Rotterdam

Netherlands

Facts

Density

0 people per km²

0 people per mi²

# of 150m+ buildings

5 Completed • 2 Under Construction

First 150m+ Building

Tallest Building

Most Common Function*

Residential (43%)

Most Common Material*

Concrete (83%)

Rankings

by no. of 150m+ completed buildings

#

125

Tallest City in

the World
#

9

Tallest City in

Europe
#

1

Tallest City in

Netherlands

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

De Zalmhaven

212 m / 696 ft

2

Maastoren

164.8 m / 541 ft

3

New Orleans

158.4 m / 520 ft

4

Montevideo

152.3 m / 500 ft

5

Gebouw Delftse Poort 1

151.4 m / 497 ft

6

De Rotterdam

151.3 m / 496 ft

7

Cooltoren

150 m / 492 ft

8

Millennium Tower

149 m / 489 ft

9

Erasmusbrug

139 m / 456 ft

10

World Port Center

133.6 m / 438 ft

CTBUH People & Events

Tall Timber: A Global Audit

26 June 2017

2017 Global Walking Tours: The Space Within Tall Buildings

21 Jun-07 July 2017

Videos

06 November 2014

Best Tall Building Europe: Three Become One: Formal Interpretations: De Rotterdam

De Rotterdam is conceived as a vertical city: three interconnected mixed-use towers accommodating offices, apartments, a hotel, conference facilities, shops, restaurants, and cafes. The towers...

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Research

30 October 2017

Rethinking CTBUH Height Criteria In the Context of Tall Timber

Recent developments in the design and construction of progressively taller buildings using engineered timber as a structural material raise important questions about the language that...

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Research

24 February 2015

Taming Tall Buildings’ “Autistic” Tendencies

The CTBUH is actively expanding the “Urban Habitat” portion of its mission, which calls for tall buildings to be optimally integrated into human-scaled urban environments....

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