Iran

Middle East

Tehran

Tehran

Facts

Population

Source: CIA World Factbook

81,824,270 (2015)

Area

1,628,762 km² • 628,865 mi²

Density

50.2 people per km²

130.1 people per mi²

GDP

$1.38 trillion (2015)

First 150m+ Building

Tehran International Tower (2007)

Tallest Building

Tehran International Tower (162 m)

Tallest City

Tehran

Rankings

by no. of 150m+ completed buildings

#
52

Tallest City in

the World

#
9

Tallest City in

Middle East

Buildings

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

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Height
1 Fereshteh Pasargad Hotel
188 m / 617  ft
2 Tehran International Tower
162 m / 531  ft
3 Tehran International Financial Center
138.4 m / 454  ft
4 Kapsad Development Housing
135 m / 443  ft
5 B3 Tower
122 m / 400  ft
6 Imperial Medical Center
120 m / 394  ft
7 Jaam Tower
118 m / 387  ft
8 Sepher Tower
115 m / 377  ft
9 Farmaneih Residential Commercial Tower
105 m / 344  ft
10 Golnar Tower
100 m / 328  ft

CTBUH People & Events

Payam Bahrami

Country Committee

Payam Bahrami

Optim Design Inc.

Iran Conference on High-Rise Buildings

17-20 January 2017

CTBUH Iran Participates in Iran Conference on High-Rise Buildings

17-19 January 2017

Videos

12 October 2011

How Tall Buildings Eventually Have Emerged in a Historic City

Aslan Jonoubi from Shiraz Islamic Azad University presents on tall buildings emerging in a historic city through its policy, design and guidelines, this is done...

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Research

01 December 2018

Preliminary Modelling of Plasco Tower Collapse

In a recent tragic fire incident, the Plasco Tower collapsed after an intense outburst of fire lasting for three and a half hours and claiming...

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Global News

13 January 2022

Tehran Office Building Reaches Completion

Architecture studio Hooba Design Group, along with architect Hooman Balazadeh, have recently completed a brick-clad office building in Tehran, with a scooped-out central void to...

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