CTBUH Silver Member

Solomon Cordwell Buenz - SCB

About

Member Since: 2001

Member Offices: Chicago

Website: http://www.scb.com/

Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB) is an architecture, interior design, and planning firm with a thoughtful design vision and a dynamic national imprint. Since 1931, SCB has made a lasting visual impact on skylines, campuses, and neighborhoods nationwide. From offices in Chicago, San Francisco, and Seattle, we offer our expertise to clients across the country, helping them achieve their goals, serve their constituents, and create unique built environments.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture; Historical Preservation; Interior Design; Urban Design

Buildings

RANK
Name
Height
2 Tribune East Tower

433.4 m

1,422 ft
3 The Legacy at Millennium Park

249.3 m

818 ft
7 340 on the Park

204.9 m

672 ft
8 The Heritage at Millennium Park

192.4 m

631 ft
9 Millennium Centre

185.9 m

610 ft
10 Chicago Place

185.3 m

608 ft
11 One Rincon Hill South Tower

184.4 m

605 ft
12 The Laurel

182.6 m

599 ft
13 The Fordham

174.8 m

574 ft
14 Loews Chicago Hotel

173.4 m

569 ft

Associated companies

Solomon & Cordwell

RANK
Name
Height
1 Aon Center

549.9 m

1,804 ft
2 Tribune East Tower

433.4 m

1,422 ft
3 The Legacy at Millennium Park

249.3 m

818 ft
4 Mandarin Oriental Chicago

248 m

814 ft
5 560 North Fairbanks

240 m

787 ft
6 108 North State

217 m

712 ft
7 340 on the Park

204.9 m

672 ft
8 The Heritage at Millennium Park

192.4 m

631 ft
9 Millennium Centre

185.9 m

610 ft
10 Chicago Place

185.3 m

608 ft
11 One Rincon Hill South Tower

184.4 m

605 ft
12 The Laurel

182.6 m

599 ft
13 The Fordham

174.8 m

574 ft
14 Loews Chicago Hotel

173.4 m

569 ft
15 Harbor Point

169 m

554 ft
16 Streeter Place

168.8 m

554 ft
17 AMLI River North

165.5 m

543 ft
18 One Rincon Hill North Tower

165 m

541 ft
19 151 1st Avenue South

164.2 m

539 ft
20 Elysees Condominiums

161.2 m

529 ft
21 465 North Park

159.9 m

525 ft
22 The Paragon Chicago

159.4 m

523 ft
23 505

159.1 m

522 ft
24 630 N. McClurg Court North Tower

157 m

515 ft
25 The Streeter

156.7 m

514 ft
26 Park Tower Condominiums

156.3 m

513 ft
27 215 West

155.1 m

509 ft
28 414 Light Street

152.4 m

500 ft
29 The St. James

151.8 m

498 ft
30 Parkview West

151.6 m

498 ft
31 500 North Lake Shore Drive

151.5 m

497 ft
32 50 East Chestnut Street

150.7 m

495 ft
33 The Bristol

148.7 m

488 ft
34 73 East Lake

145.5 m

477 ft
35 Moment

145.5 m

477 ft
36 The Murano

144.8 m

475 ft
37 Plaza 440

144.5 m

474 ft
38 The Sterling

142 m

466 ft
39 1520-1576 North Fremont Street

141.7 m

465 ft
40 Tribune Tower

141.1 m

463 ft
41 Hanover River Oaks

140.8 m

462 ft
42 Presidential Towers I

140.6 m

461 ft
42 Presidential Towers II

140.6 m

461 ft
42 Presidential Towers III

140.6 m

461 ft
42 Presidential Towers IV

140.6 m

461 ft
46 Kingsbury Plaza

138.8 m

456 ft
47 400 North LaSalle

138.4 m

454 ft
48 The Fifth

137.8 m

452 ft
49 Hubbard Place

137 m

449 ft
50 200 Squared

136.9 m

449 ft
51 Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

136.2 m

447 ft
52 1001 South State Street

134.1 m

440 ft
53 Marquee

132.9 m

436 ft
54 McClurg Court Center A

131 m

430 ft
54 McClurg Court Center B

131 m

430 ft
56 1555 North Astor

130.6 m

428 ft
57 1130 North State Street

129.5 m

425 ft
58 Sky55

129.4 m

425 ft
59 The Sinclair

128 m

420 ft
60 State and Chestnut

125 m

410 ft
61 1314 Franklin Street

122.9 m

403 ft
62 One Oak

122 m

400 ft
63 100 Van Ness

122 m

400 ft
64 399 Fremont

121.9 m

400 ft
65 Anaha

121.9 m

400 ft
66 James House

121.3 m

398 ft
67 Wells Street Tower

118.1 m

388 ft
68 7Seventy7

118 m

387 ft
69 The Lumen

116.4 m

382 ft
70 Kilbourn Tower

115.8 m

380 ft
71 Hanover Boulevard Place

114.3 m

375 ft
72 2800 North Lake Shore Drive

113.4 m

372 ft
73 Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers

112.3 m

369 ft
74 Hawthorne House

111.9 m

367 ft
75 Left Bank at K Station

111.4 m

366 ft
76 The Chicagoan

110.3 m

362 ft
77 Edgewater Plaza North

110 m

361 ft
78 903 Peachtree

108 m

354 ft
79 Central SOMA Tower

106.7 m

350 ft
80 Edgewater Plaza South

105.5 m

346 ft
81 Cassidy Plaza

105.2 m

345 ft
82 8th and Cherry Street

105.2 m

345 ft
83 Post Oak

100.6 m

330 ft
84 Country Club Tower East

100 m

328 ft
84 Country Club Tower West

100 m

328 ft
86 5000 Town Center

100 m

328 ft
87 Hanover Montrose

99.4 m

326 ft
88 Cumulus

97.5 m

320 ft
89 Prime Corporate Center

96 m

315 ft
90 625 West Adams

93 m

305 ft
91 Eleven40

92.4 m

303 ft
92 4 East Elm Street

91.6 m

300 ft
93 299 Fremont

91.4 m

300 ft
94 2008 West End Avenue

91.1 m

299 ft
95 5252 South Cornell Avenue

90.5 m

297 ft
96 1418 North Lake Shore Drive

89 m

292 ft
97 525 Hawthorne

86.9 m

285 ft
98 The Summit at University City

85 m

279 ft
99 949 South Hope Street

83.5 m

274 ft
100 Hollywood Towers North

82.3 m

270 ft
100 Hollywood Towers South

82.3 m

270 ft
102 360 Residences

82 m

269 ft
103 Aspire

80.7 m

265 ft
104 Pearson on the Park

80 m

262 ft
105 Vantage Med Center

79.3 m

260 ft
106 1410 North State Parkway

78 m

256 ft
107 AMLI 900

77.9 m

256 ft
108 Union Station Vertical Expansion

71.6 m

235 ft
109 320 North Sangamon Street

55 m

181 ft
110 Union Station

49.4 m

162 ft
111 200-298 West 2nd Street

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112 'A'ali'i

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112 Clark & Divison Tower

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114 171 West Van Buren

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115 1899 McKinney

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116 Portfolio

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117 166 North Aberdeen

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CTBUH Initiatives Involving Solomon Cordwell Buenz

SCB Hosts IIT Students for Office Visit, Lurie Hospital Tour

23 February 2018

As part of the CTBUH-IIT Academic Courses, a group of IIT architecture students visited the Chicago office of SCB and toured Lurie Children's Hospital.

IIT Students Tour at SCB and Lurie Children's Hospital

07 February 2018

As part of the CTBUH-IIT Academic Courses, a group of IIT architecture students visited the SCB Chicago Office on February 7.

YPC Presents on Complex Chicago Mixed-Use Project

16 April 2014

The Young Professionals Committee of CTBUH facilitated a roundtable discussion on Chicago’s under-construction mixed-use development 455 North Park Drive, at Crown Hall, Illinois Instit

Legacy Tour

21 October 2009

Attendees of the 2009 CTBUH Chicago Conference toured The Legacy at Millennium Park, one of the newest addition to the downtown loop area residential stock.

CTBUH Summer Tall Tours Underway – Legacy at Millennium Park

22 May 2009

The first of three CTBUH construction tours held in Chicago during the summer of 2009 was attended by 30 people, at the Legacy.

2009 Mock Firms Competition

08 May 2009

CTBUH staff Antony Wood, Jan Klerks and Philip Oldfield were involved in the reviews of the "Mock Firms National Skyscraper Challenge" organized by Chicago Architecture Today.