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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.
Civil Engineering; Seismic Design; Structural Engineering; Wind Engineering
Membership Level
Gold
Member Since
1983
Member Offices
Seattle
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Name |
Status
Completed Architecturally Topped Out Structurally Topped Out Under Construction On Hold Never Completed Proposed Vision Demolished Competition Entry Canceled Proposed Renovation Under Renovation Renovated Under Demolition |
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1000 m / 3,281 ft |
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2 |
362.9 m / 1,191 ft |
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3 |
338 m / 1,109 ft |
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4 |
326.1 m / 1,070 ft |
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5 |
306 m / 1,004 ft |
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6 |
302.7 m / 993 ft |
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7 |
301.8 m / 990 ft |
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8 |
295.8 m / 971 ft |
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9 |
288.7 m / 947 ft |
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10 |
284.4 m / 933 ft |
Best Tall Building 100-199 meters 2021
Award of Excellence: NEMA Chicago
Best Tall Building 200-299 meters 2021
Best Tall Residential or Hotel Building 2021
Best Tall Building Worldwide 2019
Best Tall Building 300-399 meters 2019
Award of Excellence: 150 North Riverside
Urban Habitat - Single Site Scale 2019
Award of Excellence: Salesforce Tower
MEP Engineering Award 2019
Award of Excellence: 150 North Riverside
Best Tall Building Americas 2018
Award of Excellence: Marina One
Best Tall Building Asia & Australasia 2018
Winner: Ron Klemencic
Fazlur R. Khan Lifetime Award 2016
Award of Excellence: Shinsegae International
Best Tall Building Asia & Australasia 2016
Ron Klemencic
CTBUH Fellow 2011
Award of Excellence: Aqua Tower
Best Tall Building Americas 2010
CTBUH Chairman, 2001 – 2006
CTBUH Advisory Group, 2013 – Present
CTBUH City Representative, 2012 – 2013
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...
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...
Calling it a watershed moment for the capital of Silicon Valley, city officials broke ground on what could eventually become San Jose’s tallest building. At...
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)
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)
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2020 |
363 m / 1,191 ft |
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2018 |
338 m / 1,109 ft |
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2018 |
326 m / 1,070 ft |
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320 m / 1,050 ft |
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317 m / 1,040 ft |
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306 m / 1,004 ft |
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8 |
2012 |
303 m / 993 ft |
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9 |
2021 |
302 m / 990 ft |
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10 |
- |
300 m / 984 ft |
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11 |
2022 |
296 m / 971 ft |
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12 |
1991 |
289 m / 947 ft |
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13 |
1984 |
284 m / 933 ft |
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14 |
- |
277 m / 910 ft |
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15 |
2019 |
273 m / 896 ft |
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16 |
- |
271 m / 888 ft |
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17 |
2009 |
262 m / 859 ft |
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18 |
- |
260 m / 853 ft |
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19 |
2020 |
260 m / 852 ft |
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2023 |
255 m / 835 ft |
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21 |
- |
254 m / 832 ft |
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22 |
2003 |
252 m / 828 ft |
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23 |
2021 |
250 m / 820 ft |
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24 |
2019 |
249 m / 817 ft |
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25 |
2021 |
244 m / 800 ft |
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26 |
2019 |
240 m / 787 ft |
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27 |
2009 |
239 m / 785 ft |
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28 |
2019 |
230 m / 755 ft |
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29 |
2010 |
227 m / 744 ft |
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30 |
1989 |
226 m / 740 ft |
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31 |
2017 |
226 m / 740 ft |
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32 |
2018 |
225 m / 738 ft |
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33 |
2017 |
223 m / 732 ft |
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34 |
2022 |
222 m / 727 ft |
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35 |
2017 |
221 m / 724 ft |
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36 |
1990 |
220 m / 722 ft |
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220 m / 722 ft |
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38 |
2002 |
220 m / 721 ft |
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39 |
1997 |
212 m / 696 ft |
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40 |
2009 |
210 m / 689 ft |
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41 |
2005 |
208 m / 681 ft |
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42 |
2007 |
205 m / 672 ft |
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43 |
2020 |
204 m / 668 ft |
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44 |
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200 m / 656 ft |
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2018 |
195 m / 640 ft |
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2009 |
195 m / 638 ft |
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2001 |
192 m / 630 ft |
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48 |
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191 m / 627 ft |
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2016 |
190 m / 623 ft |
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2019 |
188 m / 618 ft |
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2008 |
184 m / 605 ft |
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2006 |
182 m / 598 ft |
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1999 |
179 m / 587 ft |
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1999 |
179 m / 587 ft |
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55 |
2021 |
175 m / 574 ft |
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56 |
2000 |
174 m / 572 ft |
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174 m / 572 ft |
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58 |
2015 |
173 m / 569 ft |
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2001 |
170 m / 558 ft |
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2017 |
169 m / 554 ft |
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1981 |
166 m / 543 ft |
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2014 |
165 m / 541 ft |
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2021 |
164 m / 539 ft |
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2019 |
161 m / 527 ft |
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2016 |
160 m / 524 ft |
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159 m / 522 ft |
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2017 |
159 m / 521 ft |
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2016 |
159 m / 520 ft |
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2019 |
159 m / 520 ft |
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70 |
2023 |
158 m / 518 ft |
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2018 |
158 m / 517 ft |
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72 |
2016 |
157 m / 516 ft |
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1977 |
157 m / 514 ft |
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2003 |
156 m / 512 ft |
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2020 |
156 m / 510 ft |
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2016 |
153 m / 503 ft |
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2008 |
152 m / 500 ft |
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2013 |
152 m / 497 ft |
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2018 |
151 m / 494 ft |
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1992 |
150 m / 492 ft |
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81 |
2016 |
147 m / 483 ft |
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82 |
2009 |
146 m / 478 ft |
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83 |
2014 |
145 m / 474 ft |
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84 |
Roosevelt University Academic, Student Life Residence Center |
2012 |
143 m / 469 ft |
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2013 |
140 m / 460 ft |
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1981 |
139 m / 456 ft |
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2005 |
137 m / 450 ft |
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88 |
2023 |
136 m / 447 ft |
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2012 |
136 m / 447 ft |
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2016 |
136 m / 444 ft |
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2017 |
135 m / 444 ft |
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2017 |
135 m / 442 ft |
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2016 |
134 m / 440 ft |
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2015 |
134 m / 440 ft |
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2018 |
134 m / 440 ft |
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2020 |
130 m / 425 ft |
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2009 |
128 m / 420 ft |
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2006 |
127 m / 418 ft |
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2002 |
127 m / 415 ft |
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2019 |
126 m / 413 ft |
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2015 |
125 m / 410 ft |
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2010 |
124 m / 407 ft |
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2016 |
122 m / 400 ft |
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2004 |
119 m / 390 ft |
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2018 |
118 m / 387 ft |
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2014 |
118 m / 387 ft |
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2020 |
116 m / 382 ft |
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1986 |
116 m / 381 ft |
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2020 |
116 m / 381 ft |
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2010 |
116 m / 380 ft |
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2016 |
116 m / 380 ft |
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2011 |
115 m / 376 ft |
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2004 |
114 m / 375 ft |
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2014 |
114 m / 374 ft |
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2015 |
112 m / 369 ft |
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2021 |
109 m / 357 ft |
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2008 |
107 m / 350 ft |
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2005 |
105 m / 344 ft |
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2014 |
98 m / 320 ft |
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2023 |
91 m / 300 ft |
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2008 |
91 m / 298 ft |
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2019 |
91 m / 297 ft |
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1964 |
84 m / 276 ft |
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2014 |
83 m / 274 ft |
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2001 |
83 m / 272 ft |
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82 m / 270 ft |
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2011 |
81 m / 265 ft |
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2013 |
75 m / 245 ft |
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73 m / 240 ft |
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73 m / 238 ft |
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70 m / 231 ft |
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69 m / 226 ft |
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67 m / 220 ft |
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1930 |
67 m / 220 ft |
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61 m / 201 ft |
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2004 |
60 m / 196 ft |
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Aloft Chicago City Center, Fairfield Inn River North, Hyatt Place River North |
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58 m / 190 ft |
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52 m / 172 ft |
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50 m / 164 ft |
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150 m+ Buildings
300 m+ Buildings
Average Building Age*
11 Years
Most Common Function*
Residential, 66 Buildings
Most Common Material*
Concrete, 87 Buildings
* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database.
*Based on 162 Completed & Under Construction Buildings
NOTE: Construction start time is not available for all buildings. The average construction time is only displayed if there is three or more buildings with construction start and complete data in that year.
NOTE: Gross-to-Net Height is defined as architectural height minus height of highest occupied floor. Therefore, the Gross-to-Net Height is only calculated for buildings that have both the architectural height and the highest occupied floor height recorded.
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18 May 2017 | Chicago
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...
18 May 2017 | Chicago
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...
03 November 2016 | Chicago
Ron Klemencic, Chairman & CEO, Magnusson Klemencic Associates; Joseph Chou, Chairman, Taipei Financial Center Corporation; Mark Sarkisian, Partner of Structural Engineering, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill;...
03 November 2016 | Chicago
As Chairman and CEO of Magnusson Klemencic Associates, Ron Klemencic has played an active role in shaping the direction of the structural engineering community. His...
03 November 2016 | Chicago
Ron Klemencic, Chairman & CEO, Magnusson Klemencic Associates, discusses some of his personal favorite projects with Chris Bentley, during the 2016 CTBUH Awards Symposium at...
18 October 2016 | Shenzhen
Tuesday, October 18, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Ron Klemencic, Magnusson Klemencic Associates; Karl Almstead, Turner Construction Company; Andrew Nicholson, CBRE; Jon Pickard, Pickard Chilton; Ian Smith,...
16 September 2014 | Shanghai
To help advance Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) for building systems, this presentation reviews the history and state of LCA practice in the U.S. from a...
16 September 2014 | Shanghai
2014 Shanghai International Conference Technical Workshop 04 Questions & Answers session with speakers Don Davies, MKA; Mark Sarkisian, SOM; Dario Trabucco, CTBUH / Iuav University...
04 February 2013 | Chicago
The Young Professionals organized a Student Workshop at IIT to cover the design and construction of Roosevelt Tower. The presentation was led by: Joe Dietz,...
20 December 2012 | Chicago
Industry leaders answering this question include: Alex Whitbread, FCB Studios; K.J. Kim, Samsung C & T; William Pedersen, KPF; Richard Cook, Cook + Fox Architects;...
20 December 2012 | Chicago
Industry leaders answering this question include: Ron Klemencic, Magnusson Klemencic Engineers; Peng Beng Khoo & Belinda Huang, ARC Studio Architecture + Urbanism; Lawrence Pak, Singapore...
19 September 2012 | Shanghai
The sustainability and longevity of today’s tall buildings is an often-neglected subject. Embodied carbon can be used as a metric for making important decisions regarding...
19 September 2012 | Shanghai
The Track 5 panel consisting of: Paul Sloman, Arup; Donald Davies, MKA; and Mic Patterson, Enclos took questions from delegates.
03 November 2011 | Chicago
The 10th Annual Awards Ceremony & Dinner was held in Mies van der Rohe’s iconic Crown Hall, on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus, Chicago....
11 October 2011 | Seoul
Integrating and even celebrating the structure of a building through the architectural design often leads to dramatic and memorable buildings. To achieve the best outcome...
10 October 2011 | Seoul
The Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, as part of its Tall Buildings Initiative, recently published Seismic Design Guidelines for Tall Buildings, an alternative to the...
21 October 2010 | Chicago
Ron Klemencic of Magnusson Klemencic Engineers (and past Chairman of the CTBUH) is interviewed by Jeff Herzer during the 2010 CTBUH Awards Symposium at the...
03 March 2008 | Dubai
John Lahey, Solomon Cordwell Buenz and Ron Klemencic, Magnusson Klemencic Associates presented two of their collaborative projects at the CTBUH 8th World Congress in Dubai....
26 October 2006 | Chicago
Ron Klemencic, Magnusson Klemencic Associates and Mike Willford, Arup present the Seismic Design Report on Council Working Group Activities at the CTBUH 2006 Chicago Conference...
18 May 2017 | Chicago
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...
18 May 2017 | Chicago
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...
03 November 2016 | Chicago
Ron Klemencic, Chairman & CEO, Magnusson Klemencic Associates; Joseph Chou, Chairman, Taipei Financial Center Corporation; Mark Sarkisian, Partner of Structural Engineering, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill;...
03 November 2016 | Chicago
As Chairman and CEO of Magnusson Klemencic Associates, Ron Klemencic has played an active role in shaping the direction of the structural engineering community. His...
03 November 2016 | Chicago
Ron Klemencic, Chairman & CEO, Magnusson Klemencic Associates, discusses some of his personal favorite projects with Chris Bentley, during the 2016 CTBUH Awards Symposium at...
18 October 2016 | Shenzhen
Tuesday, October 18, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Ron Klemencic, Magnusson Klemencic Associates; Karl Almstead, Turner Construction Company; Andrew Nicholson, CBRE; Jon Pickard, Pickard Chilton; Ian Smith,...
16 September 2014 | Shanghai
To help advance Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) for building systems, this presentation reviews the history and state of LCA practice in the U.S. from a...
16 September 2014 | Shanghai
2014 Shanghai International Conference Technical Workshop 04 Questions & Answers session with speakers Don Davies, MKA; Mark Sarkisian, SOM; Dario Trabucco, CTBUH / Iuav University...
04 February 2013 | Chicago
The Young Professionals organized a Student Workshop at IIT to cover the design and construction of Roosevelt Tower. The presentation was led by: Joe Dietz,...
20 December 2012 | Chicago
Industry leaders answering this question include: Alex Whitbread, FCB Studios; K.J. Kim, Samsung C & T; William Pedersen, KPF; Richard Cook, Cook + Fox Architects;...
20 December 2012 | Chicago
Industry leaders answering this question include: Ron Klemencic, Magnusson Klemencic Engineers; Peng Beng Khoo & Belinda Huang, ARC Studio Architecture + Urbanism; Lawrence Pak, Singapore...
19 September 2012 | Shanghai
The sustainability and longevity of today’s tall buildings is an often-neglected subject. Embodied carbon can be used as a metric for making important decisions regarding...
19 September 2012 | Shanghai
The Track 5 panel consisting of: Paul Sloman, Arup; Donald Davies, MKA; and Mic Patterson, Enclos took questions from delegates.
03 November 2011 | Chicago
The 10th Annual Awards Ceremony & Dinner was held in Mies van der Rohe’s iconic Crown Hall, on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus, Chicago....
11 October 2011 | Seoul
Integrating and even celebrating the structure of a building through the architectural design often leads to dramatic and memorable buildings. To achieve the best outcome...
10 October 2011 | Seoul
The Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, as part of its Tall Buildings Initiative, recently published Seismic Design Guidelines for Tall Buildings, an alternative to the...
21 October 2010 | Chicago
Ron Klemencic of Magnusson Klemencic Engineers (and past Chairman of the CTBUH) is interviewed by Jeff Herzer during the 2010 CTBUH Awards Symposium at the...
03 March 2008 | Dubai
John Lahey, Solomon Cordwell Buenz and Ron Klemencic, Magnusson Klemencic Associates presented two of their collaborative projects at the CTBUH 8th World Congress in Dubai....
26 October 2006 | Chicago
Ron Klemencic, Magnusson Klemencic Associates and Mike Willford, Arup present the Seismic Design Report on Council Working Group Activities at the CTBUH 2006 Chicago Conference...
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17 October 2016
Congzhen Xiao & Chen Tao, China Academy of Building Research; Fei Deng, Tsinghua University; et al
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...
26 October 2015
Shelley Finnigan, ArcelorMittal; Barry Charnish, Entuitive; Robert Chmielowski, Magnusson Klemencic Associates
At the turn of the century, building design began to evolve. Improvements included indoor plumbing, the advent of escalators, and creation of the “Chicago window.”...
16 September 2014
Donald Davies & Ron Klemencic, Magnusson Klemencic Associates
To help advance Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) for building systems, this paper reviews the history and state of LCA practice in the U.S. from a...
14 September 2014
Daniel Safarik, CTBUH
The survival of humanity on this planet relies on a radical repositioning of our cities. In the face of unprecedented global population growth, urbanization, pollution...
19 September 2012
Ron Klemencic & J. Andrew Fry, MKA; Guo-Qiang Li, Tongji University
A summary and synthesis of the Performance-Based Seismic Design (PBSD) procedures and standards around the world is presented. The summary information draws from the papers...
19 September 2012
Christopher Groesbeck, VOA Associates; Jon DeVries & John McDonald, Roosevelt University; Ron Klemencic, MKA
In the future, the University will need to consider vertical models to co-exist within their urban cores and create a living and working balance. With...
19 September 2012
Ron Klemencic, Donald Davies, Derek Beaman & Ola Jonhansson, MKA
This paper explores the sustainability and longevity of today’s residential building construction. It makes the case for 100-year design criteria for building frames and enclosure...
01 September 2012
Ron Klemencic, J. Andrew Fry, John Hooper, et al., Magnusson Klemencic Associates
This paper presents a summary of the state of the practice for Performance Based Seismic Design (PBSD) in the United States. While it is not...
03 March 2008
John Lahey & Martin Wolf, Solomon Cordwell Buenz; Ron Klemencic & Ola Johansson, MKA
Policies in a number of American cities encourage increased residential density and height, as well as new standards for sustainability. However, creative and sensitive responses...
01 December 2006
Ron Klemencic & J. Andrew Fry, MKA; Gabriel Hurtado & Jack P. Moehle, University of California Berkeley
The use of post-tensioned floor slabs and reinforced concrete core walls has become increasingly popular in highrise construction. Questions have arisen concerning the performance of...
01 March 2004
Jon Magnusson, MKA
Structures are designed for certain loads and hazards, and structural engineers need to communicate clearly with the building owner, architect, and building officials about what...
01 May 2003
David G. Winter, Shannon & Wilson; Douglas E. Loesch, MKA; Robert Hollister, Hines
This paper reports on the performance of the excavation shoring. The new building is supported on a mat footing that varies in thickness from 6...
01 May 2003
Jon Magnusson, MKA
The horrible events of September 11th have aroused many emotions and created many questions in the minds of the public, the media, political leaders, and...
01 May 2003
Ron Klemencic, MKA
Ron Klemencic writes on the 9/11 attacks and the problem architects, engineers, planners and building officials face as problem solvers.
17 October 2016
Congzhen Xiao & Chen Tao, China Academy of Building Research; Fei Deng, Tsinghua University; et al
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...
26 October 2015
Shelley Finnigan, ArcelorMittal; Barry Charnish, Entuitive; Robert Chmielowski, Magnusson Klemencic Associates
At the turn of the century, building design began to evolve. Improvements included indoor plumbing, the advent of escalators, and creation of the “Chicago window.”...
16 September 2014
Donald Davies & Ron Klemencic, Magnusson Klemencic Associates
To help advance Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) for building systems, this paper reviews the history and state of LCA practice in the U.S. from a...
14 September 2014
Daniel Safarik, CTBUH
The survival of humanity on this planet relies on a radical repositioning of our cities. In the face of unprecedented global population growth, urbanization, pollution...
19 September 2012
Ron Klemencic & J. Andrew Fry, MKA; Guo-Qiang Li, Tongji University
A summary and synthesis of the Performance-Based Seismic Design (PBSD) procedures and standards around the world is presented. The summary information draws from the papers...
19 September 2012
Christopher Groesbeck, VOA Associates; Jon DeVries & John McDonald, Roosevelt University; Ron Klemencic, MKA
In the future, the University will need to consider vertical models to co-exist within their urban cores and create a living and working balance. With...
19 September 2012
Ron Klemencic, Donald Davies, Derek Beaman & Ola Jonhansson, MKA
This paper explores the sustainability and longevity of today’s residential building construction. It makes the case for 100-year design criteria for building frames and enclosure...
01 September 2012
Ron Klemencic, J. Andrew Fry, John Hooper, et al., Magnusson Klemencic Associates
This paper presents a summary of the state of the practice for Performance Based Seismic Design (PBSD) in the United States. While it is not...
03 March 2008
John Lahey & Martin Wolf, Solomon Cordwell Buenz; Ron Klemencic & Ola Johansson, MKA
Policies in a number of American cities encourage increased residential density and height, as well as new standards for sustainability. However, creative and sensitive responses...
01 December 2006
Ron Klemencic & J. Andrew Fry, MKA; Gabriel Hurtado & Jack P. Moehle, University of California Berkeley
The use of post-tensioned floor slabs and reinforced concrete core walls has become increasingly popular in highrise construction. Questions have arisen concerning the performance of...
01 March 2004
Jon Magnusson, MKA
Structures are designed for certain loads and hazards, and structural engineers need to communicate clearly with the building owner, architect, and building officials about what...
01 May 2003
David G. Winter, Shannon & Wilson; Douglas E. Loesch, MKA; Robert Hollister, Hines
This paper reports on the performance of the excavation shoring. The new building is supported on a mat footing that varies in thickness from 6...
01 May 2003
Jon Magnusson, MKA
The horrible events of September 11th have aroused many emotions and created many questions in the minds of the public, the media, political leaders, and...
01 May 2003
Ron Klemencic, MKA
Ron Klemencic writes on the 9/11 attacks and the problem architects, engineers, planners and building officials face as problem solvers.
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08 November 2019 | San Jose
Calling it a watershed moment for the capital of Silicon Valley, city officials broke ground on what could eventually become San Jose’s tallest building. At...
23 October 2019 | San Francisco
A canyon-like tower by MVRDV and a twisting structure by Studio Gang are among the buildings to be revealed for a new San Francisco development....
18 October 2019 | San Francisco
Chinese developer Oceanwide Holdings suspended construction on a 605-foot (184-meter) tower in San Francisco’s Transbay district, one of the city’s largest projects, as it grapples...
26 September 2019 | Seattle
Tech company Qualtrics, which two years ago designated Seattle as its co-headquarters, doubled down Wednesday, 26 September 2019, with the announcement of a huge new...
12 September 2019 | Seattle
Seattle’s Second Avenue has quickly morphed into a corridor of new towers rising around Pike Place Market. West Edge, a 39-story, 440-foot-tall skyscraper, was the...
21 August 2019 | Seattle
With construction topping off, Rainier Square is set to become the second-tallest skyscraper in the city of Seattle. The last steel beam was placed on...
13 August 2019 | Chicago
Just weeks after securing a zoning change from city officials, developer Sterling Bay is moving forward with its plans to demolish an older building on...
20 June 2019 | Oakland
The CEO of Kaiser Permanente announced 17 June 2019 that the company will be constructing a new headquarters in Oakland and will call it The...
17 June 2019 | San Francisco
OMA has completed a 56-story glass tower in San Francisco’s Transbay District, which contains a combination of condominium residences and apartment rentals. The project, titled...
13 June 2019 | San Jose
A new downtown San Jose office tower is expected to begin construction in autumn, marking the beginning of a mega-campus envisioned by developer Jay Paul...
07 May 2019 | Nashville
Work is underway at SoBro’s 151 site (i.e., South of Broadway at 151 First Avenue) to become one of downtown Nashville’s four largest skyscrapers. The...
30 April 2019 | Chicago
Vista Tower reached its final height on April 26 2019, when construction workers poured concrete to form the Chicago skyscraper’s 101st and final floor. That...
05 April 2019 | Bellevue
In yet another sign that Amazon is cooling on its hometown of Seattle, the retail-entertainment-tech giant says it is planning to move its entire...
28 March 2019 | Chicago
One of Chicago’s busiest real estate developers wants to build a 47-story residential and hotel tower on a stretch of North Michigan. Sterling Bay is...
04 March 2019 | Seattle
Long Island City isn’t the only place that Amazon is pulling out of. The tech giant made waves when it threatened to withdraw from its...
04 February 2019 | Houston
Houston-based Hines, the 61-year-old international real estate firm that’s been involved in 29 developments in downtown alone, plans to start construction next month on its...
04 April 2018 | Miami
Swire Properties has once again filed plans with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to build a supertall tower at Brickell City Centre in Miami. According...
05 December 2019 | Chicago
Work is set to begin in December 2019 on a 1.5 million-square-foot (139,000-square-meter) office tower alongside Union Station, after the developers landed a US$476 million...
20 December 2019 | Chicago
Global architecture firm Goettsch Partners (GP) announced the groundbreaking on 20 December 2019 for Union Station Tower, also known as BMO Tower, a new 50-story...
29 January 2020 | San Francisco
The Planning Commission in San Francisco has approved a new 61-story, 806-foot (246-meter) mixed-use tower at Transbay Center. Designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects for...
26 March 2020 | Chicago
Real estate investment firm Heitman has inked a lease for 60,000 square feet (5,600 square meters) at Riverside Investment & Development and Howard Hughes’ under-construction...
31 March 2020 | Chicago
bKL Architecture, a firm headquartered at the Aqua tower in Chicago's Lakeshore East neighborhood, is doing its part to be of service during the COVID-19...
01 April 2020 | Richmond
Dominion Energy has set a date to implode its vacant One James River Plaza office tower in downtown Richmond. The Richmond-based energy giant said it...
23 April 2020 | Chicago
Development of the 60-story Salesforce Tower has kicked off along the Chicago River after the project secured a US$500 million-plus construction loan that is one of the...
23 June 2020 | Chicago
The Aon Center has paused plans to build an observatory with a thrill ride atop Chicago’s third-tallest skyscraper, and the US$185 million project will start...
10 July 2020 | Chicago
A Helmut Jahn-designed skyscraper along South Michigan Avenue is on hold at least until September 2020 and buyers of the luxury units are being offered...
20 July 2020 | Chicago
Two major Chicago developers are expected to break ground next month on a 47-story apartment and hotel tower on North Michigan Avenue, in what would...
31 July 2020 | Chicago
The Chicago developer building the 101-story Vista Tower on the Chicago River has agreed to buy out its majority Chinese partner for US$270 million, ending...
20 October 2020 | Chicago
James Loewenberg, a Chicago architect-turned-developer with a portfolio that includes the Aqua and Vista Tower skyscrapers in downtown Chicago, has died at age 86 after...
05 December 2018 | Chicago
After quietly breaking ground nearly two years ago, the 893-foot (272-meter) apartment tower known as NEMA Chicago has grown to dominate downtown’s southern skyline. The...
12 December 2018 | Chicago
BMO Harris Bank will consolidate its Chicago offices in 2022 at a new 50-story tower next to Union Station, the bank announced on 10 December...
30 November 2018 | Chicago
Salesforce on Friday, November 30, 2018 will announce plans to anchor a new riverfront skyscraper and add at least 1,000 jobs to its Chicago workforce...
29 November 2018 | San Francisco
The latest luxury high-rise to join the ranks of recently announced and opened residences, which include The Harrison, 181 Fremont, The Avery and One Steuart...
25 November 2020 | Chicago
The soaring Vista Tower, the newest addition to Chicago’s famed skyline, now has a new name: St. Regis Chicago. The skyscraper also has a new...
08 December 2020 | Chicago
COVID-19 has slowed Chicago’s economy, but two bullish developers have drawn up ambitious plans that would bring a combined 1,200 apartments to two city neighborhoods....
21 December 2020 | Chicago
Renderings have been revealed for The Reed, the second residential tower at Southbank. Located on a 7.5-acre (3.03-hectare), waterfront site, Southbank is a megadevelopment that...
14 January 2021 | Chicago
The developer of a big high-rise proposed just north of Millennium Park has scaled back its plans, slashing the number of hotel rooms in the...
08 November 2019 | San Jose
Calling it a watershed moment for the capital of Silicon Valley, city officials broke ground on what could eventually become San Jose’s tallest building. At...
23 October 2019 | San Francisco
A canyon-like tower by MVRDV and a twisting structure by Studio Gang are among the buildings to be revealed for a new San Francisco development....
18 October 2019 | San Francisco
Chinese developer Oceanwide Holdings suspended construction on a 605-foot (184-meter) tower in San Francisco’s Transbay district, one of the city’s largest projects, as it grapples...
26 September 2019 | Seattle
Tech company Qualtrics, which two years ago designated Seattle as its co-headquarters, doubled down Wednesday, 26 September 2019, with the announcement of a huge new...
12 September 2019 | Seattle
Seattle’s Second Avenue has quickly morphed into a corridor of new towers rising around Pike Place Market. West Edge, a 39-story, 440-foot-tall skyscraper, was the...
21 August 2019 | Seattle
With construction topping off, Rainier Square is set to become the second-tallest skyscraper in the city of Seattle. The last steel beam was placed on...
13 August 2019 | Chicago
Just weeks after securing a zoning change from city officials, developer Sterling Bay is moving forward with its plans to demolish an older building on...
20 June 2019 | Oakland
The CEO of Kaiser Permanente announced 17 June 2019 that the company will be constructing a new headquarters in Oakland and will call it The...
17 June 2019 | San Francisco
OMA has completed a 56-story glass tower in San Francisco’s Transbay District, which contains a combination of condominium residences and apartment rentals. The project, titled...
13 June 2019 | San Jose
A new downtown San Jose office tower is expected to begin construction in autumn, marking the beginning of a mega-campus envisioned by developer Jay Paul...
07 May 2019 | Nashville
Work is underway at SoBro’s 151 site (i.e., South of Broadway at 151 First Avenue) to become one of downtown Nashville’s four largest skyscrapers. The...
30 April 2019 | Chicago
Vista Tower reached its final height on April 26 2019, when construction workers poured concrete to form the Chicago skyscraper’s 101st and final floor. That...
05 April 2019 | Bellevue
In yet another sign that Amazon is cooling on its hometown of Seattle, the retail-entertainment-tech giant says it is planning to move its entire...
28 March 2019 | Chicago
One of Chicago’s busiest real estate developers wants to build a 47-story residential and hotel tower on a stretch of North Michigan. Sterling Bay is...
04 March 2019 | Seattle
Long Island City isn’t the only place that Amazon is pulling out of. The tech giant made waves when it threatened to withdraw from its...
04 February 2019 | Houston
Houston-based Hines, the 61-year-old international real estate firm that’s been involved in 29 developments in downtown alone, plans to start construction next month on its...
04 April 2018 | Miami
Swire Properties has once again filed plans with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to build a supertall tower at Brickell City Centre in Miami. According...
05 December 2019 | Chicago
Work is set to begin in December 2019 on a 1.5 million-square-foot (139,000-square-meter) office tower alongside Union Station, after the developers landed a US$476 million...
20 December 2019 | Chicago
Global architecture firm Goettsch Partners (GP) announced the groundbreaking on 20 December 2019 for Union Station Tower, also known as BMO Tower, a new 50-story...
29 January 2020 | San Francisco
The Planning Commission in San Francisco has approved a new 61-story, 806-foot (246-meter) mixed-use tower at Transbay Center. Designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects for...
26 March 2020 | Chicago
Real estate investment firm Heitman has inked a lease for 60,000 square feet (5,600 square meters) at Riverside Investment & Development and Howard Hughes’ under-construction...
31 March 2020 | Chicago
bKL Architecture, a firm headquartered at the Aqua tower in Chicago's Lakeshore East neighborhood, is doing its part to be of service during the COVID-19...
01 April 2020 | Richmond
Dominion Energy has set a date to implode its vacant One James River Plaza office tower in downtown Richmond. The Richmond-based energy giant said it...
23 April 2020 | Chicago
Development of the 60-story Salesforce Tower has kicked off along the Chicago River after the project secured a US$500 million-plus construction loan that is one of the...
23 June 2020 | Chicago
The Aon Center has paused plans to build an observatory with a thrill ride atop Chicago’s third-tallest skyscraper, and the US$185 million project will start...
10 July 2020 | Chicago
A Helmut Jahn-designed skyscraper along South Michigan Avenue is on hold at least until September 2020 and buyers of the luxury units are being offered...
20 July 2020 | Chicago
Two major Chicago developers are expected to break ground next month on a 47-story apartment and hotel tower on North Michigan Avenue, in what would...
31 July 2020 | Chicago
The Chicago developer building the 101-story Vista Tower on the Chicago River has agreed to buy out its majority Chinese partner for US$270 million, ending...
20 October 2020 | Chicago
James Loewenberg, a Chicago architect-turned-developer with a portfolio that includes the Aqua and Vista Tower skyscrapers in downtown Chicago, has died at age 86 after...
05 December 2018 | Chicago
After quietly breaking ground nearly two years ago, the 893-foot (272-meter) apartment tower known as NEMA Chicago has grown to dominate downtown’s southern skyline. The...
12 December 2018 | Chicago
BMO Harris Bank will consolidate its Chicago offices in 2022 at a new 50-story tower next to Union Station, the bank announced on 10 December...
30 November 2018 | Chicago
Salesforce on Friday, November 30, 2018 will announce plans to anchor a new riverfront skyscraper and add at least 1,000 jobs to its Chicago workforce...
29 November 2018 | San Francisco
The latest luxury high-rise to join the ranks of recently announced and opened residences, which include The Harrison, 181 Fremont, The Avery and One Steuart...
25 November 2020 | Chicago
The soaring Vista Tower, the newest addition to Chicago’s famed skyline, now has a new name: St. Regis Chicago. The skyscraper also has a new...
08 December 2020 | Chicago
COVID-19 has slowed Chicago’s economy, but two bullish developers have drawn up ambitious plans that would bring a combined 1,200 apartments to two city neighborhoods....
21 December 2020 | Chicago
Renderings have been revealed for The Reed, the second residential tower at Southbank. Located on a 7.5-acre (3.03-hectare), waterfront site, Southbank is a megadevelopment that...
14 January 2021 | Chicago
The developer of a big high-rise proposed just north of Millennium Park has scaled back its plans, slashing the number of hotel rooms in the...
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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.
20 October 2018
The CTBUH Performance-Based Seismic Design Working Group reconvened at the CTBUH 2018 Middle East Conference in Dubai to outline an approach for updating their 2017 technical guide.
06 April 2018
Former CTBUH Chairman Ron Klemencic has been awarded the ENR 2018 Award of Excellence for his relentless pursuit of a better built environment.
22 February 2018
CTBUH Seattle hosted a site tour of West Edge Tower in downtown Seattle on Thursday, 22 February, featuring a blend of completed and in-progress spaces throughout the tower.
31 October 2017
The winner and final rankings for the CTBUH International Student Design Competition, kindly sponsored by Woods Bagot, were determined at the 2017 CTBUH Conference in Australia.
29 October 2017
During the CTBUH 2017 Conference, the CTBUH Seismic Working Group Workshop welcomed a handful of industry experts to discuss the latest advances in performance-based seismic design.
29 October 2017
The Annual Leaders Meeting was held the day before the start of the CTBUH 2017 Australia Conference, bringing together the Council’s leaders.
10 October 2017
CTBUH Seattle held its 2017 Fall Forum, kindly hosted by CallisonRTKL, on the topic of Building Resiliency & Design Optimization.
28 August 2017
CTBUH is launching a new academic initiative, empowering Master's-level architecture students to research new possibilities in rope-less elevator technology.
23 June 2017
The second meeting of the research team involved in “A Study on the Design Possibilities Enabled by Rope-Less, Non-Vertical Elevators” was held in Rottweil, Germany.
22 June 2017
CTBUH Germany held a symposium to discuss the role of technical and technological innovation and its effect on the various disciplines within the construction industry.
07 June 2017
CTBUH Italy co-hosted the seventh edition of the one-day International Tall Buildings Conference held in Milan, which focused on various challenges of tall buildings.
18 May 2017
The CTBUH, in conjunction with the Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF), held the second of the four-part “Building Tall” lecture series, this time focused on "Securing Tall."
18 April 2017
The annual CTBUH Seattle Spring Forum featured a panel discussion examining and interpreting the impact of Seattle’s "HALA" on future downtown development.
13–14 April 2017
CTBUH Executive Director Antony Wood was recognized by ENR as one of the "Top 25 Newsmakers of 2016," attending an event in New York to receive his honor.
10 April 2017
The CTBUH Seattle Young Professionals Committee (YPC) held their first board meeting at the office of Magnusson Klemencic Associates.
12 January 2017
The summary of the research project on composite megacolumns, sponsorsed by ArcelorMittal, and is now available on the CTBUH Shop.
16 December 2016
As an annual tradition, CTBUH HQ staff are given a tour of tall building during their holiday celebrations. This year, the staff visited 150 North Riverside by Goettsch Partners.
01 December 2016
The Seattle Chapter of the Young Professionals Committee hosted a site tour of Troy Block, providing significant insight into the relationship of the historical and new.
08 November 2016
CTBUH Seattle organized and held their annual Fall Forum, this year on “Digital Technology in the Built Environment.”
30 August 2016
The CTBUH Florida Chapter hosted a construction tour of Brickell City Centre, a billion-dollar shopping and mixed-use project that spans five blocks in downtown Miami.
29 July 2016
The CTBUH was pleased to host the esteemed jurors for the 2015–2016 ACSA/AISC Steel Student Design Competition as they deliberated winners for the annual program.
14 April 2016
The CTBUH Seattle Chapter Spring Forum was hosted by CallisonRTKL and featured a panel discussion that examined opportunities to "Transform Downtown Seattle for Kids."
12 November 2015
The CTBUH 14th Annual awards ceremony and dinner was held immediately after the daytime Symposium in nearby S.R. Crown Hall.
29–30 October 2015
CTBUH 2015 delegates toured Seattle, gateway to Asia and icon of the Pacific Northwest, where they witnessed a showcase of tall building and technological innovation.
26–30 October 2015
After a post-recession hiatus in tall building construction in many countries lasting several years, numerous cities are again resurgent.
27–29 July 2015
CTBUH research division members attended the second round of tests in Beijing related to the Megacolumn Research project, sponsored by ArcelorMittal.
06 November 2014
The CTBUH 13th Annual awards ceremony and dinner was held immediately after the daytime Symposium in nearby S.R. Crown Hall.
16–19 September 2014
The survival of humanity relies on a radical repositioning of our cities to develop them beyond a collection of disparate icons, towards a vision of a Sustainable Vertical Urbanism.
16 September 2014
This session brought building environmental performance issues to the forefront in building design, a field that has been criticized in the past for its resource-heavy construction.
10 September 2014
Progress is being made on the Composite Megacolumns research project, with a case study and laboratories selected for the destructive tests
16 April 2014
The Young Professionals Committee of CTBUH facilitated a roundtable discussion on Chicago’s under-construction mixed-use development 455 North Park Drive, at Crown Hall, Illinois Instit
10 March 2014
Ron Klemencic, former CTBUH Chairman and Chairman and CEO of Magnusson Klemencic Associates has received an honorary membership in the American Institute of Architects.
07–13 March 2014
On a second intensive journey inside six months, Executive Director Antony Wood traveled to China to make additional connections and develop further support.
07 November 2013
The CTBUH 12th Annual awards ceremony and dinner was held immediately after the afternoon Symposium in nearby S.R. Crown Hall.
13 February 2013
Twelve of the world’s best-known structural engineering firms helped the CTBUH Research Team to perform a fundamental part of its LCA research project.
18 October 2012
Exactly one year after its establishment the CTBUH Young Professionals Committee gathered at the Awards Symposium on October 18 at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
18 October 2012
The CTBUH 11th Annual awards ceremony and dinner was held immediately after the afternoon Symposium in nearby S.R. Crown Hall.
19–21 September 2012
That the 21st Century will be the age of the Asian Skyscraper seems indisputable. Already, the past two decades have witnessed a major shift in tall buildings from west to east.
01 September 2012
The International Journal of High-Rise Buildings, Volume 1: Number 3 includes 10 papers focusing on pure research content and investigations in tall building design.
04 April 2012
CTBUH’s newly-established Young Professionals Committee staged their first event, a multi-disciplinary presentation on the creation of Aqua, the landmark Chicago tower.
01 June 2011
This year, three individuals are being recognized by the CTBUH for their contribution to the Council over an extended period of time: Ron Klemencic, Brett Taylor & John Zils.
18 October 2005
The CTBUH 4th Annual awards ceremony and dinner was held in the Astor Ballroom of the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel.
17 November 2004
The CTBUH 3rd Annual awards ceremony and dinner was held in S. R. Crown Hall, located on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus.
16 October 2003
The CTBUH 2nd Annual awards ceremony and dinner was held in S. R. Crown Hall, located on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus.
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