A new era of super-skyscrapers has begun. Buildings which surpass all previous dimensions are being planned or are already under construction. Outside the Western world whole cities are being built from scratch, with mega-towers symbolizing a new confidence in the Orient.  As the Burj Tower, the world's tallest building at 800 meters, is under construction in Dubai, engineers are already busy developing technology to break the 1000 meter barrier.

This episode of DW In Focus profiles the construction of these new giants of the skyline.

In Focus documentaries and reports cover business and science, culture and education, historical and present day events as well as sports and leisure. This wide variety of topics is investigated in depth and presented in an informative format, making for captivating television, courtesy of Germany's Deutsche Welle news network.