AKT II - The Skyscraper Center

CTBUH Silver Member

AKT II Limited

Overview
Buildings
Initiatives

About

Member Since: 2013

Member Offices: London

AKT II is a progressive design-led firm of structural and civil engineers. Their practice is based in London, whilst trading throughout the world, where they have current and completed projects in over twenty-five countries.

Their experience is extensive, covering the commercial, residential, retail, leisure, educational, health and transportation sectors of the market.

They are aware that the innovative design solutions demanded in the real world can only be achieved by maintaining an open mind to the issue of problem solving through imaginative input and judgement beyond engineering science.

Fields of Expertise

Civil 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	One Park Drive	204.9 m / 672 ft
2	One Portal Way Building A	195.3 m / 641 ft
3	One Portal Way Building C	185.2 m / 608 ft
4	One Portal Way Building E	181.5 m / 595 ft
5	Levent 199	170 m / 558 ft
6	South Bank Tower	150.4 m / 494 ft
7	54 Marsh Wall	140.3 m / 460 ft
8	New City Court	139 m / 456 ft
9	55 Gracechurch Street	130.2 m / 427 ft
10	One Crown Place South	124.8 m / 409 ft

Awards

Winner: One Crown Place

Best Tall Building Europe 2022

Ctbuh Leaders

Hanif Kara

CTBUH Fazlur R. Khan Lifetime Achievement Award, 2022

London

Associated companies

Formerly Named

Adams Kara Taylor & Emir

Adams Kara Taylor (2011)

Formerly Named

Adams Kara Taylor & Emir

Adams Kara Taylor (2011)

Rank	Name	City	Completion	Height
1	One Park Drive	London	2021	205 m / 672 ft
2	City Tower	London	2023	199 m / 654 ft
3	One Portal Way Building A	London	-	195 m / 641 ft
4	One Portal Way Building C	London	-	185 m / 608 ft
5	One Portal Way Building E	London	-	182 m / 595 ft
6	Levent 199	Istanbul	2014	170 m / 558 ft
7	River Tower	London	2023	160 m / 525 ft
8	South Bank Tower	London	2016	150 m / 494 ft
9	54 Marsh Wall	London	-	140 m / 460 ft
10	New City Court	London	-	139 m / 456 ft
11	55 Gracechurch Street	London	-	130 m / 427 ft
12	One Crown Place South	London	2021	125 m / 409 ft
13	Copenhill	Copenhagen	2017	124 m / 407 ft
14	Eastern Yards-Building SH-5	London	-	120 m / 392 ft
15	One Crown Place	London	-	114 m / 375 ft
16	EDGE London Bridge	London	2024	107 m / 352 ft
17	One Crown Place North	London	2021	106 m / 348 ft
18	HYLO	London	2021	105 m / 344 ft
19	Eastern Yards-Building SH-7	London	-	104 m / 340 ft
20	115-123 Houndsditch	London	2026	103 m / 339 ft
21	Colechurch House Redevelopment	London	-	100 m / 327 ft
22	240 Blackfriars Road	London	2014	86 m / 281 ft
23	Ravens Works	London	-	84 m / 275 ft
24	120 Fleet Street	London	-	84 m / 274 ft
25	Vinegar Yard	London	-	82 m / 268 ft
26	One Portal Way Building B	London	-	80 m / 263 ft
27	Sienna Alto	London	2013	78 m / 257 ft
28	White Collar Factory	London	2017	75 m / 247 ft
29	Eastern Yards-Building SH-4	London	-	75 m / 246 ft
30	Villaggio II	Accra	2011	71 m / 233 ft
31	Waterloo Central	London	-	71 m / 233 ft
32	One Portal Way Building F	London	-	68 m / 222 ft
33	One Portal Way Building D1	London	-	64 m / 211 ft
34	KX200 Tower 1	London	2008	62 m / 203 ft
35	Roma Corte	London	2015	61 m / 201 ft
36	KX200 Tower 2	London	2008	60 m / 196 ft
37	Tuscany Corte	London	2012	55 m / 180 ft
38	Vessel	New York City	2019	46 m / 150 ft
39	One Portal Way Building D2	London	-	28 m / 93 ft
40	Tower of Tables	Singapore	-	- m / - ft
41	105 Victoria Street	London	-	- m / - ft

CTBUH Initiatives Involving AKT II

CTBUH UK & ZHA: Tall Towers as Catalysts for Social Interaction

08 May 2017

Zaha Hadid Architects and CTBUH UK hosted an event in the ZHA gallery space, featuring presentations and a panel discussion on tall towers as catalysts for social intercation.