Jaros, Baum & Bolles - The Skyscraper Center

CTBUH Silver Member

JB&B

Overview
Buildings
Initiatives

About

Member Since: 2010

Member Offices: Boston, New York City, Philadelphia

JB&B has been privileged to work with many of the foremost architectural firms, corporate owners, institutions and real estate developers throughout the world. In over 100 years of practice, JB&B has completed design projects in more than 50 countries and on 6 continents, serving as consulting engineers on some of the most iconic buildings of the 20th century as well as some of the most emblematic of the 21st.

In response to the growth and innovation needs within the industry, JB&B continues to expand its service line to include specialty services such as commissioning, audiovisual, distributed antenna systems, special inspections and MEP advisory services, as well as professional lighting design through its newly formed division, LightBox Studios. It is this ingenuity―and the experience and know-how accrued with our volume of work―that our firm brings to the success of any project.

Fields of Expertise

Building Automation Control Systems; Engineering, Multi-discipline; Fire Engineering; Historical Preservation; Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing; Project Management; Security Consultancy

Membership details

Membership Level

Silver

Member Since

2010

Member Offices

Boston
New York City
Philadelphia

Buildings

Rank	Name	Height
1	One World Trade Center	541.3 m / 1,776 ft
2	Willis Tower	442.1 m / 1,451 ft
3	111 West 57th Street	435.3 m / 1,428 ft
4	One Vanderbilt Avenue	427 m / 1,401 ft
5	30 Hudson Yards	387.1 m / 1,270 ft
6	Bank of China Tower	367.4 m / 1,205 ft
7	Bank of America Tower	365.8 m / 1,200 ft
8	Mercury City Tower	338.8 m / 1,112 ft
9	3 World Trade Center	328.9 m / 1,079 ft
10	The Brooklyn Tower	324.9 m / 1,066 ft

Awards

Award of Excellence: 111 West 57th Street

Best Tall Building 400 meters and above 2022

Ctbuh Leaders

Christopher Horch

CTBUH Expert Peer Review Committee, 2015 – Present

New York City

Christopher Colasanti

CTBUH Working Group: MEP, 2018 – Present

New York City

Janine La Marca

CTBUH Chapter Board Member, 2018 – Present

Philadelphia

Rank	Name	City	Completion	Height
1	One World Trade Center	New York City	2014	541 m / 1,776 ft
2	Willis Tower	Chicago	1974	442 m / 1,451 ft
3	111 West 57th Street	New York City	2021	435 m / 1,428 ft
4	One Vanderbilt Avenue	New York City	2020	427 m / 1,401 ft
5	2 World Trade Center	New York City	-	403 m / 1,323 ft
6	30 Hudson Yards	New York City	2019	387 m / 1,270 ft
7	Bank of China Tower	Hong Kong	1990	367 m / 1,205 ft
8	Bank of America Tower	New York City	2009	366 m / 1,200 ft
9	Mercury City Tower	Moscow	2013	339 m / 1,112 ft
10	3 World Trade Center	New York City	2018	329 m / 1,079 ft
11	The Brooklyn Tower	New York City	2022	325 m / 1,066 ft
12	Sentra BDNI Tower A	Jakarta	-	317 m / 1,040 ft
13	35 Hudson Yards	New York City	2019	305 m / 1,000 ft
14	Shining Tower	Taichung	-	304 m / 997 ft
15	One Manhattan West	New York City	2019	304 m / 996 ft
16	4 World Trade Center	New York City	2014	298 m / 977 ft
17	Two Manhattan West	New York City	2023	285 m / 935 ft
18	15 Hudson Yards	New York City	2019	279 m / 914 ft
19	10 Hudson Yards	New York City	2016	268 m / 878 ft
20	Eight Spruce Street	New York City	2011	265 m / 870 ft
21	U.S. Steel Tower	Pittsburgh	1970	256 m / 841 ft
22	28 Liberty	New York City	1961	248 m / 813 ft
23	MetLife Building	New York City	1963	246 m / 808 ft
24	Sentra BDNI Tower B	Jakarta	-	240 m / 788 ft
25	383 Madison Avenue	New York City	2001	230 m / 755 ft
26	Sven	New York City	2021	230 m / 755 ft
27	7 World Trade Center	New York City	2006	227 m / 743 ft
28	1540 Broadway	New York City	1990	223 m / 733 ft
29	Olympia Centre	Chicago	1986	223 m / 731 ft
30	Times Square Tower	New York City	2004	221 m / 726 ft
31	Ocean Resort Casino	Atlantic City	2012	219 m / 718 ft
32	General Motors Building	New York City	1968	215 m / 705 ft
33	Marine Midland Building	New York City	1967	210 m / 688 ft
34	55 Water Street	New York City	1972	209 m / 687 ft
35	277 Park Avenue	New York City	1963	209 m / 687 ft
36	1585 Broadway	New York City	1989	209 m / 685 ft
37	Four Seasons Hotel	New York City	1993	208 m / 682 ft
38	599 Lexington Avenue	New York City	1986	199 m / 653 ft
39	712 5th Avenue	New York City	1990	198 m / 650 ft
40	1400 Biscayne Boulevard	Miami	-	198 m / 650 ft
41	245 Park Avenue	New York City	1967	198 m / 648 ft
42	1 MiMA Tower	New York City	2011	195 m / 638 ft
43	345 Park Avenue	New York City	1969	193 m / 634 ft
44	750 Seventh Avenue	New York City	1989	188 m / 615 ft
45	Tower 49®	New York City	1985	187 m / 615 ft
46	Credit Lyonnais Building	New York City	1964	186 m / 609 ft
47	1166 Avenue of the Americas	New York City	1974	183 m / 600 ft
48	W Times Square	New York City	2002	178 m / 583 ft
49	520 Madison Avenue	New York City	1982	176 m / 577 ft
50	5 Times Square	New York City	2002	175 m / 575 ft
51	300 Madison Avenue	New York City	2003	175 m / 575 ft
51	Lehman Building	New York City	2001	175 m / 575 ft
53	Socony Mobil Building	New York City	1956	174 m / 572 ft
54	1290 Avenue of the Americas	New York City	1963	174 m / 571 ft
55	3 Times Square	New York City	2001	169 m / 555 ft
56	330 Madison Avenue	New York City	1964	169 m / 555 ft
57	Soyak Kristalkule \| Finansbank Headquarters	Istanbul	2014	169 m / 554 ft
58	101 Hudson Street	Jersey City	1992	167 m / 548 ft
59	17 State Street	New York City	1988	165 m / 542 ft
60	1285 Avenue of the Americas	New York City	1960	165 m / 540 ft
61	Westin New York at Times Square	New York City	2002	162 m / 532 ft
62	515 Park Avenue	New York City	1999	162 m / 531 ft
63	Tower at Erieview	Cleveland	1964	161 m / 529 ft
64	Deutsche Bank	New York City	1974	158 m / 517 ft
65	Union Bank Plaza	Los Angeles	1967	157 m / 516 ft
66	Seagram Building	New York City	1958	157 m / 515 ft
67	1214 Fifth Avenue	New York City	2012	156 m / 513 ft
68	437 Madison Avenue	New York City	1967	156 m / 512 ft
69	K & L Gates Center	Pittsburgh	1968	156 m / 511 ft
70	LJZ Plaza	Shanghai	1999	153 m / 502 ft
71	Harborside Plaza 5	Jersey City	2002	146 m / 480 ft
72	Plaza VII	Minneapolis	1987	145 m / 475 ft
73	United States Plywood Building	New York City	1961	144 m / 472 ft
74	7 Bryant Park	New York City	2016	138 m / 454 ft
75	David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care	New York City	2019	137 m / 450 ft
76	Cira Centre	Philadelphia	2005	133 m / 437 ft
77	123 North Wacker	Chicago	1986	133 m / 435 ft
78	2 Broadway	New York City	1959	128 m / 421 ft
79	280 Park Avenue	New York City	1962	126 m / 412 ft
80	505 5th Avenue	New York City	2006	125 m / 411 ft
81	One City Centre	Houston	1961	125 m / 410 ft
82	Faria Lima B32 Office Tower	São Paulo	2020	123 m / 404 ft
83	875 3rd Avenue	New York City	1982	122 m / 400 ft
84	Guardian Life Building	New York City	1983	116 m / 381 ft
85	77 Water Street	New York City	1970	114 m / 374 ft
86	The Chicagoan	Chicago	1990	110 m / 362 ft
87	Corning Glass Building	New York City	1959	109 m / 357 ft
88	Columbus Center	Columbus	1965	109 m / 357 ft
89	360 Madison Avenue	New York City	2002	109 m / 356 ft
90	Samuel B. & David Rose Building	New York City	1990	107 m / 350 ft
91	111 Wall Street	New York City	1966	105 m / 344 ft
92	Bahn Tower	Berlin	2000	103 m / 338 ft
93	One Brickell Square	Miami	1985	100 m / 328 ft
94	EPIQ	Quito	-	100 m / 328 ft
95	101 Barclay Street	New York City	1985	99 m / 325 ft
96	Society Hill Towers I	Philadelphia	1964	94 m / 309 ft
96	Society Hill Towers II	Philadelphia	1964	94 m / 309 ft
96	Society Hill Towers III	Philadelphia	1964	94 m / 309 ft
99	Lever House	New York City	1952	94 m / 307 ft
100	Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine	New York City	1993	93 m / 306 ft
101	NASCAR Plaza	Charlotte	2009	89 m / 293 ft
102	100 William Street	New York City	1972	88 m / 290 ft
103	10 Hanover Square	New York City	1971	85 m / 278 ft
104	Terrace Plaza Hotel	Cincinnati	1948	83 m / 272 ft
105	Manhattan House	New York City	1950	78 m / 256 ft
106	The Miles and Shirley Fiterman Hall	New York City	2012	74 m / 244 ft
107	Vagelos Education Center	New York City	2016	70 m / 230 ft
108	Percy & Harold D Uris Pavilion	New York City	1975	54 m / 178 ft

CTBUH Initiatives Involving Jaros, Baum & Bolles

CTBUH Philadelphia presents: Living Off the Land

13 October 2021

The Philadelphia Chapter of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat together with the Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania assembled a panel of thought leaders for a symposium to address food security, public common space, and how architecture can provide a self sustaining physical, cultural, and economic model for cities. Moderated by Janine La Marca, panelists include Dickson Despommier, Alex Turkewitsch, Walter Mehl, Scott Erdy, Nyasha Felder, and Mitch Tuinstra.

CTBUH Philadelphia Chapter Presents: Living Off the Land

13 October 2021

The Philadelphia Chapter of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) together with the Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania has assembled a panel of thought leaders for a symposium to address food security, public common space, and how architecture can provide a self sustaining physical, cultural, and economic model for cities.

CTBUH Silver Member

JB&B

About

Fields of Expertise

Membership details

Buildings

Awards

Ctbuh Leaders

CTBUH Initiatives Involving Jaros, Baum & Bolles

CTBUH Philadelphia presents: Living Off the Land

CTBUH Philadelphia Chapter Presents: Living Off the Land

CTBUH Philadelphia Chapter Presents: Public Common Space

CTBUH NY Chapter Holds Demolition Seminar

CTBUH New York FLC Hosts: Roadmap to 80 x 50

Top Company Rankings: The World’s 100 Tallest Buildings

Eight Spruce Street Residential Tour

CTBUH 2015 New York Conference Gold Sponsor