Boston

United States

Facts

Density

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# of 150m+ buildings

20 Completed • 4 Under Construction

First 150m+ Building

Tallest Building

Most Common Function*

Office (79%)

Most Common Material*

Steel (76%)

Rankings

by no. of 150m+ completed buildings

#

57

Tallest City in

the World
#

11

Tallest City in

North America
#

9

Tallest City in

United States

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

Height

1

200 Clarendon

240.8 m / 790 ft

2

Prudential Tower

228.6 m / 750 ft

3

Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences One Dalton Street

227.2 m / 746 ft

4

Winthrop Center

210.5 m / 691 ft

5

Millennium Tower

207.5 m / 681 ft

6

Federal Reserve Building

184 m / 604 ft

7

BNY Mellon Center at One Boston Place

183.2 m / 601 ft

8

One International Place

182.9 m / 600 ft

9

100 Federal Street

180.1 m / 591 ft

10

One Financial Center

179.8 m / 590 ft

CTBUH People & Events

Tree House Residence Hall as Featured Building

15 February 2014

Videos

07 November 2013

Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award: A Lifetime's Work

Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Awardee Henry Cobb's career is remarkable because of his ethical and forward-thinking approach to the design of tall buildings and...

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Research

16 October 2016

Debating Tall: Regional Governments for Megacities?

The 2016 CTBUH Conference, “Cities to Megacities,” explores the phenomenon of already large cities merging together to form megacities, in parallel with many cities and...

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Research

01 February 2014

Case Study: Tree House Residence Hall, Boston

The Tree House, a 20-story residential tower for 493 freshmen, is inspired by Gustav Klimt’s painting, The Tree of Life. It is clad in more...

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