CTBUH Gold Member

Pelli Clarke & Partners

About

Member Since: 1994

Member Offices: New Haven

Website: http://www.pcparch.com/

From the World Financial Center in New York to the Petronas Towers in Malaysia and the International Finance Centre in Hong Kong, Pelli Clarke & Partners has had the great fortune to design many prestigious projects.

Their portfolio includes retail and mixed-​use projects, academic buildings, libraries, museums, research centers, residences and master plans, and they have served private clients, businesses, institutions and government agencies.

Their work has received critical acclaim and hundreds of design awards, including the American Institute of Architects’ Firm Award, the highest honor for an architectural practice. In 1995, the American Institute of Architects awarded Cesar Pelli the Gold Medal, its highest honor for an individual. In 2004, the firm was given the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for the Petronas Towers.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture; Interior Design; Urban Design

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
4 Petronas Twin Tower 1

452 m / 1,483 ft

4 Petronas Twin Tower 2

452 m / 1,483 ft

6 Two International Finance Centre

412 m / 1,352 ft

7 Xiaobailou Union Plaza Tower 1

400 m / 1,312 ft

8 Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Base Tower B

394 m / 1,294 ft

9 1 Corporate Avenue

376 m / 1,234 ft

11 Fairmont Kuala Lumpur Tower 1

370 m / 1,214 ft

12 Shanghai International Trade Center Tower 2

370 m / 1,214 ft

13 City Tower 1

358 m / 1,175 ft

15 Mori JP Tower

327 m / 1,073 ft

Building Completions Timeline

Videos

31 October 2017

Interview: Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

Fred Clarke, AĂŻcha Woods & Mark Shoemaker of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects are interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2017 CTBUH Australia Conference.

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Research

22 December 2023

Remembering Charles H. Thornton, 2012 Fazlur Khan Lifetime Achievement Awardee

This edition of Talking Tall is an interview from the CTBUH archives. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat would like to remember Charles...

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Global News

20 November 2024

Oil and Gas Giant Plans to Renovate Building to Expand its HQ in Houston

Chevron has initiated a $66.5 million USD renovation of its 40-story office building at 1500 Louisiana Street in downtown Houston, signaling its deepening ties to...

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Associated companies

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 Argentine Federale Building

610 m / 2,001 ft

2 Miglin-Beitler Skyneedle

609 m / 2,000 ft

3 Evergrande City Light

454 m / 1,488 ft

4 Petronas Twin Tower 1

452 m / 1,483 ft

4 Petronas Twin Tower 2

452 m / 1,483 ft

6 Two International Finance Centre

412 m / 1,352 ft

7 Xiaobailou Union Plaza Tower 1

400 m / 1,312 ft

8 Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Base Tower B

394 m / 1,294 ft

9 1 Corporate Avenue

376 m / 1,234 ft

10 15 Penn Plaza

371 m / 1,216 ft

11 Fairmont Kuala Lumpur Tower 1

370 m / 1,214 ft

12 Shanghai International Trade Center Tower 2

370 m / 1,214 ft

13 City Tower 1

358 m / 1,175 ft

14 Newpark Tower 1

342 m / 1,121 ft

15 Mori JP Tower

327 m / 1,073 ft

16 Salesforce Tower

326 m / 1,070 ft

17 The Landmark

324 m / 1,063 ft

18 Columbus Circle Project

320 m / 1,050 ft

19 Peachtree Triangle

306 m / 1,004 ft

20 Union Park I

303 m / 995 ft

21 Torre Costanera

300 m / 984 ft

22 Abeno Harukas

300 m / 984 ft

23 Key Tower

289 m / 947 ft

24 Nihonbashi 1-ChĹŤme Central District Redevelopment

284 m / 932 ft

25 Cheung Kong Centre

283 m / 928 ft

26 Petronas Tower 3

267 m / 876 ft

27 Torre Mitikah

266 m / 872 ft

28 Bank of America Corporate Center

265 m / 871 ft

29 Raffles City The Bund East Tower

263 m / 863 ft

29 Raffles City the Bund West Tower

263 m / 863 ft

31 Azabudai Hills Residence B

263 m / 862 ft

32 Union Park II

262 m / 859 ft

33 Shanghai IFC North Tower

260 m / 853 ft

34 Central International Plaza East Tower

259 m / 850 ft

35 Central International Plaza West Tower

259 m / 850 ft

36 Salesforce Tower

255 m / 835 ft

37 Shanghai IFC South Tower

250 m / 820 ft

38 Torre de Cristal

249 m / 817 ft

39 Bloomberg Tower

246 m / 806 ft

40 Ocean Financial Centre

245 m / 804 ft

41 The Centrale

245 m / 803 ft

42 542-550 Howard Street

244 m / 800 ft

43 30 Hudson Street

238 m / 781 ft

44 Azabudai Hills Residence A

237 m / 778 ft

45 BB&T Tower

237 m / 778 ft

46 Wells Fargo Center

236 m / 775 ft

47 One Canada Square

236 m / 774 ft

48 Carnegie Hall Tower

231 m / 757 ft

49 Three World Financial Center

225 m / 739 ft

50 Zhengdong China Resources MixC Office Tower

225 m / 738 ft

51 Texas Tower

224 m / 735 ft

52 Taikang Headquarters Building

223 m / 733 ft

53 FMC Tower at Cira Centre South

223 m / 730 ft

54 777 Tower

221 m / 725 ft

55 Vanke One City Office Tower

220 m / 722 ft

56 China Overseas International Center

220 m / 722 ft

57 Shanghai International Trade Center Tower 1

220 m / 722 ft

58 1555 Poydras

219 m / 719 ft

59 Unicredit Tower

218 m / 714 ft

60 Capital Place Office Tower

215 m / 706 ft

61 501 Congress Avenue

215 m / 705 ft

62 The Tower at Society Center

212 m / 696 ft

63 Union Park III

211 m / 691 ft

64 No. 1 Shanghai

211 m / 691 ft

65 Hyatt Hotel at Fain Pier

210 m / 689 ft

66 One International Finance Centre

210 m / 689 ft

67 181 West Madison

207 m / 680 ft

68 South Station Tower

206 m / 677 ft

69 Vietcombank Tower

206 m / 676 ft

70 Wolf Point East

204 m / 668 ft

71 25 Canada Square

201 m / 659 ft

72 Two World Financial Center

197 m / 645 ft

73 Residences by Armani Casa

195 m / 639 ft

74 Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower

192 m / 631 ft

75 Atago Green Hills Mori Tower

187 m / 614 ft

76 Riverview Plaza A3

186 m / 610 ft

77 One Congress

186 m / 610 ft

78 Hillsborough River Tower

183 m / 600 ft

79 Aria Resort & Casino

183 m / 600 ft

80 Harbor Garage Project Residential Tower

183 m / 600 ft

81 1500 Louisiana Street

183 m / 600 ft

82 Wood Wharf W02

182 m / 595 ft

83 Torre Sevilla

181 m / 592 ft

84 Museum Tower

179 m / 589 ft

85 One World Financial Center

176 m / 577 ft

86 Block 185

176 m / 577 ft

87 Lyra

174 m / 571 ft

88 Spear Tower

172 m / 564 ft

89 Torre Iberdrola

165 m / 541 ft

90 Union Park IV

164 m / 537 ft

91 Torre Repsol YPF

160 m / 525 ft

92 Torre Sofia

158 m / 518 ft

93 Atago Green Hills Forest Tower

157 m / 515 ft

94 1214 Fifth Avenue

156 m / 513 ft

95 1 West End Avenue

156 m / 513 ft

96 Riverview Plaza A2

156 m / 512 ft

97 SKYZ Tower & Garden

154 m / 505 ft

98 25 Bank Street

153 m / 502 ft

98 40 Bank Street

153 m / 502 ft

100 Four World Financial Center

152 m / 500 ft

101 70 Trinity Place

152 m / 499 ft

102 Torre Libertad

150 m / 492 ft

103 Baoland Plaza

149 m / 487 ft

104 6624 Fannin Tower

145 m / 477 ft

105 Abeno Grand Tour

144 m / 473 ft

106 Sea Hawk Hotel & Resort

143 m / 469 ft

107 900 3rd Avenue

143 m / 469 ft

108 Wells Fargo Center

140 m / 460 ft

109 Nakanoshima Mitsui Building

140 m / 460 ft

110 Camargo Corporate North Tower

139 m / 456 ft

110 Camargo Corporate South Tower

139 m / 456 ft

112 Four Leaf Towers 1

135 m / 444 ft

112 Four Leaf Towers 2

135 m / 444 ft

114 NHK Osaka Hall

135 m / 443 ft

115 Cira Centre

133 m / 437 ft

116 La Nube

132 m / 433 ft

117 68 Trinity Place

132 m / 433 ft

118 Evo at Cira Centre South

130 m / 427 ft

119 Sede Corporativa Banco Macro

130 m / 427 ft

120 Residencial del Bosque 1

129 m / 422 ft

120 Residencial del Bosque 2

129 m / 422 ft

122 JPMorgan Chase Building

128 m / 420 ft

123 1330 Post Oak Boulevard

128 m / 420 ft

124 171 Dartmouth Street

128 m / 419 ft

125 NTT Shinjuku Head Office Building

127 m / 417 ft

126 Citylights at Queens Landing

125 m / 410 ft

127 475 Park Avenue South

124 m / 408 ft

128 Station East

122 m / 400 ft

129 Frost Bank Tower

122 m / 400 ft

130 Gioia 22

121 m / 398 ft

131 Baosteel Shanghai Headquarters

120 m / 392 ft

132 CHOP Roberts Center for Pediatric Research Building 1

114 m / 375 ft

133 The Visionaire

110 m / 360 ft

134 1360 Post Oak Tower

107 m / 351 ft

134 Wells Fargo Tower

107 m / 351 ft

136 South Station Air Rights Development Phase 2

106 m / 349 ft

137 Cleveland Marriott Downtown at Key Center

103 m / 339 ft

138 McKinney & Olive

102 m / 335 ft

139 North Point

101 m

331 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 23 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 7,090 other buildings of the same Office function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
140 Clorox Building

101 m / 330 ft

141 Porta Nuova Garibaldi Tower B

100 m / 328 ft

142 Brooklyn Commons - 115 Myrtle Avenue

99 m / 325 ft

143 Shenzhen Kerry Hotel Jen

96 m / 315 ft

144 Garage East

93 m / 305 ft

145 Gonda Building

93 m / 305 ft

146 Four Seasons Hotel Jakarta

91 m / 299 ft

147 Zurichtoren

88 m / 289 ft

148 Plaza Tower

86 m / 283 ft

149 The Solaire

85 m / 280 ft

150 South Station Air Rights Development Phase 3

85 m / 279 ft

151 Osaka Museum of History

83 m / 272 ft

152 The Ice Cubes

66 m / 218 ft

153 Pacific Design Center Red Building

66 m / 216 ft

154 One Century Tower

65 m / 213 ft

155 Porta Nuova Garibaldi Tower C

62 m / 202 ft

156 Ronald Reagan Washington Airport Air Traffic Control Tower

60 m / 196 ft

157 One Park West Tower 1

56 m / 184 ft

158 1212 Fifth Avenue

54 m / 177 ft

159 One Park West Tower 2

50 m / 165 ft

160 2100 Pennsylvania Avenue

46 m / 150 ft

161 Azabudai Hills Garden Plaza Building C-2

41 m / 135 ft

162 PVN Tower

-

163 Trump Crystal

-

164 PVN Residential Tower

-

165 Maral 57

-

166 Patina Osaka

-

167 Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

-

Statistics

Average Building Age*

17 Years

Most Common Function*

Office (59%)

Most Common Material*

Concrete (41%)

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database

Based on 80 buildings over 150 m height with a function
 
Based on 71 buildings over 150 m height with a material
 

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