San Francisco

United States

Facts

Population

825,111 (2013)

Area

232 km²

90 mi²

Density

3556.5 people per km²

9211.3 people per mi²

# of 150m+ buildings

26 Completed • 1 Under Construction

First 150m+ Building

Tallest Building

Most Common Function*

Office (63%)

Most Common Material*

Steel (73%)

Rankings

by no. of 150m+ completed buildings

#

47

Tallest City in

the World
#

7

Tallest City in

North America
#

6

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

Salesforce Tower

326.1 m / 1,070 ft

2

Oceanwide Center Tower 1

277.4 m / 910 ft

3

Transamerica Pyramid Center

260 m / 853 ft

4

181 Fremont

246.9 m / 810 ft

5

555 California Street

237.4 m / 779 ft

6

345 California Center

211.8 m / 695 ft

7

Millennium Tower

196.6 m / 645 ft

8

The Avery

188.4 m / 618 ft

9

Park Tower at Transbay

184.5 m / 605 ft

10

One Rincon Hill South Tower

184.4 m / 605 ft

CTBUH People & Events

Peter Weingarten

Former Co-Chair, 2012 – 2015

Peter Weingarten

Gensler

CTBUH Philadelphia Chapter Presents: Building Tall & Going Deep in the San Francisco Bay Area

16 February 2021

2019 Tall Building Predictions for the Year to Come

22 January 2019

Videos

31 May 2018

Interview: Maria Ciprazo & Eui-Sung Yi | San Francisco Federal Building

Maria Ciprazo, Director of Design and Construction of the General Services Administration, and Eui-Sung Yi, Principal pf Morphosis, are interviewed by Chris Bentley regarding the...

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Research

30 January 2020

How to Reduce Bird Strikes on High-Rises?

In cities across North America, collisions with glass buildings result in up to one billion bird deaths each year. In New York City alone, it’s...

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Research

31 January 2019

The Global Tall Building Picture: Impact of 2018

In 2018, 143 buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater were completed. This is a slight decrease from 2017’s record-breaking total of 147, and it...

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