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

855 Completed • 61 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 (53%)

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
Arup	Abu Dhabi	Platinum	372	CIV • STRC • WIND • ENVE • PMNG • COST • FAC • FIRE • MEP • VERC
DeSimone Consulting Engineers	New York City	Platinum	48	STRC • ENGO
Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.	Atlanta	Platinum	144	CIV • STRC • URB • ARCH • ENVE • PMNG • COMP • ENGM • ENGO • FAC • FACS • FIRE • GEO • HIST • INSU • MEP • SEC • SEIS • TRAN
New Land Enterprises	Milwaukee	Platinum	0	DEV
Dow	Midland	Platinum	6	MATR
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates	New York City	Platinum	224	INTR • URB • ARCH • HIST • TRAN
WSP	Chicago	Platinum	117	CIV • INTR • STRC • URB • ENVP • PMNG • COMP • ENGO • FAC • FIRE • GEO • MEP • TRAN
Langan Engineering	London	Platinum	96	CIV • LAND • ENVE • GEO • SEIS
Otis Elevator Company	Hartford	Platinum	0	MATR • VERC
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill	Chicago	Platinum	339	CIV • INTR • LAND • STRC • URB • ARCH • ENVE • MRKT • MEP • TRAN
HOK, Inc.	New York City	Platinum	82	INTR • STRC • URB • ARCH • FIN • PMNG • COST • ENGM • FAC • FACS • HIST • SEIS
Illinois Institute of Technology	Chicago	Platinum	0	ACAD • RES
Turner Construction Company	New York City	Platinum	60	PMNG • CON
DCI Engineers	Seattle	Gold	4	STRC • SEIS
SilverEdge Systems Software, Inc.	Chicago	Gold	0	COMP
Severud Associates Consulting Engineers, PC	New York City	Gold	16	STRC
Stantec	Abu Dhabi	Gold	19	CIV • INTR • LAND • STRC • URB • ARCH • ENVE • ENGM • FIRE • SEIS • TRAN
Pickard Chilton Architects, Inc.	New Haven	Gold	19	INTR • URB • ARCH
SLS Consulting, Inc.	Atlanta	Gold	0	CON • FIRE • INSU
SL Green Realty Corp.	New York City	Gold	7	DEV • OWN • PROP
PCL Construction	Denver	Gold	25	CON
Goettsch Partners	Chicago	Gold	55	ARCH
POHL Facade Division	Cologne	Gold	33	ARCH • FAC • FACS
Rider Levett Bucknall	Beijing	Gold	83	PMNG • COST • SURV
RWDI	Guelph	Gold	308	WIND • ENVE • ENGO
Giarratana, LLC	Nashville	Gold	5	DEV
Gensler	Chicago	Gold	105	INTR • URB • ARCH • COST • MRKT
Pelli Clarke & Partners	New Haven	Gold	59	INTR • URB • ARCH
Perkins & Will	Chicago	Gold	11	INTR • LAND • URB • ARCH • HIST
Nucor Corporation	Chicago	Gold	5	MATR
McNamara • Salvia	Boston	Gold	20	STRC • WIND • ENGO • SEIS
UL, LLC	Chicago	Gold	1	ENVP • FIRE • OTHR • SEC
Think Wood	Portland	Gold	0	ARCH • MRKT • NONP
Aedas	Abu Dhabi	Gold	96	INTR • LAND • URB • ARCH
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture	Chicago	Gold	40	INTR • URB • ARCH
Magnusson Klemencic Associates	Seattle	Gold	78	CIV • STRC • WIND • SEIS
AXA IM Alts	Amsterdam	Gold	3	DEV
Brandston Partnership, Inc.	New York City	Gold	77	ARCH • ENGM • ENGO
NBBJ	New York City	Gold	61	INTR • LAND • ARCH • MRKT
Peckar & Abramson, P.C.	New York City	Silver	0	CON • LEGL
Magellan Development Group	Chicago	Silver	12	ARCH • DEV • OWN
Pavarini McGovern	New York City	Silver	4	CON
MEYERS+ ENGINEERS	San Francisco	Silver	0	ARCH • ENGO • MEP
Longman Lindsey	New York City	Silver	6	BMNT • MEP
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners	New York City	Silver	27	INTR • URB • ARCH
PEI Architects	New York City	Silver	1	ARCH
Lerch Bates, Inc.	New York City	Silver	65	FAC • FACS • OTHR • VERC
Martin/Martin	Denver	Silver	3	CIV • STRC • SURV
National Real Estate Development	Philadelphia	Silver	0	DEV
Osborn Engineering	Cleveland	Silver	1	CIV • STRC • ENGM • FIRE • MEP
McHugh Construction	Chicago	Silver	22	CON
New York Building Congress	New York City	Silver	0	OTHR
Ornamental Metal Institute of New York	New York City	Silver	0	MATR • NONP
Meyer Borgman Johnson	Minneapolis	Silver	3	STRC
Michael Blades & Associates	Washington D.C.	Silver	0	VERC
Optima Inc.	Chicago	Silver	1	ARCH • DEV
Michael Graves Architecture & Design	Baltimore	Silver	2	INTR • ARCH
Mithun	Seattle	Silver	0
OLYMPIQUE Façade Access Consulting	Los Angeles	Silver	6	BMNT • FACS
Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers	New York City	Silver	12	GEO
OJB Landscape Architecture	Boston	Silver	17	LAND
OAC Services, Inc.	Seattle	Silver	0	PMNG • CON • COST • ENGM • FACS • HIST • SEIS • TRAN • VERC
O'Donnell & Naccarato	Philadelphia	Silver	1	STRC • FACS
Nabih Youssef & Associates	Los Angeles	Silver	3	STRC • SEIS
360 Chicago	Chicago	Silver	1	MRKT
Robert A.M. Stern Architects	New York City	Silver	17	INTR • URB • ARCH
Pepper Construction	Chicago	Silver	0	CON
The University of Chicago	Chicago	Silver	0	ACAD
Swinerton	San Francisco	Silver	0	CON
Syska Hennessy Group	San Francisco	Silver	17	MEP • SEC • VERC
TLC Engineering Solutions	Chicago	Silver	2	STRC • FIRE • HIST • MEP • SEC
Telgian Engineering & Consulting, LLC	Atlanta	Silver	0	FIRE • SEC
Terracon	Naperville	Silver	3	GEO • OTHR
Tetra Tech	Pasadena, CA	Silver	0	ENGM
The Harman Group, now IMEG	Philadelphia	Silver	4	STRC
Tobin, PLLC	Charlotte	Silver	0	INTR • ARCH • PMNG • FAC • HIST
StructureCraft	Seattle	Silver	0	STRC
Van Deusen & Associates - VDA	Atlanta	Silver	18	VERC
Vanderweil Engineers	Boston	Silver	4	MEP
W.E. O'Neil Construction Co.	Chicago	Silver	0	CON
Walter P Moore	Atlanta	Silver	34	STRC • FAC • HIST • SEIS
Walters Group Inc.	Asheville	Silver	21	CON
Werner Sobek AG	Berlin	Silver	26	STRC • ARCH • ENVE • FAC • TRAN
Woods Bagot	Abu Dhabi	Silver	70	INTR • URB • ARCH
Wright Runstad & Co	Seattle	Silver	1	DEV
Studio Gang Architects	Chicago	Silver	4	INTR • URB • ARCH
Steinberg Hart	Los Angeles	Silver	0	INTR • ARCH
Pierce Engineers, Inc.	Chicago	Silver	0	STRC
SHoP Architects	New York City	Silver	18	ARCH
Portman Architects	Atlanta	Silver	3	ARCH
Prudential Center	Boston	Silver	12	DEV • OWN • PROP
RATIO I smdp	Chicago	Silver	2	LAND • URB • ARCH • HIST
Rafael Viñoly Architects	New York City	Silver	14	INTR • URB • ARCH
Rhode Partners	Austin	Silver	1	INTR • URB • ARCH
Riverside Investment & Development	Chicago	Silver	3	DEV
Rockefeller Group	New York City	Silver	11	DEV • OWN
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)	Birmingham	Silver	0	SURV
SOH Wind Engineering LLC	Kuala Lumpur	Silver	0	WIND
Steel Institute of New York	New York City	Silver	0	MATR • NONP
SWA Group	Sausalito	Silver	45	LAND • URB
Safdie Architects	Somerville	Silver	18	INTR • URB • ARCH
Shalom Baranes Associates	Washington D.C.	Silver	0	ARCH
Skyline Robotics	New York City	Silver	1	MATR
Solomon Cordwell Buenz - SCB	Chicago	Silver	34	INTR • URB • ARCH • HIST
Sowlat Structural Engineers	Chicago	Silver	1	STRC
Spiritos Properties LLC	New York City	Silver	0	DEV
Stanley D. Lindsey and Associates, Ltd.	Atlanta	Silver	4	STRC • WIND • SEIS
Lendlease	Chicago	Silver	28	DEV • FIN • PMNG • CON
LERA Consulting Structural Engineers	New York City	Silver	12	STRC • WIND • SEIS
LeMessurier	Boston	Silver	28	STRC • WIND • FAC • FACS • HIST • SEIS
DLR Group	Chicago	Silver	12	INTR • URB • ARCH • ENGM
Cary Kopczynski & Company	Seattle	Silver	0	STRC • SEIS
Cast Connex	Dallas	Silver	4	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
Code Consultants, Inc.	Los Angeles	Silver	47	ENGO • FIRE • SEC
Cosentini Associates	New York City	Silver	100	ENVE • COMP • FIRE • MEP
Coughlin Porter Lundeen	Seattle	Silver	1	CIV • STRC • SEIS
Cove Property Group	New York City	Silver	0	DEV • OWN
Degenkolb Engineers	San Francisco	Silver	1	SEIS
CambridgeSeven	Cambridge	Silver	2	ARCH
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
Edgett Williams Consulting Group, Inc.	Mill Valley	Silver	17	VERC
Enclos Corp.	Los Angeles	Silver	42	PMNG • FAC • MATR
Ennead Architects	New York City	Silver	1	INTR • URB • ARCH
Environmental Systems Design, Inc.	Chicago	Silver	34	BACS • COST • FIRE • MEP
Epstein	Chicago	Silver	6	CIV • STRC • ARCH
LMN Architects	Seattle	Silver	2	INTR • URB • ARCH • TRAN
Carrier Johnson + Culture	San Diego	Silver	0	ARCH
CPP Wind Engineering Consultants	Fort Collins	Silver	28	WIND • ENVE • LEGL
FXCollaborative Architects	New York City	Silver	5	INTR • URB • ARCH
Aspen Heights Partners	Austin	Silver	1
ADG Engineering	New York City	Silver	0	INTR • STRC • ARCH • ENGO
AI. PlanetWorks	New York City	Silver	3	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
Algin Management	New York City	Silver	1	PROP
ArcelorMittal	Chicago	Silver	94	BACS • MATR
Archilier Architecture	New York City	Silver	6	INTR • URB • ARCH
Architects Hawaii Limited - AHL	Honolulu	Silver	0	INTR • URB • ARCH
Autodesk	San Francisco	Silver	0	COMP
COOKFOX Architects	New York City	Silver	2	INTR • URB • ARCH
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	1	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
CB Engineers	San Francisco	Silver	4	COMP • COST • FIRE • MEP
CDC Curtain Wall Design & Consulting, Inc.	Dallas	Silver	12	STRC • WIND • COST • ENGO • FAC • LEGL
FM Global	Boston	Silver	0	INSU
Extell Development	New York City	Silver	14	DEV • OWN • PROP
Far East Aluminium Works Co., Ltd.	Concord	Silver	0	STRC • PMNG • FAC • MATR
JCE Structural Engineering Group	Pasadena, CA	Silver	0	STRC • SEC • SEIS
Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture	Chicago	Silver	6
Heintges Consulting Architects & Engineers	New York City	Silver	5	FAC
Heller Manus Architects	San Francisco	Silver	4	URB • ARCH • TRAN
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	27	DEV • FIN • COST • PROP
Inhabit Group	Auckland	Silver	36	FAC
JAHN	Chicago	Silver	12	INTR • URB • ARCH
JB&B	Boston	Silver	70	BACS • PMNG • ENGM • FIRE • HIST • MEP • SEC
JDS Development Group	New York City	Silver	7	DEV • CON • OWN • PROP
HKS Architects	Dallas	Silver	26	INTR • URB • ARCH
Jay Paul Company	San Francisco	Silver	1	DEV • OWN
Jensen Hughes	Chicago	Silver	7	FIRE
KieranTimberlake	Philadelphia	Silver	0	URB • ARCH
Kinemetrics	Pasadena, CA	Silver	43	MATR • OTHR • SEIS
Korb + Associates Architects	Milwaukee	Silver	0	ARCH
Krueck Sexton Partners	Chicago	Silver	3
Kuraray	Wilmington	Silver	7	COMP • MATR
3MIX	Seattle	Silver	0	ARCH
LEVER Architecture	Portland	Silver	0	ARCH
HYPRLIFT, Inc.	San Jose	Silver	0	VERC • VERS
Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company	San Francisco	Silver	2	CON
HKA Elevator Consulting	Los Angeles	Silver	3	VERC
GenX Design & Technology Consulting	New York City	Silver	2	COMP
Fisher Marantz Stone	New York City	Silver	20	OTHR
FitzGerald Associates	Chicago	Silver	1	ARCH
Foster + Partners	London	Silver	105	ARCH
Front Inc.	Hong Kong	Silver	24	FAC
FullStack Modular LLC	New York City	Silver	0	CON • MATR
GEI Consultants	Boston	Silver	15	GEO
GERB Vibration Control Systems	Berlin	Silver	22	MATR • SEIS
GGLO	Los Angeles	Silver	1	INTR • LAND • URB • ARCH
HED	Chicago	Silver	1
GREC Architects	Chicago	Silver	2	ARCH
bKL Architecture	Chicago	Silver	10	INTR • URB • ARCH
HDR Inc.	New York City	Silver	0	ARCH
Glotman Simpson Consulting Engineers	Calgary	Silver	4	STRC • SEIS
HEARST	New York City	Silver	1	OWN
Glumac	San Francisco	Silver	2	ENGO • MEP
Gould Evans	Kansas City	Silver	0	ARCH
H+O Structural Engineering	Boston	Silver	0
Gilsanz Murray Steficek	New York City	Silver	10	STRC • ENGO • SEC
CCHRB (Chicago Committee on High-Rise Buildings)	Chicago	Nonprofit/Governmental	0	NONP
Yale University School of Architecture	New Haven	Nonprofit/Governmental	0	ACAD
Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association (FEMA)	Cleveland	Nonprofit/Governmental	0	FIRE • MATR
Thomas Jefferson University	Philadelphia	Nonprofit/Governmental	0	ACAD
Washington State University	Seattle	Nonprofit/Governmental	0	ACAD
Pratt Institute	New York City	Nonprofit/Governmental	0	ACAD
Post-Tensioning Institute	Detroit	Nonprofit/Governmental	0	CIV
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Urbana	Nonprofit/Governmental	0	ACAD • RES
The Skyscraper Museum	New York City	Nonprofit/Governmental	0	NONP
Pennsylvania State University	State College	Nonprofit/Governmental	0	ACAD

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