CTBUH Gold Member

Perkins & Will

About

Member Since: 2008

Member Offices: Chicago

Website: http://www.perkinswill.com/

Since 1935, Perkins and Will has created innovative and award-winning designs for the world’s most forward-thinking clients. They are architects, interior designers, urban designers, landscape architects, consultants, and branded environment experts who approach design from all scales and perspectives.

They combine a deeply humanistic approach with results-driven pragmatism to create dynamic spaces for people. Research-focused and inventive, every day they reimagine how space can be used to foster stronger ties between communities, the built environment, and nature.

Their transformative designs help students learn better, patients heal faster, business teams perform stronger, and city dwellers have more meaningful daily experiences.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture; Historical Preservation; Interior Design; Landscape Architecture; 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
Height
3 900 North Michigan Avenue

265 m

869 ft
4 Chase Tower

264.6 m

868 ft
7 Sail Tower

240 m

787 ft
8 Burj Daman

235 m

771 ft
10 No2 Opus Place

222.5 m

730 ft
13 Jade Signature

193.9 m

636 ft
14 One Oxford Centre

187.5 m

615 ft
15 Southbank Building A

182.3 m

598 ft
17 The Clare

179.5 m

589 ft
18 Residence Antilia

173 m

568 ft

Building Completions Timeline

Videos

21 October 2018

A Monument to the World: Dubai Creek Tower

The Dubai Creek Tower’s monumental design is influenced by the natural forms of the lily and evokes the shape of a minaret, a distinctive architectural...

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Research

11 October 2019

Tall Buildings in Numbers: 50 Years of Tall Building Evolution

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...

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Global News

06 March 2020

New Downtown Dallas High-Rise Will Offer Affordable Housing

Developers are breaking ground in downtown Dallas on a high-rise residential building. The apartment project at 2400 Bryan St. will include a combination of affordable...

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Associated companies

Busby Perkins+Will

Rocco, Vidal + Arquitetos

Perkins+Will Engineering Division

Pierre-Yves Rochon, Inc.

Pringle Brandon Perkins+Will

Perkins+Will (2019)

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 Chicago Spire

609.6 m

2,000 ft
2 98 Fourteenth Street

280.4 m

920 ft
3 900 North Michigan Avenue

265 m

869 ft
4 Chase Tower

264.6 m

868 ft
5 Campanile

264 m

866 ft
6 100 North Wacker Drive

260 m

853 ft
7 Sail Tower

240 m

787 ft
8 Burj Daman

235 m

771 ft
9 River Beech Tower

228 m

748 ft
10 No2 Opus Place

222.5 m

730 ft
11 Nara Towers & Marina

216 m

709 ft
12 8 East 37th Street

213 m

699 ft
13 Jade Signature

193.9 m

636 ft
14 One Oxford Centre

187.5 m

615 ft
15 Southbank Building A

182.3 m

598 ft
16 Platinum on the Bay

179.8 m

590 ft
17 The Clare

179.5 m

589 ft
18 Residence Antilia

173 m

568 ft
19 Boeing International Headquarters

170.7 m

560 ft
20 500 Alton Tower

167.6 m

550 ft
21 European Commission Headquarters Tower 2

164 m

538 ft
22 Oriental Fisherman's Wharf Tower

160.5 m

527 ft
23 5th & Virginia

160 m

525 ft
24 235 West Van Buren

149.4 m

490 ft
25 333 Wacker Drive

148.6 m

487 ft
26 1 Bank of America Center

147.5 m

484 ft
27 Millennium Broadway

146.6 m

481 ft
28 Soleil Center

146.3 m

480 ft
29 Talan Tower 1

145.6 m

478 ft
30 MetroPlace

141.1 m

463 ft
31 River One

139.5 m

458 ft
32 444 North Michigan

135.6 m

445 ft
33 Bridgestone Americas Tower

135.2 m

444 ft
34 3rd and Lenora

134.1 m

440 ft
35 123 North Wacker

132.6 m

435 ft
36 225 West Wacker

132 m

433 ft
37 Skybridge

128.2 m

421 ft
38 Southbank Building B

127.3 m

418 ft
39 Southbank Building E

126.8 m

416 ft
40 Northern Trust Building

126.5 m

415 ft
41 The Stage

126 m

413 ft
42 Two First National Plaza

124.1 m

407 ft
43 Al-Birr Foundation Headquarters

124 m

407 ft
44 Four Seasons Hotel

120 m

394 ft
45 Signature Place

116.1 m

381 ft
46 Azure

114.3 m

375 ft
47 European Commission Headquarters Tower 1

114.1 m

374 ft
48 The Admiral at the Lake

112.2 m

368 ft
49 230 West Monroe Street

107.6 m

353 ft
50 Florsheim Tower

107.3 m

352 ft
51 Marine Gateway North Residential

107 m

351 ft
52 1700 Huangxing Road

105.6 m

346 ft
53 1101 8th Avenue Tower 1

105.2 m

345 ft
53 1101 8th Avenue Tower 2

105.2 m

345 ft
55 Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex

104.8 m

344 ft
56 M.I.T. Kendall Square Dorm

104.3 m

342 ft
57 Hilton Alexandria Mark Center

103 m

338 ft
58 707 Terry Avenue North Tower

100.6 m

330 ft
58 707 Terry Avenue South Tower

100.6 m

330 ft
60 101 North Wacker

99.1 m

325 ft
61 The Cooper

97.8 m

321 ft
62 2 North LaSalle Street

96.3 m

316 ft
63 One American Place

94.5 m

310 ft
64 Casaviva BKO

m

ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 27 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.
65 lilli Midtown

90.5 m

297 ft
66 Southbank Building C

90.4 m

296 ft
67 Riley Towers I

89.9 m

295 ft
67 Riley Towers II

89.9 m

295 ft
69 Noble Square Co-op

89.9 m

295 ft
70 Marine Gateway South Residential

m

ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 26 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.
71 MIT Kendall Square Building 5

85.4 m

280 ft
72 22 West Washington

84.1 m

276 ft
73 Marine Gateway Office

78 m

256 ft
74 MaxHaus Berrini Torre 1

77 m

253 ft
74 MaxHaus Berrini Torre 2

77 m

253 ft
76 Rush University Medical Center Hospital Tower

77 m

252 ft
77 Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute

76.8 m

252 ft
78 Scotia Bank Tower

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 289 other buildings of the same Office / Retail 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.
79 MaxHaus Anália Franco Torre 1

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.
79 MaxHaus Anália Franco Torre 2

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.
81 Cambridge Crossing, Parcel G

74.1 m

243 ft
82 MaxHaus Porto Alegre Torre A

m

ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 20 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.
83 U.S. Gypsum Building

67.1 m

220 ft
84 MaxHaus Alto da Boa Vista

62.4 m

205 ft
85 MaxHaus Porto Alegre Torre B

m

ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 18 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.
85 MaxHaus Porto Alegre Torre C

m

ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 18 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.
87 PPA 30 Parcel 2.11

55 m

180 ft
88 European Commission Headquarters Tower 3

52.1 m

171 ft
88 European Commission Headquarters Tower 4

52.1 m

171 ft
90 Dubai Tower

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91 BLVD Heights Tower 1

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92 TCF Bank Building

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93 BLVD Heights Tower 2

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94 Sheet Music Tower

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95 You, Perdizes

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96 225/Carlton

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97 PPA 30 Parcel 4.01

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97 The Sutton Place Hotel

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99 Current

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100 The Sutton Place Residences

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101 The Galbraith

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101 University of Miami Clinical Research Building

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103 Hypar Tower 1

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103 Hypar Tower 2

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103 Riverline Building F

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103 Riverline Roosevelt Road Tower

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103 Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center Phase 2

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Statistics

Average Building Age*

24 Years

Most Common Function*

Mixed-use (30%)

Most Common Material*

Concrete (56%)

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database

Based on 10 buildings over 150 m height with a function
 
Based on 9 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

David LeFevre

Senior Project Designer, Perkins & Will
Atlanta, United States

Michael Palmer

Managing Principal, Perkins & Will
Chicago, United States

Brad Wilkins

Design Principal, Perkins & Will
Austin, United States

Ctbuh Leaders At Perkins & Will

CTBUH Regional Representative, 2014 – Present

David LeFevre

Senior Project Designer, Perkins & Will
Atlanta, United States

CTBUH Advisory Group, 2018 – Present

Michael Palmer

Managing Principal, Perkins & Will
Chicago, United States

Videos

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21 October 2018

A Monument to the World: Dubai Creek Tower

The Dubai Creek Tower’s monumental design is influenced by the natural forms of the lily and evokes the shape of a minaret, a distinctive architectural...

30 October 2017

Interview: Robert Foster

Robert Foster of The University of Queensland is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2017 CTBUH Australia Conference.

15 January 2016

Monthly Video: Turning Torso

Thursday 12th November 2015. Chicago, IL. Santiago Calatrava discusses the 2015 CTBUH 10 Year Award Winner, Turning Torso during the 2015 CTBUH Awards Symposium at...

12 November 2015

Interview: Santiago Calatrava

Santiago Calatrava, Founder, Santiago Calatrava Architects & Engineers, is interviewed by Chris Bentley regarding the 2015 CTBUH Tall Building 10 Year Award Winner, Turning Torso,...

26 October 2015

Interview: Adrian Smith

Adrian Smith of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2015 CTBUH New York Conference at the Grand Hyatt...

07 November 2013

Interview: Fazlur Khan Winner: Clyde Baker

Clyde N. Baker, Jr., Fazlur R. Khan Lifetime Achievement Medal Winner, discusses his lifetime work as a geotechnical engineer including working on 7 of the...

07 November 2013

Fazlur Khan Lifetime Achievement Medal: Geotechnics for the World’s Tallest

Clyde Baker has performed geotechnical engineering for seven of the 16 tallest buildings in the world, and a major portion of the high-rise buildings built...

18 October 2012

Fazlur Kahn Lifetime Achievement Medal: A Lifetime’s Engineering Collaboration

The partnership between Charles Thornton and Richard Tomasetti has provided the backbone for many of the most dramatic and innovative tall buildings around the world....

21 October 2010

Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award: From New York to Shanghai: A Lifetime of Tall

William Pedersen, Partner, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates. Mr. Pedersen’s approach to design has been one that weds formal and technical originality with a modesty informed...

05 February 2010

Tall and Supertall Buildings: Structure and Skin Performance

There are many challenges and opportunities in designing the structure and skin of high performing tall buildings. Examples from different regions highlight responses to wind...

Research

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...

30 October 2017

Rethinking CTBUH Height Criteria In the Context of Tall Timber

Robert M. Foster, University of Queensland; Michael H. Ramage, University of Cambridge; Thomas Reynolds, The University of Edinburgh

Recent developments in the design and construction of progressively taller buildings using engineered timber as a structural material raise important questions about the language that...

20 April 2017

River Beech Tower: A Tall Timber Experiment

Jeff Sanner & Todd Snapp, Perkins+Will; Alejandro Fernandez, Thornton Tomasetti; et al.

The Chicago River Beech Tower is a collaborative research effort with the goal of identifying challenges and opportunities associated with designing increasingly tall mass timber...

Global News

06 March 2020

New Downtown Dallas High-Rise Will Offer Affordable Housing

Developers are breaking ground in downtown Dallas on a high-rise residential building. The apartment project at 2400 Bryan St. will include a combination of affordable...

08 October 2019

Chicago’s Next Supertall Nears Approval Amid Flurry of Development

The developer of a proposed supertall skyscraper on North Michigan Avenue next to Tribune Tower is nearing an agreement with the city in “a couple...

14 August 2019

High-Rise Development Intensifies in Winnipeg’s Entertainment District

Five new high-rise buildings are currently under development in Winnipeg’s downtown area, True North Square. The city’s Sports, Hospitality, and Entertainment District (SHED) is centered...

14 August 2019

High-Rise Development Intensifies in Winnipeg’s Entertainment District

Five new high-rise buildings are currently under development in Winnipeg’s downtown area, True North Square. The city’s Sports, Hospitality, and Entertainment District (SHED) is centered...

14 August 2019

High-Rise Development Intensifies in Winnipeg’s Entertainment District

Five new high-rise buildings are currently under development in Winnipeg’s downtown area, True North Square. The city’s Sports, Hospitality, and Entertainment District (SHED) is centered...

14 August 2019

High-Rise Development Intensifies in Winnipeg’s Entertainment District

Five new high-rise buildings are currently under development in Winnipeg’s downtown area, True North Square. The city’s Sports, Hospitality, and Entertainment District (SHED) is centered...

01 March 2019

As One Chicago Lakefront Project Gets a New Deadline, Another is Announced

The owner of the Chicago Spire site could have another year to begin developing the lakefront site, four months after a downtown alderman rejected a...

CTBUH Initiatives Involving Perkins and Will

CTBUH Turkey Committee Presents: Future Design Trends in Construction

18 June 2020

The CTBUH Turkey Committee presents a discussion on the implications of COVID-19 on the design of construction projects.

CTBUH Atlanta Hosts Tall Timber Panel Event

26 July 2018

CTBUH Atlanta recently held an evening of panel presentations that addressed some of the challenges and opportunities associated with designing mass timber structures.

Fourth Building Tall Lecture Series: Greening Tall

01 February 2018

The Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) and CTBUH hosted a panel discussion on the movement to incorporate green features into tall buildings.

CTBUH and AIA Highlight 2017's Top Middle Eastern Architects

04 October 2017

CTBUH Dubai and AIA Middle East partnered to host an event that focused on this year's top Middle Eastern architects and interior designers.

CTBUH Joins Chicago Seminar on Mass Timber Buildings

08 June 2017

CTBUH joined a CCHRB seminar on "The Heavy Timber High Rise: Building Tall with Wood in the 21st Century," focused on new applications of wood as a structural material.

Seattle YPC Tours Troy Block

01 December 2016

The Seattle Chapter of the Young Professionals Committee hosted a site tour of Troy Block, providing significant insight into the relationship of the historical and new.