Perkins & Will

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About

Member Since: 2008

Member Offices: Chicago

Since 1935, Perkins and Will has created innovative and award-winning designs for the world’s most forward-thinking clients. They are architects, interior designers, urban designers, landscape architects, consultants, and branded environment experts who approach design from all scales and perspectives.

They combine a deeply humanistic approach with results-driven pragmatism to create dynamic spaces for people. Research-focused and inventive, every day they reimagine how space can be used to foster stronger ties between communities, the built environment, and nature.

Their transformative designs help students learn better, patients heal faster, business teams perform stronger, and city dwellers have more meaningful daily experiences.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture; Historical Preservation; Interior Design; Landscape Architecture; Urban Design

Membership details

Membership Level

Gold

Member Since

2008

Member Offices

Chicago

Buildings

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

Rank	Name	Height
1	900 North Michigan Avenue	265 m / 869 ft
2	Chase Tower	264.6 m / 868 ft
3	Sail Tower	240 m / 787 ft
4	Burj Daman	235 m / 771 ft
5	No2 Opus Place	222.5 m / 730 ft
6	BLVD Heights Tower 1	200 m / 656 ft
7	Jade Signature	193.9 m / 636 ft
8	Warsaw One	187.8 m / 616 ft
9	One Oxford Centre	187.5 m / 615 ft
10	Southbank Building A	182.3 m / 598 ft

Awards

Winner: Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex

Best Tall Mixed-Use Building 2021

Ctbuh Leaders

David LeFevre

CTBUH Regional Representative, 2014 – Present

Atlanta

Michael Palmer

CTBUH Advisory Group, 2018 – Present

Chicago

Building Completions Timeline

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Videos

28 April 2020

Agile AEC

The pandemic crisis of COVID-19 has catalyzed a shockwave of action throughout the AEC industry like never before. The CTBUH Chicago Chapter presents a virtual...

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Research

20 April 2017

River Beech Tower: A Tall Timber Experiment

The Chicago River Beech Tower is a collaborative research effort with the goal of identifying challenges and opportunities associated with designing increasingly tall mass timber...

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Global News

22 September 2021

Chicago Residential Project Along the Chicago River Underway

Lendlease recently celebrated breaking ground on The Reed, a 41-story, 440-residence community at 234 W. Polk St. in Chicago’s Printers Row neighborhood. The Reed is...

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Associated companies

Busby Perkins+Will

Rocco, Vidal + Arquitetos

Perkins+Will Engineering Division

Pierre-Yves Rochon, Inc.

Pringle Brandon Perkins+Will

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects (2018)

Perkins+Will (2019)

Acquired companies

Busby Perkins+Will

Rocco, Vidal + Arquitetos

Subsidiary companies

Perkins+Will Engineering Division

Pierre-Yves Rochon, Inc.

Pringle Brandon Perkins+Will

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects (2018)

Formerly Named

Perkins+Will (2019)

Rank	Name	City	Completion	Height
1	Chicago Spire	Chicago	-	610 m / 2,000 ft
2	98 Fourteenth Street	Atlanta	-	280 m / 920 ft
3	900 North Michigan Avenue	Chicago	1989	265 m / 869 ft
4	Chase Tower	Chicago	1969	265 m / 868 ft
5	Campanile	Frankfurt am Main	-	264 m / 866 ft
6	100 North Wacker Drive	Chicago	-	260 m / 853 ft
7	Sail Tower	Jeddah	2021	240 m / 787 ft
8	Burj Daman	Dubai	2014	235 m / 771 ft
9	River Beech Tower	Chicago	-	228 m / 748 ft
10	No2 Opus Place	Atlanta	2023	223 m / 730 ft
11	Nara Towers & Marina	Beirut	-	216 m / 709 ft
12	8 East 37th Street	New York City	-	213 m / 699 ft
13	BLVD Heights Tower 1	Dubai	2020	200 m / 656 ft
14	Jade Signature	Sunny Isles Beach	2017	194 m / 636 ft
15	Warsaw One	Warsaw	-	188 m / 616 ft
16	One Oxford Centre	Pittsburgh	1983	188 m / 615 ft
17	Southbank Building A	Chicago	-	182 m / 598 ft
18	Platinum on the Bay	Miami	-	180 m / 590 ft
19	The Clare	Chicago	2009	180 m / 589 ft
20	Residence Antilia	Mumbai	2010	173 m / 568 ft
21	Boeing International Headquarters	Chicago	1990	171 m / 560 ft
22	500 Alton Tower	Miami Beach	-	168 m / 550 ft
23	European Commission Headquarters Tower 2	Brussels	-	164 m / 538 ft
24	Oriental Fisherman's Wharf Tower	Shanghai	2015	161 m / 527 ft
25	5th & Virginia	Seattle	-	160 m / 525 ft
26	Mashreq Bank Headquarters	Dubai	2020	150 m / 493 ft
27	BLVD Heights Tower 2	Dubai	2020	150 m / 492 ft
28	235 West Van Buren	Chicago	2010	149 m / 490 ft
29	333 Wacker Drive	Chicago	1983	149 m / 487 ft
30	1 Bank of America Center	Charlotte	2010	148 m / 484 ft
31	Millennium Broadway	New York City	1990	147 m / 481 ft
32	Soleil Center	Raleigh	-	146 m / 480 ft
33	Talan Tower 1	Nur-Sultan	2017	146 m / 478 ft
34	MetroPlace	Burnaby	2014	141 m / 463 ft
35	River One	São Paulo	2021	140 m / 458 ft
36	Urban Mountain	Oslo	-	138 m / 451 ft
37	The Reed	Chicago	2023	136 m / 447 ft
38	444 North Michigan	Chicago	1976	136 m / 445 ft
39	Bridgestone Americas Tower	Nashville	2017	135 m / 444 ft
40	3rd and Lenora	Seattle	2020	134 m / 440 ft
41	123 North Wacker	Chicago	1986	133 m / 435 ft
42	225 West Wacker	Chicago	1989	132 m / 433 ft
43	Skybridge	Chicago	2003	128 m / 421 ft
44	Southbank Building B	Chicago	-	127 m / 418 ft
45	Northern Trust Building	Chicago	1974	127 m / 415 ft
46	The Stage	London	2021	126 m / 413 ft
47	Two First National Plaza	Chicago	1973	124 m / 407 ft
48	Al-Birr Foundation Headquarters	Riyadh	-	124 m / 407 ft
49	Four Seasons Hotel	Beirut	2009	120 m / 394 ft
50	Signature Place	St. Petersburg (FL)	2009	116 m / 381 ft
51	Azure	Dallas	2007	114 m / 375 ft
52	European Commission Headquarters Tower 1	Brussels	-	114 m / 374 ft
53	The Admiral at the Lake	Chicago	2012	112 m / 368 ft
54	230 West Monroe Street	Chicago	1970	108 m / 353 ft
55	Florsheim Tower	Chicago	1984	107 m / 352 ft
56	Marine Gateway North Residential	Vancouver	2015	107 m / 351 ft
57	1700 Huangxing Road	Shanghai	2014	106 m / 346 ft
58	Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex	Toronto	2019	105 m / 345 ft
59	1101 8th Avenue Tower 1	Seattle	2021	105 m / 345 ft
59	1101 8th Avenue Tower 2	Seattle	2021	105 m / 345 ft
61	M.I.T. Kendall Square Dorm	Cambridge	2021	104 m / 342 ft
62	Hilton Alexandria Mark Center	Alexandria (VA)	1985	103 m / 338 ft
63	526 Granville Street	Vancouver	-	102 m / 335 ft
64	Breiavatnet Lanterna	Stavanger	-	101 m / 331 ft
65	707 Terry Avenue North Tower	Seattle	2021	101 m / 330 ft
65	707 Terry Avenue South Tower	Seattle	2021	101 m / 330 ft
67	101 North Wacker	Chicago	1980	99 m / 325 ft
68	The Cooper	Chicago	2018	98 m / 321 ft
69	2 North LaSalle Street	Chicago	1979	96 m / 316 ft
70	5055 Joyce Street	Vancouver	-	96 m / 315 ft
71	One American Place	Baton Rouge	1974	95 m / 310 ft
72	Public Pool	Chicago	-	94 m / 308 ft
73	Casaviva BKO	São Paulo	2018	92 m / 302 ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 27 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 8,139 other buildings of the same residential function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
73	VN Capote Valente	São Paulo	2020	92 m / 302 ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 27 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 8,139 other buildings of the same residential function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
75	lilli Midtown	Atlanta	2018	91 m / 297 ft
76	Southbank Building C	Chicago	-	90 m / 296 ft
77	Riley Towers I	Indianapolis	1963	90 m / 295 ft
77	Riley Towers II	Indianapolis	1963	90 m / 295 ft
79	Noble Square Co-op	Chicago	1969	90 m / 295 ft
80	Marine Gateway South Residential	Vancouver	2015	88 m / 289 ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 26 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 8,139 other buildings of the same residential function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
80	You, Perdizes	São Paulo	2021	88 m / 289 ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 26 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 8,139 other buildings of the same residential function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
82	Malmö Live	Malmö	2015	87 m / 287 ft
83	225 Carlton	Winnipeg	2018	87 m / 285 ft
84	MIT Kendall Square Building 5	Cambridge	2021	85 m / 280 ft
85	22 West Washington	Chicago	2008	84 m / 276 ft
86	Marine Gateway Office	Vancouver	2015	78 m / 256 ft
87	MaxHaus Berrini Torre 1	São Paulo	2014	77 m / 253 ft
87	MaxHaus Berrini Torre 2	São Paulo	2014	77 m / 253 ft
89	Scotia Bank Tower	Winnipeg	2018	77 m / 253 ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 17 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 309 other buildings of the same office / retail function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
90	Rush University Medical Center Hospital Tower	Chicago	2012	77 m / 252 ft
91	Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute	Houston	2010	77 m / 252 ft
92	MaxHaus Anália Franco Torre 1	São Paulo	2010	75 m / 246 ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 22 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 8,139 other buildings of the same residential function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
92	MaxHaus Anália Franco Torre 2	São Paulo	2010	75 m / 246 ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 22 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 8,139 other buildings of the same residential function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
94	Cambridge Crossing, Parcel G	Cambridge	-	74 m / 243 ft
95	MaxHaus Porto Alegre Torre A	Porto Alegre	2016	68 m / 223 ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 20 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 8,139 other buildings of the same residential function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
96	U.S. Gypsum Building	Chicago	1963	67 m / 220 ft
97	MaxHaus Alto da Boa Vista	São Paulo	2013	62 m / 205 ft
98	MaxHaus Porto Alegre Torre B	Porto Alegre	2016	61 m / 200 ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 18 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 8,139 other buildings of the same residential function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
98	MaxHaus Porto Alegre Torre C	Porto Alegre	2016	61 m / 200 ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 18 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 8,139 other buildings of the same residential function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
100	PPA 30 Parcel 2.11	Riyadh	2018	55 m / 180 ft
101	European Commission Headquarters Tower 3	Brussels	-	52 m / 171 ft
101	European Commission Headquarters Tower 4	Brussels	-	52 m / 171 ft
103	Norwegian Geotechnical Institute	Oslo	-	46 m / 151 ft
104	Højhus Jagtvej Nord	Nuuk (Godthaab)	2008	38 m / 125 ft
104	Højhus Jagtvej Syd	Nuuk (Godthaab)	2006	38 m / 125 ft
106	Qullilerfik	Nuuk (Godthaab)	2005	32 m / 105 ft
107	Dubai Tower	Dubai	-	- m / - ft
108	TCF Bank Building	Minneapolis	-	- m / - ft
109	Sheet Music Tower	Nashville	-	- m / - ft
110	Monroe Block Office Tower	Detroit	-	- m / - ft
111	Aimberê by You,Inc	São Paulo	-	- m / - ft
112	Maya Parque das Nações	Campo Grande	-	- m / - ft
112	Monroe Block Residential Tower	Detroit	-	- m / - ft
114	Oscar by You,Inc	São Paulo	2022	- m / - ft
115	PPA 30 Parcel 4.01	Riyadh	2018	- m / - ft
115	The Sutton Place Hotel	Winnipeg	2022	- m / - ft
117	Current	Chicago	-	- m / - ft
118	K8	Stavanger	2023	- m / - ft
118	Onni South Lake Union West Tower	Seattle	2021	- m / - ft
118	The Sutton Place Residences	Winnipeg	2022	- m / - ft
121	The Galbraith	Dallas	-	- m / - ft
121	University of Miami Clinical Research Building	Miami	2006	- m / - ft
123	Onni South Lake Union East Tower	Seattle	2021	- m / - ft
124	Hypar Tower 1	Dubai	-	- m / - ft
124	Hypar Tower 2	Dubai	-	- m / - ft
124	Riverline Building F	Chicago	-	- m / - ft
124	Riverline Roosevelt Road Tower	Chicago	-	- m / - ft
124	Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center Phase 2	Chicago	-	- m / - ft

Statistics

150 m+ Buildings

12 Completed

1 Under Constr.

Average Building Age*

17 Years

Most Common Function*

Residential (45%), 38 Buildings

Most Common Material*

Concrete (81%), 47 Buildings

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database.

Function
Material

Total: 84 Buildings for which a function has been assigned.

Total: 58 Buildings for which a material has been assigned.

*Based on 84 Completed & Under Construction Buildings