United Kingdom
Europe
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London
Manchester
Salford
Birmingham
Cardiff
Glasgow
Leeds
Liverpool
Sheffield
Facts
Population
63,181,775 (2011)
Area
242,495 km² • 93,627 mi²
Density
260.5 people per km²
674.8 people per mi²
GDP
$2.32 trillion (2012)
First 150m+ Building
Tallest Building
Tallest City
Rankings
by no. of 150m+ completed buildings
Tallest City in
the World
Tallest City in
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 |
Height
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Shard | 306 m / 1,004 ft | |
| 2 | 22 Bishopsgate | 278.2 m / 913 ft | |
| 3 | One Canada Square | 236 m / 774 ft | |
| 4 | Landmark Pinnacle | 233.2 m / 765 ft | |
| 5 | Salesforce Tower | 230 m / 755 ft | |
| 6 | The Leadenhall Building | 224.5 m / 737 ft | |
| 7 | Newfoundland Place | 219.7 m / 721 ft | |
| 8 | Aspen at Consort Place | 215.8 m / 708 ft | |
| 9 | Valiant Tower | 214.5 m / 704 ft | |
| 10 | One Park Drive | 204.9 m / 672 ft |
Building Completions Timeline
United Kingdom CTBUH Members
|
Logo
|
Name
|
Level
|
# of 150m+ buildings
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Arup |
Platinum
|
460 | CIV • STRC • WIND • ENVE • PMNG • COST • FAC • FIRE • MEP • VERC |
 |
Buro Happold |
Platinum
|
116 | CIV • STRC • ENVP • ENVE • BMNT • COMP • ENGM • ENGO • FAC • FIRE • GEO • MEP • SEC • TRAN |
 |
KONE Corporation |
Platinum
|
395 | MATR • VERC • VERS |
 |
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates |
Platinum
|
243 | INTR • URB • ARCH • HIST • TRAN |
 |
Langan |
Platinum
|
103 | CIV • LAND • ENVE • ENGM • GEO • SEIS • SURV |
 |
Multiplex Construction Europe Ltd |
Platinum
|
66 | CON • ENGO • PROP |
 |
RWDI |
Platinum
|
515 | WIND • ENVE • ENGO |
 |
Siderise |
Platinum
|
125 | FACS • FIRE • MATR |
 |
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
Platinum
|
362 | CIV • INTR • LAND • STRC • URB • ARCH • ENVE • MRKT • MEP • TRAN |
 |
Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. |
Platinum
|
233 | CIV • STRC • URB • ARCH • ENVE • PMNG • COMP • ENGM • ENGO • FAC • FACS • FIRE • GEO • HIST • INSU • MEP • SEC • SEIS • TRAN |
 |
Turner & Townsend alinea |
Platinum
|
17 | COST • INSU • PROP |
 |
Turner Construction Company |
Platinum
|
121 | PMNG • CON |
 |
WSP |
Platinum
|
661 | CIV • INTR • STRC • URB • ENVP • PMNG • COMP • ENGO • FAC • FIRE • GEO • MEP • TRAN |
 |
Adamson Associates |
Gold
|
59 | ARCH |
 |
Charles Russell Speechlys |
Gold
|
0 | LEGL |
 |
Corgan |
Gold
|
0 | INTR • ARCH |
 |
Fujitec |
Gold
|
2 | VERC |
 |
Mott MacDonald |
Gold
|
18 | PMNG • ENGM • TRAN |
 |
NORR Group Consultants International Limited |
Gold
|
23 | INTR • STRC • ARCH |
 |
Ramboll |
Gold
|
43 | CIV • URB • ENVE |
 |
Tide Construction |
Gold
|
2 | DEV • CON |
 |
Zaha Hadid Architects |
Gold
|
31 | INTR • URB • ARCH |
 |
chapmanbdsp |
Gold
|
8 | BACS • ENGM • FAC |
 |
AKT II |
Silver
|
11 | CIV |
 |
Alison Brooks Architects |
Silver
|
1 | ARCH |
 |
Allies and Morrison Architects |
Silver
|
9 | ARCH |
 |
Arney Fender Katsalidis |
Silver
|
3 | ARCH |
 |
Atelier Ten |
Silver
|
7 | ENVE |
 |
Broadway Malyan |
Silver
|
13 | ARCH |
 |
Canary Wharf Group, PLC |
Silver
|
18 | DEV |
 |
Carlo Ratti Associati S.R.L. |
Silver
|
2 | ARCH |
 |
Cast Connex |
Silver
|
7 | MATR |
 |
Core Five |
Silver
|
9 | COST |
 |
Cundall Johnston & Partners LLP |
Silver
|
9 | ENGM |
 |
D2E International VT Consultants Ltd |
Silver
|
0 | FAC |
 |
DP9 |
Silver
|
32 | URB |
 |
Eckersley O'Callaghan |
Silver
|
5 | ENGM |
 |
Eric Parry Architects |
Silver
|
2 | ARCH |
 |
FSD Active Limited |
Silver
|
0 | MATR |
 |
Farrells |
Silver
|
33 | ARCH |
 |
Fletcher Priest Architects |
Silver
|
0 | ARCH |
 |
Foster + Partners |
Silver
|
119 | ARCH |
 |
Grimshaw Architects |
Silver
|
6 | ARCH |
 |
Heatherwick Studio |
Silver
|
6 | ARCH |
 |
JRMI |
Silver
|
0 | CON |
 |
KPM |
Silver
|
0 | ENGM |
 |
Keltbray |
Silver
|
0 | ENGM |
 |
Kettle Collective |
Silver
|
3 | ARCH |
 |
Laing O'Rourke |
Silver
|
4 | ENGO |
 |
Maconda Solutions |
Silver
|
0 | MATR |
 |
Make |
Silver
|
10 | ARCH |
 |
Maybourne Hotel Group |
Silver
|
0 | OWN |
 |
OFR Consultants Limited |
Silver
|
6 | FIRE |
 |
PLP Architecture |
Silver
|
8 | ARCH |
 |
Pell Frischmann Consultants |
Silver
|
1 | ENGM |
 |
Pilbrow & Partners |
Silver
|
5 | ARCH |
 |
Pool Re |
Silver
|
0 | INSU |
 |
RSHP |
Silver
|
39 | ARCH |
 |
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) |
Silver
|
0 | SURV |
 |
Securistyle |
Silver
|
6 | MATR |
 |
Semper Fire Engineering |
Silver
|
1 | FIRE |
 |
SimpsonHaugh |
Silver
|
18 | ARCH |
 |
Sir Robert Mcalpine |
Silver
|
1 | DEV |
| Smartspaces |
Silver
|
0 | ||
 |
Stanhope |
Silver
|
4 | DEV |
 |
The Vertical Transportation Studio Ltd |
Silver
|
4 | VERC |
 |
TÜV SÜD |
Silver
|
3 | FAC |
 |
UHA |
Silver
|
8 | ARCH |
 |
Weston Williamson+Partners |
Silver
|
2 | ARCH |
 |
Whitby Wood Mills |
Silver
|
0 | ENGM |
 |
WilkinsonEyre |
Silver
|
12 | ARCH |
 |
Cardiff University |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | ACAD |
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