The Skyscraper Center

United States

North America

New York City

Chicago

Miami

Houston

Los Angeles

San Francisco

Dallas

Seattle

Boston

Atlanta

Philadelphia

Jersey City

Las Vegas

Sunny Isles Beach

Minneapolis

Pittsburgh

Denver

Charlotte

Detroit

Austin

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

859 Completed • 70 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 (52%)

Most Common Material*

Concrete (50%)

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 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

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
Langan Engineering	Athens	Platinum	98	CIV • LAND • ENVE • ENGM • GEO • SEIS • SURV
DeSimone Consulting Engineers	New York City	Platinum	49	STRC • ENGO
Otis Elevator Company	Hartford	Platinum	135	MATR • VERC
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill	Chicago	Platinum	342	CIV • INTR • LAND • STRC • URB • ARCH • ENVE • MRKT • MEP • TRAN
Arup	Abu Dhabi	Platinum	378	CIV • STRC • WIND • ENVE • PMNG • COST • FAC • FIRE • MEP • VERC
Dow	Midland	Platinum	6	MATR
Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.	Atlanta	Platinum	145	CIV • STRC • URB • ARCH • ENVE • PMNG • COMP • ENGM • ENGO • FAC • FACS • FIRE • GEO • HIST • INSU • MEP • SEC • SEIS • TRAN
Turner Construction Company	New York City	Platinum	60	PMNG • CON
New Land Enterprises	Milwaukee	Platinum	0	DEV
HOK, Inc.	New York City	Platinum	82	INTR • STRC • URB • ARCH • FIN • PMNG • COST • ENGM • FAC • FACS • HIST • SEIS
WSP	Chicago	Platinum	134	CIV • INTR • STRC • URB • ENVP • PMNG • COMP • ENGO • FAC • FIRE • GEO • MEP • TRAN
Illinois Institute of Technology	Chicago	Platinum	0	ACAD • RES
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates	New York City	Platinum	228	INTR • URB • ARCH • HIST • TRAN
Pickard Chilton Architects, Inc.	New Haven	Gold	20	INTR • URB • ARCH
DCI Engineers	Seattle	Gold	4	STRC • SEIS
SL Green Realty Corp.	New York City	Gold	7	DEV • OWN • PROP
SLS Consulting, Inc.	Atlanta	Gold	0	CON • FIRE • INSU
Severud Associates Consulting Engineers, PC	New York City	Gold	16	STRC
Shalom Baranes Associates	Washington D.C.	Gold	0	ARCH
Rise Global LLC	Chicago	Gold	0	STRC • WIND • SEIS
Rider Levett Bucknall	Beijing	Gold	83	PMNG • COST • SURV
Gensler	Chicago	Gold	107	INTR • URB • ARCH • COST • MRKT
Perkins & Will	Chicago	Gold	11	INTR • LAND • URB • ARCH • HIST
Pelli Clarke & Partners	New Haven	Gold	26	INTR • URB • ARCH
POHL Facade Division	Cologne	Gold	33	ARCH • FAC • FACS
PCL Construction	Denver	Gold	25	CON
Giarratana, LLC	Nashville	Gold	5	DEV
Goettsch Partners	Chicago	Gold	56	ARCH
Nucor Corporation	Chicago	Gold	5	MATR
NBBJ	New York City	Gold	61	INTR • LAND • ARCH • MRKT
Mott MacDonald	London	Gold	9	PMNG • ENGM • TRAN
McNamara • Salvia	Boston	Gold	20	STRC • WIND • ENGO • SEIS
Magnusson Klemencic Associates	Seattle	Gold	80	CIV • STRC • WIND • SEIS
SilverEdge Systems Software, Inc.	Chicago	Gold	0	COMP
RWDI	Guelph	Gold	310	WIND • ENVE • ENGO
Think Wood	Portland	Gold	0	ARCH • MRKT • NONP
Aedas	Abu Dhabi	Gold	111	INTR • LAND • URB • ARCH
Brandston Partnership, Inc.	New York City	Gold	85	ARCH • ENGM • ENGO
AXA IM Alts	London	Gold	3	DEV
Stantec	Abu Dhabi	Gold	23	CIV • INTR • LAND • STRC • URB • ARCH • ENVE • ENGM • FIRE • SEIS • TRAN
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture	Chicago	Gold	41	INTR • URB • ARCH
Multistudio	Kansas City	Silver	0	ARCH
Nabih Youssef & Associates	Los Angeles	Silver	3	STRC • SEIS
National Real Estate Development	Philadelphia	Silver	1	DEV
Vanderweil Engineers	Boston	Silver	4	MEP
New York Building Congress	New York City	Silver	0	OTHR
Walter P Moore	Atlanta	Silver	34	STRC • FAC • HIST • SEIS
O'Donnell & Naccarato	Philadelphia	Silver	1	STRC • FACS
OAC Services, Inc.	Seattle	Silver	0	PMNG • CON • COST • ENGM • FACS • HIST • SEIS • TRAN • VERC
VDA Elevator and Escalator Consulting	Atlanta	Silver	18	VERC
OJB Landscape Architecture	Boston	Silver	18	LAND
OLYMPIQUE Façade Access Consulting	Los Angeles	Silver	6	BMNT • FACS
Office for Visual Interaction, Inc. (OVI)	New York City	Silver	18
Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers	New York City	Silver	12	GEO
Skyline Robotics	New York City	Silver	1	MATR
Mithun	Seattle	Silver	0
MEYERS+ ENGINEERS	San Francisco	Silver	1	ARCH • ENGO • MEP
LeMessurier	Boston	Silver	28	STRC • WIND • FAC • FACS • HIST • SEIS
Lee Herzog Facade Access Consulting	San Marcos	Silver	7	FAC
Wright Runstad & Co	Seattle	Silver	1	DEV
Lendlease	Chicago	Silver	29	DEV • FIN • PMNG • CON
Lerch Bates, Inc.	New York City	Silver	67	FAC • FACS • OTHR • VERC
Longman Lindsey	New York City	Silver	6	BMNT • MEP
Magellan Development Group	Chicago	Silver	12	ARCH • DEV • OWN
The University of Chicago	Chicago	Silver	0	ACAD
Woods Bagot	Abu Dhabi	Silver	72	INTR • URB • ARCH
Martin/Martin	Denver	Silver	3	CIV • STRC • SURV
McHugh Construction	Chicago	Silver	22	CON
Werner Sobek AG	Berlin	Silver	26	STRC • ARCH • ENVE • FAC • TRAN
Walters Inc	Asheville	Silver	21	CON
Meyer Borgman Johnson	Minneapolis	Silver	3	STRC
Michael Blades & Associates	Washington D.C.	Silver	0	VERC
Michael Graves Architecture & Design	Baltimore	Silver	2	INTR • ARCH
Ornamental Metal Institute of New York	New York City	Silver	0	MATR • NONP
Optima Inc.	Chicago	Silver	1	ARCH • DEV
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)	Birmingham	Silver	0	SURV
Studio Gang Architects	Chicago	Silver	4	INTR • URB • ARCH
Riverside Investment & Development	Chicago	Silver	3	DEV
Robert A.M. Stern Architects	New York City	Silver	17	INTR • URB • ARCH
StructureCraft	Seattle	Silver	0	STRC
Rockefeller Group	New York City	Silver	11	DEV • OWN
Steinberg Hart	Los Angeles	Silver	0	INTR • ARCH
SHoP Architects	New York City	Silver	18	ARCH
Rhode Partners	Austin	Silver	1	INTR • URB • ARCH
Steel Institute of New York	New York City	Silver	0	MATR • NONP
SOH Wind Engineering LLC	Kuala Lumpur	Silver	0	WIND
SWA Group	Sausalito	Silver	48	LAND • URB
Safdie Architects	Somerville	Silver	18	INTR • URB • ARCH
Stanley D. Lindsey and Associates, Ltd.	Atlanta	Silver	4	STRC • WIND • SEIS
Spiritos Properties LLC	New York City	Silver	0	DEV
Swinerton	San Francisco	Silver	0	CON
LMN Architects	Seattle	Silver	2	INTR • URB • ARCH • TRAN
Solomon Cordwell Buenz - SCB	Chicago	Silver	36	INTR • URB • ARCH • HIST
Peckar & Abramson, P.C.	New York City	Silver	0	CON • LEGL
Osborn Engineering	Cleveland	Silver	2	CIV • STRC • ENGM • FIRE • MEP
The Harman Group, now IMEG	Philadelphia	Silver	4	STRC
Tetra Tech	Pasadena, CA	Silver	0	ENGM
PEI Architects	New York City	Silver	1	ARCH
Terracon	Naperville	Silver	3	GEO • OTHR
Pavarini McGovern	New York City	Silver	4	CON
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners	New York City	Silver	27	INTR • URB • ARCH
RATIO I smdp	Chicago	Silver	2	LAND • URB • ARCH • HIST
Telgian Engineering & Consulting, LLC	Atlanta	Silver	0	FIRE • SEC
Pepper Construction	Chicago	Silver	0	CON
TLC Engineering Solutions	Chicago	Silver	2	STRC • FIRE • HIST • MEP • SEC
Syska Hennessy Group	San Francisco	Silver	17	MEP • SEC • VERC
Pierce Engineers, Inc.	Chicago	Silver	0	STRC
Portman Architects	Atlanta	Silver	3	ARCH
Prudential Center	Boston	Silver	12	DEV • OWN • PROP
360 Chicago	Chicago	Silver	1	MRKT
Krueck Sexton Partners	Chicago	Silver	3	ARCH
LEVER Architecture	Portland	Silver	0	ARCH
Code Consultants, Inc.	Los Angeles	Silver	47	ENGO • FIRE • SEC
CPP Wind Engineering Consultants	Fort Collins	Silver	28	WIND • ENVE • LEGL
CambridgeSeven	Cambridge	Silver	2	ARCH
Carr Properties	Washington D.C.	Silver	1
Carrier Johnson + Culture	San Diego	Silver	0	ARCH
Cary Kopczynski & Company	Seattle	Silver	0	STRC • SEIS
Cast Connex	Dallas	Silver	6	STRC • MATR
Cerami & Associates, Inc.	New York City	Silver	25	ENGO • MATR • OTHR
CetraRuddy	New York City	Silver	11	ARCH
Charrette Creative	New York City	Silver	0	MRKT
Cosentini Associates	New York City	Silver	100	ENVE • COMP • FIRE • MEP
CIM GROUP	Los Angeles	Silver	8	DEV • OWN • PROP
Coughlin Porter Lundeen	Seattle	Silver	1	CIV • STRC • SEIS
Cove Property Group	New York City	Silver	0	DEV • OWN
DLR Group	Chicago	Silver	12	INTR • URB • ARCH • ENGM
Degenkolb Engineers	San Francisco	Silver	1	SEIS
Diller Scofidio + Renfro	New York City	Silver	2	INTR • ARCH • OTHR
Dynamic Isolation Systems, Inc.	Las Vegas	Silver	0	STRC • SEIS
Eastdil Secured	New York City	Silver	0	COST • OTHR
Edgett Williams Consulting Group, Inc.	Mill Valley	Silver	17	VERC
Enclos Corp.	Los Angeles	Silver	42	PMNG • FAC • MATR
COOKFOX Architects	New York City	Silver	2	INTR • URB • ARCH
CDC Curtain Wall Design & Consulting, Inc.	Dallas	Silver	12	STRC • WIND • COST • ENGO • FAC • LEGL
Environmental Systems Design, Inc.	Chicago	Silver	34	BACS • COST • FIRE • MEP
ArcelorMittal	Chicago	Silver	94	BACS • MATR
ADG Engineering	New York City	Silver	0	INTR • STRC • ARCH • ENGO
AI PlanetWorks	New York City	Silver	7	ARCH
AKAIA Architecture	New York City	Silver	6	INTR • URB • ARCH
AMSYSCO	Chicago	Silver	35	ENGO • MATR
ARK Studio Inc.	Mumbai	Silver	7	INTR • URB • ARCH
Adjustable Concrete Construction	Chicago	Silver	2	PMNG • CON • MATR
Alderson Engineering, Inc.	Philadelphia	Silver	2	ENGM
Algin Management	New York City	Silver	1	PROP
Altair Engineering	Detroit	Silver	1	COMP
Architects Hawaii Limited - AHL	Honolulu	Silver	0	INTR • URB • ARCH
CB Engineers	San Francisco	Silver	4	COMP • COST • FIRE • MEP
Aspen Heights Partners	Austin	Silver	1
Autodesk	San Francisco	Silver	0	COMP
BALA Engineers	Philadelphia	Silver	9	STRC • ENVE • ENGO • FIRE • MEP • SEC
BKV Group	Minneapolis	Silver	0	INTR • LAND • ARCH • ENGM
Baldridge & Associates Structural Engineering	Honolulu	Silver	2	STRC • WIND • ENGO • HIST • INSU • SEIS • SURV
Barker Mohandas, LLC	New York City	Silver	39	VERC
Baumann Consulting	Chicago	Silver	2	ARCH • ENGM
Bedrock Detroit	Detroit	Silver	2	DEV
Bjarke Ingels Group	Copenhagen	Silver	17	STRC • URB • ARCH
Brininstool + Lynch, Ltd	Chicago	Silver	1	ARCH
LERA Consulting Structural Engineers	New York City	Silver	17	STRC • WIND • SEIS
Ennead Architects	New York City	Silver	1	INTR • URB • ARCH
bKL Architecture	Chicago	Silver	10	INTR • URB • ARCH
Inhabit Group	Auckland	Silver	39	FAC
Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture	Chicago	Silver	6
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
Hewitt Architects	Seattle	Silver	0
Hill International	Abu Dhabi	Silver	28	FIN • PMNG • CON • COST • INSU • LEGL
Hilson Moran	Cambridge	Silver	8	WIND • BACS • ENVE • FIRE • MEP • PROP • SEC • VERC
Hines	Houston	Silver	28	DEV • FIN • COST • PROP
JAHN	Chicago	Silver	12	INTR • URB • ARCH
HKA Elevator Consulting	Los Angeles	Silver	3	VERC
JB&B	Boston	Silver	70	BACS • PMNG • ENGM • FIRE • HIST • MEP • SEC
JCE Structural Engineering Group	Pasadena, CA	Silver	0	STRC • SEC • SEIS
JDS Development Group	New York City	Silver	7	DEV • CON • OWN • PROP
Jay Paul Company	San Francisco	Silver	1	DEV • OWN
Jensen Hughes	Chicago	Silver	8	FIRE
KieranTimberlake	Philadelphia	Silver	0	URB • ARCH
Kinemetrics	Pasadena, CA	Silver	43	MATR • OTHR • SEIS
Korb + Associates Architects	Milwaukee	Silver	0	ARCH
3MIX	Seattle	Silver	2	ARCH
Kuraray	Wilmington	Silver	7	COMP • MATR
HKS Architects	Dallas	Silver	26	INTR • URB • ARCH
HYPRLIFT, Inc.	San Jose	Silver	0	VERC • VERS
HED	Chicago	Silver	1	ARCH
FullStack Modular LLC	New York City	Silver	0	CON • MATR
Epstein	Chicago	Silver	6	CIV • STRC • ARCH
Extell Development	New York City	Silver	14	DEV • OWN • PROP
FM Global	Boston	Silver	0	INSU
FXCollaborative Architects	New York City	Silver	5	INTR • URB • ARCH
Far East Aluminium Works Co., Ltd.	Concord	Silver	0	STRC • PMNG • FAC • MATR
Fisher Marantz Stone	New York City	Silver	20	OTHR
FitzGerald Associates	Chicago	Silver	1	ARCH
Foster + Partners	London	Silver	109	ARCH
HDR Inc.	New York City	Silver	0	ARCH
Front Inc.	Hong Kong	Silver	28	FAC
GEI Consultants	Boston	Silver	15	GEO
Glumac	San Francisco	Silver	2	ENGO • MEP
GERB Vibration Control Systems	Berlin	Silver	22	MATR • SEIS
GGLO	Los Angeles	Silver	1	INTR • LAND • URB • ARCH
GREC Architects	Chicago	Silver	2	ARCH
GenX Design & Technology	New York City	Silver	2	COMP
Gilsanz Murray Steficek	New York City	Silver	11	STRC • ENGO • SEC
H+O Structural Engineering	Boston	Silver	0
Glotman Simpson Consulting Engineers	Calgary	Silver	4	STRC • SEIS
Yale University School of Architecture	New Haven	Nonprofit/Governmental	0	ACAD
CCHRB (Chicago Committee on High-Rise Buildings)	Chicago	Nonprofit/Governmental	0	NONP
Pratt Institute	New York City	Nonprofit/Governmental	0	ACAD
Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association (FEMA)	Cleveland	Nonprofit/Governmental	0	FIRE • MATR
Washington State University	Seattle	Nonprofit/Governmental	0	ACAD
Pennsylvania State University	State College	Nonprofit/Governmental	0	ACAD
The Skyscraper Museum	New York City	Nonprofit/Governmental	0	NONP
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Urbana	Nonprofit/Governmental	0	ACAD • RES
Thomas Jefferson University	Philadelphia	Nonprofit/Governmental	0	ACAD
Post-Tensioning Institute	Detroit	Nonprofit/Governmental	0	CIV

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