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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

About

Member Since: 1977

Member Offices: Chicago, Dubai, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, Shanghai, Washington D.C.

Website: http://www.som.com/

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) is one of the leading architecture, interior design, engineering, and urban planning firms in the world. Since its founding more than 80 years ago, SOM has earned a reputation for design excellence with a portfolio that includes some of the most important architectural accomplishments of the 20th and 21st centuries, and has been a leader in the research and development of specialized technologies, new processes and innovative ideas, many of which have had a palpable and lasting impact on the design profession and the physical environment.

The firm’s longstanding leadership in design and building technology has been honored with nearly 2,000 awards for quality, innovation, and management. The American Institute of Architects has recognized SOM twice with its highest honor, the Architecture Firm Award—in 1962 and again in 1996.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture; Civil Engineering; Environmental Engineering; Interior Design; Landscape Architecture; Marketing / Sales; Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing; Structural Engineering; 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.

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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 Burj Khalifa
828 m / 2,717  ft
2 Grand Rama 9 Tower
615 m / 2,018  ft
3 Burj Jumeira
550 m / 1,804  ft
4 One World Trade Center
541.3 m / 1,776  ft
5 Tianjin CTF Finance Centre
530 m / 1,739  ft
6 Pertamina Tower
523 m / 1,716  ft
7 Guizhou Culture Plaza Tower
521 m / 1,709  ft
8 Greenland Jinmao International Financial Center
498 m / 1,634  ft
9 Greenland Centre
498 m / 1,634  ft
10 Guohua Financial Center Tower 1
465 m / 1,526  ft

Awards

Tianjin CTF Finance Centre

Award of Excellence: Tianjin CTF Finance Centre

Best Tall Building 400 meters and above 2021

Ctbuh Leaders

Luke Leung

Luke Leung

CTBUH Expert Peer Review Committee, 2014 – Present

Chicago

Zhexiong Chai

Zhexiong Chai

CTBUH Chapter Board Member, 2018 – Present

Chicago

Bin Pan

Bin Pan

CTBUH Future Leaders Committee, Shanghai, 2018 – Present

Shanghai

Building Completions Timeline

Videos

22 October 2018

The Future of Tall Building Technology

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Research

20 March 2020

The Tallest 20 in 2020: Then and Now

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Global News

05 May 2020

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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 Houston Pinnacle

1,611 m

5,285 ft
2 Burj Khalifa

828 m

2,717 ft
3 Chow Tai Fook Centre

808 m

2,651 ft
4 Chicago World Trade Center

701 m

2,300 ft
5 Chicago World Trade Center

665 m

2,182 ft
6 Tower of Russia

648 m

2,126 ft
7 Seoul Light DMC Tower

640.4 m

2,101 ft
8 Grand Rama 9 Tower

615 m

2,018 ft
9 Diamond Mansion

600 m

1,969 ft
10 Greenland Jinmao International Financial Center

600 m

1,969 ft
11 Kowloon MTR Tower

574 m

1,883 ft
12 Burj Jumeira

550 m

1,804 ft
13 One World Trade Center

541.3 m

1,776 ft
14 Tianjin CTF Finance Centre

530 m

1,739 ft
15 Pertamina Tower

523 m

1,716 ft
16 Guizhou Culture Plaza Tower

521 m

1,709 ft
17 Busan Lotte Town Tower

510.1 m

1,674 ft
18 Songdo Daewoo Town

510 m

1,673 ft
19 Greenland Jinmao International Financial Center

498 m

1,634 ft
20 Greenland Centre

498 m

1,634 ft
21 7 South Dearborn

477.6 m

1,567 ft
22 Columbus Circle Project

468 m

1,535 ft
23 Guohua Financial Center Tower 1

465 m

1,526 ft
24 Kuningan Persada Tower

451 m

1,480 ft
25 Samsung Tower

450 m

1,476 ft
26 Zifeng Tower

450 m

1,476 ft
27 Willis Tower

442.1 m

1,451 ft
28 One Bangkok O4H4

436.1 m

1,431 ft
29 Trump International Hotel & Tower

423.2 m

1,389 ft
30 Jin Mao Tower

420.5 m

1,380 ft
31 International Finance Square

420 m

1,378 ft
32 Transbay Transit Center and Tower

419 m

1,375 ft
33 Al Hamra Tower

412.6 m

1,354 ft
34 LCT The Sharp Landmark Tower

411.6 m

1,350 ft
35 Bank of Southwest Tower

404 m

1,325 ft
36 103 Tower

400 m

1,312 ft
37 Lulu Island Tower

400 m

1,312 ft
38 COFCO Landmark Tower

390 m

1,280 ft
39 Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 1

388.1 m

1,273 ft
40 Saigon Centre 2

386 m

1,266 ft
41 Plaza Rakyat Office Tower

382 m

1,253 ft
42 Platinum Tower

380 m

1,247 ft
43 Guiyang World Trade Center Landmark Tower

380 m

1,247 ft
44 Al Sharq Tower

365 m

1,198 ft
45 Post and Telecommunications Building

363.6 m

1,193 ft
46 Greenland Group Suzhou Center

358 m

1,175 ft
47 OKO - Residential Tower

354.2 m

1,162 ft
48 Wenzhou Lucheng Plaza Landmark Tower

350 m

1,148 ft
49 Dearborn Center

346 m

1,135 ft
50 875 North Michigan Avenue

343.7 m

1,128 ft
51 Diagonal Tower

343.4 m

1,127 ft
52 Nanjing Jinling Hotel Phase II

341 m

1,119 ft
53 LCT The Sharp Residential Tower A

339.1 m

1,113 ft
54 Tianjin Modern City Office Tower

338 m

1,109 ft
55 Tianjin World Financial Center

336.9 m

1,105 ft
56 400 North Lake Shore Drive South Tower

335.3 m

1,100 ft
57 LCT The Sharp Residential Tower B

333.1 m

1,093 ft
58 Tianjin Kerry Center

333 m

1,093 ft
59 Shenzhen Foreign Trade Center

333 m

1,093 ft
60 China World Tower

330 m

1,083 ft
61 Qingdao Landmark Tower

327.3 m

1,074 ft
62 Nanchang IFC

327 m

1,073 ft
63 Crown Las Vegas

324 m

1,063 ft
64 Lopez Centre

320 m

1,050 ft
64 Sinar Mas Center 1

320 m

1,050 ft
66 Zhongtian Future Ark City Window Office Tower

314 m

1,030 ft
67 Madison Square Garden Project Tower 1

312 m

1,024 ft
68 CITIC Financial Center Tower 1

312 m

1,024 ft
69 Poly Pazhou C2

311 m

1,020 ft
70 New Port Tower

310 m

1,017 ft
71 AVIC Plaza

310 m

1,017 ft
72 Greenland Center 1

310 m

1,017 ft
72 Greenland Center 2

310 m

1,017 ft
74 Pearl River Tower

309.4 m

1,015 ft
75 Chengdu Poly International Plaza

309 m

1,014 ft
76 35 Hudson Yards

307.8 m

1,010 ft
77 The Franklin - North Tower

306.9 m

1,007 ft
78 Cayan Tower

306.4 m

1,005 ft
79 One Manhattan West

303.3 m

995 ft
80 Greenland Puli Center

303 m

994 ft
81 Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel A

303 m

994 ft
81 Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel B

303 m

994 ft
83 Wells Fargo Plaza

302.4 m

992 ft
84 Wangjing City

300 m

984 ft
85 Supernova Spira

300 m

984 ft
86 Madison Square Garden Project Tower 2

300 m

984 ft
87 Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 2

299.3 m

982 ft
88 China World Trade Center Phase 3B

295.6 m

970 ft
89 Block 319 Tower

294 m

965 ft
90 Union Station Tower

292 m

958 ft
91 625 Fulton Street

287 m

942 ft
92 Two Manhattan West

285 m

935 ft
93 One Bangkok Phase 3 Tower 2

284.7 m

934 ft
94 Guoco Tower

283.7 m

931 ft
95 Zhengdong Hotel

280 m

919 ft
96 Zhengzhou Greenland Plaza

280 m

919 ft
97 Hangzhou Wangchao Center

280 m

919 ft
98 Guohua Financial Center Tower 2

279 m

915 ft
99 One Bangkok Phase 2 Residential Tower

277.7 m

911 ft
100 One Bangkok Phase 1 Office Tower 1

274.2 m

900 ft
101 NYSE Tower

274 m

899 ft
102 Renaissance Tower

270.1 m

886 ft
103 Magic Tower

270 m

886 ft
104 Four Seasons Hotel

269.7 m

885 ft
105 Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Zifeng Tower

268 m

879 ft
106 400 North Lake Shore Drive North Tower

266.7 m

875 ft
107 First Canadian Centre Phase 2

265 m

869 ft
108 Tower Palace Three, Tower G

263.7 m

865 ft
109 One Bangkok Phase 2 Office Tower

263.5 m

865 ft
110 4 Houston Center

262 m

860 ft
111 Brookfield Place

260.9 m

856 ft
112 The Address Residence Sky View Tower 1

260.9 m

856 ft
113 Three California Plaza

260 m

853 ft
114 Beijing Greenland Center

260 m

853 ft
115 400 North Lake Shore Drive North Tower

259.1 m

850 ft
116 Philippine Bank of Communications

258.6 m

848 ft
117 Corporate Avenue 2

255.8 m

839 ft
118 Shenzhen AVIC Plaza

254 m

833 ft
119 1930 Broadway

252 m

827 ft
120 One Bangkok Phase 3 Residential Tower

251.2 m

824 ft
121 Corporate Avenue 10

250 m

820 ft
122 Midtown Tower

247.9 m

813 ft
123 28 Liberty

247.8 m

813 ft
124 100 Leadenhall Street

247 m

810 ft
125 Rolex Tower

246.8 m

810 ft
126 Ningbo Bank of China Headquarters

246.2 m

808 ft
127 Karlatornet

245 m

804 ft
128 180 Allyn Street

244 m

801 ft
129 International Commercial Trade Center

242 m

794 ft
130 New World Center

238 m

781 ft
131 The Address Residence Sky View Tower 2

237.5 m

779 ft
132 555 California Street

237.4 m

779 ft
133 1 Worldwide Plaza

237.1 m

778 ft
134 WKL Hotel and Tropicana The Residences

235 m

771 ft
135 Torre BBVA

234.9 m

771 ft
136 Three First National Plaza

233.7 m

767 ft
137 400 North Lake Shore Drive South Tower

233.2 m

765 ft
138 Republic Bank Tower

233 m

764 ft
139 Southeast Financial Center

232.8 m

764 ft
140 Kingtown International Center

231.2 m

759 ft
141 Enterprise Plaza

230.4 m

756 ft
142 383 Madison Avenue

230.3 m

755 ft
143 Philippine Stock Exchange

229.5 m

753 ft
144 Time Warner Center North Tower

228.3 m

749 ft
144 Time Warner Center South Tower

228.3 m

749 ft
146 Gas Company Tower

228.3 m

749 ft
147 Kingold Century

228 m

748 ft
148 7 World Trade Center

226.5 m

743 ft
149 One Liberty Plaza

226.5 m

743 ft
150 JPMorgan Chase Tower

225 m

738 ft
151 OKO - Office Tower

224.5 m

736 ft
152 1540 Broadway

223.3 m

733 ft
153 Olympia Centre

222.9 m

731 ft
154 3 Manhattan West

222.5 m

730 ft
155 Times Square Tower

221.3 m

726 ft
156 Wells Fargo Tower

220.4 m

723 ft
157 Istanbul Tower 205

220 m

722 ft
158 685 1st Avenue

219 m

719 ft
159 Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank Financial Building

218 m

715 ft
160 252 East 57th Street

217.9 m

715 ft
161 Republic Plaza

217.6 m

714 ft
162 One Shell Plaza

217.6 m

714 ft
163 One Bangkok Phase 2 Tower 3

216.4 m

710 ft
164 JPMorgan Chase Tower

215.5 m

707 ft
165 Tianjin Kerry Center R1

215 m

705 ft
165 Tianjin Kerry Center R2

215 m

705 ft
165 Tianjin Kerry Center R3

215 m

705 ft
168 Four Seasons Tower

214.6 m

704 ft
169 Georgia Pacific Tower

212.5 m

697 ft
169 Hancock Whitney Center

212.5 m

697 ft
171 345 California Center

211.8 m

695 ft
172 Poly Cultural Plaza

211.8 m

695 ft
173 China Merchants Tower

211 m

692 ft
174 700 1st Avenue Tower 3

210 m

689 ft
175 Maincourt Tower

210 m

689 ft
176 Solow Building

210 m

689 ft
177 Petron Megaplaza

210 m

689 ft
178 Marine Midland Building

209.7 m

688 ft
179 Trammel Crow Center

209.1 m

686 ft
180 Random House Tower

208.5 m

684 ft
181 Shangri-La Hotel

208 m

682 ft
182 Crowne Plaza Hotel

208 m

682 ft
183 Bay-Wellington Tower

207 m

679 ft
184 Ningbo Guohua Financial Tower

206.9 m

679 ft
185 AT&T Building

206.4 m

677 ft
186 One Magnificent Mile

205.1 m

673 ft
187 One Court Square

205.1 m

673 ft
188 Al Rajhi Bank Tower

205 m

673 ft
189 10 West 57th Street

204.8 m

672 ft
190 Palace Hotel Residential Tower

204 m

669 ft
191 Sichuan Airlines Center

204 m

669 ft
192 33 South 6th Street

203.6 m

668 ft
193 708 1st Avenue

203 m

666 ft
194 Carlton Centre

201.2 m

660 ft
195 Philamlife Tower

200 m

656 ft
196 DPC Tower

200 m

656 ft
197 Jumeirah Hangzhou Hotel

200 m

656 ft
198 Otemachi One Tower

200 m

656 ft
199 CITIC Financial Center Tower 2

200 m

656 ft
199 Corporate Avenue 9

200 m

656 ft
201 Poly Pazhou C1

197.5 m

648 ft
202 Qingdao Landmark Center - Tower B

195 m

640 ft
203 Ayala Triangle Gardens North

194.6 m

638 ft
204 Pudong Financial Plaza Office Tower 1

193.5 m

635 ft
205 Grace Plaza

192 m

630 ft
206 700 1st Avenue Tower 2

192 m

630 ft
207 RCBC Plaza Yuchengco Tower

192 m

630 ft
208 NBC Tower

191.1 m

627 ft
209 Waldorf Astoria New York

190.5 m

625 ft
210 San Felipe Plaza

190.5 m

625 ft
211 Agile Corporation Headquarters Tower

189.7 m

622 ft
212 Olympic Tower

189 m

620 ft
213 Techno Mart 21

189 m

620 ft
214 Gold Peak Centre B

187.8 m

616 ft
215 919 3rd Avenue

187.6 m

615 ft
216 Tower 49®

187.4 m

615 ft
217 Baccarat Hotel & Residences

185.9 m

610 ft
218 Gold Peak Centre A

185.5 m

609 ft
219 Chicago Place

185.3 m

608 ft
220 AIA Central

185 m

607 ft
221 KPMG Tower

184.8 m

606 ft
222 250 West 55th Street

183.4 m

602 ft
223 U.S. Bank Center

183.2 m

601 ft
224 700 1st Avenue Tower 1

183 m

600 ft
225 50 Fremont Center

183 m

600 ft
226 1166 Avenue of the Americas

182.9 m

600 ft
227 500 West Monroe Street

182.9 m

600 ft
228 One Bangkok Phase 1 Office Tower 2

182.7 m

599 ft
229 Madison Plaza

182.5 m

599 ft
230 270 Greenwich Street

181.9 m

597 ft
231 Tipco Tower

180 m

591 ft
232 Jiang Dong Tower

180 m

591 ft
232 Tour Charenton

180 m

591 ft
234 Tour Areva

178 m

584 ft
235 LG Gangnam Tower

177.1 m

581 ft
236 ASEM Tower

176.5 m

579 ft
237 Nine Elms Square Building N8

176 m

577 ft
238 300 Madison Avenue

175.3 m

575 ft
239 Park Avenue Plaza

175 m

574 ft
240 Chongqing International Trade and Commerce Center 3

174.8 m

573 ft
241 One Roxas Triangle

174.3 m

572 ft
241 Two Roxas Triangle

174.3 m

572 ft
243 Onterie Center

173.7 m

570 ft
244 780 3rd Avenue

173.7 m

570 ft
245 450 Lexington Avenue

173.1 m

568 ft
246 Sinar Mas Center 2

171.7 m

563 ft
247 US Bank Plaza I

171 m

561 ft
248 RCBC Plaza Tower 2

170 m

558 ft
249 Shanghai Grand Center

170 m

558 ft
250 Kula Belgrade

168 m

551 ft
251 Esentai Tower

168 m

551 ft
252 Gemdale Plaza Tower A

168 m

551 ft
253 Quantum 2

165 m

541 ft
254 1285 Avenue of the Americas

164.6 m

540 ft
255 The Avenues T1

164 m

538 ft
256 Hollandse Meester

164 m

538 ft
257 Shaklee Terrace Building

164 m

538 ft
258 The Franklin - South Tower

163.9 m

538 ft
259 City Place I

163.1 m

535 ft
260 Ernst & Young Plaza

162.8 m

534 ft
261 One America Tower

162.5 m

533 ft
262 The Broadgate Tower

161.3 m

529 ft
263 One Seneca Tower

161.2 m

529 ft
264 Arcos Torre II East

161.2 m

529 ft
264 Arcos Torre II West

161.2 m

529 ft
266 Poly International Plaza – Dawangjing

161.2 m

529 ft
267 708 1st Avenue Tower B

161 m

528 ft
268 Poly Real Estate Headquarters Tower 1

160.6 m

527 ft
268 Poly Real Estate Headquarters Tower 2

160.6 m

527 ft
270 New Futura North Tower

160 m

525 ft
270 New Futura South Tower

160 m

525 ft
272 Ayala Tower One

160 m

525 ft
272 The Avenues T2

160 m

525 ft
272 The Avenues T3

160 m

525 ft
275 Mitsui & Co. Building

160 m

525 ft
276 425 Market Street

159.7 m

524 ft
277 Rondo 1

159.2 m

522 ft
278 Goodwin Square

159.1 m

522 ft
279 Financial Centre D

158.5 m

520 ft
280 Zhong Hong Tower

158 m

518 ft
281 Shanghai JW Marriott Marquis Hotel

157.5 m

517 ft
282 Two Financial Place

157 m

515 ft
283 The Atrium Serviced Apartments

157 m

515 ft
284 One Financial Place

157 m

515 ft
285 Nine Elms Square Building N10

156.8 m

514 ft
286 Huntington Center

156.1 m

512 ft
287 Rizal Tower

156 m

512 ft
288 321 North Clark Street

155.5 m

510 ft
289 Harris Bank Bank Addition II

155.5 m

510 ft
290 Sixty State Street

155.2 m

509 ft
291 2 Times Square

155 m

509 ft
291 The Atrium Residences

155 m

509 ft
293 Zuellig Building

155 m

509 ft
294 555 17th Street

154.5 m

507 ft
295 One Beacon Street

154.5 m

507 ft
296 10 Universal City Plaza

154.2 m

506 ft
297 Parkline South

154.2 m

506 ft
298 616 1st Avenue Tower 1

154 m

505 ft
299 Hotel de las Artes

154 m

505 ft
300 El Paso Energy Building

153 m

502 ft
301 One George Street

153 m

502 ft
302 Tower 46

152.7 m

501 ft
303 Telesis Tower

152.4 m

500 ft
304 The World Centre

152.4 m

500 ft
305 Symphony Towers

152 m

499 ft
306 100 Mount Street

151.8 m

498 ft
307 Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel

151.5 m

497 ft
308 Beijing Goldfield Plaza Tower A

151.4 m

497 ft
309 388 Greenwich Street

151.2 m

496 ft
310 Mashreq Bank Headquarters

151 m

495 ft
311 333 Bush Street

150.9 m

495 ft
312 PNC Centre

150.5 m

494 ft
313 Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank Headquarters

150 m

492 ft
314 Rembrandt Tower

150 m

492 ft
315 PNC Bank Building

149.7 m

491 ft
316 Arena Tower

149.1 m

489 ft
317 Pan Peninsula East Tower

148 m

486 ft
318 St. Regis San Francisco

147.5 m

484 ft
319 Talan Tower 1

145.6 m

478 ft
320 Parkline North

145.2 m

476 ft
321 Itaú Fidelité Marginal Pinheiros

145.1 m

476 ft
322 45 Fremont Center

145 m

476 ft
323 Cook County Administration Building

144.8 m

475 ft
324 Mindet 6

144 m

472 ft
325 Skipton House Redevelopment-Tower A

142.7 m

468 ft
326 Manhattan Loft Gardens

142 m

466 ft
327 650 California Street

142 m

466 ft
328 Equitable Building

139.3 m

457 ft
329 Wells Fargo Tower

138.4 m

454 ft
330 Equitable Building

138.1 m

453 ft
331 William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower

137.8 m

452 ft
332 Fifth Third Center

137.2 m

450 ft
333 Centro Operativo BBVA Bancomer

137 m

449 ft
333 The Curve

137 m

449 ft
335 St. Michael's Tower

136.5 m

448 ft
336 Providence Tower

136 m

446 ft
337 University Club Tower

136 m

446 ft
338 18 India Street Tower 1

135.6 m

445 ft
339 One Main Place

135.6 m

445 ft
339 Two PNC Plaza

135.6 m

445 ft
341 85 Broad Street

135 m

443 ft
342 Corporate Avenue 3

135 m

443 ft
343 Luna Gardens

134.9 m

443 ft
344 Texaco Center

134.7 m

442 ft
345 SunTrust Center

134.4 m

441 ft
346 1010 Common

133.5 m

438 ft
347 Financial Centre C

133.1 m

437 ft
348 Annenberg Building

132.9 m

436 ft
349 500 Folsom

132.6 m

435 ft
350 4 Metrotech Center

130.8 m

429 ft
351 101 Warren Street

130.5 m

428 ft
352 Toren

130.3 m

427 ft
353 Bell Tower

129.9 m

426 ft
354 Milwaukee Center

129.9 m

426 ft
355 505 Montgomery

129.5 m

425 ft
356 Mortimer B. Zuckerman Research Center

129.2 m

424 ft
357 100 East Pratt Street

127.6 m

418 ft
358 1865 Broadway

126.9 m

416 ft
359 Hartford Plaza South

126.5 m

415 ft
360 Richardson Building

126.1 m

414 ft
361 Quantum

126 m

413 ft
362 National Commercial Bank

126 m

413 ft
363 350 Mission Street

125.9 m

413 ft
364 PNC Center

125 m

410 ft
365 One City Centre

125 m

410 ft
366 595 Market Street

125 m

410 ft
367 707 Fifth Street

125 m

410 ft
368 Nine Elms Square Building N9

124.8 m

409 ft
369 Ordway Building

123.1 m

404 ft
370 Fifty South Sixth

123.1 m

404 ft
371 Pan Peninsula West Tower

122 m

400 ft
372 875 3rd Avenue

121.8 m

400 ft
373 One Congress Plaza

121.3 m

398 ft
374 One Maritime Plaza

121.3 m

398 ft
375 1500 Mission Street

120.7 m

396 ft
376 The Plaza on Dewitt

120.4 m

395 ft
377 Northlight Theatre Tower

120.4 m

395 ft
378 Tower 8

120.4 m

395 ft
379 Talan Tower 2

119.8 m

393 ft
380 225 West Washington Street

119.8 m

393 ft
381 Marriott Hotel City Center

119.4 m

392 ft
382 Carlton Hotel

119 m

390 ft
383 The Atrium Office Tower

119 m

390 ft
384 75 State Street

118.9 m

390 ft
385 380 Stuart Street

118.3 m

388 ft
386 Elizabeth House North Tower

118 m

387 ft
387 The Superior Court of California - San Diego

118 m

387 ft
388 111 Main

118 m

387 ft
389 Chronicle Tower

115 m

377 ft
390 Canadian Pacific Plaza

114.8 m

377 ft
391 461 5th Avenue

114.6 m

376 ft
392 Bally`s Atlantic City

114.3 m

375 ft
393 33 West Monroe

114.3 m

375 ft
394 388 Market Street

114.3 m

375 ft
395 AMP Square

113.4 m

372 ft
396 Midtown East

113.4 m

372 ft
397 303 West Madison

113.4 m

372 ft
398 Standard Insurance Center

111.9 m

367 ft
399 One Flagler

111.1 m

365 ft
400 B & W Tower

110.6 m

363 ft
400 Meidinger Tower

110.6 m

363 ft
402 88 Kearny Street

110.6 m

363 ft
403 1125 17th Street

110.6 m

363 ft
404 1201 North Market Street

109.8 m

360 ft
405 250 West Pratt Street

109.7 m

360 ft
406 Denver Energy Center Tower II

108.8 m

357 ft
407 Eaton Center

108.5 m

356 ft
408 3300 North Central Avenue

108.5 m

356 ft
409 Il Matitone

108.5 m

356 ft
410 Grand Hyatt San Francisco

108.2 m

355 ft
411 Gemdale Plaza Tower B

108 m

354 ft
411 PNC Center

108 m

354 ft
413 101 Second Street

108 m

354 ft
414 Amorsolo West

107 m

351 ft
415 Atrium Two

107 m

351 ft
416 33 North Dearborn

106.1 m

348 ft
417 Poly Corporation Headquarters

106 m

348 ft
418 Ontario Tower

105.5 m

346 ft
419 Skipton House Redevelopment-Tower B

105.3 m

346 ft
420 222 North LaSalle

104.2 m

342 ft
421 1515 Poydras

104 m

341 ft
422 Bank of Beijing Mansion

m

ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 24 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.
422 China Life Insurance Center

m

ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 24 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.
424 Two Shell Plaza

103.9 m

341 ft
425 University Hall

103 m

338 ft
426 Wells Fargo Plaza

103 m

338 ft
427 Loop Transportation Center

102.4 m

336 ft
428 Kaiser Engineering Building

102.4 m

336 ft
429 No.5 Upper Riverside

102 m

335 ft
430 Denver Energy Center Tower I

102 m

335 ft
431 Hartford Plaza

101.8 m

334 ft
432 Arkes Family Pavilion

101.4 m

333 ft
433 Inland Steel Building

101.3 m

332 ft
434 One Bangkok Phase 1 Hotel Tower

100.7 m

330 ft
435 525 West Monroe Street

100.6 m

330 ft
436 Bremer Tower

100 m

328 ft
437 One Brickell Square

100 m

328 ft
438 Bechtel Building

100 m

328 ft
438 One Blue Hill Plaza

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.
440 Pudong Financial Plaza Office Tower 2

100 m

328 ft
440 Pudong Financial Plaza Office Tower 3

100 m

328 ft
442 Corporate Avenue 4

99.8 m

327 ft
442 Corporate Avenue 5

99.8 m

327 ft
444 500 North Michigan Avenue

99.1 m

325 ft
445 101 Barclay Street

99.1 m

325 ft
446 Apparel Center

99 m

325 ft
447 Union Bank Building

99 m

325 ft
448 Financial Centre B

99 m

325 ft
449 235 Pine Street

98.8 m

324 ft
450 Harris Bank Addition I

98.2 m

322 ft
451 US Bank Plaza II

97.9 m

321 ft
452 300 South Riverside

97.5 m

320 ft
453 570 Broome Street

96.6 m

317 ft
454 PNC Bank Building

96.6 m

317 ft
455 No.4 Upper Riverside

96.1 m

315 ft
456 222 South Main

96 m

315 ft
457 Lincoln Yards Building A.2

96 m

315 ft
458 1455 Market Street

96 m

315 ft
459 353 Sacramento Street

95.4 m

313 ft
460 Breitner Center

95 m

312 ft
461 No.3 Upper Riverside

94.1 m

309 ft
462 Oval Tower

94 m

308 ft
463 One Bush Street

93.9 m

308 ft
464 Lever House

93.6 m

307 ft
465 Ten Penn Center

93.3 m

306 ft
466 Europoint II

93 m

305 ft
466 Europoint III

93 m

305 ft
466 Europoint IV

93 m

305 ft
469 UBS Plaza

93 m

305 ft
470 Bank of America Center

92.7 m

304 ft
471 One State Street

91.5 m

300 ft
472 800 West Fulton Market

91.4 m

300 ft
473 Financial Centre A

91 m

299 ft
474 La Guardia Plaza 4

90 m

295 ft
475 Eighth and Main Building

88.4 m

290 ft
476 1000 West Carroll Avenue

87.8 m

288 ft
477 330 North Green

87.7 m

288 ft
478 Hidalgo Place

87.6 m

287 ft
479 10 South Riverside Plaza

86.9 m

285 ft
479 120 South Riverside Plaza

86.9 m

285 ft
481 One HSBC Plaza

86.6 m

284 ft
482 555 Montgomery Street

86 m

282 ft
483 Zuidoost Toren A

85 m

279 ft
484 Poly International Plaza Tower 2

84 m

276 ft
485 One Park Place

83.2 m

273 ft
486 2 MiamiCentral

83.1 m

273 ft
487 Thrivent Financial Building

80.5 m

264 ft
488 Zuidoost Toren B

80 m

262 ft
489 Five Manhattan West

79.9 m

262 ft
490 Faraday Wood

79.3 m

260 ft
491 No.2 Upper Riverside

79.1 m

260 ft
492 Manhattan House

78 m

256 ft
493 Atrium One

76.8 m

252 ft
494 Hartford Plaza North

74.4 m

244 ft
495 No.1 Upper Riverside

74.2 m

243 ft
496 20 Stanwix Street

74 m

243 ft
497 Pudong Financial Plaza L+Mall

74 m

243 ft
498 Marriott World Trade Center

73.8 m

242 ft
499 San Francisco Planning, Building and Public Works Departments

72.5 m

238 ft
500 Fargo Block 9

71.3 m

234 ft
501 Lincoln Yards Building A.1

68.6 m

225 ft
502 Poly International Plaza Tower 3

67.2 m

220 ft
503 One Steuart Lane

67 m

220 ft
504 Vertical Medina

66.5 m

218 ft
505 Westin Houston Medical Center

65.8 m

216 ft
506 Lincoln Common Tower 1

65.2 m

214 ft
506 Lincoln Common Tower 2

65.2 m

214 ft
508 375 Hudson Street

64 m

210 ft
509 Pilkington Building

64 m

210 ft
510 City Island-Grantham House

62.8 m

206 ft
511 700 Eleventh Street

60.7 m

199 ft
512 La Guardia Plaza 1

60 m

197 ft
513 The Dalton School

55.2 m

181 ft
514 Elizabeth House South Tower

53 m

174 ft
515 KAFD Conference Centre

41.7 m

137 ft
516 KL Metropolis Landmark Tower

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517 Olympia Tower 1

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518 Olympia Tower 2

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519 1111 Sunset Residential Tower 1

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520 Olympia Tower 3

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521 SOM Timber Tower

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522 1301 Market Street

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523 1706-1726 Sherman Avenue

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524 Muqarnas Tower

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525 1111 Sunset Residential Tower 2

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525 Crossroads Hollywood Apartment Tower

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527 Crossroads Hollywood Condo Tower

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527 Xuhui Vanke Center Phase III Tower 3

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527 Xuhui Vanke Center Phase III Tower 4

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530 Catalinas Rio North Tower

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531 Crossroads Hollwood Hotel Tower

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532 Ayala Triangle Gardens South

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532 Royal Eden Docks

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534 Catalinas Rio South Tower

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535 Genesis North Tower

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535 The Collective Canary Wharf

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537 Méridia Tower

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538 18 India Street Tower 2

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538 Cook County Hospital Redevopment Phase 1B

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538 Cook County Hospital Redevopment Phase 4 East Tower

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538 Cook County Hospital Redevopment Phase 4 West Tower

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538 Elephant & Castle Tube Station Tower 3

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538 Elephant & Castle Tube Station Tower 4

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538 Elephant & Castle Tube Station Tower 5

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538 Elephant & Castle Tube Station Tower 6

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538 Elephant & Castle Tube Station Tower 7

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538 Post Oak & Richmond Tower 1

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538 Post Oak & Richmond Tower 2

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538 Post Oak & Richmond Tower 3

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538 The Avenues T4

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538 The Avenues T5

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Statistics

Average Building Age*

25 Years

Most Common Function*

Office (60%)

Most Common Material*

Concrete (37%)

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database

Based on 217 buildings over 150 m height with a function
 
Based on 177 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

William Baker

Consulting Structural Engineering Partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Chicago, United States

Luke Leung

Director, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Chicago, United States

Aaron Mazeika

Associate Director, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Chicago, United States

Ellen Lou

Director of Urban Design and Planning, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
San Francisco, United States

Yue Zhu

Director, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Chicago, United States

Scott Duncan

Design Partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Chicago, United States

Bin Pan

Senior Structural Engineer, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Shanghai, China

Zhexiong Chai

Architect, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Chicago, United States

Ronald Johnson

Structural Engineering Associate Director, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Chicago, United States

Shahab Ansari

Structural Engineer, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
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Director, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Chicago, United States

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Architect, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Chicago, United States

CTBUH Future Leaders Committee, Shanghai, 2018 – Present

Bin Pan

Senior Structural Engineer, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Shanghai, China

CTBUH Chapter Board Member, 2018 – Present

Yue Zhu

Director, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Chicago, United States

CTBUH Skybridges Research Project Steering Committee, 2019 – Present

Aaron Mazeika

Associate Director, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Chicago, United States

CTBUH Board of Trustees, 2020 – Present

Scott Duncan

Design Partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Chicago, United States

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20 March 2020

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20 March 2020

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CTBUH Research

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30 January 2020

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30 January 2020

The Global Tall Building Picture: Impact of 2019

CTBUH Research

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12 December 2019

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28 October 2019

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28 October 2019

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23 April 2020

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18 July 2019

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30 April 2019

Two Towers Progress onto Chicago’s Iconic Skyline

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30 April 2019

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03 May 2019

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IIT-CTBUH High Rise Studio Trip in China

21 January 2019

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