Cermak Peterka Petersen (CPP), Inc. - The Skyscraper Center

CTBUH Silver Member

CPP Wind Engineering Consultants

Overview
Buildings
Initiatives

About

Member Since: 2000

Member Offices: Fort Collins

CPP was the first US company to provide wind engineering services to architects and engineers. Their founders helped create the tools and methods that remain the standards of the industry.

Today, CPP is a leading international engineering firm providing consulting services for wind effects on buildings and structures, exhaust dispersion for commercial, academic, and industrial facilities, and air flow in and around buildings.

They thrive on solving engineering challenges for clients and their multidisciplinary approach means they can serve clients in a wide range of fields. Whether you’re a project manager who oversees the development of a solar power plant in the desert or a mechanical engineer designing the ventilation system for a downtown museum, CPP can help you get the job done effectively.

Fields of Expertise

Wind Engineering

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	Merdeka 118	678.9 m / 2,227 ft
3	International Commerce Centre	484 m / 1,588 ft
4	International Land-Sea Center	458.2 m / 1,503 ft
5	Guangzhou International Finance Center	438.6 m / 1,439 ft
6	Two International Finance Centre	412 m / 1,352 ft
7	Stratosphere Tower	350.2 m / 1,149 ft
8	85 Sky Tower	347.5 m / 1,140 ft
9	D1 Tower	277.5 m / 911 ft
10	One Barangaroo	271.3 m / 890 ft

Awards

Award of Excellence: Quay Quarter Tower

Best Tall Building 200-299 meters 2023

Ctbuh Leaders

Roy Denoon

CTBUH Awards Structure Jury, 2023

Denver

Associated companies

Formerly Named

CPP Wind Engineering and Air Quality Consultants (2005)

Formerly Named

CPP Wind Engineering and Air Quality Consultants (2005)

RANK	Name	City	Completion	Height	Floors	Function
1	Burj Khalifa	Dubai	2010	828 m / 2,717 ft	163	Office / Residential / Hotel
2	Merdeka 118	Kuala Lumpur	2023	678.9 m / 2,227 ft	118	Hotel / Serviced Apartments / Office
3	Pentominium Tower	Dubai	-	516 m / 1,693 ft	122	Residential
4	International Commerce Centre	Hong Kong	2010	484 m / 1,588 ft	108	Hotel / Office
5	International Land-Sea Center	Chongqing	2024	458.2 m / 1,503 ft	98	Hotel / Office
6	Guangzhou International Finance Center	Guangzhou	2010	438.6 m / 1,439 ft	101	Hotel / Office
7	Two International Finance Centre	Hong Kong	2003	412 m / 1,352 ft	88	Office
8	Stratosphere Tower	Las Vegas	1996	350.2 m / 1,149 ft	N/A	Telecommunications
9	85 Sky Tower	Kaohsiung	1997	347.5 m / 1,140 ft	85	Hotel / Office / Retail
10	520 Fifth Avenue	New York City	-	280.4 m / 920 ft	71	Residential / Hotel
11	125 Greenwich Street	New York City	2023	278 m / 912 ft	72	Residential
12	D1 Tower	Dubai	2015	277.5 m / 911 ft	78	Residential
13	One Barangaroo	Sydney	2020	271.3 m / 890 ft	71	Residential / Hotel
14	Imperial Lexis KLCC	Kuala Lumpur	2023	269.7 m / 885 ft	56	Serviced Apartments / Hotel
15	Corporate Avenue 2	Chongqing	2014	255.8 m / 839 ft	47	Office
16	4 Times Square	New York City	1999	246.5 m / 809 ft	48	Office
17	Chifley Tower	Sydney	1992	244 m / 801 ft	50	Office
18	111 Murray Street	New York City	2018	240.2 m / 788 ft	60	Residential
19	50 West	New York City	2018	237.3 m / 779 ft	64	Residential
20	55 Pitt Street	Sydney	-	232 m / 761 ft	50	Office
21	Time Warner Center North Tower	New York City	2004	228.3 m / 749 ft	55	Residential / Hotel / Office / Retail
21	Time Warner Center South Tower	New York City	2004	228.3 m / 749 ft	55	Residential / Office / Retail
23	Aro	New York City	2018	224.8 m / 738 ft	56	Residential
24	Circle on Cavill North Tower	Gold Coast	2007	219.5 m / 720 ft	70	Residential
25	Menara Felda, Platinum Park	Kuala Lumpur	2012	215.5 m / 707 ft	50	Office
25	Naza Tower 1	Kuala Lumpur	2015	215.5 m / 707 ft	50	Office
27	Quay Quarter Tower	Sydney	2022	210.4 m / 690 ft	52	Office
28	Marina Bay Sands Hotel Tower 1	Singapore	2010	206.9 m / 679 ft	57	Hotel
28	Marina Bay Sands Hotel Tower 3	Singapore	2010	206.9 m / 679 ft	57	Hotel
30	Marina Bay Sands Hotel Tower 2	Singapore	2010	202.8 m / 665 ft	57	Hotel
31	8 Phillip Street	Parramatta	2023	199.4 m / 654 ft	59	Residential / Hotel
32	18 Robinson	Singapore	2019	180 m / 591 ft	28	Office / Retail
33	International Towers Sydney Tower 2	Sydney	2015	178 m / 584 ft	43	Office
34	Generali Tower	Milan	2017	177.4 m / 582 ft	43	Office
35	Chongqing International Trade and Commerce Center 3	Chongqing	-	174.8 m / 573 ft	38	Serviced Apartments / Hotel
36	International Towers Sydney Tower 3	Sydney	2016	169 m / 554 ft	40	Office
37	LTH Tower	Kuala Lumpur	2015	m / ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 38 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 6,792 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.	38	Office
38	Torre El Faro I	Buenos Aires	2003	160 m / 525 ft	46	Residential
38	Torre El Faro II	Buenos Aires	2005	160 m / 525 ft	46	Residential
40	The Sky	Mérida	2023	160 m / 525 ft	37	Office
41	Torre Repsol YPF	Buenos Aires	2008	160 m / 525 ft	36	Office
42	Circle on Cavill South Tower	Gold Coast	2006	158 m / 518 ft	50	Residential
43	The EY Centre	Sydney	2016	155 m / 509 ft	38	Office / Retail
44	Prism Tower	New York City	2015	145 m / 476 ft	42	Residential
45	VIA 57 WEST	New York City	2016	142.3 m / 467 ft	34	Residential
46	Maui I	Rosario	2014	140.7 m / 462 ft	46	Residential
47	8 Chifley	Sydney	2013	140.5 m / 461 ft	24	Office
48	Bridgestone Americas Tower	Nashville	2017	135.2 m / 444 ft	31	Office
49	Torres del Yacht I	Buenos Aires	2014	135 m / 443 ft	45	Residential
49	Torres del Yacht II	Buenos Aires	2014	135 m / 443 ft	45	Residential
51	Darling Square North	Sydney	2019	135 m / 443 ft	41	Residential
52	IQON	Quito	2022	133 m / 436 ft	33	Residential
53	88 Merivale Street	Brisbane	-	130.6 m / 428 ft	34	Residential
54	Hilton Surfers Residences Boulevard Tower	Gold Coast	2011	120 m / 394 ft	33	Residential
55	One Central Park	Sydney	2014	117 m / 384 ft	34	Residential
56	HQ	Abu Dhabi	2010	110.1 m / 361 ft	25	Office
57	19 Eagle Terrace	Brisbane	2024	103.2 m / 339 ft	23	Office
58	Upper House	Brisbane	2023	87.3 m / 287 ft	20	Residential
59	A by Adina	Sydney	2021	87.1 m / 286 ft	24	Hotel
60	Frontier	Seattle	2021	81.8 m / 268 ft	17	Office
61	Lied Place Residences	Lincoln (NE)	2022	77.3 m / 254 ft	20	Residential
62	Terrazas del Yacht Edificio C	Buenos Aires	2014	76.8 m / 252 ft	25	Residential
62	Terrazas del Yacht Edificio D	Buenos Aires	2014	76.8 m / 252 ft	25	Residential
64	Hornsby Westside Gateway Building B	Hornsby	-	76.4 m / 251 ft	23	Residential
65	DUO West	Sydney	2018	70.8 m / 232 ft	20	Hotel
66	DUO East	Sydney	2018	65.7 m / 216 ft	18	Residential
67	UTS Central	Sydney	2019	65.5 m / 215 ft	15	Office / Education
68	4th & Harrison	San Francisco	2026	61.9 m / 203 ft	15	Office
69	Hyatt Regency Tysons Corner Center	Tysons Corner	2015	m / ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 16 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 1,129 other buildings of the same Hotel 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.	16	Hotel
70	River Site Tower 1	Brisbane	-	57.8 m / 190 ft	15	Residential
70	River Site Tower 2	Brisbane	-	57.8 m / 190 ft	15	Residential
72	UTS Broadway Building	Sydney	2014	57.3 m / 188 ft	12	Education
73	Omnia	Sydney	2018	53.4 m / 175 ft	18	Residential
74	Coronation Drive Tower	Brisbane	-	51.9 m / 170 ft	14	Residential
75	Hornsby Westside Gateway Building A	Hornsby	-	47.3 m / 155 ft	14	Residential / Retail

CTBUH Initiatives Involving Cermak Peterka Petersen (CPP), Inc.

CTBUH Malaysia Hosts Seminar: The Public Realm of Tall Buildings

21 February 2019

CTBUH Malaysia hosted a seminar exploring the relationship between the design and planning of high-rise structures with the life and energy of the city that surrounds them.

Top Company Rankings: The World’s 100 Tallest Buildings

13 October 2016

The Council is pleased to announce the Top Company Rankings for numerous disciplines as derived from the list of projects appearing in 100 of the World’s Tallest Buildings.

CTBUH 2015 New York Conference Silver Sponsor

26–30 October 2015

After a post-recession hiatus in tall building construction in many countries lasting several years, numerous cities are again resurgent.

Warm Weather Spaces Walking Tours 2015

17 September 2015

The CTBUH Urban Habitat / Urban Design Committee organized guided walking tours of 16 cities around the globe, focusing on urban habitats around tall buildings.

CTBUH 2008 Dubai Conference Silver Sponsor

03–05 March 2008

The Congress hosted presentations, seminars and workshops covering virtually every aspect of tall building development, with a particular emphasis on sustainability.