CTBUH Platinum Member

Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.

About

Member Since: 1987

Member Offices: New York City, Chicago, London, Seattle, Shanghai

Website: http://www.thorntontomasetti.com/

Thornton Tomasetti applies engineering and scientific principles to solve the world’s challenges. An independent organization of creative thinkers and innovative doers collaborating from offices worldwide, we optimize the design and performance of structures, materials and systems for projects of every size and level of complexity. Our mission is to bring our clients’ ideas to life and, in the process, lay the groundwork for a better, more resilient future. We are committed to being a sustainable, diverse and enduring organization and the global driver of change and innovation in the industries in which we work.

Fields of Expertise

Engineering, Other; Façade Design / Engineering; Historical Preservation; Insurance / Risk; Project Management; Seismic Design; Structural Engineering; Transportation / Urban Infrastructure

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 Uptown Dubai Tower 1
711 m / 2,333  ft
3 Signature Tower Jakarta
638 m / 2,093  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 Jinan IFC Landmark Tower
518 m / 1,699  ft
8 TAIPEI 101
508 m / 1,667  ft
9 Chengdu Greenland Tower
468 m / 1,535  ft
10 FORZA Tower
460 m / 1,509  ft

Awards

U.S. Embassy, London

Award of Excellence: U.S. Embassy, London

Best Tall Building under 100 meters 2021

Ctbuh Leaders

Paul Fu

Paul Fu

CTBUH Expert Peer Review Committee, 2014 – Present

New York City

Dennis Poon

Dennis Poon

CTBUH Chapter Treasurer, 2015 – Present

New York City

C.T. Tam

C.T. Tam

CTBUH Chapter Board Member, 2017 – Present

Hong Kong

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

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

01 May 2020

Timber Composite Tower in Milwaukee To Begin Pre-Leasing

New Land Enterprises will begin pre-leasing apartments in Ascent, a proposed 25-story apartment tower made from mass timber, in the coming days. A brochure will...

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Associated companies

Weidlinger Associates (2015)

BRZ-Experts

Lev Zetlin Associates (1999)

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 Jeddah Tower

1,000 m

3,281 ft
2 Miapolis

914.4 m

3,000 ft
3 Suzhou Zhongnan Center

729 m

2,392 ft
4 Uptown Dubai Tower 1

711 m

2,333 ft
5 Ping An Finance Center

660 m

2,165 ft
6 Signature Tower Jakarta

638 m

2,093 ft
7 Wuhan Greenland Center

636 m

2,087 ft
8 Shanghai Tower

632 m

2,073 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 Jinan IFC Landmark Tower

518 m

1,699 ft
14 Evergrande International Financial Center T1

518 m

1,699 ft
15 TAIPEI 101

508 m

1,667 ft
16 Federation Tower Spire

506 m

1,660 ft
17 Incheon Tower

487 m

1,598 ft
18 Wuhan Greenland Center

475.6 m

1,560 ft
19 Chengdu Greenland Tower

468 m

1,535 ft
20 FORZA Tower

460 m

1,509 ft
21 Petronas Twin Tower 1

451.9 m

1,483 ft
21 Petronas Twin Tower 2

451.9 m

1,483 ft
23 Willis Tower

442.1 m

1,451 ft
24 Wuhan Center Tower

438 m

1,437 ft
25 Wuhan World Trade Center

438 m

1,437 ft
26 Multifunctional Highrise Complex - Akhmat Tower

435 m

1,427 ft
27 Haikou Tower 1

428 m

1,404 ft
28 Kamal Tower

408 m

1,339 ft
29 30 Hudson Yards

387.1 m

1,270 ft
30 Federation Tower

373.7 m

1,226 ft
31 Uptown Tower

370 m

1,214 ft
32 Istanbul TV and Radio Tower

369 m

1,211 ft
33 One Shenzhen Bay Tower 7

341.4 m

1,120 ft
34 Comcast Technology Center

339.1 m

1,112 ft
35 Wilshire Grand Center

335.3 m

1,100 ft
36 3 World Trade Center

328.9 m

1,079 ft
37 New York Times Tower

318.8 m

1,046 ft
38 Eurasia Tower

308.9 m

1,013 ft
39 Doosan Haeundae We've the Zenith Tower A

300 m

984 ft
40 Torre Costanera

300 m

984 ft
41 Comcast Center

296.7 m

974 ft
42 Evergrande IFC 5

290 m

951 ft
43 Busan International Finance Center Landmark Tower

289 m

948 ft
44 Plaza 66

288.2 m

945 ft
45 One Liberty Place

288 m

945 ft
46 Ping An Finance Center South

286 m

938 ft
47 Tomorrow Square

284.6 m

934 ft
48 Three International Finance Center

284 m

932 ft
49 Doosan Haeundae We've the Zenith Tower B

281.5 m

924 ft
50 Torre KOI

279.1 m

916 ft
51 2nd & 2nd Tower

273.7 m

898 ft
52 Lotte Center Hanoi

272 m

892 ft
53 Naberezhnaya Tower Block C

268.4 m

881 ft
54 Diamond of Istanbul

268 m

879 ft
55 10 Hudson Yards

267.7 m

878 ft
56 Doosan Haeundae We've the Zenith Tower C

265 m

869 ft
57 Nathani Heights

262 m

860 ft
58 Evergrande IFC 4

260 m

853 ft
59 Devon Energy Center

257.2 m

844 ft
60 One Bennett Park

255.2 m

837 ft
61 110 North Wacker

249 m

817 ft
62 One Museum Place

248.9 m

816 ft
63 Hwaseong Dongtan Metapolis 101

248.7 m

816 ft
64 Hwaseong Dongtan Metapolis 104

247.4 m

812 ft
65 Tencent Seafront Tower 1

245.8 m

806 ft
66 Bloomberg Tower

245.6 m

806 ft
67 FKI Tower

245.5 m

805 ft
68 Federation Tower - Zapad Tower

242.5 m

796 ft
69 Q.1

241.9 m

793 ft
70 Fifth & Hill

240.5 m

789 ft
71 30 Hudson Street

238.1 m

781 ft
72 Z14 Plot Tower 2

238 m

781 ft
73 The First World Tower 1

236.6 m

776 ft
73 The First World Tower 2

236.6 m

776 ft
73 The First World Tower 3

236.6 m

776 ft
73 The First World Tower 4

236.6 m

776 ft
77 130 North Franklin

229.1 m

752 ft
78 River Beech Tower

228 m

748 ft
79 One Liberty Plaza

226.5 m

743 ft
80 Three World Financial Center

225.2 m

739 ft
81 Sapphire Residences

225 m

738 ft
82 Hwaseong Dongtan Metapolis 102

223.8 m

734 ft
83 FMC Tower at Cira Centre South

222.5 m

730 ft
84 Times Square Tower

221.3 m

726 ft
85 BNY Mellon Center

221 m

725 ft
86 One Indiabulls Sky Blu

220.5 m

723 ft
87 Shanghai Stock Exchange of Shanghai International Financial Center

215 m

705 ft
88 Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir

213.4 m

700 ft
89 Georgia Pacific Tower

212.5 m

697 ft
90 Menara Maxis

212 m

696 ft
91 TaiKoo Hui Tower 1

212 m

695 ft
92 Americas Tower

210.9 m

692 ft
93 Solow Building

210 m

689 ft
94 Random House Tower

208.5 m

684 ft
95 AT&T Building

206.4 m

677 ft
96 Sequis Tower

206.3 m

677 ft
97 Golden Tower

205 m

673 ft
98 Hwaseong Dongtan Metapolis 103

203.2 m

667 ft
99 Great American Tower at Queen City Square

202.7 m

665 ft
100 Kohinoor Square Tower A

201.9 m

662 ft
101 Carlton Centre

201.2 m

660 ft
102 1180 Peachtree

200.2 m

657 ft
103 Evergrande IFC 3

200 m

656 ft
104 Conrad Seoul

199.4 m

654 ft
105 599 Lexington Avenue

199 m

653 ft
106 UBS Tower

198.6 m

652 ft
107 55 East Erie

197.2 m

647 ft
108 Two World Financial Center

196.6 m

645 ft
109 SOCAR Tower

195.9 m

643 ft
110 Grand Plaza Apartments

195.4 m

641 ft
111 Raheja Revanta

195 m

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

195 m

640 ft
113 Tencent Seafront Tower 2

194.8 m

639 ft
114 One International Finance Center

184.5 m

605 ft
115 Eleven Times Square

183.1 m

601 ft
116 The Finance Centre

180.2 m

591 ft
117 Fairmont Austin

180 m

591 ft
118 One Financial Center

179.8 m

590 ft
119 The Clare

179.5 m

589 ft
120 Hasune Housing Project

178.3 m

585 ft
121 Tour Areva

178 m

584 ft
122 Citadel Center

176.8 m

580 ft
123 One World Financial Center

175.9 m

577 ft
124 5 Times Square

175.3 m

575 ft
125 Lehman Building

175.3 m

575 ft
126 New York Marriott Marquis Hotel

175 m

574 ft
127 Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 2

173 m

568 ft
128 Cirrus

171.4 m

562 ft
129 Evergrande IFC 2

170 m

558 ft
130 Continental Center

169 m

554 ft
131 Soyak Kristalkule | Finansbank Headquarters

169 m

554 ft
132 Ministry of Taxes

168 m

551 ft
133 Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 3

166 m

545 ft
134 Tour Gan

166 m

545 ft
135 TaiKoo Hui Tower 2

165 m

541 ft
136 One Tampa City Center

163.7 m

537 ft
137 Palazzo Lombardia

161.3 m

529 ft
138 Villas in the Sky

160 m

525 ft
139 Dongbu Finance Building

158.3 m

519 ft
140 The Residences at the Ritz-Carlton

157.9 m

518 ft
141 191 North Wacker Drive

157.4 m

516 ft
142 Al Khatem Tower

155 m

509 ft
142 Al Maqam Tower

155 m

509 ft
144 United Nations Secretariat Building

154.3 m

506 ft
145 State Street Financial Center

153.3 m

503 ft
146 28 State Street

152.4 m

500 ft
147 Four World Financial Center

152.4 m

500 ft
148 China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation of Shanghai International Financial Center

152 m

499 ft
149 One Broadway Plaza

150.3 m

493 ft
150 Sabana Capital

150 m

492 ft
151 CBS Building

149.7 m

491 ft
152 33 Arch Street

149.1 m

489 ft
153 1 Bank of America Center

147.5 m

484 ft
154 Harborside Plaza 5

146.3 m

480 ft
155 W Austin Hotel & Residences

145.3 m

477 ft
156 Daily News Building

145.1 m

476 ft
157 VIA 57 WEST

142.3 m

467 ft
158 Leighton House Residence Tower

140.2 m

460 ft
159 ITC One Hotel

140 m

459 ft
160 The Residences at Grand Plaza

139.6 m

458 ft
161 7 Bryant Park

138.4 m

454 ft
162 717 Texas Avenue

138.2 m

453 ft
163 540 West Madison Street

138.1 m

453 ft
164 PPA 30 Parcel 3.10

138 m

453 ft
165 The Harmon

138 m

453 ft
166 Casablanca Finance City Tower

136 m

446 ft
167 85 Broad Street

135 m

443 ft
168 Xerox Tower

135 m

443 ft
169 Crystal Tower 1

135 m

443 ft
170 5 Corporate Avenue

134.6 m

441 ft
171 Hartford 21

134.1 m

440 ft
172 745 5th Avenue

132.6 m

435 ft
173 Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

131.5 m

431 ft
174 Al Sarab Tower

131 m

430 ft
174 Al Sila Tower

131 m

430 ft
176 Evo at Cira Centre South

130 m

427 ft
177 10 George Street

128.1 m

420 ft
178 Taikoo Hui Mandarin Oriental Hotel

128 m

420 ft
179 Naberezhnaya Tower Block B

127 m

417 ft
180 MoMo

125.1 m

411 ft
181 Kohinoor Square Tower B

123.9 m

406 ft
182 Fifty South Sixth

123.1 m

404 ft
183 Cascade

122.9 m

403 ft
184 Monarch Place

121.9 m

400 ft
185 10 Rittenhouse Square

120.7 m

396 ft
186 Westin Hotel at Copley Place

120.4 m

395 ft
187 420 5th Avenue

119.2 m

391 ft
188 Carlton Hotel

119 m

390 ft
189 The Fairbanks at Cityfront Plaza

117.9 m

387 ft
190 Northwestern Medicine 259 East Erie

117.5 m

385 ft
191 101 Federal Street

116.3 m

382 ft
192 Bally`s Atlantic City

114.3 m

375 ft
193 The Admiral at the Lake

112.2 m

368 ft
194 1111 South Wabash

111.9 m

367 ft
195 One Flagler

111.1 m

365 ft
196 141 Willoughby Street

109.7 m

360 ft
197 Eight O Five

106.1 m

348 ft
198 Shimizu Corporation Tokyo Headquarters

106 m

348 ft
199 Park Alexandria

105.8 m

347 ft
200 PPA 30 Parcel 5.03 Tower 1

105 m

344 ft
201 Hilton New Orleans Riverside

104 m

341 ft
202 840 North Lake Shore Drive

100.2 m

329 ft
203 Guotai Junan Securities Tower

99.7 m

327 ft
204 Amazon HQ2 Phase 1 North Building

99.2 m

325 ft
204 Amazon HQ2 Phase 1 South Building

99.2 m

325 ft
206 Qiantan Enterprise World Phase II Tower A

99.2 m

325 ft
206 Qiantan Enterprise World Phase II Tower B

99.2 m

325 ft
208 Prentice Women's Hospital

96.3 m

316 ft
209 Kingsbury on the Park

91.8 m

301 ft
210 Parkline

89.4 m

293 ft
211 Erie on the Park

89.1 m

292 ft
212 Ascent

86.6 m

284 ft
213 22 West Washington

84.1 m

276 ft
214 Chicago Board of Trade Addition

83.8 m

275 ft
215 Prairie Pointe

82.5 m

271 ft
216 241 West 28th Street

80.9 m

265 ft
217 Optima Views

80.8 m

265 ft
218 Crystal Tower 2

80 m

262 ft
219 330 Hudson

78.9 m

259 ft
220 546 5th Avenue

78.6 m

258 ft
221 J.W. Marriott Grand Rapids

78.1 m

256 ft
222 AMLI 900

77.9 m

256 ft
223 Rush University Medical Center Hospital Tower

77 m

252 ft
224 Obama Presidential Center

71.6 m

235 ft
225 Signature at Reston - West Tower

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ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 21 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.
226 World Trade Center West

68.6 m

225 ft
227 Dwight Building

66.8 m

219 ft
228 U.S. Embassy, London

65.3 m

214 ft
229 Aloft Chicago Magnificent Mile

59 m

194 ft
230 2330 Broadway

52.7 m

173 ft
231 The Arbour

52.5 m

172 ft
232 670 Mesquit North Tower

-
232 670 Mesquit South Tower

-
234 The Gem Building

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Statistics

Average Building Age*

19 Years

Most Common Function*

Office (56%)

Most Common Material*

Concrete (43%)

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database

Based on 118 buildings over 150 m height with a function
 
Based on 109 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

Joseph Burns

Managing Principal, Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.
Chicago, United States

Hi Sun Choi

Senior Principal, Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.
New York City, United States

Ctbuh Leaders At Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.

CTBUH Expert Peer Review Committee, 2014 – Present

Paul Fu

Senior Principal, Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.
New York City, United States

CTBUH Chapter Treasurer, 2015 – Present

Dennis Poon

Vice Chairman, Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.
New York City, United States

CTBUH Chapter Board Member, 2017 – Present

C.T. Tam

Project Manager, Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.
Hong Kong, China

CTBUH Height and Data Committee, 2018 – Present

Joseph Burns

Managing Principal, Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.
Chicago, United States

CTBUH Future Leaders Committee, Chicago, 2019 – Present

Nuria Abad Sanz

Structural Engineer, Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.
Chicago, United States

CTBUH Diversity & Inclusion Committee, 2020 – Present

Hi Sun Choi

Senior Principal, Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.
New York City, United States

CTBUH New York City Chapter, 2021 – Present

Charles Portelli

Senior Associate, Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.
New York City, United States

CTBUH New York City Chapter, 2021 – Present

Nickolaus Sundholm

Project Engineer, Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.
New York City, 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...

17 September 2018

Five Minutes with: Aine Brazil

Aine Brazil, Vice Chairman, Thornton Tomasetti, sat down with CTBUH to discuss her 40-plus year career creating internationally acclaimed high-rises across the world.

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

The Axis Mundi of the Pearl River Delta Megacity

The Shenzhen Ping An Finance Center (PAFC) is a transit-integrated, 600-meter-tall building that occupies a major node in the increasingly connected megacity of Hong Kong-Shenzhen-Guangzhou....

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,...

31 May 2018

A Milestone in Supertall Construction

Ping An Finance Center (PAFC) is an extraordinary project, which responds to the challenges of constructing in dense urban environments. PAFC advanced nearly every dimension...

30 May 2018

Shaping Skylines Through Engineering Innovation

Aine M. Brazil is a leading structural engineer who has been instrumental in shaping the skylines of cities across the globe. In her 40-plus year...

30 May 2018

For a Modern Media Company, a Tower of Clarity and Transparency

Over the past 10 years, the New York Times Tower has become a landmark worthy of the institution that commissioned it, particularly because of its...

30 May 2018

Efficiently Sublime: The Tall Building in the Modern City

From its inception, Comcast Center was designed to exude a heightened sense of innovation and public engagement – qualities that align with both the tower’s...

30 May 2018

Interview: Aine Brazil

Aine Brazil, Vice Chairman of Thornton Tomasetti, is interviewed by Chris Bentley regarding her structural work after recieving the Fazlur R. Khan Lifetime Award during...

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

Bringing an Icon into the Future: Willis Tower

Stephen Katz, Gensler

Few buildings are as iconic as Willis Tower. Generations of Chicagoans have a collective memory of this building playing a role in their entire lives....

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

World’s Biggest (Tall) Buildings

Carol Willis, The Skyscraper Museum

In both professional circles and in the public eye, the subject of the World’s Tallest Building (WTB) has held the spotlight for more than a...

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

09 March 2020

New York City’s Highest Outdoor Skydeck Set to Open

The opening of Edge, the highest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere, offering 360-degree views of New York City’s iconic skyline will be celebrated...

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....

18 July 2019

Transformation of Chicago’s Willis Tower Begins with New Art-Filled Lobby

EQ Office, the US office portfolio company owned by Blackstone, has reopened Willis Tower’s Wacker Drive lobby, featuring a new, one-of-a-kind art installation created by...

30 April 2019

Two Towers Progress onto Chicago’s Iconic Skyline

Vista Tower reached its final height on April 26 2019, when construction workers poured concrete to form the Chicago skyscraper’s 101st and final floor. That...

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...

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...

CTBUH Initiatives Involving Thornton Tomasetti

ETEM Façade Conference

16 November 2019

Supported by CTBUH, the ETEM Façade Conference is a global forum for the latest façade technologies designed for creative architecture.

CTBUH Chicago Tours Willis Tower Renovations

28 August 2019

CTBUH Chicago led an illuminating tour of the wholesale renovation of the base of Willis Tower, the largest such construction project to take place since the building’s completion

CTBUH Chicago Tours Willis Tower Renovations

28 August 2019

CTBUH Chicago led an illuminating tour of the wholesale renovation of the base of Willis Tower, the largest such construction project to take place since the building’s completion

Tour 110 North Wacker with CTBUH Chicago (Sold Out)

25 July 2019

Join the Chicago Chapter of the CTBUH in exploring the design and construction of 110 North Wacker, an under-construction 57-story office tower.

CTBUH Hong Kong Chapter Inauguration

11 April 2019

In celebration of the establishment of the CTBUH Hong Kong Chapter, the Council is excited to announce the Chapter's inaugural event.

CTBUH New York Holiday Party

05 December 2018

The CTBUH New York Chatper kicked off the holiday season with a fun, spirited party and celebration of a successful year.