CTBUH Platinum Member

Buro Happold

About

Member Since: 1997

Member Offices: Bath, Chicago, Dubai, Mumbai, New York City

Website: http://www.burohappold.com

From their very first project, they have used their intricate knowledge of the industry to push the boundaries and achieve more. It is this commitment that sets them apart, that adds value, that makes them award winning.

They are at the forefront of low energy design: they deliver projects that have less carbon emissions and are more sustainable, they deliver projects that do not cost the earth.

Buro Happold understands what it takes to create a project that thrives; it takes great consideration of future use, building in the resilience that will allow it to operate for generations, it means creating something that engages communities and respects diversity.

Fields of Expertise

Building Maintenance; Civil Engineering; Computers / IT / Software; Engineering, Multi-discipline; Engineering, Other; Environmental Engineering; Environmental Protection; Façade Design / Engineering; Fire Engineering; Geotechnic / Foundations; Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing; Security Consultancy; Structural Engineering; Transportation / Urban Infrastructure

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
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

Height
1 Makkah Royal Clock Tower
601 m / 1,972  ft
2 FORZA Tower
460 m / 1,509  ft
3 111 West 57th Street
435.3 m / 1,428  ft
4 Al Hamra Tower
412.6 m / 1,354  ft
5 PIF Tower
385 m / 1,263  ft
6 Nanjing Nexus Tower 1
350 m / 1,148  ft
7 ADNOC Headquarters
342 m / 1,122  ft
8 Hengqin International Finance Center
337.7 m / 1,108  ft
9 Shimao International Plaza
333.3 m / 1,094  ft
10 The Index
326 m / 1,070  ft

Awards

Book Tower

Winner: Book Tower

Repositioning Award 2024

Ctbuh Leaders

Suzanne Provanzana

Suzanne Provanzana

CTBUH Chicago Chapter, 2021 – Present

Chicago

Anil Hira

Anil Hira

CTBUH Regional Hub, Asia Steering Committee, 2025 – Present

Dubai

Parvathi Nampoothiri

Parvathi Nampoothiri

CTBUH Awards Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa Jury, 2025

Dubai

Building Completions Timeline

Videos

27 May 2021

CTBUH Chicago + NYC FLC Presents The Jewel Changi Airport Presentation by Buro Happold

The new mixed-use complex at Jewel Changi Airport in Singapore delivers an exceptional experience for the 85 million passengers that pass through it every year....

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Research

16 May 2023

World Surpasses 2,000 Buildings of 200 Meters or Greater Height

This report shows that 147 buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater were completed in 2022, a 25 percent increase from 2021, when 118 such...

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Global News

21 November 2024

Construction Progress for 198-Meter Building in Athens within a Smart City Urban Project

Rising above Athens’s coastline, cranes mark the on-going construction of the Riviera Tower, a 198 meter skyscraper that could become Greece’s tallest building upon completion...

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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 India Tower

700 m / 2,296 ft

2 Chicago Spire

610 m / 2,000 ft

3 Makkah Royal Clock Tower

601 m / 1,972 ft

4 Alrriyadah Ritz Carlton

494 m / 1,621 ft

5 FORZA Tower

460 m / 1,509 ft

6 World One

442 m / 1,450 ft

7 111 West 57th Street

435 m / 1,428 ft

8 Al Hamra Tower

413 m / 1,354 ft

9 Suning Xinjiekou Plaza

388 m / 1,273 ft

10 PIF Tower

385 m / 1,263 ft

11 Nanjing Nexus Tower 1

350 m / 1,148 ft

12 ADNOC Headquarters

342 m / 1,122 ft

13 Hengqin International Finance Center

338 m / 1,108 ft

14 Shimao International Plaza

333 m / 1,094 ft

15 The Index

326 m / 1,070 ft

16 The Landmark

324 m / 1,063 ft

17 Lamar Tower 1

322 m / 1,056 ft

18 Heartland 66 Office Tower

321 m / 1,052 ft

19 Fanya International Finance Building North

318 m / 1,043 ft

20 Fanya International Finance Building South

318 m / 1,043 ft

21 Jumeirah Nanjing Hotel & International Youth Cultural Centre Tower 2

315 m / 1,033 ft

22 MahaNakhon

314 m / 1,030 ft

23 Varso Tower

310 m / 1,017 ft

24 KAFD World Trade Center

304 m / 997 ft

25 Supernova Spira

300 m / 984 ft

26 NBK Tower

300 m / 984 ft

27 Aspire Tower

300 m / 984 ft

28 Qianhai Prisma Residential Tower

300 m / 984 ft

29 Dayabumi

290 m / 953 ft

30 Prestige Liberty North Tower

290 m / 951 ft

31 One Victoria

282 m / 926 ft

32 World One

280 m / 919 ft

33 World View

278 m / 911 ft

34 Icone Tower

275 m / 902 ft

35 Al Faisaliah Center

267 m / 876 ft

36 Suning Plaza Tower A

266 m / 873 ft

37 Riyad Bank Tower

264 m / 866 ft

38 Eurovea Towers South

260 m / 853 ft

39 Three Sixty West Tower B

260 m / 853 ft

40 Three Sixty West Tower A

256 m / 839 ft

41 Jumeirah Nanjing Hotel & International Youth Cultural Centre Tower 1

255 m / 837 ft

42 Permata Sapura Tower

253 m / 828 ft

43 Torre Madrid Nuevo Norte 1

250 m / 820 ft

44 Qianhai Prisma Office Tower

250 m / 820 ft

45 One Canada Square

236 m / 774 ft

46 The Headquarters Business Park

236 m / 774 ft

47 Burj Daman

235 m / 771 ft

48 Samba Bank HQ Tower

231 m / 758 ft

49 Torre Madrid Nuevo Norte 2

230 m / 755 ft

50 Al Faisal Tower

227 m / 745 ft

51 Lodha Venezia

227 m / 744 ft

52 Aro

225 m / 738 ft

53 World Crest

225 m / 737 ft

54 Two ICC

223 m / 732 ft

55 InterContinental Hotel West Bay

220 m / 722 ft

56 Unicredit Tower

218 m / 714 ft

57 100 East 53rd Street

217 m / 711 ft

58 Lodha Azzuro

213 m / 698 ft

59 Omkar 1973 Worli Tower A

212 m / 696 ft

59 Omkar 1973 Worli Tower B

212 m / 696 ft

59 Omkar 1973 Worli Tower C

212 m / 696 ft

62 Capital Plaza Residential Towers

210 m / 689 ft

63 Hotel America

210 m / 689 ft

63 Torre Madrid Nuevo Norte 3

210 m / 689 ft

65 Ping An Property & Casualty Insurance Tower

209 m / 684 ft

66 Hudson's Tower

207 m / 680 ft

67 25 Park Row

203 m / 666 ft

68 Kohinoor Square Tower A

202 m / 662 ft

69 Zhuhai Hengqin Xinqu Ahongda Finance Tower 1

200 m / 656 ft

70 Prestige Liberty South Tower

200 m / 656 ft

71 Capital Plaza Office Tower

200 m / 656 ft

72 Riviera Tower

198 m / 650 ft

73 One ICC

198 m / 648 ft

74 Heartland 66 Tower SA3

197 m / 648 ft

75 One Portal Way Building A

195 m / 641 ft

76 Miami Innovation Tower

193 m / 633 ft

77 Abdul Aziz Al Babtain Cultural WAQF

189 m / 619 ft

78 Varyap Meridian A Block

188 m / 618 ft

79 DUO Residences

186 m / 610 ft

80 Vauxhall Cross South Tower

186 m / 609 ft

81 One Portal Way Building C

185 m / 608 ft

82 ADIA Tower

185 m / 607 ft

83 Parnas Tower

185 m / 607 ft

84 Eurovea Towers North

184 m / 604 ft

85 One Lodha Place

183 m / 600 ft

86 One Portal Way Building E

182 m / 595 ft

87 Varyap Meridian C Block

180 m / 591 ft

88 Jordan Gate Tower 1

180 m / 591 ft

88 Jordan Gate Tower 2

180 m / 591 ft

88 Supertech Nova East

180 m / 591 ft

88 Supertech Nova West

180 m / 591 ft

92 30 St Mary Axe

180 m / 590 ft

93 DUO Tower

179 m / 589 ft

94 303 East 44th Street

179 m / 588 ft

95 Heartland 66 Tower SA2

177 m / 581 ft

96 The Ruby

174 m / 569 ft

97 National Bank of Abu Dhabi Headquarters

173 m / 568 ft

98 ONE

170 m / 558 ft

99 Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons

169 m / 554 ft

100 SBS Broadcasting Center

167 m / 548 ft

101 Capital Plaza Sofitel Hotel

166 m / 545 ft

102 The Tower at PNC Plaza

166 m / 544 ft

103 Maryah Plaza Residential Tower 1

165 m / 542 ft

104 Torre Iberdrola

165 m / 541 ft

105 American Copper Buildings West Tower

165 m / 540 ft

106 Varyap Meridian E Block

164 m / 538 ft

107 Heartland 66 Tower SA1

161 m / 529 ft

108 Southernwood Retail Park Block 1A

159 m / 522 ft

109 Kaishengyuan Plaza Tower A

159 m / 521 ft

109 Kaishengyuan Plaza Tower B

159 m / 521 ft

111 One Thames Quay

158 m / 517 ft

112 Q22 Tower

155 m / 509 ft

113 Morpheus

154 m / 504 ft

114 Vauxhall Cross North Tower

151 m / 496 ft

115 Khan Shatyr Entertainment Centre

150 m / 492 ft

116 Tianfu Software Park Tower 1

150 m / 492 ft

117 PPA 30 Parcel 5.05 Residential Tower

149 m / 489 ft

118 BurJuman Centre

148 m / 486 ft

119 Commercialbank Plaza Tower

148 m / 486 ft

120 American Copper Buildings East Tower

143 m / 470 ft

121 Cheongdam Tower

143 m

469 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 42 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 9,557 other buildings of the same Residential 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.
122 EDGE East Side Berlin

142 m / 466 ft

123 Book Tower

140 m / 460 ft

124 Oxford Tower

139 m / 456 ft

125 PPA 30 Parcel 3.09

138 m / 453 ft

126 2 Trafalgar Way, Building 2

138 m / 451 ft

127 Grove Tower 1

136 m / 446 ft

128 One Bishopsgate Plaza

136 m / 446 ft

129 500 Folsom

133 m / 435 ft

130 Ferry Island Building 1 North Tower

129 m / 423 ft

131 RWE Turm

127 m / 417 ft

132 Glasgow Tower

127 m / 417 ft

133 The Stage

126 m / 413 ft

134 PP 10 Parcel 4.08

126 m / 413 ft

135 PPA 30 Parcel 5.05 Office Tower

125 m / 410 ft

136 Kohinoor Square Tower B

124 m / 406 ft

137 One North Quay

124 m / 406 ft

138 Faria Lima B32 Office Tower

123 m / 404 ft

139 Chelsea Waterfront-West Tower

122 m / 402 ft

140 Port Baku Business Center

120 m / 394 ft

141 Supertech Astralis

120 m / 394 ft

142 Grove Tower 2

119 m / 391 ft

143 Jameson House

119 m / 389 ft

144 33-49 Des Voeux Road West

116 m / 381 ft

145 ToHa Tower 1

110 m / 362 ft

146 NOMA-Angel Gardens

110 m / 361 ft

147 2 Trafalgar Way, Building 3

109 m / 358 ft

148 The Helix

107 m / 352 ft

149 Zorlu Center Hotel Tower

107 m / 351 ft

149 Zorlu Center Tower A

107 m / 351 ft

149 Zorlu Center Tower B

107 m / 351 ft

149 Zorlu Center Tower C

107 m / 351 ft

153 LINEA

106 m / 348 ft

154 Hesperia Tower

105 m / 344 ft

155 PP 10 Parcel 2.14

105 m / 344 ft

156 Amazon PenPlace Site, Tower 2

105 m / 343 ft

157 One Horizon Center

104 m / 341 ft

158 UŠĆE Office Tower 2

104 m / 341 ft

159 The Power Station

104 m / 341 ft

160 Amazon PenPlace Site, Tower 1

103 m / 337 ft

161 Centre House North Building

102 m / 334 ft

162 Amazon PenPlace Site, Tower 3

101 m / 330 ft

163 Nanjing Nexus Tower 2

100 m / 328 ft

164 888 Boylston Street

99 m / 325 ft

165 Canaletto

96 m / 314 ft

166 LKF Square

94 m / 308 ft

167 Regency Heights-Prince Regent

91 m / 300 ft

168 Prince of Wales Drive Building A

90 m / 296 ft

169 Varso 2

90 m / 295 ft

170 BankMed HQ

88 m

289 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 20 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 7,196 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.
171 2 Trafalgar Way, Building 1

87 m / 287 ft

172 MEBE One Khimki Plaza

87 m / 285 ft

173 Chelsea Waterfront East Tower

85 m / 279 ft

174 Lewisham Retail Park-Block A

84 m / 276 ft

175 PPA 30 Parcel 5.01

83 m / 272 ft

176 Varyap Meridian B Block

82 m

269 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 24 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 9,557 other buildings of the same Residential 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.
176 Varyap Meridian D Block

82 m

269 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 24 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 9,557 other buildings of the same Residential 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.
178 Mount Parker Residences

82 m / 268 ft

179 PP 10 Parcel 4.07

81 m / 266 ft

179 Varso 1

81 m / 266 ft

181 One Portal Way Building B

80 m / 263 ft

182 Porsche Design Tower

80 m / 262 ft

183 East Bank UAL London College of Fashion

80 m / 261 ft

184 Grand Central Apartments

78 m / 256 ft

185 Museum of The Future

78 m / 255 ft

186 PPA 30 Parcel 5.06

77 m / 253 ft

187 Thameside West-Phase 1 Building A

75 m / 247 ft

187 Thameside West-Phase 1 Building B

75 m / 247 ft

189 Southwark Station OSD

75 m / 247 ft

190 CandleHouse

73 m / 240 ft

191 Lodha Venezia Social Housing

73 m / 239 ft

192 The Cube

72 m / 237 ft

193 Centre House South Building

72 m / 235 ft

194 Prince of Wales Drive Building B

72 m / 235 ft

195 One Portal Way Building F

68 m / 222 ft

196 One Angel Square

68 m / 221 ft

197 Baltyk Tower

65 m / 213 ft

198 One Portal Way Building D1

64 m / 211 ft

199 101 Whitechapel High Street

63 m / 205 ft

200 Prince of Wales Drive Building F

62 m / 204 ft

201 Southernwood Retail Park Hotel

54 m / 178 ft

202 Oxo Tower Wharf

53 m / 175 ft

203 Minneapolis Public Service Building

53 m / 173 ft

204 PPA 30 Parcel 2.07 Tower A

49 m / 160 ft

205 Southernwood Retail Park Block 1B

47 m / 155 ft

206 Southernwood Retail Park Block 2A

41 m / 133 ft

207 PPA 30 Parcel 2.07 Tower B

39 m

128 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 9 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 7,196 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.
207 PPA 30 Parcel 2.07 Tower C

39 m

128 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 9 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 7,196 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.
209 Trafalgar Place

36 m / 119 ft

210 Infinitus Plaza Building A

36 m / 117 ft

210 Infinitus Plaza Building B

36 m / 117 ft

212 PP 10 Parcel 2.09

35 m / 113 ft

213 EDGE Suedkreuz

29 m / 94 ft

214 One Portal Way Building D2

28 m / 93 ft

215 The Financial Plaza

27 m / 88 ft

216 PVN Tower

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217 Monroe Block Office Tower

-

218 West Harbin Station Tower 1

-

218 West Harbin Station Tower 2

-

220 Monroe Block Residential Tower

-

221 Globe Road Tower 1

-

222 Admiral Serebryakov Embankment Tower 1

-

222 Ashley Road East

-

222 Ferry Island Building 1 South Tower

-

225 Elephant Park H1 Office

-

225 North Island Tower

-

225 Whitehall Road Tower

-

228 Admiral Serebryakov Embankment Tower 2

-

229 Welbourne Plot Tower

-

230 Ashley Road West

-

231 Globe Road Tower 2

-

231 Globe Road Tower 3

-

231 PPA 30 Parcel 2.08

-

234 Ferry Island Building 2

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234 Sir Michael Uren Hub

-

236 Hudson's North Tower

-

237 Lankuaikei Agriculture Development Headquarters

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238 Bay Opera of Shenzhen

-

238 Maryah Plaza Hotel Tower

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238 Maryah Plaza Residential Tower 2

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238 Maryah Plaza Residential Tower 3

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238 Tianfu Software Park Tower 2

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Statistics

Average Building Age*

10 Years

Most Common Function*

Office (41%)

Most Common Material*

Concrete (70%)

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database

Based on 79 buildings over 150 m height with a function
 
Based on 70 buildings over 150 m height with a material
 

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