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

Ron Klemencic

CTBUH Chairman, 2001 – 2006

Seattle

Don Davies

CTBUH Advisory Group, 2013 – Present

Seattle

Rob Chmielowski

CTBUH City Representative, 2012 – 2013

St. Louis

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

08 November 2019

San Jose to See New High-Rise After Raising Height Restrictions

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...

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	St. Regis Chicago	Chicago	2020	363 m / 1,191 ft
3	Suning Plaza Tower 1	Zhenjiang	2018	338 m / 1,109 ft
4	Salesforce Tower	San Francisco	2018	326 m / 1,070 ft
5	Xinda Kingtown International Center Tower 1	Suzhou	-	320 m / 1,050 ft
6	One Brickell City Centre	Miami	-	317 m / 1,040 ft
7	Nanjing International Center 3	Nanjing	-	306 m / 1,004 ft
8	Leatop Plaza	Guangzhou	2012	303 m / 993 ft
9	Skyrise Miami	Miami	2021	302 m / 990 ft
10	Suzhou Keyne Center Office and Hotel	Suzhou	-	300 m / 984 ft
11	One Chicago Square East Tower	Chicago	2022	296 m / 971 ft
12	Key Tower	Cleveland	1991	289 m / 947 ft
13	Columbia Center	Seattle	1984	284 m / 933 ft
14	Oceanwide Center Tower 1	San Francisco	-	277 m / 910 ft
15	NEMA Chicago	Chicago	2019	273 m / 896 ft
16	888 2nd Avenue	Seattle	-	271 m / 888 ft
17	Aqua at Lakeshore East	Chicago	2009	262 m / 859 ft
18	Xinda Kingtown International Center Tower 2	Suzhou	-	260 m / 853 ft
19	Rainier Square Tower	Seattle	2020	260 m / 852 ft
20	Salesforce Tower	Chicago	2023	255 m / 835 ft
21	1000M	Chicago	-	254 m / 832 ft
22	Highcliff	Hong Kong	2003	252 m / 828 ft
23	Four Seasons Private Residences	Mumbai	2021	250 m / 820 ft
24	The 42	Kolkata	2019	249 m / 817 ft
25	Trump Tower @ The Park	Mumbai	2021	244 m / 800 ft
26	The Imperium at Capital Commons	Pasig	2019	240 m / 787 ft
27	300 North LaSalle	Chicago	2009	239 m / 785 ft
28	The Royalton	Pasig	2019	230 m / 755 ft
29	Blue Cross-Blue Shield Tower	Chicago	2010	227 m / 744 ft
30	Two Union Square	Seattle	1989	226 m / 740 ft
31	Marina One	Singapore	2017	226 m / 740 ft
32	Suning Plaza Tower 2	Zhenjiang	2018	225 m / 738 ft
33	River Point	Chicago	2017	223 m / 732 ft
34	BMO Tower	Chicago	2022	222 m / 727 ft
35	150 North Riverside	Chicago	2017	221 m / 724 ft
36	Seattle Municipal Tower	Seattle	1990	220 m / 722 ft
37	Suzhou Keyne Center Residential Tower	Suzhou	-	220 m / 722 ft
38	The Summit	Hong Kong	2002	220 m / 721 ft
39	World Finance Tower	Shanghai	1997	212 m / 696 ft
40	21st Century Mansion	Shanghai	2009	210 m / 689 ft
41	111 South Wacker	Chicago	2005	208 m / 681 ft
42	340 on the Park	Chicago	2007	205 m / 672 ft
43	Wolf Point East Tower	Chicago	2020	204 m / 668 ft
44	Shihao Center Tower 1	Chengdu	-	200 m / 656 ft
45	Lodha Altamount	Mumbai	2018	195 m / 640 ft
46	155 North Wacker	Chicago	2009	195 m / 638 ft
47	RCBC Plaza Yuchengco Tower	Makati	2001	192 m / 630 ft
48	Oceanwide Center Tower 2	San Francisco	-	191 m / 627 ft
49	Viridian at Greenhills	San Juan (PH)	2016	190 m / 623 ft
50	The Avery	San Francisco	2019	188 m / 618 ft
51	One Rincon Hill South Tower	San Francisco	2008	184 m / 605 ft
52	Russell Investments Center	Seattle	2006	182 m / 598 ft
53	Pacific Plaza Tower 1	Taguig City	1999	179 m / 587 ft
53	Pacific Plaza Tower 2	Taguig City	1999	179 m / 587 ft
55	One Chicago Square West Tower	Chicago	2021	175 m / 574 ft
56	One Roxas Triangle	Makati	2000	174 m / 572 ft
56	Two Roxas Triangle	Makati	-	174 m / 572 ft
58	Loews Chicago Hotel	Chicago	2015	173 m / 569 ft
59	RCBC Plaza Tower 2	Makati	2001	170 m / 558 ft
60	Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons	Milwaukee	2017	169 m / 554 ft
61	Bank of America Fifth Avenue Plaza	Seattle	1981	166 m / 543 ft
62	One Rincon Hill North Tower	San Francisco	2014	165 m / 541 ft
63	151 1st Avenue South	Nashville	2021	164 m / 539 ft
64	2+U	Seattle	2019	161 m / 527 ft
65	Amazon Tower I	Seattle	2016	160 m / 524 ft
66	North Squared	Miami	-	159 m / 522 ft
67	Amazon Tower II	Seattle	2017	159 m / 521 ft
68	Rise	Miami	2016	159 m / 520 ft
69	Amazon Tower III	Seattle	2019	159 m / 520 ft
70	One Delisle	Toronto	2023	158 m / 518 ft
71	CNA Center	Chicago	2018	158 m / 517 ft
72	EAST, Miami	Miami	2016	157 m / 516 ft
73	Rainier Tower	Seattle	1977	157 m / 514 ft
74	Fourth and Madison Building	Seattle	2003	156 m / 512 ft
75	706 Mission	San Francisco	2020	156 m / 510 ft
76	Reach	Miami	2016	153 m / 503 ft
77	The Tides at Lakeshore East	Chicago	2008	152 m / 500 ft
78	500 North Lake Shore Drive	Chicago	2013	152 m / 497 ft
79	No. 9 Walton	Chicago	2018	151 m / 494 ft
80	Pacific Plaza Condominiums	Makati	1992	150 m / 492 ft
81	Ten Thousand	Los Angeles	2016	147 m / 483 ft
82	The Century	Los Angeles	2009	146 m / 478 ft
83	PP 10 Parcel 3.04 Office Tower	Riyadh	2014	145 m / 474 ft
84	Roosevelt University Academic, Student Life Residence Center	Chicago	2012	143 m / 469 ft
85	Rosewood Abu Dhabi	Abu Dhabi	2013	140 m / 460 ft
86	One Union Square	Seattle	1981	139 m / 456 ft
87	The Shoreham	Chicago	2005	137 m / 450 ft
88	The Reed	Chicago	2023	136 m / 447 ft
89	Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago	Chicago	2012	136 m / 447 ft
90	MILA	Chicago	2016	136 m / 444 ft
91	Marriott Marquis Chicago	Chicago	2017	135 m / 444 ft
92	AMLI Arc Tower	Seattle	2017	135 m / 442 ft
93	340 Fremont Street	San Francisco	2016	134 m / 440 ft
94	Cirrus	Seattle	2015	134 m / 440 ft
94	West Edge Tower	Seattle	2018	134 m / 440 ft
96	Mira	San Francisco	2020	130 m / 425 ft
97	The Infinity II	San Francisco	2009	128 m / 420 ft
98	Hokua at 1288 Ala Moana	Honolulu	2006	127 m / 418 ft
99	2 East Erie	Chicago	2002	127 m / 415 ft
100	600 Canal Place	Richmond	2019	126 m / 413 ft
101	State and Chestnut	Chicago	2015	125 m / 410 ft
102	Aspira Apartments	Seattle	2010	124 m / 407 ft
103	399 Fremont	San Francisco	2016	122 m / 400 ft
104	United States Federal Courthouse	Seattle	2004	119 m / 390 ft
105	7Seventy7	Milwaukee	2018	118 m / 387 ft
106	8 NEMA	San Francisco	2014	118 m / 387 ft
107	The Lumen	Cleveland	2020	116 m / 382 ft
108	Century Square	Seattle	1986	116 m / 381 ft
109	100 Above The Park	St. Louis	2020	116 m / 381 ft
110	Hotel Palomar	Chicago	2010	116 m / 380 ft
111	Hilton Cleveland	Cleveland	2016	116 m / 380 ft
112	JW Marriott Indianapolis Downtown	Indianapolis	2011	115 m / 376 ft
113	Omni San Diego Hotel and The Metropolitan	San Diego	2004	114 m / 375 ft
114	LPM Apartments	Minneapolis	2014	114 m / 374 ft
115	Arkadia Tower	Chicago	2015	112 m / 369 ft
116	5th & Brazos	Austin	2021	109 m / 357 ft
117	The Infinity I	San Francisco	2008	107 m / 350 ft
118	River East	New York City	2005	105 m / 344 ft
119	PP 10 Parcel 3.04 Residential Tower	Riyadh	2014	98 m / 320 ft
120	200 Park Avenue	San Jose	2023	91 m / 300 ft
121	River North Marriott Suites	Chicago	2008	91 m / 298 ft
122	Akamai Technologies Global Headquarters	Cambridge	2019	91 m / 297 ft
123	IBM Building	Seattle	1964	84 m / 276 ft
124	PP 10 Parcel 3.05 Office Tower	Riyadh	2014	83 m / 274 ft
125	Millennium Tower	Seattle	2001	83 m / 272 ft
126	643 North Spring Street	Los Angeles	-	82 m / 270 ft
127	The Regent	Salt Lake City	2011	81 m / 265 ft
128	18 NEMA	San Francisco	2013	75 m / 245 ft
129	Luma	Seattle	2016	73 m / 240 ft
130	One South Market	San Jose	2015	73 m / 238 ft
131	Le Meridian Hotel Denver Downtown	Denver	2017	70 m / 231 ft
132	Shinsegae International	Seoul	2015	69 m / 226 ft
133	PP 10 Parcel 3.05 Residential Tower	Riyadh	2014	67 m / 220 ft
134	Tower Building	Seattle	1930	67 m / 220 ft
135	Xavier	Chicago	2015	61 m / 201 ft
136	Seattle Central Library	Seattle	2004	60 m / 196 ft
137	Aloft Chicago City Center, Fairfield Inn River North, Hyatt Place River North	Chicago	2013	58 m / 190 ft
138	City Hyde Park	Chicago	2016	52 m / 172 ft
139	The University of Chicago Campus North Residential Commons	Chicago	2016	50 m / 164 ft
140	T3	Minneapolis	2016	26 m / 85 ft
140	T3 West Midtown	Atlanta	2019	26 m / 85 ft
142	Maven Tower 1	Pasig	-	- m / - ft
143	The Preston	Houston	2022	- m / - ft
144	New Cuffe Parade Tower 1	Mumbai	2018	- m / - ft
144	New Cuffe Parade Tower 10	Mumbai	-	- m / - ft
144	New Cuffe Parade Tower 11	Mumbai	2019	- m / - ft
144	New Cuffe Parade Tower 12	Mumbai	2019	- m / - ft
144	New Cuffe Parade Tower 2	Mumbai	2018	- m / - ft
144	New Cuffe Parade Tower 3	Mumbai	2018	- m / - ft
144	New Cuffe Parade Tower 4	Mumbai	2018	- m / - ft
144	New Cuffe Parade Tower 5	Mumbai	2018	- m / - ft
144	New Cuffe Parade Tower 6	Mumbai	2018	- m / - ft
144	New Cuffe Parade Tower 7	Mumbai	2019	- m / - ft
144	New Cuffe Parade Tower 8	Mumbai	2019	- m / - ft
155	Avila South Tower	Quezon City	2018	- m / - ft
156	One Filinvest	Pasig	2020	- m / - ft
157	Maven Tower 2	Pasig	-	- m / - ft
158	Gio Midtown	Miami	2020	- m / - ft
159	Avila North Tower	Quezon City	2018	- m / - ft
160	700 Canal Place	Richmond	-	- m / - ft
161	New Cuffe Parade Commercial Tower	Mumbai	2019	- m / - ft
161	Shihao Center Tower 2	Chengdu	-	- m / - ft

Statistics

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.

Function
Material

*Based on 162 Completed & Under Construction Buildings

Building Completions Timeline

Construction Time Chart

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Gross-to-Net Height

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