July 12, 2012
The National
Building data firm Emporis has compiled a list of the top 10 "future skyscrapers" - ones currently under construction that will be among the world's tallest when they are completed. Download PDF
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