CTBUH Silver Member

JB&B

About

Member Since: 2010

Member Offices: Boston, New York City, Philadelphia

Website: http://www.jbb.com/

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

Engineering, Multi-discipline

Buildings

RANK
Name
Status

Completed

Architecturally Topped Out

Structurally Topped Out

Under Construction

On Hold

Proposed

Vision

Never Completed

Demolished

Competition Entry

Canceled

Proposed Renovation

Under Renovation

Renovated

Under Demolition

See all status definitions
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

One Vanderbilt Avenue

Winner: One Vanderbilt Avenue

Best Tall Building 400 meters and above 2022

Ctbuh Leaders

Christopher Horch

Christopher Horch

CTBUH Expert Peer Review Committee, 2015 – Present

New York City

Christopher Colasanti

Christopher Colasanti

CTBUH Working Group: MEP, 2018 – Present

New York City

Janine La Marca

Janine La Marca

CTBUH Chapter Board Member, 2018 – Present

Philadelphia

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 2 World Trade Center

403.3 m

1,323 ft
6 30 Hudson Yards

387.1 m

1,270 ft
7 Bank of China Tower

367.4 m

1,205 ft
8 Bank of America Tower

365.8 m

1,200 ft
9 Mercury City Tower

338.8 m

1,112 ft
10 3 World Trade Center

328.9 m

1,079 ft
11 The Brooklyn Tower

324.9 m

1,066 ft
12 Sentra BDNI Tower A

317 m

1,040 ft
13 35 Hudson Yards

304.8 m

1,000 ft
14 Shining Tower

304 m

997 ft
15 One Manhattan West

303.6 m

996 ft
16 4 World Trade Center

297.7 m

977 ft
17 Two Manhattan West

285 m

935 ft
18 15 Hudson Yards

278.6 m

914 ft
19 10 Hudson Yards

267.7 m

878 ft
20 Eight Spruce Street

265.2 m

870 ft
21 U.S. Steel Tower

256.3 m

841 ft
22 28 Liberty

247.8 m

813 ft
23 MetLife Building

246.3 m

808 ft
24 Sentra BDNI Tower B

240.2 m

788 ft
25 383 Madison Avenue

230.3 m

755 ft
26 Sven

230.1 m

755 ft
27 7 World Trade Center

226.5 m

743 ft
28 1540 Broadway

223.3 m

733 ft
29 Olympia Centre

222.9 m

731 ft
30 Times Square Tower

221.3 m

726 ft
31 Ocean Resort Casino

218.9 m

718 ft
32 General Motors Building

214.9 m

705 ft
33 Marine Midland Building

209.7 m

688 ft
34 55 Water Street

209.4 m

687 ft
35 277 Park Avenue

209.4 m

687 ft
36 1585 Broadway

208.8 m

685 ft
37 Four Seasons Hotel

207.9 m

682 ft
38 599 Lexington Avenue

199 m

653 ft
39 712 5th Avenue

198.1 m

650 ft
40 1400 Biscayne Boulevard

198 m

650 ft
41 245 Park Avenue

197.5 m

648 ft
42 1 MiMA Tower

194.6 m

638 ft
43 345 Park Avenue

193.3 m

634 ft
44 750 Seventh Avenue

187.5 m

615 ft
45 Tower 49®

187.4 m

615 ft
46 Credit Lyonnais Building

185.6 m

609 ft
47 1166 Avenue of the Americas

182.9 m

600 ft
48 W Times Square

177.9 m

583 ft
49 520 Madison Avenue

175.9 m

577 ft
50 5 Times Square

175.3 m

575 ft
51 300 Madison Avenue

175.3 m

575 ft
51 Lehman Building

175.3 m

575 ft
53 Socony Mobil Building

174.4 m

572 ft
54 1290 Avenue of the Americas

174 m

571 ft
55 3 Times Square

169.2 m

555 ft
56 330 Madison Avenue

169.2 m

555 ft
57 Soyak Kristalkule | Finansbank Headquarters

169 m

554 ft
58 101 Hudson Street

167 m

548 ft
59 17 State Street

165.3 m

542 ft
60 1285 Avenue of the Americas

164.6 m

540 ft
61 Westin New York at Times Square

162.2 m

532 ft
62 515 Park Avenue

162 m

531 ft
63 Tower at Erieview

161.2 m

529 ft
64 Deutsche Bank

157.6 m

517 ft
65 Union Bank Plaza

157.3 m

516 ft
66 Seagram Building

157 m

515 ft
67 1214 Fifth Avenue

156.4 m

513 ft
68 437 Madison Avenue

156.1 m

512 ft
69 K & L Gates Center

155.8 m

511 ft
70 LJZ Plaza

153 m

502 ft
71 Harborside Plaza 5

146.3 m

480 ft
72 Plaza VII

144.6 m

475 ft
73 United States Plywood Building

143.9 m

472 ft
74 7 Bryant Park

138.4 m

454 ft
75 David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care

137.2 m

450 ft
76 Cira Centre

133.1 m

437 ft
77 123 North Wacker

132.6 m

435 ft
78 2 Broadway

128.3 m

421 ft
79 280 Park Avenue

125.6 m

412 ft
80 505 5th Avenue

125.3 m

411 ft
81 One City Centre

125 m

410 ft
82 Faria Lima B32 Office Tower

123 m

404 ft
83 875 3rd Avenue

121.8 m

400 ft
84 Guardian Life Building

116.2 m

381 ft
85 77 Water Street

113.9 m

374 ft
86 The Chicagoan

110.3 m

362 ft
87 Corning Glass Building

108.8 m

357 ft
88 Columbus Center

108.8 m

357 ft
89 360 Madison Avenue

108.5 m

356 ft
90 Samuel B. & David Rose Building

106.7 m

350 ft
91 111 Wall Street

104.9 m

344 ft
92 Bahn Tower

103 m

338 ft
93 One Brickell Square

100 m

328 ft
94 EPIQ

100 m

328 ft
95 101 Barclay Street

99.1 m

325 ft
96 Society Hill Towers I

94.2 m

309 ft
96 Society Hill Towers II

94.2 m

309 ft
96 Society Hill Towers III

94.2 m

309 ft
99 Lever House

93.6 m

307 ft
100 Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine

93.3 m

306 ft
101 NASCAR Plaza

89.3 m

293 ft
102 100 William Street

88.4 m

290 ft
103 10 Hanover Square

84.7 m

278 ft
104 Terrace Plaza Hotel

82.9 m

272 ft
105 Manhattan House

78 m

256 ft
106 The Miles and Shirley Fiterman Hall

74.4 m

244 ft
107 Vagelos Education Center

70 m

230 ft
108 Percy & Harold D Uris Pavilion

54.3 m

178 ft
109 555 Greenwhich+345 Hudson

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