Magnusson Klemencic Associates

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Member Since: 1983

Member Offices: Seattle

MKA’s passion is creating structural systems for buildings of all shapes, sizes, and complexities and civil site and infrastructure designs for architectural projects. In addition to traditional structural and civil engineering services, they offer enhanced expertise in seismic, wind, vibration, existing building, performance-based, and blast engineering and site strategies for low-impact design, site infrastructure planning, strategic water planning, and excavation shoring.

MKA has been presented with a top national ACEC engineering design award (the most significant recognition by their peers) 26 times in the last 29 years–three times more than any competitor engineering firm in the United States; and the ""Grand Conceptor"" award three times. Collectively, their projects have won 500+ awards from a variety of industry organizations. If it can be done, MKA can do it.

Fields of Expertise

Civil Engineering; Seismic Design; Structural Engineering; Wind Engineering

Membership details

Membership Level

Gold

Member Since

1983

Member Offices

Seattle

Buildings

Rank	Name	Height
1	Jeddah Tower	1000 m / 3,281 ft
2	Vista Tower	362.9 m / 1,191 ft
3	Nanjing International Center 3	346.3 m / 1,136 ft
4	Suning Plaza Tower 1	338 m / 1,109 ft
5	Salesforce Tower	326.1 m / 1,070 ft
6	Xinda Kingtown International Center Tower 1	320 m / 1,050 ft
7	One Brickell City Centre	317 m / 1,040 ft
8	Leatop Plaza	302.7 m / 993 ft
9	Skyrise Miami	301.8 m / 990 ft
10	Suzhou Keyne Center Office and Hotel	300 m / 984 ft

Awards

Award of Excellence: NEMA Chicago

Best Tall Building 200-299 meters 2021

Ctbuh Leaders

Don Davies

CTBUH Advisory Group, 2013 – Present

Seattle

Leif Johnson

CTBUH Working Group: Tall Timber, 2014 – Present

Seattle

Ron Klemencic

CTBUH Expert Peer Review Committee, 2014 – Present

Seattle

Building Completions Timeline

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Videos

18 May 2017

What's the Biggest Threat to a Skyscraper?

Chicago, United States of America. Hosted in collaboration with the Chicago Architecture Foundation, the second event in the Building Tall lecture series featured presentations by...

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Research

17 October 2016

Engineering Properties of Composite Mega-Columns with Separately Encased Hot Rolled Steel Profiles

This paper presents an experimental study on the behavior of composite mega-columns with separately encased steel profiles. Ten scaled composite columns were designed, including six...

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Global News

23 April 2020

Foundation Preparations Begin at 60-Story Office Tower Along Chicago River

Development of the 60-story Salesforce Tower has kicked off along the Chicago River after the project secured a US$500 million-plus construction loan that is one of the...

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Associated companies

Formerly Named

Skilling Ward Magnusson Barkshire (2003)

Skilling Ward Rogers Barkshire (1987)

Skilling, Helle, Christiansen, Robertson (1983)

Worthington, Skilling, Helle, & Jackson (1967)

Worthington & Skilling (1960)

W.H. Witt Company (1955)

Formerly Named

Skilling Ward Magnusson Barkshire (2003)

Skilling Ward Rogers Barkshire (1987)

Skilling, Helle, Christiansen, Robertson (1983)

Worthington, Skilling, Helle, & Jackson (1967)

Worthington & Skilling (1960)

W.H. Witt Company (1955)

Rank	Name	City	Completion	Height
1	Jeddah Tower	Jeddah	-	1000 m / 3,281 ft
2	Doha Convention Center Tower	Doha	-	551 m / 1,808 ft
3	Suning Xinjiekou Plaza	Nanjing	-	388 m / 1,273 ft
4	Concord City	Chongqing	-	378 m / 1,240 ft
5	Vista Tower	Chicago	2020	363 m / 1,191 ft
6	Four Seasons Hotel Tower 2	Mumbai	-	355 m / 1,165 ft
7	Nanjing International Center 3	Nanjing	-	346 m / 1,136 ft
8	Suning Plaza Tower 1	Zhenjiang	2018	338 m / 1,109 ft
9	Salesforce Tower	San Francisco	2018	326 m / 1,070 ft
10	Xinda Kingtown International Center Tower 1	Suzhou	-	320 m / 1,050 ft
11	One Brickell City Centre	Miami	-	317 m / 1,040 ft
12	Leatop Plaza	Guangzhou	2012	303 m / 993 ft
13	Skyrise Miami	Miami	2021	302 m / 990 ft
14	Suzhou Keyne Center Office and Hotel	Suzhou	-	300 m / 984 ft
15	One Chicago Square East Tower	Chicago	2022	296 m / 971 ft
16	Key Tower	Cleveland	1991	289 m / 947 ft
17	Columbia Center	Seattle	1984	284 m / 933 ft
18	Oceanwide Center Tower 1	San Francisco	2021	277 m / 910 ft
19	NEMA Chicago	Chicago	2019	273 m / 896 ft
20	888 2nd Avenue	Seattle	-	271 m / 888 ft
21	Energy Tower at City Center	Midland	-	265 m / 869 ft
22	Aqua at Lakeshore East	Chicago	2009	262 m / 859 ft
23	Xinda Kingtown International Center Tower 2	Suzhou	-	260 m / 853 ft
24	Rainier Square Tower	Seattle	2020	259 m / 850 ft
25	Salesforce Tower	Chicago	2023	255 m / 835 ft
26	1000M	Chicago	2022	254 m / 832 ft
27	Highcliff	Hong Kong	2003	252 m / 828 ft
28	The 42	Kolkata	2019	249 m / 817 ft
29	Trump Tower @ The Park	Mumbai	2020	244 m / 800 ft
30	The Imperium at Capital Commons	Pasig	2019	240 m / 787 ft
31	300 North LaSalle	Chicago	2009	239 m / 785 ft
32	The Royalton	Pasig	2019	230 m / 755 ft
33	Blue Cross-Blue Shield Tower	Chicago	2010	227 m / 744 ft
34	Two Union Square	Seattle	1989	226 m / 740 ft
35	Marina One	Singapore	2017	226 m / 740 ft
36	Suning Plaza Tower 2	Zhenjiang	2018	225 m / 738 ft
37	River Point	Chicago	2017	223 m / 732 ft
38	BMO Tower	Chicago	2022	222 m / 727 ft
39	150 North Riverside	Chicago	2017	221 m / 724 ft
40	Seattle Municipal Tower	Seattle	1990	220 m / 722 ft
41	Suzhou Keyne Center Residential Tower	Suzhou	-	220 m / 722 ft
42	The Summit	Hong Kong	2002	220 m / 721 ft
43	Museum Plaza	Louisville	-	212 m / 696 ft
44	World Finance Tower	Shanghai	1997	212 m / 696 ft
45	21st Century Mansion	Shanghai	2009	210 m / 689 ft
46	111 South Wacker	Chicago	2005	208 m / 681 ft
47	340 on the Park	Chicago	2007	205 m / 672 ft
48	Wolf Point East Tower	Chicago	2020	204 m / 668 ft
49	Shihao Center Tower 1	Chengdu	-	200 m / 656 ft
50	Lodha Altamount	Mumbai	2018	195 m / 640 ft
51	155 North Wacker	Chicago	2009	195 m / 638 ft
52	OBCC	Miami	-	193 m / 634 ft
53	RCBC Plaza Yuchengco Tower	Makati	2001	192 m / 630 ft
54	Oceanwide Center Tower 2	San Francisco	2021	191 m / 627 ft
55	Viridian at Greenhills	San Juan (PH)	2016	190 m / 623 ft
56	The Avery	San Francisco	2019	188 m / 618 ft
57	One Rincon Hill South Tower	San Francisco	2008	184 m / 605 ft
58	Russell Investments Center	Seattle	2006	182 m / 598 ft
59	Pacific Plaza Tower 1	Taguig City	1999	179 m / 587 ft
59	Pacific Plaza Tower 2	Taguig City	1999	179 m / 587 ft
61	One Chicago Square West Tower	Chicago	2021	175 m / 574 ft
62	One Roxas Triangle	Makati	2000	174 m / 572 ft
62	Two Roxas Triangle	Makati	-	174 m / 572 ft
64	Loews Chicago Hotel	Chicago	2015	173 m / 569 ft
65	RCBC Plaza Tower 2	Makati	2001	170 m / 558 ft
66	Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons	Milwaukee	2017	169 m / 554 ft
67	Bank of America Fifth Avenue Plaza	Seattle	1981	166 m / 543 ft
68	One Rincon Hill North Tower	San Francisco	2014	165 m / 541 ft
69	151 1st Avenue South	Nashville	2021	164 m / 539 ft
70	Amazon Tower I	Seattle	2016	160 m / 524 ft
71	North Squared	Miami	-	159 m / 522 ft
72	Amazon Tower II	Seattle	2017	159 m / 521 ft
73	Rise	Miami	2016	159 m / 520 ft
74	Amazon Tower III	Seattle	2019	159 m / 520 ft
75	One Delisle	Toronto	2023	158 m / 518 ft
76	CNA Center	Chicago	2018	158 m / 517 ft
77	EAST, Miami	Miami	2016	157 m / 516 ft
78	Rainier Tower	Seattle	1977	157 m / 514 ft
79	Fourth and Madison Building	Seattle	2003	156 m / 512 ft
80	706 Mission	San Francisco	2020	156 m / 510 ft
81	Reach	Miami	2016	153 m / 503 ft
82	2+U	Seattle	2019	152 m / 500 ft
83	The Tides at Lakeshore East	Chicago	2008	152 m / 500 ft
84	500 North Lake Shore Drive	Chicago	2013	152 m / 497 ft
85	Pacific Plaza Condominiums	Makati	1992	150 m / 492 ft
86	Avila South Tower	Quezon City	2018	150 m / 492 ft
87	No. 9 Walton	Chicago	2018	150 m / 491 ft
88	Ten Thousand	Los Angeles	2016	147 m / 483 ft
89	The Century	Los Angeles	2010	146 m / 478 ft
90	PP 10 Parcel 3.04 Office Tower	Riyadh	2014	145 m / 474 ft
91	Roosevelt University Academic, Student Life Residence Center	Chicago	2012	143 m / 469 ft
92	Rosewood Abu Dhabi	Abu Dhabi	2013	140 m / 460 ft
93	One Union Square	Seattle	1981	139 m / 456 ft
94	The Shoreham	Chicago	2005	137 m / 450 ft
95	Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago	Chicago	2012	136 m / 447 ft
96	MILA	Chicago	2016	136 m / 444 ft
97	Marriott Marquis Chicago	Chicago	2017	135 m / 444 ft
98	AMLI Arc Tower	Seattle	2017	135 m / 442 ft
99	340 Fremont Street	San Francisco	2016	134 m / 440 ft
100	Cirrus	Seattle	2015	134 m / 440 ft
100	West Edge Tower	Seattle	2018	134 m / 440 ft
102	Phoenix Observation Tower	Phoenix	-	130 m / 427 ft
103	Mira	San Francisco	2019	130 m / 425 ft
104	The Infinity II	San Francisco	2009	128 m / 420 ft
105	Hokua at 1288 Ala Moana	Honolulu	2006	127 m / 418 ft
106	2 East Erie	Chicago	2002	127 m / 415 ft
107	600 Canal Place	Richmond	2019	126 m / 413 ft
108	State and Chestnut	Chicago	2015	125 m / 410 ft
109	Aspira Apartments	Seattle	2010	124 m / 407 ft
110	399 Fremont	San Francisco	2016	122 m / 400 ft
111	United States Federal Courthouse	Seattle	2004	119 m / 390 ft
112	7Seventy7	Milwaukee	2018	118 m / 387 ft
113	8 NEMA	San Francisco	2014	118 m / 387 ft
114	The Lumen	Cleveland	2020	116 m / 382 ft
115	Century Square	Seattle	1986	116 m / 381 ft
116	One Hundred	St. Louis	2020	116 m / 381 ft
117	Hotel Palomar	Chicago	2010	116 m / 380 ft
118	Hilton Cleveland	Cleveland	2016	116 m / 380 ft
119	JW Marriott Indianapolis Downtown	Indianapolis	2011	115 m / 376 ft
120	Omni San Diego Hotel and The Metropolitan	San Diego	2004	114 m / 375 ft
121	LPM Apartments	Minneapolis	2014	114 m / 374 ft
122	Arkadia Tower	Chicago	2015	112 m / 369 ft
123	5th & Brazos	Austin	2020	109 m / 357 ft
124	The Infinity I	San Francisco	2008	107 m / 350 ft
125	PP 10 Parcel 3.04 Residential Tower	Riyadh	2014	98 m / 320 ft
126	River North Marriott Suites	Chicago	2008	91 m / 298 ft
127	145 Broadway	Cambridge	-	90 m / 294 ft
128	Avila North Tower	Quezon City	2018	85 m / 279 ft
129	IBM Building	Seattle	1964	84 m / 276 ft
130	PP 10 Parcel 3.05 Office Tower	Riyadh	2014	83 m / 274 ft
131	Millennium Tower	Seattle	2001	83 m / 272 ft
132	643 North Spring Street	Los Angeles	-	82 m / 270 ft
133	The Regent	Salt Lake City	2011	81 m / 265 ft
134	18 NEMA	San Francisco	2013	75 m / 245 ft
135	Luma	Seattle	2016	73 m / 240 ft
136	One South Market	San Jose	2015	73 m / 238 ft
137	Le Meridian Hotel Denver Downtown	Denver	2017	70 m / 231 ft
138	Shinsegae International	Seoul	2015	69 m / 226 ft
139	PP 10 Parcel 3.05 Residential Tower	Riyadh	2014	67 m / 220 ft
140	Tower Building	Seattle	1930	67 m / 220 ft
141	Xavier	Chicago	2015	61 m / 201 ft
142	Seattle Central Library	Seattle	2004	60 m / 196 ft
143	Aloft Chicago City Center, Fairfield Inn River North, Hyatt Place River North	Chicago	2013	58 m / 190 ft
144	City Hyde Park	Chicago	2016	52 m / 172 ft
145	The University of Chicago Campus North Residential Commons	Chicago	2016	50 m / 164 ft
146	T3	Minneapolis	2016	26 m / 85 ft
146	T3 West Midtown	Atlanta	2019	26 m / 85 ft
148	Maven Tower 1	Pasig	-	- m / - ft
149	New Cuffe Parade Tower 1	Mumbai	2018	- m / - ft
149	New Cuffe Parade Tower 10	Mumbai	-	- m / - ft
149	New Cuffe Parade Tower 11	Mumbai	2019	- m / - ft
149	New Cuffe Parade Tower 12	Mumbai	2019	- m / - ft
149	New Cuffe Parade Tower 2	Mumbai	2018	- m / - ft
149	New Cuffe Parade Tower 3	Mumbai	2018	- m / - ft
149	New Cuffe Parade Tower 4	Mumbai	2018	- m / - ft
149	New Cuffe Parade Tower 5	Mumbai	2018	- m / - ft
149	New Cuffe Parade Tower 6	Mumbai	2018	- m / - ft
149	New Cuffe Parade Tower 7	Mumbai	2019	- m / - ft
149	New Cuffe Parade Tower 8	Mumbai	2019	- m / - ft
160	One Filinvest	Pasig	2020	- m / - ft
161	Maven Tower 2	Pasig	-	- m / - ft
161	NAIOP Office Building of the Future	Seattle	-	- m / - ft
163	700 Canal Place	Richmond	-	- m / - ft
164	New Cuffe Parade Commercial Tower	Mumbai	2019	- m / - ft
164	Shihao Center Tower 2	Chengdu	-	- m / - ft

Statistics

150 m+ Buildings

300 m+ Buildings

Average Building Age*

15 Years

Most Common Function*

Residential (47%), 63 Buildings

Most Common Material*

Concrete (67%), 84 Buildings

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

Function
Material

Total: 135 Buildings for which a function has been assigned.

Total: 126 Buildings for which a material has been assigned.

*Based on 136 Completed & Under Construction Buildings

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18 May 2017 | Chicago

What's the Biggest Threat to a Skyscraper?

Chicago, United States of America. Hosted in collaboration with the Chicago Architecture Foundation, the second event in the Building Tall lecture series featured presentations by...

18 May 2017 | Chicago

What's the Biggest Threat to a Skyscraper? (Highlights)

Chicago, United States of America. Hosted in collaboration with the Chicago Architecture Foundation, the second event in the Building Tall lecture series featured presentations by...

03 November 2016 | Chicago

2016 Awards - Session 2 Q&A

Ron Klemencic, Chairman & CEO, Magnusson Klemencic Associates; Joseph Chou, Chairman, Taipei Financial Center Corporation; Mark Sarkisian, Partner of Structural Engineering, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill;...

03 November 2016 | Chicago

Finding Tailored Solutions to Common Problems

As Chairman and CEO of Magnusson Klemencic Associates, Ron Klemencic has played an active role in shaping the direction of the structural engineering community. His...

03 November 2016 | Chicago

Interview: Ron Klemencic

Ron Klemencic, Chairman & CEO, Magnusson Klemencic Associates, discusses some of his personal favorite projects with Chris Bentley, during the 2016 CTBUH Awards Symposium at...

18 October 2016 | Shenzhen

CTBUH 2016 China Conference - Panel,"Tall Buildings and Context: How High Can We Go and Why Should We?"

Tuesday, October 18, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Ron Klemencic, Magnusson Klemencic Associates; Karl Almstead, Turner Construction Company; Andrew Nicholson, CBRE; Jon Pickard, Pickard Chilton; Ian Smith,...

16 September 2014 | Shanghai

2014 Shanghai International Conference - Technical Workshop 04 - Q & A

2014 Shanghai International Conference Technical Workshop 04 Questions & Answers session with speakers Don Davies, MKA; Mark Sarkisian, SOM; Dario Trabucco, CTBUH / Iuav University...

16 September 2014 | Shanghai

Life Cycle Analysis: Are We There Yet?

To help advance Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) for building systems, this presentation reviews the history and state of LCA practice in the U.S. from a...

04 February 2013 | Chicago

2013 CTBUH YPC Presentation

The Young Professionals organized a Student Workshop at IIT to cover the design and construction of Roosevelt Tower. The presentation was led by: Joe Dietz,...

20 December 2012 | Chicago

Future Vision: Where is the tall building heading in the future and what will the next generation of supertall

Industry leaders answering this question include: Alex Whitbread, FCB Studios; K.J. Kim, Samsung C & T; William Pedersen, KPF; Richard Cook, Cook + Fox Architects;...

18 May 2017 | Chicago

What's the Biggest Threat to a Skyscraper?

Chicago, United States of America. Hosted in collaboration with the Chicago Architecture Foundation, the second event in the Building Tall lecture series featured presentations by...

18 May 2017 | Chicago

What's the Biggest Threat to a Skyscraper? (Highlights)

Chicago, United States of America. Hosted in collaboration with the Chicago Architecture Foundation, the second event in the Building Tall lecture series featured presentations by...

03 November 2016 | Chicago

2016 Awards - Session 2 Q&A

03 November 2016 | Chicago

Finding Tailored Solutions to Common Problems

As Chairman and CEO of Magnusson Klemencic Associates, Ron Klemencic has played an active role in shaping the direction of the structural engineering community. His...

03 November 2016 | Chicago

Interview: Ron Klemencic

Ron Klemencic, Chairman & CEO, Magnusson Klemencic Associates, discusses some of his personal favorite projects with Chris Bentley, during the 2016 CTBUH Awards Symposium at...

18 October 2016 | Shenzhen

CTBUH 2016 China Conference - Panel,"Tall Buildings and Context: How High Can We Go and Why Should We?"

16 September 2014 | Shanghai

2014 Shanghai International Conference - Technical Workshop 04 - Q & A

2014 Shanghai International Conference Technical Workshop 04 Questions & Answers session with speakers Don Davies, MKA; Mark Sarkisian, SOM; Dario Trabucco, CTBUH / Iuav University...

16 September 2014 | Shanghai

Life Cycle Analysis: Are We There Yet?

To help advance Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) for building systems, this presentation reviews the history and state of LCA practice in the U.S. from a...

04 February 2013 | Chicago

2013 CTBUH YPC Presentation

The Young Professionals organized a Student Workshop at IIT to cover the design and construction of Roosevelt Tower. The presentation was led by: Joe Dietz,...

20 December 2012 | Chicago

Future Vision: Where is the tall building heading in the future and what will the next generation of supertall

Industry leaders answering this question include: Alex Whitbread, FCB Studios; K.J. Kim, Samsung C & T; William Pedersen, KPF; Richard Cook, Cook + Fox Architects;...

Research

17 October 2016

Engineering Properties of Composite Mega-Columns with Separately Encased Hot Rolled Steel Profiles

Congzhen Xiao & Chen Tao, China Academy of Building Research; Fei Deng, Tsinghua University; et al

This paper presents an experimental study on the behavior of composite mega-columns with separately encased steel profiles. Ten scaled composite columns were designed, including six...

26 October 2015

Steel and the Skyscraper City: A Study on the Influence of Steel on the Design of Tall Buildings

Shelley Finnigan, ArcelorMittal; Barry Charnish, Entuitive; Robert Chmielowski, Magnusson Klemencic Associates

At the turn of the century, building design began to evolve. Improvements included indoor plumbing, the advent of escalators, and creation of the “Chicago window.”...

16 September 2014

Life Cycle Analysis: Are We There Yet?

Donald Davies & Ron Klemencic, Magnusson Klemencic Associates

To help advance Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) for building systems, this paper reviews the history and state of LCA practice in the U.S. from a...

14 September 2014

Towards Sustainable Vertical Urbanism

Daniel Safarik, CTBUH

The survival of humanity on this planet relies on a radical repositioning of our cities. In the face of unprecedented global population growth, urbanization, pollution...

19 September 2012

Performance-Based Seismic Design – State of Practice 2012

Ron Klemencic & J. Andrew Fry, MKA; Guo-Qiang Li, Tongji University

A summary and synthesis of the Performance-Based Seismic Design (PBSD) procedures and standards around the world is presented. The summary information draws from the papers...

19 September 2012

Tall Buildings in Future Development of Metropolitan Universities

Christopher Groesbeck, VOA Associates; Jon DeVries & John McDonald, Roosevelt University; Ron Klemencic, MKA

In the future, the University will need to consider vertical models to co-exist within their urban cores and create a living and working balance. With...

19 September 2012

Embodied Carbon and the Case for Longevity

Ron Klemencic, Donald Davies, Derek Beaman & Ola Jonhansson, MKA

This paper explores the sustainability and longevity of today’s residential building construction. It makes the case for 100-year design criteria for building frames and enclosure...

01 September 2012

Performance Based Seismic Design – State of Practice 2012 in the United States of America

Ron Klemencic, J. Andrew Fry, John Hooper, et al., Magnusson Klemencic Associates

This paper presents a summary of the state of the practice for Performance Based Seismic Design (PBSD) in the United States. While it is not...

03 March 2008

A Tale of Two Cities: Collaborative Innovations for Sustainable Towers

John Lahey & Martin Wolf, Solomon Cordwell Buenz; Ron Klemencic & Ola Johansson, MKA

Policies in a number of American cities encourage increased residential density and height, as well as new standards for sustainability. However, creative and sensitive responses...

01 December 2006

Performance of Post-Tensioned Slab-Core Wall Connections

Ron Klemencic & J. Andrew Fry, MKA; Gabriel Hurtado & Jack P. Moehle, University of California Berkeley

The use of post-tensioned floor slabs and reinforced concrete core walls has become increasingly popular in highrise construction. Questions have arisen concerning the performance of...

17 October 2016

Engineering Properties of Composite Mega-Columns with Separately Encased Hot Rolled Steel Profiles

Congzhen Xiao & Chen Tao, China Academy of Building Research; Fei Deng, Tsinghua University; et al

This paper presents an experimental study on the behavior of composite mega-columns with separately encased steel profiles. Ten scaled composite columns were designed, including six...

26 October 2015

Steel and the Skyscraper City: A Study on the Influence of Steel on the Design of Tall Buildings

Shelley Finnigan, ArcelorMittal; Barry Charnish, Entuitive; Robert Chmielowski, Magnusson Klemencic Associates

At the turn of the century, building design began to evolve. Improvements included indoor plumbing, the advent of escalators, and creation of the “Chicago window.”...

16 September 2014

Life Cycle Analysis: Are We There Yet?

Donald Davies & Ron Klemencic, Magnusson Klemencic Associates

To help advance Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) for building systems, this paper reviews the history and state of LCA practice in the U.S. from a...

14 September 2014

Towards Sustainable Vertical Urbanism

Daniel Safarik, CTBUH

The survival of humanity on this planet relies on a radical repositioning of our cities. In the face of unprecedented global population growth, urbanization, pollution...

19 September 2012

Performance-Based Seismic Design – State of Practice 2012

Ron Klemencic & J. Andrew Fry, MKA; Guo-Qiang Li, Tongji University

A summary and synthesis of the Performance-Based Seismic Design (PBSD) procedures and standards around the world is presented. The summary information draws from the papers...

19 September 2012

Tall Buildings in Future Development of Metropolitan Universities

Christopher Groesbeck, VOA Associates; Jon DeVries & John McDonald, Roosevelt University; Ron Klemencic, MKA

In the future, the University will need to consider vertical models to co-exist within their urban cores and create a living and working balance. With...

19 September 2012

Embodied Carbon and the Case for Longevity

Ron Klemencic, Donald Davies, Derek Beaman & Ola Jonhansson, MKA

This paper explores the sustainability and longevity of today’s residential building construction. It makes the case for 100-year design criteria for building frames and enclosure...

01 September 2012

Performance Based Seismic Design – State of Practice 2012 in the United States of America

Ron Klemencic, J. Andrew Fry, John Hooper, et al., Magnusson Klemencic Associates

This paper presents a summary of the state of the practice for Performance Based Seismic Design (PBSD) in the United States. While it is not...

03 March 2008

A Tale of Two Cities: Collaborative Innovations for Sustainable Towers

John Lahey & Martin Wolf, Solomon Cordwell Buenz; Ron Klemencic & Ola Johansson, MKA

Policies in a number of American cities encourage increased residential density and height, as well as new standards for sustainability. However, creative and sensitive responses...

01 December 2006

Performance of Post-Tensioned Slab-Core Wall Connections

Ron Klemencic & J. Andrew Fry, MKA; Gabriel Hurtado & Jack P. Moehle, University of California Berkeley

The use of post-tensioned floor slabs and reinforced concrete core walls has become increasingly popular in highrise construction. Questions have arisen concerning the performance of...

Global News

23 April 2020

Foundation Preparations Begin at 60-Story Office Tower Along Chicago River

Development of the 60-story Salesforce Tower has kicked off along the Chicago River after the project secured a US$500 million-plus construction loan that is one of the...

31 March 2020

Architecture Firm in Chicago Uses 3D Printer to Create Face Masks for Healthcare Workers

bKL Architecture, a firm headquartered at the Aqua tower in Chicago's Lakeshore East neighborhood, is doing its part to be of service during the COVID-19...

23 October 2019

Designs for New San Francisco Development Revealed

A canyon-like tower by MVRDV and a twisting structure by Studio Gang are among the buildings to be revealed for a new San Francisco development....

18 October 2019

Construction Suspended on San Francisco High-Rise Due to Rising Costs

Chinese developer Oceanwide Holdings suspended construction on a 605-foot (184-meter) tower in San Francisco’s Transbay district, one of the city’s largest projects, as it grapples...

21 August 2019

Seattle’s Rainier Square Tops Out

With construction topping off, Rainier Square is set to become the second-tallest skyscraper in the city of Seattle. The last steel beam was placed on...

20 June 2019

New 28-Story Skyscraper to be Built in Oakland

The CEO of Kaiser Permanente announced 17 June 2019 that the company will be constructing a new headquarters in Oakland and will call it The...

30 April 2019

Two Towers Progress onto Chicago’s Iconic Skyline

Vista Tower reached its final height on April 26 2019, when construction workers poured concrete to form the Chicago skyscraper’s 101st and final floor. That...

05 April 2019

Amazon Planning to Move Worldwide Operations Team from Seattle to Bellevue

In yet another sign that Amazon is cooling on its hometown of Seattle, the retail-entertainment-tech giant says it is planning to move its entire...

04 March 2019

Amazon Backs Out of Seattle’s Rainier Square

Long Island City isn’t the only place that Amazon is pulling out of. The tech giant made waves when it threatened to withdraw from its...

04 April 2018

Miami’s One Brickell City Centre Resubmitted to FAA

Swire Properties has once again filed plans with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to build a supertall tower at Brickell City Centre in Miami. According...

23 April 2020

Foundation Preparations Begin at 60-Story Office Tower Along Chicago River

Development of the 60-story Salesforce Tower has kicked off along the Chicago River after the project secured a US$500 million-plus construction loan that is one of the...

31 March 2020

Architecture Firm in Chicago Uses 3D Printer to Create Face Masks for Healthcare Workers

bKL Architecture, a firm headquartered at the Aqua tower in Chicago's Lakeshore East neighborhood, is doing its part to be of service during the COVID-19...

23 October 2019

Designs for New San Francisco Development Revealed

A canyon-like tower by MVRDV and a twisting structure by Studio Gang are among the buildings to be revealed for a new San Francisco development....

18 October 2019

Construction Suspended on San Francisco High-Rise Due to Rising Costs

Chinese developer Oceanwide Holdings suspended construction on a 605-foot (184-meter) tower in San Francisco’s Transbay district, one of the city’s largest projects, as it grapples...

21 August 2019

Seattle’s Rainier Square Tops Out

With construction topping off, Rainier Square is set to become the second-tallest skyscraper in the city of Seattle. The last steel beam was placed on...

20 June 2019

New 28-Story Skyscraper to be Built in Oakland

The CEO of Kaiser Permanente announced 17 June 2019 that the company will be constructing a new headquarters in Oakland and will call it The...

30 April 2019

Two Towers Progress onto Chicago’s Iconic Skyline

Vista Tower reached its final height on April 26 2019, when construction workers poured concrete to form the Chicago skyscraper’s 101st and final floor. That...

05 April 2019

Amazon Planning to Move Worldwide Operations Team from Seattle to Bellevue

  In yet another sign that Amazon is cooling on its hometown of Seattle, the retail-entertainment-tech giant says it is planning to move its entire...

04 March 2019

Amazon Backs Out of Seattle’s Rainier Square

Long Island City isn’t the only place that Amazon is pulling out of. The tech giant made waves when it threatened to withdraw from its...

04 April 2018

Miami’s One Brickell City Centre Resubmitted to FAA

Swire Properties has once again filed plans with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to build a supertall tower at Brickell City Centre in Miami. According...

CTBUH Initiatives Involving Magnusson Klemencic Associates

2+U Site Tour

14 May 2019

Join the Seattle Chapter of the CTBUH for a site tour of the unique 2+U office development, featuring a blend of completed and in-progress spaces throughout the tower.

CTBUH Malaysia Hosts Seminar: The Public Realm of Tall Buildings

21 February 2019

CTBUH Malaysia hosted a seminar exploring the relationship between the design and planning of high-rise structures with the life and energy of the city that surrounds them.

Seismic Design Working Group Meets at 2018 Conference

20 October 2018

The CTBUH Performance-Based Seismic Design Working Group reconvened at the CTBUH 2018 Middle East Conference in Dubai to outline an approach for updating their 2017 technical guide.

Ron Klemencic Wins ENR Award of Excellence

06 April 2018

Former CTBUH Chairman Ron Klemencic has been awarded the ENR 2018 Award of Excellence for his relentless pursuit of a better built environment.

CTBUH Seattle Hosts Tour of West Edge Tower

22 February 2018

CTBUH Seattle hosted a site tour of West Edge Tower in downtown Seattle on Thursday, 22 February, featuring a blend of completed and in-progress spaces throughout the tower.

6th Annual CTBUH International Student Design Competition

31 October 2017

The winner and final rankings for the CTBUH International Student Design Competition, kindly sponsored by Woods Bagot, were determined at the 2017 CTBUH Conference in Australia.