CTBUH Silver Member

AKT II

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
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

Height
1 99 Bishopsgate Redevelopment
238.9 m / 784  ft
2 One Park Drive
204.9 m / 672  ft
3 City Tower
199.4 m / 654  ft
4 One Portal Way Building A
195.3 m / 641  ft
5 One Portal Way Building C
185.2 m / 608  ft
6 One Portal Way Building E
181.5 m / 595  ft
7 63 St Mary Axe
176.1 m / 578  ft
8 Central Bank of Iraq
171.9 m / 564  ft
9 Levent 199
170 m / 558  ft
10 One Lansdowne Road Tower A
159.2 m / 522  ft

Awards

63 St Mary Axe

Award of Excellence: 63 St Mary Axe

Future Project Award 2025

Ctbuh Leaders

Phillip Quach

Phillip Quach

CTBUH Toronto Chapter, 2019 – Present

Toronto

Ricardo Baptista

Ricardo Baptista

CTBUH Awards Façade Engineering Jury, 2025

London

Associated companies

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 99 Bishopsgate Redevelopment

239 m / 784 ft

2 One Park Drive

205 m / 672 ft

3 City Tower

199 m / 654 ft

4 One Portal Way Building A

195 m / 641 ft

5 One Portal Way Building C

185 m / 608 ft

6 One Portal Way Building E

182 m / 595 ft

7 63 St Mary Axe

176 m / 578 ft

8 Central Bank of Iraq

172 m / 564 ft

9 Levent 199

170 m / 558 ft

10 One Lansdowne Road Tower A

159 m / 522 ft

11 River Park Tower

156 m / 510 ft

12 99 City Road

152 m / 498 ft

13 South Bank Tower

150 m / 494 ft

14 54 Marsh Wall

140 m / 460 ft

15 New City Court

139 m / 456 ft

16 55 Gracechurch Street

130 m / 427 ft

17 One Crown Place South

125 m / 409 ft

18 Copenhill

124 m / 407 ft

19 Mandarin Oriental Bankside Yards

120 m / 392 ft

20 One Lansdowne Road Tower B

118 m / 388 ft

21 One Crown Place

114 m / 375 ft

22 EDGE London Bridge

107 m / 352 ft

23 One Crown Place North

106 m / 348 ft

24 HYLO

106 m / 346 ft

25 Eastern Yards-Building SH-7

104 m / 340 ft

26 115-123 Houndsditch

103 m / 339 ft

27 Colechurch House Redevelopment

100 m / 327 ft

28 45 Moorfields

86 m / 281 ft

29 240 Blackfriars Road

86 m / 281 ft

30 Ravens Works

84 m / 275 ft

31 120 Fleet Street

84 m / 274 ft

32 Vinegar Yard

82 m / 268 ft

33 One Portal Way Building B

80 m / 263 ft

34 Sienna Alto

78 m / 257 ft

35 White Collar Factory

75 m / 247 ft

36 Eastern Yards-Building SH-4

75 m / 246 ft

37 Villaggio II

71 m / 233 ft

38 Waterloo Central

71 m / 233 ft

39 New Zealand House

69 m / 225 ft

40 One Portal Way Building F

68 m / 222 ft

41 One Portal Way Building D1

64 m / 211 ft

42 KX200 Tower 1

62 m / 203 ft

43 Roma Corte

61 m / 201 ft

44 KX200 Tower 2

60 m / 196 ft

45 Tuscany Corte

55 m

180 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 16 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 9,621 other buildings of the same Residential 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.
46 Vessel

46 m / 150 ft

47 One Portal Way Building D2

28 m / 93 ft

48 Tower of Tables

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49 105 Victoria Street

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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.