Thornton Tomasetti

CTBUH Platinum Member

About

Member Since: 1987

Member Offices: Chicago, London, New York City, Seattle, Shanghai

Thornton Tomasetti provides engineering design, investigation and analysis services to clients worldwide on projects of every size and level of complexity. They are a 100% employee-held organization of 1,200 engineers, architects, sustainability practitioners and support professionals collaborating from offices across North America and in Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. They focus on providing a diverse suite of integrated services and leading innovation in our industry to ensure the continued success of their clients.

Fields of Expertise

Engineering, Other; Façade Design / Engineering; Historical Preservation; Insurance / Risk; Project Management; Seismic Design; Structural Engineering; Transportation / Urban Infrastructure

Membership details

Membership Level

Platinum

Member Since

1987

Member Offices

Chicago
London
New York City
Seattle
Shanghai

Buildings

Rank	Name	Height
1	Jeddah Tower	1000 m / 3,281 ft
2	Shanghai Tower	632 m / 2,073 ft
3	Ping An Finance Center	599.1 m / 1,965 ft
4	Lotte World Tower	554.5 m / 1,819 ft
5	TAIPEI 101	508 m / 1,667 ft
6	Wuhan Greenland Center	475.6 m / 1,560 ft
7	Chengdu Greenland Tower	468 m / 1,535 ft
8	Petronas Twin Tower 1	451.9 m / 1,483 ft
9	Petronas Twin Tower 2	451.9 m / 1,483 ft
10	Willis Tower	442.1 m / 1,451 ft

Awards

Award of Excellence: U.S. Embassy, London

Best Tall Building under 100 meters 2021

Ctbuh Leaders

Dennis Poon

CTBUH Board of Trustees, 2011 – 2018

New York City

Joseph Burns

CTBUH Advisory Group, 2011 – 2013

Chicago

C.T. Tam

CTBUH Chapter Board Member, 2017 – Present

Hong Kong

Building Completions Timeline

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Videos

28 April 2020

Agile AEC

The pandemic crisis of COVID-19 has catalyzed a shockwave of action throughout the AEC industry like never before. The CTBUH Chicago Chapter presents a virtual...

Research

28 July 2018

Engineering a Better Future

Aine Brazil, Vice Chairman, Thornton Tomasetti, is the recipient of the 2018 CTBUH Fazlur R. Khan Medal. Through a 40-plus-year career, she has been responsible...

Global News

24 October 2019

Planned Skyscraper Above Boston Rail Station Moves Forward

South Station Tower is planned to rise 677 feet (206.4 meters) above South Station, an aging transportation hub in Boston that’s swarmed daily by thousands...

Associated companies

Weidlinger Associates (2015)

BRZ-Experts

Lev Zetlin Associates (1999)

Acquired companies

Weidlinger Associates (2015)

Subsidiary companies

BRZ-Experts

Formerly Named

Lev Zetlin Associates (1999)

Rank	Name	City	Completion	Height
1	Jeddah Tower	Jeddah	-	1000 m / 3,281 ft
2	Uptown Dubai Tower 1	Dubai	-	711 m / 2,333 ft
3	Signature Tower Jakarta	Jakarta	-	638 m / 2,093 ft
4	Shanghai Tower	Shanghai	2015	632 m / 2,073 ft
5	Ping An Finance Center	Shenzhen	2017	599 m / 1,965 ft
6	Lotte World Tower	Seoul	2017	555 m / 1,819 ft
7	Jinan IFC Landmark Tower	Jinan	-	518 m / 1,699 ft
8	Evergrande Hefei Center T1	Hefei	2025	518 m / 1,699 ft
9	TAIPEI 101	Taipei	2004	508 m / 1,667 ft
10	Wuhan Greenland Center	Wuhan	2022	476 m / 1,560 ft
11	Chengdu Greenland Tower	Chengdu	2022	468 m / 1,535 ft
12	FORZA Tower	Bogota	-	460 m / 1,509 ft
13	Petronas Twin Tower 1	Kuala Lumpur	1998	452 m / 1,483 ft
13	Petronas Twin Tower 2	Kuala Lumpur	1998	452 m / 1,483 ft
15	Willis Tower	Chicago	1974	442 m / 1,451 ft
16	Wuhan Center Tower	Wuhan	2019	438 m / 1,437 ft
17	Wuhan World Trade Center	Wuhan	-	438 m / 1,437 ft
18	Multifunctional Highrise Complex - Akhmat Tower	Groznyj	-	435 m / 1,427 ft
19	Haikou Tower 1	Haikou	-	428 m / 1,404 ft
20	30 Hudson Yards	New York City	2019	387 m / 1,270 ft
21	Federation Tower	Moscow	2016	374 m / 1,226 ft
22	Haitian Center Tower 2	Qingdao	2021	369 m / 1,211 ft
23	Istanbul TV and Radio Tower	Istanbul	2020	369 m / 1,211 ft
24	One Shenzhen Bay Tower 7	Shenzhen	2018	341 m / 1,120 ft
25	Comcast Technology Center	Philadelphia	2018	339 m / 1,112 ft
26	Uptown Tower	Dubai	2022	339 m / 1,112 ft
27	Wilshire Grand Center	Los Angeles	2017	335 m / 1,100 ft
28	3 World Trade Center	New York City	2018	329 m / 1,079 ft
29	New York Times Tower	New York City	2007	319 m / 1,046 ft
30	Eurasia Tower	Moscow	2015	309 m / 1,013 ft
31	One Manhattan West	New York City	2019	304 m / 996 ft
32	Doosan Haeundae We've the Zenith Tower A	Busan	2011	300 m / 984 ft
33	Torre Costanera	Santiago	2014	300 m / 984 ft
34	Comcast Center	Philadelphia	2008	297 m / 974 ft
35	Evergrande Hefei Center T5	Hefei	2021	290 m / 951 ft
36	Busan International Finance Center Landmark Tower	Busan	2014	289 m / 948 ft
37	Plaza 66	Shanghai	2001	288 m / 945 ft
38	One Liberty Place	Philadelphia	1987	288 m / 945 ft
39	Ping An Finance Center South	Shenzhen	2019	286 m / 938 ft
40	Tomorrow Square	Shanghai	2003	285 m / 934 ft
41	Three International Finance Center	Seoul	2012	284 m / 932 ft
42	Doosan Haeundae We've the Zenith Tower B	Busan	2011	282 m / 924 ft
43	Torre KOI	San Pedro Garza García	2017	279 m / 916 ft
44	2nd & 2nd Tower	Miami	2022	274 m / 898 ft
45	Lotte Center Hanoi	Hanoi	2014	272 m / 892 ft
46	Naberezhnaya Tower Block C	Moscow	2007	268 m / 881 ft
47	Diamond of Istanbul	Istanbul	-	268 m / 879 ft
48	10 Hudson Yards	New York City	2016	268 m / 878 ft
49	Doosan Haeundae We've the Zenith Tower C	Busan	2011	265 m / 869 ft
50	Nathani Heights	Mumbai	2020	262 m / 858 ft
51	Evergrande Hefei Center T4	Hefei	2021	260 m / 853 ft
52	Devon Energy Center	Oklahoma City	2012	257 m / 844 ft
53	One Bennett Park	Chicago	2018	255 m / 837 ft
54	110 North Wacker	Chicago	2020	249 m / 817 ft
55	One Museum Place	Shanghai	2018	249 m / 816 ft
56	Hwaseong Dongtan Metapolis 101	Hwaseong	2010	249 m / 816 ft
57	Hwaseong Dongtan Metapolis 104	Hwaseong	2010	247 m / 812 ft
58	Tencent Seafront Tower 1	Shenzhen	2017	246 m / 806 ft
59	Bloomberg Tower	New York City	2004	246 m / 806 ft
60	FKI Tower	Seoul	2013	246 m / 805 ft
61	Haitian Center Tower 3	Qingdao	2021	245 m / 804 ft
62	Federation Tower - Zapad Tower	Moscow	2008	243 m / 796 ft
63	Q.1	Qingdao	-	242 m / 793 ft
64	Fifth & Hill	Los Angeles	-	241 m / 789 ft
65	30 Hudson Street	Jersey City	2004	238 m / 781 ft
66	Z14 Plot Tower 2	Beijing	2018	238 m / 781 ft
67	The First World Tower 1	Incheon	2009	237 m / 776 ft
67	The First World Tower 2	Incheon	2009	237 m / 776 ft
67	The First World Tower 3	Incheon	2009	237 m / 776 ft
67	The First World Tower 4	Incheon	2009	237 m / 776 ft
71	130 North Franklin	Chicago	-	229 m / 752 ft
72	One Liberty Plaza	New York City	1972	227 m / 743 ft
73	Three World Financial Center	New York City	1986	225 m / 739 ft
74	Sapphire Residences	Colombo	2021	225 m / 738 ft
75	Taikang Headquarters Building	Beijing	2021	224 m / 735 ft
76	Hwaseong Dongtan Metapolis 102	Hwaseong	2010	224 m / 734 ft
77	FMC Tower at Cira Centre South	Philadelphia	2017	223 m / 730 ft
78	Times Square Tower	New York City	2004	221 m / 726 ft
79	BNY Mellon Center	Pittsburgh	1983	221 m / 725 ft
80	Shanghai Stock Exchange of Shanghai International Financial Center	Shanghai	2019	215 m / 705 ft
81	Blu Estate & Club - Sky Blu	Mumbai	2019	214 m / 701 ft
82	Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir	Mathura	-	213 m / 700 ft
83	Georgia Pacific Tower	Atlanta	1981	213 m / 697 ft
84	Menara Maxis	Kuala Lumpur	1998	212 m / 696 ft
85	TaiKoo Hui Tower 1	Guangzhou	2011	212 m / 695 ft
86	Americas Tower	New York City	1992	211 m / 692 ft
87	Solow Building	New York City	1974	210 m / 689 ft
88	Haitian Center Tower 1	Qingdao	2021	210 m / 689 ft
89	Random House Tower	New York City	2003	209 m / 684 ft
90	AT&T Building	Atlanta	1980	206 m / 677 ft
91	Sequis Tower	Jakarta	2018	206 m / 677 ft
92	Golden Tower	Jeddah	2018	205 m / 673 ft
93	Hwaseong Dongtan Metapolis 103	Hwaseong	2010	203 m / 667 ft
94	Great American Tower at Queen City Square	Cincinnati	2011	203 m / 665 ft
95	Kohinoor Square Tower A	Mumbai	2019	202 m / 662 ft
96	Carlton Centre	Johannesburg	1973	201 m / 660 ft
97	1180 Peachtree	Atlanta	2006	200 m / 657 ft
98	Evergrande Hefei Center T3	Hefei	-	200 m / 656 ft
99	Conrad Seoul	Seoul	2012	199 m / 654 ft
100	599 Lexington Avenue	New York City	1986	199 m / 653 ft
101	UBS Tower	Chicago	2001	199 m / 652 ft
102	55 East Erie	Chicago	2004	197 m / 647 ft
103	Two World Financial Center	New York City	1986	197 m / 645 ft
104	SOCAR Tower	Baku	2015	196 m / 643 ft
105	Raheja Revanta	Gurgaon	2020	196 m / 642 ft
106	Grand Plaza Apartments	Chicago	2003	195 m / 641 ft
107	China Financial Futures Exchange of Shanghai International Financial Center	Shanghai	2019	195 m / 640 ft
108	Tencent Seafront Tower 2	Shenzhen	2017	195 m / 639 ft
109	Blu Estate & Club - Vista Blu	Mumbai	2018	187 m / 614 ft
110	One International Finance Center	Seoul	2012	185 m / 605 ft
111	Eleven Times Square	New York City	2011	183 m / 601 ft
112	The Finance Centre	Taguig City	2018	180 m / 591 ft
113	Fairmont Austin	Austin	2018	180 m / 591 ft
114	One Financial Center	Boston	1984	180 m / 590 ft
115	The Clare	Chicago	2009	180 m / 589 ft
116	Tour Areva	Courbevoie	1974	178 m / 584 ft
117	Citadel Center	Chicago	2003	177 m / 580 ft
118	One World Financial Center	New York City	1985	176 m / 577 ft
119	5 Times Square	New York City	2002	175 m / 575 ft
120	Lehman Building	New York City	2001	175 m / 575 ft
121	New York Marriott Marquis Hotel	New York City	1985	175 m / 574 ft
122	Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 2	Chengdu	2020	173 m / 568 ft
123	Blu Estate & Club - Iris Blu	Mumbai	2018	172 m / 566 ft
124	Cirrus	Chicago	2021	171 m / 562 ft
125	Evergrande Hefei Center T2	Hefei	2020	170 m / 558 ft
126	Continental Center	New York City	1983	169 m / 554 ft
127	Soyak Kristalkule \| Finansbank Headquarters	Istanbul	2014	169 m / 554 ft
128	Ministry of Taxes	Baku	2019	168 m / 551 ft
129	Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 3	Chengdu	2020	166 m / 545 ft
130	Tour Gan	Courbevoie	1974	166 m / 545 ft
131	Indeed Tower	Austin	2021	165 m / 542 ft
132	TaiKoo Hui Tower 2	Guangzhou	2011	165 m / 541 ft
133	One Tampa City Center	Tampa	1981	164 m / 537 ft
134	Palazzo Lombardia	Milan	2011	161 m / 529 ft
135	601 West Monroe Phase 1	Chicago	-	161 m / 527 ft
136	Villas in the Sky	Riyadh	2016	160 m / 525 ft
137	Dongbu Finance Building	Seoul	2001	158 m / 519 ft
138	The Residences at the Ritz-Carlton	Philadelphia	2009	158 m / 518 ft
139	191 North Wacker Drive	Chicago	2002	157 m / 516 ft
140	Al Khatem Tower	Abu Dhabi	2012	155 m / 509 ft
140	Al Maqam Tower	Abu Dhabi	2012	155 m / 509 ft
142	United Nations Secretariat Building	New York City	1953	154 m / 506 ft
143	State Street Financial Center	Boston	2003	153 m / 503 ft
144	28 State Street	Boston	1970	152 m / 500 ft
145	Four World Financial Center	New York City	1986	152 m / 500 ft
146	China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation of Shanghai International Financial Center	Shanghai	2019	152 m / 499 ft
147	One Broadway Plaza	Santa Ana	-	150 m / 493 ft
148	Sabana Capital	San José	-	150 m / 492 ft
149	CBS Building	New York City	1965	150 m / 491 ft
150	33 Arch Street	Boston	2004	149 m / 489 ft
151	1 Bank of America Center	Charlotte	2010	148 m / 484 ft
152	Harborside Plaza 5	Jersey City	2002	146 m / 480 ft
153	W Austin Hotel & Residences	Austin	2010	145 m / 477 ft
154	Daily News Building	New York City	1930	145 m / 476 ft
155	VIA 57 WEST	New York City	2016	142 m / 467 ft
156	Leighton House Residence Tower	New York City	1990	140 m / 460 ft
157	ITC One Hotel	Colombo	2021	140 m / 459 ft
158	The Residences at Grand Plaza	Chicago	2003	140 m / 458 ft
159	601 West Monroe Phase 2	Chicago	-	140 m / 458 ft
160	7 Bryant Park	New York City	2016	138 m / 454 ft
161	717 Texas Avenue	Houston	2003	138 m / 453 ft
162	540 West Madison Street	Chicago	2003	138 m / 453 ft
163	PPA 30 Parcel 3.10	Riyadh	2018	138 m / 453 ft
164	David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care	New York City	2019	137 m / 450 ft
165	Casablanca Finance City Tower	Casablanca	2019	136 m / 446 ft
166	85 Broad Street	New York City	1983	135 m / 443 ft
167	Xerox Tower	Rochester	1968	135 m / 443 ft
168	Crystal Tower 1	Riyadh	2018	135 m / 443 ft
169	5 Corporate Avenue	Shanghai	2014	135 m / 441 ft
170	Hartford 21	Hartford	2006	134 m / 440 ft
171	745 5th Avenue	New York City	1931	133 m / 435 ft
172	Shirley Ryan AbilityLab	Chicago	2016	132 m / 431 ft
173	Al Sarab Tower	Abu Dhabi	2012	131 m / 430 ft
173	Al Sila Tower	Abu Dhabi	2012	131 m / 430 ft
175	Evo at Cira Centre South	Philadelphia	2014	130 m / 427 ft
176	Mira	San Francisco	2020	130 m / 425 ft
177	10 George Street	London	2019	128 m / 420 ft
178	Taikoo Hui Mandarin Oriental Hotel	Guangzhou	2013	128 m / 420 ft
179	Naberezhnaya Tower Block B	Moscow	2006	127 m / 417 ft
180	MoMo	Chicago	2008	125 m / 411 ft
181	Kohinoor Square Tower B	Mumbai	2020	124 m / 406 ft
182	Fifty South Sixth	Minneapolis	2001	123 m / 404 ft
183	Cascade	Chicago	2021	123 m / 403 ft
184	Monarch Place	Springfield (MA)	1989	122 m / 400 ft
185	10 Rittenhouse Square	Philadelphia	2009	121 m / 396 ft
186	Westin Hotel at Copley Place	Boston	1983	120 m / 395 ft
187	Eastern Yards-Building SH-5	London	-	120 m / 392 ft
188	420 5th Avenue	New York City	1989	119 m / 391 ft
189	Carlton Hotel	Johannesburg	1973	119 m / 390 ft
190	The Fairbanks at Cityfront Plaza	Chicago	2008	118 m / 387 ft
191	Northwestern Medicine 259 East Erie	Chicago	2014	118 m / 385 ft
192	101 Federal Street	Boston	1988	116 m / 382 ft
193	Bally`s Atlantic City	Atlantic City	1989	114 m / 375 ft
194	The Admiral at the Lake	Chicago	2012	112 m / 368 ft
195	1111 South Wabash	Chicago	2004	112 m / 367 ft
196	One Flagler	West Palm Beach	-	111 m / 365 ft
197	141 Willoughby Street	New York City	-	110 m / 360 ft
198	Eight O Five	Chicago	2015	106 m / 348 ft
199	Shimizu Corporation Tokyo Headquarters	Tokyo	2012	106 m / 348 ft
200	Park Alexandria	Chicago	2003	106 m / 347 ft
201	PPA 30 Parcel 5.03 Tower 1	Riyadh	2018	105 m / 344 ft
202	Hilton New Orleans Riverside	New Orleans	1977	104 m / 341 ft
203	Eastern Yards-Building SH-7	London	-	104 m / 340 ft
204	840 North Lake Shore Drive	Chicago	2004	100 m / 329 ft
205	Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex	Toronto	2019	100 m / 328 ft
206	Guotai Junan Securities Tower	Shanghai	-	100 m / 327 ft
207	Amazon HQ2 Phase 1 North Building	Arlington	2023	99 m / 325 ft
207	Amazon HQ2 Phase 1 South Building	Arlington	2023	99 m / 325 ft
209	Qiantan Enterprise World Phase II Tower A	Shanghai	-	99 m / 325 ft
209	Qiantan Enterprise World Phase II Tower B	Shanghai	-	99 m / 325 ft
211	Prentice Women's Hospital	Chicago	2007	96 m / 316 ft
212	Kingsbury on the Park	Chicago	2004	92 m / 301 ft
213	Parkline	Chicago	2021	89 m / 293 ft
214	Erie on the Park	Chicago	2002	89 m / 292 ft
215	Ascent	Milwaukee	2022	87 m / 284 ft
216	22 West Washington	Chicago	2008	84 m / 276 ft
217	Chicago Board of Trade Addition	Chicago	1983	84 m / 275 ft
218	Prairie Pointe	Chicago	2006	83 m / 271 ft
219	241 West 28th Street	New York City	-	81 m / 265 ft
220	Optima Views	Evanston	2003	81 m / 265 ft
221	Torre Universal	San José	2020	81 m / 265 ft
222	Crystal Tower 2	Riyadh	2018	80 m / 262 ft
223	330 Hudson	New York City	2013	79 m / 259 ft
224	546 5th Avenue	New York City	1990	79 m / 258 ft
225	J.W. Marriott Grand Rapids	Grand Rapids	2007	78 m / 256 ft
226	AMLI 900	Chicago	2008	78 m / 256 ft
227	Rush University Medical Center Hospital Tower	Chicago	2012	77 m / 252 ft
228	Eastern Yards-Building SH-4	London	-	75 m / 246 ft
229	Obama Presidential Center	Chicago	2021	72 m / 235 ft
230	World Trade Center West	Boston	2002	69 m / 225 ft
231	Dwight Building	Chicago	2008	67 m / 219 ft
232	U.S. Embassy, London	London	2018	65 m / 214 ft
233	Aloft Chicago Magnificent Mile	Chicago	2018	59 m / 194 ft
234	2330 Broadway	New York City	-	53 m / 173 ft
235	The Arbour	Toronto	2024	53 m / 172 ft
236	Edition Hotel & Residences	West Hollywood	2019	48 m / 158 ft
237	670 Mesquit North Tower	Los Angeles	-	- m / - ft
237	670 Mesquit South Tower	Los Angeles	-	- m / - ft
239	Signature at Reston - West Tower	Reston, VA	2018	- m / - ft
240	The Gem Building	Riyadh	2018	- m / - ft

Statistics

150 m+ Buildings

300 m+ Buildings

Average Building Age*

17 Years

Most Common Function*

Office, 100 Buildings

Most Common Material*

Concrete, 88 Buildings

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

Function
Material

*Based on 240 Completed & Under Construction Buildings