United States

North America

Facts

Population

317,518,000 (2013)

Area

9,833,517 km² • 3,796,721 mi²

Density

32.3 people per km²

83.6 people per mi²

GDP

$16.72 trillion (2013)

First 150m+ Building

Philadelphia City Hall (1901)

Tallest Building

A Tall Building (600 m)

Tallest City

New York City

Rankings

by no. of 150m+ completed buildings

#
2

Tallest City in

the World

#
1

Tallest City in

North America

Buildings

RANK
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 A Tall Building
600 m / 1,969  ft
2 Central Park Tower
472.4 m / 1,550  ft
3 Willis Tower
442.1 m / 1,451  ft
4 111 West 57th Street
435.3 m / 1,428  ft
5 One Vanderbilt
427 m / 1,401  ft
6 432 Park Avenue
425.7 m / 1,397  ft
7 Trump International Hotel & Tower
423.2 m / 1,389  ft
8 30 Hudson Yards
387.1 m / 1,270  ft
9 Empire State Building
381 m / 1,250  ft
10 Bank of America Tower
365.8 m / 1,200  ft

CTBUH People & Events

2021 Tall + Urban Innovation Conference

18-20 May 2021

CTBUH Florida Chapter Presents: Timber on the Rise, from Paris to Miami

04 March 2021

Videos

30 October 2019

A New Chicago Legacy: High-Rise Buildings as an Equitable Development Tool

Eleanor Gorski, First Deputy Commissioner of the City of Chicago, speaks at the 2019 CTBUH International Congress in Chicago on 30 October 2019.

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Research

28 October 2019

Affordable High-Rise Workforce Housing: Essential to the Future of Cities

Often when new high-rise developments are announced in cities, focus is on the positive impacts such as job creation, increased local tax revenues and social...

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Global News

04 May 2020

Renderings Revealed For New Development in New York City's South Bronx

Maddd Equities is responsible for one of the largest forthcoming developments in the South Bronx, a new 274,000-square-foot (25,455 square meters) building in the borough’s...

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