Walter P. Moore - The Skyscraper Center

CTBUH Silver Member

Walter P Moore

Overview
Buildings
Initiatives

About

Member Since: 2000

Member Offices: Atlanta

Walter P Moore is an international company of engineers, innovators, and creative consultants who solve some of the world’s most complex structural and infrastructural challenges.

Providing structural, enclosure, diagnostics, civil, traffic, transportation, and parking consulting services, they engineer solutions that are cost- and resource-efficient, forward-thinking, and help support and shape our communities.

Founded in 1931, they are headquartered in Houston, Texas and have more than 700 professionals working across 21 U.S. offices and 5 international locations.

Fields of Expertise

Façade Design / Engineering

Buildings

RANK	Name	Height
1	PIF Tower	385 m / 1,263 ft
2	Bank of America Corporate Center	265.5 m / 871 ft
3	One Atlantic Center	249.9 m / 820 ft
4	Comerica Bank Tower	239.9 m / 787 ft
5	Tower Financial Center	231 m / 758 ft
6	609 Main at Texas	230.1 m / 755 ft
7	Centerpoint Energy Plaza	225.9 m / 741 ft
8	Fontainebleau Las Vegas	224 m / 735 ft
9	1072 West Peachtree Street	223.4 m / 733 ft
10	1600 Smith Street	223.1 m / 732 ft

Awards

Award of Excellence: PIF Tower

Façade Engineering Award 2021

Ctbuh Leaders

Noah Burwell

CTBUH Expert Peer Review Committee, 2016 – Present

Pittsburgh

Brian McElhatten

CTBUH Chicago Chapter, 2018 – Present

Chicago

RANK	Name	City	Completion	Height	Floors	Function
1	Bank of Southwest Tower	Houston	-	428 m / 1,404 ft	82	Office
2	PIF Tower	Riyadh	2021	385 m / 1,263 ft	72	Office
3	Signature Tower	Nashville	-	320 m / 1,050 ft	77	Residential / Hotel
4	Brickell Financial Centre Phase II	Miami	-	275 m / 902 ft	68	Residential / Hotel / Office
5	Bank of America Corporate Center	Charlotte	1992	265 m / 871 ft	60	Office
6	One Atlantic Center	Atlanta	1987	250 m / 820 ft	50	Office
7	Comerica Bank Tower	Dallas	1987	240 m / 787 ft	60	Office / Residential / Hotel
8	Tower Financial Center	Panama City	2011	231 m / 758 ft	52	Office
9	609 Main at Texas	Houston	2017	230 m / 755 ft	48	Office
10	Centerpoint Energy Plaza	Houston	1996	226 m / 741 ft	53	Office
11	Fontainebleau Las Vegas	Las Vegas	2023	224 m / 735 ft	67	Hotel / Casino
12	1072 West Peachtree Street	Atlanta	-	223 m / 733 ft	61	Residential / Office
13	1600 Smith Street	Houston	1984	223 m / 732 ft	55	Office
14	3 Houston Center	Houston	1982	221 m / 725 ft	52	Office
15	LyondellBassell Tower	Houston	1978	207 m / 678 ft	47	Office
16	First City Tower	Houston	1984	202 m / 662 ft	47	Office
17	Echelon Place Main Resort Tower	Las Vegas	-	198 m / 650 ft	57	Hotel
18	The Palazzo	Las Vegas	2007	196 m / 642 ft	53	Hotel
19	Costa del Este Country Club 1	Panama City	2013	180 m / 591 ft	54	Residential
19	Costa del Este Country Club 2	Panama City	2019	180 m / 591 ft	54	Residential
21	America Tower	Houston	1983	180 m / 590 ft	42	Office
22	Two Houston Center	Houston	1974	176 m / 579 ft	40	Office
23	Bank of America Tower	Houston	2019	176 m / 579 ft	34	Office
24	Financial Park	Panama City	2015	174 m / 571 ft	46	Office
25	Burnett Plaza	Fort Worth	1983	173 m / 567 ft	40	Office
26	Marathon Oil Tower	Houston	1983	171 m / 562 ft	41	Office
27	1111 Wilshire High-Rise Mixed Use Tower	Los Angeles	-	165 m / 541 ft	52	Hotel / Residential / Retail
28	Echelon Suite Tower	Las Vegas	-	165 m / 541 ft	47	Hotel
29	Samba Bank Tower	Riyadh	-	165 m / 541 ft	37	Office
30	Truist Place	Tampa	1992	160 m / 525 ft	36	Office
31	Palm International Hotel and Tower	Dubai	-	160 m / 525 ft	46	Hotel
32	RRI Energy Plaza	Houston	2003	158 m / 518 ft	36	Office
33	Total Plaza	Houston	1971	158 m / 518 ft	35	Office
34	The Huntington	Houston	1982	153 m / 503 ft	34	Residential
35	Market Square Tower	Houston	2017	153 m / 502 ft	40	Residential
36	Renaissance Panama Hotel	Panama City	-	150 m / 492 ft	39	Hotel
37	Hess Tower	Houston	2010	149 m / 490 ft	29	Office
38	Brickell World Plaza at 600 Brickell	Miami	2011	148 m / 484 ft	40	Office
39	1500 Post Oak Boulevard	Houston	2016	145 m / 477 ft	30	Office
40	6624 Fannin Tower	Houston	1990	145 m / 477 ft	29	Office / Hospital
41	Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino	Las Vegas	1999	145 m / 475 ft	35	Hotel / Casino
42	Scripps Center	Cincinnati	1990	143 m / 468 ft	36	Office
43	Texas Children`s Hospital Expansion	Houston	2018	139 m / 457 ft	25	Hospital
44	Aspire Post Oak	Houston	2021	138 m / 453 ft	39	Residential
45	Signia by Hilton Atlanta	Atlanta	2024	138 m / 453 ft	42	Hotel
46	Residences at La Colombe d’Or	Houston	2020	138 m / 452 ft	34	Residential
47	Omni Fort Worth Hotel	Fort Worth	2009	136 m / 447 ft	33	Residential / Hotel
48	TKE Innovation and Qualification Center Tower	Vinings	2022	136 m / 446 ft	13	Observation / Exhibition / Industrial / Office
49	One Main Place	Dallas	1968	136 m / 445 ft	34	Office
50	First National Center	Oklahoma City	1931	135 m / 443 ft	33	Residential / Hotel
51	BOK Park Plaza	Oklahoma City	2017	132 m / 433 ft	27	Office
52	Hyatt Regency Orlando Expansion Tower	Orlando	2010	130 m / 428 ft	31	Hotel
53	BMO Plaza	Indianapolis	1988	122 m / 401 ft	31	Office
54	Hyatt Regency Houston	Houston	1972	122 m / 401 ft	30	Hotel
55	Five Post Oak Park	Houston	1982	119 m / 389 ft	28	Office
56	That Quiet Earth Tower 1	Bangalore	2025	119 m / 389 ft	38	Residential
56	That Quiet Earth Tower 2	Bangalore	2025	119 m / 389 ft	38	Residential
56	That Quiet Earth Tower 3	Bangalore	2025	119 m / 389 ft	38	Residential
56	That Quiet Earth Tower 4	Bangalore	2025	119 m / 389 ft	38	Residential
60	Ocean Tower	South Padre Island	-	116 m / 381 ft	31	Residential
61	Viridian	Nashville	2006	115 m / 378 ft	31	Residential
62	Austin Hilton Convention Center Hotel	Austin	2004	115 m / 377 ft	31	Residential / Hotel
63	Sam M. Gibbons United States Courthouse	Tampa	1998	114 m / 375 ft	17	Government
64	Sheraton Phoenix Downtown	Phoenix	2008	110 m / 360 ft	32	Hotel
65	Hilcorp Energy Tower	Houston	2016	106 m / 346 ft	23	Office
66	222 2nd Avenue South	Nashville	2017	99 m / 326 ft	26	Office
67	Park Center 2	Dunwoody	2020	98 m / 323 ft	22	Office
68	Park Center 1	Dunwoody	2016	97 m / 317 ft	22	Office
69	Capital One Bank Tower	Lake Charles	1983	91 m / 300 ft	22	Office
70	Ginsburg Tower	Orlando	2008	84 m / 274 ft	15	Hospital
71	Hyatt Regency Indianapolis-PNC Center	Indianapolis	1977	82 m / 268 ft	22	Office / Hotel
72	USF Health Morsani College of Medicine & Heart Institute	Tampa	2020	81 m / 266 ft	13	Education
73	Federal Reserve Bank	Dallas	1992	77 m / 253 ft	17	Government
74	Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City	Kansas City	2008	76 m / 250 ft	14	Office
75	Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. United States Federal Courthouse	Miami	2007	68 m / 224 ft	14	Government
76	San Francisco International Airport Traffic Control Tower	South San Francisco	2015	67 m / 221 ft	12	Air Traffic Control Tower
77	NRG Astrodome	Houston	1965	59 m / 194 ft	6	Recreational
78	Resorts World Las Vegas Tower II	Las Vegas	-	-	50	Hotel / Casino
79	Resorts World Las Vegas Tower IV	Las Vegas	-	-	44	Hotel / Casino
80	Makers' KUbe	Lawrence	-	-	6	Education

CTBUH Initiatives Involving Walter P. Moore

What Makes Tall, Tall

29 September 2015

CTBUH Atlanta recently hosted an event focusing on the design and construction criteria unique to tall buildings, asking what makes tall, tall?

Leading Structural Firms Help the Council on LCA Research

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.