The Skyscraper Center

Albany

Arlington

Atlanta

Atlantic City

Austin

Baltimore

Bellevue

Bethesda

Birmingham (AL)

Boston

Buffalo

Cambridge

Charlotte

Chicago

Cincinnati

Cleveland

Columbus

Corpus Christi

Dallas

Denver

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)

# of 150m+ buildings

825 Completed • 66 Under Construction

First 150m+ Building

Metropolitan Life Tower (1909)

Tallest Building

One World Trade Center (541 m)

Tallest City

New York City

Average Building Age

32 Years

Most Common Function*

Office (54%)

Most Common Material*

Concrete (49%)

Rankings

by no. of 150m+ completed buildings

2

Tallest Country in

the World

1

Tallest Country in

North America

Buildings

Rank	Name	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	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	30 Hudson Yards	387.1 m / 1,270 ft
9	Empire State Building	381 m / 1,250 ft
10	Bank of America Tower	365.8 m / 1,200 ft

Building Completions Timeline

United States CTBUH Members

Name	City	Level	# of 150m+ buildings	Fields Of Expertise ACAD: Academic / University ARCH: Architecture BACS: Building Automation Control Systems BMNT: Building Maintenance CIV: Civil Engineering COMP: Computers / IT / Software CON: Construction / Contractor COST: Cost Consulting DEV: Developer ENGO: Engineering, Other ENVE: Environmental Engineering ENVP: Environmental Protection FAC: Façade Design / Engineering FIN: Financial Industry FIRE: Fire Engineering GEO: Geotechnic / Foundations HIST: Historical Preservation INSU: Insurance / Risk INTR: Interior Design LAND: Landscape Architecture LEGL: Legal MRKT: Marketing / Sales MATR: Materials / Products / Systems Supplier MEP: Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing NONP: Non-Profit Org. / Assoc. / Gov't OWN: Owner (Buildings, Land) PMNG: Project Management PROP: Property Management RES: Research Institute SEC: Security Consultancy SEIS: Seismic Design STRC: Structural Engineering SURV: Surveying TRAN: Transportation / Urban Infrastructure URB: Urban Design VERC: Vertical Transportation Consultant WIND: Wind Engineering OTHR: Other FACS: Façade Systems VERS: Vertical Transportation Supplier ENGM: Engineering, Multi-discipline
Dassault Systèmes	Paris	Platinum	0	COMP
NBBJ	New York City	Gold	61	INTR • LAND • ARCH • MRKT
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects	New Haven	Gold	52	INTR • URB • ARCH
Enclos Corp.	Los Angeles	Gold	41	PMNG • FAC • MATR
Jensen Hughes	Chicago	Gold	6	FIRE
Nishkian Menninger Consulting and Structural Engineers	San Francisco	Gold	1	STRC
WATG Urban	Seattle	Gold	2	INTR • URB • ARCH
Webcor Builders	Los Angeles	Gold	3	PMNG • CON
CB Engineers	San Francisco	Silver	4	COMP • COST • FIRE • MEP
Cerami & Associates, Inc.	New York City	Silver	25	ENGO • MATR • OTHR
Cosentini Associates	New York City	Silver	100	ENVE • COMP • FIRE • MEP
Cove Property Group	New York City	Silver	0	DEV • OWN
Gilsanz Murray Steficek	New York City	Silver	10	STRC • ENGO • SEC
Glumac	San Francisco	Silver	2	ENGO • MEP
International Code Council	Washington D.C.	Silver	0	ENGO • NONP
JAHN	Chicago	Silver	10	INTR • URB • ARCH
Kinemetrics	Pasadena, CA	Silver	43	MATR • OTHR • SEIS
Kobi Karp Architecture	Miami	Silver	8	INTR • ARCH
National Fire Protection Association	Boston	Silver	0	FIRE • NONP • RES
Ornamental Metal Institute of New York	New York City	Silver	0	MATR • NONP
PAN Partners	New York City	Silver	0	STRC • ARCH • PMNG • ENGO • LEGL
RafterySuver, LLC	Seattle	Silver	1	DEV • CON
Steel Institute of New York	New York City	Silver	0	MATR • NONP
SWA Group	Sausalito	Silver	44	LAND • URB
Tetra Tech	Pasadena, CA	Silver	0	ENGM
Edgett Williams Consulting Group, Inc.	Mill Valley	Silver	17	VERC
FullStack Modular LLC	New York City	Silver	0	CON • MATR
Henderson Engineers	Kansas City	Silver	0	ENGO
James McHugh Construction Co.	Chicago	Silver	22	CON
Jay Paul Company	San Francisco	Silver	1	DEV • OWN
JCE Structural Engineering Group	Pasadena, CA	Silver	0	STRC • SEC • SEIS
King-Le Chang & Associates	Taipei	Silver	11	STRC
Larson Engineering, Inc.	Chicago	Silver	1	STRC • ENGM
PEI Architects	New York City	Silver	1	ARCH
See Robertson Structural Engineers, LLC	New York City	Silver	0	STRC
Sentient Law, Ltd.	Chicago	Silver	0	LEGL
Spiritos Properties LLC	New York City	Silver	0	DEV
The Moinian Group	New York City	Silver	13	DEV • OWN
Tobin, PLLC	Charlotte	Silver	0	INTR • ARCH • PMNG • FAC • HIST
Victor Group	New York City	Silver	1	DEV
W.E. O'Neil Construction Co.	Chicago	Silver	0	CON
American Institute of Steel Construction	Chicago	Media Institute/Association	0	NONP
Pennsylvania State University	State College	Media Institute/Association	0	ACAD
Autodesk	San Francisco	Platinum	0	COMP
DeSimone Consulting Engineers	New York City	Platinum	45	STRC • ENGO
Dow Chemical Company	Midland	Platinum	6	MATR
HOK, Inc.	New York City	Platinum	79	INTR • STRC • URB • ARCH • FIN • PMNG • COST • ENGM • FAC • FACS • HIST • SEIS
Illinois Institute of Technology	Chicago	Platinum	0	ACAD • RES
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates	New York City	Platinum	208	INTR • URB • ARCH • HIST • TRAN
Langan Engineering	London	Platinum	94	CIV • LAND • ENVE • GEO • SEIS
Otis Elevator Company	Hartford	Platinum	0	MATR • VERC
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP	Chicago	Platinum	318	CIV • INTR • LAND • STRC • URB • ARCH • ENVE • MRKT • MEP • TRAN
Thornton Tomasetti	Chicago	Platinum	132	STRC • PMNG • ENGO • FAC • HIST • INSU • SEIS • TRAN
Turner Construction Company	New York City	Platinum	56	PMNG • CON
WSP	Chicago	Platinum	70	CIV • INTR • STRC • URB • ENVP • PMNG • COMP • ENGO • FAC • FIRE • GEO • MEP • TRAN
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture	Chicago	Gold	40	INTR • URB • ARCH
AKF Group LLC	New York City	Gold	19	COMP • ENGO • FIRE • MEP • OTHR • PROP
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat	Chicago	Gold	0	NONP
DCI Engineers	Seattle	Gold	3	STRC • SEIS
Gensler	Chicago	Gold	99	INTR • URB • ARCH • COST • MRKT
Giarratana, LLC	Nashville	Gold	3	DEV
Goettsch Partners	Chicago	Gold	52	ARCH
Magnusson Klemencic Associates	Seattle	Gold	70	CIV • STRC • WIND • SEIS
McNamara • Salvia	Boston	Gold	20	STRC • WIND • ENGO • SEIS
Perkins & Will	Chicago	Gold	8	INTR • LAND • URB • ARCH • HIST
Severud Associates Consulting Engineers, PC	New York City	Gold	16	STRC
SL Green Realty Corp.	New York City	Gold	7	DEV • OWN • PROP
Studio Libeskind	New York City	Gold	1	INTR • URB • ARCH
The Durst Organization	New York City	Gold	10	DEV • OWN
Think Wood	Portland	Gold	0	ARCH • MRKT • NONP
3MIX	Hong Kong	Silver	0	ARCH
ADG Engineering	New York City	Silver	0	INTR • STRC • ARCH • ENGO
Alvine Engineering	Omaha	Silver	7	ENGO • FIRE • MEP
AMSYSCO	Chicago	Silver	34	ENGO • MATR
ArcelorMittal	Chicago	Silver	91	BACS • MATR
Archilier	New York City	Silver	6	ARCH
Architects Hawaii Limited - AHL	Honolulu	Silver	0	INTR • URB • ARCH
ARK Studio Inc.	Mumbai	Silver	7	INTR • URB • ARCH
BALA Engineers	Philadelphia	Silver	9	STRC • ENVE • ENGO • FIRE • MEP • SEC
Baldridge & Associates Structural Engineering	Honolulu	Silver	1	STRC • WIND • ENGO • HIST • INSU • SEIS • SURV
Barker Mohandas, LLC	New York City	Silver	34	VERC
BASF Corporation	New York City	Silver	1	MATR
Baumann Consulting	Chicago	Silver	2	ARCH • ENGM
Bedrock Detroit	Detroit	Silver	2	DEV
Bjarke Ingels Group	Copenhagen	Silver	14	STRC • URB • ARCH
bKL Architecture	Chicago	Silver	10	INTR • URB • ARCH
BKV Group	Minneapolis	Silver	0	INTR • LAND • ARCH • ENGM
Carrier Johnson + Culture	San Diego	Silver	0	ARCH
Cary Kopczynski & Company	Seattle	Silver	0	STRC • SEIS
Cast Connex	New York City	Silver	4	MATR
CBRE Group, Inc.	Dallas	Silver	67	FIN • PROP
CDC Curtain Wall Design & Consulting, Inc.	Dallas	Silver	11	STRC • WIND • COST • ENGO • FAC • LEGL
CetraRuddy	New York City	Silver	11	ARCH
Code Consultants, Inc.	Los Angeles	Silver	46	ENGO • FIRE • SEC
Construction Specialties Company	Lebanon	Silver	2	MATR
COOKFOX Architects	New York City	Silver	2	INTR • URB • ARCH
Coughlin Porter Lundeen	Seattle	Silver	1	CIV • STRC • SEIS
CPP Wind Engineering and Air Quality Consultants	Fort Collins	Silver	27	WIND • ENVE • LEGL
CS Associates, Inc.	Chicago	Silver	14	STRC • COST • HIST
CTL Group	Chicago	Silver	2	STRC • GEO • LEGL
Degenkolb Engineers	San Francisco	Silver	1	SEIS
DLR Group	Seattle	Silver	12	INTR • URB • ARCH • ENGM
Dynamic Isolation Systems, Inc.	Las Vegas	Silver	0	STRC • SEIS
Ennead Architects	New York City	Silver	1	INTR • URB • ARCH
Environmental Systems Design, Inc.	Chicago	Silver	31	BACS • COST • FIRE • MEP
Epstein	Chicago	Silver	6	CIV • STRC • ARCH
Extell Development	New York City	Silver	13	DEV • OWN • PROP
Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association (FEMA)	Cleveland	Silver	0	FIRE • MATR
Fisher Marantz Stone	New York City	Silver	20	OTHR
FitzGerald Associates	Chicago	Silver	1	ARCH
FM Global	Boston	Silver	0	INSU
Foster + Partners	London	Silver	97	ARCH
Front Inc.	Hong Kong	Silver	25	FAC
FXCollaborative Architects	New York City	Silver	5	INTR • URB • ARCH
GEI Consultants	Boston	Silver	3	GEO
GenX Design & Technology Consulting	New York City	Silver	2	COMP
GGLO	Los Angeles	Silver	1	INTR • LAND • URB • ARCH
GREC Architects	Chicago	Silver	1	ARCH
GVK Elevator Consulting Services	San Francisco	Silver	0	PROP • VERC
Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company	San Francisco	Silver	2	CON
HEARST	New York City	Silver	1	OWN
Heintges Consulting Architects & Engineers	New York City	Silver	5	FAC
Heller Manus Architects	San Francisco	Silver	4	URB • ARCH • TRAN
Hill West Architects, LLP	New York City	Silver	10	ARCH
Hines	Houston	Silver	25	DEV • FIN • COST • PROP
HKA Elevator Consulting	Los Angeles	Silver	3	VERC
Humphreys & Partners Architects, L.P.	Dallas	Silver	1	CIV • INTR • LAND • URB • ARCH
Jaros, Baum & Bolles	New York City	Silver	69	BACS • PMNG • ENGM • FIRE • HIST • MEP • SEC
Korda/Nemeth Engineering	Columbus	Silver	0	ENGM
Kuraray	Wilmington	Silver	7	COMP • MATR
LeMessurier	Boston	Silver	28	STRC • WIND • FAC • FACS • HIST • SEIS
Lendlease	Chicago	Silver	29	DEV • FIN • PMNG • CON
LERA Structural Engineers	New York City	Silver	11	STRC • WIND • SEIS
Lerch Bates, Inc.	Littleton	Silver	62	FAC • MATR • VERC
LMN Architects	Seattle	Silver	2	INTR • URB • ARCH • TRAN
Longman Lindsey	New York City	Silver	4	BMNT • MEP
Magellan Development Group	Chicago	Silver	12	ARCH • DEV • OWN
Martin/Martin	Denver	Silver	3	CIV • STRC • SURV
Meyer Borgman Johnson	Minneapolis	Silver	3	STRC
MEYERS+ ENGINEERS	San Francisco	Silver	0	ARCH • ENGO • MEP
Michael Blades & Associates	Washington D.C.	Silver	0	VERC
MZA Architecture	Bellevue	Silver	1	ARCH
Nabih Youssef & Associates	Los Angeles	Silver	3	STRC • SEIS
NAIMA	Washington D.C.	Silver	0	MATR • NONP
O'Donnell & Naccarato	Philadelphia	Silver	1	STRC • FACS
OJB Landscape Architecture	Boston	Silver	16	LAND
OLYMPIQUE Façade Access Consulting	Los Angeles	Silver	6	BMNT • FACS
Optima Inc.	Chicago	Silver	1	ARCH • DEV
Osborn Engineering	Columbus	Silver	1	ENGM
Pavarini McGovern	New York City	Silver	4	CON
Peckar & Abramson, P.C.	New York City	Silver	0	CON • LEGL
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners	New York City	Silver	26	INTR • URB • ARCH
Pepper Construction	Chicago	Silver	0	CON
Pickard Chilton Architects, Inc.	New Haven	Silver	19	INTR • URB • ARCH
Portman Architects	Atlanta	Silver	3	ARCH
Prudential Center	Boston	Silver	12	DEV • OWN • PROP
Rafael Vinoly Architects	New York City	Silver	13	INTR • URB • ARCH
Reiser + Umemoto RUR Architecture	New York City	Silver	0	ARCH
Rhode Partners	Austin	Silver	1	INTR • URB • ARCH
Riggio / Boron, Ltd.	Chicago	Silver	11	BMNT • CON • FAC • OTHR
Riverside Investment & Development	Chicago	Silver	3	DEV
Robert A.M. Stern Architects	New York City	Silver	13	INTR • URB • ARCH
Safdie Architects	Somerville	Silver	10	INTR • URB • ARCH
Salas O'Brien	Atlanta	Silver	0	CIV • STRC • ARCH • BACS • FIRE • HIST • MEP
SHoP Architects	New York City	Silver	16	ARCH
SilverEdge Systems Software, Inc.	Chicago	Silver	0	COMP
SOH Wind Engineering LLC	Montpelier	Silver	0	WIND
Solomon Cordwell Buenz - SCB	Chicago	Silver	34	INTR • URB • ARCH • HIST
Sowlat Structural Engineers	Chicago	Silver	1	STRC
Stanley D. Lindsey and Associates, Ltd.	Atlanta	Silver	4	STRC • WIND • SEIS
Stantec	Abu Dhabi	Silver	10	CIV • INTR • LAND • STRC • URB • ARCH • ENVE • ENGM • FIRE • SEIS • TRAN
Steinberg Hart	Los Angeles	Silver	0	INTR • ARCH
Studio Gang Architects	Chicago	Silver	4	INTR • URB • ARCH
Swinerton	San Francisco	Silver	0	CON
Syska Hennessy Group	San Francisco	Silver	17	MEP • SEC • VERC
Telgian Engineering & Consulting	Chicago	Silver	0	FIRE
Terracon	Naperville	Silver	4	GEO • OTHR
Thatcher Foundations / CCHRB (Chicago Committee on High-Rise Buildings)	Chicago	Silver	0	NONP
The Harman Group	Philadelphia	Silver	4	STRC
The John Buck Company	Chicago	Silver	15	DEV • FIN • INSU • MRKT • PROP
The Skyscraper Museum	New York City	Silver	0	NONP
TLC Engineering Solutions	Orlando	Silver	2	STRC • MEP
Urbahn Architects	New York City	Silver	0	ARCH
Van Deusen & Associates - VDA	Atlanta	Silver	17	VERC
Vanderweil Engineers	Boston	Silver	4	MEP
Walter P Moore	Atlanta	Silver	34	CIV • STRC • WIND • FAC • HIST • SEIS

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