United States
North America
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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
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 123 Company |
Non-Member
|
0 | ACAD • ARCH | |
 |
5+design |
Non-Member
|
9 | INTR • URB • ARCH |
 |
Advance2000 |
Non-Member
|
0 | COMP |
 |
AKF Group LLC |
Non-Member
|
19 | COMP • ENGO • FIRE • MEP • OTHR • PROP |
 |
Alvine Engineering |
Non-Member
|
8 | ENGO • FIRE • MEP |
 |
American Institute of Steel Construction |
Non-Member
|
0 | NONP |
 |
Armstrong World Industries (China) Co., Ltd. |
Non-Member
|
80 | MATR |
 |
Arquitectonica |
Non-Member
|
103 | INTR • LAND • URB • ARCH |
 |
Beetrex, Inc. |
Non-Member
|
0 | ENGO |
 |
Cardno, Inc. |
Non-Member
|
7 | LAND • TRAN |
 |
CEES-Advisors |
Non-Member
|
9 | OTHR |
 |
Clark Construction Group |
Non-Member
|
11 | CON |
 |
Construction Specialties Company |
Non-Member
|
2 | MATR |
 |
Cotter Consulting |
Non-Member
|
1 | PMNG • CON • COST |
 |
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat |
Non-Member
|
0 | NONP |
 |
CS Associates, Inc. |
Non-Member
|
15 | STRC • COST • HIST |
 |
CTL Group |
Non-Member
|
2 | STRC • GEO • LEGL |
 |
Dassault Systèmes |
Non-Member
|
0 | COMP |
 |
DDG |
Non-Member
|
1 | ARCH • DEV • CON • OWN • PROP |
| EQ Office |
Non-Member
|
1 | ||
 |
Fortune Shepler Saling Inc. |
Non-Member
|
0 | VERC |
 |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
Non-Member
|
2 | LEGL |
 |
Group PMX |
Non-Member
|
0 | PMNG |
 |
GVK Elevator Consulting Services |
Non-Member
|
0 | PROP • VERC |
 |
Handel Architects |
Non-Member
|
39 | INTR • URB • ARCH |
 |
Harmon, Inc. |
Non-Member
|
4 | FAC • FACS |
 |
Henderson Engineers |
Non-Member
|
0 | ENGO |
| hhh |
Non-Member
|
0 | ||
 |
Hill West Architects, LLP |
Non-Member
|
12 | ARCH |
 |
Humphreys & Partners Architects, L.P. |
Non-Member
|
1 | CIV • INTR • LAND • URB • ARCH |
 |
Interface Engineering, Inc. |
Non-Member
|
1 | ENGM |
 |
International Code Council |
Non-Member
|
0 | ENGO • NONP |
 |
ITT Corporation |
Non-Member
|
10 | FAC • MATR |
 |
Kawneer Company |
Non-Member
|
2 | MATR |
 |
King-Le Chang & Associates |
Non-Member
|
11 | STRC |
 |
Kobi Karp Architecture |
Non-Member
|
9 | INTR • ARCH |
 |
Korda/Nemeth Engineering |
Non-Member
|
0 | ENGM |
| Kuraray |
Non-Member
|
7 | FAC | |
 |
Larson Engineering, Inc. |
Non-Member
|
1 | STRC • ENGM |
 |
Magnetek,Inc. |
Non-Member
|
0 | MATR • VERC |
 |
Matthews Southwest |
Non-Member
|
2 | DEV • PMNG • OWN • PROP |
 |
MBCC-GROUP (Master Builders Solutions US LLC) |
Non-Member
|
1 | MATR |
 |
MZA Architecture |
Non-Member
|
1 | ARCH |
 |
NAIMA |
Non-Member
|
0 | MATR • NONP |
 |
National Fire Protection Association |
Non-Member
|
0 | FIRE • NONP • RES |
| NEW TEST Company |
Non-Member
|
0 | ||
 |
New York Engineers |
Non-Member
|
0 | MEP |
 |
Nishkian Menninger Consulting and Structural Engineers |
Non-Member
|
1 | STRC |
 |
NV5 |
Non-Member
|
1 | ENGM |
 |
ODELL |
Non-Member
|
3 | ARCH |
 |
PAN Partners |
Non-Member
|
0 | STRC • ARCH • PMNG • ENGO • LEGL |
 |
Pappageorge Haymes Partners |
Non-Member
|
9 | INTR • URB • ARCH |
 |
Postorino & Associates Engineering |
Non-Member
|
0 | STRC • ENGM |
 |
Procore Technologies |
Non-Member
|
0 | PMNG • OTHR |
 |
Rafael Viñoly Architects |
Non-Member
|
14 | INTR • URB • ARCH |
 |
RafterySuver, LLC |
Non-Member
|
1 | DEV • CON |
| Rebel Alliance |
Non-Member
|
0 | ||
 |
Reiser + Umemoto RUR Architecture |
Non-Member
|
0 | ARCH |
 |
Related Midwest |
Non-Member
|
12 | DEV • PROP |
 |
Richard Meier & Partners architects LLP |
Non-Member
|
15 | INTR • URB • ARCH |
 |
Riggio / Boron, Ltd. |
Non-Member
|
11 | BMNT • CON • FAC • OTHR |
 |
Salas O'Brien |
Non-Member
|
16 | CIV • STRC • ARCH • BACS • FIRE • HIST • MEP |
 |
See Robertson Structural Engineers, LLC |
Non-Member
|
0 | STRC |
 |
Sentient Law, Ltd. |
Non-Member
|
0 | LEGL |
 |
Siemens Smart Infrastructure |
Non-Member
|
2 | BACS • BMNT • COMP • ENGM • ENGO |
 |
Silverstein Properties |
Non-Member
|
20 | DEV • OWN • PROP |
 |
Skyline Windows |
Non-Member
|
0 | MATR |
 |
Sowlat Structural Engineers |
Non-Member
|
1 | STRC |
 |
Steven Holl Architects |
Non-Member
|
3 | INTR • URB • ARCH |
 |
Studio Libeskind |
Non-Member
|
1 | INTR • URB • ARCH |
 |
The Durst Organization |
Non-Member
|
10 | DEV • OWN |
 |
The John Buck Company |
Non-Member
|
15 | DEV • FIN • INSU • MRKT • PROP |
 |
The Moinian Group |
Non-Member
|
13 | DEV • OWN |
 |
Thermafiber, Inc. |
Non-Member
|
0 | FIRE • MATR |
 |
Tobin, PLLC |
Non-Member
|
0 | INTR • ARCH • PMNG • FAC • HIST |
| Ubertas Properties |
Non-Member
|
0 | BACS | |
 |
Urbahn Architects |
Non-Member
|
0 | ARCH |
 |
Uzun + Case, LLC |
Non-Member
|
3 | STRC |
 |
VIATechnik, LLC |
Non-Member
|
1 | PMNG • CON |
 |
Victor Group |
Non-Member
|
1 | DEV |
 |
Vidaris, Inc. |
Non-Member
|
102 | FAC |
 |
W.E. O'Neil Construction Co. |
Non-Member
|
0 | CON |
 |
WATG Urban |
Non-Member
|
5 | INTR • URB • ARCH |
 |
Webcor Builders |
Non-Member
|
3 | PMNG • CON |
 |
XSPlatforms Americas, Inc. |
Non-Member
|
0 | BMNT • ENGO • MATR |
 |
DeSimone Consulting Engineers |
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
|
228 | 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
|
342 | CIV • INTR • LAND • STRC • URB • ARCH • ENVE • MRKT • MEP • TRAN |
 |
Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. |
Platinum
|
145 | 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
|
135 | CIV • INTR • STRC • URB • ENVP • PMNG • COMP • ENGO • FAC • FIRE • GEO • MEP • TRAN |
 |
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture |
Gold
|
41 | INTR • URB • ARCH |
 |
DCI Engineers |
Gold
|
4 | STRC • SEIS |
 |
Gensler |
Gold
|
107 | 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 |
 |
NBBJ |
Gold
|
61 | INTR • LAND • ARCH |
 |
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
|
35 | ENGO |
 |
ArcelorMittal |
Silver
|
94 | BACS |
 |
Architects Hawaii Limited - AHL |
Silver
|
0 | ARCH |
 |
ARK Studio Inc. |
Silver
|
7 | INTR • URB • ARCH |
 |
Autodesk |
Silver
|
0 | COMP |
 |
BALA Engineers |
Silver
|
9 | ENGO |
 |
Baldridge & Associates Structural Engineering |
Silver
|
2 | ENGO |
 |
Barker Mohandas, LLC |
Silver
|
39 | VERC |
 |
Baumann Consulting |
Silver
|
2 | ARCH • ENGM |
 |
Bedrock Detroit |
Silver
|
2 | DEV |
 |
Bjarke Ingels Group |
Silver
|
17 | ARCH |
 |
bKL Architecture |
Silver
|
10 | ARCH |
 |
BKV Group |
Silver
|
0 | ARCH |
 |
Carrier Johnson + Culture |
Silver
|
0 | ARCH |
 |
Cary Kopczynski & Company |
Silver
|
0 | STRC • SEIS |
 |
Cast Connex |
Silver
|
6 | STRC • MATR |
 |
CB Engineers |
Silver
|
4 | FIRE |
 |
CBRE Group, Inc. |
Silver
|
73 | FIN • PROP |
 |
CDC Curtain Wall Design & Consulting, Inc. |
Silver
|
12 | 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 • COST • FIRE • MEP |
 |
Epstein |
Silver
|
6 | CIV • STRC • ARCH |
 |
Extell Development |
Silver
|
15 | DEV • OWN • PROP |
 |
Fisher Marantz Stone |
Silver
|
20 | OTHR |
 |
FitzGerald Associates |
Silver
|
1 | ARCH |
 |
FM Global |
Silver
|
0 | INSU |
 |
Foster + Partners |
Silver
|
109 | ARCH |
 |
Front Inc. |
Silver
|
28 | FAC |
 |
FullStack Modular LLC |
Silver
|
0 | CON • MATR |
 |
FXCollaborative Architects |
Silver
|
5 | INTR • URB • ARCH |
 |
GEI Consultants |
Silver
|
15 | GEO |
 |
GenX Design & Technology |
Silver
|
2 | COMP |
 |
GGLO |
Silver
|
1 | INTR • LAND • URB • ARCH |
 |
Gilsanz Murray Steficek |
Silver
|
11 | STRC • ENGO • SEC |
 |
Glumac |
Silver
|
2 | ENGO • MEP |
 |
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 | URB • ARCH • TRAN |
 |
Hines |
Silver
|
28 | DEV |
 |
HKA Elevator Consulting |
Silver
|
3 | VERC |
 |
JAHN |
Silver
|
12 | INTR • URB • ARCH |
 |
Jay Paul Company |
Silver
|
1 | DEV • OWN |
 |
JB&B |
Silver
|
70 | ENGM |
 |
JCE Structural Engineering Group |
Silver
|
0 | STRC • SEC • SEIS |
 |
JDS Development Group |
Silver
|
7 | DEV • CON • OWN • PROP |
 |
Jensen Hughes |
Silver
|
8 | FIRE |
 |
Kinemetrics |
Silver
|
43 | MATR • OTHR • SEIS |
 |
Kuraray |
Silver
|
7 | COMP • MATR |
 |
LeMessurier |
Silver
|
28 | STRC |
 |
Lendlease |
Silver
|
29 | DEV • FIN • PMNG • CON |
 |
LERA Consulting Structural Engineers |
Silver
|
16 | STRC • WIND • SEIS |
 |
Lerch Bates, Inc. |
Silver
|
67 | FAC • FACS • OTHR • VERC |
 |
LMN Architects |
Silver
|
2 | INTR • URB • ARCH • TRAN |
 |
Longman Lindsey |
Silver
|
6 | BMNT • MEP |
 |
Magellan Development Group |
Silver
|
12 | ARCH • DEV • OWN |
 |
Martin/Martin |
Silver
|
3 | CIV • STRC • SURV |
 |
McHugh Construction |
Silver
|
22 | CON |
 |
Meyer Borgman Johnson |
Silver
|
3 | STRC |
 |
MEYERS+ ENGINEERS |
Silver
|
1 | ARCH • ENGO • MEP |
 |
Michael Blades & Associates |
Silver
|
0 | VERC |
 |
Nabih Youssef & Associates |
Silver
|
3 | STRC • SEIS |
 |
O'Donnell & Naccarato |
Silver
|
1 | STRC • FACS |
 |
OJB Landscape Architecture |
Silver
|
18 | LAND |
 |
OLYMPIQUE Façade Access Consulting |
Silver
|
6 | BMNT • FACS |
 |
Optima Inc. |
Silver
|
1 | ARCH • DEV |
 |
Ornamental Metal Institute of New York |
Silver
|
0 | MATR • NONP |
 |
Osborn Engineering |
Silver
|
2 | ENGM |
 |
Pavarini McGovern |
Silver
|
4 | CON |
 |
Peckar & Abramson, P.C. |
Silver
|
0 | CON • LEGL |
 |
PEI Architects |
Silver
|
1 | ARCH |
 |
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners |
Silver
|
27 | INTR • URB • ARCH |
 |
Pepper Construction |
Silver
|
0 | CON |
 |
Portman Architects |
Silver
|
3 | ARCH |
 |
Prudential Center |
Silver
|
12 | DEV • OWN • PROP |
 |
Rhode Partners |
Silver
|
1 | INTR • URB • ARCH |
 |
Riverside Investment & Development |
Silver
|
3 | DEV |
 |
Robert A.M. Stern Architects |
Silver
|
17 | INTR • URB • ARCH |
 |
Safdie Architects |
Silver
|
18 | INTR • URB • ARCH |
 |
SHoP Architects |
Silver
|
18 | ARCH |
 |
SOH Wind Engineering LLC |
Silver
|
0 | WIND |
 |
Solomon Cordwell Buenz - SCB |
Silver
|
36 | INTR • URB • ARCH • HIST |
 |
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 | INTR • URB • ARCH |
 |
SWA Group |
Silver
|
48 | LAND • URB |
 |
Swinerton |
Silver
|
0 | CON |
 |
Syska Hennessy Group |
Silver
|
17 | MEP • SEC • VERC |
 |
Telgian Engineering & Consulting, LLC |
Silver
|
0 | FIRE • SEC |
 |
Terracon |
Silver
|
3 | GEO • OTHR |
 |
Tetra Tech |
Silver
|
0 | ENGM |
 |
The Harman Group, now IMEG |
Silver
|
4 | STRC |
 |
The University of Chicago |
Silver
|
0 | ACAD |
 |
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 |
 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | ACAD • RES |
 |
Yale University School of Architecture |
Nonprofit/Governmental
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0 | ACAD |
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