As a leader in wind engineering for the past 40 years, Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory has worked with engineers, architects and developers from all over the globe. Since its inception in 1965, the Laboratory has worked on over one thousand projects.
Their mission is to develop innovative solutions to complex wind engineering problems while maintaining the highest standards in research, education, and engineering applications.
They have developed many of, what are now, wind engineering's standard methods, such as the force balance measurement of loads on tall buildings. They have assisted in the design of some of the world's tallest buildings and structures, the world's longest bridges, and roofs of unusual construction and form.
Engineering, Other; Wind Engineering
Membership Level
Silver
Member Since
1980
Member Offices
London (ON)
Rank |
Name |
Status
Completed Architecturally Topped Out Structurally Topped Out Under Construction On Hold Proposed Vision Never Completed Demolished Competition Entry Canceled Proposed Renovation Under Renovation Renovated Under Demolition |
Completion |
Height |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
2010 |
828 m / 2,717 ft |
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2 |
2015 |
632 m / 2,073 ft |
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3 |
2012 |
601 m / 1,972 ft |
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4 |
2008 |
492 m / 1,614 ft |
||
5 |
1974 |
442.1 m / 1,451 ft |
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6 |
1999 |
420.5 m / 1,380 ft |
||
7 |
1996 |
384 m / 1,260 ft |
||
8 |
1992 |
373.9 m / 1,227 ft |
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9 |
1990 |
367.4 m / 1,205 ft |
||
10 |
2009 |
365.8 m / 1,200 ft |
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150 m+ Buildings
300 m+ Buildings
Average Building Age*
20 Years
Most Common Function*
Office (52%), 25 Buildings
Most Common Material*
Concrete (46%), 21 Buildings
* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database.
*Based on 48 Completed & Under Construction Buildings
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