The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has published a list of "The 50 Most Influential Tall Buildings of the Last 50 Years" ahead of its 10th World Congress happening in Chicago next week. Celebrating the organization’s 50th anniversary this year, the high-profile roundup places special focus on the accelerated new phase of innovation that has been happening in skyscraper construction since the late 1960s.

"Across these examples, we see the arrival and departure of the distinct International and Post-Modern styles, as well as the overlapping parametricism and contextualism that dominates the contemporary scene," declares the CTBUH announcement.

"We see the transition from symbols of North American corporate power to broadcasting devices for the arrival of entire cities and countries on the global stage. The importance of environmental sustainability takes on as important a role as cultural and economic longevity."

Besides the obvious picks (Burj Khalifa, One World Trade Center, Petronas Towers, TAIPEI 101), the list of the 50 selected skyscrapers and tall buildings contains some beloved golden oldies (Transamerica Pyramid Center, The Lloyd’s Building, the former John Hancock Center and AT&T Building) as well as a few new kids on the block (Salesforce Tower, Lotte World Tower, Bosco Verticale).

Here is the full list of buildings:

• 1 Bligh Street, Sydney, 2011
• 4 Times Square (formerly Condé Nast Building), New York City, 1999
• 30 St Mary Axe (formerly Swiss Re Tower), London, 2004
• 333 Wacker Drive, Chicago, 1983
• 550 Madison Avenue (formerly AT&T Building and Sony Tower), New York City, 1983
• 601 Lexington (formerly Citigroup Center), New York City, 1977

• 875 North Michigan Avenue (formerly John Hancock Center), Chicago, 1969
• Al Bahar Towers, Abu Dhabi, 2012
• AMA Plaza (formerly IBM Plaza), Chicago, 1972
• Aqua at Lakeshore East, Chicago, 2009
• Bahrain World Trade Center, Manama, 2008

• Bank of America Tower, New York City, 2009
• Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong, 1990
• Bosco Verticale, Milan, 2014
• Burj Al Arab, Dubai, 1999
• Burj Khalifa, Dubai, 2010

• CCTV Headquarters, Beijing, 2012
• Commerzbank Tower, Frankfurt, 1997
• Doha Tower, Doha, 2012
• Hearst Tower, New York City, 2006

• Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Headquarters, Hong Kong, 1985
• International Commerce Centre (ICC), Hong Kong, 2010
• Jardine House, Hong Kong, 1973
• Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai, 1999
• Linked Hybrid, Beijing, 2009
• Lotte World Tower, Seoul, 2017

• MahaNakhon, Bangkok, 2016
• Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, 2010
• Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower, Tokyo, 2008
• National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, 1983
• One Central Park, Sydney, 2014
• One World Trade Center, New York City, 2014
• PARKROYAL on Pickering, Singapore, 2013
• Pearl River Tower, Guangzhou, 2013

• Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, 1998
• Post Turm, Bonn, 2002
• Salesforce Tower, San Francisco, 2018
• Shanghai Tower, Shanghai, 2015
• Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai, 2008
• TAIPEI 101, Taipei, 2004
• The Leadenhall Building, London, 2014

• The Lloyd’s Building, London, 1986
• The Shard, London, 2013
• Torre Costanera, Santiago, 2014
• Torre Reforma, Mexico City, 2016
• Tour First, Courbevoie, Paris, 2011

• Transamerica Pyramid Center, San Francisco, 1972
• Turning Torso, Malmö, 2005
• U.S. Bank Tower (formerly Library Tower), Los Angeles, 1990
• Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower), Chicago, 1974

To learn more about each building, head over to CTBUH's website.

Did your personal favorite skyscraper make it on the list? Any notable tall buildings that should have been included in your opinion? Let us know in the comments below.