San Francisco

United States

Facts

Population

825,111 (2013)

Area

232 km² • 90 mi²

Density

3,556.5 people per km²

9,211.3 people per mi²

First 150m+ Building

Tallest Building

Rankings

by no. of 150m+ completed buildings

#
60

Tallest City in

the World

#
8

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 Transamerica Pyramid Center
260 m / 853  ft
3 181 Fremont
246.9 m / 810  ft
4 555 California Street
237.4 m / 779  ft
5 345 California Center
211.8 m / 695  ft
6 Millennium Tower
196.6 m / 645  ft
7 The Avery
188.4 m / 618  ft
8 Park Tower at Transbay
184.5 m / 605  ft
9 One Rincon Hill South Tower
184.4 m / 605  ft
10 101 California Street
183 m / 600  ft

CTBUH People & Events

Peter Weingarten

Former Co-Chair, 2012 – 2015

Peter Weingarten

Gensler

CTBUH California Presents: San Francisco Walking Tour

16 February 2024

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

16 February 2021

Videos

23 May 2022

Three Projects, Three Levels Of Steel-Timber Hybrid Complexity

Case studies include Bullitt Center, Seattle, using steel BRB diagonal frames; Skylight, Portland, using GLT post-and-beam construction with steel tensioners and secondary frame; and 1...

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Research

23 September 2024

Talking Tall with MVRDV

In 1993, Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, and Nathalie de Vries started MVRDV. Over the intervening three decades, the practice has built a global reputation...

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Global News

16 September 2024

Iconic San Francisco Building has Completed its Renovation

The largest renovation in the 50-year history of the Transamerica Pyramid Center, one of San Francisco's most iconic landmarks, has now been completed. The project...

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