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Member Offices: Chicago
Founded in 1980, JENSEN HUGHES, Inc. is a global company headquartered in Baltimore, MD. As one of the largest fire protection and life safety engineering and consulting firms with offices worldwide, JENSEN HUGHES is able to provide the support and responsiveness that their clients need. Their technical experts stay on the cutting edge of evolving fire and life safety codes and regulations and are able to provide timely and accurate consulting and design services. They remain committed to providing their clients with cost-effective, high quality services that are crucial to the protection of life, property, and the environment.
Fire Engineering
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Member Since
2007
Member Offices
Chicago
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Name |
Status
Completed Architecturally Topped Out Structurally Topped Out Under Construction On Hold Never Completed Proposed Vision Demolished Competition Entry Canceled Proposed Renovation Under Renovation Renovated Under Demolition |
Height |
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1 |
1000 m / 3,281 ft |
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2 |
828 m / 2,717 ft |
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3 |
632 m / 2,073 ft |
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4 |
554.5 m / 1,819 ft |
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5 |
492 m / 1,614 ft |
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6 |
475.6 m / 1,560 ft |
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7 |
468 m / 1,535 ft |
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8 |
451.9 m / 1,483 ft |
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9 |
451.9 m / 1,483 ft |
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10 |
450 m / 1,476 ft |
Award of Excellence: U.S. Embassy, London
Best Tall Building under 100 meters 2021
Award of Excellence: The Exchange 106
Best Tall Building 400 meters and above 2021
Award of Excellence: Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex
Best Tall Mixed-Use Building 2021
Winner: Shanghai World Financial Center
10 Year Award 2018
Construction Award 2018
Award of Excellence: Lotte World Tower
Best Tall Building Asia & Australasia 2018
Best Tall Building Worldwide 2016
Best Tall Building Asia & Australasia 2016
Award of Excellence: The Tower at PNC Plaza
Best Tall Building Americas 2016
Award of Excellence: Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza
Best Tall Building Asia & Australasia 2016
common.china-winners: Mega-Suspended Curtain Wall
China Innovation 2016
common.china-distinctions: Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza
Best Tall Building China 2016
Award of Excellence: Façade Access Equipment
Innovation Award 2015
Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa 2014
Award of Excellence: Jin Mao Tower
Performance Award 2014
Award of Excellence: United Nations Secretariat Building
Best Tall Building Americas 2014
Award of Excellence: FKI Tower
Best Tall Building Asia & Australasia 2014
Award of Excellence: Pearl River Tower
Best Tall Building Asia & Australasia 2013
Global Icon Award 2010
Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa 2010
Award of Excellence: Nanjing Greenland Financial Center
Best Tall Building Asia & Australasia 2010
Award of Excellence: Trump International Hotel & Tower
Best Tall Building Americas 2009
Winner: Shanghai World Financial Center
Best Tall Building Worldwide 2008
Winner: Shanghai World Financial Center
Best Tall Building Asia & Australasia 2008
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Several recent noteworthy fires in high-rise buildings have drawn international media attention and highlighted a perceived weakness in tall building design. These fires appear to...
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Name |
City |
Status
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1000 m / 3,281 ft |
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2010 |
828 m / 2,717 ft |
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3 |
2015 |
632 m / 2,073 ft |
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4 |
2017 |
555 m / 1,819 ft |
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5 |
2008 |
492 m / 1,614 ft |
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6 |
2022 |
476 m / 1,560 ft |
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7 |
2022 |
468 m / 1,535 ft |
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8 |
- |
468 m / 1,535 ft |
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9 |
1998 |
452 m / 1,483 ft |
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9 |
1998 |
452 m / 1,483 ft |
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11 |
2010 |
450 m / 1,476 ft |
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12 |
2019 |
446 m / 1,462 ft |
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13 |
1974 |
442 m / 1,451 ft |
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14 |
2009 |
423 m / 1,389 ft |
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15 |
1999 |
421 m / 1,380 ft |
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16 |
- |
420 m / 1,377 ft |
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17 |
2003 |
412 m / 1,352 ft |
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18 |
2021 |
385 m / 1,263 ft |
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19 |
2021 |
369 m / 1,211 ft |
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20 |
1990 |
367 m / 1,205 ft |
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21 |
2021 |
358 m / 1,175 ft |
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22 |
2015 |
354 m / 1,162 ft |
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23 |
2013 |
309 m / 1,015 ft |
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24 |
2013 |
306 m / 1,005 ft |
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25 |
2015 |
303 m / 994 ft |
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25 |
2015 |
303 m / 994 ft |
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27 |
2015 |
268 m / 879 ft |
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28 |
2018 |
260 m / 853 ft |
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29 |
2017 |
257 m / 844 ft |
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30 |
2013 |
246 m / 805 ft |
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31 |
2021 |
245 m / 804 ft |
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32 |
2014 |
245 m / 804 ft |
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32 |
2014 |
245 m / 804 ft |
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34 |
2019 |
238 m / 782 ft |
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35 |
2015 |
225 m / 736 ft |
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36 |
2017 |
223 m / 732 ft |
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37 |
Shanghai Stock Exchange of Shanghai International Financial Center |
2019 |
215 m / 705 ft |
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38 |
2021 |
210 m / 689 ft |
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39 |
2002 |
203 m / 666 ft |
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40 |
2014 |
199 m / 653 ft |
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41 |
2015 |
196 m / 643 ft |
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42 |
China Financial Futures Exchange of Shanghai International Financial Center |
2019 |
195 m / 640 ft |
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43 |
2020 |
173 m / 568 ft |
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44 |
2020 |
166 m / 545 ft |
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45 |
2015 |
166 m / 544 ft |
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46 |
2015 |
165 m / 541 ft |
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47 |
- |
156 m / 512 ft |
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48 |
1953 |
154 m / 506 ft |
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49 |
China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation of Shanghai International Financial Center |
2019 |
152 m / 499 ft |
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50 |
2014 |
145 m / 477 ft |
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51 |
2021 |
133 m / 435 ft |
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52 |
2016 |
132 m / 431 ft |
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53 |
2016 |
129 m / 422 ft |
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54 |
2015 |
127 m / 418 ft |
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55 |
1988 |
124 m / 408 ft |
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56 |
- |
120 m / 392 ft |
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57 |
2016 |
118 m / 387 ft |
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58 |
2014 |
118 m / 385 ft |
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59 |
- |
110 m / 361 ft |
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60 |
2017 |
106 m / 348 ft |
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61 |
- |
104 m / 340 ft |
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62 |
2019 |
100 m / 328 ft |
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63 |
1974 |
95 m / 310 ft |
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64 |
2022 |
93 m / 305 ft |
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65 |
2019 |
91 m / 297 ft |
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66 |
- |
75 m / 246 ft |
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67 |
2018 |
75 m / 245 ft |
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68 |
2021 |
72 m / 235 ft |
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69 |
2013 |
71 m / 231 ft |
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70 |
2018 |
65 m / 214 ft |
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71 |
2020 |
63 m / 205 ft |
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72 |
2016 |
53 m / 173 ft |
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73 |
2016 |
50 m / 164 ft |
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74 |
2019 |
48 m / 158 ft |
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75 |
2014 |
47 m / 156 ft |
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2020 |
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2017 |
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150 m+ Buildings
300 m+ Buildings
Average Building Age*
11 Years
Most Common Function*
Office, 25 Buildings
Most Common Material*
Concrete, 31 Buildings
* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database.
*Based on 81 Completed & Under Construction Buildings
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.
NOTE: Gross-to-Net Height is defined as architectural height minus height of highest occupied floor. Therefore, the Gross-to-Net Height is only calculated for buildings that have both the architectural height and the highest occupied floor height recorded.
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30 April 2019 | Chicago
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28 February 2019 | Seoul
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22 November 2019 | Wuhan
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27 November 2019 | London
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18 March 2020 | London
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27 May 2020 | Chicago
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10 July 2020 | Shanghai
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31 July 2020 | Chicago
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03 September 2020 | London
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28 September 2020 | Shanghai
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29 October 2017
One day before the CTBUH 2017 Australia Conference, delegates convened at the University of Sydney facilities in Darlington for the Fire Performance of Façades workshop.
04 April 2017
CTBUH has recognized the completion of Lotte World Tower, now the fifth tallest building worldwide at 555 meters.
16–21 October 2016
Cities to Megacities: Shaping Dense Vertical Urbanism takes place progressively across three Chinese cities: Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong.
21 September 2016
Co-organized by CTBUH, UTRC (China), and Institute of Public Safety of Tsinghua University, this day-long workshop examined the issues and challenges accompanying ever-taller buildings.
12 November 2015
The CTBUH 14th Annual awards ceremony and dinner was held immediately after the daytime Symposium in nearby S.R. Crown Hall.
26–30 October 2015
After a post-recession hiatus in tall building construction in many countries lasting several years, numerous cities are again resurgent.
20 May 2015
CTBUH-Korea’s President Chung KwangRyang held an international conference addressing Tall Building Safety as the construction of tall buildings is increasing exponentially.
06 November 2014
The CTBUH 13th Annual awards ceremony and dinner was held immediately after the daytime Symposium in nearby S.R. Crown Hall.
16–19 September 2014
The survival of humanity relies on a radical repositioning of our cities to develop them beyond a collection of disparate icons, towards a vision of a Sustainable Vertical Urbanism.
16 September 2014
The Fire & Life Safety Working Group hosted a productive technical workshop at the 2014 Shanghai Conference. Below are some highlights from the meeting.
01 December 2013
The International Journal of High-Rise Buildings, Volume 2: Number 4 includes 8 papers focusing on pure research content and investigations in tall building design.
07 November 2013
The CTBUH 12th Annual awards ceremony and dinner was held immediately after the afternoon Symposium in nearby S.R. Crown Hall.
01 March 2013
The International Journal of High-Rise Buildings, Volume 2: Number 1 includes 8 papers focusing on pure research content and investigations in tall building design.
07–08 November 2012
The CTBUH participated in a symposium to address the complex issues of integrating fire safety design with sustainability.
18 October 2012
The CTBUH 11th Annual awards ceremony and dinner was held immediately after the afternoon Symposium in nearby S.R. Crown Hall.
22–23 September 2012
Nanjing, the venerable “Southern capital,” is in the midst of the type of redevelopment surge impacting many Chinese cities.
19–21 September 2012
That the 21st Century will be the age of the Asian Skyscraper seems indisputable. Already, the past two decades have witnessed a major shift in tall buildings from west to east.
18 September 2012
The Fire & Safety Working Group met in Shanghai to discuss progress on several on-going initiatives and recent studies.
03 November 2011
The CTBUH 10th Annual awards ceremony and dinner was held immediately after the afternoon Symposium in nearby S.R. Crown Hall.
10–12 October 2011
This conference aimed to shed new light on the meaning and value of tall buildings in the rapidly growing city of Seoul, from the perspectives of green, safety, and humanity.
21 October 2010
The CTBUH 9th Annual awards ceremony and dinner was held immediately after the afternoon Symposium in nearby S.R. Crown Hall.
22 October 2009
The CTBUH 8th Annual awards ceremony and dinner was held immediately after the afternoon Symposium in nearby S.R. Crown Hall.
18–19 May 2009
The CTBUH’s Fire & Safety Working Group convened for a one and a half day meeting at the offices of Schirmer Engineering.
20 November 2008
The CTBUH 7th Annual awards ceremony and dinner was held immediately after the afternoon Symposium in nearby S.R. Crown Hall.
03–05 March 2008
The Congress hosted presentations, seminars and workshops covering virtually every aspect of tall building development, with a particular emphasis on sustainability.
25 October 2007
The CTBUH 6th Annual awards ceremony and dinner was held immediately after the afternoon Symposium in nearby S.R. Crown Hall.
CTBUH Annual Conference, Session Chair, 2012
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