CTBUH Silver Member

CDC Curtain Wall Design & Consulting, Inc.

About

Member Since: 2009

Member Offices: Dallas

Website: http://www.cdc-usa.com/

CDC is a world leader in design and consulting services for state-of-the-art building envelope systems. Founded in 1973, CDC operates as a 100% Employee-owned and operated organization.

As a professional services firm, they provide design and engineering for some of the most well-known façade cladding manufacturers in the world, providing design support for established and tested systems, creating new systems, and assisting in development of innovative new approaches to cladding execution.

The quality distinction that CDC provides to clients is a product of their experienced staff and their dedication to excellence in their respective specialty.

Fields of Expertise

Façade Design / Engineering

Buildings

Please note that all heights shown in italics/red are estimated heights. These have been calculated based on known floor counts for the building, then extrapolated through analyzing typically hundreds of buildings of the same function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard building features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of these estimations.

RANK
Name
Height
1 Makkah Royal Clock Tower

601 m / 1,972 ft
2 Lotte World Tower

555 m / 1,819 ft
4 Trump International Hotel & Tower

423 m / 1,389 ft
5 The St. Regis Chicago

363 m / 1,191 ft
6 Emirates Tower One

355 m / 1,163 ft
7 Burj Al Arab

321 m / 1,053 ft
8 Emirates Tower Two

309 m / 1,014 ft
9 Comcast Center

297 m / 974 ft
10 311 South Wacker Drive

293 m / 961 ft
11 NEMA Chicago

273 m / 896 ft

Please note that all heights shown in italics/red are estimated heights. These have been calculated based on known floor counts for the building, then extrapolated through analyzing typically hundreds of buildings of the same function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard building features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of these estimations.

RANK
Name
Height
1 Makkah Royal Clock Tower

601 m / 1,972 ft
2 Lotte World Tower

555 m / 1,819 ft
3 Busan Lotte Town Tower

510 m / 1,674 ft
4 Trump International Hotel & Tower

423 m / 1,389 ft
5 The St. Regis Chicago

363 m / 1,191 ft
6 Emirates Tower One

355 m / 1,163 ft
7 Burj Al Arab

321 m / 1,053 ft
8 Emirates Tower Two

309 m / 1,014 ft
9 Comcast Center

297 m / 974 ft
10 311 South Wacker Drive

293 m / 961 ft
11 NEMA Chicago

273 m / 896 ft
12 Bank of America Corporate Center

265 m / 871 ft
13 Aqua at Lakeshore East

262 m / 859 ft
14 Devon Energy Center

257 m / 844 ft
15 Highcliff

252 m / 828 ft
16 The Legacy at Millennium Park

249 m / 818 ft
17 181 Fremont

247 m / 810 ft
18 Chapultepec Uno R-509

241 m / 789 ft
19 609 Main at Texas

230 m / 755 ft
20 Dallas Arts Tower

225 m / 738 ft
21 River Point

223 m / 732 ft
22 FMC Tower at Cira Centre South

223 m / 730 ft
23 Ocean Resort Casino

219 m / 718 ft
24 Oceanwide Plaza Tower I

206 m / 677 ft
25 340 on the Park

205 m / 672 ft
26 1180 Peachtree

200 m / 657 ft
27 Millennium Tower

197 m / 645 ft
28 Duke Energy Plaza

192 m / 629 ft
29 Wynn Las Vegas

187 m / 614 ft
30 Cosmopolitan Casino Spa Tower

184 m / 604 ft
31 Cosmopolitan Casino Beach Club Tower

184 m / 604 ft
32 1144 Fifteenth

184 m / 602 ft
33 Aria Resort & Casino

183 m / 600 ft
34 The Concourse

175 m / 574 ft
35 One South Dearborn

174 m / 571 ft
36 Palmolive Building

172 m / 565 ft
37 Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas

164 m / 539 ft
38 Oceanwide Plaza Tower II

162 m / 530 ft
38 Oceanwide Plaza Tower III

162 m / 530 ft
40 Ayala Tower One

160 m / 525 ft
41 Arthaus

160 m / 525 ft
42 Torre Sofia

158 m / 518 ft
43 191 North Wacker Drive

157 m / 516 ft
44 Frost Bank Tower

157 m / 516 ft
45 Bellagio Resort & Casino

156 m / 511 ft
46 The Grand by Gehry

156 m / 511 ft
47 Al Khatem Tower

155 m / 509 ft
47 Al Maqam Tower

155 m / 509 ft
49 1450 BRICKELL

153 m / 500 ft
50 707 2nd Avenue South

152 m / 498 ft
51 235 West Van Buren

149 m / 490 ft
52 The Bristol

149 m / 488 ft
53 Prism Tower

145 m / 476 ft
54 Capital One Tower

143 m / 470 ft
55 Pacific Gate by Bosa

140 m / 458 ft
56 717 Texas Avenue

138 m / 453 ft
57 Caesars Palace Tower

133 m / 435 ft
58 La Nube

132 m / 433 ft
59 Al Sarab Tower

131 m / 430 ft
59 Al Sila Tower

131 m / 430 ft
61 Kō‘ula

129 m / 423 ft
62 Three Nationwide Plaza

124 m / 408 ft
63 United States Federal Courthouse

119 m / 390 ft
64 Sam Nunn Federal Center

118 m / 388 ft
65 Fubon Fuzhou Financial Center

118 m / 387 ft
66 Wynn Palace

115 m / 377 ft
67 JW Marriott Indianapolis Downtown

115 m / 376 ft
68 Equus 333 Torre 1

112 m / 368 ft
68 Equus 333 Torre 2

112 m / 368 ft
70 45 Province Street

112 m / 367 ft
71 Beau Rivage Casino Hotel

105 m / 346 ft
72 James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep United States Courthouse

102 m / 333 ft
73 Conrad Los Angeles

99 m / 326 ft
74 Fort Worth City Hall

99 m / 324 ft
75 Mickey Leland Federal Building

98 m / 320 ft
76 Equus 333 Torre 3

96 m / 316 ft
77 The Kensington

95 m / 313 ft
78 theWit Hotel

95 m / 311 ft
79 22 West Washington

84 m / 276 ft
80 800 Fulton Market

81 m / 265 ft
81 The Vendome

77 m / 253 ft
82 Turning Stone Resort Casino Tower

77 m

253 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 20 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 1,227 other buildings of the same Hotel function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
83 Hunt Oil Company Headquarters

75 m / 246 ft
84 Robert E. Coyle United States Courthouse

69 m / 226 ft
85 Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

67 m / 220 ft
86 Taipei Performing Arts Center

64 m / 209 ft
87 Mills Park Tower

60 m / 197 ft
88 Hall Arts Center Mixed Use Tower

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89 Hall Arts Center Residential Tower

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CTBUH Initiatives Involving Curtain Wall Design and Consulting, Inc.

Top Company Rankings: The World’s 100 Tallest Buildings

13 October 2016

The Council is pleased to announce the Top Company Rankings for numerous disciplines as derived from the list of projects appearing in 100 of the World’s Tallest Buildings.

International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Vol. 2 No. 4

01 December 2013

The International Journal of High-Rise Buildings, Volume 2: Number 4 includes 8 papers focusing on pure research content and investigations in tall building design.