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AKF Group LLC

About

Member Since: 2008

Member Offices: New York City

Website: http://www.akfgroup.com/

AKF is a full-service consulting engineering firm serving public and private sector clients across the United States and around the world. Their practice is founded on and their members driven by their core values: integrity, empowerment, and internal client.

They believe that, by fostering a firm-wide culture of service and commitment to the needs and successes of one another, they ensure that their relationships with clients are informed by the same culture and values.

In order to deliver the highest standards of service and quality, their practice is organized by market sector, with each group consisting of experts from each of the engineering disciplines who share a deep knowledge of and extensive experience with the unique client needs and business drivers of that industry.

Fields of Expertise

Computers / IT / Software; Engineering, Other; Fire Engineering; Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing; Other; Property Management

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
Height
1 Central Park Tower

472.4 m

1,550 ft
2 Three Sixty West Tower B

361.2 m

1,185 ft
3 One57

306.1 m

1,004 ft
4 Torre Puerta Reforma

304.8 m

1,000 ft
5 Torre KOI

279.1 m

916 ft
6 Three Sixty West Tower A

255.6 m

839 ft
7 China Merchants Bank Tower

249 m

817 ft
8 Ciudad Insurgentes Tower 1

230.1 m

755 ft
9 Brooklyn Point

212.1 m

696 ft
10 200 Amsterdam Avenue

203.6 m

668 ft

Building Completions Timeline

Videos

20 October 2016

Singularly Slender: Sky Living in New York, Hong Kong, and Elsewhere

Thursday October 20, 2016. Hong Kong, China. Carol Willis of The Skyscraper Museum in New York City presents at the 2016 China Conference Plenary 7:...

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Research

17 October 2016

Toward the Future City: An Ethical Design Philosophy for Urban Habitats

Ever taller skyscrapers, increased density, and global interconnectivity are creating new pressures and complexities in both the urban environment and the public space. Contemporary attitudes...

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Global News

15 April 2020

Office High-Rise Site Cleared and Ready In New York City’s Downtown Brooklyn

The site at 141 Willoughby Street in Downtown Brooklyn is planned to welcome a 23-story office building. Demolition has concluded and the land sits awaiting...

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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 Central Park Tower

472.4 m

1,550 ft
2 Three Sixty West Tower B

361.2 m

1,185 ft
3 One57

306.1 m

1,004 ft
4 Torre Puerta Reforma

304.8 m

1,000 ft
5 Torre KOI

279.1 m

916 ft
6 Three Sixty West Tower A

255.6 m

839 ft
7 China Merchants Bank Tower

249 m

817 ft
8 Ciudad Insurgentes Tower 1

230.1 m

755 ft
9 Brooklyn Point

212.1 m

696 ft
10 200 Amsterdam Avenue

203.6 m

668 ft
11 1185 Broadway

176.8 m

580 ft
12 Eleven

166.7 m

547 ft
13 316 Fifth Avenue

164.3 m

539 ft
14 Arthaus

160.9 m

528 ft
15 Torre Greystar Perisur

160 m

525 ft
16 Saqqara Recidences 1

150 m

492 ft
16 Saqqara Recidences 2

150 m

492 ft
18 200 East 83rd Street

149.1 m

489 ft
19 Centro Operativo BBVA Bancomer

137 m

449 ft
20 Althaus Pedregal

133.8 m

439 ft
21 Polarea Fase 6

132 m

433 ft
22 Renaissance New York Midtown Hotel

131.7 m

432 ft
23 Torre Virreyes

130.6 m

428 ft
24 Columbia University Site O

130.3 m

427 ft
25 The Kent

119.6 m

392 ft
26 200 East 34th Street

119 m

390 ft
27 141 Willoughby Street

109.7 m

360 ft
28 Trump Parc Stamford

106.7 m

350 ft
29 Althaus San Angel

105 m

344 ft
30 Torre Polanco

104 m

341 ft
30 Torre Ruben Dario

104 m

341 ft
32 1841 Broadway

103.2 m

339 ft
33 365 Nicollet

101.7 m

334 ft
34 Ejercito 233

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 5,962 other buildings of the same Office 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.
35 Nic on Fifth

88.1 m

289 ft
36 241 West 28th Street

80.9 m

265 ft
37 100 11th Avenue

80.7 m

265 ft
38 330 Hudson

78.9 m

259 ft
39 70 Charlton Street North

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 7,528 other buildings of the same Residential 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.
39 70 Charlton Street South

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 7,528 other buildings of the same Residential 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.
41 The Brompton

72.5 m

238 ft
42 Lantera

64.3 m

211 ft
43 Flushing Commons Phase I

56.1 m

184 ft
44 2330 Broadway

52.7 m

173 ft
45 261 Hudson

46.3 m

152 ft
46 456 Washington

42.7 m

140 ft
47 520 West 28th Street

41.2 m

135 ft
48 Ciudad Insurgentes Tower 2

-
49 District Wharf, Parcel 8

-

Statistics

Average Building Age*

12 Years

Most Common Function*

Residential (58%)

Most Common Material*

Concrete (83%)

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database

Based on 12 buildings over 150 m height with a function
 
Based on 12 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

Mark Richter

Partner, AKF Group LLC
New York City, United States

Videos

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20 October 2016

Singularly Slender: Sky Living in New York, Hong Kong, and Elsewhere

Thursday October 20, 2016. Hong Kong, China. Carol Willis of The Skyscraper Museum in New York City presents at the 2016 China Conference Plenary 7:...

19 October 2016

From San Diego to Guangzhou: The Story of Marketing Tall Buildings

One of the keys to attracting buyers and tenants for a contemporary tall building is a succinct marketing strategy and a robust understanding of how...

26 October 2015

Developing Tall in the New York Context

Gary Barnett, Extell Development Corporation; Ric Clark, Brookfield Properties; Joseph Moinian, Moinian Group; and Larry Silverstein, Silverstein Properties, discuss development in New York City and...

Research

17 October 2016

Toward the Future City: An Ethical Design Philosophy for Urban Habitats

Jared Gilbert, COOKFOX Architects

Ever taller skyscrapers, increased density, and global interconnectivity are creating new pressures and complexities in both the urban environment and the public space. Contemporary attitudes...

17 October 2016

Singularly Slender: Sky Living in New York, Hong Kong, and Elsewhere

Carol Willis, The Skyscraper Museum

This paper highlights a new 21st-century skyscraper typology – the very tall and slender residential tower – and analyzes the economic, engineering, and urbanistic forces...

26 October 2015

The Logic of Luxury 2.0

Carol Willis, The Skyscraper Museum

This paper recaps the “what and why” of the super-slender type and gives an abbreviated illustration of the mechanics of the “logic of luxury.” The...

26 October 2015

Grade A Office Space in Mexico City: Tight Sites and Shaky Ground

Tom Wilcock, Marc Easton, William Algaard & Tabitha Tavolaro, Arup

In recent years Mexico City has seen a surge in tall building construction, concentrating around the new Central Business District on Paseo de la Reforma,...

26 October 2015

Debating Tall: Luxury Superslims: Bane or Boon?

Michael Stern, JDS Development Group; Mary Rowe, Municipal Art Society of New York

The recent prevalence of extra-thin and tall “superslim” towers in New York, which mostly contain luxury apartments, has been controversial. We felt it was time...

22 October 2015

New York: The Ultimate Skyscraper Laboratory

CTBUH Research

A timeline of skyscraper completions in New York uncannily resembles the boom and bust cycles of the United States in the 20th and early 21st...

Global News

15 April 2020

Office High-Rise Site Cleared and Ready In New York City’s Downtown Brooklyn

The site at 141 Willoughby Street in Downtown Brooklyn is planned to welcome a 23-story office building. Demolition has concluded and the land sits awaiting...

25 October 2019

Luxury Residential Tower Breaks Ground in Minneapolis

Construction has begun on Eleven, a 44-story, 118-residence luxury condominium that is planned to rise to 547 feet (167 meters), potentially becoming the tallest residential...

18 September 2019

Two Supertalls Top Out in New York City

The Grand Central Terminal-adjacent supertall One Vanderbilt officially topped out this week, reaching its full 1,401-foot (427-meter) height. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, the tower...

16 August 2019

Upper West Side Tower Tops Out in New York City Amid Legal Conflict

A controversial Upper West Side condo tower has topped out at 52 stories, despite an ongoing legal battle over whether the project violates the city’s...

18 June 2019

Design for New 47-Story Condo Tower in Philadelphia Revealed

In a ceremony at the Kimmel Center Tuesday, Carl Dranoff revealed what he called “the crowning achievement of my career.” That achievement is a 47-story,...

18 March 2019

New York City Skyscraper Hits Roadblock After Legal Challenge

One of the forthcoming towers on New York’s Upper West Side may be stopped short after a court ruled this week against an earlier decision...

21 January 2019

“Tower Fifth” Could Become New York City’s Second-Tallest

For decades, the New York City skyline was dominated by one building, the 1,250-foot-tall (381-meter) Empire State Building. But 17 “supertall” skyscrapers — defined as...

CTBUH Initiatives Involving AKF Group LLC

Top Company Rankings: The World’s 100 Tallest Buildings

13 October 2016

The Council is pleased to announce the Top Company Rankings for numerous disciplines as derived from the list of projects appearing in 100 of the World’s Tallest Buildings.