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NBBJ

About

Member Since: 2005

Member Offices: New York City

Website: http://www.nbbj.com/

NBBJ is a different kind of design practice, one that helps their clients drive innovation by creating highly productive, sustainable spaces that free people to live, learn, work and play as they were meant to.

The world’s leading organizations look to NBBJ's experts to help them design environments that disrupt the status quo and effect real, meaningful change at all levels. Named among the top 10 most innovative architecture firms by Fast Company, NBBJ makes news by partnering with like-minded companies including Google, Amazon, Samsung, Microsoft and Tencent.

Founded in 1943, NBBJ's global network of “renaissance teams” includes researchers, strategists, nurses, architects, anthropologists, planners and interior designers who generate ideas that have a profound and lasting impact.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture; Interior Design; Landscape Architecture; Marketing / Sales

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.

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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 Eton Place Dalian Tower 1
383.2 m / 1,257  ft
2 Capital City Moscow Tower
301.8 m / 990  ft
3 Suning Ruicheng Phase 3
300 m / 984  ft
4 Eton Place Dalian Tower 2
279.5 m / 917  ft
5 888 2nd Avenue
270.7 m / 888  ft
6 Vanke Chang'an Center Building 8
262 m / 860  ft
7 Rainier Square Tower
259.1 m / 850  ft
8 Capital City St. Petersburg Tower
257.2 m / 844  ft
9 Tencent Seafront Tower 1
245.8 m / 806  ft
10 The Sail @ Marina Bay
245 m / 804  ft

Awards

Tencent Seafront Towers

Award of Excellence: Tencent Seafront Towers

Best Tall Building Asia & Australasia 2018

Ctbuh Leaders

Timothy Johnson

Timothy Johnson

CTBUH Chapter Secretary, 2015 – Present

New York City

Daniel Ayars

Daniel Ayars

CTBUH Regional Representative, 2018 – Present

Columbus

Ryan Mullenix

Ryan Mullenix

CTBUH Seattle Chapter, 2018 – Present

Building Completions Timeline

Videos

31 May 2018

Linked-Up Thinking Drives the Design of a Tech Company’s Headquarters

The Tencent Seafront Towers were constructed in a special zone of Shenzhen, the Software Industry Base. The project represents a new vision of the workplace,...

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Research

12 December 2018

Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2018

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’...

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Global News

21 August 2019

Seattle’s Rainier Square Tops Out

With construction topping off, Rainier Square is set to become the second-tallest skyscraper in the city of Seattle. The last steel beam was placed on...

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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 Eton Place Dalian Tower 1

383.2 m

1,257 ft
2 Xiamen State Grid Cultural Exchange Center

356.8 m

1,171 ft
3 Suyong Bay Tower

340 m

1,115 ft
4 Capital City Moscow Tower

301.8 m

990 ft
5 Suning Ruicheng Phase 3

300 m

984 ft
6 Eton Place Dalian Tower 2

279.5 m

917 ft
7 888 2nd Avenue

270.7 m

888 ft
8 Vanke Chang'an Center Building 8

262 m

860 ft
9 Rainier Square Tower

259.1 m

850 ft
10 Capital City St. Petersburg Tower

257.2 m

844 ft
11 Tencent Seafront Tower 1

245.8 m

806 ft
12 The Sail @ Marina Bay

245 m

804 ft
13 Imperia Tower

238.7 m

783 ft
14 Eton Shenyang Center #6

234.6 m

770 ft
14 Eton Shenyang Center #7

234.6 m

770 ft
16 Two Union Square

225.6 m

740 ft
17 State Grid Tower

220 m

722 ft
18 Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Headquarters

217.3 m

713 ft
19 Central Park Tower

215 m

705 ft
20 Yanlord Marina Center Tower 5

215 m

705 ft
21 International Financial Centre Tower 2

213.2 m

699 ft
22 Xiamen Eton Center North Tower

210 m

689 ft
23 Suning Ruicheng Phase 1 E06 #1

210 m

689 ft
23 Suning Ruicheng Phase 1 E07 #2

210 m

689 ft
25 Suning Ruicheng Phase 1 E08 #2

210 m

689 ft
26 Eton Shenyang Center #5

202.6 m

665 ft
26 Eton Shenyang Center #9

202.6 m

665 ft
28 Suning Ruicheng Phase 2 D07

200 m

656 ft
29 Suning Ruicheng Phase 2 C0102

200 m

656 ft
30 nuCLEus

197.2 m

647 ft
31 Tencent Seafront Tower 2

194.8 m

639 ft
32 Saigon Centre 2

193.7 m

635 ft
33 Safeco Plaza

192 m

630 ft
34 Two Taikoo Place

191 m

627 ft
35 Minsk Gazprom Headquarters

189 m

620 ft
36 Abdul Aziz Al Babtain Cultural WAQF

188.8 m

619 ft
37 Bellevue 600

182.9 m

600 ft
38 555 108th Avenue NE

182.9 m

600 ft
39 Russell Investments Center

182.2 m

598 ft
40 Suning Ruicheng Phase 1 E07 #1

182 m

597 ft
41 Suning Ruicheng Phase 1 E08 #1

182 m

597 ft
42 Eton Shenyang Center #4

180.8 m

593 ft
43 CDL Chongqing Tower C

180 m

591 ft
44 Shanghai Industrial Center Tower 1

180 m

591 ft
45 Chengdu Renheng Fraser Suites

179.9 m

590 ft
46 IQ-Quarter Tower 2

177.5 m

582 ft
47 Sichuan Publishing Media

175.3 m

575 ft
48 Madison Centre

170.7 m

560 ft
49 Eton Shenyang Center #10

170.7 m

560 ft
49 Eton Shenyang Center #11

170.7 m

560 ft
51 Fraser Suites Chengdu

164.9 m

541 ft
52 William Green Building

161.6 m

530 ft
53 Amazon Tower I

159.7 m

524 ft
54 Amazon Tower II

158.8 m

521 ft
55 Amazon Tower III

158.5 m

520 ft
56 Rainier Tower

156.7 m

514 ft
57 CDL Chongqing Tower B

156 m

512 ft
58 Vern Riffe Center for Govermnment and the Arts

153.5 m

504 ft
59 2100 Market Street

152.4 m

500 ft
60 1918 8th Avenue

152.4 m

500 ft
61 Xian Kempinski Hotel Phase III

147.9 m

485 ft
62 Eton Place Dalian Tower 3

147 m

482 ft
62 Eton Place Dalian Tower 4

147 m

482 ft
62 Eton Place Dalian Tower 5

147 m

482 ft
65 IQ-Quarter Tower 1

141 m

463 ft
66 CDL Chongqing Tower A

136 m

446 ft
67 NHN Green Factory

134.3 m

441 ft
68 Yanlord Marina Center Tower 1

133.2 m

437 ft
68 Yanlord Marina Center Tower 2

133.2 m

437 ft
68 Yanlord Marina Center Tower 3

133.2 m

437 ft
68 Yanlord Marina Center Tower 4

133.2 m

437 ft
72 Three Nationwide Plaza

124.4 m

408 ft
73 Keppel Beijing Aether Square Tower B

120 m

394 ft
74 United States Federal Courthouse

118.9 m

390 ft
75 Unigard Financial Center

118.6 m

389 ft
76 Keppel Beijing Aether Square Tower A

112 m

367 ft
77 One Columbus Center

111.6 m

366 ft
78 University of Washington Plaza

99.1 m

325 ft
79 Gramercy Park I

98.2 m

322 ft
79 Gramercy Park II

98.2 m

322 ft
81 Keppel Beijing Aether Square Tower C

95 m

312 ft
82 IBM Building

84.1 m

276 ft
83 IQ-Quarter Tower 3

83.6 m

274 ft
84 Vanke Chang'an Center Building 2

71.2 m

234 ft
85 818 Stewart

67.1 m

220 ft
86 Samara-Center 1

63.5 m

208 ft
86 Samara-Center 2

63.5 m

208 ft
86 Samara-Center 3

63.5 m

208 ft
86 Samara-Center 4

63.5 m

208 ft
86 Samara-Center 5

63.5 m

208 ft
86 Samara-Center 6

63.5 m

208 ft
86 Samara-Center 7

63.5 m

208 ft
86 Samara-Center 8

63.5 m

208 ft
94 Vanke Chang'an Center Building 5

59.6 m

196 ft
94 Vanke Chang'an Center Building 6

59.6 m

196 ft
96 Columbia Gas of Ohio Building

59 m

194 ft
97 Ohio Public Employees Retirement System

m

ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 13 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.
98 Grange Mutual Insurance Headquarters, North Building

54 m

177 ft
99 Grange Mutual Insurance Headquarters, South Building

43.9 m

144 ft
100 No Shadow North Tower

-
101 No Shadow South Tower

-
102 Shanghai Industrial Center Tower 2

-

Statistics

Average Building Age*

14 Years

Most Common Function*

Office (50%)

Most Common Material*

Composite (45%)

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database

Based on 44 buildings over 150 m height with a function
 
Based on 42 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

Timothy Johnson

Partner, NBBJ
New York City, United States

Daniel Ayars

Principal, NBBJ
Columbus, United States

Ryan Mullenix

NBBJ
New York City, United States

Marco Belcastro

Design Director, Asia / Senior Associate, NBBJ
Shanghai, China

Kember Lattimer

Executive Assistant, Tim Johnson, NBBJ
New York, United States

Daniel Skiffington

NBBJ
New York, United States

Ctbuh Leaders At NBBJ

CTBUH Chapter Secretary, 2015 – Present

Timothy Johnson

Partner, NBBJ
New York City, United States

CTBUH Regional Representative, 2018 – Present

Daniel Ayars

Principal, NBBJ
Columbus, United States

CTBUH Seattle Chapter, 2018 – Present

Ryan Mullenix

NBBJ
New York City, United States

Videos

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31 May 2018

Linked-Up Thinking Drives the Design of a Tech Company’s Headquarters

The Tencent Seafront Towers were constructed in a special zone of Shenzhen, the Software Industry Base. The project represents a new vision of the workplace,...

18 October 2016

Tall Buildings and Context: Appropriate High Rise Vernaculars

The issue of skyscraper form and expression being appropriate to cultural and social context is currently a hotly debated topic in China, as well as...

18 October 2016

The Impact of Tech Companies in Rethinking the High-Rise Workplace

While tech companies have traditionally located in suburbia due to lower property costs and the perceived security of intellectual property, they are now increasingly investing...

18 October 2016

CTBUH 2016 China Conference Plenary 3: Cities to Megacities: The Future Q & A

October 18, 2016. Shenzhen, China.Carol Willis, The Skyscraper Musuem; Chao (Ivan) Wan, Tencent Holdings Limited; Jonathan Ward, NBBJ; Stefano Boeri, Stefano Boeri Architetti; Winy Maas,...

18 October 2016

CTBUH Video Interview – Jonathan Ward

Jonathan Ward of NBBJ is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Johnathan discusses the design process behind the Tencent Seafront Towers...

17 October 2016

CTBUH Video Interview – Chao (Ivan) Wan

Chao (Ivan) Wan of Tencent Holdings Limited is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Ivan discusses the design process for Tencent...

16 October 2016

CTBUH Video Interview – Moira Moser

Moira Moser of M Moser Associates is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Moira discusses the planning of modern work spaces...

26 October 2015

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

Michael George, JLL; Timothy Johnson, NBBJ; and Rosemary Kennedy, Queensland University of Technology, answer questions at the end of 2015 New York Conference Session 3c:...

26 October 2015

How New Generations, Industries and Workplace Paradigms Are Redefining the Commercial High-Rise

This presentation will provide a data-driven analysis of building performance from three eras: the early 1900s, mid-twentieth century, and today. This longitudinal analysis will illustrate...

18 September 2014

2014 Shanghai International Conference - Day 3 Plenary - Q & A

2014 Shanghai International Conference Day 3 Plenary Questions & Answers session with speakers Timothy Johnson, CTBUH Chairman / NBBJ, Mun Summ Wong of WOHA, Yang...

Research

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’...

30 April 2018

Taking the Corporate Campus Vertical

Jonathan Ward, NBBJ; Jiemin Ding, TJAD; Tim Etherington, Gensler

The Tencent Seafront Towers bring a novel concept – the “vertical campus” – to Shenzhen. In housing the corporate headquarters of the fourth-largest internet company...

27 April 2018

Debating Tall: Landscrapers vs. Skyscrapers

Amy Webb, New York University; Julian Chen, Henning Larsen Architects

What does the office of the future look like? The leading tech industry giants all seem to agree the main goal is “connectivity” that forges...

01 March 2018

Designing the High-Rise Building from the Inside/Out

Timothy Johnson & Jonathan Ward, NBBJ

For over 100 years, the tall building has largely advanced in technological innovation; however very little has been done in the terms of understanding the...

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...

Global News

21 August 2019

Seattle’s Rainier Square Tops Out

With construction topping off, Rainier Square is set to become the second-tallest skyscraper in the city of Seattle. The last steel beam was placed on...

21 August 2019

Seattle’s Rainier Square Tops Out

With construction topping off, Rainier Square is set to become the second-tallest skyscraper in the city of Seattle. The last steel beam was placed on...

03 July 2019

Tech Giant to Build New Office Tower in Bellevue

Amazon plans to build a 43-story tower in Bellevue, projected to be its tallest office building anywhere, as well as possibly becoming the city’s tallest...

05 April 2019

Amazon Planning to Move Worldwide Operations Team from Seattle to Bellevue

  In yet another sign that Amazon is cooling on its hometown of Seattle, the retail-entertainment-tech giant says it is planning to move its entire...

04 March 2019

Amazon Backs Out of Seattle’s Rainier Square

Long Island City isn’t the only place that Amazon is pulling out of. The tech giant made waves when it threatened to withdraw from its...

04 March 2019

Amazon Backs Out of Seattle’s Rainier Square

Long Island City isn’t the only place that Amazon is pulling out of. The tech giant made waves when it threatened to withdraw from its...

14 February 2019

Cleveland’s nuCLEus Building Will be Shorter than Previously Thought

The proposed 54-story nuCLEus skyscraper in downtown Cleveland looks to be trimmed by half in images of the project that surfaced Wednesday, January 23, 2019....

CTBUH Initiatives Involving NBBJ

Record Numbers Convene at 2018 Leaders Meeting

20 October 2018

CTBUH Leaders convened on Day 1 of the 2018 Middle East Conference for updates on the year's developments and to plan for 2019.

CTBUH Trustees Convene in Dubai

20 October 2018

The CTBUH Board of Trustees met for the second time in 2018, just prior to the 2018 Middle East Conference, to undertake high level discussions on the Council's future.

CTBUH UK Hosts Discussion: Protecting or Prohibiting?

22 May 2018

The CTBUH UK Chapter held an event discussing the subject: “Are London’s Viewing Corridors Protecting or Prohibiting our City's Growth?"

CTBUH UK Presents: Exporting Tall

30 April 2018

The UK Chapter recently held "Exporting Tall," a series of presentations highlighting the challenges and opportunities of designing tall buildings in countries outside the UK.

CTBUH Ohio: Megalopolis 2050

11 April 2018

CTBUH Ohio participated in a panel discussion about growth and density in Columbus, a city poised to expand by 500,000 by 2050.

CTBUH Board of Trustees Travels to Hawaii

22–24 March 2018

The CTBUH Trustees from Chicago, New York, London, Mumbai, and Hong Kong gathered to attend the main annual Trustees meeting.