CTBUH Silver Member

AKT II Limited

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

One Park Drive

204.9 m / 672 ft

2

City Tower

199.4 m / 654 ft

3

One Portal Way Building A

195.3 m / 641 ft

4

One Portal Way Building C

185.2 m / 608 ft

5

One Portal Way Building E

181.5 m / 595 ft

6

Levent 199

170 m / 558 ft

7

River Tower

160.1 m / 525 ft

8

South Bank Tower

150.4 m / 494 ft

9

54 Marsh Wall

140.3 m / 460 ft

10

New City Court

139 m / 456 ft

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
City
Height

1

One Park Drive

London

205 m

672 ft

2

City Tower

London

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

170 m

558 ft

7

River Tower

London

160 m

525 ft

8

South Bank Tower

London

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

125 m

409 ft

13

Copenhill

Copenhagen

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

107 m

352 ft

17

One Crown Place North

London

106 m

348 ft

18

HYLO

London

105 m

344 ft

19

Eastern Yards-Building SH-7

London

104 m

340 ft

20

115-123 Houndsditch

London

103 m

339 ft

21

Colechurch House Redevelopment

London

100 m

327 ft

22

240 Blackfriars Road

London

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

78 m

257 ft

28

White Collar Factory

London

75 m

247 ft

29

Eastern Yards-Building SH-4

London

75 m

246 ft

30

Villaggio II

Accra

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

62 m

203 ft

35

Roma Corte

London

61 m

201 ft

36

KX200 Tower 2

London

60 m

196 ft

37

Tuscany Corte

London

55 m

180 ft

38

Vessel

New York City

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.