Foster + Partners

CTBUH Silver Member

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Buildings
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About

Member Since: 2015

Member Offices: London, New York City

Website: http://www.fosterandpartners.com

Foster + Partners is one of the most innovative architecture and integrated design practices in the world. Over the past four decades the practice has pioneered a sustainable approach to architecture through a strikingly wide range of work, from urban masterplans, public infrastructure, airports, civic and cultural buildings, offices and workplaces to private houses and product design. Based in London, with offices worldwide, the practice has an international reputation, with buildings on six continents. Since its inception in 1967 it has received more than 620 awards for excellence and won over 100 national and international competitions.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture

Membership details

Membership Level

Silver

Member Since

2015

Member Offices

London
New York City

Buildings

Please note that all heights shown in italics/red are estimated heights. These have been calculated based on known floor counts for the building, then extrapolated through analyzing typically hundreds of buildings of the same function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard building features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of these estimations.

Rank	Name	Height
1	China Merchants Bank Headquarters Tower 1	388 m / 1,273 ft
2	Penn 15	387.1 m / 1,270 ft
3	Burj Mohammed Bin Rashid	381.2 m / 1,251 ft
4	Comcast Technology Center	339.1 m / 1,112 ft
5	The Index	326 m / 1,070 ft
6	Hermitage Plaza South Tower	320 m / 1,050 ft
7	Hermitage Plaza East Tower	320 m / 1,050 ft
8	The Towers	319.7 m / 1,049 ft
9	Varso Tower	310 m / 1,017 ft
10	The One	308.6 m / 1,012 ft

Awards

Winner: Comcast Technology Center

Best Tall Building Americas 2021

Ctbuh Leaders

James Pinkerton

CTBUH Future Leaders Committee, United Kingdom, 2019 – Present

London

Associated companies

Formerly Named

Foster Associates

Formerly Named

Foster Associates

Rank	Name	City	Completion	Height
1	M Tower	Shanghai	-	900 m / 2,953 ft
2	Millennium Tower	Tokyo	-	840 m / 2,756 ft
3	India Tower	Mumbai	-	700 m / 2,296 ft
4	Russia Tower	Moscow	-	612 m / 2,008 ft
5	World Trade Center	New York City	-	538 m / 1,765 ft
6	Chongqing International Commerce Centre T1	Chongqing	-	528 m / 1,732 ft
6	Chongqing International Commerce Centre T2	Chongqing	-	528 m / 1,732 ft
8	Crystal Island	Moscow	-	450 m / 1,476 ft
9	2 World Trade Center	New York City	-	411 m / 1,348 ft
10	Z6 Plot	Beijing	-	408 m / 1,339 ft
11	Lotus Tower	Hanoi	-	400 m / 1,312 ft
12	Al Khozama Centre	Riyadh	-	400 m / 1,312 ft
13	Suning Xinjiekou Plaza	Nanjing	-	388 m / 1,273 ft
14	China Merchants Bank Headquarters Tower 1	Shenzhen	-	388 m / 1,273 ft
15	Penn 15	New York City	-	387 m / 1,270 ft
16	London Millennium Tower	London	-	386 m / 1,265 ft
17	Burj Mohammed Bin Rashid	Abu Dhabi	2014	381 m / 1,251 ft
18	VietinBank Business Center Office Tower	Hanoi	-	363 m / 1,191 ft
19	Comcast Technology Center	Philadelphia	2018	339 m / 1,112 ft
20	Oxford Place East Office Tower	Toronto	-	326 m / 1,070 ft
20	Oxford Place West Office Tower	Toronto	-	326 m / 1,070 ft
22	The Index	Dubai	2010	326 m / 1,070 ft
23	Hermitage Plaza South Tower	Courbevoie	-	320 m / 1,050 ft
24	Hermitage Plaza East Tower	Courbevoie	-	320 m / 1,050 ft
25	The Towers	Miami	-	320 m / 1,049 ft
26	Varso Tower	Warsaw	2022	310 m / 1,017 ft
27	The One	Toronto	2022	309 m / 1,012 ft
28	The Tulip	London	-	305 m / 1,002 ft
29	NBK Tower	Kuwait City	2019	300 m / 984 ft
30	50 Hudson Yards	New York City	2022	299 m / 981 ft
31	Torre de Collserola	Barcelona	1992	288 m / 945 ft
32	Crystal Tower	Khanty-Mansiysk	-	280 m / 919 ft
33	ICD Brookfield Place	Dubai	2020	279 m / 916 ft
34	Oceanwide Center Tower 1	San Francisco	-	277 m / 910 ft
35	The Estate Makati	Makati	2023	277 m / 908 ft
36	World Trade Center Abu Dhabi - The Offices	Abu Dhabi	2014	277 m / 907 ft
37	Ilham Tower	Kuala Lumpur	2015	274 m / 899 ft
38	Omkar 1973 Worli Tower A	Mumbai	2021	267 m / 876 ft
38	Omkar 1973 Worli Tower B	Mumbai	2021	267 m / 876 ft
38	Omkar 1973 Worli Tower C	Mumbai	2021	267 m / 876 ft
41	Al Faisaliah Center	Riyadh	2000	267 m / 876 ft
42	Salesforce Tower	Sydney	2022	263 m / 863 ft
43	425 Park Avenue	New York City	2021	262 m / 860 ft
44	Commerzbank Tower	Frankfurt am Main	1997	259 m / 850 ft
45	3 Sutton Place	New York City	-	257 m / 844 ft
46	Central Market Hotel Tower	Abu Dhabi	-	255 m / 837 ft
47	Reforma 432	Mexico City	-	254 m / 833 ft
48	VietinBank Business Center Hotel Tower	Hanoi	-	252 m / 827 ft
49	Landmarkk Towers	Istanbul	-	250 m / 820 ft
50	Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly	Amaravati	-	250 m / 820 ft
51	50 Main Street	San Francisco	-	249 m / 818 ft
52	Torre Cepsa	Madrid	2008	248 m / 815 ft
53	Elephant and Castle Main Tower	London	-	244 m / 801 ft
54	Deutsche Bank Place	Sydney	2005	240 m / 787 ft
55	The Bow	Calgary	2012	238 m / 779 ft
56	Samba Bank HQ Tower	Riyadh	2020	231 m / 758 ft
57	Emaar Square The Address Hotel & Residences	Istanbul	2020	229 m / 753 ft
58	North Quay R01	London	-	222 m / 727 ft
59	Capital Tower	Amman	-	220 m / 722 ft
60	South Beach South Tower	Singapore	2015	218 m / 714 ft
61	South Beach North Tower	Singapore	2015	218 m / 714 ft
62	100 East 53rd Street	New York City	2018	217 m / 711 ft
63	AFD Tower 1	Almaty	-	216 m / 709 ft
63	AFD Tower 2	Almaty	-	216 m / 709 ft
65	Valiant Tower	London	2020	215 m / 704 ft
66	North Quay Office Tower	London	-	212 m / 696 ft
67	DJI Headquarters Tower 1	Shenzhen	2021	212 m / 696 ft
68	China Resources Land Suhewan	Shanghai	2022	206 m / 675 ft
69	The Troika Tower 3	Kuala Lumpur	2010	204 m / 669 ft
70	Marina Tower	Elliniko-Argyroupoli	2026	200 m / 656 ft
71	8 Canada Square	London	2002	200 m / 655 ft
72	North Quay R02	London	-	197 m / 645 ft
73	DJI Headquarters Tower 2	Shenzhen	2021	194 m / 636 ft
74	Harcourt Gardens	London	2024	192 m / 631 ft
75	Third & Cherry	Seattle	-	192 m / 629 ft
76	Oceanwide Center Tower 2	San Francisco	-	191 m / 627 ft
77	Hearst Tower	New York City	2006	182 m / 597 ft
78	Residences Bel-Air Phase 6 8-9	Hong Kong	2008	180 m / 591 ft
79	Residences Bel-Air Phase 6 6-7	Hong Kong	2008	180 m / 591 ft
80	The Bund Finance Center North	Shanghai	2016	180 m / 591 ft
80	The Bund Finance Center South	Shanghai	2016	180 m / 591 ft
82	China Merchants Bank Headquarters Tower 2	Shenzhen	-	180 m / 591 ft
83	King's Cross Twin Towers I	London	-	180 m / 590 ft
83	King's Cross Twin Towers II	London	-	180 m / 590 ft
85	30 St Mary Axe	London	2004	180 m / 590 ft
86	Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Headquarters	Hong Kong	1985	179 m / 587 ft
87	The Troika Tower 2	Kuala Lumpur	2010	177 m / 581 ft
88	Daewoo Tech Tower	Seoul	-	172 m / 564 ft
89	Baltimore	Rotterdam	-	170 m / 558 ft
90	Jiushi Corporation Headquarters	Shanghai	2001	168 m / 551 ft
91	50 United Nations Plaza	New York City	2015	167 m / 548 ft
92	Bishops Place Building 3	London	-	164 m / 539 ft
93	Principal Tower	London	2019	161 m / 529 ft
94	Residences Bel-Air Phase 6 3 & 5	Hong Kong	2008	161 m / 528 ft
95	The Troika Tower 1	Kuala Lumpur	2010	160 m / 525 ft
96	Parkline Place	Sydney	2023	155 m / 507 ft
97	Lumiere	Sydney	2007	152 m / 499 ft
98	Avenida Cordoba 120	Buenos Aires	2018	152 m / 499 ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 35 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 6,258 other buildings of the same office function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
99	Saqqara Residences 2	San Pedro Garza García	2022	150 m / 492 ft
99	Saqqara Residences 1	San Pedro Garza García	2016	150 m / 492 ft
101	Khan Shatyr Entertainment Centre	Nur-Sultan	2010	150 m / 492 ft
102	Carrara Tower	London	2020	150 m / 491 ft
103	50 Scollard	Toronto	-	147 m / 483 ft
104	Residences Bel-Air Phase 6 1-2	Hong Kong	2008	142 m / 466 ft
105	The Harmon	Las Vegas	-	138 m / 453 ft
106	World Port Center	Rotterdam	2001	134 m / 438 ft
107	Valencia Tower	London	2022	130 m / 426 ft
108	Hellinikon Integrated Resort Casino Tower	Elliniko-Argyroupoli	-	128 m / 420 ft
109	The Willis Building	London	2007	125 m / 409 ft
110	MOL Campus	Budapest	2022	120 m / 394 ft
111	Jameson House	Vancouver	2011	119 m / 389 ft
112	Burlington Tower	London	-	115 m / 378 ft
113	Fraser Suites	Sydney	2006	115 m / 377 ft
114	3Beirut Tower 1	Beirut	2017	112 m / 367 ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 33 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 8,149 other buildings of the same residential function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
115	North Quay R03	London	-	107 m / 351 ft
116	CITIC Bank Headquarters	Hangzhou	2016	100 m / 328 ft
117	AQWA Corporate	Rio de Janeiro	2017	95 m / 312 ft
118	Century Tower	Tokyo	1991	91 m / 299 ft
119	AQWA Corporate 2	Rio de Janeiro	-	90 m / 295 ft
120	The Lily Repulse Bay	Hong Kong	2005	90 m / 294 ft
121	The Murray	Hong Kong	1970	89 m / 292 ft
122	551 West 21st Street	New York City	2015	88 m / 290 ft
123	Ernst & Young	Amsterdam	2007	87 m / 285 ft
124	The Corniche, Building 2	London	2017	85 m / 279 ft
125	Moor House	London	2005	82 m / 268 ft
126	North Wing	Copenhagen	2015	81 m / 265 ft
127	3Beirut Tower 2	Beirut	2017	78 m / 256 ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 23 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 8,149 other buildings of the same residential function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
128	The Corniche, Building 1	London	2017	76 m / 249 ft
129	DUO West	Sydney	2018	71 m / 232 ft
130	Vita	London	2016	68 m / 223 ft
131	Principal Place	London	2017	67 m / 221 ft
132	DUO East	Sydney	2018	66 m / 216 ft
133	Faena House	Miami Beach	2016	66 m / 215 ft
134	RMK Headquarters	Yekaterinburg	2021	65 m / 213 ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 15 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 6,258 other buildings of the same office function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
135	101 Whitechapel High Street	London	-	63 m / 205 ft
136	3Beirut Tower 3	Beirut	2017	61 m / 200 ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 18 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 8,149 other buildings of the same residential function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
137	Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building	Toronto	2006	57 m / 187 ft
138	Silken Puerta America Madrid	Madrid	2011	53 m / 174 ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 14 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 1,091 other buildings of the same hotel function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
139	The Corniche, Building 3	London	2017	51 m / 167 ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 15 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 8,149 other buildings of the same residential function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
140	PPA 30 Parcel 2.07 Tower A	Riyadh	2018	49 m / 160 ft
141	World Trade Center East Building	Falciano	2004	48 m / 157 ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 11 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 6,258 other buildings of the same office function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
141	World Trade Center West Building	Falciano	2004	48 m / 157 ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 11 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 6,258 other buildings of the same office function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
143	Lusail Plaza Tower 1	Doha	2022	- m / - ft
143	Lusail Plaza Tower 2	Doha	2022	- m / - ft
145	Lusail Plaza Tower 3	Doha	2022	- m / - ft
145	Lusail Plaza Tower 4	Doha	2022	- m / - ft
147	One Beverly Hills South Tower	Beverly Hills	2024	- m / - ft
148	Private Residences by Omniyat	Dubai	-	- m / - ft
149	One Beverly Hills North Tower	Beverly Hills	2024	- m / - ft
150	Goldsun Group Headquarters	Taipei	-	- m / - ft
151	Waldorf Astoria	San Francisco	-	- m / - ft
152	Battersea Power Station Redevelopment Phase 3	London	-	- m / - ft
152	The Pavilion	Philadelphia	2020	- m / - ft
154	PPA 30 Parcel 2.07 Tower B	Riyadh	2018	- m / - ft
154	PPA 30 Parcel 2.07 Tower C	Riyadh	2018	- m / - ft
156	Hellinikon Mall Hotel Tower	Elliniko-Argyroupoli	-	- m / - ft
156	Hellinikon Office Tower	Elliniko-Argyroupoli	-	- m / - ft
156	Hellinikon Promenade Residential Tower	Elliniko-Argyroupoli	-	- m / - ft
156	Jabal Omar Development Hotel Tower 1	Mecca	-	- m / - ft
156	Jabal Omar Development Hotel Tower 2	Mecca	-	- m / - ft

CTBUH Initiatives Involving Foster + Partners

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.

What does the Future Hold for the Construction Industry?

27 May 2020

Given the rapidly shifting work environment brought by COVID-19, a panel of industry leaders will share their experiences & views on its lasting influence over the future of working.

CTBUH Serbia Conference: Going Tall in Southeast Europe

19 June 2019

Join CTBUH Serbia for a regional conference, which promises to assemble leading architects, designers, construction experts, and developers for an engaging series of presentations.

CTBUH Team Travels to Dubai

31 January 2018

CTBUH Executive Director Antony Wood and Events Manager Jessica Rinkel-Miller traveled to Dubai in preparation for the 2018 Middle East Conference.

CTBUH Canada: Supertall Toronto

29 November 2017

CTBUH Canada held a breakfast event to showcase Toronto's first supertall, The One, which will stand at 307 meters tall and is currently under construction.

CTBUH Israel’s Tel Aviv Regional Conference

13–15 November 2017

The city of Tel Aviv was honored to host the CTBUH Tel Aviv Regional Conference in collaboration with the annual IACIE conference and CTBUH Israel.

CTBUH Silver Member

Foster + Partners

About

Fields of Expertise

Membership details

Buildings

Awards

Ctbuh Leaders

Associated companies

CTBUH Initiatives Involving Foster + Partners

CTBUH Turkey Committee Presents: Future Design Trends in Construction

What does the Future Hold for the Construction Industry?

CTBUH Serbia Conference: Going Tall in Southeast Europe

CTBUH Team Travels to Dubai

CTBUH Canada: Supertall Toronto

CTBUH Israel’s Tel Aviv Regional Conference

Skyscraper Summit Warms Sydney Up for CTBUH 2017

Top Company Rankings: The World’s 100 Tallest Buildings

Ken Shuttleworth: A Journey of Design and Discovery

YPC: 2015 Achievements and Event Success

Educational Outreach Program

Performance and Behavior of Tall Buildings for Wind Loads

Miami Grows Up

CTBUH 12th Annual Awards Executive Table Sponsor

Foster + Partners Present on The Bow

CTBUH Releases Case Study on The Bow

Jiushi Corporation Headquarters Technical Tour Report

Foster + Partners on Sustainability in their Projects

Chris Abel Presentation at IIT: Foster in China