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Perkins & Will

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About

Member Since: 2008

Member Offices: Chicago

Since 1935, Perkins and Will has created innovative and award-winning designs for the world’s most forward-thinking clients. They are architects, interior designers, urban designers, landscape architects, consultants, and branded environment experts who approach design from all scales and perspectives.

They combine a deeply humanistic approach with results-driven pragmatism to create dynamic spaces for people. Research-focused and inventive, every day they reimagine how space can be used to foster stronger ties between communities, the built environment, and nature.

Their transformative designs help students learn better, patients heal faster, business teams perform stronger, and city dwellers have more meaningful daily experiences.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture; Historical Preservation; Interior Design; Landscape Architecture; Urban Design

Membership details

Membership Level

Gold

Member Since

2008

Member Offices

Chicago

Buildings

Rank	Name	City	Completion	Height
1	900 North Michigan Avenue	Chicago	1989	265 m / 869 ft
2	Chase Tower	Chicago	1969	264.6 m / 868 ft
3	Sail Tower	Jeddah	2020	240 m / 787 ft
4	Burj Daman	Dubai	2014	235 m / 771 ft
5	No2 Opus Place	Atlanta	2021	222.5 m / 730 ft
6	Jade Signature	Sunny Isles Beach	2017	193.9 m / 636 ft
7	One Oxford Centre	Pittsburgh	1983	187.5 m / 615 ft
8	Southbank Building A	Chicago	-	182.3 m / 598 ft
9	The Clare	Chicago	2009	179.5 m / 589 ft
10	Residence Antilia	Mumbai	2010	173 m / 568 ft

Building Completions Timeline

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Research

20 April 2017

River Beech Tower: A Tall Timber Experiment

The Chicago River Beech Tower is a collaborative research effort with the goal of identifying challenges and opportunities associated with designing increasingly tall mass timber...

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Research

01 August 2010

The High-rise as a Retirement Community

As cities are becoming denser, the functions of high-rises are expanding. In addition, the central business district is no longer the exclusive region of the...

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Associated companies

Busby Perkins+Will

Rocco, Vidal + Arquitetos

Perkins+Will Engineering Division

Pierre-Yves Rochon, Inc.

Pringle Brandon Perkins+Will

Perkins+Will (2019)

Acquired companies

Busby Perkins+Will

Rocco, Vidal + Arquitetos

Subsidiary companies

Perkins+Will Engineering Division

Pierre-Yves Rochon, Inc.

Pringle Brandon Perkins+Will

Formerly Named

Perkins+Will (2019)

Rank	Name	City	Completion	Height
1	Chicago Spire	Chicago	-	610 m / 2,000 ft
2	98 Fourteenth Street	Atlanta	-	280 m / 920 ft
3	900 North Michigan Avenue	Chicago	1989	265 m / 869 ft
4	Chase Tower	Chicago	1969	265 m / 868 ft
5	Campanile	Frankfurt am Main	-	264 m / 866 ft
6	100 North Wacker Drive	Chicago	-	260 m / 853 ft
7	Sail Tower	Jeddah	2020	240 m / 787 ft
8	Burj Daman	Dubai	2014	235 m / 771 ft
9	River Beech Tower	Chicago	-	228 m / 748 ft
10	No2 Opus Place	Atlanta	2021	223 m / 730 ft
11	Nara Towers & Marina	Beirut	-	216 m / 709 ft
12	8 East 37th Street	New York City	-	213 m / 699 ft
13	Jade Signature	Sunny Isles Beach	2017	194 m / 636 ft
14	One Oxford Centre	Pittsburgh	1983	188 m / 615 ft
15	Southbank Building A	Chicago	-	182 m / 598 ft
16	Platinum on the Bay	Miami	-	180 m / 590 ft
17	The Clare	Chicago	2009	180 m / 589 ft
18	Residence Antilia	Mumbai	2010	173 m / 568 ft
19	Boeing International Headquarters	Chicago	1990	171 m / 560 ft
20	500 Alton Tower	Miami Beach	-	168 m / 550 ft
21	European Commission Headquarters Tower 2	Brussels	-	164 m / 538 ft
22	Oriental Fisherman's Wharf Tower	Shanghai	2015	161 m / 527 ft
23	5th & Virginia	Seattle	-	160 m / 525 ft
24	235 West Van Buren	Chicago	2010	149 m / 490 ft
25	333 Wacker Drive	Chicago	1983	149 m / 487 ft
26	1 Bank of America Center	Charlotte	2010	148 m / 484 ft
27	Millennium Broadway	New York City	1990	147 m / 481 ft
28	Soleil Center	Raleigh	-	146 m / 480 ft
29	Talan Tower 1	Nur-Sultan	2017	146 m / 478 ft
30	MetroPlace	Burnaby	2014	141 m / 463 ft
31	River One	São Paulo	2021	140 m / 458 ft
32	444 North Michigan	Chicago	1976	136 m / 445 ft
33	Bridgestone Americas Tower	Nashville	2017	135 m / 444 ft
34	3rd and Lenora	Seattle	2020	134 m / 440 ft
35	123 North Wacker	Chicago	1986	133 m / 435 ft
36	225 West Wacker	Chicago	1989	132 m / 433 ft
37	Skybridge	Chicago	2003	128 m / 421 ft
38	Southbank Building B	Chicago	-	127 m / 418 ft
39	Southbank Building E	Chicago	-	127 m / 416 ft
40	Northern Trust Building	Chicago	1974	127 m / 415 ft
41	The Stage	London	2021	126 m / 413 ft
42	Two First National Plaza	Chicago	1973	124 m / 407 ft
43	Al-Birr Foundation Headquarters	Riyadh	-	124 m / 407 ft
44	Four Seasons Hotel	Beirut	2009	120 m / 394 ft
45	Signature Place	St. Petersburg (FL)	2009	116 m / 381 ft
46	Azure	Dallas	2007	114 m / 375 ft
47	European Commission Headquarters Tower 1	Brussels	-	114 m / 374 ft
48	The Admiral at the Lake	Chicago	2012	112 m / 368 ft
49	230 West Monroe Street	Chicago	1970	108 m / 353 ft
50	Florsheim Tower	Chicago	1984	107 m / 352 ft
51	Marine Gateway North Residential	Vancouver	2015	107 m / 351 ft
52	1700 Huangxing Road	Shanghai	2014	106 m / 346 ft
53	1101 8th Avenue Tower 1	Seattle	2021	105 m / 345 ft
53	1101 8th Avenue Tower 2	Seattle	2021	105 m / 345 ft
55	Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex	Toronto	2019	105 m / 344 ft
56	M.I.T. Kendall Square Dorm	Cambridge	2020	104 m / 342 ft
57	Hilton Alexandria Mark Center	Alexandria (VA)	1985	103 m / 338 ft
58	707 Terry Avenue North Tower	Seattle	2020	101 m / 330 ft
58	707 Terry Avenue South Tower	Seattle	2020	101 m / 330 ft
60	101 North Wacker	Chicago	1980	99 m / 325 ft
61	The Cooper	Chicago	2018	98 m / 321 ft
62	2 North LaSalle Street	Chicago	1979	96 m / 316 ft
63	One American Place	Baton Rouge	1974	95 m / 310 ft
64	Casaviva BKO	São Paulo	2018	92 m / 302 ft
65	lilli Midtown	Atlanta	2018	91 m / 297 ft
66	Southbank Building C	Chicago	-	90 m / 296 ft
67	Riley Towers I	Indianapolis	1963	90 m / 295 ft
67	Riley Towers II	Indianapolis	1963	90 m / 295 ft
69	Noble Square Co-op	Chicago	1969	90 m / 295 ft
70	Marine Gateway South Residential	Vancouver	2015	88 m / 289 ft
71	MIT Kendall Square Building 5	Cambridge	2020	85 m / 280 ft
72	22 West Washington	Chicago	2008	84 m / 276 ft
73	Marine Gateway Office	Vancouver	2015	78 m / 256 ft
74	MaxHaus Berrini Torre 1	São Paulo	2014	77 m / 253 ft
74	MaxHaus Berrini Torre 2	São Paulo	2014	77 m / 253 ft
76	Rush University Medical Center Hospital Tower	Chicago	2012	77 m / 252 ft
77	Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute	Houston	2010	77 m / 252 ft
78	Scotia Bank Tower	Winnipeg	2018	76 m / 249 ft
79	MaxHaus Anália Franco Torre 1	São Paulo	2010	75 m / 246 ft
79	MaxHaus Anália Franco Torre 2	São Paulo	2010	75 m / 246 ft
81	Cambridge Crossing, Parcel G	Cambridge	-	74 m / 243 ft
82	MaxHaus Porto Alegre Torre A	Porto Alegre	2016	68 m / 223 ft
83	U.S. Gypsum Building	Chicago	1963	67 m / 220 ft
84	MaxHaus Alto da Boa Vista	São Paulo	2013	62 m / 205 ft
85	MaxHaus Porto Alegre Torre B	Porto Alegre	2016	61 m / 200 ft
85	MaxHaus Porto Alegre Torre C	Porto Alegre	2016	61 m / 200 ft
87	PPA 30 Parcel 2.11	Riyadh	2018	55 m / 180 ft
88	European Commission Headquarters Tower 3	Brussels	-	52 m / 171 ft
88	European Commission Headquarters Tower 4	Brussels	-	52 m / 171 ft
90	Dubai Tower	Dubai	-	- m / - ft
91	BLVD Heights Tower 1	Dubai	2020	- m / - ft
92	TCF Bank Building	Minneapolis	-	- m / - ft
93	BLVD Heights Tower 2	Dubai	2020	- m / - ft
94	Sheet Music Tower	Nashville	-	- m / - ft
95	You, Perdizes	São Paulo	2021	- m / - ft
96	225/Carlton	Winnipeg	2019	- m / - ft
97	PPA 30 Parcel 4.01	Riyadh	2018	- m / - ft
97	The Sutton Place Hotel	Winnipeg	2022	- m / - ft
99	Current	Chicago	-	- m / - ft
100	The Sutton Place Residences	Winnipeg	2022	- m / - ft
101	The Galbraith	Dallas	-	- m / - ft
101	University of Miami Clinical Research Building	Miami	2006	- m / - ft
103	Hypar Tower 1	Dubai	-	- m / - ft
103	Hypar Tower 2	Dubai	-	- m / - ft
103	Riverline Building F	Chicago	-	- m / - ft
103	Riverline Roosevelt Road Tower	Chicago	-	- m / - ft
103	Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center Phase 2	Chicago	-	- m / - ft

Statistics

150 m+ Buildings

9 Completed

1 Under Constr.

Average Building Age*

23 Years

Most Common Function*

Residential (45%), 33 Buildings

Most Common Material*

Concrete (82%), 41 Buildings

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database.

Function
Material

Total: 73 Buildings for which a function has been assigned.

Total: 50 Buildings for which a material has been assigned.

*Based on 73 Completed & Under Construction Buildings

Building Completions Timeline

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Construction Time Chart

NOTE: Construction start time is not available for all buildings. The average construction time is only displayed if there is three or more buildings with construction start and complete data in that year.

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Research

20 April 2017

River Beech Tower: A Tall Timber Experiment

Jeff Sanner & Todd Snapp, Perkins+Will; Alejandro Fernandez, Thornton Tomasetti; et al.

The Chicago River Beech Tower is a collaborative research effort with the goal of identifying challenges and opportunities associated with designing increasingly tall mass timber...

01 August 2010

The High-rise as a Retirement Community

Bridget Lesniak & Robert Neper, Perkins + Will; Donald Hamlin, Thornton Tomasetti

As cities are becoming denser, the functions of high-rises are expanding. In addition, the central business district is no longer the exclusive region of the...

CTBUH Initiatives Involving Perkins and Will

CTBUH Turkey Committee Presents: Future Design Trends in Construction

18 June 2020

The CTBUH Turkey Committee presents a discussion on the implications of COVID-19 on the design of construction projects.

CTBUH Atlanta Hosts Tall Timber Panel Event

26 July 2018

CTBUH Atlanta recently held an evening of panel presentations that addressed some of the challenges and opportunities associated with designing mass timber structures.

Fourth Building Tall Lecture Series: Greening Tall

01 February 2018

The Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) and CTBUH hosted a panel discussion on the movement to incorporate green features into tall buildings.

CTBUH and AIA Highlight 2017's Top Middle Eastern Architects

04 October 2017

CTBUH Dubai and AIA Middle East partnered to host an event that focused on this year's top Middle Eastern architects and interior designers.

CTBUH Joins Chicago Seminar on Mass Timber Buildings

08 June 2017

CTBUH joined a CCHRB seminar on "The Heavy Timber High Rise: Building Tall with Wood in the 21st Century," focused on new applications of wood as a structural material.

Seattle YPC Tours Troy Block

01 December 2016

The Seattle Chapter of the Young Professionals Committee hosted a site tour of Troy Block, providing significant insight into the relationship of the historical and new.