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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
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Arup |
Platinum
|
466 | 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 |
 |
DeSimone Consulting Engineering |
Platinum
|
59 | STRC • ENGO |
 |
Dow |
Platinum
|
105 | MATR |
 |
Illinois Institute of Technology |
Platinum
|
0 | ACAD • RES |
 |
KONE Corporation |
Platinum
|
395 | MATR • VERC • VERS |
 |
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates |
Platinum
|
243 | INTR • URB • ARCH • HIST • TRAN |
 |
Langan |
Platinum
|
105 | CIV • LAND • ENVE • ENGM • GEO • SEIS • SURV |
 |
Otis Elevator Company |
Platinum
|
148 | MATR • VERC |
 |
PERI |
Platinum
|
70 | ENGM • MATR |
 |
RWDI |
Platinum
|
524 | WIND • ENVE • ENGO |
 |
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 Construction Company |
Platinum
|
127 | PMNG • CON |
 |
WSP |
Platinum
|
678 | CIV • INTR • STRC • URB • ENVP • PMNG • COMP • ENGO • FAC • FIRE • GEO • MEP • TRAN |
 |
Adamson Associates |
Gold
|
59 | ARCH |
 |
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture |
Gold
|
48 | INTR • URB • ARCH |
 |
Brandston Partnership, Inc. |
Gold
|
101 | ARCH • ENGM • ENGO |
 |
Corgan |
Gold
|
0 | INTR • ARCH |
 |
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat |
Gold
|
0 | NONP |
 |
DCI Engineers |
Gold
|
5 | STRC • SEIS |
 |
FXCollaborative Architects |
Gold
|
26 | ARCH |
 |
Gensler |
Gold
|
116 | INTR • ARCH • COST |
 |
Giarratana, LLC |
Gold
|
5 | DEV |
 |
Goettsch Partners |
Gold
|
71 | ARCH |
 |
IMEG Corp |
Gold
|
4 | ENGM |
 |
Magnusson Klemencic Associates |
Gold
|
106 | CIV • STRC • SEIS |
 |
McNamara • Salvia |
Gold
|
24 | STRC • WIND • SEIS |
 |
Mott MacDonald |
Gold
|
18 | PMNG • ENGM • TRAN |
 |
Nucor Corporation |
Gold
|
5 | MATR |
 |
Perkins & Will |
Gold
|
33 | INTR • ARCH • HIST |
 |
Populous |
Gold
|
0 | INTR • URB • ARCH |
 |
Rise Global LLC |
Gold
|
0 | STRC • WIND • SEIS |
 |
Severud Associates Consulting Engineers, PC |
Gold
|
26 | STRC |
 |
Suffolk |
Gold
|
17 | CON |
 |
Tishman Speyer |
Gold
|
44 | DEV • FIN • OWN |
 |
Urban Villages |
Gold
|
0 | DEV |
 |
360 Chicago |
Silver
|
1 | MRKT |
 |
3MIX |
Silver
|
2 | ARCH |
 |
AKAIA Architecture |
Silver
|
6 | ARCH |
 |
AMSYSCO |
Silver
|
37 | MATR |
 |
Alderson Engineering, LLC. |
Silver
|
2 | ENGM |
 |
ArcelorMittal |
Silver
|
148 | MATR |
 |
Architects Hawaii Limited - AHL |
Silver
|
0 | ARCH |
 |
Arquitectonica |
Silver
|
111 | ARCH |
 |
BALA Engineers |
Silver
|
12 | ENGO |
 |
BXP, Inc |
Silver
|
20 | OWN |
 |
Baldridge & Associates Structural Engineering |
Silver
|
2 | ENGO |
 |
Barker Mohandas, LLC |
Silver
|
59 | VERC |
 |
Bedrock Detroit |
Silver
|
2 | DEV |
 |
CDC Curtain Wall Design & Consulting, Inc. |
Silver
|
51 | FAC |
 |
CPP Wind Engineering Consultants |
Silver
|
50 | WIND |
 |
Cary Kopczynski & Company |
Silver
|
0 | STRC |
 |
Cast Connex |
Silver
|
7 | MATR |
 |
Cerami & Associates, Inc. |
Silver
|
26 | ENGO |
 |
CetraRuddy |
Silver
|
11 | ARCH |
 |
Code Consultants, Inc. |
Silver
|
51 | FIRE |
 |
DLR Group |
Silver
|
12 | ARCH |
 |
Degenkolb Engineers |
Silver
|
1 | SEIS |
 |
Enclos Corp. |
Silver
|
54 | MATR |
 |
Epstein |
Silver
|
14 | ARCH |
 |
Extell Development |
Silver
|
15 | DEV |
 |
Fisher Marantz Stone |
Silver
|
23 | OTHR |
 |
FullStack Modular LLC |
Silver
|
0 | MATR |
 |
GEI Consultants |
Silver
|
21 | GEO |
 |
GENx Design & Technology |
Silver
|
2 | ARCH |
 |
GGLO |
Silver
|
1 | ARCH |
 |
Gilsanz Murray Steficek |
Silver
|
15 | STRC |
 |
Glacier Northwest, Inc. DBA CalPortland |
Silver
|
0 | MATR |
 |
Golub & Company |
Silver
|
6 | OWN |
 |
HKA Elevator Consulting, Inc |
Silver
|
4 | VERC |
 |
HOK, Inc. |
Silver
|
94 | ARCH |
 |
HYPRLIFT, Inc. |
Silver
|
0 | VERS |
 |
Halls Lane Studio |
Silver
|
0 | ARCH |
 |
Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture |
Silver
|
10 | ARCH |
 |
Hearst |
Silver
|
4 | OWN |
 |
Hilson Moran |
Silver
|
10 | ENVE |
 |
Hines |
Silver
|
72 | DEV |
 |
IDOM |
Silver
|
2 | ENGM |
 |
IPB Properties |
Silver
|
0 | DEV |
 |
JB&B |
Silver
|
71 | ENGM |
 |
JCE Structural Engineering Group |
Silver
|
0 | STRC |
 |
Jahn/ |
Silver
|
60 | ARCH |
 |
Jensen Hughes |
Silver
|
59 | FIRE |
 |
Kinemetrics |
Silver
|
43 | MATR |
 |
Korb + Associates Architects |
Silver
|
0 | ARCH |
 |
Krueck Sexton Partners |
Silver
|
3 | ARCH |
 |
L.A. Fuess Partners |
Silver
|
1 | STRC |
 |
LERA Consulting Structural Engineers |
Silver
|
86 | STRC |
 |
LIFTbuild LLC |
Silver
|
0 | CON |
 |
Laurie & Brennan LLP |
Silver
|
0 | LEGL |
 |
LeMessurier |
Silver
|
30 | STRC |
 |
Lerch Bates, Inc. |
Silver
|
104 | VERC |
 |
Magellan Development Group |
Silver
|
12 | ARCH |
 |
Martin/Martin |
Silver
|
3 | CIV |
 |
McHugh Construction |
Silver
|
22 | CON |
 |
MdeAS Architects |
Silver
|
8 | ARCH |
 |
Michael Blades & Associates |
Silver
|
0 | VERC |
 |
Michael Graves Architecture & Design |
Silver
|
2 | INTR |
 |
Microclimate Ice & Snow Inc. |
Silver
|
15 | OTHR |
 |
Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers PLLC |
Silver
|
14 | GEO |
 |
NBBJ |
Silver
|
64 | ARCH |
 |
Nabih Youssef & Associates |
Silver
|
3 | STRC |
 |
National Real Estate Development |
Silver
|
1 | DEV |
 |
O'Donnell & Naccarato |
Silver
|
1 | STRC |
 |
OAC Services, Inc. |
Silver
|
0 | ENGM |
 |
OLYMPIQUE Façade Access Consulting |
Silver
|
6 | FACS |
 |
Ornamental Metal Institute of New York |
Silver
|
0 | NONP |
 |
PEI Architects |
Silver
|
7 | ARCH |
 |
Pappageorge Haymes Partners |
Silver
|
9 | INTR |
 |
ParkFowler Plus |
Silver
|
2 | ARCH |
 |
Pavarini McGovern |
Silver
|
9 | CON |
 |
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners |
Silver
|
43 | ARCH |
 |
Pelli Clarke & Partners |
Silver
|
102 | ARCH |
 |
Pickard Chilton Architects, Inc. |
Silver
|
21 | ARCH |
 |
RATIO I smdp |
Silver
|
3 | URB |
 |
RIOS |
Silver
|
3 | ARCH |
 |
Rhode Partners |
Silver
|
1 | ARCH |
 |
Riverside Investment & Development |
Silver
|
4 | DEV |
 |
Robert A.M. Stern Architects |
Silver
|
17 | ARCH |
 |
Rockefeller Group |
Silver
|
10 | OWN |
 |
SCB |
Silver
|
39 | ARCH |
 |
SL Green Realty Corp. |
Silver
|
7 | DEV |
 |
SOH Wind Engineering LLC |
Silver
|
0 | WIND |
 |
STG Design |
Silver
|
2 | ARCH |
 |
SWA Group |
Silver
|
56 | LAND |
 |
Safdie Architects |
Silver
|
23 | ARCH |
 |
Skyline Robotics |
Silver
|
1 | MATR |
 |
Spiritos Properties LLC |
Silver
|
0 | DEV |
 |
Stanley D. Lindsey and Associates, Ltd. |
Silver
|
5 | STRC |
 |
Steel Institute of New York |
Silver
|
0 | MATR |
 |
StructureCraft |
Silver
|
0 | STRC |
 |
Studio Gang Architects |
Silver
|
6 | ARCH |
 |
Syska Hennessy Group |
Silver
|
17 | MEP |
 |
TDIndustries |
Silver
|
0 | CON |
 |
TLC Engineering Solutions |
Silver
|
4 | ENGM |
 |
Tetra Tech |
Silver
|
149 | ENGM |
 |
Think Wood |
Silver
|
0 | ARCH |
 |
UES |
Silver
|
0 | GEO |
 |
Vanderweil Engineers |
Silver
|
4 | MEP |
 |
Walter P Moore |
Silver
|
36 | STRC |
 |
Walters Group |
Silver
|
33 | CON |
 |
Weber Thompson |
Silver
|
1 | ARCH |
 |
Williams & Russell CDC |
Silver
|
0 | NONP |
 |
atelierMIDE |
Silver
|
0 | ARCH |
 |
bKL Architecture |
Silver
|
10 | ARCH |
 |
CCHRB (Chicago Committee on High-Rise Buildings) |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | NONP |
 |
Kennesaw State University |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | ACAD |
 |
Northwestern University |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
1 | ACAD |
 |
Post-Tensioning Institute |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | CIV |
 |
Pratt Institute |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | ACAD |
 |
Rutgers University |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | ACAD |
 |
The Skyscraper Museum |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | NONP |
 |
Thomas Jefferson University |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | ACAD |
 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | ACAD |
 |
Yale University School of Architecture |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | ACAD |
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