supertall

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supertall (comparative more supertall, superlative most supertall)

1. Extremely tall.
2. (architecture, of a building) Exceeding 984 feet (300 metres) in height.
   • 2025 October 19, “A Tower on Billionaires’ Row Is Full of Cracks. Who’s to Blame?”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Like other supertall towers, 432 Park relies on the counterweight system to address the forces of wind and reduce the feeling of swaying for residents. But unlike many other supertall towers that are tiered or taper toward the top, 432 Park is rectangular, making it less aerodynamic.

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supertall (plural supertalls)

1. A very tall building.
   • 2008 June 15, Amy Cortese, “Scraping the Sky, and Then Some”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     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.

2. (architecture) 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.
   • 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^[3], →ISSN:

     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.

The Council on Vertical Urbanism uses this term to denote any building whose height exceeds 984 feet (300 metres).