Washington D.C.

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

Old Post Office Building

96 m / 315 ft

2

United States Capitol

87.8 m / 288 ft

3

One Franklin Square

64 m / 210 ft

4

700 Eleventh Street

60.7 m / 199 ft

CTBUH People & Events

CTBUH Involved in Re-Measurement of Washington Monument Height

17 February 2015

Hot to Cold: An Odyssey of Architectural Adaptation

24 Jan-30 August 2015

Research

29 July 2019

Hanging Out With Façade Inspectors

Among the hazards of cities with tall buildings is the prospect of objects falling to the streets below. After a woman was killed by a...

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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

24 August 2015

World’s Highest Observation Decks

Perhaps no element of a tall building is more closely related to the pure pleasure of standing high in the sky and taking in the...

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