CTBUH Gold Member

RWDI

About

Member Since: 1986

Member Offices: Guelph, Miami, Milton Keynes, Shanghai, Thiruvananthapuram

Website: http://www.rwdi.com/

RWDI is an international specialty consulting engineering firm that uses a variety of engineering, computing, and scientific capabilities to help designers create comfortable environments and high performance buildings and structures.

As a company dedicated to delivering knowledge-based solutions and strategies to their clients in architecture, engineering, masterplanning and property development, they focus on continuous improvement, state-of-the-art systems and procedures, accountability, and attention to clients that exceeds their expectations.

“Making complicated issues simple” is more than a phrase they use: it is their mission! They aim to be accessible and responsive. Indeed it is their vision to deliver an unrivalled client experience.

Fields of Expertise

Engineering, Other; Environmental Engineering; Wind Engineering

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 Jeddah Tower
1,000 m / 3,281  ft
2 Burj Khalifa
828 m / 2,717  ft
3 Merdeka PNB118
644 m / 2,113  ft
4 Shanghai Tower
632 m / 2,073  ft
5 Ping An Finance Center
599.1 m / 1,965  ft
6 Lotte World Tower
554.5 m / 1,819  ft
7 One World Trade Center
541.3 m / 1,776  ft
8 Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre
530 m / 1,739  ft
9 CITIC Tower
527.7 m / 1,731  ft
10 TAIPEI 101
508 m / 1,667  ft

Awards

One Thousand Museum

Award of Excellence: One Thousand Museum

Best Tall Building 200-299 meters 2021

Ctbuh Leaders

Xiangdong Du

Xiangdong Du

CTBUH Expert Chinese Translation Committee, 2014 – Present

Shanghai

John Kilpatrick

John Kilpatrick

CTBUH Expert Peer Review Committee, 2014 – Present

Ontario

Duncan Phillips

Duncan Phillips

CTBUH Working Group: MEP, 2018 – Present

Ontario

Building Completions Timeline

Videos

31 October 2019

The Garden City in Three Dimensions

Moshe Safdie, Founder at Safdie Architects, speaks at the 2019 CTBUH International Congress in Chicago on 31 October 2019.

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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

05 May 2020

Proposed Passive House Vancouver Tower to Contain Large Social Housing Component

A proposed skyscraper in downtown Vancouver’s West End is attempting to achieve a wide range of mixed residential uses and a new green design standard...

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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.

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Name
Height
1 Sky Mile Tower

1,700 m

5,577 ft
2 Jeddah Tower

1,000 m

3,281 ft
3 Burj Khalifa

828 m

2,717 ft
4 Ping An Finance Center

660 m

2,165 ft
5 Merdeka PNB118

644 m

2,113 ft
6 Wuhan Greenland Center

636 m

2,087 ft
7 Shanghai Tower

632 m

2,073 ft
8 Triple One

620 m

2,034 ft
9 Chicago Spire

609.6 m

2,000 ft
10 Miglin-Beitler Skyneedle

609.5 m

2,000 ft
11 Ping An Finance Center

599.1 m

1,965 ft
12 Lotte World Tower

554.5 m

1,819 ft
13 One World Trade Center

541.3 m

1,776 ft
14 Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre

530 m

1,739 ft
15 CITIC Tower

527.7 m

1,731 ft
16 Nina Tower

518 m

1,699 ft
17 Dalian Greenland Center

518 m

1,699 ft
18 Busan Lotte Town Tower

510.1 m

1,674 ft
19 TAIPEI 101

508 m

1,667 ft
20 Federation Tower Spire

506 m

1,660 ft
21 Greenland Jinmao International Financial Center

498 m

1,634 ft
22 International Commerce Centre

480 m

1,575 ft
23 7 South Dearborn

477.6 m

1,567 ft
24 Wuhan Greenland Center

475.6 m

1,560 ft
25 Chengdu Greenland Tower

468 m

1,535 ft
26 R&F Guangdong Building

468 m

1,535 ft
27 Vincom Landmark 81

461.2 m

1,513 ft
28 Petronas Twin Tower 1

451.9 m

1,483 ft
28 Petronas Twin Tower 2

451.9 m

1,483 ft
30 Suzhou IFS

450 m

1,476 ft
31 Dancing Dragon Tower 1

446 m

1,463 ft
32 The Exchange 106

445.1 m

1,460 ft
33 Nanning China Resources Tower

445 m

1,460 ft
34 World One

442 m

1,450 ft
35 Wuhan Center Tower

438 m

1,437 ft
36 111 West 57th Street

435.3 m

1,428 ft
37 Multifunctional Highrise Complex - Akhmat Tower

435 m

1,427 ft
38 Haikou Tower 1

428 m

1,404 ft
39 One Vanderbilt

427 m

1,401 ft
40 432 Park Avenue

425.7 m

1,397 ft
41 Trump International Hotel & Tower

423.2 m

1,389 ft
42 Princess Tower

413.4 m

1,356 ft
43 Two International Finance Centre

412 m

1,352 ft
44 Nanning China Resources Tower

402.7 m

1,321 ft
45 Nanjing Olympic Suning Tower

400 m

1,312 ft
46 23 Marina

392.4 m

1,287 ft
47 30 Hudson Yards

387.1 m

1,270 ft
48 Block H

385.9 m

1,266 ft
49 London Millennium Tower

385.6 m

1,265 ft
50 PIF Tower

385 m

1,263 ft
51 Shun Hing Square

384 m

1,260 ft
52 Plaza Rakyat Office Tower

382 m

1,253 ft
53 Burj Mohammed Bin Rashid

381.2 m

1,251 ft
54 Dancing Dragon Tower 2

378 m

1,240 ft
55 Lakhta Center

m

ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 87 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.
56 Federation Tower

373.7 m

1,226 ft
57 The Address Boulevard

370 m

1,214 ft
58 Istanbul TV and Radio Tower

369 m

1,211 ft
59 Three Sixty West Tower B

361.2 m

1,185 ft
60 Almas Tower

360 m

1,181 ft
61 Hanking Center

358.9 m

1,177 ft
62 Greenland Group Suzhou Center

358 m

1,175 ft
63 Raffles City Chongqing T3N

354.5 m

1,163 ft
63 Raffles City Chongqing T4N

354.5 m

1,163 ft
65 OKO - Residential Tower

354.2 m

1,162 ft
66 Forum 66 Tower 1

350.6 m

1,150 ft
67 Diagonal Tower

343.4 m

1,127 ft
68 Four Seasons Place

342.5 m

1,124 ft
69 Sapphire Tower

341 m

1,119 ft
70 Comcast Technology Center

339.1 m

1,112 ft
71 Mercury City Tower

338.8 m

1,112 ft
72 Taipei Twin Tower 1

337 m

1,106 ft
73 Wilshire Grand Center

335.3 m

1,100 ft
74 DAMAC Heights

335.1 m

1,099 ft
75 Thamrin Nine Tower 1

333.5 m

1,094 ft
76 SkyWalk Residence

333 m

1,093 ft
77 China World Tower

330 m

1,083 ft
78 3 World Trade Center

328.9 m

1,079 ft
79 Zhuhai Tower

328.8 m

1,079 ft
80 Salesforce Tower

326.1 m

1,070 ft
81 Nina Tower

320.4 m

1,051 ft
82 Palais Royale

320 m

1,050 ft
83 Hermitage Plaza South Tower

320 m

1,050 ft
84 Hermitage Plaza East Tower

320 m

1,050 ft
85 Signature Tower

320 m

1,050 ft
86 Sinar Mas Center 1

320 m

1,050 ft
87 Waterview Tower

319.1 m

1,047 ft
88 Yongsan IBD Pentominium 1

319 m

1,047 ft
88 Yongsan IBD Pentominium 2

319 m

1,047 ft
90 New York Times Tower

318.8 m

1,046 ft
91 Ocean Heights

310 m

1,017 ft
92 Menara TM

310 m

1,017 ft
93 Pearl River Tower

309.4 m

1,015 ft
94 Lokhandwala Minerva

307 m

1,007 ft
95 The One

306.3 m

1,005 ft
96 The Shard

306 m

1,004 ft
97 Northeast Asia Trade Tower

305 m

1,001 ft
98 Shining Tower

304 m

997 ft
99 One Manhattan West

303.3 m

995 ft
100 Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel A

303 m

994 ft
100 Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel B

303 m

994 ft
102 Greenland Center North Tower

301 m

988 ft
103 Torre Costanera

300 m

984 ft
104 The Cloud Tower 1

300 m

984 ft
105 Comcast Center

296.7 m

974 ft
106 Lokhandwala Minerva

296.2 m

972 ft
107 The Blade

292.5 m

960 ft
108 Haeundae I Park Marina Tower 2

292.1 m

958 ft
109 220 Central Park South

289.6 m

950 ft
110 Plaza 66

288.2 m

945 ft
111 Guoco Tower

283.7 m

931 ft
112 Zhengzhou Greenland Plaza

280 m

919 ft
113 Taipei Twin Tower 2

280 m

919 ft
114 Torre KOI

279.1 m

916 ft
115 15 Hudson Yards

278.6 m

914 ft
116 Twentytwo

278.2 m

913 ft
117 The St. Regis Toronto

276.9 m

908 ft
118 Scotia Tower

275 m

902 ft
119 Bahria Town ICON

273 m

896 ft
120 Haeundae I Park Marina Tower 1

272.9 m

895 ft
121 Burj Vista Tower 1

272 m

892 ft
122 Aura at College Park

271.9 m

892 ft
123 One Barangaroo

271.3 m

890 ft
124 DAMAC Paramount Hotel & Residences

268.1 m

879 ft
124 DAMAC Towers by Paramount, Tower 1

268.1 m

879 ft
124 DAMAC Towers By Paramount, Tower 2

268.1 m

879 ft
124 DAMAC Towers by Paramount, Tower 3

268.1 m

879 ft
128 Nation Towers Residential Lofts

268 m

879 ft
129 Diamond of Istanbul

268 m

879 ft
130 Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Zifeng Tower

268 m

879 ft
131 10 Hudson Yards

267.7 m

878 ft
132 Omkar 1973 Worli Tower A

267 m

876 ft
132 Omkar 1973 Worli Tower B

267 m

876 ft
132 Omkar 1973 Worli Tower C

267 m

876 ft
135 Eight Spruce Street

265.2 m

870 ft
136 Raffles City Chongqing T2

265 m

869 ft
136 Raffles City Chongqing T5

265 m

869 ft
138 Raffles City Chongqing T4S

265 m

869 ft
139 Raffles City Chongqing T3S

265 m

869 ft
140 Energy Tower at City Center

265 m

869 ft
141 Trump World Tower

262.4 m

861 ft
142 Beijing Greenland Center

260 m

853 ft
143 The Cloud Tower 2

260 m

853 ft
144 Commerzbank Tower

259 m

850 ft
145 Meydan Beach Hotel

258.8 m

849 ft
146 Park Tower

257.4 m

844 ft
147 Three Sixty West Tower A

255.6 m

839 ft
148 Shenzhen AVIC Plaza

254 m

833 ft
149 Panorama Tower

251.9 m

827 ft
150 56 Leonard

250.2 m

821 ft
151 Le Phare de Quebec Tour 1

250 m

820 ft
152 Beijing Yintai Centre - Park Tower

250 m

820 ft
153 The Shang Salcedo

249.8 m

820 ft
154 181 Fremont

246.9 m

810 ft
155 Ningbo Bank of China Headquarters

246.2 m

808 ft
156 Tencent Seafront Tower 1

245.8 m

806 ft
157 Bloomberg Tower

245.6 m

806 ft
158 FKI Tower

245.5 m

805 ft
159 Harmony Tower

243.4 m

799 ft
160 Federation Tower - Zapad Tower

242.5 m

796 ft
161 CapitaGreen

242 m

794 ft
162 Four Seasons Hotel & Tower

240.4 m

789 ft
163 Altair

240 m

787 ft
164 The Imperium at Capital Commons

240 m

787 ft
165 Azrieli Sarona Tower

238.4 m

782 ft
166 Xi`an Center

238 m

781 ft
167 520 Park Avenue

237.9 m

781 ft
168 The Bow

237.5 m

779 ft
169 The Address Residence Sky View Tower 2

237.5 m

779 ft
170 55 Hudson Yards

237.4 m

779 ft
171 Madison Square Park Tower

237 m

778 ft
172 The Headquarters Business Park

235.9 m

774 ft
173 1201 Third Avenue Tower

235.3 m

772 ft
174 Spire London

235.2 m

771 ft
175 WKL Hotel and Tropicana The Residences

235 m

771 ft
176 Torre BBVA

234.9 m

771 ft
177 Raffles City Chongqing T1

234.5 m

769 ft
177 Raffles City Chongqing T6

234.5 m

769 ft
179 St. Regis Luxury Hotel

233.2 m

765 ft
180 Harbour Plaza Residences East

233 m

764 ft
181 International Ocean Shipping Building

232.4 m

762 ft
182 609 Main at Texas

230.1 m

755 ft
183 The Royalton

230 m

755 ft
184 Ilsan Yojin Y-City Tower 103

230 m

755 ft
184 Ilsan Yojin Y-City Tower 105

230 m

755 ft
186 Hilton Double Tree Sinyar Tower

230 m

755 ft
187 Elite Pavilion

230 m

755 ft
188 Plaza 66 Tower 2

228.2 m

749 ft
189 Ilsan Yojin Y-City Tower 102

225 m

738 ft
189 Ilsan Yojin Y-City Tower 104

225 m

738 ft
191 OKO - Office Tower

224.5 m

736 ft
192 Harbour Plaza Residences West

224 m

735 ft
193 River Point

223 m

732 ft
194 Ilsan Yojin Y-City Tower 106

221 m

725 ft
195 150 North Riverside

220.8 m

724 ft
196 Newfoundland

219.8 m

721 ft
197 100 East 53rd Street

216.7 m

711 ft
198 Shanghai Stock Exchange of Shanghai International Financial Center

215 m

705 ft
199 Bay-Adelaide Centre

214.7 m

704 ft
200 Valiant Tower

214.5 m

704 ft
201 Shangri-La Hotel Toronto

214 m

702 ft
202 Ilsan Yojin Y-City Tower 101

214 m

702 ft
203 Cross # Tower 1

214 m

702 ft
204 Salesforce Tower

213.7 m

701 ft
205 One Thousand Museum

213.1 m

699 ft
206 Podium West Tower

210 m

689 ft
207 Pacific Century Place Jakarta

209.3 m

687 ft
208 Millennium Tower

207.5 m

681 ft
209 South Station Tower

206.4 m

677 ft
210 Haeundae I Park Marina Tower 3

205.5 m

674 ft
211 Barclay Tower

205.1 m

673 ft
212 Four Seasons Place

205 m

673 ft
213 Golden Tower

205 m

673 ft
214 Cross # Tower 2

204 m

669 ft
215 1322 Golden Empire Tower

203 m

666 ft
216 Shangri-La Vancouver

200.9 m

659 ft
217 Tadawul Tower

200 m

656 ft
218 Mingfa Fortune Center 1

200 m

656 ft
219 Bay Adelaide Centre East Tower

196 m

643 ft
220 SOCAR Tower

195.9 m

643 ft
221 Raheja Revanta

195 m

640 ft
222 China Financial Futures Exchange of Shanghai International Financial Center

195 m

640 ft
223 Tencent Seafront Tower 2

194.8 m

639 ft
224 CG Tower

193.2 m

634 ft
225 W New York Downtown Hotel & Residences

192.1 m

630 ft
226 Dancing Towers 1

189 m

620 ft
226 Dancing Towers 2

189 m

620 ft
226 Dancing Towers 3

189 m

620 ft
229 425 5th Avenue

188.3 m

618 ft
230 DUO Residences

186 m

610 ft
231 Beijing Yintai Centre - PICC Office Tower

186 m

610 ft
231 Beijing Yintai Centre - Yintai Office Tower

186 m

610 ft
233 1144 Fifteenth

183.6 m

602 ft
234 Eleven Times Square

183.1 m

601 ft
235 Three Pacific Place

182 m

597 ft
236 Le Phare de Quebec Tour 2

180 m

591 ft
237 30 St Mary Axe

179.8 m

590 ft
238 DUO Tower

179.4 m

589 ft
239 18 Blackfriars Road Residential Tower

178.5 m

586 ft
240 Eighth Avenue Place West Tower

176.7 m

580 ft
241 600 3rd Avenue

173.7 m

570 ft
242 Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 2

173 m

568 ft
243 Spear Tower

172 m

564 ft
244 L'Hotel Nina Tower

170.4 m

559 ft
245 Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons

169 m

554 ft
246 One Blackfriars

166.3 m

546 ft
247 Grattacielo Intesa Sanpaolo

166.3 m

545 ft
248 Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 3

166 m

545 ft
249 1 Leadenhall

165.2 m

542 ft
250 Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong

165 m

541 ft
251 Theatre Park

164.8 m

541 ft
252 151 1st Avenue South

164.2 m

539 ft
253 Bay-Adelaide Centre North Tower

162 m

531 ft
254 Principal Tower

161.3 m

529 ft
255 The Broadgate Tower

161.3 m

529 ft
256 One Congress Street Tower 2

161 m

528 ft
257 465 North Park

159.9 m

525 ft
258 Velo Tower 1

159.3 m

523 ft
259 Santa Maria

158.5 m

520 ft
260 Bulfinch Crossing Residential Tower

158.2 m

519 ft
261 Festival Tower

156.7 m

514 ft
262 3001 John F Kennedy Boulevard

156.1 m

512 ft
263 552 Church

153 m

502 ft
264 China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation of Shanghai International Financial Center

152 m

499 ft
265 One Wall Centre

149.8 m

491 ft
266 1 Merchant Square

149.5 m

491 ft
267 Shaw Tower

149 m

489 ft
268 Mutual of America Building

145.1 m

476 ft
269 Continuum on South Beach, South Tower

143.5 m

471 ft
270 Millharbour Village G3

141.8 m

465 ft
271 Bay-Adelaide Centre North Tower

140.2 m

460 ft
272 Bentall 5

140.1 m

460 ft
273 Millharbour Village G1.1

139.2 m

457 ft
274 Velo Tower 2

139 m

456 ft
275 540 West Madison Street

138.1 m

453 ft
276 Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

136.2 m

447 ft
277 Concord Cityplace Parade Tower S

131.8 m

432 ft
278 Borgata Hotel & Casino

131.5 m

431 ft
279 Mortimer B. Zuckerman Research Center

129.2 m

424 ft
280 Ferry Island Building 1 North Tower

128.9 m

423 ft
281 Millharbour Village G2.1

126.5 m

415 ft
282 Continuum on South Beach, North Tower

125.5 m

412 ft
283 Murano Grande at Portofino

124.1 m

407 ft
284 Murano at Portofino

122.5 m

402 ft
285 Millharbour Village G1.3

121.9 m

400 ft
286 1812 North Moore Street

117.8 m

387 ft
287 The Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning

117.7 m

386 ft
288 Concord Cityplace Parade Tower V

116.2 m

381 ft
289 Burlington Tower

115.2 m

378 ft
290 Manitoba Hydro Place

114.9 m

377 ft
291 St John's Riverside-Tower 1

114.4 m

375 ft
292 Millharbour Village G2.2

113.2 m

371 ft
293 CHUM

112.1 m

368 ft
294 Paris Las Vegas

112.1 m

368 ft
295 Equus 333 Torre 1

112.1 m

368 ft
295 Equus 333 Torre 2

112.1 m

368 ft
297 Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort

111 m

364 ft
298 3025 John F Kennedy Boulevard

110 m

361 ft
299 Le Phare de Quebec Tour 3

110 m

361 ft
300 Dollar Bay

109 m

357 ft
301 Mingfa Fortune Center 2

108 m

354 ft
302 South Station Air Rights Development Phase 2

106.4 m

349 ft
303 Sofitel Singapore City Centre

105.3 m

345 ft
304 Bermondsey Project Building BF-S

102.7 m

337 ft
305 Millharbour Village G4

102.4 m

336 ft
306 PP 10 Parcel 1.12

102.1 m

335 ft
307

100 m

328 ft
308 Equus 333 Torre 3

96.3 m

316 ft
309 Canaletto

95.6 m

314 ft
310 Center for Computing & Data Sciences

93 m

305 ft
311 Aspire Point

92.6 m

304 ft
312 145 Broadway

89.6 m

294 ft
313 One Congress Street Tower 3

89.5 m

294 ft
314 Wyndham Grand Riyadh

87.3 m

286 ft
315 One Congress Street Tower 4

87.2 m

286 ft
316 240 Blackfriars Road

85.5 m

281 ft
317 South Station Air Rights Development Phase 3

85 m

279 ft
318 220 Central Park South Villa

83.5 m

274 ft
319 Minavil House

80.9 m

265 ft
320 1306-1310 The Queensway Tower B

79 m

259 ft
321 Concord Cityplace Parade Tower T

70.1 m

230 ft
322 Bermondsey Project Building BF-T

69.1 m

227 ft
323 Principal Place

67.4 m

221 ft
324 Faena House

65.5 m

215 ft
325 Concord Cityplace Parade Tower U

61.1 m

200 ft
326 Le Phare de Quebec Tour 4

60 m

197 ft
327 Brock Commons Tallwood House

57.9 m

190 ft
328 Bermondsey Project Building BF-D

56.8 m

186 ft
329 Bermondsey Project Building BF-W

51.4 m

169 ft
330 Bermondsey Project Building BF-E

50.6 m

166 ft
331 Bermondsey Project Building BF-Q&O

48.6 m

159 ft
332 1306-1310 The Queensway Tower C

43 m

141 ft
333 77 Wade

38.2 m

125 ft
334 Millharbour Village G1.4

33.4 m

109 ft
335 447 Luna Tower

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335 New Cuffe Parade Tower 1

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335 New Cuffe Parade Tower 10

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335 New Cuffe Parade Tower 11

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335 New Cuffe Parade Tower 12

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335 New Cuffe Parade Tower 2

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335 New Cuffe Parade Tower 3

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335 New Cuffe Parade Tower 4

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335 New Cuffe Parade Tower 5

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335 New Cuffe Parade Tower 6

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335 New Cuffe Parade Tower 7

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335 New Cuffe Parade Tower 8

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347 MeadowSide-The Peak

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347 Pinnacle

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347 South Bank Tower 1

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350 Mercury Tower

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351 Ashley Road East

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351 Ferry Island Building 1 South Tower

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353 North Island Tower

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354 Welbourne Plot Tower

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355 Ashley Road West

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356 Ferry Island Building 2

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357 New Cuffe Parade Commercial Tower

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Statistics

Average Building Age*

11 Years

Most Common Function*

Mixed-use (35%)

Most Common Material*

Concrete (51%)

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database

Based on 199 buildings over 150 m height with a function
 
Based on 184 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

John Kilpatrick

Practice Area Leader, Principal, RWDI
Ontario, Canada

Ruth Shilston

Senior Engineer, Project Manager, RWDI
London, United Kingdom

Ender Ozkan

RWDI
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Ctbuh Leaders At RWDI

CTBUH Expert Chinese Translation Committee, 2014 – Present

Xiangdong Du

Technical Director, RWDI
Shanghai, China

CTBUH Expert Peer Review Committee, 2014 – Present

John Kilpatrick

Practice Area Leader, Principal, RWDI
Ontario, Canada

CTBUH Working Group: MEP, 2018 – Present

Duncan Phillips

Principal, RWDI
Ontario, Canada

CTBUH Chapter Chair, 2019 – Present

Jon Barratt

Senior Project Manager & Associate, RWDI
Vancouver, Canada

CTBUH Chapter Vice-Chair, 2019 – Present

Anton Davies

Founding Partner, RWDI
Toronto, Canada

CTBUH City Committee, Toronto, 2021 – Present

Brandon Law

Sr. Project Manager | Associate Principal, RWDI
Toronto, Canada

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31 October 2019

The Garden City in Three Dimensions

Moshe Safdie, Founder at Safdie Architects, speaks at the 2019 CTBUH International Congress in Chicago on 31 October 2019.

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...

19 November 2018

Five Minutes With: James Goettsch & Anthony Scacco

James Goettsch is the Chairman and Co-CEO of Goettsch Partners as well as the firm's design director, responsible for developing the firm's design talent and...

22 October 2018

Beauty and Finance: Post Mannerism in Skyscraper Design

Building design and devlopment started with small scale conceptual research projects where inspiration and effectiveness, art and technology, and beauty and finance not only co-existed,...

22 October 2018

The Future of Tall Building Technology

Since their earliest form, tall buildings have stood as technological marvels, reflecting the latest advancements in materials, methodologies, and tools. These two technologies continue to...

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...

09 July 2018

Five Minutes With: Carla Swickerath

Carla Swickerath, Partner, Studio Libeskind, sat down with CTBUH to discuss the design approach and urban impact of the World Trade Center complex in New...

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

Constructing the ‘Jenga’ Building Was No Game

56 Leonard has been called the “Jenga” building due to its cantilevered floors, as well as the irregular spacing and location of the balconies throughout...

31 May 2018

A ‘Building in Motion’ for a Dynamic City

The Azrieli Sarona Tower is both the first "twisted” and the tallest building in Israel. The substantial mass of the tower was carefully designed in...

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

Aesthetics of Chinese Tall Buildings

Richard Lee, C.Y. Lee & Partners Architects/ Planners

While Western aesthetics dominate the world at this time, the rise of the East has led China to reexamine its Eurocentric view towards aesthetics. China...

28 October 2019

Fifty Years of Fire Safety In Supertall Buildings

Peter Weismantle, AS+GG; James Antell, Telgian Engineering & Consulting

As international design teams participated in the development of high-rise structures around the world, many of the concepts of fire-safe design first introduced in the...

Global News

05 May 2020

Proposed Passive House Vancouver Tower to Contain Large Social Housing Component

A proposed skyscraper in downtown Vancouver’s West End is attempting to achieve a wide range of mixed residential uses and a new green design standard...

22 November 2019

Construction Stalls on Supertall Development in Wuhan

A subsidiary of China’s largest construction group has suspended work on one of the nation’s tallest skyscrapers after the developer became the latest in a...

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...

09 August 2019

Taipei 101 Damper Experienced Record Movement Due to Earthquake

The tuned mass damper in the Taipei 101 skyscraper moved 15 centimeters due to an earthquake early Thursday, 8 August, according to the building management....

15 April 2019

New Architects Brought in for Manchester’s St. Michael’s Tower

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has been brought in to deliver Hodder + Partners’ controversial Saint Michael’s tower in Manchester, with the local practice kept...

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’...

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...

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...

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...

21 January 2019

“Tower Fifth” Could Become New York City’s Second-Tallest

For decades, the New York City skyline was dominated by one building, the 1,250-foot-tall (381-meter) Empire State Building. But 17 “supertall” skyscrapers — defined as...

CTBUH Initiatives Involving RWDI

CTBUH Canada: Vertical Building Additions Breakfast Event

25 September 2019

CTBUH held a breakfast seminar on vertical building additions, featuring presentations from prominent local firms profiling vertical building addition technologies.

CTBUH Canada Future Leaders Tours RWDI Facilities

21 November 2018

The CTBUH Canada Future Leaders Committee visited RWDI's facilities, including the company's model shop, wind tunnels, and water flume, and viewed several engaging presentations.

CTBUH Canada Hosts Discussion: Modular Design & Construction

12 September 2018

The CTBUH Canada Chapter hosted a discussion on Modular Design and Construction, featuring an overview of existing modular implementations as well as future implications.

CTBUH Canada Hosts "Future Leaders" Committee Inaugural Event

25 July 2018

The CTBUH Canada "Future Leaders" Committee held its inaugural event. Following a series of presentations, emerging professionals networked and planned future initiatives.

CTBUH Canada Tours YC Condos

21 March 2018

The CTBUH Canada Chapter held a construction tour of YC Condos, a 66-story tower development in downtown Toronto.

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.