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Member Since: 1977

Member Offices: Chicago, Dubai, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, Shanghai, Washington D.C.

Website: http://www.som.com/

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) is one of the leading architecture, interior design, engineering, and urban planning firms in the world. Since its founding more than 80 years ago, SOM has earned a reputation for design excellence with a portfolio that includes some of the most important architectural accomplishments of the 20th and 21st centuries, and has been a leader in the research and development of specialized technologies, new processes and innovative ideas, many of which have had a palpable and lasting impact on the design profession and the physical environment.

The firm’s longstanding leadership in design and building technology has been honored with nearly 2,000 awards for quality, innovation, and management. The American Institute of Architects has recognized SOM twice with its highest honor, the Architecture Firm Award—in 1962 and again in 1996.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture; Civil Engineering; Environmental Engineering; Interior Design; Landscape Architecture; Marketing / Sales; Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing; Structural Engineering; Transportation / Urban Infrastructure; Urban Design

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Platinum

Member Since

1977

Member Offices

Chicago
Dubai
Hong Kong
London
Los Angeles
Mumbai
New York City
San Francisco
Shanghai
Washington D.C.

Buildings

Rank	Name	Height
1	Burj Khalifa	828 m / 2,717 ft
2	Grand Rama 9 Tower	615 m / 2,018 ft
3	Burj Jumeira	550 m / 1,804 ft
4	One World Trade Center	541.3 m / 1,776 ft
5	Tianjin CTF Finance Centre	530 m / 1,739 ft
6	Pertamina Tower	523 m / 1,716 ft
7	Guizhou Culture Plaza Tower	521 m / 1,709 ft
8	Greenland Jinmao International Financial Center	498 m / 1,634 ft
9	Greenland Centre	498 m / 1,634 ft
10	Guohua Financial Center Tower 1	465 m / 1,526 ft

Awards

Award of Excellence: Tianjin CTF Finance Centre

Best Tall Building 400 meters and above 2021

Ctbuh Leaders

Luke Leung

CTBUH Expert Peer Review Committee, 2014 – Present

Chicago

Zhexiong Chai

CTBUH Chapter Board Member, 2018 – Present

Chicago

Bin Pan

CTBUH Future Leaders Committee, Shanghai, 2018 – Present

Shanghai

Building Completions Timeline

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Videos

22 October 2018

The Future of Tall Building Technology

Since their earliest form, tall buildings have stood as technological marvels, reflecting the latest advancements in materials, methodologies, and tools. These two technologies continue to...

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Research

20 October 2018

Polycentric Cities: The Future of Vertical Urbanism

As we approach the new normality of cities housing 10 million or more inhabitants, those best positioned for the future are evolving along polycentric, multi-nodal...

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Global News

05 May 2020

Proposed Passive House Vancouver Tower to Contain Large Social Housing Component

A proposed skyscraper in downtown Vancouver’s West End is attempting to achieve a wide range of mixed residential uses and a new green design standard...

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Rank	Name	City	Completion	Height
1	Houston Pinnacle	Houston	-	1611 m / 5,285 ft
2	Burj Khalifa	Dubai	2022	828 m / 2,717 ft
3	Chow Tai Fook Centre	Wuhan	-	808 m / 2,651 ft
4	Chicago World Trade Center	Chicago	-	701 m / 2,300 ft
5	Chicago World Trade Center	Chicago	-	665 m / 2,182 ft
6	Tower of Russia	Moscow	-	648 m / 2,126 ft
7	Seoul Light DMC Tower	Seoul	-	640 m / 2,101 ft
8	Grand Rama 9 Tower	Bangkok	-	615 m / 2,018 ft
9	Diamond Mansion	Guangzhou	-	600 m / 1,969 ft
10	Greenland Jinmao International Financial Center	Nanjing	-	600 m / 1,969 ft
11	Kowloon MTR Tower	Hong Kong	-	574 m / 1,883 ft
12	Burj Jumeira	Dubai	-	550 m / 1,804 ft
13	One World Trade Center	New York City	2014	541 m / 1,776 ft
14	Tianjin CTF Finance Centre	Tianjin	2019	530 m / 1,739 ft
15	Pertamina Tower	Jakarta	-	523 m / 1,716 ft
16	Guizhou Culture Plaza Tower	Guiyang	-	521 m / 1,709 ft
17	Busan Lotte Town Tower	Busan	-	510 m / 1,674 ft
18	Songdo Daewoo Town	Incheon	-	510 m / 1,673 ft
19	Greenland Jinmao International Financial Center	Nanjing	2025	498 m / 1,634 ft
20	Greenland Centre	Xi’an	2024	498 m / 1,634 ft
21	7 South Dearborn	Chicago	-	478 m / 1,567 ft
22	Columbus Circle Project	New York City	-	468 m / 1,535 ft
23	Guohua Financial Center Tower 1	Wuhan	-	465 m / 1,526 ft
24	Kuningan Persada Tower	Jakarta	-	451 m / 1,480 ft
25	Samsung Tower	Seoul	-	450 m / 1,476 ft
26	Zifeng Tower	Nanjing	2010	450 m / 1,476 ft
27	Willis Tower	Chicago	1974	442 m / 1,451 ft
28	One Bangkok O4H4	Bangkok	2025	436 m / 1,431 ft
29	Trump International Hotel & Tower	Chicago	2009	423 m / 1,389 ft
30	Jin Mao Tower	Shanghai	1999	421 m / 1,380 ft
31	International Finance Square	Guangzhou	-	420 m / 1,378 ft
32	Transbay Transit Center and Tower	San Francisco	-	419 m / 1,375 ft
33	Al Hamra Tower	Kuwait City	2011	413 m / 1,354 ft
34	LCT The Sharp Landmark Tower	Busan	2019	412 m / 1,350 ft
35	Bank of Southwest Tower	Houston	-	404 m / 1,325 ft
36	103 Tower	Fuzhou	-	400 m / 1,312 ft
37	Lulu Island Tower	Abu Dhabi	-	400 m / 1,312 ft
38	COFCO Landmark Tower	Tianjin	-	390 m / 1,280 ft
39	Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 1	Shenzhen	2020	388 m / 1,273 ft
40	Saigon Centre 2	Ho Chi Minh City	-	386 m / 1,266 ft
41	Plaza Rakyat Office Tower	Kuala Lumpur	-	382 m / 1,253 ft
42	Platinum Tower	Kuala Lumpur	-	380 m / 1,247 ft
43	Guiyang World Trade Center Landmark Tower	Guiyang	2021	380 m / 1,247 ft
44	Al Sharq Tower	Dubai	-	365 m / 1,198 ft
45	Post and Telecommunications Building	Xiamen	-	364 m / 1,193 ft
46	Greenland Group Suzhou Center	Suzhou	2021	358 m / 1,175 ft
47	OKO - Residential Tower	Moscow	2015	354 m / 1,162 ft
48	Wenzhou Lucheng Plaza Landmark Tower	Wenzhou	-	350 m / 1,148 ft
49	Dearborn Center	Chicago	-	346 m / 1,135 ft
50	875 North Michigan Avenue	Chicago	1969	344 m / 1,128 ft
51	Diagonal Tower	Seoul	-	343 m / 1,127 ft
52	Nanjing Jinling Hotel Phase II	Nanjing	-	341 m / 1,119 ft
53	LCT The Sharp Residential Tower A	Busan	2019	339 m / 1,113 ft
54	Tianjin Modern City Office Tower	Tianjin	2016	338 m / 1,109 ft
55	Tianjin World Financial Center	Tianjin	2011	337 m / 1,105 ft
56	400 North Lake Shore Drive South Tower	Chicago	-	335 m / 1,100 ft
57	LCT The Sharp Residential Tower B	Busan	2019	333 m / 1,093 ft
58	Tianjin Kerry Center	Tianjin	-	333 m / 1,093 ft
59	Shenzhen Foreign Trade Center	Shenzhen	-	333 m / 1,093 ft
60	China World Tower	Beijing	2010	330 m / 1,083 ft
61	Qingdao Landmark Tower	Qingdao	2022	327 m / 1,074 ft
62	Nanchang IFC	Nanchang	-	327 m / 1,073 ft
63	Crown Las Vegas	Las Vegas	-	324 m / 1,063 ft
64	Lopez Centre	Manila	-	320 m / 1,050 ft
64	Sinar Mas Center 1	Shanghai	2017	320 m / 1,050 ft
66	Zhongtian Future Ark City Window Office Tower	Guiyang	2022	314 m / 1,030 ft
67	Madison Square Garden Project Tower 1	New York City	-	312 m / 1,024 ft
68	CITIC Financial Center Tower 1	Shenzhen	-	312 m / 1,024 ft
69	Poly Pazhou C2	Guangzhou	2017	311 m / 1,020 ft
70	New Port Tower	Jersey City	-	310 m / 1,017 ft
71	AVIC Plaza	Shenzhen	-	310 m / 1,017 ft
72	Greenland Center 1	Hangzhou	2021	310 m / 1,017 ft
72	Greenland Center 2	Hangzhou	2021	310 m / 1,017 ft
74	Pearl River Tower	Guangzhou	2013	309 m / 1,015 ft
75	Chengdu Poly International Plaza	Chengdu	2021	309 m / 1,014 ft
76	35 Hudson Yards	New York City	2019	308 m / 1,010 ft
77	The Franklin - North Tower	Chicago	1989	307 m / 1,007 ft
78	Cayan Tower	Dubai	2013	306 m / 1,005 ft
79	One Manhattan West	New York City	2019	303 m / 995 ft
80	Greenland Puli Center	Jinan	2014	303 m / 994 ft
81	Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel A	Nanchang	2015	303 m / 994 ft
81	Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel B	Nanchang	2015	303 m / 994 ft
83	Wells Fargo Plaza	Houston	1983	302 m / 992 ft
84	Wangjing City	Beijing	-	300 m / 984 ft
85	Supernova Spira	Noida	2021	300 m / 984 ft
86	Madison Square Garden Project Tower 2	New York City	-	300 m / 984 ft
87	Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 2	Shenzhen	2017	299 m / 982 ft
88	China World Trade Center Phase 3B	Beijing	2017	296 m / 970 ft
89	Block 319 Tower	Houston	-	294 m / 965 ft
90	Union Station Tower	Chicago	-	292 m / 958 ft
91	625 Fulton Street	New York City	2023	287 m / 942 ft
92	Two Manhattan West	New York City	2022	285 m / 935 ft
93	One Bangkok Phase 3 Tower 2	Bangkok	2024	285 m / 934 ft
94	Guoco Tower	Singapore	2016	284 m / 931 ft
95	Zhengdong Hotel	Zhengzhou	-	280 m / 919 ft
96	Zhengzhou Greenland Plaza	Zhengzhou	2014	280 m / 919 ft
97	Hangzhou Wangchao Center	Hangzhou	2021	280 m / 919 ft
98	Guohua Financial Center Tower 2	Wuhan	-	279 m / 915 ft
99	One Bangkok Phase 2 Residential Tower	Bangkok	2023	278 m / 911 ft
100	One Bangkok Phase 1 Office Tower 1	Bangkok	2023	274 m / 900 ft
101	NYSE Tower	New York City	-	274 m / 899 ft
102	Renaissance Tower	Dallas	1986	270 m / 886 ft
103	Magic Tower	Yekaterinburg	-	270 m / 886 ft
104	Four Seasons Hotel	Manama	2015	270 m / 885 ft
105	Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Zifeng Tower	Nanchang	2015	268 m / 879 ft
106	400 North Lake Shore Drive North Tower	Chicago	-	267 m / 875 ft
107	First Canadian Centre Phase 2	Calgary	-	265 m / 869 ft
108	Tower Palace Three, Tower G	Seoul	2004	264 m / 865 ft
109	One Bangkok Phase 2 Office Tower	Bangkok	2023	264 m / 865 ft
110	4 Houston Center	Houston	-	262 m / 860 ft
111	Brookfield Place	Toronto	1990	261 m / 856 ft
112	The Address Residence Sky View Tower 1	Dubai	2019	261 m / 856 ft
113	Three California Plaza	Los Angeles	-	260 m / 853 ft
114	Beijing Greenland Center	Beijing	2016	260 m / 853 ft
115	400 North Lake Shore Drive North Tower	Chicago	-	259 m / 850 ft
116	Philippine Bank of Communications	Makati	2000	259 m / 848 ft
117	Corporate Avenue 2	Chongqing	2014	256 m / 839 ft
118	Shenzhen AVIC Plaza	Shenzhen	2012	254 m / 833 ft
119	1930 Broadway	Oakland	-	252 m / 827 ft
120	One Bangkok Phase 3 Residential Tower	Bangkok	2024	251 m / 824 ft
121	Corporate Avenue 10	Chongqing	-	250 m / 820 ft
122	Midtown Tower	Tokyo	2007	248 m / 813 ft
123	28 Liberty	New York City	1961	248 m / 813 ft
124	100 Leadenhall Street	London	-	247 m / 810 ft
125	Rolex Tower	Dubai	2010	247 m / 810 ft
126	Ningbo Bank of China Headquarters	Ningbo	2016	246 m / 808 ft
127	Karlatornet	Göteborg	2022	245 m / 804 ft
128	180 Allyn Street	Hartford	-	244 m / 801 ft
129	International Commercial Trade Center	Changchun	-	242 m / 794 ft
130	New World Center	Shenzhen	2006	238 m / 781 ft
131	The Address Residence Sky View Tower 2	Dubai	2019	238 m / 779 ft
132	555 California Street	San Francisco	1969	237 m / 779 ft
133	1 Worldwide Plaza	New York City	1989	237 m / 778 ft
134	WKL Hotel and Tropicana The Residences	Kuala Lumpur	2018	235 m / 771 ft
135	Torre BBVA	Mexico City	2015	235 m / 771 ft
136	Three First National Plaza	Chicago	1981	234 m / 767 ft
137	400 North Lake Shore Drive South Tower	Chicago	-	233 m / 765 ft
138	Republic Bank Tower	Dallas	-	233 m / 764 ft
139	Southeast Financial Center	Miami	1983	233 m / 764 ft
140	Kingtown International Center	Nanjing	2014	231 m / 759 ft
141	Enterprise Plaza	Houston	1980	230 m / 756 ft
142	383 Madison Avenue	New York City	2001	230 m / 755 ft
143	Philippine Stock Exchange	Taguig City	-	230 m / 753 ft
144	Time Warner Center North Tower	New York City	2004	228 m / 749 ft
144	Time Warner Center South Tower	New York City	2004	228 m / 749 ft
146	Gas Company Tower	Los Angeles	1991	228 m / 749 ft
147	Kingold Century	Guangzhou	2016	228 m / 748 ft
148	7 World Trade Center	New York City	2006	227 m / 743 ft
149	One Liberty Plaza	New York City	1972	227 m / 743 ft
150	JPMorgan Chase Tower	Dallas	1987	225 m / 738 ft
151	OKO - Office Tower	Moscow	2015	225 m / 736 ft
152	1540 Broadway	New York City	1990	223 m / 733 ft
153	Olympia Centre	Chicago	1986	223 m / 731 ft
154	3 Manhattan West	New York City	2017	223 m / 730 ft
155	Times Square Tower	New York City	2004	221 m / 726 ft
156	Wells Fargo Tower	Los Angeles	1983	220 m / 723 ft
157	Istanbul Tower 205	Istanbul	2019	220 m / 722 ft
158	685 1st Avenue	New York City	-	219 m / 719 ft
159	Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank Financial Building	Chongqing	2016	218 m / 715 ft
160	252 East 57th Street	New York City	2016	218 m / 715 ft
161	Republic Plaza	Denver	1984	218 m / 714 ft
162	One Shell Plaza	Houston	1970	218 m / 714 ft
163	One Bangkok Phase 2 Tower 3	Bangkok	2023	216 m / 710 ft
164	JPMorgan Chase Tower	New York City	1960	216 m / 707 ft
165	Tianjin Kerry Center R1	Tianjin	2014	215 m / 705 ft
165	Tianjin Kerry Center R2	Tianjin	2014	215 m / 705 ft
165	Tianjin Kerry Center R3	Tianjin	2014	215 m / 705 ft
168	Four Seasons Tower	Tianjin	2016	215 m / 704 ft
169	Georgia Pacific Tower	Atlanta	1981	213 m / 697 ft
169	Hancock Whitney Center	New Orleans	1972	213 m / 697 ft
171	345 California Center	San Francisco	1986	212 m / 695 ft
172	Poly Cultural Plaza	Wuhan	2012	212 m / 695 ft
173	China Merchants Tower	Shenzhen	2013	211 m / 692 ft
174	700 1st Avenue Tower 3	New York City	-	210 m / 689 ft
175	Maincourt Tower	Amsterdam	-	210 m / 689 ft
176	Solow Building	New York City	1974	210 m / 689 ft
177	Petron Megaplaza	Makati	1998	210 m / 689 ft
178	Marine Midland Building	New York City	1967	210 m / 688 ft
179	Trammel Crow Center	Dallas	1984	209 m / 686 ft
180	Random House Tower	New York City	2003	209 m / 684 ft
181	Shangri-La Hotel	Cixi	-	208 m / 682 ft
182	Crowne Plaza Hotel	Ningbo	-	208 m / 682 ft
183	Bay-Wellington Tower	Toronto	1991	207 m / 679 ft
184	Ningbo Guohua Financial Tower	Ningbo	2020	207 m / 679 ft
185	AT&T Building	Atlanta	1980	206 m / 677 ft
186	One Magnificent Mile	Chicago	1983	205 m / 673 ft
187	One Court Square	New York City	1990	205 m / 673 ft
188	Al Rajhi Bank Tower	Riyadh	2017	205 m / 673 ft
189	10 West 57th Street	New York City	-	205 m / 672 ft
190	Palace Hotel Residential Tower	San Francisco	-	204 m / 669 ft
191	Sichuan Airlines Center	Chengdu	2016	204 m / 669 ft
192	33 South 6th Street	Minneapolis	1983	204 m / 668 ft
193	708 1st Avenue	New York City	-	203 m / 666 ft
194	Carlton Centre	Johannesburg	1973	201 m / 660 ft
195	Philamlife Tower	Makati	1999	200 m / 656 ft
196	DPC Tower	Istanbul	-	200 m / 656 ft
197	Jumeirah Hangzhou Hotel	Hangzhou	2018	200 m / 656 ft
198	Otemachi One Tower	Tokyo	2020	200 m / 656 ft
199	CITIC Financial Center Tower 2	Shenzhen	-	200 m / 656 ft
199	Corporate Avenue 9	Chongqing	-	200 m / 656 ft
201	Poly Pazhou C1	Guangzhou	2017	198 m / 648 ft
202	Qingdao Landmark Center - Tower B	Qingdao	2017	195 m / 640 ft
203	Ayala Triangle Gardens North	Makati	2020	195 m / 638 ft
204	Pudong Financial Plaza Office Tower 1	Shanghai	2017	194 m / 635 ft
205	Grace Plaza	New York City	1972	192 m / 630 ft
206	700 1st Avenue Tower 2	New York City	-	192 m / 630 ft
207	RCBC Plaza Yuchengco Tower	Makati	2001	192 m / 630 ft
208	NBC Tower	Chicago	1989	191 m / 627 ft
209	Waldorf Astoria New York	New York City	1931	191 m / 625 ft
210	San Felipe Plaza	Houston	1984	191 m / 625 ft
211	Agile Corporation Headquarters Tower	Guangzhou	2014	190 m / 622 ft
212	Olympic Tower	New York City	1976	189 m / 620 ft
213	Techno Mart 21	Seoul	1998	189 m / 620 ft
214	Gold Peak Centre B	Chongqing	2015	188 m / 616 ft
215	919 3rd Avenue	New York City	1970	188 m / 615 ft
216	Tower 49®	New York City	1985	187 m / 615 ft
217	Baccarat Hotel & Residences	New York City	2015	186 m / 610 ft
218	Gold Peak Centre A	Chongqing	2015	186 m / 609 ft
219	Chicago Place	Chicago	1991	185 m / 608 ft
220	AIA Central	Hong Kong	2005	185 m / 607 ft
221	KPMG Tower	Los Angeles	1984	185 m / 606 ft
222	250 West 55th Street	New York City	2013	183 m / 602 ft
223	U.S. Bank Center	Milwaukee	1973	183 m / 601 ft
224	700 1st Avenue Tower 1	New York City	-	183 m / 600 ft
225	50 Fremont Center	San Francisco	1985	183 m / 600 ft
226	1166 Avenue of the Americas	New York City	1974	183 m / 600 ft
227	500 West Monroe Street	Chicago	1992	183 m / 600 ft
228	One Bangkok Phase 1 Office Tower 2	Bangkok	2023	183 m / 599 ft
229	Madison Plaza	Chicago	1982	183 m / 599 ft
230	270 Greenwich Street	New York City	-	182 m / 597 ft
231	Tipco Tower	Bangkok	1996	180 m / 591 ft
232	Jiang Dong Tower	Ningbo	-	180 m / 591 ft
232	Tour Charenton	Charenton-le-Pont	-	180 m / 591 ft
234	Tour Areva	Courbevoie	1974	178 m / 584 ft
235	LG Gangnam Tower	Seoul	1998	177 m / 581 ft
236	ASEM Tower	Seoul	1992	177 m / 579 ft
237	Nine Elms Square Building N8	London	2021	176 m / 577 ft
238	300 Madison Avenue	New York City	2003	175 m / 575 ft
239	Park Avenue Plaza	New York City	1981	175 m / 574 ft
240	Chongqing International Trade and Commerce Center 3	Chongqing	-	175 m / 573 ft
241	One Roxas Triangle	Makati	2000	174 m / 572 ft
241	Two Roxas Triangle	Makati	-	174 m / 572 ft
243	Onterie Center	Chicago	1986	174 m / 570 ft
244	780 3rd Avenue	New York City	1983	174 m / 570 ft
245	450 Lexington Avenue	New York City	1991	173 m / 568 ft
246	Sinar Mas Center 2	Shanghai	2017	172 m / 563 ft
247	US Bank Plaza I	Minneapolis	1981	171 m / 561 ft
248	RCBC Plaza Tower 2	Makati	2001	170 m / 558 ft
249	Shanghai Grand Center	Shanghai	2011	170 m / 558 ft
250	Kula Belgrade	Belgrade	2022	168 m / 551 ft
251	Esentai Tower	Almaty	2008	168 m / 551 ft
252	Gemdale Plaza Tower A	Beijing	2007	168 m / 551 ft
253	Quantum 2	Toronto	2008	165 m / 541 ft
254	1285 Avenue of the Americas	New York City	1960	165 m / 540 ft
255	The Avenues T1	Riyadh	2023	164 m / 538 ft
256	Hollandse Meester	Zoetermeer	-	164 m / 538 ft
257	Shaklee Terrace Building	San Francisco	1982	164 m / 538 ft
258	The Franklin - South Tower	Chicago	1992	164 m / 538 ft
259	City Place I	Hartford	1980	163 m / 535 ft
260	Ernst & Young Plaza	Los Angeles	1986	163 m / 534 ft
261	One America Tower	Indianapolis	1982	163 m / 533 ft
262	The Broadgate Tower	London	2008	161 m / 529 ft
263	One Seneca Tower	Buffalo	1974	161 m / 529 ft
264	Arcos Torre II East	Mexico City	2008	161 m / 529 ft
264	Arcos Torre II West	Mexico City	2008	161 m / 529 ft
266	Poly International Plaza – Dawangjing	Beijing	2016	161 m / 529 ft
267	708 1st Avenue Tower B	New York City	-	161 m / 528 ft
268	Poly Real Estate Headquarters Tower 1	Guangzhou	2007	161 m / 527 ft
268	Poly Real Estate Headquarters Tower 2	Guangzhou	2007	161 m / 527 ft
270	New Futura North Tower	Singapore	2017	160 m / 525 ft
270	New Futura South Tower	Singapore	2017	160 m / 525 ft
272	Ayala Tower One	Makati	1996	160 m / 525 ft
272	The Avenues T2	Riyadh	2023	160 m / 525 ft
272	The Avenues T3	Riyadh	2023	160 m / 525 ft
275	Mitsui & Co. Building	Tokyo	2020	160 m / 525 ft
276	425 Market Street	San Francisco	1973	160 m / 524 ft
277	Rondo 1	Warsaw	2006	159 m / 522 ft
278	Goodwin Square	Hartford	1990	159 m / 522 ft
279	Financial Centre D	Chongqing	2011	159 m / 520 ft
280	Zhong Hong Tower	Beijing	2019	158 m / 518 ft
281	Shanghai JW Marriott Marquis Hotel	Shanghai	2019	158 m / 517 ft
282	Two Financial Place	Chicago	-	157 m / 515 ft
283	The Atrium Serviced Apartments	Chengdu	2015	157 m / 515 ft
284	One Financial Place	Chicago	1985	157 m / 515 ft
285	Nine Elms Square Building N10	London	2021	157 m / 514 ft
286	Huntington Center	Columbus	1983	156 m / 512 ft
287	Rizal Tower	Makati	1999	156 m / 512 ft
288	321 North Clark Street	Chicago	1987	156 m / 510 ft
289	Harris Bank Bank Addition II	Chicago	1974	156 m / 510 ft
290	Sixty State Street	Boston	1977	155 m / 509 ft
291	2 Times Square	New York City	-	155 m / 509 ft
291	The Atrium Residences	Chengdu	2012	155 m / 509 ft
293	Zuellig Building	Makati	2012	155 m / 509 ft
294	555 17th Street	Denver	1978	155 m / 507 ft
295	One Beacon Street	Boston	1972	155 m / 507 ft
296	10 Universal City Plaza	Los Angeles	1984	154 m / 506 ft
297	Parkline South	Miami	2019	154 m / 506 ft
298	616 1st Avenue Tower 1	New York City	-	154 m / 505 ft
299	Hotel de las Artes	Barcelona	1992	154 m / 505 ft
300	El Paso Energy Building	Houston	1962	153 m / 502 ft
301	One George Street	Singapore	2004	153 m / 502 ft
302	Tower 46	New York City	2013	153 m / 501 ft
303	Telesis Tower	San Francisco	1982	152 m / 500 ft
304	The World Centre	Makati	1995	152 m / 500 ft
305	Symphony Towers	San Diego	1989	152 m / 499 ft
306	100 Mount Street	Sydney	2019	152 m / 498 ft
307	Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel	San Diego	1992	152 m / 497 ft
308	Beijing Goldfield Plaza Tower A	Beijing	2009	151 m / 497 ft
309	388 Greenwich Street	New York City	1988	151 m / 496 ft
310	Mashreq Bank Headquarters	Dubai	2020	151 m / 495 ft
311	333 Bush Street	San Francisco	1986	151 m / 495 ft
312	PNC Centre	Chicago	1992	151 m / 494 ft
313	Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank Headquarters	Shenzhen	2017	150 m / 492 ft
314	Rembrandt Tower	Amsterdam	1995	150 m / 492 ft
315	PNC Bank Building	Philadelphia	1983	150 m / 491 ft
316	Arena Tower	London	2017	149 m / 489 ft
317	Pan Peninsula East Tower	London	2008	148 m / 486 ft
318	St. Regis San Francisco	San Francisco	2005	148 m / 484 ft
319	Talan Tower 1	Nur-Sultan	2017	146 m / 478 ft
320	Parkline North	Miami	2019	145 m / 476 ft
321	Itaú Fidelité Marginal Pinheiros	São Paulo	2002	145 m / 476 ft
322	45 Fremont Center	San Francisco	1979	145 m / 476 ft
323	Cook County Administration Building	Chicago	1964	145 m / 475 ft
324	Mindet 6	Aarhus	-	144 m / 472 ft
325	Skipton House Redevelopment-Tower A	London	-	143 m / 468 ft
326	Manhattan Loft Gardens	London	2018	142 m / 466 ft
327	650 California Street	San Francisco	1964	142 m / 466 ft
328	Equitable Building	Chicago	1965	139 m / 457 ft
329	Wells Fargo Tower	Birmingham (AL)	1986	138 m / 454 ft
330	Equitable Building	Atlanta	1967	138 m / 453 ft
331	William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower	Nashville	1970	138 m / 452 ft
332	Fifth Third Center	Chicago	1971	137 m / 450 ft
333	Centro Operativo BBVA Bancomer	Mexico City	2015	137 m / 449 ft
333	The Curve	Taguig City	2018	137 m / 449 ft
335	St. Michael's Tower	Manchester	-	137 m / 448 ft
336	Providence Tower	London	2016	136 m / 446 ft
337	University Club Tower	Milwaukee	2007	136 m / 446 ft
338	18 India Street Tower 1	New York City	-	136 m / 445 ft
339	One Main Place	Dallas	1968	136 m / 445 ft
339	Two PNC Plaza	Pittsburgh	1975	136 m / 445 ft
341	85 Broad Street	New York City	1983	135 m / 443 ft
342	Corporate Avenue 3	Chongqing	2013	135 m / 443 ft
343	Luna Gardens	Makati	1999	135 m / 443 ft
344	Texaco Center	New Orleans	1983	135 m / 442 ft
345	SunTrust Center	Orlando	1988	134 m / 441 ft
346	1010 Common	New Orleans	1970	134 m / 438 ft
347	Financial Centre C	Chongqing	2011	133 m / 437 ft
348	Annenberg Building	New York City	1974	133 m / 436 ft
349	500 Folsom	San Francisco	2019	133 m / 435 ft
350	4 Metrotech Center	New York City	1993	131 m / 429 ft
351	101 Warren Street	New York City	2008	131 m / 428 ft
352	Toren	New York City	2009	130 m / 427 ft
353	Bell Tower	Edmonton	1982	130 m / 426 ft
354	Milwaukee Center	Milwaukee	1988	130 m / 426 ft
355	505 Montgomery	San Francisco	1988	130 m / 425 ft
356	Mortimer B. Zuckerman Research Center	New York City	2008	129 m / 424 ft
357	100 East Pratt Street	Baltimore	1992	128 m / 418 ft
358	1865 Broadway	New York City	2019	127 m / 416 ft
359	Hartford Plaza South	Chicago	1971	127 m / 415 ft
360	Richardson Building	Winnipeg	1969	126 m / 414 ft
361	Quantum	Toronto	2007	126 m / 413 ft
362	National Commercial Bank	Jeddah	1983	126 m / 413 ft
363	350 Mission Street	San Francisco	2015	126 m / 413 ft
364	PNC Center	Cleveland	1980	125 m / 410 ft
365	One City Centre	Houston	1961	125 m / 410 ft
366	595 Market Street	San Francisco	1979	125 m / 410 ft
367	707 Fifth Street	Calgary	2017	125 m / 410 ft
368	Nine Elms Square Building N9	London	2021	125 m / 409 ft
369	Ordway Building	Oakland	1970	123 m / 404 ft
370	Fifty South Sixth	Minneapolis	2001	123 m / 404 ft
371	Pan Peninsula West Tower	London	2008	122 m / 400 ft
372	875 3rd Avenue	New York City	1982	122 m / 400 ft
373	One Congress Plaza	Austin	1987	121 m / 398 ft
374	One Maritime Plaza	San Francisco	1967	121 m / 398 ft
375	1500 Mission Street	San Francisco	2020	121 m / 396 ft
376	The Plaza on Dewitt	Chicago	1966	120 m / 395 ft
377	Northlight Theatre Tower	Evanston	-	120 m / 395 ft
378	Tower 8	Salt Lake City	2021	120 m / 395 ft
379	Talan Tower 2	Nur-Sultan	2017	120 m / 393 ft
380	225 West Washington Street	Chicago	1987	120 m / 393 ft
381	Marriott Hotel City Center	Minneapolis	1983	119 m / 392 ft
382	Carlton Hotel	Johannesburg	1973	119 m / 390 ft
383	The Atrium Office Tower	Chengdu	2012	119 m / 390 ft
384	75 State Street	Boston	1988	119 m / 390 ft
385	380 Stuart Street	Boston	-	118 m / 388 ft
386	Elizabeth House North Tower	London	-	118 m / 387 ft
387	The Superior Court of California - San Diego	San Diego	2017	118 m / 387 ft
388	111 Main	Salt Lake City	2016	118 m / 387 ft
389	Chronicle Tower	London	2016	115 m / 377 ft
390	Canadian Pacific Plaza	Minneapolis	1960	115 m / 377 ft
391	461 5th Avenue	New York City	1988	115 m / 376 ft
392	Bally`s Atlantic City	Atlantic City	1989	114 m / 375 ft
393	33 West Monroe	Chicago	1980	114 m / 375 ft
394	388 Market Street	San Francisco	1985	114 m / 375 ft
395	AMP Square	Melbourne	1969	113 m / 372 ft
396	Midtown East	Tokyo	2007	113 m / 372 ft
397	303 West Madison	Chicago	1988	113 m / 372 ft
398	Standard Insurance Center	Portland	1970	112 m / 367 ft
399	One Flagler	West Palm Beach	-	111 m / 365 ft
400	B & W Tower	Louisville	1982	111 m / 363 ft
400	Meidinger Tower	Louisville	1982	111 m / 363 ft
402	88 Kearny Street	San Francisco	1986	111 m / 363 ft
403	1125 17th Street	Denver	1980	111 m / 363 ft
404	1201 North Market Street	Wilmington	1988	110 m / 360 ft
405	250 West Pratt Street	Baltimore	1986	110 m / 360 ft
406	Denver Energy Center Tower II	Denver	1980	109 m / 357 ft
407	Eaton Center	Cleveland	1983	109 m / 356 ft
408	3300 North Central Avenue	Phoenix	1980	109 m / 356 ft
409	Il Matitone	Genoa	1989	109 m / 356 ft
410	Grand Hyatt San Francisco	San Francisco	1972	108 m / 355 ft
411	Gemdale Plaza Tower B	Beijing	2007	108 m / 354 ft
411	PNC Center	Cincinnati	1979	108 m / 354 ft
413	101 Second Street	San Francisco	1999	108 m / 354 ft
414	Amorsolo West	Makati	1999	107 m / 351 ft
415	Atrium Two	Cincinnati	1984	107 m / 351 ft
416	33 North Dearborn	Chicago	1966	106 m / 348 ft
417	Poly Corporation Headquarters	Beijing	2006	106 m / 348 ft
418	Ontario Tower	London	2007	106 m / 346 ft
419	Skipton House Redevelopment-Tower B	London	-	105 m / 346 ft
420	222 North LaSalle	Chicago	1926	104 m / 342 ft
421	1515 Poydras	New Orleans	1984	104 m / 341 ft
422	Bank of Beijing Mansion	Beijing	2005	104 m / 341 ft
422	China Life Insurance Center	Beijing	2005	104 m / 341 ft
424	Two Shell Plaza	Houston	1971	104 m / 341 ft
425	University Hall	Chicago	1965	103 m / 338 ft
426	Wells Fargo Plaza	Tacoma	1970	103 m / 338 ft
427	Loop Transportation Center	Chicago	1985	102 m / 336 ft
428	Kaiser Engineering Building	Oakland	1984	102 m / 336 ft
429	No.5 Upper Riverside	London	2019	102 m / 335 ft
430	Denver Energy Center Tower I	Denver	1980	102 m / 335 ft
431	Hartford Plaza	Hartford	1967	102 m / 334 ft
432	Arkes Family Pavilion	Chicago	1979	101 m / 333 ft
433	Inland Steel Building	Chicago	1958	101 m / 332 ft
434	One Bangkok Phase 1 Hotel Tower	Bangkok	2023	101 m / 330 ft
435	525 West Monroe Street	Chicago	1983	101 m / 330 ft
436	Bremer Tower	St. Paul	1980	100 m / 328 ft
437	One Brickell Square	Miami	1985	100 m / 328 ft
438	Bechtel Building	San Francisco	1967	100 m / 328 ft
438	One Blue Hill Plaza	Pearl River	1972	100 m / 328 ft
440	Pudong Financial Plaza Office Tower 2	Shanghai	2017	100 m / 328 ft
440	Pudong Financial Plaza Office Tower 3	Shanghai	2017	100 m / 328 ft
442	Corporate Avenue 4	Chongqing	2013	100 m / 327 ft
442	Corporate Avenue 5	Chongqing	2013	100 m / 327 ft
444	500 North Michigan Avenue	Chicago	1968	99 m / 325 ft
445	101 Barclay Street	New York City	1985	99 m / 325 ft
446	Apparel Center	Chicago	1977	99 m / 325 ft
447	Union Bank Building	San Francisco	1977	99 m / 325 ft
448	Financial Centre B	Chongqing	2011	99 m / 325 ft
449	235 Pine Street	San Francisco	1990	99 m / 324 ft
450	Harris Bank Addition I	Chicago	1960	98 m / 322 ft
451	US Bank Plaza II	Minneapolis	1981	98 m / 321 ft
452	300 South Riverside	Chicago	1983	98 m / 320 ft
453	570 Broome Street	New York City	2019	97 m / 317 ft
454	PNC Bank Building	Columbus	1977	97 m / 317 ft
455	No.4 Upper Riverside	London	2019	96 m / 315 ft
456	222 South Main	Salt Lake City	2009	96 m / 315 ft
457	Lincoln Yards Building A.2	Chicago	-	96 m / 315 ft
458	1455 Market Street	San Francisco	1977	96 m / 315 ft
459	353 Sacramento Street	San Francisco	1983	95 m / 313 ft
460	Breitner Center	Amsterdam	2001	95 m / 312 ft
461	No.3 Upper Riverside	London	2019	94 m / 309 ft
462	Oval Tower	Amsterdam	2001	94 m / 308 ft
463	One Bush Street	San Francisco	1959	94 m / 308 ft
464	Lever House	New York City	1952	94 m / 307 ft
465	Ten Penn Center	Philadelphia	1981	93 m / 306 ft
466	Europoint II	Rotterdam	1975	93 m / 305 ft
466	Europoint III	Rotterdam	1975	93 m / 305 ft
466	Europoint IV	Rotterdam	1978	93 m / 305 ft
469	UBS Plaza	St. Paul	1980	93 m / 305 ft
470	Bank of America Center	Norfolk	1967	93 m / 304 ft
471	One State Street	Hartford	1983	92 m / 300 ft
472	800 West Fulton Market	Chicago	2021	91 m / 300 ft
473	Financial Centre A	Chongqing	2011	91 m / 299 ft
474	La Guardia Plaza 4	Amsterdam	2004	90 m / 295 ft
475	Eighth and Main Building	Richmond	1975	88 m / 290 ft
476	1000 West Carroll Avenue	Chicago	-	88 m / 288 ft
477	330 North Green	Chicago	-	88 m / 288 ft
478	Hidalgo Place	Makati	1999	88 m / 287 ft
479	10 South Riverside Plaza	Chicago	1965	87 m / 285 ft
479	120 South Riverside Plaza	Chicago	1967	87 m / 285 ft
481	One HSBC Plaza	Rochester	1970	87 m / 284 ft
482	555 Montgomery Street	San Francisco	1983	86 m / 282 ft
483	Zuidoost Toren A	Amsterdam	2000	85 m / 279 ft
484	Poly International Plaza Tower 2	Beijing	2016	84 m / 276 ft
485	One Park Place	Kansas City	1963	83 m / 273 ft
486	2 MiamiCentral	Miami	2018	83 m / 273 ft
487	Thrivent Financial Building	Minneapolis	1981	81 m / 264 ft
488	Zuidoost Toren B	Amsterdam	2002	80 m / 262 ft
489	Five Manhattan West	New York City	2017	80 m / 262 ft
490	Faraday Wood	New York City	1975	79 m / 260 ft
491	No.2 Upper Riverside	London	2019	79 m / 260 ft
492	Manhattan House	New York City	1950	78 m / 256 ft
493	Atrium One	Cincinnati	1981	77 m / 252 ft
494	Hartford Plaza North	Chicago	1961	74 m / 244 ft
495	No.1 Upper Riverside	London	2019	74 m / 243 ft
496	20 Stanwix Street	Pittsburgh	1982	74 m / 243 ft
497	Pudong Financial Plaza L+Mall	Shanghai	2017	74 m / 243 ft
498	Marriott World Trade Center	New York City	1981	74 m / 242 ft
499	San Francisco Planning, Building and Public Works Departments	San Francisco	2020	73 m / 238 ft
500	Fargo Block 9	Fargo	2020	71 m / 234 ft
501	Lincoln Yards Building A.1	Chicago	-	69 m / 225 ft
502	Poly International Plaza Tower 3	Beijing	2016	67 m / 220 ft
503	One Steuart Lane	San Francisco	2021	67 m / 220 ft
504	Vertical Medina	Riyadh	2018	67 m / 218 ft
505	Westin Houston Medical Center	Houston	1956	66 m / 216 ft
506	Lincoln Common Tower 1	Chicago	2019	65 m / 214 ft
506	Lincoln Common Tower 2	Chicago	2019	65 m / 214 ft
508	375 Hudson Street	New York City	1989	64 m / 210 ft
509	Pilkington Building	Toledo	1958	64 m / 210 ft
510	City Island-Grantham House	London	2016	63 m / 206 ft
511	700 Eleventh Street	Washington D.C.	1992	61 m / 199 ft
512	La Guardia Plaza 1	Amsterdam	2002	60 m / 197 ft
513	The Dalton School	New York City	2017	55 m / 181 ft
514	Elizabeth House South Tower	London	-	53 m / 174 ft
515	KAFD Conference Centre	Riyadh	2014	42 m / 137 ft
516	KL Metropolis Landmark Tower	Kuala Lumpur	-	- m / - ft
517	Olympia Tower 1	Los Angeles	-	- m / - ft
518	Olympia Tower 2	Los Angeles	-	- m / - ft
519	1111 Sunset Residential Tower 1	Los Angeles	2023	- m / - ft
520	Olympia Tower 3	Los Angeles	-	- m / - ft
521	SOM Timber Tower	Chicago	-	- m / - ft
522	1301 Market Street	Philadelphia	2020	- m / - ft
523	1706-1726 Sherman Avenue	Evanston	-	- m / - ft
524	Muqarnas Tower	Riyadh	2018	- m / - ft
525	1111 Sunset Residential Tower 2	Los Angeles	2023	- m / - ft
525	Crossroads Hollywood Apartment Tower	Los Angeles	2022	- m / - ft
527	Crossroads Hollywood Condo Tower	Los Angeles	2022	- m / - ft
527	Xuhui Vanke Center Phase III Tower 3	Shanghai	2019	- m / - ft
527	Xuhui Vanke Center Phase III Tower 4	Shanghai	2019	- m / - ft
530	Catalinas Rio North Tower	Buenos Aires	2022	- m / - ft
531	Crossroads Hollwood Hotel Tower	Los Angeles	2022	- m / - ft
532	Ayala Triangle Gardens South	Makati	2020	- m / - ft
532	Royal Eden Docks	London	2024	- m / - ft
534	Catalinas Rio South Tower	Buenos Aires	2022	- m / - ft
535	Genesis North Tower	South San Francisco	2019	- m / - ft
535	The Collective Canary Wharf	London	2019	- m / - ft
537	Méridia Tower	Nice	-	- m / - ft
538	18 India Street Tower 2	New York City	-	- m / - ft
538	Cook County Hospital Redevopment Phase 1B	Chicago	-	- m / - ft
538	Cook County Hospital Redevopment Phase 4 East Tower	Chicago	-	- m / - ft
538	Cook County Hospital Redevopment Phase 4 West Tower	Chicago	-	- m / - ft
538	Elephant & Castle Tube Station Tower 3	London	-	- m / - ft
538	Elephant & Castle Tube Station Tower 4	London	-	- m / - ft
538	Elephant & Castle Tube Station Tower 5	London	-	- m / - ft
538	Elephant & Castle Tube Station Tower 6	London	-	- m / - ft
538	Elephant & Castle Tube Station Tower 7	London	-	- m / - ft
538	Post Oak & Richmond Tower 1	Houston	2023	- m / - ft
538	Post Oak & Richmond Tower 2	Houston	2023	- m / - ft
538	Post Oak & Richmond Tower 3	Houston	2023	- m / - ft
538	The Avenues T4	Riyadh	2023	- m / - ft
538	The Avenues T5	Riyadh	2023	- m / - ft

Statistics

150 m+ Buildings

300 m+ Buildings

Average Building Age*

30 Years

Most Common Function*

Office (65%), 264 Buildings

Most Common Material*

Concrete (42%), 126 Buildings

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

Function
Material

Total: 409 Buildings for which a function has been assigned.

Total: 299 Buildings for which a material has been assigned.

*Based on 417 Completed & Under Construction Buildings

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03 May 2019

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21 January 2019

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06 November 2018

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