Front Inc.

CTBUH Silver Member

Overview
Buildings
Initiatives

About

Member Since: 2019

Member Offices: Hong Kong, London, New York City

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	City	Completion	Height
1	Tower Fifth	New York City	-	474.4 m / 1,556 ft
2	PIF Tower	Riyadh	2021	385 m / 1,263 ft
3	Salesforce Tower	San Francisco	2018	326.1 m / 1,070 ft
4	MahaNakhon	Bangkok	2016	314 m / 1,030 ft
5	262 Fifth Avenue	New York City	2024	304.7 m / 1,000 ft
6	Lusail Plaza Tower 3	Doha	2023	300.7 m / 986 ft
7	Lusail Plaza Tower 4	Doha	2023	300.7 m / 986 ft
8	Angkasa Raya	Kuala Lumpur	-	268 m / 879 ft
9	10 Hudson Yards	New York City	2016	267.7 m / 878 ft
10	80 Flatbush	New York City	2025	256 m / 840 ft

Rank	Name	City	Completion	Height
1	Tower Fifth	New York City	-	474 m / 1,556 ft
2	World Business Center Solomon Tower	Busan	-	408 m / 1,339 ft
3	PIF Tower	Riyadh	2021	385 m / 1,263 ft
4	Equator Tower	Kuala Lumpur	-	380 m / 1,247 ft
5	Salesforce Tower	San Francisco	2018	326 m / 1,070 ft
6	MahaNakhon	Bangkok	2016	314 m / 1,030 ft
7	262 Fifth Avenue	New York City	2024	305 m / 1,000 ft
8	Lusail Plaza Tower 3	Doha	2023	301 m / 986 ft
8	Lusail Plaza Tower 4	Doha	2023	301 m / 986 ft
10	Angkasa Raya	Kuala Lumpur	-	268 m / 879 ft
11	10 Hudson Yards	New York City	2016	268 m / 878 ft
12	80 Flatbush	New York City	2025	256 m / 840 ft
13	Brookfield Place Tower One	Calgary	2017	247 m / 810 ft
14	Shenzhen Stock Exchange	Shenzhen	2013	246 m / 806 ft
15	Ritz-Carlton Hotel Astana	Astana	-	242 m / 794 ft
16	CCTV Headquarters	Beijing	2012	234 m / 768 ft
17	Perth+ West Tower	Perth	-	220 m / 722 ft
18	Shenzhen Energy Headquarters North Tower	Shenzhen	2017	218 m / 715 ft
19	Lusail Plaza Tower 1	Doha	2023	216 m / 708 ft
19	Lusail Plaza Tower 2	Doha	2023	216 m / 708 ft
21	Museum Plaza	Louisville	-	212 m / 696 ft
22	Atlantic Yards Building 1	New York City	-	189 m / 620 ft
23	Space Needle	Seattle	1962	184 m / 605 ft
24	Strata Tower	New York City	2022	168 m / 551 ft
25	Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas	Las Vegas	2009	164 m / 539 ft
26	TVCC	Beijing	2016	159 m / 522 ft
27	Morpheus	Macau	2018	154 m / 504 ft
28	Reforma 342	Mexico City	2012	152 m / 499 ft
29	100 Flatbush	New York City	2024	147 m / 482 ft
30	CassaNY	New York City	2010	146 m / 478 ft
31	Project R6	Seoul	-	144 m / 472 ft
32	500 Folsom	San Francisco	2019	133 m / 435 ft
33	Evo at Cira Centre South	Philadelphia	2014	130 m / 427 ft
34	CHOP Roberts Center for Pediatric Research Building 1	Philadelphia	2017	114 m / 375 ft
35	Shenzhen Energy Headquarters South Tower	Shenzhen	2017	111 m / 365 ft
36	300 Ashland	New York City	2016	111 m / 364 ft
37	The 13	Macau	2016	96 m / 315 ft
38	Perth+ East Tower	Perth	-	87 m / 284 ft
39	RB12	Rio de Janeiro	-	85 m / 279 ft
40	100 11th Avenue	New York City	2010	81 m / 265 ft
41	Five Manhattan West	New York City	2017	80 m / 262 ft
42	Rothschild Bank Headquarters	London	2011	75 m / 247 ft
43	Cooper Square Hotel	New York City	2008	73 m / 239 ft
44	Terrace House	Vancouver	-	71 m / 233 ft
45	Shinsegae International	Seoul	2015	69 m / 226 ft
46	San Francisco International Airport Traffic Control Tower	South San Francisco	2015	67 m / 221 ft
47	Linked Hybrid T1	Beijing	2009	66 m / 217 ft
47	Linked Hybrid T2	Beijing	2009	66 m / 217 ft
47	Linked Hybrid T3	Beijing	2009	66 m / 217 ft
47	Linked Hybrid T5	Beijing	2009	66 m / 217 ft
47	Linked Hybrid T6	Beijing	2009	66 m / 217 ft
47	Linked Hybrid T9	Beijing	2009	66 m / 217 ft
53	Opus Hong Kong	Hong Kong	2012	60 m / 197 ft
54	Linked Hybrid T8	Beijing	2009	60 m / 197 ft
55	Seattle Central Library	Seattle	2004	60 m / 196 ft
56	HL23	New York City	2011	54 m / 176 ft
57	The New Museum	New York City	2009	53 m / 174 ft
58	Linked Hybrid T7	Beijing	2009	45 m / 146 ft
59	Media Tower 1	Doha	-	- m / - ft
60	Alai Siete	Cancún	-	- m / - ft
60	Alai Cinco	Cancún	-	- m / - ft
60	Alai Cuatro	Cancún	-	- m / - ft
60	Alai Dos	Cancún	-	- m / - ft
60	Alai Seis	Cancún	-	- m / - ft
60	Alai Tres	Cancún	-	- m / - ft
60	Alai Uno	Cancún	-	- m / - ft

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.