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About

Member Since: 1977

Member Offices: Chicago, Dubai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai, Washington D.C.

Website: http://www.som.com/

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) is one of the leading architecture, interior design, engineering, and urban planning firms in the world. Since its founding more than 80 years ago, SOM has earned a reputation for design excellence with a portfolio that includes some of the most important architectural accomplishments of the 20th and 21st centuries, and has been a leader in the research and development of specialized technologies, new processes and innovative ideas, many of which have had a palpable and lasting impact on the design profession and the physical environment.

The firm’s longstanding leadership in design and building technology has been honored with nearly 2,000 awards for quality, innovation, and management. The American Institute of Architects has recognized SOM twice with its highest honor, the Architecture Firm Award—in 1962 and again in 1996.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture; Civil Engineering; Environmental Engineering; Interior Design; Landscape Architecture; Marketing / Sales; Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing; Structural Engineering; Transportation / Urban Infrastructure; Urban Design

Membership details

Membership Level

Platinum

Member Since

1977

Member Offices

Chicago
Dubai
Guangzhou
Hong Kong
London
Los Angeles
New York City
San Francisco
Seattle
Shanghai
Washington D.C.

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	Burj Khalifa	828 m / 2,717 ft
2	Burj Jumeira	550 m / 1,804 ft
3	One World Trade Center	541.3 m / 1,776 ft
4	Tianjin CTF Finance Centre	530 m / 1,739 ft
5	Guizhou Culture Plaza Tower	521 m / 1,709 ft
6	Greenland Jinmao International Financial Center	499.8 m / 1,640 ft
7	China International Silk Road Center	498 m / 1,634 ft
8	175 Park Avenue	480.1 m / 1,575 ft
9	Guohua Financial Center Tower 1	465 m / 1,526 ft
10	Zifeng Tower	450 m / 1,476 ft

Awards

Award of Excellence: Responsive Tendon Patterns - PT Optimization

Innovation Award 2022

Ctbuh Leaders

Luke Leung

CTBUH Expert Peer Review Committee, 2014 – Present

Chicago

Bin Pan

CTBUH Future Leaders Committee, Shanghai, 2017 – Present

Shanghai

Zhexiong Chai

CTBUH Chicago Chapter, 2018 – Present

Chicago

Building Completions Timeline

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Videos

23 May 2022

Two Public Buildings, California: Using Steel & Timber To Achieve Weight Savings

The lightweight benefits of steel timber-hybrids are explored in this presentation through two projects; Billie Jean King Library, Long Beach, reuses existing foundations on-site to...

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Research

20 October 2018

Polycentric Cities: The Future of Vertical Urbanism

As we approach the new normality of cities housing 10 million or more inhabitants, those best positioned for the future are evolving along polycentric, multi-nodal...

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Global News

05 August 2022

Financial Firm will Occupy other Miami Towers Prior to Building Their Own

Citadel, a hedge fund firm headed by Ken Griffin, is in the process of completing deals for new office space as it prepares to expand...

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Rank	Name	City	Completion	Height
1	Houston Pinnacle	Houston	-	1611 m / 5,285 ft
2	Burj Khalifa	Dubai	2010	828 m / 2,717 ft
3	Chow Tai Fook Centre	Wuhan	-	808 m / 2,651 ft
4	Chicago World Trade Center	Chicago	-	701 m / 2,300 ft
5	Chicago World Trade Center	Chicago	-	665 m / 2,182 ft
6	Tower of Russia	Moscow	-	648 m / 2,126 ft
7	Seoul Light DMC Tower	Seoul	-	640 m / 2,101 ft
8	Grand Rama 9 Tower	Bangkok	-	615 m / 2,018 ft
9	Diamond Mansion	Guangzhou	-	600 m / 1,969 ft
10	Greenland Jinmao International Financial Center	Nanjing	-	600 m / 1,969 ft
11	Kowloon MTR Tower	Hong Kong	-	574 m / 1,883 ft
12	Burj Jumeira	Dubai	-	550 m / 1,804 ft
13	One World Trade Center	New York City	2014	541 m / 1,776 ft
14	Wolf Point	Chicago	-	532 m / 1,745 ft
15	Tianjin CTF Finance Centre	Tianjin	2019	530 m / 1,739 ft
16	Pertamina Tower	Jakarta	-	523 m / 1,716 ft
17	Guizhou Culture Plaza Tower	Guiyang	-	521 m / 1,709 ft
18	Busan Lotte Town Tower	Busan	-	510 m / 1,674 ft
19	Songdo Daewoo Town	Incheon	-	510 m / 1,673 ft
20	Greenland Jinmao International Financial Center	Nanjing	2025	500 m / 1,640 ft
21	China International Silk Road Center	Xi’an	2025	498 m / 1,634 ft
22	175 Park Avenue	New York City	2030	480 m / 1,575 ft
23	7 South Dearborn	Chicago	-	478 m / 1,567 ft
24	Columbus Circle Project	New York City	-	468 m / 1,535 ft
25	Guohua Financial Center Tower 1	Wuhan	-	465 m / 1,526 ft
26	Kuningan Persada Tower	Jakarta	-	451 m / 1,480 ft
27	Samsung Tower	Seoul	-	450 m / 1,476 ft
28	Zifeng Tower	Nanjing	2010	450 m / 1,476 ft
29	Willis Tower	Chicago	1974	442 m / 1,451 ft
30	One Bangkok O4H4	Bangkok	2025	436 m / 1,431 ft
31	Greenland Shandong International Financial Center	Jinan	2023	428 m / 1,404 ft
32	Trump International Hotel & Tower	Chicago	2009	423 m / 1,389 ft
33	Jin Mao Tower	Shanghai	1999	421 m / 1,380 ft
34	International Finance Square	Guangzhou	-	420 m / 1,378 ft
35	Transbay Transit Center and Tower	San Francisco	-	419 m / 1,375 ft
36	Al Hamra Tower	Kuwait City	2011	413 m / 1,354 ft
37	LCT The Sharp Landmark Tower	Busan	2019	412 m / 1,350 ft
38	Ningbo Central Plaza Tower 1	Ningbo	2024	409 m / 1,342 ft
39	Bank of Southwest Tower	Houston	-	404 m / 1,325 ft
40	103 Tower	Fuzhou	-	400 m / 1,312 ft
41	Lulu Island Tower	Abu Dhabi	-	400 m / 1,312 ft
42	COFCO Landmark Tower	Tianjin	-	390 m / 1,280 ft
43	Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 1	Shenzhen	2020	388 m / 1,273 ft
44	Saigon Centre 2	Ho Chi Minh City	-	386 m / 1,266 ft
45	Plaza Rakyat Office Tower	Kuala Lumpur	-	382 m / 1,253 ft
46	Guiyang World Trade Center Landmark Tower	Guiyang	-	380 m / 1,247 ft
47	Platinum Tower	Kuala Lumpur	-	380 m / 1,247 ft
48	Lucheng Square	Wenzhou	-	369 m / 1,211 ft
49	Al Sharq Tower	Dubai	-	365 m / 1,198 ft
50	Post and Telecommunications Building	Xiamen	-	364 m / 1,193 ft
51	Greenland Group Suzhou Center	Suzhou	2022	358 m / 1,175 ft
52	OKO - Residential Tower	Moscow	2015	354 m / 1,162 ft
53	Guohong Center	Wenzhou	2025	350 m / 1,148 ft
54	Dearborn Center	Chicago	-	346 m / 1,135 ft
55	875 North Michigan Avenue	Chicago	1969	344 m / 1,128 ft
56	Diagonal Tower	Seoul	-	343 m / 1,127 ft
57	Nanjing Jinling Hotel Phase II	Nanjing	-	341 m / 1,119 ft
58	LCT The Sharp Residential Tower A	Busan	2019	339 m / 1,113 ft
59	Tianjin Modern City Office Tower	Tianjin	2016	338 m / 1,109 ft
60	Tianjin World Financial Center	Tianjin	2011	337 m / 1,105 ft
61	400 North Lake Shore Drive South Tower	Chicago	-	335 m / 1,100 ft
62	LCT The Sharp Residential Tower B	Busan	2019	333 m / 1,093 ft
63	Tianjin Kerry Center	Tianjin	-	333 m / 1,093 ft
64	Shenzhen Foreign Trade Center	Shenzhen	-	333 m / 1,093 ft
65	China World Tower	Beijing	2010	330 m / 1,083 ft
66	Qingdao Landmark Tower	Qingdao	2023	327 m / 1,074 ft
67	Nanchang IFC	Nanchang	-	327 m / 1,073 ft
68	Crown Las Vegas	Las Vegas	-	324 m / 1,063 ft
69	250 Water Street	New York City	-	321 m / 1,052 ft
70	Lopez Centre	Manila	-	320 m / 1,050 ft
70	Sinar Mas Center 1	Shanghai	2017	320 m / 1,050 ft
72	Jiuzhou Bay Tower	Zhuhai	2024	319 m / 1,045 ft
73	Zhongtian Future Ark City Window Office Tower	Guiyang	-	314 m / 1,030 ft
74	Madison Square Garden Project Tower 1	New York City	-	312 m / 1,024 ft
75	CITIC Financial Center Tower 1	Shenzhen	2024	312 m / 1,024 ft
76	Poly Pazhou C2	Guangzhou	2017	311 m / 1,020 ft
77	New Port Tower	Jersey City	-	310 m / 1,017 ft
78	AVIC Plaza	Shenzhen	-	310 m / 1,017 ft
79	Greenland Center 1	Hangzhou	2022	310 m / 1,017 ft
79	Greenland Center 2	Hangzhou	2022	310 m / 1,017 ft
81	Pearl River Tower	Guangzhou	2013	309 m / 1,015 ft
82	Chengdu Poly International Plaza	Chengdu	-	309 m / 1,014 ft
83	The Franklin - North Tower	Chicago	1989	307 m / 1,007 ft
84	Cayan Tower	Dubai	2013	306 m / 1,005 ft
85	35 Hudson Yards	New York City	2019	305 m / 1,000 ft
86	One Manhattan West	New York City	2019	304 m / 996 ft
87	Greenland Puli Center	Jinan	2014	303 m / 994 ft
88	Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel A	Nanchang	2015	303 m / 994 ft
88	Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel B	Nanchang	2015	303 m / 994 ft
90	1000 Louisiana	Houston	1983	302 m / 992 ft
91	Wangjing City	Beijing	-	300 m / 984 ft
92	Madison Square Garden Project Tower 2	New York City	-	300 m / 984 ft
93	Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 2	Shenzhen	2017	299 m / 982 ft
94	China World Trade Center Phase 3B	Beijing	2017	296 m / 970 ft
95	Block 319 Tower	Houston	-	294 m / 965 ft
96	Union Station Tower	Chicago	-	292 m / 958 ft
97	625 Fulton Street	New York City	2023	287 m / 942 ft
98	Two Manhattan West	New York City	2023	285 m / 935 ft
99	One Bangkok Phase 3 Tower 2	Bangkok	2024	285 m / 934 ft
100	Guoco Tower	Singapore	2016	284 m / 931 ft
101	Zhengdong Hotel	Zhengzhou	-	280 m / 919 ft
102	Zhengzhou Greenland Plaza	Zhengzhou	2014	280 m / 919 ft
103	Hangzhou Wangchao Center	Hangzhou	2023	280 m / 919 ft
104	Guohua Financial Center Tower 2	Wuhan	-	279 m / 915 ft
105	One Bangkok Phase 2 Residential Tower	Bangkok	2023	278 m / 911 ft
106	One City Centre	Bangkok	2023	276 m / 905 ft
107	One Bangkok Phase 1 Office Tower 1	Bangkok	2023	274 m / 900 ft
108	NYSE Tower	New York City	-	274 m / 899 ft
109	Renaissance Tower	Dallas	1986	270 m / 886 ft
110	Magic Tower	Yekaterinburg	-	270 m / 886 ft
111	Four Seasons Hotel	Manama	2015	270 m / 885 ft
112	Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Zifeng Tower	Nanchang	2015	268 m / 879 ft
113	400 North Lake Shore Drive North Tower	Chicago	-	267 m / 875 ft
114	First Canadian Centre Phase 2	Calgary	-	265 m / 869 ft
115	The Address Residence Sky View Tower 1	Dubai	2019	264 m / 867 ft
116	Tower Palace Three, Tower G	Seoul	2004	264 m / 865 ft
117	One Bangkok Phase 2 Office Tower	Bangkok	2023	264 m / 865 ft
118	4 Houston Center	Houston	-	262 m / 860 ft
119	Hytera Headquarters	Shenzhen	-	262 m / 858 ft
120	Brookfield Place	Toronto	1990	261 m / 856 ft
121	Three California Plaza	Los Angeles	-	260 m / 853 ft
122	Beijing Greenland Center	Beijing	2016	260 m / 853 ft
123	400 North Lake Shore Drive North Tower	Chicago	-	259 m / 850 ft
124	Olympia Tower 1	Los Angeles	-	259 m / 850 ft
125	Philippine Bank of Communications	Makati	2000	259 m / 848 ft
126	Corporate Avenue 2	Chongqing	2014	256 m / 839 ft
127	Shenzhen AVIC Plaza	Shenzhen	2012	254 m / 833 ft
128	1930 Broadway	Oakland	-	252 m / 827 ft
129	One Bangkok Phase 3 Residential Tower	Bangkok	2024	251 m / 824 ft
130	Corporate Avenue 10	Chongqing	-	250 m / 820 ft
131	Midtown Tower	Tokyo	2007	248 m / 813 ft
132	28 Liberty	New York City	1961	248 m / 813 ft
133	100 Leadenhall Street	London	2027	247 m / 810 ft
134	Rolex Tower	Dubai	2010	247 m / 810 ft
135	Ningbo Bank of China Headquarters	Ningbo	2016	246 m / 808 ft
136	Karlatornet	Göteborg	2023	245 m / 804 ft
137	180 Allyn Street	Hartford	-	244 m / 801 ft
138	International Commercial Trade Center	Changchun	-	242 m / 794 ft
139	New World Center	Shenzhen	2006	238 m / 781 ft
140	555 California Street	San Francisco	1969	237 m / 779 ft
141	1 Worldwide Plaza	New York City	1989	237 m / 778 ft
142	The Address Residence Sky View Tower 2	Dubai	2019	236 m / 773 ft
143	WKL Hotel and Tropicana The Residences	Kuala Lumpur	2018	235 m / 771 ft
144	Torre BBVA	Mexico City	2015	235 m / 771 ft
145	Three First National Plaza	Chicago	1981	234 m / 767 ft
146	400 North Lake Shore Drive South Tower	Chicago	-	233 m / 765 ft
147	Republic Bank Tower	Dallas	-	233 m / 764 ft
148	Southeast Financial Center	Miami	1983	233 m / 764 ft
149	Kingtown International Center	Nanjing	2014	231 m / 759 ft
150	Enterprise Plaza	Houston	1980	230 m / 756 ft
151	383 Madison Avenue	New York City	2001	230 m / 755 ft
152	Zhenru Zhonghai Center Tower 1	Shanghai	-	230 m / 755 ft
153	Philippine Stock Exchange	Taguig City	-	230 m / 753 ft
154	Time Warner Center North Tower	New York City	2004	228 m / 749 ft
154	Time Warner Center South Tower	New York City	2004	228 m / 749 ft
156	Gas Company Tower	Los Angeles	1991	228 m / 749 ft
157	Kingold Century	Guangzhou	2016	228 m / 748 ft
158	7 World Trade Center	New York City	2006	227 m / 743 ft
159	One Liberty Plaza	New York City	1972	227 m / 743 ft
160	Wells Fargo North Tower	Los Angeles	1983	226 m / 740 ft
161	JPMorgan Chase Tower	Dallas	1987	225 m / 738 ft
162	OKO - Office Tower	Moscow	2015	225 m / 736 ft
163	1540 Broadway	New York City	1990	223 m / 733 ft
164	Olympia Centre	Chicago	1986	223 m / 731 ft
165	3 Manhattan West	New York City	2017	223 m / 730 ft
166	Times Square Tower	New York City	2004	221 m / 726 ft
167	Istanbul Tower 205	Istanbul	2019	220 m / 722 ft
168	685 1st Avenue	New York City	-	219 m / 719 ft
169	Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank Financial Building	Chongqing	2016	218 m / 715 ft
170	252 East 57th Street	New York City	2016	218 m / 715 ft
171	Republic Plaza	Denver	1984	218 m / 714 ft
172	One Shell Plaza	Houston	1970	218 m / 714 ft
173	One Bangkok Phase 2 Tower 3	Bangkok	2023	216 m / 710 ft
174	JPMorgan Chase Tower	New York City	1960	216 m / 707 ft
175	Tianjin Kerry Center R1	Tianjin	2014	215 m / 705 ft
175	Tianjin Kerry Center R2	Tianjin	2014	215 m / 705 ft
175	Tianjin Kerry Center R3	Tianjin	2014	215 m / 705 ft
178	Four Seasons Tower	Tianjin	2016	215 m / 704 ft
179	Georgia Pacific Tower	Atlanta	1981	213 m / 697 ft
179	Hancock Whitney Center	New Orleans	1972	213 m / 697 ft
181	345 California Center	San Francisco	1986	212 m / 695 ft
182	Poly Cultural Plaza	Wuhan	2012	212 m / 695 ft
183	China Merchants Tower	Shenzhen	2013	211 m / 692 ft
184	700 1st Avenue Tower 3	New York City	-	210 m / 689 ft
185	Maincourt Tower	Amsterdam	-	210 m / 689 ft
186	Solow Building	New York City	1974	210 m / 689 ft
187	Petron Megaplaza	Makati	1998	210 m / 689 ft
188	Marine Midland Building	New York City	1967	210 m / 688 ft
189	Trammel Crow Center	Dallas	1984	209 m / 686 ft
190	Random House Tower	New York City	2003	209 m / 684 ft
191	Shangri-La Hotel	Cixi	-	208 m / 682 ft
192	Crowne Plaza Hotel	Ningbo	-	208 m / 682 ft
193	Bay-Wellington Tower	Toronto	1991	207 m / 679 ft
194	Ningbo Guohua Financial Tower	Ningbo	2020	207 m / 677 ft
195	AT&T Building	Atlanta	1980	206 m / 677 ft
196	One Magnificent Mile	Chicago	1983	205 m / 673 ft
197	One Court Square	New York City	1990	205 m / 673 ft
198	Al Rajhi Bank Tower	Riyadh	2017	205 m / 673 ft
199	10 West 57th Street	New York City	-	205 m / 672 ft
200	Palace Hotel Residential Tower	San Francisco	-	204 m / 669 ft
201	Sichuan Airlines Center	Chengdu	2016	204 m / 669 ft
202	33 South 6th Street	Minneapolis	1983	204 m / 668 ft
203	708 1st Avenue	New York City	-	203 m / 666 ft
204	Carlton Centre	Johannesburg	1973	201 m / 660 ft
205	Zhenru Zhonghai Center Tower 2	Shanghai	-	200 m / 657 ft
206	Longgang Tianan Cyberpark Phase 4	Shenzhen	2023	200 m / 656 ft
206	Philamlife Tower	Makati	1999	200 m / 656 ft
208	DPC Tower	Istanbul	-	200 m / 656 ft
209	Jumeirah Hangzhou Hotel	Hangzhou	2018	200 m / 656 ft
210	Otemachi One Tower	Tokyo	2020	200 m / 656 ft
211	CITIC Financial Center Tower 2	Shenzhen	-	200 m / 656 ft
211	Corporate Avenue 9	Chongqing	-	200 m / 656 ft
213	Hangzhou GT Land Jumeirah	Hangzhou	2019	200 m / 656 ft
214	RAYZONE	Beijing	2021	200 m / 656 ft
215	Beijing Lize Ping An Finance Centre	Beijing	2020	200 m / 656 ft
216	1 Park Place	London	-	199 m / 653 ft
217	Olympia Tower 2	Los Angeles	-	199 m / 653 ft
218	Intercontinental Guangzhou Exhibition Center	Guangzhou	2017	198 m / 648 ft
219	Wuhan Design Heart	Wuhan	-	195 m / 641 ft
220	Qingdao Landmark Center - Tower B	Qingdao	2017	195 m / 640 ft
221	Ayala Triangle Gardens North	Makati	2021	195 m / 638 ft
222	Pudong Financial Plaza Office Tower 1	Shanghai	2017	194 m / 635 ft
223	Grace Plaza	New York City	1972	192 m / 630 ft
224	700 1st Avenue Tower 2	New York City	-	192 m / 630 ft
225	RCBC Plaza Yuchengco Tower	Makati	2001	192 m / 630 ft
226	NBC Tower	Chicago	1989	191 m / 627 ft
227	Waldorf Astoria New York	New York City	1931	191 m / 625 ft
228	San Felipe Plaza	Houston	1984	191 m / 625 ft
229	Agile Corporation Headquarters Tower	Guangzhou	2014	190 m / 622 ft
230	Olympic Tower	New York City	1976	189 m / 620 ft
231	Techno Mart 21	Seoul	1998	189 m / 620 ft
232	Gold Peak Centre B	Chongqing	2015	188 m / 616 ft
233	919 3rd Avenue	New York City	1970	188 m / 615 ft
234	Tower 49®	New York City	1985	187 m / 615 ft
235	Baccarat Hotel & Residences	New York City	2015	186 m / 610 ft
236	Gold Peak Centre A	Chongqing	2015	186 m / 609 ft
237	Chicago Place	Chicago	1991	185 m / 608 ft
238	AIA Central	Hong Kong	2005	185 m / 607 ft
239	Wells Fargo South Tower	Los Angeles	1984	185 m / 606 ft
240	415 Madison Avenue Redevelopment	New York City	2024	184 m / 605 ft
241	250 West 55th Street	New York City	2013	183 m / 602 ft
242	U.S. Bank Center	Milwaukee	1973	183 m / 601 ft
243	700 1st Avenue Tower 1	New York City	-	183 m / 600 ft
244	50 Fremont Center	San Francisco	1985	183 m / 600 ft
245	1166 Avenue of the Americas	New York City	1974	183 m / 600 ft
246	500 West Monroe Street	Chicago	1992	183 m / 600 ft
247	One Bangkok Phase 1 Office Tower 2	Bangkok	2023	183 m / 599 ft
248	Madison Plaza	Chicago	1982	183 m / 599 ft
249	270 Greenwich Street	New York City	-	182 m / 597 ft
250	Tipco Tower	Bangkok	1996	180 m / 591 ft
251	Jiang Dong Tower	Ningbo	-	180 m / 591 ft
251	Tour Charenton	Charenton-le-Pont	-	180 m / 591 ft
253	Ping An Finance Centre Tower B	Beijing	2020