Magnusson Klemencic Associates

CTBUH Gold Member

About

Member Since: 1983

Member Offices: Seattle

MKA’s passion is creating structural systems for buildings of all shapes, sizes, and complexities and civil site and infrastructure designs for architectural projects. In addition to traditional structural and civil engineering services, they offer enhanced expertise in seismic, wind, vibration, existing building, performance-based, and blast engineering and site strategies for low-impact design, site infrastructure planning, strategic water planning, and excavation shoring.

MKA has been presented with a top national ACEC engineering design award (the most significant recognition by their peers) 26 times in the last 29 years–three times more than any competitor engineering firm in the United States; and the ""Grand Conceptor"" award three times. Collectively, their projects have won 500+ awards from a variety of industry organizations. If it can be done, MKA can do it.

Fields of Expertise

Civil Engineering; Seismic Design; Structural Engineering; Wind Engineering

Membership details

Membership Level

Gold

Member Since

1983

Member Offices

Seattle

Buildings

Rank	Name	Height
1	Jeddah Tower	1000 m / 3,281 ft
2	St. Regis Chicago	362.9 m / 1,191 ft
3	Suning Plaza Tower 1	338 m / 1,109 ft
4	Salesforce Tower	326.1 m / 1,070 ft
5	Nanjing International Center 3	306 m / 1,004 ft
6	Leatop Plaza	302.7 m / 993 ft
7	Skyrise Miami	301.8 m / 990 ft
8	One Chicago Square East Tower	295.8 m / 971 ft
9	Key Tower	288.7 m / 947 ft
10	Columbia Center	284.4 m / 933 ft

Awards

Award of Excellence: Mira

Best Tall Building 100-199 meters 2021

Ctbuh Leaders

Don Davies

CTBUH Advisory Group, 2013 – Present

Seattle

Leif Johnson

CTBUH Working Group: Tall Timber, 2014 – Present

Seattle

Ron Klemencic

CTBUH Expert Peer Review Committee, 2014 – Present

Seattle

Building Completions Timeline

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Videos

18 May 2017

What's the Biggest Threat to a Skyscraper?

Chicago, United States of America. Hosted in collaboration with the Chicago Architecture Foundation, the second event in the Building Tall lecture series featured presentations by...

Research

17 October 2016

Engineering Properties of Composite Mega-Columns with Separately Encased Hot Rolled Steel Profiles

This paper presents an experimental study on the behavior of composite mega-columns with separately encased steel profiles. Ten scaled composite columns were designed, including six...

Global News

10 March 2021

Indianapolis Hotel Sets New Record for "Tallest Bracket"

The president and CEO at Sport Graphics had overseen a giant NCAA tournament bracket on the JW Marriott in downtown Indianapolis in 2015, but the...

Associated companies

Formerly Named

Skilling Ward Magnusson Barkshire (2003)

Skilling Ward Rogers Barkshire (1987)

Skilling, Helle, Christiansen, Robertson (1983)

Worthington, Skilling, Helle, & Jackson (1967)

Worthington & Skilling (1960)

W.H. Witt Company (1955)

Formerly Named

Skilling Ward Magnusson Barkshire (2003)

Skilling Ward Rogers Barkshire (1987)

Skilling, Helle, Christiansen, Robertson (1983)

Worthington, Skilling, Helle, & Jackson (1967)

Worthington & Skilling (1960)

W.H. Witt Company (1955)

Rank	Name	City	Completion	Height
1	Jeddah Tower	Jeddah	-	1000 m / 3,281 ft
2	Doha Convention Center Tower	Doha	-	551 m / 1,808 ft
3	Suning Xinjiekou Plaza	Nanjing	-	388 m / 1,273 ft
4	Concord City	Chongqing	-	378 m / 1,240 ft
5	St. Regis Chicago	Chicago	2020	363 m / 1,191 ft
6	Four Seasons Hotel Tower 2	Mumbai	-	355 m / 1,165 ft
7	Nanjing International Center 3	Nanjing	-	346 m / 1,136 ft
8	Suning Plaza Tower 1	Zhenjiang	2018	338 m / 1,109 ft
9	Salesforce Tower	San Francisco	2018	326 m / 1,070 ft
10	Xinda Kingtown International Center Tower 1	Suzhou	-	320 m / 1,050 ft
11	One Brickell City Centre	Miami	-	317 m / 1,040 ft
12	Nanjing International Center 3	Nanjing	-	306 m / 1,004 ft
13	Leatop Plaza	Guangzhou	2012	303 m / 993 ft
14	Skyrise Miami	Miami	2021	302 m / 990 ft
15	Suzhou Keyne Center Office and Hotel	Suzhou	-	300 m / 984 ft
16	One Chicago Square East Tower	Chicago	2022	296 m / 971 ft
17	Key Tower	Cleveland	1991	289 m / 947 ft
18	Columbia Center	Seattle	1984	284 m / 933 ft
19	Oceanwide Center Tower 1	San Francisco	-	277 m / 910 ft
20	NEMA Chicago	Chicago	2019	273 m / 896 ft
21	888 2nd Avenue	Seattle	-	271 m / 888 ft
22	Energy Tower at City Center	Midland	-	265 m / 869 ft
23	Aqua at Lakeshore East	Chicago	2009	262 m / 859 ft
24	Xinda Kingtown International Center Tower 2	Suzhou	-	260 m / 853 ft
25	Rainier Square Tower	Seattle	2020	258 m / 847 ft
26	Salesforce Tower	Chicago	2023	255 m / 835 ft
27	Highcliff	Hong Kong	2003	252 m / 828 ft
28	Four Seasons Private Residences	Mumbai	2021	250 m / 820 ft
29	The 42	Kolkata	2019	249 m / 817 ft
30	1000M	Chicago	-	245 m / 805 ft
31	Trump Tower @ The Park	Mumbai	2021	244 m / 800 ft
32	The Imperium at Capital Commons	Pasig	2019	240 m / 787 ft
33	300 North LaSalle	Chicago	2009	239 m / 785 ft
34	The Royalton	Pasig	2019	230 m / 755 ft
35	Blue Cross-Blue Shield Tower	Chicago	2010	227 m / 744 ft
36	Two Union Square	Seattle	1989	226 m / 740 ft
37	Marina One	Singapore	2017	226 m / 740 ft
38	Suning Plaza Tower 2	Zhenjiang	2018	225 m / 738 ft
39	River Point	Chicago	2017	223 m / 732 ft
40	BMO Tower	Chicago	2022	222 m / 727 ft
41	150 North Riverside	Chicago	2017	221 m / 724 ft
42	Seattle Municipal Tower	Seattle	1990	220 m / 722 ft
43	Suzhou Keyne Center Residential Tower	Suzhou	-	220 m / 722 ft
44	The Summit	Hong Kong	2002	220 m / 721 ft
45	Museum Plaza	Louisville	-	212 m / 696 ft
46	World Finance Tower	Shanghai	1997	212 m / 696 ft
47	21st Century Mansion	Shanghai	2009	210 m / 689 ft
48	111 South Wacker	Chicago	2005	208 m / 681 ft
49	340 on the Park	Chicago	2007	205 m / 672 ft
50	Wolf Point East Tower	Chicago	2020	204 m / 668 ft
51	Shihao Center Tower 1	Chengdu	-	200 m / 656 ft
52	Lodha Altamount	Mumbai	2018	195 m / 640 ft
53	155 North Wacker	Chicago	2009	195 m / 638 ft
54	OBCC	Miami	-	193 m / 634 ft
55	RCBC Plaza Yuchengco Tower	Makati	2001	192 m / 630 ft
56	Oceanwide Center Tower 2	San Francisco	-	191 m / 627 ft
57	Viridian at Greenhills	San Juan (PH)	2016	190 m / 623 ft
58	The Avery	San Francisco	2019	188 m / 618 ft
59	One Rincon Hill South Tower	San Francisco	2008	184 m / 605 ft
60	Russell Investments Center	Seattle	2006	182 m / 598 ft
61	Pacific Plaza Tower 1	Taguig City	1999	179 m / 587 ft
61	Pacific Plaza Tower 2	Taguig City	1999	179 m / 587 ft
63	One Chicago Square West Tower	Chicago	2021	175 m / 574 ft
64	One Roxas Triangle	Makati	2000	174 m / 572 ft
64	Two Roxas Triangle	Makati	-	174 m / 572 ft
66	Loews Chicago Hotel	Chicago	2015	173 m / 569 ft
67	RCBC Plaza Tower 2	Makati	2001	170 m / 558 ft
68	Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons	Milwaukee	2017	169 m / 554 ft
69	Bank of America Fifth Avenue Plaza	Seattle	1981	166 m / 543 ft
70	One Rincon Hill North Tower	San Francisco	2014	165 m / 541 ft
71	151 1st Avenue South	Nashville	2021	164 m / 539 ft
72	2+U	Seattle	2019	161 m / 527 ft
73	Amazon Tower I	Seattle	2016	160 m / 524 ft
74	North Squared	Miami	-	159 m / 522 ft
75	Amazon Tower II	Seattle	2017	159 m / 521 ft
76	Rise	Miami	2016	159 m / 520 ft
77	Amazon Tower III	Seattle	2019	159 m / 520 ft
78	One Delisle	Toronto	2023	158 m / 518 ft
79	CNA Center	Chicago	2018	158 m / 517 ft
80	EAST, Miami	Miami	2016	157 m / 516 ft
81	Rainier Tower	Seattle	1977	157 m / 514 ft
82	Fourth and Madison Building	Seattle	2003	156 m / 512 ft
83	706 Mission	San Francisco	2020	156 m / 510 ft
84	Reach	Miami	2016	153 m / 503 ft
85	The Tides at Lakeshore East	Chicago	2008	152 m / 500 ft
86	500 North Lake Shore Drive	Chicago	2013	152 m / 497 ft
87	No. 9 Walton	Chicago	2018	151 m / 494 ft
88	Pacific Plaza Condominiums	Makati	1992	150 m / 492 ft
89	Ten Thousand	Los Angeles	2016	147 m / 483 ft
90	The Century	Los Angeles	2009	146 m / 478 ft
91	PP 10 Parcel 3.04 Office Tower	Riyadh	2014	145 m / 474 ft
92	Roosevelt University Academic, Student Life Residence Center	Chicago	2012	143 m / 469 ft
93	Rosewood Abu Dhabi	Abu Dhabi	2013	140 m / 460 ft
94	One Union Square	Seattle	1981	139 m / 456 ft
95	The Shoreham	Chicago	2005	137 m / 450 ft
96	The Reed	Chicago	2023	136 m / 447 ft
97	Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago	Chicago	2012	136 m / 447 ft
98	MILA	Chicago	2016	136 m / 444 ft
99	Marriott Marquis Chicago	Chicago	2017	135 m / 444 ft
100	AMLI Arc Tower	Seattle	2017	135 m / 442 ft
101	340 Fremont Street	San Francisco	2016	134 m / 440 ft
102	Cirrus	Seattle	2015	134 m / 440 ft
102	West Edge Tower	Seattle	2018	134 m / 440 ft
104	Mira	San Francisco	2020	130 m / 427 ft
105	Phoenix Observation Tower	Phoenix	-	130 m / 427 ft
106	The Infinity II	San Francisco	2009	128 m / 420 ft
107	Hokua at 1288 Ala Moana	Honolulu	2006	127 m / 418 ft
108	2 East Erie	Chicago	2002	127 m / 415 ft
109	600 Canal Place	Richmond	2019	126 m / 413 ft
110	State and Chestnut	Chicago	2015	125 m / 410 ft
111	Aspira Apartments	Seattle	2010	124 m / 407 ft
112	399 Fremont	San Francisco	2016	122 m / 400 ft
113	United States Federal Courthouse	Seattle	2004	119 m / 390 ft
114	7Seventy7	Milwaukee	2018	118 m / 387 ft
115	8 NEMA	San Francisco	2014	118 m / 387 ft
116	The Lumen	Cleveland	2020	116 m / 382 ft
117	Century Square	Seattle	1986	116 m / 381 ft
118	100 Above The Park	St. Louis	2020	116 m / 381 ft
119	Hotel Palomar	Chicago	2010	116 m / 380 ft
120	Hilton Cleveland	Cleveland	2016	116 m / 380 ft
121	JW Marriott Indianapolis Downtown	Indianapolis	2011	115 m / 376 ft
122	Omni San Diego Hotel and The Metropolitan	San Diego	2004	114 m / 375 ft
123	LPM Apartments	Minneapolis	2014	114 m / 374 ft
124	Arkadia Tower	Chicago	2015	112 m / 369 ft
125	5th & Brazos	Austin	2021	109 m / 357 ft
126	The Helix	Arlington	2025	108 m / 354 ft
127	The Infinity I	San Francisco	2008	107 m / 350 ft
128	River East	New York City	2005	105 m / 344 ft
129	Amazon PenPlace Site, Tower 3	Arlington	2025	102 m / 336 ft
130	Amazon PenPlace Site, Tower 2	Arlington	2025	102 m / 335 ft
131	Amazon PenPlace Site, Tower 1	Arlington	2025	102 m / 333 ft
132	PP 10 Parcel 3.04 Residential Tower	Riyadh	2014	98 m / 320 ft
133	200 Park Avenue	San Jose	2023	91 m / 300 ft
134	River North Marriott Suites	Chicago	2008	91 m / 298 ft
135	Akamai Technologies Global Headquarters	Cambridge	2019	91 m / 297 ft
136	IBM Building	Seattle	1964	84 m / 276 ft
137	PP 10 Parcel 3.05 Office Tower	Riyadh	2014	83 m / 274 ft
138	Millennium Tower	Seattle	2001	83 m / 272 ft
139	643 North Spring Street	Los Angeles	-	82 m / 270 ft
140	The Regent	Salt Lake City	2011	81 m / 265 ft
141	18 NEMA	San Francisco	2013	75 m / 245 ft
142	Luma	Seattle	2016	73 m / 240 ft
143	One South Market	San Jose	2015	73 m / 238 ft
144	Le Meridian Hotel Denver Downtown	Denver	2017	70 m / 231 ft
145	Shinsegae International	Seoul	2015	69 m / 226 ft
146	PP 10 Parcel 3.05 Residential Tower	Riyadh	2014	67 m / 220 ft
147	Tower Building	Seattle	1930	67 m / 220 ft
148	Xavier	Chicago	2015	61 m / 201 ft
149	Seattle Central Library	Seattle	2004	60 m / 196 ft
150	Aloft Chicago City Center, Fairfield Inn River North, Hyatt Place River North	Chicago	2013	58 m / 190 ft
151	City Hyde Park	Chicago	2016	52 m / 172 ft
152	The University of Chicago Campus North Residential Commons	Chicago	2016	50 m / 164 ft
153	T3	Minneapolis	2016	26 m / 85 ft
153	T3 West Midtown	Atlanta	2019	26 m / 85 ft
155	Maven Tower 1	Pasig	-	- m / - ft
156	The Preston	Houston	2022	- m / - ft
157	New Cuffe Parade Tower 1	Mumbai	2018	- m / - ft
157	New Cuffe Parade Tower 10	Mumbai	-	- m / - ft
157	New Cuffe Parade Tower 11	Mumbai	2019	- m / - ft
157	New Cuffe Parade Tower 12	Mumbai	2019	- m / - ft
157	New Cuffe Parade Tower 2	Mumbai	2018	- m / - ft
157	New Cuffe Parade Tower 3	Mumbai	2018	- m / - ft
157	New Cuffe Parade Tower 4	Mumbai	2018	- m / - ft
157	New Cuffe Parade Tower 5	Mumbai	2018	- m / - ft
157	New Cuffe Parade Tower 6	Mumbai	2018	- m / - ft
157	New Cuffe Parade Tower 7	Mumbai	2019	- m / - ft
157	New Cuffe Parade Tower 8	Mumbai	2019	- m / - ft
168	Avila South Tower	Quezon City	2018	- m / - ft
169	One Filinvest	Pasig	2020	- m / - ft
170	Maven Tower 2	Pasig	-	- m / - ft
170	NAIOP Office Building of the Future	Seattle	-	- m / - ft
172	Gio Midtown	Miami	2020	- m / - ft
173	Avila North Tower	Quezon City	2018	- m / - ft
174	700 Canal Place	Richmond	-	- m / - ft
175	New Cuffe Parade Commercial Tower	Mumbai	2019	- m / - ft
175	Shihao Center Tower 2	Chengdu	-	- m / - ft

Statistics

150 m+ Buildings

300 m+ Buildings

Average Building Age*

11 Years

Most Common Function*

Residential (47%), 66 Buildings

Most Common Material*

Concrete (66%), 87 Buildings

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database.

Function
Material

Total: 139 Buildings for which a function has been assigned.

Total: 131 Buildings for which a material has been assigned.

*Based on 140 Completed & Under Construction Buildings