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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 |
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632 m / 2,073 ft |
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2 |
499.2 m / 1,638 ft |
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442.1 m / 1,451 ft |
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4 |
427 m / 1,401 ft |
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5 |
365.8 m / 1,200 ft |
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6 |
362.9 m / 1,191 ft |
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7 |
326.5 m / 1,071 ft |
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8 |
318.9 m / 1,046 ft |
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9 |
318.8 m / 1,046 ft |
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10 |
317.8 m / 1,043 ft |
Award of Excellence: U.S. Embassy, London
Best Tall Building under 100 meters 2021
Award of Excellence: Shimao Qianhai Center
Best Tall Office Building 2021
Award of Excellence: Tencent Seafront Towers
Best Tall Building Asia & Australasia 2018
10 Year Award 2017
Best Tall Building Worldwide 2016
10 Year Award 2016
Best Tall Building Asia & Australasia 2016
Award of Excellence: The Tower at PNC Plaza
Best Tall Building Americas 2016
common.china-winners: Mega-Suspended Curtain Wall
China Innovation 2016
Best Tall Building Americas 2013
Award of Excellence: Devon Energy Center
Best Tall Building Americas 2013
Best Tall Building Americas 2010
Winner: The New York Times Building
Best Tall Building Americas 2008
Best Tall Sustainable Building 2007
CTBUH Advisory Group, 2013 – 2014
CTBUH City Chair, 2013 – 2015
CTBUH Awards Renovation Jury, 2020
An aerial view of The Finance Centre in Taguig City, Philippines, while the building was topped out in 2017.
The Tencent Seafront Towers bring a novel concept – the “vertical campus” – to Shenzhen. In housing the corporate headquarters of the fourth-largest internet company...
Calling it a watershed moment for the capital of Silicon Valley, city officials broke ground on what could eventually become San Jose’s tallest building. At...
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2015 |
632 m / 2,073 ft |
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2025 |
518 m / 1,699 ft |
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- |
518 m / 1,699 ft |
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4 |
- |
499 m / 1,638 ft |
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- |
474 m / 1,556 ft |
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1974 |
442 m / 1,451 ft |
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7 |
2020 |
427 m / 1,401 ft |
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8 |
2009 |
366 m / 1,200 ft |
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9 |
2020 |
363 m / 1,191 ft |
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10 |
- |
344 m / 1,128 ft |
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11 |
2021 |
327 m / 1,071 ft |
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12 |
1930 |
319 m / 1,046 ft |
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13 |
2007 |
319 m / 1,046 ft |
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14 |
2016 |
318 m / 1,043 ft |
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15 |
2016 |
318 m / 1,043 ft |
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16 |
- |
316 m / 1,037 ft |
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17 |
1990 |
310 m / 1,018 ft |
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18 |
2021 |
304 m / 997 ft |
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19 |
2022 |
300 m / 984 ft |
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20 |
2015 |
295 m / 969 ft |
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21 |
2020 |
294 m / 966 ft |
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22 |
2017 |
290 m / 951 ft |
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23 |
2021 |
290 m / 951 ft |
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24 |
2019 |
290 m / 951 ft |
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25 |
2021 |
264 m / 866 ft |
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26 |
2021 |
260 m / 853 ft |
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27 |
2022 |
258 m / 847 ft |
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28 |
2012 |
257 m / 844 ft |
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29 |
2022 |
250 m / 820 ft |
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30 |
2021 |
250 m / 820 ft |
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31 |
2015 |
250 m / 820 ft |
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32 |
2018 |
249 m / 816 ft |
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33 |
2015 |
247 m / 811 ft |
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34 |
2017 |
246 m / 806 ft |
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35 |
2021 |
244 m / 801 ft |
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36 |
2019 |
244 m / 800 ft |
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37 |
2016 |
242 m / 794 ft |
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38 |
2018 |
238 m / 781 ft |
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38 |
2018 |
238 m / 781 ft |
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40 |
2012 |
238 m / 779 ft |
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41 |
2020 |
232 m / 760 ft |
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42 |
2018 |
227 m / 745 ft |
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43 |
2021 |
225 m / 738 ft |
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44 |
- |
220 m / 723 ft |
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45 |
2018 |
220 m / 722 ft |
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46 |
- |
216 m / 709 ft |
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47 |
2018 |
216 m / 709 ft |
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48 |
2009 |
210 m / 689 ft |
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49 |
2018 |
205 m / 673 ft |
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50 |
2010 |
203 m / 667 ft |
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51 |
2009 |
203 m / 666 ft |
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52 |
- |
200 m / 656 ft |
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53 |
2013 |
200 m / 656 ft |
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- |
200 m / 656 ft |
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54 |
- |
200 m / 656 ft |
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56 |
- |
198 m / 651 ft |
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57 |
1983 |
197 m / 647 ft |
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58 |
2019 |
197 m / 647 ft |
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59 |
2022 |
195 m / 640 ft |
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60 |
2017 |
195 m / 639 ft |
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61 |
2014 |
190 m / 623 ft |
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62 |
2009 |
183 m / 600 ft |
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63 |
- |
183 m / 600 ft |
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64 |
2006 |
182 m / 597 ft |
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65 |
2018 |
180 m / 591 ft |
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66 |
2022 |
180 m / 591 ft |
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67 |
2021 |
180 m / 591 ft |
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- |
180 m / 591 ft |
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69 |
2020 |
180 m / 591 ft |
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70 |
2018 |
180 m / 591 ft |
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71 |
2017 |
180 m / 590 ft |
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72 |
- |
177 m / 581 ft |
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73 |
2020 |
177 m / 581 ft |
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74 |
2019 |
177 m / 579 ft |
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75 |
2020 |
170 m / 558 ft |
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76 |
2018 |
170 m / 557 ft |
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77 |
2017 |
168 m / 551 ft |
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78 |
2015 |
166 m / 544 ft |
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79 |
2021 |
160 m / 525 ft |
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1961 |
160 m / 524 ft |
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81 |
2003 |
158 m / 518 ft |
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82 |
2021 |
155 m / 508 ft |
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1969 |
154 m / 504 ft |
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84 |
2018 |
154 m / 504 ft |
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85 |
2018 |
152 m / 499 ft |
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86 |
1988 |
151 m / 496 ft |
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87 |
2019 |
151 m / 495 ft |
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150 m / 492 ft |
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150 m / 492 ft |
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2015 |
150 m / 491 ft |
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2010 |
149 m / 490 ft |
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148 m / 484 ft |
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93 |
2021 |
147 m / 481 ft |
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2013 |
145 m / 476 ft |
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95 |
2022 |
142 m / 465 ft |
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96 |
2017 |
141 m / 463 ft |
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140 m / 459 ft |
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2021 |
140 m / 459 ft |
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139 m / 455 ft |
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100 |
2020 |
138 m / 452 ft |
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101 |
2018 |
138 m / 451 ft |
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102 |
2016 |
136 m / 446 ft |
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102 |
2016 |
136 m / 446 ft |
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104 |
2015 |
136 m / 446 ft |
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105 |
2017 |
135 m / 444 ft |
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106 |
2017 |
135 m / 442 ft |
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107 |
2021 |
132 m / 433 ft |
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108 |
2016 |
132 m / 431 ft |
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109 |
2016 |
129 m / 424 ft |
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110 |
2015 |
129 m / 424 ft |
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111 |
- |
128 m / 421 ft |
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112 |
2021 |
128 m / 420 ft |
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113 |
2014 |
127 m / 415 ft |
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114 |
- |
126 m / 412 ft |
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114 |
- |
126 m / 412 ft |
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116 |
1999 |
123 m / 402 ft |
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117 |
2016 |
122 m / 400 ft |
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118 |
2021 |
122 m / 400 ft |
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119 |
2017 |
122 m / 400 ft |
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120 |
- |
120 m / 394 ft |
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121 |
- |
120 m / 394 ft |
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122 |
- |
119 m / 389 ft |
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2018 |
118 m / 387 ft |
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- |
115 m / 377 ft |
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2007 |
114 m / 375 ft |
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126 |
1970 |
114 m / 374 ft |
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127 |
2015 |
113 m / 370 ft |
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128 |
2010 |
111 m / 363 ft |
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129 |
2022 |
110 m / 361 ft |
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130 |
1990 |
110 m / 360 ft |
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131 |
2016 |
108 m / 354 ft |
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132 |
2021 |
107 m / 350 ft |
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132 |
2021 |
107 m / 350 ft |
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134 |
2021 |
106 m / 349 ft |
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135 |
2010 |
105 m / 344 ft |
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- |
105 m / 343 ft |
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137 |
2011 |
102 m / 335 ft |
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138 |
2014 |
100 m / 328 ft |
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139 |
2014 |
100 m / 328 ft |
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139 |
2014 |
100 m / 328 ft |
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2004 |
100 m / 328 ft |
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- |
100 m / 327 ft |
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2011 |
100 m / 327 ft |
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- |
99 m / 325 ft |
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1983 |
98 m / 320 ft |
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1929 |
96 m / 314 ft |
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2018 |
95 m / 312 ft |
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1988 |
94 m / 307 ft |
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2023 |
91 m / 300 ft |
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1999 |
91 m / 297 ft |
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90 m / 295 ft |
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2020 |
88 m / 290 ft |
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153 |
2020 |
88 m / 288 ft |
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154 |
2019 |
87 m / 286 ft |
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2008 |
84 m / 276 ft |
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2018 |
83 m / 272 ft |
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2017 |
83 m / 271 ft |
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1984 |
82 m / 268 ft |
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2020 |
81 m / 265 ft |
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2017 |
80 m / 263 ft |
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2004 |
80 m / 262 ft |
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2020 |
76 m / 250 ft |
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74 m / 244 ft |
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1999 |
74 m / 241 ft |
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1913 |
70 m / 230 ft |
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2006 |
70 m / 230 ft |
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2016 |
70 m / 230 ft |
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2016 |
68 m / 223 ft |
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2002 |
68 m / 222 ft |
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1932 |
66 m / 215 ft |
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2018 |
65 m / 214 ft |
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65 m / 213 ft |
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2022 |
60 m / 197 ft |
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1966 |
54 m / 178 ft |
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53 m / 174 ft |
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42 m / 137 ft |
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150 m+ Buildings
300 m+ Buildings
Average Building Age*
13 Years
Most Common Function*
Office, 80 Buildings
Most Common Material*
Concrete, 55 Buildings
* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database.
*Based on 203 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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21 August 2017 | Taguig City
An aerial view of The Finance Centre in Taguig City, Philippines, while the building was topped out in 2017.
03 November 2016 | Chicago
Alexander Durst, Chief Development Officer, The Durst Organization; Kai-Uwe Bergmann, Partner, Bjarke Ingels Group; Jianping Gu, General Manager, Shanghai Tower C&D; Grant Uhlir, Managing Director,...
03 November 2016 | Chicago
As the tallest building in China upon completion, Shanghai Tower has had an immediate and profound impact on the country’s perceptions of how a skyscraper...
03 November 2016 | Chicago
Jianping Gu, General Manager, Shanghai Tower C&D, & Grant Uhlir, Managing Director, Gensler, are interviewed by Chris Bentley regarding Shanghai Tower, Shanghai, the 2016 CTBUH...
17 October 2016 | London
Monday, October 17, 2016. Shenzhen, China. A panel discussing the challenges of growing urban populations throughout the globe.
18 September 2014 | Shanghai
Because super high-rise buildings are a very recent phenomenon, there are no specific building codes written for them. For any building over 50 stories, direct...
18 September 2014 | Shanghai
2014 Shanghai International Conference Zhongnan Tower Room, Session 5 Questions & Answers session with speakers Xiaomei Lee & Frederick Liu, Gensler, Kam Chuen (Vincent) Tse...
17 September 2014 | Shanghai
Although there has been much research on the performance of double skin façades, there are still arguments that challenge their costs-effectiveness. Using the Shanghai Tower...
17 September 2014 | Shanghai
2014 Shanghai International Conference Shanghai Tower Room, Session 1 Questions & Answers session with speakers Jiang Wu, Tongji University, Benedict Tranel & Xiaomei Lee, Gensler...
17 September 2014 | Shanghai
Aspiring to be the tallest tower in China, the Suzhou Zhongnan Center was designed with a balance of aesthetics and cutting-edge technology – striving to...
18 January 2013 | Shanghai
Industry leaders answering this question include: Kenneth Drucker, HOK; James Goettsch, Goettsch Partners; Keith Griffiths, Aedas; David Malott, KPF; Adrian Smith, AS+GG; Rafael Viñoly, Rafael...
20 September 2012 | Shanghai
Jun Xia of Gensler is interviewed by Jeff Herzer during the 2012 CTBUH Shanghai Congress at the Jin Mao, Shanghai. Jun discusses the design and...
19 September 2012 | Shanghai
This presentation examines the impact of building massing, the window to wall ratio (WWR), and two essential components of high-rise design – building envelope performance...
19 September 2012 | Shanghai
The Track 11 panel consisting of Henk de Bleecker, Permasteelisa Group; Thomas Winterstetter, Werner Sobek Group; Robert Bolin, Syska Hennessey; Russell Gilchrist, Gensler, answer questions...
19 September 2012 | Shanghai
The realization of one of the most sustainable supertall towers in the world was only made possible by using innovative design ideas, integrated technology, and...
19 September 2012 | Shanghai
Panel consisting of: Jun Xia & Michael Peng, Gensler; Yi Zhu & Steve Zuo, Thornton Tomasetti; Jiemin Ding, Tongji Architectural Design Group; and Jian Gong,...
11 October 2011 | Seoul
Density, complexity and sustainability are intricately interconnected in developing Chinese cities. Current horizontal development is destructive and unsustainable. Tall buildings have a significant role to...
11 October 2011 | Seoul
Question & Answers session for Track Session 16.
03 February 2010 | Mumbai
While the world notes Shanghai’s prosperity, the city’s vision may provide a model for other global cities to follow. The Shanghai 2010 expo theme emphasizes...
22 October 2009 | Chicago
Arthur Gensler of Gensler Architects is interviewed by Jeff Herzer during the 2009 CTBUH Chicago Conference at Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. Arthur talks about...
22 October 2009 | Chicago
Located in the Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone in the heart of Shanghai’s Pudong neighborhood, Shanghai Tower rises to complete a trio of towers including...
22 October 2009 | Chicago
The Session S3 speaker panel consisting of: Arthur Gensler, Chairman, Gensler, San Francisco; Tony Kettle, International Group Design Director, RMJM, UK; and Clark Manus, FAIA,...
21 August 2017 | Taguig City
An aerial view of The Finance Centre in Taguig City, Philippines, while the building was topped out in 2017.
03 November 2016 | Chicago
Alexander Durst, Chief Development Officer, The Durst Organization; Kai-Uwe Bergmann, Partner, Bjarke Ingels Group; Jianping Gu, General Manager, Shanghai Tower C&D; Grant Uhlir, Managing Director,...
03 November 2016 | Chicago
As the tallest building in China upon completion, Shanghai Tower has had an immediate and profound impact on the country’s perceptions of how a skyscraper...
03 November 2016 | Chicago
Jianping Gu, General Manager, Shanghai Tower C&D, & Grant Uhlir, Managing Director, Gensler, are interviewed by Chris Bentley regarding Shanghai Tower, Shanghai, the 2016 CTBUH...
17 October 2016 | London
Monday, October 17, 2016. Shenzhen, China. A panel discussing the challenges of growing urban populations throughout the globe.
18 September 2014 | Shanghai
Because super high-rise buildings are a very recent phenomenon, there are no specific building codes written for them. For any building over 50 stories, direct...
18 September 2014 | Shanghai
2014 Shanghai International Conference Zhongnan Tower Room, Session 5 Questions & Answers session with speakers Xiaomei Lee & Frederick Liu, Gensler, Kam Chuen (Vincent) Tse...
17 September 2014 | Shanghai
Although there has been much research on the performance of double skin façades, there are still arguments that challenge their costs-effectiveness. Using the Shanghai Tower...
17 September 2014 | Shanghai
2014 Shanghai International Conference Shanghai Tower Room, Session 1 Questions & Answers session with speakers Jiang Wu, Tongji University, Benedict Tranel & Xiaomei Lee, Gensler...
17 September 2014 | Shanghai
Aspiring to be the tallest tower in China, the Suzhou Zhongnan Center was designed with a balance of aesthetics and cutting-edge technology – striving to...
18 January 2013 | Shanghai
Industry leaders answering this question include: Kenneth Drucker, HOK; James Goettsch, Goettsch Partners; Keith Griffiths, Aedas; David Malott, KPF; Adrian Smith, AS+GG; Rafael Viñoly, Rafael...
20 September 2012 | Shanghai
Jun Xia of Gensler is interviewed by Jeff Herzer during the 2012 CTBUH Shanghai Congress at the Jin Mao, Shanghai. Jun discusses the design and...
19 September 2012 | Shanghai
This presentation examines the impact of building massing, the window to wall ratio (WWR), and two essential components of high-rise design – building envelope performance...
19 September 2012 | Shanghai
The Track 11 panel consisting of Henk de Bleecker, Permasteelisa Group; Thomas Winterstetter, Werner Sobek Group; Robert Bolin, Syska Hennessey; Russell Gilchrist, Gensler, answer questions...
19 September 2012 | Shanghai
The realization of one of the most sustainable supertall towers in the world was only made possible by using innovative design ideas, integrated technology, and...
19 September 2012 | Shanghai
Panel consisting of: Jun Xia & Michael Peng, Gensler; Yi Zhu & Steve Zuo, Thornton Tomasetti; Jiemin Ding, Tongji Architectural Design Group; and Jian Gong,...
11 October 2011 | Seoul
Density, complexity and sustainability are intricately interconnected in developing Chinese cities. Current horizontal development is destructive and unsustainable. Tall buildings have a significant role to...
11 October 2011 | Seoul
Question & Answers session for Track Session 16.
03 February 2010 | Mumbai
While the world notes Shanghai’s prosperity, the city’s vision may provide a model for other global cities to follow. The Shanghai 2010 expo theme emphasizes...
22 October 2009 | Chicago
Arthur Gensler of Gensler Architects is interviewed by Jeff Herzer during the 2009 CTBUH Chicago Conference at Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. Arthur talks about...
22 October 2009 | Chicago
Located in the Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone in the heart of Shanghai’s Pudong neighborhood, Shanghai Tower rises to complete a trio of towers including...
22 October 2009 | Chicago
The Session S3 speaker panel consisting of: Arthur Gensler, Chairman, Gensler, San Francisco; Tony Kettle, International Group Design Director, RMJM, UK; and Clark Manus, FAIA,...
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30 April 2018
Jonathan Ward, NBBJ; Jiemin Ding, TJAD; Tim Etherington, Gensler
The Tencent Seafront Towers bring a novel concept – the “vertical campus” – to Shenzhen. In housing the corporate headquarters of the fourth-largest internet company...
17 October 2016
Allan Chung, Gensler; Ivan Mutis, Illinois Institute of Technology
There is a recent trend in the construction industry to implement “lean concepts,” a management strategy based upon the Toyota Production System philosophy. While the...
17 October 2016
CTBUH 2016 Conference Speakers
The CTBUH 2016 International Conference is being held in the three cities of the Pearl River Delta, the world’s largest “megacity,” projected to have 120...
28 April 2016
Ben Tranel & Hao Ko, Gensler
Much attention has been given to how data and “the cloud” will revolutionize the workplace. Indeed, the way we work is rapidly changing, though many...
26 October 2015
Tom Ford & Russell Gilchrist, Gensler
Recent development has included significant advancement in the development of tall buildings. While the design achievement and skyline contributions have been significant, there has been...
26 October 2015
Robert Goodwin, Perkins + Will
Should a tower in Moscow look like one in Dubai? Once one entered a city and marveled at the unique magic of its architecture –...
16 September 2014
Benedict Tranel & Xiaomei Lee, Gensler
In this chapter, Shanghai Tower is introduced along side The Tower at PNC Plaza, to posit that economic propositions for double-façade design solutions must go...
16 September 2014
Jun Xia & Michael Peng, Gensler
The Shanghai Tower was only made possible by using innovative design ideas, integrated technology, and advanced tools. This paper is centered around the project as...
16 September 2014
Jun Xia, Elizabeth Michalska, Wendy Wong & Raymon Chen, Gensler
This chapter describes the main principles behind the architectural design of the building. Its architectural expression and functional organization achieve not only iconic landmark status,...
16 September 2014
Xiaomei Lee, Frederick Liu & Liming Zhou, Gensler; Steve Edgett, Edgett Williams Consulting Group, Inc.
Because supertall and megatall buildings are a very recent phenomenon, there are no specific building codes written for them. For any building over 50 stories,...
19 September 2012
Jun Xia & Michael Peng, Gensler
The most sustainable super-tall tower in the world was only made possible by using innovative design ideas, integrated technology, and advanced tools. This paper is...
17 April 2010
Jun Xia, Gensler; Dennis Poon, Thornton Tomasetti; Douglas C. Mass, Cosentini Associates
As the third tower in the trio of supertall buildings at the heart of Shanghai’s new Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone, Shanghai Tower embodies a...
30 April 2018
Jonathan Ward, NBBJ; Jiemin Ding, TJAD; Tim Etherington, Gensler
The Tencent Seafront Towers bring a novel concept – the “vertical campus” – to Shenzhen. In housing the corporate headquarters of the fourth-largest internet company...
17 October 2016
Allan Chung, Gensler; Ivan Mutis, Illinois Institute of Technology
There is a recent trend in the construction industry to implement “lean concepts,” a management strategy based upon the Toyota Production System philosophy. While the...
17 October 2016
CTBUH 2016 Conference Speakers
The CTBUH 2016 International Conference is being held in the three cities of the Pearl River Delta, the world’s largest “megacity,” projected to have 120...
28 April 2016
Ben Tranel & Hao Ko, Gensler
Much attention has been given to how data and “the cloud” will revolutionize the workplace. Indeed, the way we work is rapidly changing, though many...
26 October 2015
Tom Ford & Russell Gilchrist, Gensler
Recent development has included significant advancement in the development of tall buildings. While the design achievement and skyline contributions have been significant, there has been...
26 October 2015
Robert Goodwin, Perkins + Will
Should a tower in Moscow look like one in Dubai? Once one entered a city and marveled at the unique magic of its architecture –...
16 September 2014
Benedict Tranel & Xiaomei Lee, Gensler
In this chapter, Shanghai Tower is introduced along side The Tower at PNC Plaza, to posit that economic propositions for double-façade design solutions must go...
16 September 2014
Jun Xia & Michael Peng, Gensler
The Shanghai Tower was only made possible by using innovative design ideas, integrated technology, and advanced tools. This paper is centered around the project as...
16 September 2014
Jun Xia, Elizabeth Michalska, Wendy Wong & Raymon Chen, Gensler
This chapter describes the main principles behind the architectural design of the building. Its architectural expression and functional organization achieve not only iconic landmark status,...
16 September 2014
Xiaomei Lee, Frederick Liu & Liming Zhou, Gensler; Steve Edgett, Edgett Williams Consulting Group, Inc.
Because supertall and megatall buildings are a very recent phenomenon, there are no specific building codes written for them. For any building over 50 stories,...
19 September 2012
Jun Xia & Michael Peng, Gensler
The most sustainable super-tall tower in the world was only made possible by using innovative design ideas, integrated technology, and advanced tools. This paper is...
17 April 2010
Jun Xia, Gensler; Dennis Poon, Thornton Tomasetti; Douglas C. Mass, Cosentini Associates
As the third tower in the trio of supertall buildings at the heart of Shanghai’s new Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone, Shanghai Tower embodies a...
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08 November 2019 | San Jose
Calling it a watershed moment for the capital of Silicon Valley, city officials broke ground on what could eventually become San Jose’s tallest building. At...
25 September 2019 | Tampa
The six-story CapTrust building on the Southwest corner of Ashley Drive and Whiting Street started coming down on 25 September 2019. The demolition of the...
18 September 2019 | New York City
The Grand Central Terminal-adjacent supertall One Vanderbilt officially topped out this week, reaching its full 1,401-foot (427-meter) height. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, the tower...
20 August 2019 | Dubai
Dubai’s Palm Tower, situated at the center of the “trunk” of the Palm Jumeirah, was visited in the wake of a recent announcement by the...
18 July 2019 | Chicago
EQ Office, the US office portfolio company owned by Blackstone, has reopened Willis Tower’s Wacker Drive lobby, featuring a new, one-of-a-kind art installation created by...
15 July 2019 | Cork
Revised plans for a new 34-story hotel tower have been unveiled as part of the redevelopment of Cork City’s Custom House Quay site. The Tower...
10 July 2019 | Philadelphia
Developer Parkway Corp. is getting positive early feedback from members of a Center City neighborhood group whose support it could need to build a proposed...
13 June 2019 | San Jose
A new downtown San Jose office tower is expected to begin construction in autumn, marking the beginning of a mega-campus envisioned by developer Jay Paul...
28 May 2019 | Detroit
Ford Motor Company said on 23 May, 2019 that it is on track on the renovation of the Michigan Central Depot, entering the second of...
16 May 2019 | Oklahoma City
Two window washers were working atop a 52-story skyscraper in Oklahoma City on Wednesday morning, 15 May, 2019, when strong gusts of wind began swinging...
30 April 2019 | Chicago
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...
19 April 2019 | Melbourne
Charter Hall tapped Gensler to design an 80,000-square-meter office tower project on Melbourne’s Collins Street, based on the US-based architecture firm’s experiences designing workplaces for...
15 April 2019 | Manchester
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has been brought in to deliver Hodder + Partners’ controversial Saint Michael’s tower in Manchester, with the local practice kept...
14 March 2019 | Chicago
Chicago’s City Council has approved multiple new projects that are set to change the face of the skyline. Sterling Bay’s Lincoln Yards was approved by...
08 March 2019 | Tokyo
Mori Building’s “Tokyo World Gate” project in Toranomon, Tokyo, topped out in early February. The 180-meter tall mixed-use tower is expected to open in March...
21 February 2019 | Denver
Denver’s skyline reached rarely visited heights in 2018 when the 40-story 1144 Fifteenth office tower opened in March. Topping out at 183-meters (603-feet), it is...
05 February 2019 | New York City
One Vanderbilt is officially the latest skyscraper in New York City to achieve a height equivalent to “supertall” (300 meters and higher) status. Located at...
01 February 2019 | Houston
Construction is scheduled to start in the third quarter of 2019 on Innovation Tower, a 48-story mixed-use tower slated for Main Street in the Texas...
21 January 2019 | New York City
For decades, the New York City skyline was dominated by one building, the 1,250-foot-tall (381-meter) Empire State Building. But 17 “supertall” skyscrapers — defined as...
22 March 2018 | Detroit
Ford Motor Co. is in discussions to purchase the dilapidated Michigan Central Station in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood just outside of downtown, Crain’s has learned from...
06 December 2019 | Vinings
The planned Innovation and Qualification Center (IQC) in Vinings has a new look yet again. Designed by global architecture firm Gensler, the 420-foot (128-meter) structure...
16 December 2019 | Los Angeles
Chinese developer City Century has acquired a prime development site across the street from L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles, where it intends to build...
24 February 2020 | Chicago
Chicago officials approved two high-rise apartment developments that would build 920 apartments in Fulton Market despite criticism that few apartments would be set aside for...
03 April 2020 | Tokyo
The 180-meter, 38-story Kamiyacho Trust Tower building reached completion on March 16 2020. This high-rise mixed-use tower forms part of the 1.6-hectare Tokyo World Gate...
23 April 2020 | Chicago
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...
08 May 2020 | Los Angeles
A Gensler-designed 34-story residential tower currently under construction on Los Angeles's Westside is poised to become the area's first residential high-rise in nearly 40 years. ...
28 May 2020 | New York City
It’s the Chrysler Building’s time to shine. The Art Deco skyscraper, built in 1928, is getting a brand-new observation deck. The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC)...
10 June 2020 | Cork
It's already home to one of Ireland's tallest buildings, and now Cork City Council wants to identify areas of the city most suitable for future...
16 June 2020 | Beijing
The Daily Mail China has banned all cities from building new supertall skyscrapers except in "special" circumstances to improve urban landscapes, according to a directive....
23 June 2020 | Chicago
The Aon Center has paused plans to build an observatory with a thrill ride atop Chicago’s third-tallest skyscraper, and the US$185 million project will start...
10 July 2020 | Chicago
A Helmut Jahn-designed skyscraper along South Michigan Avenue is on hold at least until September 2020 and buyers of the luxury units are being offered...
10 July 2020 | Shanghai
Videos surfaced on Monday 6 July, 2020 after tenants from the 9th to the 60th floors of Shanghai Tower, the tallest building in China, found...
31 July 2020 | Chicago
The Chicago developer building the 101-story Vista Tower on the Chicago River has agreed to buy out its majority Chinese partner for US$270 million, ending...
06 August 2020 | Chicago
Early 2021 groundbreaking planned for $6 billion Lincoln Yards megadevelopment on North Side Sterling Bay plans to break ground on the US$6 billion Lincoln Yards...
24 August 2020 | Houston
Gerald D. Hines, who turned a one-man real estate office in Houston into the global developer Hines, died last night at his home, Hines announced....
03 September 2020 | Austin
Despite uncertainty about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on demand for office space, a developer is moving ahead with plans for a 47-story office...
15 September 2020 | New York City
Yesterday, 14 September 2020, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) and developers SL Green and Hines celebrated the opening of One Vanderbilt with a ribbon cutting...
22 September 2020 | Chicago
A new 3.5 acre (1.4 hectare) park stretching three city blocks is now open in the southwest corner of the Loop. But most people will...
25 September 2020 | Chicago
Dynegy today announced that it has entered into a multi-year partnership with Chicago's iconic Willis Tower to provide 100% renewable electricity to the Tower. "Sustainability...
28 September 2020 | Shanghai
Construction will start in early 2021 on what could be Shanghai's third tallest skyscraper on the North Bund waterfront in Hongkou District. The 480-meter landmark...
13 October 2020 | Chicago
Reports of the demise of co-working during the pandemic are greatly exaggerated, if you ask the owner of Willis Tower. In a bet on the...
14 October 2020 | Cork
Cork City Council has granted planning permission for what could become the tallest building in Ireland at the old Port of Cork site on Custom...
14 October 2020 | Pittsburgh
The Penguins say they have the last piece of financing needed to redevelop the former site of the Civic Arena. Clay Cove is investing in...
19 October 2020 | New York City
New York City’s skyline is forever adapting, thrusting ever higher upwards as a jostling amalgam of evolving styles and forms. Although surpassed in height by...
20 October 2020 | Chicago
James Loewenberg, a Chicago architect-turned-developer with a portfolio that includes the Aqua and Vista Tower skyscrapers in downtown Chicago, has died at age 86 after...
21 October 2020 | Baltimore
More than a century after Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison designed a Beaux-Arts train station for Baltimore, Amtrak is moving in a different direction. The railroad service...
13 December 2018 | New York City
Snøhetta has revealed an updated proposal for the overhaul of Philip Johnson's AT&T Building, after a major backlash against its initial scheme resulted in the...
06 November 2020 | Austin
After 20 years of unrealized development plans for the approximately 3.3-acre (1.3-hectare) property at the southwest corner of Cesar Chavez and Red River Streets near...
25 November 2020 | Chicago
The soaring Vista Tower, the newest addition to Chicago’s famed skyline, now has a new name: St. Regis Chicago. The skyscraper also has a new...
30 November 2020 | Detroit
The Ford Motor Company has formally unveiled design plans for Michigan Central, a neighborhood-anchoring 30-acre (12.1-hectare) redevelopment in Detroit that will give way to an...
11 December 2020 | Melbourne
Charter Hall has secured global tech giant Amazon as the anchor tenant for its AU$750 million (US$566 million) office at 555 Collins Street, Melbourne. The...
15 December 2020 | Oakland
Credit Karma has decided to shift its headquarters from San Francisco to the same downtown Oakland office tower where it had already leased a big...
12 January 2021 | Chicago
EQ Office revealed Atmospheric wave wall, a new cultural landmark and the first public art installation in Chicago by globally acclaimed artist Olafur Eliasson. Prominently...
14 January 2021 | Chicago
The developer of a big high-rise proposed just north of Millennium Park has scaled back its plans, slashing the number of hotel rooms in the...
08 November 2019 | San Jose
Calling it a watershed moment for the capital of Silicon Valley, city officials broke ground on what could eventually become San Jose’s tallest building. At...
25 September 2019 | Tampa
The six-story CapTrust building on the Southwest corner of Ashley Drive and Whiting Street started coming down on 25 September 2019. The demolition of the...
18 September 2019 | New York City
The Grand Central Terminal-adjacent supertall One Vanderbilt officially topped out this week, reaching its full 1,401-foot (427-meter) height. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, the tower...
20 August 2019 | Dubai
Dubai’s Palm Tower, situated at the center of the “trunk” of the Palm Jumeirah, was visited in the wake of a recent announcement by the...
18 July 2019 | Chicago
EQ Office, the US office portfolio company owned by Blackstone, has reopened Willis Tower’s Wacker Drive lobby, featuring a new, one-of-a-kind art installation created by...
15 July 2019 | Cork
Revised plans for a new 34-story hotel tower have been unveiled as part of the redevelopment of Cork City’s Custom House Quay site. The Tower...
10 July 2019 | Philadelphia
Developer Parkway Corp. is getting positive early feedback from members of a Center City neighborhood group whose support it could need to build a proposed...
13 June 2019 | San Jose
A new downtown San Jose office tower is expected to begin construction in autumn, marking the beginning of a mega-campus envisioned by developer Jay Paul...
28 May 2019 | Detroit
Ford Motor Company said on 23 May, 2019 that it is on track on the renovation of the Michigan Central Depot, entering the second of...
16 May 2019 | Oklahoma City
Two window washers were working atop a 52-story skyscraper in Oklahoma City on Wednesday morning, 15 May, 2019, when strong gusts of wind began swinging...
30 April 2019 | Chicago
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...
19 April 2019 | Melbourne
Charter Hall tapped Gensler to design an 80,000-square-meter office tower project on Melbourne’s Collins Street, based on the US-based architecture firm’s experiences designing workplaces for...
15 April 2019 | Manchester
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has been brought in to deliver Hodder + Partners’ controversial Saint Michael’s tower in Manchester, with the local practice kept...
14 March 2019 | Chicago
Chicago’s City Council has approved multiple new projects that are set to change the face of the skyline. Sterling Bay’s Lincoln Yards was approved by...
08 March 2019 | Tokyo
Mori Building’s “Tokyo World Gate” project in Toranomon, Tokyo, topped out in early February. The 180-meter tall mixed-use tower is expected to open in March...
21 February 2019 | Denver
Denver’s skyline reached rarely visited heights in 2018 when the 40-story 1144 Fifteenth office tower opened in March. Topping out at 183-meters (603-feet), it is...
05 February 2019 | New York City
One Vanderbilt is officially the latest skyscraper in New York City to achieve a height equivalent to “supertall” (300 meters and higher) status. Located at...
01 February 2019 | Houston
Construction is scheduled to start in the third quarter of 2019 on Innovation Tower, a 48-story mixed-use tower slated for Main Street in the Texas...
21 January 2019 | New York City
For decades, the New York City skyline was dominated by one building, the 1,250-foot-tall (381-meter) Empire State Building. But 17 “supertall” skyscrapers — defined as...
22 March 2018 | Detroit
Ford Motor Co. is in discussions to purchase the dilapidated Michigan Central Station in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood just outside of downtown, Crain’s has learned from...
06 December 2019 | Vinings
The planned Innovation and Qualification Center (IQC) in Vinings has a new look yet again. Designed by global architecture firm Gensler, the 420-foot (128-meter) structure...
16 December 2019 | Los Angeles
Chinese developer City Century has acquired a prime development site across the street from L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles, where it intends to build...
24 February 2020 | Chicago
Chicago officials approved two high-rise apartment developments that would build 920 apartments in Fulton Market despite criticism that few apartments would be set aside for...
03 April 2020 | Tokyo
The 180-meter, 38-story Kamiyacho Trust Tower building reached completion on March 16 2020. This high-rise mixed-use tower forms part of the 1.6-hectare Tokyo World Gate...
23 April 2020 | Chicago
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...
08 May 2020 | Los Angeles
A Gensler-designed 34-story residential tower currently under construction on Los Angeles's Westside is poised to become the area's first residential high-rise in nearly 40 years. ...
28 May 2020 | New York City
It’s the Chrysler Building’s time to shine. The Art Deco skyscraper, built in 1928, is getting a brand-new observation deck. The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC)...
10 June 2020 | Cork
It's already home to one of Ireland's tallest buildings, and now Cork City Council wants to identify areas of the city most suitable for future...
16 June 2020 | Beijing
The Daily Mail China has banned all cities from building new supertall skyscrapers except in "special" circumstances to improve urban landscapes, according to a directive....
23 June 2020 | Chicago
The Aon Center has paused plans to build an observatory with a thrill ride atop Chicago’s third-tallest skyscraper, and the US$185 million project will start...
10 July 2020 | Chicago
A Helmut Jahn-designed skyscraper along South Michigan Avenue is on hold at least until September 2020 and buyers of the luxury units are being offered...
10 July 2020 | Shanghai
Videos surfaced on Monday 6 July, 2020 after tenants from the 9th to the 60th floors of Shanghai Tower, the tallest building in China, found...
31 July 2020 | Chicago
The Chicago developer building the 101-story Vista Tower on the Chicago River has agreed to buy out its majority Chinese partner for US$270 million, ending...
06 August 2020 | Chicago
Early 2021 groundbreaking planned for $6 billion Lincoln Yards megadevelopment on North Side Sterling Bay plans to break ground on the US$6 billion Lincoln Yards...
24 August 2020 | Houston
Gerald D. Hines, who turned a one-man real estate office in Houston into the global developer Hines, died last night at his home, Hines announced....
03 September 2020 | Austin
Despite uncertainty about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on demand for office space, a developer is moving ahead with plans for a 47-story office...
15 September 2020 | New York City
Yesterday, 14 September 2020, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) and developers SL Green and Hines celebrated the opening of One Vanderbilt with a ribbon cutting...
22 September 2020 | Chicago
A new 3.5 acre (1.4 hectare) park stretching three city blocks is now open in the southwest corner of the Loop. But most people will...
25 September 2020 | Chicago
Dynegy today announced that it has entered into a multi-year partnership with Chicago's iconic Willis Tower to provide 100% renewable electricity to the Tower. "Sustainability...
28 September 2020 | Shanghai
Construction will start in early 2021 on what could be Shanghai's third tallest skyscraper on the North Bund waterfront in Hongkou District. The 480-meter landmark...
13 October 2020 | Chicago
Reports of the demise of co-working during the pandemic are greatly exaggerated, if you ask the owner of Willis Tower. In a bet on the...
14 October 2020 | Cork
Cork City Council has granted planning permission for what could become the tallest building in Ireland at the old Port of Cork site on Custom...
14 October 2020 | Pittsburgh
The Penguins say they have the last piece of financing needed to redevelop the former site of the Civic Arena. Clay Cove is investing in...
19 October 2020 | New York City
New York City’s skyline is forever adapting, thrusting ever higher upwards as a jostling amalgam of evolving styles and forms. Although surpassed in height by...
20 October 2020 | Chicago
James Loewenberg, a Chicago architect-turned-developer with a portfolio that includes the Aqua and Vista Tower skyscrapers in downtown Chicago, has died at age 86 after...
21 October 2020 | Baltimore
More than a century after Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison designed a Beaux-Arts train station for Baltimore, Amtrak is moving in a different direction. The railroad service...
13 December 2018 | New York City
Snøhetta has revealed an updated proposal for the overhaul of Philip Johnson's AT&T Building, after a major backlash against its initial scheme resulted in the...
06 November 2020 | Austin
After 20 years of unrealized development plans for the approximately 3.3-acre (1.3-hectare) property at the southwest corner of Cesar Chavez and Red River Streets near...
25 November 2020 | Chicago
The soaring Vista Tower, the newest addition to Chicago’s famed skyline, now has a new name: St. Regis Chicago. The skyscraper also has a new...
30 November 2020 | Detroit
The Ford Motor Company has formally unveiled design plans for Michigan Central, a neighborhood-anchoring 30-acre (12.1-hectare) redevelopment in Detroit that will give way to an...
11 December 2020 | Melbourne
Charter Hall has secured global tech giant Amazon as the anchor tenant for its AU$750 million (US$566 million) office at 555 Collins Street, Melbourne. The...
15 December 2020 | Oakland
Credit Karma has decided to shift its headquarters from San Francisco to the same downtown Oakland office tower where it had already leased a big...
12 January 2021 | Chicago
EQ Office revealed Atmospheric wave wall, a new cultural landmark and the first public art installation in Chicago by globally acclaimed artist Olafur Eliasson. Prominently...
14 January 2021 | Chicago
The developer of a big high-rise proposed just north of Millennium Park has scaled back its plans, slashing the number of hotel rooms in the...
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28 August 2019
CTBUH Chicago led an illuminating tour of the wholesale renovation of the base of Willis Tower, the largest such construction project to take place since the building’s completion
29 January 2019
CTBUH China hosted a symposium which explored the development of smart offices, addressing challenges brought by rapid technological advancements and growing populations.
25 January 2019
The CTBUH China Office successfully held a Symposium in Guangzhou revolving around the theme: "Spatial Design: Inside and Outisde of Skyscrapers."
25 November 2018
CTBUH China participated in the Shanghai Tower International Vertical Marathon, climbing to the 119th floor of the building.
09 November 2018
CTBUH Singapore held a Networking Event for members to get to know one another and discuss future plans for boosting CTBUH activity in the area.
16 September 2018
CTBUH China participated in the 2018 Urban Vision of the Central Yangtze River International Summit focusing on transformative and integrated urban spaces.
27 April 2018
The report summarizes a CTBUH/IIT collaborative design studio that focused on sustainable vertical cities in different terrains and climates.
17 November 2017
CTBUH China and Shanghai Young Professionals Committee (YPC) co-hosted a symposium on “Gains and Losses in Tall Building Design Competitions.”
20 September 2017
CTBUH Beijing hosted the Innovative Building-Making presentation at Arup’s Beijing office, where industry experts discussed the design of some of their most innovative projects.
03 August 2017
The CTBUH Shanghai Young Professionals Committee (YPC) held its first board meeting at the Shanghai office of Gensler.
02 August 2017
CTBUH China and Tongji University Press held a symposium on tall building performance on August 2, 2017, followed by a book launch.
24 May 2017
CTBUH, ComEd, and Seventhwave partnered to host a breakfast seminar focused on high-performance building envelope design with the goal of identifying opportunities for energy savings.
24 February 2017
After a semester of intense work assisted by the CTBUH and Gensler, IIT architecture students presented their interim design studio projects in Crown Hall.
02 December 2016
After a semester of intense work assisted by the CTBUH and supported by Gensler, IIT architecture students presented their design research studio final projects in Crown Hall.
16–21 October 2016
Cities to Megacities: Shaping Dense Vertical Urbanism takes place progressively across three Chinese cities: Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong.
15–22 October 2016
Students from the 2016–2017 CTBUH-IIT design research studio attended the 2016 CTBUH International Conference and toured Shenzhen & Hong Kong.
13 October 2016
The Council is pleased to announce the Top Company Rankings for numerous disciplines as derived from the list of projects appearing in 100 of the World’s Tallest Buildings.
27 September 2016
As part of the CTBUH-IIT Academic Courses, a group of IIT architecture students visited the Gensler Chicago Office on September 27.
29 August 2016
Gensler will be supporting the 2016–2017 CTBUH-IIT Tall Building Academic Studio through a 2016 Conference sponsorship package.
29 July 2016
The CTBUH was pleased to host the esteemed jurors for the 2015–2016 ACSA/AISC Steel Student Design Competition as they deliberated winners for the annual program.
13 May 2016
CTBUH joined Shanghai Tower officials in unveiling the commemorative signboard designating Shanghai Tower as the tallest building in China.
16 December 2015
CTBUH Chicago held a presentation that introduced current research and advances in the field of 3D printed building design.
29–30 October 2015
CTBUH 2015 delegates toured San Francisco and its architectural marvels, from new construction to old historic buildings.
17 September 2015
The CTBUH Urban Habitat / Urban Design Committee organized guided walking tours of 16 cities around the globe, focusing on urban habitats around tall buildings.
31 March 2015
CTBUH Atlanta hosted its inaugural event, a lively roundtable discussion featuring a cross-section of leaders in Atlanta’s development community
29 January 2015
The new CTBUH Urban Habitat / Urban Design Committee organized a highly successful Winter Spaces Walking Tour in seven cities around the world.
06 November 2014
The CTBUH 13th Annual awards ceremony and dinner was held immediately after the daytime Symposium in nearby S.R. Crown Hall.
20–21 September 2014
The tour started at Suzhou Zhongnan Center and continued to one of the two International Fortune Plaza towers, which had just had its topping-out ceremony the day prior.
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.
25 March 2014
A new committee of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has been established in Seattle, and held its first public event at the Seattle offices of Gensler.
27 February 2014
The Young Professionals Committee hosted a discussion which introduced the concept of "hacking" the built environment to create pragmatic, yet dynamic, augmentations to the city.
07 November 2013
The CTBUH 12th Annual awards ceremony and dinner was held immediately after the afternoon Symposium in nearby S.R. Crown Hall.
22 May 2013
The designers of Shanghai Tower presented to a capacity crowd at the Chicago Architecture Foundation May 22, at an event hosted by the Young Professionals Committee.
14 May 2013
More than 100 guests attended a panel discussion focusing on densification, specifically the challenges affecting San Francisco, the second densest city in the US.
20 September 2012
Scheduled for completion in 2014, the tour of Shanghai Tower offered a unique glimpse into the construction of the megatall building.
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.
22 October 2009
The CTBUH 8th Annual awards ceremony and dinner was held immediately after the afternoon Symposium in nearby S.R. Crown Hall.
01 March 2009
Students from the University of Nottingham recently visited Chicago as part of a tall building design studio collaboration with the ‘Remaking of Mumbai’ studio at IIT.
20 November 2008
The CTBUH 7th Annual awards ceremony and dinner was held immediately after the afternoon Symposium in nearby S.R. Crown Hall.
CTBUH Annual Conference, Presenter, 2014
CTBUH Annual Conference, Presenter, 2014
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