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Facts
Population
317,518,000 (2013)
Area
9,833,517 km² • 3,796,721 mi²
Density
32.3 people per km²
83.6 people per mi²
GDP
$16.72 trillion (2013)
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 | One World Trade Center | 541.3 m / 1,776 ft | |
| 2 | Central Park Tower | 472.4 m / 1,550 ft | |
| 3 | Willis Tower | 442.1 m / 1,451 ft | |
| 4 | 111 West 57th Street | 435.3 m / 1,428 ft | |
| 5 | One Vanderbilt Avenue | 427 m / 1,401 ft | |
| 6 | 432 Park Avenue | 425.7 m / 1,397 ft | |
| 7 | Trump International Hotel & Tower | 423.2 m / 1,389 ft | |
| 8 | JPMorgan Chase World Headquarters | 423 m / 1,388 ft | |
| 9 | 30 Hudson Yards | 387.1 m / 1,270 ft | |
| 10 | Empire State Building | 381 m / 1,250 ft |
Building Completions Timeline
United States CTBUH Members
|
Logo
|
Name
|
Level
|
# of 150m+ buildings
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
DeSimone Consulting Engineering |
Platinum
|
49 | STRC • ENGO |
 |
Dow |
Platinum
|
6 | MATR |
 |
HOK, Inc. |
Platinum
|
83 | INTR • STRC • URB • ARCH • FIN • PMNG • COST • ENGM • FAC • FACS • HIST • SEIS |
 |
Illinois Institute of Technology |
Platinum
|
0 | ACAD • RES |
 |
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates |
Platinum
|
229 | INTR • URB • ARCH • HIST • TRAN |
 |
Langan Engineering |
Platinum
|
98 | CIV • LAND • ENVE • ENGM • GEO • SEIS • SURV |
 |
Otis Elevator Company |
Platinum
|
134 | MATR • VERC |
 |
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
Platinum
|
343 | CIV • INTR • LAND • STRC • URB • ARCH • ENVE • MRKT • MEP • TRAN |
 |
Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. |
Platinum
|
154 | CIV • STRC • URB • ARCH • ENVE • PMNG • COMP • ENGM • ENGO • FAC • FACS • FIRE • GEO • HIST • INSU • MEP • SEC • SEIS • TRAN |
 |
Turner Construction Company |
Platinum
|
60 | PMNG • CON |
 |
WSP |
Platinum
|
140 | CIV • INTR • STRC • URB • ENVP • PMNG • COMP • ENGO • FAC • FIRE • GEO • MEP • TRAN |
 |
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture |
Gold
|
40 | INTR • URB • ARCH |
 |
DCI Engineers |
Gold
|
4 | STRC • SEIS |
 |
FXCollaborative Architects |
Gold
|
6 | ARCH |
 |
Gensler |
Gold
|
106 | INTR • ARCH • COST |
 |
Giarratana, LLC |
Gold
|
5 | DEV |
 |
Goettsch Partners |
Gold
|
56 | ARCH |
 |
Magnusson Klemencic Associates |
Gold
|
80 | CIV • STRC • SEIS |
 |
McNamara • Salvia |
Gold
|
20 | STRC • WIND • SEIS |
 |
Pelli Clarke & Partners |
Gold
|
26 | INTR • URB • ARCH |
 |
Perkins & Will |
Gold
|
11 | INTR • ARCH • HIST |
 |
Pickard Chilton Architects, Inc. |
Gold
|
21 | INTR • URB • ARCH |
 |
Severud Associates Consulting Engineers, PC |
Gold
|
16 | STRC |
 |
SilverEdge Systems Software, Inc. |
Gold
|
0 | COMP |
 |
SL Green Realty Corp. |
Gold
|
7 | DEV • OWN • PROP |
 |
Stantec |
Gold
|
23 | CIV • STRC • ARCH |
 |
Think Wood |
Gold
|
0 | ARCH • MRKT • NONP |
 |
UL Solutions |
Gold
|
0 | ENGO • MEP • OTHR |
 |
3MIX |
Silver
|
2 | ARCH |
 |
ADG Engineering |
Silver
|
0 | ARCH |
 |
AI PlanetWorks |
Silver
|
7 | ARCH |
 |
AKAIA Architecture |
Silver
|
0 | ARCH |
 |
Altair Engineering |
Silver
|
1 | COMP |
 |
AMSYSCO |
Silver
|
36 | ENGO • MATR |
 |
ArcelorMittal |
Silver
|
95 | MATR |
 |
Architects Hawaii Limited - AHL |
Silver
|
0 | ARCH |
 |
ARK Studio Inc. |
Silver
|
7 | ARCH |
 |
Autodesk |
Silver
|
0 | COMP |
 |
BALA Engineers |
Silver
|
9 | ENGO |
 |
Baldridge & Associates Structural Engineering |
Silver
|
2 | ENGO |
 |
Barker Mohandas, LLC |
Silver
|
40 | VERC |
 |
Baumann Consulting |
Silver
|
2 | ARCH • ENGM |
 |
Bedrock Detroit |
Silver
|
2 | DEV |
 |
Bjarke Ingels Group |
Silver
|
19 | ARCH |
 |
bKL Architecture |
Silver
|
10 | ARCH |
 |
BKV Group |
Silver
|
0 | ARCH |
 |
Carrier Johnson + Culture |
Silver
|
0 | ARCH |
 |
Cary Kopczynski & Company |
Silver
|
0 | STRC |
 |
Cast Connex |
Silver
|
6 | STRC • MATR |
 |
CB Engineers |
Silver
|
4 | FIRE |
 |
CBRE Group, Inc. |
Silver
|
73 | PROP |
 |
CDC Curtain Wall Design & Consulting, Inc. |
Silver
|
14 | FAC |
 |
Cerami & Associates, Inc. |
Silver
|
25 | ENGO |
 |
CetraRuddy |
Silver
|
11 | ARCH |
 |
Code Consultants, Inc. |
Silver
|
47 | ENGO |
 |
COOKFOX Architects |
Silver
|
2 | ARCH |
 |
Cosentini Associates |
Silver
|
100 | ENVE |
 |
Coughlin Porter Lundeen |
Silver
|
1 | CIV |
 |
Cove Property Group |
Silver
|
0 | DEV |
 |
CPP Wind Engineering Consultants |
Silver
|
31 | WIND |
 |
Degenkolb Engineers |
Silver
|
1 | SEIS |
 |
DLR Group |
Silver
|
12 | ARCH |
 |
Dynamic Isolation Systems, Inc. |
Silver
|
0 | STRC • SEIS |
 |
Edgett Williams Consulting Group, Inc. |
Silver
|
17 | VERC |
 |
Enclos Corp. |
Silver
|
42 | MATR |
 |
Ennead Architects |
Silver
|
1 | ARCH |
 |
Environmental Systems Design, Inc. |
Silver
|
34 | BACS |
 |
Epstein |
Silver
|
7 | ARCH |
 |
Extell Development |
Silver
|
15 | DEV |
 |
Fisher Marantz Stone |
Silver
|
20 | OTHR |
 |
FitzGerald Associates |
Silver
|
1 | ARCH |
 |
FM Global |
Silver
|
0 | INSU |
 |
Foster + Partners |
Silver
|
110 | ARCH |
 |
Front Inc. |
Silver
|
28 | FAC |
 |
FullStack Modular LLC |
Silver
|
0 | MATR |
 |
GEI Consultants |
Silver
|
15 | GEO |
 |
GenX Design & Technology |
Silver
|
2 | COMP |
 |
GGLO |
Silver
|
1 | ARCH |
 |
Gilsanz Murray Steficek |
Silver
|
11 | STRC |
 |
Glumac |
Silver
|
2 | ENGO |
 |
GREC Architects |
Silver
|
2 | ARCH |
 |
Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company |
Silver
|
2 | CON |
 |
Hearst |
Silver
|
1 | OWN |
 |
Heintges Consulting Architects & Engineers |
Silver
|
5 | FAC |
 |
Heller Manus Architects |
Silver
|
4 | ARCH |
 |
Hines |
Silver
|
28 | DEV |
 |
HKA Elevator Consulting |
Silver
|
3 | VERC |
 |
Jahn/ |
Silver
|
12 | ARCH |
 |
Jay Paul Company |
Silver
|
1 | DEV • OWN |
 |
JB&B |
Silver
|
70 | ENGM |
 |
JCE Structural Engineering Group |
Silver
|
0 | STRC |
 |
JDS Development Group |
Silver
|
7 | DEV |
 |
Jensen Hughes |
Silver
|
8 | FIRE |
 |
Kinemetrics |
Silver
|
43 | MATR |
 |
Kuraray |
Silver
|
7 | COMP • MATR |
 |
LeMessurier |
Silver
|
28 | STRC |
 |
Lendlease |
Silver
|
29 | DEV |
 |
LERA Consulting Structural Engineers |
Silver
|
18 | STRC |
 |
Lerch Bates, Inc. |
Silver
|
67 | FAC |
 |
LMN Architects |
Silver
|
2 | ARCH |
 |
Longman Lindsey |
Silver
|
6 | BMNT • MEP |
 |
Magellan Development Group |
Silver
|
12 | ARCH |
 |
Martin/Martin |
Silver
|
3 | CIV |
 |
McHugh Construction |
Silver
|
22 | CON |
 |
Meyer Borgman Johnson |
Silver
|
3 | STRC |
 |
MEYERS+ ENGINEERS |
Silver
|
1 | ARCH |
 |
Michael Blades & Associates |
Silver
|
0 | VERC |
 |
Nabih Youssef & Associates |
Silver
|
3 | STRC |
 |
NBBJ |
Silver
|
63 | ARCH |
 |
O'Donnell & Naccarato |
Silver
|
1 | STRC |
 |
OJB Landscape Architecture |
Silver
|
18 | LAND |
 |
OLYMPIQUE Façade Access Consulting |
Silver
|
6 | BMNT • FACS |
 |
Optima Inc. |
Silver
|
1 | ARCH |
 |
Ornamental Metal Institute of New York |
Silver
|
0 | MATR • NONP |
 |
Osborn Engineering |
Silver
|
2 | ENGM |
 |
Pappageorge Haymes Partners |
Silver
|
9 | INTR |
 |
Pavarini McGovern |
Silver
|
4 | CON |
 |
Peckar & Abramson, P.C. |
Silver
|
0 | CON • LEGL |
 |
PEI Architects |
Silver
|
1 | ARCH |
 |
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners |
Silver
|
27 | ARCH |
 |
Pepper Construction |
Silver
|
0 | CON |
 |
Portman Architects |
Silver
|
3 | ARCH |
 |
Prudential Center |
Silver
|
12 | OWN |
 |
Rhode Partners |
Silver
|
1 | ARCH |
 |
Riverside Investment & Development |
Silver
|
3 | DEV |
 |
Robert A.M. Stern Architects |
Silver
|
17 | ARCH |
 |
Safdie Architects |
Silver
|
18 | URB • ARCH |
 |
SHoP Architects |
Silver
|
18 | ARCH |
 |
SOH Wind Engineering LLC |
Silver
|
0 | WIND |
 |
Solomon Cordwell Buenz - SCB |
Silver
|
36 | ARCH |
 |
Spiritos Properties LLC |
Silver
|
0 | DEV |
 |
Stanley D. Lindsey and Associates, Ltd. |
Silver
|
4 | STRC • WIND • SEIS |
 |
Steel Institute of New York |
Silver
|
0 | MATR • NONP |
 |
Steinberg Hart |
Silver
|
0 | INTR • ARCH |
 |
Studio Gang Architects |
Silver
|
4 | ARCH |
 |
SWA Group |
Silver
|
52 | LAND |
 |
Swinerton |
Silver
|
0 | CON |
 |
Syska Hennessy Group |
Silver
|
17 | MEP |
 |
Telgian Engineering & Consulting, LLC |
Silver
|
0 | FIRE |
 |
Terracon |
Silver
|
3 | GEO • OTHR |
 |
Tetra Tech |
Silver
|
0 | ENGM |
 |
The Harman Group, now IMEG |
Silver
|
4 | STRC |
 |
TLC Engineering Solutions |
Silver
|
2 | ENGM |
 |
Vanderweil Engineers |
Silver
|
4 | MEP |
 |
VDA Elevator and Escalator Consulting |
Silver
|
18 | VERC |
 |
Walter P Moore |
Silver
|
34 | FAC |
 |
CCHRB (Chicago Committee on High-Rise Buildings) |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | NONP |
 |
Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association (FEMA) |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | FIRE • MATR |
 |
Pennsylvania State University |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | ACAD |
 |
Post-Tensioning Institute |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | CIV |
 |
Pratt Institute |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | ACAD |
 |
The Skyscraper Museum |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | NONP |
 |
The University of Chicago |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | ACAD |
 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | ACAD • RES |
 |
Yale University School of Architecture |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | ACAD |
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