CTBUH Platinum Member

DeSimone Consulting Engineers

About

Member Since: 2015

Member Offices: New York City

Website: http://www.de-simone.com/

Founded in New York City in 1969, DeSimone Consulting Engineers provides high-quality structural engineering, facade consulting, and forensic services, in addition to risk management and construction claims consulting for all types of buildings. With offices in the United States, South America, and the Middle East, DeSimone is known for providing each client with personal, dedicated, and inspiring engineering solutions. To date, DeSimone has designed over 10,000 projects in 44 states and 55 countries.

Fields of Expertise

Engineering, Other; Structural Engineering

Buildings

Please note that all heights shown in italics/red are estimated heights. These have been calculated based on known floor counts for the building, then extrapolated through analyzing typically hundreds of buildings of the same function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard building features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of these estimations.

RANK
Name
Status

Completed

Architecturally Topped Out

Structurally Topped Out

Under Construction

On Hold

Proposed

Vision

Never Completed

Demolished

Competition Entry

Canceled

Proposed Renovation

Under Renovation

Renovated

Under Demolition

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Height
1 220 Central Park South
289.6 m / 950  ft
2 125 Greenwich Street
278 m / 912  ft
3 99 Hudson Street
271 m / 889  ft
4 Regent Emirates Pearl
255 m / 837  ft
5 Panorama Tower
251.9 m / 827  ft
6 Four Seasons Hotel & Tower
240.4 m / 789  ft
7 111 Murray Street
240.2 m / 788  ft
8 50 West
237.3 m / 779  ft
9 Madison Square Park Tower
237 m / 778  ft
10 Shangri-La at the Fort
229.3 m / 752  ft

Awards

ARO

Award of Excellence: ARO

Best Tall Building 200-299 meters 2021

Ctbuh Leaders

Danilo Nanni

Danilo Nanni

CTBUH Regional Committee, 2018 – Present

Miami

Hari Chandana Gangavarapu

Hari Chandana Gangavarapu

CTBUH Future Leaders Committee, Florida, 2020 – Present

Building Completions Timeline

Videos

09 March 2017

Building Maintenance Units Reach Great Lengths at Hilal Bank, UAE

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Research

20 March 2020

Tall + Urban Innovation 2020: Dominant Trends

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Global News

24 March 2020

Resort in Las Vegas On Hold, Other Construction Continues Amid Spread of COVID-19

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Please note that all heights shown in italics/red are estimated heights. These have been calculated based on known floor counts for the building, then extrapolated through analyzing typically hundreds of buildings of the same function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard building features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of these estimations.

RANK
Name
Height
1 220 Central Park South

289.6 m

950 ft
2 125 Greenwich Street

278 m

912 ft
3 99 Hudson Street

271 m

889 ft
4 Regent Emirates Pearl

255 m

837 ft
5 Panorama Tower

251.9 m

827 ft
6 Four Seasons Hotel & Tower

240.4 m

789 ft
7 111 Murray Street

240.2 m

788 ft
8 50 West

237.3 m

779 ft
9 Madison Square Park Tower

237 m

778 ft
10 Shangri-La at the Fort

229.3 m

752 ft
11 ARO

224.8 m

738 ft
12 830 Brickell

223.1 m

732 ft
13 100 East 53rd Street

216.7 m

711 ft
14 Marquis

214 m

702 ft
15 Jersey City Urby

213.5 m

700 ft
16 One Thousand Museum

213.1 m

699 ft
17 Millennium Tower

207.5 m

681 ft
18 Resorts World Las Vegas Tower I

205.4 m

674 ft
19 900 Biscayne Bay

198 m

650 ft
20 Turnberry Ocean Club

197.8 m

649 ft
21 Millennium Tower

196.6 m

645 ft
22 Tower 28

194.2 m

637 ft
23 Pudong Financial Plaza Office Tower 1

193.5 m

635 ft
24 Langham Place

192.6 m

632 ft
25 The Edge on Brickell

192.3 m

631 ft
26 Avalon Willoughby Square

190.2 m

624 ft
27 425 5th Avenue

188.3 m

618 ft
28 Allianz Tower

185.5 m

609 ft
29 Cosmopolitan Casino Beach Club Tower

184 m

604 ft
30 The Hub

183.6 m

602 ft
31 Epic Residences & Hotel

183.2 m

601 ft
32 W Times Square

177.9 m

583 ft
33 VDARA

169.5 m

556 ft
34 Equitable Building

169.2 m

555 ft
35 Tower 111

169 m

554 ft
36 17 State Street

165.3 m

542 ft
37 70 Columbus

161.4 m

529 ft
38 The Metropolis

160.9 m

528 ft
39 William Beaver House

160.8 m

527 ft
40 Tower 46

152.7 m

501 ft
41 1450 BRICKELL

152.5 m

500 ft
42 Mohegan Sun Sky Tower

148.4 m

487 ft
43 Three Tequesta Point

146.3 m

480 ft
44 CassaNY

145.6 m

478 ft
45 Prism Tower

145 m

476 ft
46 Millennium Place Tower 1

144.8 m

475 ft
47 Park Avenue Place

143.9 m

472 ft
48 Times Square Doubletree Hotel

143.3 m

470 ft
49 Aire

143.3 m

470 ft
50 Neptune/Sixth

143.3 m

470 ft
51 Tower 31

137.2 m

450 ft
52 Millennium Point

136.9 m

449 ft
53 Millennium Place Tower 2

135.8 m

445 ft
54 The Westin Diplomat Resort

135.3 m

444 ft
55 The Olivia

134.1 m

440 ft
56 Moxy Chelsea

128.1 m

420 ft
57 2 Columbus

128 m

420 ft
58 Humana Building

127.1 m

417 ft
59 Hunter's Point South Commons

123.1 m

404 ft
60 Four Seasons Hotel & Residences

121.3 m

398 ft
61 Millennium Tower Residences

120.1 m

394 ft
62 Al Maryah Tower

120 m

394 ft
63 The Aurora

118 m

387 ft
64 The Centria

117.7 m

386 ft
65 Avalon Riverview North

117.4 m

385 ft
66 The Milan Condominium

116.3 m

381 ft
67 Element

115.8 m

380 ft
68 Chelsea Landmark

112.2 m

368 ft
69 12 East 48th Street

111.6 m

366 ft
70 The Visionaire

109.7 m

360 ft
71 ParkShore Plaza

108.2 m

355 ft
72 The Metropolitan

106.7 m

350 ft
73 29 Park Madison

105.2 m

345 ft
74 Hunter's Point South Crossing

104.3 m

342 ft
75 1841 Broadway

103.2 m

339 ft
76 The Empire

102.7 m

337 ft
77 The Impala

101.8 m

334 ft
78 Pudong Financial Plaza Office Tower 2

100 m

328 ft
78 Pudong Financial Plaza Office Tower 3

100 m

328 ft
80 The Seville

99.4 m

326 ft
81 215 Chrystie Street

95.7 m

314 ft
82 455 Central Park West

95 m

312 ft
83 5th On The Park

94.5 m

310 ft
84 Grove at Grand Bay North Tower

93.8 m

308 ft
84 Grove at Grand Bay South Tower

93.8 m

308 ft
86 Atlantis Royal Tower East

93 m

305 ft
87 The Riverhouse

92.1 m

302 ft
88 360 State Street

91.4 m

300 ft
89 Hotel Riu Plaza New York Times Square

89.6 m

294 ft
90 Park Grove Tower A

89.6 m

294 ft
91 Park Grove Tower B

87.5 m

287 ft
92 Atlantis Royal Tower West

m

ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 23 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 1,051 other buildings of the same Hotel function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
93 220 Central Park South Villa

83.5 m

274 ft
94 Hartford Marriott Downtown

m

ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 22 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 1,051 other buildings of the same Hotel function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
94 The Cove Atlantis

m

ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 22 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 1,051 other buildings of the same Hotel function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
96 100 11th Avenue

80.7 m

265 ft
97 The Standard

79.5 m

261 ft
98 Park Grove Tower C

78 m

256 ft
99 The James New York

77.7 m

255 ft
100 citizenM Hotel

75 m

246 ft
101 Pudong Financial Plaza L+Mall

74 m

243 ft
102 Gramercy Green

73.2 m

240 ft
103 The Exhibit

72 m

236 ft
104 Portland Building

70.4 m

231 ft
105 170 Amsterdam Avenue

66.2 m

217 ft
106 Faena House

65.5 m

215 ft
107 HL23

53.7 m

176 ft
108 The Surf Club Four Seasons North Tower

52 m

171 ft
108 The Surf Club Four Seasons South Tower

52 m

171 ft
110 The Surf Club Four Seasons Hotel Tower

50.3 m

165 ft
111 Resorts World Las Vegas Tower II

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112 Resorts World Las Vegas Tower III

-
113 The Reef Atlantis

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Statistics

Average Building Age*

15 Years

Most Common Function*

Residential (55%)

Most Common Material*

Concrete (87%)

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database

Based on 40 buildings over 150 m height with a function
 
Based on 39 buildings over 150 m height with a material
 

Building Completions Timeline

Building Map

Construction Time Chart

NOTE: Construction start time is not available for all buildings. The average construction time is only displayed if there is three or more buildings with construction start and complete data in that year.

Designated Experts

Danilo Nanni

Senior Associate, DeSimone Consulting Engineers
Miami, United States

Jinsun Parque

Director of Marketing, DeSimone Consulting Engineers
New York City, United States

John Viise

Managing Principal, DeSimone Consulting Engineers
Chicago, United States

Stephen DeSimone

President & CEO, DeSimone Consulting Engineers
New York City, United States

Ctbuh Leaders At DeSimone Consulting Engineers

CTBUH Regional Committee, 2018 – Present

Danilo Nanni

Senior Associate, DeSimone Consulting Engineers
Miami, United States

CTBUH Future Leaders Committee, Florida, 2020 – Present

Hari Chandana Gangavarapu

Senior Project Engineer, DeSimone Consulting Engineers
Miami, United States

Videos

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09 March 2017

Building Maintenance Units Reach Great Lengths at Hilal Bank, UAE

Al Hilal Bank is a progressive Islamic bank headquartered in Abu Dhabi. It is an architectural accomplishment quite different from other buildings in Abu Dhabi....

17 October 2016

Structural & Geotechnic Engineering Q&A

Monday, October 17, 2016. Shenzhen, China. William O'Donnell, DeSimone Consulting Engineers; Dennis Poon, Thornton Tomasetti; SawTeen Seen, Leslie E. Robertson Associates, answer questions at the...

12 November 2015

Interview: Al Hilal Bank Tower

James Goettsch, Chairman and CEO, Goettsch Partners, is interviewed by Chris Bentley regarding the Best Tall Building Featured Finalist, Al Hilal Bank Tower, Abu Dhabi,...

12 November 2015

Rethinking Office Space Through Creative Design: Al Hilal Bank Tower, Abu Dhabi

James Goettsch, CEO & Partner, Goettsch Partners, speaks at the 14th Annual Best Tall Building Symposium – Session 1 in a presentation entitled "Rethinking Office...

12 November 2015

2015 Awards - Session 1 Q&A

Hiroo Mori, Director & Executive VP, Mori Building, Philip Nikandrov, Chief Architect, Gorproject, James Goettsch, CEO & Partner, Goettsch Partners, Jan Andersson, Senior Advisor, HSB...

27 October 2015

Social Infrastructure

With the rise of technological solutions, the practice of architecture is often divorced from the cultural, social, and environmental contexts where we build. Buildings have...

26 October 2015

2015 New York Conference - Session 3e - Q&A

Carol Willis, The Skyscraper Museum; Silvian Marcus, WSP Group; and Stephen DeSimone, DeSimone Consulting Engineers, PLLC, answer questions at the end of 2015 New York...

03 March 2008

Building Tall: A renewed Urban Imperative

Stephen DeSimone, of DeSimone Engineers, talked about the new tactics and solutions being implemented to overcome urban development obstacles at the CTBUH 8th World Congress...

Research

20 March 2020

Tall + Urban Innovation 2020: Dominant Trends

CTBUH Research

Providing a global overview of tall building development, design and construction, the CTBUH Awards Program and related Tall + Urban Innovation Conference annually survey projects,...

12 December 2019

Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2019

CTBUH Research

The year 2019 was remarkable for the tall building industry, with 26 supertall buildings (300 meters or taller) completed, the most in any year. This...

11 October 2019

Was the Home Insurance Building The “First Skyscraper”?

Mir M. Ali, School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Gerald Larson, University of Cincinnati

Chicago’s Home Insurance Building, the 12-story office building designed by William Le Baron Jenney, completed in 1885 and demolished in 1931, has frequently been referred...

12 December 2018

Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2018

CTBUH Research

The astronomical growth in tall building construction observed over the past decade continued in 2018, though the total number of completed buildings of 200 meters’...

10 January 2017

Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2016

Jason Gabel, Annan Shehadi, Shawn Ursini & Marshall Gerometta, CTBUH

CTBUH has determined that 128 buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater were completed around the world in 2016 – setting a new record for...

01 December 2016

An Overview of Structural & Aesthetic Developments in Tall Buildings Using Exterior Bracing & Diagrid Systems

Kheir Al-Kodmany, University of Illinois; Mir M. Ali, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

There is much architectural and engineering literature which discusses the virtues of exterior bracing and diagrid systems in regards to sustainability - two systems which...

Global News

24 March 2020

Resort in Las Vegas On Hold, Other Construction Continues Amid Spread of COVID-19

With COVID-19 upending daily life in Las Vegas, at least one major real estate project has shelved construction work over the outbreak, and at least...

24 March 2020

Resort in Las Vegas On Hold, Other Construction Continues Amid Spread of COVID-19

With COVID-19 upending daily life in Las Vegas, at least one major real estate project has shelved construction work over the outbreak, and at least...

24 March 2020

Resort in Las Vegas On Hold, Other Construction Continues Amid Spread of COVID-19

With COVID-19 upending daily life in Las Vegas, at least one major real estate project has shelved construction work over the outbreak, and at least...

04 September 2019

Residents of San Francisco’s Millennium Tower Tentatively Reach Lawsuit Settlement

A settlement has been tentatively reached in a lawsuit involving tenants of the sinking Millennium Tower in downtown San Francisco, an attorney representing the luxury...

31 July 2019

New York City Building That Spurred Modern Zoning Gets Makeover

When completed in 1915, New York’s Equitable Building was the largest building in the world. Located at 120 Broadway in Manhattan’s financial district, it stands...

05 July 2019

One Thousand Museum in Downtown Miami Has Officially Opened for Business

One Thousand Museum, the late Zaha Hadid’s final residential tower in the United States, is the newest high-end condominium to grace Biscayne Boulevard in the...

19 June 2019

Portland Building Renovation Could Kill its Historic Status

An audit by the City of Portland, Oregon, has found that the DLR Group’s renovation of the Michael Graves–designed Portland Building is over budget and,...

12 March 2019

Drones Used to Inspect Salesforce Tower in San Francisco Indicative of Larger Trend

  Months before two cracks were discovered on interior windows of Salesforce Tower – San Francisco’s tallest building, owner Boston Properties enlisted a drone to...

28 January 2019

New York City Penthouse Sets Record for Highest-Priced Home Ever Sold in US

The sale of a New York penthouse for around $238 million has broken the record for the most expensive home ever sold in the U.S....

CTBUH Initiatives Involving DeSimone Consulting Engineers

CTBUH Chicago Presents: A Panel Discussion on Chicago Building Code Modernization

18 February 2020

The CTBUH Chicago Chapter held for a panel discussion focused on the latest Chicago Building Code Modernization as it relates to high-rise building design.

CTBUH Florida Hosts Construction Tour of One Thousand Museum

29 June 2017

CTBUH Florida organized a site visit and series of presentations on the under-construction One Thousand Museum building in Downtown Miami.

CTBUH Florida: Tall Building Damping Technologies

25 April 2017

CTBUH Florida held a presentation on Tall Building Damping Technologies at the School of Architecture, University of Miami.

CTBUH 2016 Conference Silver+ Sponsor

16–21 October 2016

Cities to Megacities: Shaping Dense Vertical Urbanism takes place progressively across three Chinese cities: Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong.

CTBUH Florida: Construction Tour of Panorama Tower

26 July 2016

The CTBUH Florida Chapter hosted its inaugural event, a construction tour of Panorama Tower, on July 26 in Miami.

Miami Regional Tour

29–30 October 2015

CTBUH 2015 delegates toured Miami, a city of urban complexities and cultural amenities that defy the old stereotypes.