CTBUH Platinum Member

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

About

Member Since: 2007

Member Offices: New York City

Website: http://www.kpf.com/

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) is one of the world’s preeminent architecture firms, providing architecture, interior, programming and master planning services for clients in both the public and private sectors.

KPF’s philosophy is firmly rooted in the belief that success is the result of collaboration and dialogue. The KPF creative process stresses an open exchange of ideas both within the firm and more importantly, between the client and the firm, throughout the development of a project.

Through this comparative process, they are able to ensure that the client’s needs and desires are addressed at each turning point in the life of a project. Ideas are not submitted solely for approval or rejection, but rather for discussion with the hopes of spurring additional questions and solutions that will each help craft a more complete structure.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture; Historical Preservation; Interior Design; Transportation / Urban Infrastructure; Urban Design

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 Tower M
700 m / 2,297  ft
2 Ping An Finance Center
599.1 m / 1,965  ft
3 Lotte World Tower
554.5 m / 1,819  ft
4 Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre
530 m / 1,739  ft
5 CITIC Tower
527.7 m / 1,731  ft
6 Shanghai World Financial Center
492 m / 1,614  ft
7 Tianfu Center
490 m / 1,608  ft
8 Corporate Avenue 1
458 m / 1,503  ft
9 Suzhou IFS
450 m / 1,476  ft
10 One Vanderbilt
427 m / 1,401  ft

Awards

18 Robinson

Award of Excellence: 18 Robinson

Best Tall Building 100-199 meters 2021

Ctbuh Leaders

Josh Chaiken

Josh Chaiken

CTBUH Urban Habitat / Urban Design Committee, 2014 – Present

New York City

Yong Ding

Yong Ding

CTBUH Future Leaders Committee, Shanghai, 2018 – Present

Shanghai

Lei Li

Lei Li

CTBUH Height and Data Committee, 2018 – Present

New York City

Building Completions Timeline

Videos

10 April 2019

Ceremonial Influences Form a Modern Flagship Building for Beijing’s CBD

China Zun is the flagship building of Beijing’s comprehensively planned 30-hectare central business district core. Its gently rising and curving form embodies the historic capital’s...

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Research

20 March 2020

The Tallest 20 in 2020: Then and Now

This research paper undertakes a review of the 2012 report by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, “Tallest 20 in 2020: Entering the...

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Global News

26 March 2020

Under-Construction Chicago Skyscrapers Acquire New Tenants

Real estate investment firm Heitman has inked a lease for 60,000 square feet (5,600 square meters) at Riverside Investment & Development and Howard Hughes’ under-construction...

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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 Sky Mile Tower

1,700 m

5,577 ft
2 Tower M

700 m

2,297 ft
3 Tianfu Center

677 m

2,221 ft
4 Ping An Finance Center

660 m

2,165 ft
5 Ping An Finance Center

599.1 m

1,965 ft
6 Lotte World Tower

554.5 m

1,819 ft
7 New York Stock Exchange Tower

546 m

1,791 ft
8 Hyundai Global Business Center

539.8 m

1,771 ft
9 Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre

530 m

1,739 ft
10 CITIC Tower

527.7 m

1,731 ft
11 Shanghai World Financial Center

492 m

1,614 ft
12 Tianfu Center

490 m

1,608 ft
13 International Commerce Centre

480 m

1,575 ft
14 Marina City 21

462 m

1,516 ft
15 American Commerce Center

460 m

1,509 ft
16 Corporate Avenue 1

458 m

1,503 ft
17 Suzhou IFS

450 m

1,476 ft
18 One Vanderbilt

427 m

1,401 ft
19 Imar Plaza

420 m

1,378 ft
20 Four First Union Tower

411 m

1,348 ft
21 Kamal Tower

408 m

1,339 ft
22 China Resources Tower

392.5 m

1,288 ft
23 Parkhaventoren

392 m

1,286 ft
24 30 Hudson Yards

387.1 m

1,270 ft
25 Block H

385.9 m

1,266 ft
26 Forum 66 Tower 2

384 m

1,260 ft
27 Shenzhen Center

375.6 m

1,232 ft
28 Block 265 Tower

375 m

1,230 ft
29 Ameritrust Center

365 m

1,198 ft
30 Three Sixty West Tower B

361.2 m

1,185 ft
31 Ping An Finance Center Tower 1

360 m

1,181 ft
32 Forum 66 Tower 1

350.6 m

1,150 ft
33 Spring City 66

349 m

1,145 ft
34 YSL Residences

343.9 m

1,128 ft
35 One Shenzhen Bay Tower 7

341.4 m

1,120 ft
36 Thamrin Nine Tower 1

333.5 m

1,094 ft
37 South Ferry Plaza

330 m

1,083 ft
38 383 Madison Avenue

329 m

1,079 ft
39 Azrieli Spiral Tower

323 m

1,060 ft
40 1 New York Place

320 m

1,050 ft
41 One Bayfront Plaza

319.8 m

1,049 ft
42 60 Wall Street

315 m

1,033 ft
43 50 Hudson Yards

308.2 m

1,011 ft
44 World Product Centre

308.1 m

1,011 ft
45 35 Hudson Yards

307.8 m

1,010 ft
46 Northeast Asia Trade Tower

305 m

1,001 ft
47 Zhenru Center

304.7 m

1,000 ft
48 OCT Tower

300 m

984 ft
49 YSL Residences

299 m

981 ft
50 311 South Wacker Drive

292.9 m

961 ft
51 Plaza 66

288.2 m

945 ft
52 The Pinnacle

287.9 m

945 ft
53 Ping An Finance Center South

286 m

938 ft
54 Qiantan Center

280 m

919 ft
55 15 Hudson Yards

278.6 m

914 ft
56 Thamrin Nine Tower 2

275 m

902 ft
57 Victoria Dockside

272.5 m

894 ft
58 Shanghai Wheelock Square

270.5 m

887 ft
59 Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage Tower

270 m

886 ft
60 10 Hudson Yards

267.7 m

878 ft
61 Jakarta Office Tower

266 m

873 ft
62 900 North Michigan Avenue

265 m

869 ft
63 Jing An Kerry Centre Tower 2

260 m

853 ft
64 Banco Santander Tower

257 m

843 ft
65 CITIC Ruibo Tower 1

256 m

840 ft
66 Corporate Avenue 2

255.8 m

839 ft
67 Three Sixty West Tower A

255.6 m

839 ft
68 Rockefeller Center West

251 m

823 ft
69 Park Fifth Tower 1

250 m

820 ft
70 Taipingqiao Tower A

250 m

820 ft
71 Chengdu International Finance Square Tower 1

247 m

810 ft
71 Chengdu International Finance Square Tower 2

247 m

810 ft
73 JR Central Office Tower

245 m

804 ft
74 Marina Bay Financial Centre Office Tower II

245 m

804 ft
74 One Raffles Quay North Tower

245 m

804 ft
76 Chifley Tower

244 m

801 ft
77 BNY Mellon Bank Center

241.4 m

792 ft
78 111 Murray Street

240.2 m

788 ft
79 Kipco Tower

240 m

787 ft
80 Marina Bay Financial Centre Office Tower III

239 m

784 ft
81 Roppongi Hills Mori Tower

238.1 m

781 ft
82 CITIC Ruibo Tower 2

238 m

781 ft
83 55 Hudson Yards

237.4 m

779 ft
84 Madison Square Park Tower

237 m

778 ft
85 The First World Tower 1

236.6 m

776 ft
85 The First World Tower 2

236.6 m

776 ft
85 The First World Tower 3

236.6 m

776 ft
85 The First World Tower 4

236.6 m

776 ft
89 1201 Third Avenue Tower

235.3 m

772 ft
90 Tour First

231 m

758 ft
91 Ninth Avenue Tower

231 m

758 ft
92 Grant Thornton Tower

230.5 m

756 ft
93 181 North Clark

230 m

755 ft
93 Auckland Tower

230 m

755 ft
95 Salesforce Tower

230 m

755 ft
96 International Fortune Plaza Tower A

230 m

755 ft
97 Wanxiang City Tower 1

229.9 m

754 ft
98 Plaza 66 Tower 2

228.2 m

749 ft
99 Quay House

227.9 m

748 ft
100 Marina Bay Residences

227.1 m

745 ft
101 Al Asmakh Tower

227 m

745 ft
102 Marina Bay Suites

226.9 m

744 ft
103 Le 1250 Boulevard Rene-Levesque

226.5 m

743 ft
104 JR Central Hotel Tower

226 m

741 ft
105 1717 Ross Avenue Tower 1

225 m

738 ft
105 1717 Ross Avenue Tower 2

225 m

738 ft
107 Seocho Fashion Center

225 m

738 ft
108 Evergrande Liberation Monument Centre Tower 1

223.1 m

732 ft
109 Istanbul International Finance Center Ziraat Tower I

219.2 m

719 ft
110 GT International Tower

217.2 m

713 ft
111 The Energy

217 m

712 ft
112 Capital Place 1, Fort Bonifacio

214 m

702 ft
112 Capital Place 2, Fort Bonifacio

214 m

702 ft
114 Evergrande Liberation Monument Centre Tower 2

213.4 m

700 ft
115 Brooklyn Point

212.1 m

696 ft
116 JR Gate Tower

211.1 m

693 ft
117 New London Bridge House Redevelopment

211 m

692 ft
118 Ritz-Carlton Hotel & Residences

209.5 m

687 ft
119 Westendstrasse 1

208 m

682 ft
120 4 Portal Way, South Tower

207.9 m

682 ft
121 Sequis Tower

206.3 m

677 ft
122 Hysan Place

204.1 m

670 ft
123 Samsung Electronics Corporation HQ

203 m

666 ft
124 Singha Complex Tower 1

201.3 m

660 ft
125 The Otemachi Tower

199.7 m

655 ft
126 Wells Fargo Tower

199.5 m

655 ft
127 City Tower

199.4 m

654 ft
128 Oriental Financial Center

199 m

653 ft
129 712 5th Avenue

198.1 m

650 ft
130 Jing An Kerry Centre Tower 3

197.8 m

649 ft
131 Shenzhen Lenovo T1

196 m

643 ft
132 Istanbul International Finance Center Ziraat Tower II

193.5 m

635 ft
133 Royal Atlantis

193 m

633 ft
134 Shr-Hwa International Tower

192.3 m

631 ft
135 The Scalpel

190.1 m

624 ft
136 EY Tower

188.2 m

617 ft
137 SGX Centre 1

187.3 m

615 ft
137 SGX Centre 2

187.3 m

615 ft
139 Marina Bay Financial Centre Office Tower I

186.1 m

611 ft
140 20 Charter Street

185.1 m

607 ft
141 ADIA Tower

185 m

607 ft
142 RBC Centre

184.9 m

607 ft
143 1 Financial Town T2

183.9 m

603 ft
144 The Pinnacle at Central Wharf

182.9 m

600 ft
145 2 Financial Town T2

181.3 m

595 ft
146 LKG Tower

180 m

591 ft
147 Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho - Kioi Tower

180 m

591 ft
148 Mirae Asset Tower

180 m

591 ft
149 18 Robinson

180 m

591 ft
150 Offices at Kerry Parkside

179 m

587 ft
151 YTL HQ Tower

179 m

587 ft
152 5 Times Square

175.3 m

575 ft
153 Lehman Building

175.3 m

575 ft
154 Chongqing International Trade and Commerce Center 3

174.8 m

573 ft
155 One Central Residences 1-3

171.3 m

562 ft
156 Menara Mulpha

171 m

561 ft
157 SOHO Gubei

170 m

558 ft
158 DAMAC Tower

169.8 m

557 ft
159 International Fortune Plaza Tower B

169 m

554 ft
160 AZIA Center

168.8 m

554 ft
161 One Central Residences 4-6

167 m

548 ft
162 China Central Place Tower 1

167 m

548 ft
163 Millennium Tower

166.1 m

545 ft
164 Lincoln Square

166 m

545 ft
165 China Fortune Tower

166 m

545 ft
166 One Central

165.3 m

542 ft
167 Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas

164.3 m

539 ft
168 316 Fifth Avenue

164.3 m

539 ft
169 Queensport Tower 1

162 m

531 ft
169 Queensport Tower 2

162 m

531 ft
169 Queensport Tower 3

162 m

531 ft
172 Arthaus

160.9 m

528 ft
173 River Tower

160.1 m

525 ft
174 Daelim International Hdqrs.

160 m

525 ft
175 Ten Bank Street

160 m

525 ft
176 Swiss Tower

160 m

525 ft
177 Wave Tower

160 m

525 ft
178 Dongbu Finance Building

158.3 m

519 ft
179 191 North Wacker Drive

157.4 m

516 ft
180 Two Tabor Center

157.3 m

516 ft
181 13-14 Appold Street

156 m

512 ft
182 Harbin Bank Headquarters Building

156 m

512 ft
183 Rosewood Bangkok Hotel

154.4 m

507 ft
184 1325 Ave. of Americas

153 m

502 ft
185 Samsung C&T Corporation HQ

153 m

502 ft
185 Samsung Life Insurance Corporation HQ

153 m

502 ft
187 Ventura Corporate Towers

151.4 m

497 ft
188 388 Greenwich Street

151.2 m

496 ft
189 MGM Grand Paradise

151 m

495 ft
190 China Central Place Tower 2

151 m

495 ft
191 10 Upper Bank Street

150.9 m

495 ft
192 South Bank Tower

150.4 m

494 ft
193 2 Financial Town T3

150.2 m

493 ft
194 Zhongguancun Financial Center

150 m

492 ft
195 Fifth Third Center

149.4 m

490 ft
196 Marina Tower

149 m

489 ft
197 333 Wacker Drive

148.6 m

487 ft
198 Mohegan Sun Sky Tower

148.4 m

487 ft
199 555 Mission Street

148.4 m

487 ft
200 Espirito Santo Plaza

148.4 m

487 ft
201 One Central Residences 7

148.3 m

487 ft
202 BurJuman Centre

148 m

486 ft
203 One Palace

146 m

479 ft
204 1 Bank Street

145.4 m

477 ft
205 Hangzhou Xizi International Center Building 1

145 m

476 ft
206 Park Avenue Place

143.9 m

472 ft
207 Warsaw Financial Center

143.9 m

472 ft
208 MNP Tower

143.1 m

469 ft
209 Solaria

143 m

469 ft
210 Tour Dexia

143 m

469 ft
211 Hoftoren

141.9 m

465 ft
212 121 West Trade

140.8 m

462 ft
213 480 Washington Boulevard

140.5 m

461 ft
214 Diamantone

140 m

459 ft
215 One Raffles Quay South Tower

139.9 m

459 ft
216 Pacific Gate by Bosa

139.6 m

458 ft
217 1 Financial Town T1

139.5 m

458 ft
218 Accenture Tower

138.5 m

454 ft
219 Kerry Centre

138 m

453 ft
220 Chater House

137 m

449 ft
221 1670 Broadway

136.6 m

448 ft
222 China Central Place Tower 3

135 m

443 ft
223 5 Corporate Avenue

134.6 m

441 ft
224 Capital House

133.4 m

438 ft
225 Tour Deloitte

133 m

436 ft
226 Shenzhen Lenovo T2

133 m

436 ft
227 Two Logan Square

132.6 m

435 ft
228 225 West Wacker

132 m

433 ft
229 Concord Cityplace Parade Tower S

131.8 m

432 ft
230 EQT Plaza

131.1 m

430 ft
231 135 East 57th Street

131.1 m

430 ft
232 First Hawaiian Center

130.8 m

429 ft
233 Pollux

130 m

427 ft
234 75 Rockefeller Plaza

129.2 m

424 ft
235 Hudson Commons

128.5 m

422 ft
236 Kerry Hotel

128 m

420 ft
237 4 Portal Way, North Tower

127.9 m

419 ft
238 Wisma Sanyan

126 m

413 ft
239 280 Park Avenue

125.6 m

412 ft
240 2 Financial Town T1

125.5 m

412 ft
241 One Shenzhen Bay Tower 2

125.4 m

411 ft
242 505 5th Avenue

125.3 m

411 ft
243 Hangzhou Xizi International Center Building 2

125 m

410 ft
244 Foley Square Federal Courthouse

125 m

410 ft
245 One Tabor Center

124.4 m

408 ft
246 One Crown Place South

123.4 m

405 ft
247 390 Madison Avenue

122.9 m

403 ft
248 One Logan Square

121.9 m

400 ft
249 Two Waterline Square

121 m

397 ft
250 Coredo Nihombashi

120.7 m

396 ft
251 Residences at Kerry Parkside

120 m

394 ft
252 Four Seasons Hotel

120 m

394 ft
253 Sam Nunn Federal Center

118.3 m

388 ft
254 25 Churchill Place

118 m

387 ft
255 Infinity Tower

118 m

387 ft
256 101 Federal Street

116.3 m

382 ft
257 Concord Cityplace Parade Tower V

116.2 m

381 ft
258 One Crown Place

114.3 m

375 ft
259 Prudential Headquarters Tower B

112.8 m

370 ft
260 Paris Garden

111.4 m

365 ft
261 Tour Logica

110 m

361 ft
262 Graha Niaga I

109.8 m

360 ft
263 KPMG Center

107 m

351 ft
264 De Centrale I

107 m

351 ft
265 One Crown Place North

105.9 m

348 ft
266 One Shenzhen Bay Tower 1

104.1 m

341 ft
267 K11 Artus

103.9 m

341 ft
268 601 West Pender Street

102.9 m

338 ft
269 Bermondsey Project Building BF-S

102.7 m

337 ft
270 1000 Wilshire

102 m

335 ft
271 Ecolab Building

100.6 m

330 ft
272 Hangzhou Xizi International Center Building 3

100 m

328 ft
273 Vista Guanabara

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 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.
274 1698 West Georgia Street

99.3 m

326 ft
275 Taipingqiao Tower B

99 m

325 ft
275 Taipingqiao Tower C

99 m

325 ft
277 Trafalgar House

96 m

315 ft
278 Heron Tower

95.7 m

314 ft
279 Kastor

95 m

312 ft
280 125 Summer Street

94.5 m

310 ft
281 Prudential Headquarters Tower A

94.5 m

310 ft
282 640 5th Avenue

93.3 m

306 ft
283 The Hub Office Tower

91.5 m

300 ft
283 The Hub Residential Tower

91.5 m

300 ft
285 Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho - Kioi Residence

90 m

295 ft
286 US Federal Courthouse

89.6 m

294 ft
287 Le Mirage

85.5 m

281 ft
288 Vivaldi I

85 m

279 ft
289 Vivaldi V

85 m

279 ft
290 615 Dean Street

84.8 m

278 ft
291 One Shenzhen Bay Tower 4

84.5 m

277 ft
292 Concorde

84 m

276 ft
293 600 California Street

82.6 m

271 ft
294 Two Southbank Place

80.7 m

265 ft
295 Pharos

80 m

262 ft
296 Federal Reserve Bank

77.1 m

253 ft
297 Baruch College - Newman Vertical Campus

75.9 m

249 ft
298 One Shenzhen Bay Tower 3

75.6 m

248 ft
299 Zuidtoren

75 m

246 ft
300 1775 Tysons Boulevard

m

ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 17 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.
300 CNOOC Building

m

ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 17 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.
300 Entree II

74 m

243 ft
303 Solea

71.5 m

235 ft
304 Two Court Square

71.3 m

234 ft
305 Concord Cityplace Parade Tower T

70.1 m

230 ft
306 Bermondsey Project Building BF-T

69.1 m

227 ft
307 KPMG Canary Wharf

69.1 m

227 ft
308 Hercules Plaza

65.2 m

214 ft
309 Home Box Office Headquarters

65.2 m

214 ft
310 Kempen & Co

65 m

213 ft
311 Concord Cityplace Parade Tower U

61.1 m

200 ft
312 WTC B/C Toren

61 m

200 ft
313 Bermondsey Project Building BF-D

56.8 m

186 ft
314 Bermondsey Project Building BF-W

51.4 m

169 ft
315 Bermondsey Project Building BF-E

50.6 m

166 ft
316 Bermondsey Project Building BF-Q&O

48.6 m

159 ft
317 2 Financial Town T4

32 m

105 ft
318 301 South Wacker Drive

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318 321 South Wacker Drive

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320 Huamu Lot 10 East Tower

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320 Huamu Lot 10 Middle Tower

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320 Huamu Lot 10 West Tower

-
323 West Lake 66 Tower 1

-
324 815 Water Street East

-
325 Park Fifth Tower 2

-
326 Faria Lima 949

-
327 815 Water Street West

-
328 Vinegar Yard Tower

-
328 Vivaldi IV

-
330 Bevis Marks House

-
331 West Lake 66 Tower 2

-
331 West Lake 66 Tower 4

-
333 West Lake 66 Tower 3

-
334 Oriental DreamWorks

-
335 West Lake 66 Tower 5

-
336 10 South Van Ness Avenue

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Statistics

Average Building Age*

15 Years

Most Common Function*

Office (55%)

Most Common Material*

Concrete (46%)

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database

Based on 136 buildings over 150 m height with a function
 
Based on 103 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

James von Klemperer

President, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
New York City, United States

John Gibson

Communications Manager, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
https://skyscraper-staging.ctbuh.org, https://skyscraper-staging.ctbuh.org

Ctbuh Leaders At Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

CTBUH Urban Habitat / Urban Design Committee, 2014 – Present

Josh Chaiken

Principal, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
New York City, United States

CTBUH Future Leaders Committee, Shanghai, 2018 – Present

Yong Ding

Shanghai Office Director, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Shanghai, China

CTBUH Height and Data Committee, 2018 – Present

Lei Li

Director, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
New York City, United States

CTBUH Chapter Board Member, 2019 – Present

Florence Chan

Director, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Hong Kong, China

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10 April 2019

Ceremonial Influences Form a Modern Flagship Building for Beijing’s CBD

China Zun is the flagship building of Beijing’s comprehensively planned 30-hectare central business district core. Its gently rising and curving form embodies the historic capital’s...

09 April 2019

Integrating Outdoor Living into a Tall Building Complex

One Shenzhen Bay comprises eight towers and three levels of retail. Rather than stacking the towers upon a podium, the design pushes all the retail...

21 October 2018

A Permeable and Polycentric Urbanism: The Atlantis and Other Projects

The tall building community is evolving past pure aesthetic impact and satisfying real-estate pro-formas, into an integrative practice that weaves skyscrapers into our increasingly diverse...

16 August 2018

Five Minutes With: William Pedersen

William Pedersen, Principal, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, sat down with CTBUH to discuss his vision for the iconic Shanghai World Financial Center, which was recognized...

31 May 2018

Vertical Village as National Symbol

Joining the ranks of the world’s top ten tallest buildings, the 123-story Lotte World Tower rises to 555 meters and offers one of the world’s...

31 May 2018

The Axis Mundi of the Pearl River Delta Megacity

The Shenzhen Ping An Finance Center (PAFC) is a transit-integrated, 600-meter-tall building that occupies a major node in the increasingly connected megacity of Hong Kong-Shenzhen-Guangzhou....

31 May 2018

A Milestone in Supertall Construction

Ping An Finance Center (PAFC) is an extraordinary project, which responds to the challenges of constructing in dense urban environments. PAFC advanced nearly every dimension...

30 May 2018

A Bold Icon Communicates a Global City’s Identity to the World

The Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC) is a symbol of commerce and culture that speaks to the city’s emergence as a global capital. Located in...

31 October 2017

CTBUH 2017 Australia Conference - Session 7A: Tall Buildings and Contextual Issues Q&A

Hana Kassem, Director, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, chairs the question and answer session with Amin Hamzavian, Director, AvLaw Pty; Giorgio Marfella, Lecturer, University of Melbourne;...

20 October 2016

Skyscrapers in Hong Kong

Thursday October 20, 2016. Hong Kong, China. Eric Ma of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region presents at the 2016 China Conference Plenary 6: Hong Kong...

Research

20 March 2020

The Tallest 20 in 2020: Then and Now

CTBUH Research

This research paper undertakes a review of the 2012 report by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, “Tallest 20 in 2020: Entering the...

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,...

20 March 2020

The Tallest 20 in 2020: Predictions vs. Reality

CTBUH Research

In the first edition of the 2012 Journal, CTBUH published a Tall Buildings in Numbers study titled Tallest 20 in 2020: Era of the Megatall—The...

30 January 2020

The Global Tall Building Picture: Impact of 2019

CTBUH Research

In 2019, 126 buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater were completed. This was a 13.7 percent decrease from 146 in 2018. The total number...

28 December 2019

Tall Buildings of the Future as Seen From the Present

SawTeen See, Robert Bird Group Pty Ltd

Aerodynamic damping through the use of vertical long slots reduces the dynamic component of the wind loads on the building. Seminal examples include the three-legged...

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...

28 October 2019

History of Unbonded Post-Tensioned Concrete in Skyscrapers

Neel Khosa, AMSYSCO

Unbonded post-tensioned (PT) concrete has become a widely-accepted construction technique in the United States. The introduction of PT in tall buildings has been relatively recent,...

28 October 2019

The Future of Sustainable Cities and How Tall Building Urbanism has Evolved

James Parakh, City of Toronto Planning Division

In the past 50 years, tall buildings and their relationship to streets and open spaces has evolved through various scales and typologies. As place-makers, how...

11 October 2019

Tall Buildings in Numbers: 50 Years of Tall Building Evolution

CTBUH Research

The default image of the skyscraper for the past 50 years in the public imagination has likely been the extruded, rectilinear corporate “box,” derived from...

29 July 2019

Highest Special-Purpose Spaces

Since humans first began constructing tall buildings, history has been cluttered with claims of all manner of “highest” records. In this study, we examine those...

Global News

09 March 2020

New York City’s Highest Outdoor Skydeck Set to Open

The opening of Edge, the highest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere, offering 360-degree views of New York City’s iconic skyline will be celebrated...

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...

23 August 2019

Tower M, a 145-Story Skyscraper, is Planned for Kuala Lumpur

The Petronas Twin Towers, may lose its title as Malaysia’s tallest building(s), when The Exchange 106 and Menara PNB 118 are completed in Kuala Lumpur....

06 May 2019

Latest Plan for a New York City Supertall Revealed

Amidst the ongoing evolution of the Manhattan skyline, one of the most notable recent changes has been the completion of the Midtown East rezoning, which...

16 April 2019

Up to 80 New Skyscrapers Planned in Toronto as Demand Climbs

Toronto’s crowded skyline could see scores of new skyscrapers sprouting up in the next few years, more than doubling the number of tall buildings in...

27 March 2019

Structural Work Begins on Busan High-Rise

POSCO Engineering & Construction has completed the structural work for Haeundae LCT The Sharp, a high-rise apartment complex in Busan, three-and-one-half years after the buildings’...

15 March 2019

New York City’s Hudson Yards’ Shops, Restaurants, Officially Open to The Public

At noon on March 15, 2019, New York’s newest neighborhood ceremonially opened for business. Hudson Yards‘ first public-facing attractions, the Shops & Restaurants and Thomas...

15 March 2019

New York City’s Hudson Yards’ Shops, Restaurants, Officially Open to The Public

At noon on March 15, 2019, New York’s newest neighborhood ceremonially opened for business. Hudson Yards‘ first public-facing attractions, the Shops & Restaurants and Thomas...

28 February 2019

Regulatory Hurdles Cleared for Seoul’s Next Tallest Building

The administrative procedures have been completed to erect what could be the new tallest building in Korea, after Hyundai Motor Group applied for the construction...

05 February 2019

One Vanderbilt Reaches Supertall Territory Above Midtown East, New York City

One Vanderbilt is officially the latest skyscraper in New York City to achieve a height equivalent to “supertall” (300 meters and higher) status. Located at...

CTBUH Initiatives Involving Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

CTBUH Holds Half-Day Skybridges Symposium

18 July 2019

More than 100 attendees gathered at Linked Hybrid for a symposium held in conjunction with the forthcoming skybridge research project, “Bringing the Horizontal Into the Vertical Realm.”

CTBUH Serbia Conference: Going Tall in Southeast Europe

19 June 2019

Join CTBUH Serbia for a regional conference, which promises to assemble leading architects, designers, construction experts, and developers for an engaging series of presentations.

CTBUH Hong Kong Chapter Inauguration

11 April 2019

In celebration of the establishment of the CTBUH Hong Kong Chapter, the Council is excited to announce the Chapter's inaugural event.

Skybridges Research: CTBUH / IIT Studio Visit

11 April 2019

As part of the Skybridges research project, CTBUH and IIT College of Architecture traveled to NYC for presentations, workshops, and meetings regarding Skybridge designs.

One Shenzhen Bay Tower 7 Sky Concert Hall Signboard

29 January 2019

One Shenzhen Bay Tower 7 in Shenzhen, China installed a CTBUH Signboard recognizing its incorporation of the “World’s Highest Concert Hall.”

CTBUH China Participates in Vertical Marathon

25 November 2018

CTBUH China participated in the Shanghai Tower International Vertical Marathon, climbing to the 119th floor of the building.