CTBUH Silver Member

Front Inc.

About

Member Since: 2019

Member Offices: New York City

Website: https://www.frontinc.com/

Established in 2002, Front is a specialist façade consulting and engineering practice with offices in New York, San Francisco, Seattle, London and Hong Kong. We are a cross-disciplinary group of creative individuals with professional backgrounds in Architecture and Engineering. We work with owners, architects, engineers, construction managers, contractors, testing facilities and fabricators in a collaborative fashion. We are specialists in architectural façade systems for new and retrofit construction, including curtain wall, bespoke cladding systems and the use of structural glass, fabrics and related lightweight structures deploying a wide palette of materials. Our work ranges in size and complexity and includes large-scale high-rise projects, public and cultural institutions, additions to historically sensitive sites, as well as custom designed work for retail and private residences

Fields of Expertise

Façade Design / Engineering

Buildings

RANK
Name
Height
1 Tower Fifth

474.4 m

1,556 ft

3 PIF Tower

385 m

1,263 ft

5 Salesforce Tower

326.1 m

1,070 ft

6 MahaNakhon

314 m

1,030 ft

7 Lusail Plaza Tower 3

300.7 m

986 ft

7 Lusail Plaza Tower 4

300.7 m

986 ft

9 Angkasa Raya

268 m

879 ft

10 10 Hudson Yards

267.7 m

878 ft

11 262 Fifth Avenue

262.1 m

860 ft

12 80 Flatbush

256 m

840 ft

RANK
Name
Height
1 Tower Fifth

474.4 m

1,556 ft

2 World Business Center Solomon Tower

408 m

1,339 ft

3 PIF Tower

385 m

1,263 ft

4 Equator Tower

380 m

1,247 ft

5 Salesforce Tower

326.1 m

1,070 ft

6 MahaNakhon

314 m

1,030 ft

7 Lusail Plaza Tower 3

300.7 m

986 ft

7 Lusail Plaza Tower 4

300.7 m

986 ft

9 Angkasa Raya

268 m

879 ft

10 10 Hudson Yards

267.7 m

878 ft

11 262 Fifth Avenue

262.1 m

860 ft

12 80 Flatbush

256 m

840 ft

13 Brookfield Place Tower One

247 m

810 ft

14 Shenzhen Stock Exchange

245.8 m

806 ft

15 Ritz-Carlton Hotel Astana

242 m

794 ft

16 CCTV Headquarters

234 m

768 ft

17 Perth+ West Tower

220 m

722 ft

18 Shenzhen Energy Headquarters North Tower

218 m

715 ft

19 Lusail Plaza Tower 1

215.7 m

708 ft

19 Lusail Plaza Tower 2

215.7 m

708 ft

21 Museum Plaza

212 m

696 ft

22 Atlantic Yards Building 1

189 m

620 ft

23 Space Needle

184.4 m

605 ft

24 Strata Tower

168 m

551 ft

25 Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas

164.3 m

539 ft

26 TVCC

159 m

522 ft

27 Morpheus

153.7 m

504 ft

28 Reforma 342

152.1 m

499 ft

29 100 Flatbush

146.9 m

482 ft

30 660 5th Avenue

146.2 m

480 ft

31 CassaNY

145.6 m

478 ft

32 Project R6

144 m

472 ft

33 500 Folsom

132.6 m

435 ft

34 Evo at Cira Centre South

130 m

427 ft

35 CHOP Roberts Center for Pediatric Research Building 1

114.3 m

375 ft

36 Shenzhen Energy Headquarters South Tower

111.3 m

365 ft

37 300 Ashland

110.9 m

364 ft

38 The 13

96 m

315 ft

39 Perth+ East Tower

86.5 m

284 ft

40 RB12

85 m

279 ft

41 100 11th Avenue

80.7 m

265 ft

42 Five Manhattan West

79.9 m

262 ft

43 Rothschild Bank Headquarters

75.4 m

247 ft

44 Cooper Square Hotel

72.8 m

239 ft

45 Terrace House

71 m

233 ft

46 Shinsegae International

69 m

226 ft

47 San Francisco International Airport Traffic Control Tower

67.4 m

221 ft

48 Linked Hybrid T1

66 m

217 ft

48 Linked Hybrid T2

66 m

217 ft

48 Linked Hybrid T3

66 m

217 ft

48 Linked Hybrid T5

66 m

217 ft

48 Linked Hybrid T6

66 m

217 ft

48 Linked Hybrid T9

66 m

217 ft

54 Opus Hong Kong

60 m

197 ft

55 Linked Hybrid T8

59.9 m

197 ft

56 Seattle Central Library

59.7 m

196 ft

57 HL23

53.7 m

176 ft

58 The New Museum

53 m

174 ft

59 2050 M Street

46.1 m

151 ft

60 Linked Hybrid T7

44.7 m

146 ft

61 Media Tower 1

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62 Alai Siete

-

62 Alai Cinco

-

62 Alai Cuatro

-

62 Alai Dos

-

62 Alai Seis

-

62 Alai Tres

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62 Alai Uno

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CTBUH Initiatives Involving Front 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.