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Suzhou Zhongnan Center, Suzhou
Bank of America Tower, New York City
Nanjing World Trade Center Tower 1, Nanjing
Chrysler Building, New York City
New York Times Tower, New York City
Fanya International Finance Building North, Kunming
Fanya International Finance Building South, Kunming
KAFD World Trade Center, Riyadh
Xiamen Shimao Straits Tower B, Xiamen
Shimao Qianhai Center, Shenzhen
Concord International Centre, Chongqing
Evergrande Hefei Center T5, Hefei
Powerlong Center Tower 1, Tianjin
Evergrande Hefei Center T4, Hefei
Devon Energy Center, Oklahoma City
Xiamen Shimao Straits Tower A, Xiamen
Tencent Seafront Tower 1, Shenzhen
Four Seasons Residences, Jakarta
Waldorf Astoria + Magnolias Ratchaprasong, Bangkok
Dawangjing 618 Tower 1, Beijing
Dawangjing 626 Tower 1, Beijing
Dawangjing 626 Tower 2, Beijing
21st Century Mansion, Shanghai
Burj Alshaya West Tower, Kuwait City
The Ritz-Carlton Los Angeles, Los Angeles
BM Plaza Office Tower, Shanghai
Phoenix International Book City East Tower, Suzhou
550 Madison Avenue, New York City
Thea at Metropolis Tower 3, Los Angeles
Tencent Seafront Tower 2, Shenzhen
Pujiang International Finance Plaza, Shanghai
Aria Resort & Casino, Las Vegas
The Finance Centre, Taguig City
Powerlong Center Tower 2, Tianjin
Bank of America Tower, Houston
Evergrande Hefei Center T2, Hefei
Dawangjing 618 Tower 3, Beijing
Nanjing World Trade Center Tower 2, Nanjing
The Tower at PNC Plaza, Pittsburgh
399 Park Avenue, New York City
The Hub on Causeway Office Tower, Boston
One Indiana Square, Indianapolis
Dawangjing 618 Tower 2, Beijing
388 Greenwich Street, New York City
The Hub on Causeway Residential & Hotel Tower, Boston
Phoenix International Book City West Tower, Suzhou
Metropolis Tower 2, Los Angeles
Nanjing World Trade Center Tower 3, Nanjing
Nanjing World Trade Center Tower 4, Nanjing
Powerlong Center Tower 3, Tianjin
Thyssenkrupp Innovation and Qualification Center Tower, Vinings
Marriott Marquis Chicago, Chicago
Metropolis Tower 1, Los Angeles
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago
Manchester Pacific Gateway Block 1B, San Diego
77 Water Street, New York City
222 Second Street, San Francisco
InterContinental New York Times Square, New York City
Manchester Pacific Gateway Hotel North Tower, San Diego
Manchester Pacific Gateway Hotel South Tower, San Diego
3 Columbus Circle, New York City
Guotai Junan Securities Tower, Shanghai
Two Gotham Center, New York City
Reynolds Building, Winston-Salem
301 Howard Street, San Francisco
Hotel Indigo at Metropolis, Los Angeles
Manchester Pacific Gateway Navy Building, San Diego
Homewood Suites Hotel Chicago Downtown, Chicago
Michigan Central Station, Detroit
Vagelos Education Center, New York City
Inter-Continental Hotel-Houston, Houston
Century Plaza Hotel & Spa, Los Angeles
Currency House Residence, Dubai
Intercontinental Shanghai Puxi, Shanghai
Four Seasons at Burj Alshaya, Kuwait City
AVIC International Finance Center Commercial Tower 1, Chengdu
AVIC International Finance Center Commercial Tower 2, Chengdu
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Gold
Member Since
2008
Member Offices
Chicago
San Francisco
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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 |
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1 |
632 m / 2,073 ft |
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2 |
499.2 m / 1,638 ft |
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3 |
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 Future Leaders Committee, Chicago, 2019 – Present
CTBUH Awards Renovation Jury, 2021
Organized around the theme of the "future city," CTBUH held new year talk and Chinese book release in One Museum Place, Shanghai. The CTBUH China...
The Tencent Seafront Towers bring a novel concept – the “vertical campus” – to Shenzhen. In housing the corporate headquarters of the fourth-largest internet company...
(WXYZ) — Ford Motor Company has hired an architectural contractor aimed to restore Michigan Central Station.EverGreen Architectural Arts aims to revive the "grandest areas of...
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729 m / 2,392 ft |
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2015 |
632 m / 2,073 ft |
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3 |
- |
610 m / 2,001 ft |
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4 |
2025 |
518 m / 1,699 ft |
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5 |
- |
518 m / 1,699 ft |
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6 |
- |
500 m / 1,640 ft |
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7 |
- |
499 m / 1,638 ft |
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8 |
- |
474 m / 1,556 ft |
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9 |
1974 |
442 m / 1,451 ft |
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10 |
2020 |
427 m / 1,401 ft |
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11 |
- |
403 m / 1,323 ft |
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12 |
2009 |
366 m / 1,200 ft |
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13 |
2020 |
363 m / 1,191 ft |
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14 |
- |
355 m / 1,165 ft |
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15 |
- |
344 m / 1,128 ft |
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16 |
2021 |
327 m / 1,071 ft |
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17 |
1930 |
319 m / 1,046 ft |
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18 |
2007 |
319 m / 1,046 ft |
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19 |
2016 |
318 m / 1,043 ft |
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20 |
2016 |
318 m / 1,043 ft |
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21 |
- |
316 m / 1,037 ft |
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22 |
- |
315 m / 1,033 ft |
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23 |
1990 |
310 m / 1,018 ft |
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24 |
2021 |
304 m / 997 ft |
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25 |
- |
300 m / 984 ft |
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26 |
2015 |
295 m / 969 ft |
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27 |
2020 |
294 m / 966 ft |
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28 |
2017 |
290 m / 951 ft |
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29 |
2021 |
290 m / 951 ft |
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30 |
2019 |
290 m / 951 ft |
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31 |
2023 |
270 m / 886 ft |
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32 |
2021 |
264 m / 866 ft |
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33 |
2021 |
260 m / 853 ft |
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34 |
2022 |
258 m / 847 ft |
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35 |
2012 |
257 m / 844 ft |
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36 |
2022 |
250 m / 820 ft |
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37 |
2021 |
250 m / 820 ft |
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38 |
2015 |
250 m / 820 ft |
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39 |
2018 |
249 m / 816 ft |
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40 |
2015 |
247 m / 811 ft |
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41 |
2017 |
246 m / 806 ft |
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42 |
2021 |
244 m / 801 ft |
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43 |
2019 |
244 m / 800 ft |
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44 |
2016 |
242 m / 794 ft |
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45 |
2018 |
238 m / 781 ft |
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45 |
2018 |
238 m / 781 ft |
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47 |
2012 |
238 m / 779 ft |
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48 |
2020 |
232 m / 760 ft |
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49 |
- |
227 m / 745 ft |
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49 |
- |
227 m / 745 ft |
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51 |
2018 |
227 m / 745 ft |
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52 |
2021 |
225 m / 738 ft |
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53 |
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220 m / 723 ft |
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54 |
2018 |
220 m / 722 ft |
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55 |
- |
216 m / 709 ft |
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56 |
2018 |
216 m / 709 ft |
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57 |
1960 |
216 m / 707 ft |
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58 |
2009 |
210 m / 689 ft |
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59 |
2018 |
205 m / 673 ft |
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60 |
2010 |
203 m / 667 ft |
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61 |
2009 |
203 m / 666 ft |
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62 |
- |
200 m / 656 ft |
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63 |
2013 |
200 m / 656 ft |
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64 |
- |
200 m / 656 ft |
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64 |
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200 m / 656 ft |
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66 |
- |
198 m / 651 ft |
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67 |
1983 |
197 m / 647 ft |
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68 |
2019 |
197 m / 647 ft |
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69 |
2022 |
195 m / 640 ft |
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70 |
2017 |
195 m / 639 ft |
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71 |
2014 |
190 m / 623 ft |
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72 |
2009 |
183 m / 600 ft |
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73 |
- |
183 m / 600 ft |
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74 |
2006 |
182 m / 597 ft |
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75 |
2018 |
180 m / 591 ft |
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76 |
2022 |
180 m / 591 ft |
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77 |
2021 |
180 m / 591 ft |
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78 |
- |
180 m / 591 ft |
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79 |
2020 |
180 m / 591 ft |
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80 |
2018 |
180 m / 591 ft |
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81 |
2017 |
180 m / 590 ft |
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82 |
- |
177 m / 581 ft |
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83 |
2020 |
177 m / 581 ft |
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84 |
2019 |
177 m / 579 ft |
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85 |
2020 |
170 m / 558 ft |
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86 |
2018 |
170 m / 557 ft |
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87 |
2017 |
168 m / 551 ft |
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2015 |
166 m / 544 ft |
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89 |
2021 |
160 m / 525 ft |
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1961 |
160 m / 524 ft |
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2003 |
158 m / 518 ft |
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92 |
2021 |
155 m / 508 ft |
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1969 |
154 m / 504 ft |
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2018 |
154 m / 504 ft |
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2018 |
152 m / 499 ft |
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1988 |
151 m / 496 ft |
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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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- |
150 m / 492 ft |
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2015 |
150 m / 491 ft |
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150 m / 490 ft |
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2010 |
149 m / 490 ft |
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148 m / 484 ft |
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105 |
2021 |
147 m / 481 ft |
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146 m / 477 ft |
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2013 |
145 m / 476 ft |
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108 |
2022 |
142 m / 465 ft |
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2017 |
141 m / 463 ft |
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140 m / 459 ft |
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111 |
2021 |
140 m / 459 ft |
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139 m / 455 ft |
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113 |
2020 |
138 m / 452 ft |
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114 |
2018 |
138 m / 451 ft |
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115 |
2016 |
136 m / 446 ft |
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115 |
2016 |
136 m / 446 ft |
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117 |
2015 |
136 m / 446 ft |
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118 |
2023 |
136 m / 446 ft |
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2017 |
135 m / 444 ft |
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2017 |
135 m / 442 ft |
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121 |
2021 |
132 m / 433 ft |
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2016 |
132 m / 431 ft |
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130 m / 427 ft |
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2016 |
129 m / 424 ft |
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2015 |
129 m / 424 ft |
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128 m / 421 ft |
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2014 |
127 m / 415 ft |
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126 m / 412 ft |
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128 |
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126 m / 412 ft |
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130 |
1999 |
123 m / 402 ft |
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2016 |
122 m / 400 ft |
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132 |
2021 |
122 m / 400 ft |
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133 |
2017 |
122 m / 400 ft |
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134 |
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120 m / 394 ft |
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135 |
- |
120 m / 394 ft |
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136 |
- |
119 m / 389 ft |
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137 |
2018 |
118 m / 387 ft |
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115 m / 377 ft |
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139 |
2007 |
114 m / 375 ft |
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140 |
1970 |
114 m / 374 ft |
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2015 |
113 m / 370 ft |
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2010 |
111 m / 363 ft |
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2022 |
110 m / 361 ft |
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144 |
1990 |
110 m / 360 ft |
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145 |
2016 |
108 m / 354 ft |
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2021 |
107 m / 350 ft |
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146 |
2021 |
107 m / 350 ft |
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148 |
2021 |
106 m / 349 ft |
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149 |
2010 |
105 m / 344 ft |
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105 m / 343 ft |
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2011 |
102 m / 335 ft |
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101 m / 330 ft |
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153 |
2014 |
100 m / 328 ft |
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2014 |
100 m / 328 ft |
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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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2020 |
88 m / 288 ft |
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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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2019 |
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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2009 |
53 m / 174 ft |
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- |
42 m / 137 ft |
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41 m / 133 ft |
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150 m+ Buildings
300 m+ Buildings
Average Building Age*
13 Years
Most Common Function*
Office (53%), 80 Buildings
Most Common Material*
Concrete (48%), 56 Buildings
* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database.
*Based on 153 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.
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22 January 2021 | Shanghai
Organized around the theme of the "future city," CTBUH held new year talk and Chinese book release in One Museum Place, Shanghai. The CTBUH China...
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,...
22 January 2021 | Shanghai
Highlights - CTBUH China New Year Talk: Future City
Organized around the theme of the "future city," CTBUH held new year talk and Chinese book release in One Museum Place, Shanghai. The CTBUH China...
21 August 2017 | Taguig City
Flyover of The Finance Centre in Taguig City, Philippines
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
A Vernacular Megatall: Shanghai Tower
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
Panel Discussion: Future Cities: What are the Biggest Threats and Opportunities?
Monday, October 17, 2016. Shenzhen, China. A panel discussing the challenges of growing urban populations throughout the globe.
18 September 2014 | Shanghai
Zhongnan Center Elevator System and Elevator Evacuation Design
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 - Q & A
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 - Q & A
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
Architectural Design for Vertical Inhabiting – The Suzhou Zhongnan Center
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
How Will Tall Buildings be Different in 20 Years?
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
Interview: Constructing the Shanghai Tower
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
Climate, Cladding, and Conditioning Systems
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
Track 11: Façade as Climate Moderator Q & A
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 Parametric Design of Shanghai Tower’s Form and Façade
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
Track 2: Shanghai Tower in Detail Q & A
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
Shanghai 2014: Vertical, Sustainable and Humane
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
Seoul Conference 2011 Track Session 16: Q&A
Question & Answers session for Track Session 16.
03 February 2010 | Mumbai
Sustainable World Cities: Shanghai Looking Forward
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
Shanghai Tower: Completing a Supertall Trio
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
Session 3 - Tall Buildings: Adopting an Icon Q & A
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
Taking the Corporate Campus Vertical
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
Façade Construction in China: Journey to Lean Design
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
Cities to Megacities: Perspectives
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
Designing a Data-Driven, Humanistic High-Rise
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
Context, Climate, Culture – Investigating Place in Tall Building Design
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
The Payoff for Investing in the Human Experience
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
The Parametric Design of Shanghai Tower’s Form and Façade
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
Design for Vertical Habitation
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
Elevator Systems and Elevator Evacuation Design
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
The Parametric Design of Shanghai Tower's Form and Façade
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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05 February 2021 | Detroit
(WXYZ) — Ford Motor Company has hired an architectural contractor aimed to restore Michigan Central Station.EverGreen Architectural Arts aims to revive the "grandest areas of...
03 February 2021 | Chicago
United Airlines is shrinking its Willis Tower headquarters, where it has about 30 percent fewer workers than before the COVID-19 pandemic. The airline today confirmed...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 October 2020 | New York City
An electrical fire in the basement prompted an evacuation Thursday morning, 29 October, 2020 at 270 Park Avenue, one of New York City's largest demolition...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
11 June 2020 | New York City
Anthony Vargas is taking no chances with the novel coronavirus. To prove it, the 41-year-old New York City construction worker opens the front door of...
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...
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)...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
29 January 2019 | New York City
The modernist Union Carbide building at 270 Park Avenue, due to be replaced by a new 70-story skyscraper, is now one step closer to coming...
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...
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...
13 November 2018 | New York City
The second supertall to result from the Midtown East rezoning is moving forward, with JPMorgan Chase filing a text amendment with City Planning for a...
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...
05 February 2021 | Detroit
Architecture Firm Aims to Revive Michigan Central Station in Detroit
(WXYZ) — Ford Motor Company has hired an architectural contractor aimed to restore Michigan Central Station.EverGreen Architectural Arts aims to revive the "grandest areas of...
03 February 2021 | Chicago
Airline Reduces Chicago Tower Footprint After Sweeping COVID-19-Related Cuts
United Airlines is shrinking its Willis Tower headquarters, where it has about 30 percent fewer workers than before the COVID-19 pandemic. The airline today confirmed...
12 January 2021 | Chicago
New Art Installation Revealed at Chicago's Tallest Tower
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...
15 December 2020 | Oakland
Credit Company to Shift Headquarters to Oakland from San Francisco
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...
11 December 2020 | Melbourne
Tech Giant Tenant Confirmed at Melbourne Tower
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...
30 November 2020 | Detroit
Plans for 12-Hectare "Mobility District" Revealed in 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...
25 November 2020 | Chicago
Chicago’s Third Tallest Building Gets A New Name
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 October 2020 | New York City
Electrical Fire at Half-Demolished New York City Skyscraper Forces Evacuation
An electrical fire in the basement prompted an evacuation Thursday morning, 29 October, 2020 at 270 Park Avenue, one of New York City's largest demolition...
21 October 2020 | Baltimore
Baltimore’s New Central Train Station Revealed
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...
20 October 2020 | Chicago
James Loewenberg, Developer of Chicago High-Rises, Dies at 86
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...
14 October 2020 | Cork
Planning Permission Granted for What Could be Ireland's Tallest in 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
Pittsburgh Sports Team Say Financing Set To Redevelop Arena With Office Tower
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...
13 October 2020 | Chicago
Iconic Chicago Tower Bets on the Future of Co-Working
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...
25 September 2020 | Chicago
New Partnership Brings Renewable Energy to Chicago Landmark Tower
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...
22 September 2020 | Chicago
Chicago Post Office Debuts Massive Rooftop Park
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...
15 September 2020 | New York City
Ribbon-Cutting Opens Skyscraper in 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...
03 September 2020 | Austin
New Skyscraper Planned for Downtown 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...
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...
31 July 2020 | Chicago
Chicago Developer to Buy Out Supertall Building's Partner for US$270 million
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...
10 July 2020 | Shanghai
Shanghai Tower Starts Repairs on Water Leak
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...
11 June 2020 | New York City
Tall Building Being Demolished As New York City Begins to Reopen
Anthony Vargas is taking no chances with the novel coronavirus. To prove it, the 41-year-old New York City construction worker opens the front door of...
10 June 2020 | Cork
Tall Buildings Plan for Cork Will Keep "Special Character"
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...
28 May 2020 | New York City
A New York City Art Deco Staple is Getting A New Observation Deck
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)...
08 May 2020 | Los Angeles
Residential High-Rise Slated for Los Angeles' Westside for First Time in 40 Years
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. ...
03 April 2020 | Tokyo
Tokyo High-Rise Reaches Completion
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...
24 February 2020 | Chicago
Residential Buildings Proposed for Chicago’s Fulton Market Receive Initial Approval
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...
16 December 2019 | Los Angeles
Site Acquired for Proposed Residential Complex in 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...
06 December 2019 | Vinings
New Renderings Released of Atlanta-Area Elevator Test Tower and HQ Office
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...
08 November 2019 | San Jose
San Jose to See New High-Rise After Raising Height Restrictions
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
Demolition Begins to Make Way for New Tampa Mixed-Use High-Rise
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
Two Supertalls Top Out in 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
Structural Work on The Nakheel Palm Tower Has Been Completed
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
Transformation of Chicago’s Willis Tower Begins with New Art-Filled Lobby
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
Cork to See New 34-Story Development
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
Plan For New 18-Story Tower Receives Approval From Philadelphia Committee
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
Office Tower Would be the First Phase of Downtown San Jose Mega-Campus
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
Detroit’s Michigan Central Station Renovation Continues Apace, Unearthing Artifacts in the Process
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
Window Washers Rescued From Rogue Lift Atop Oklahoma City’s Tallest Building
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
Two Towers Progress onto Chicago’s Iconic Skyline
Vista Tower reached its final height on April 26 2019, when construction workers poured concrete to form the Chicago skyscraper’s 101st and final floor. That...
19 April 2019 | Melbourne
Another Large Office Tower to be Built on Melbourne’s Collins Street
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
New Architects Brought in for Manchester’s St. Michael’s Tower
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
Multiple Developments Approved and Proposed in 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
Kamiyacho Trust Tower Tops Out in 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 Skyscraper Projects Transform Skyline
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 Reaches Supertall Territory Above Midtown East, 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 Schedule Set for Houston’s Innovation Tower
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...
29 January 2019 | New York City
Demolition Permits Filed for Modernist Union Carbide Building in New York City
The modernist Union Carbide building at 270 Park Avenue, due to be replaced by a new 70-story skyscraper, is now one step closer to coming...
21 January 2019 | New York City
“Tower Fifth” Could Become New York City’s Second-Tallest
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...
13 December 2018 | New York City
Snøhetta Updates Proposal for Philip Johnson's AT&T Building
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...
13 November 2018 | New York City
270 Park Avenue’s Replacement Will Rise 1,400 Feet in Midtown East, Manhattan
The second supertall to result from the Midtown East rezoning is moving forward, with JPMorgan Chase filing a text amendment with City Planning for a...
22 March 2018 | Detroit
Automaker May Buy Detroit’s Abandoned Michigan Central Station
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...
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