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RANK
|
Name
|
Completion
|
Height
|
Floors
|
Function
|
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | Shanghai Tower | Shanghai | 2015 |
632 m / 2,073 ft |
128 | Hotel / Office |
4 | Triumph Tower | Balneário Camboriú | - |
544 m / 1,785 ft |
135 | Residential |
5 | One World Trade Center | New York City | 2014 |
541 m / 1,776 ft |
94 | Office |
6 | TAIPEI 101 | Taipei | 2004 |
508 m / 1,667 ft |
101 | Office |
7 | Central Park Tower | New York City | 2020 |
472 m / 1,550 ft |
98 | Residential / Retail |
8 | Petronas Twin Tower 1 | Kuala Lumpur | 1998 |
452 m / 1,483 ft |
88 | Office |
8 | Petronas Twin Tower 2 | Kuala Lumpur | 1998 |
452 m / 1,483 ft |
88 | Office |
10 | Suzhou IFS | Suzhou | 2019 |
450 m / 1,476 ft |
95 | Hotel / Office / Serviced Apartments |
11 | 111 West 57th Street | New York City | 2021 |
435 m / 1,428 ft |
84 | Residential |
12 | One Vanderbilt Avenue | New York City | 2020 |
427 m / 1,401 ft |
62 | Office |
22 October 2018
Beauty and Finance: Post Mannerism in Skyscraper Design
Building design and devlopment started with small scale conceptual research projects where inspiration and effectiveness, art and technology, and beauty and finance not only co-existed,...
22 December 2023
Remembering Charles H. Thornton, 2012 Fazlur Khan Lifetime Achievement Awardee
This edition of Talking Tall is an interview from the CTBUH archives. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat would like to remember Charles...
15 September 2023
Firms Race to Finish the World’s Tallest Tower in Jeddah
The company responsible for constructing the Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia has restarted work on the project and has compiled a list of contractors who...
RWDI (2000)
RANK
|
Name
|
Completion
|
Height
|
Floors
|
Function
|
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jeddah Tower | Jeddah | - |
1,000 m / 3,281 ft |
167 | Residential / Serviced Apartments |
2 | Shanghai Tower | Shanghai | 2015 |
632 m / 2,073 ft |
128 | Hotel / Office |
3 | Chicago Spire | Chicago | - |
610 m / 2,000 ft |
150 | Residential |
4 | Triumph Tower | Balneário Camboriú | - |
544 m / 1,785 ft |
135 | Residential |
5 | One World Trade Center | New York City | 2014 |
541 m / 1,776 ft |
94 | Office |
6 | TAIPEI 101 | Taipei | 2004 |
508 m / 1,667 ft |
101 | Office |
7 | Central Park Tower | New York City | 2020 |
472 m / 1,550 ft |
98 | Residential / Retail |
8 | Petronas Twin Tower 1 | Kuala Lumpur | 1998 |
452 m / 1,483 ft |
88 | Office |
8 | Petronas Twin Tower 2 | Kuala Lumpur | 1998 |
452 m / 1,483 ft |
88 | Office |
10 | Suzhou IFS | Suzhou | 2019 |
450 m / 1,476 ft |
95 | Hotel / Office / Serviced Apartments |
11 | 111 West 57th Street | New York City | 2021 |
435 m / 1,428 ft |
84 | Residential |
12 | One Vanderbilt Avenue | New York City | 2020 |
427 m / 1,401 ft |
62 | Office |
13 | 432 Park Avenue | New York City | 2015 |
426 m / 1,397 ft |
85 | Residential |
14 | JPMorgan Chase World Headquarters | New York City | 2025 |
423 m / 1,388 ft |
60 | Office |
15 | Princess Tower | Dubai | 2012 |
413 m / 1,356 ft |
101 | Residential |
16 | CITYMARK CENTRE | Shenzhen | 2022 |
388 m / 1,274 ft |
70 | Residential / Office |
17 | Qingdao Hai Tian Center | Qingdao | 2021 |
369 m / 1,210 ft |
73 | Hotel / Office |
18 | The St. Regis Chicago | Chicago | 2020 |
363 m / 1,191 ft |
101 | Residential / Hotel |
19 | STH BNK by Beulah Tower 1 | Melbourne | 2028 |
356 m / 1,169 ft |
102 | Residential |
20 | Comcast Technology Center | Philadelphia | 2018 |
339 m / 1,112 ft |
59 | Hotel / Office |
21 | Hengqin International Finance Center | Zhuhai | 2020 |
338 m / 1,108 ft |
69 | Residential / Office |
22 | The Brooklyn Tower | New York City | 2023 |
325 m / 1,066 ft |
74 | Residential |
23 | The One | Toronto | 2025 |
309 m / 1,012 ft |
85 | Residential / Hotel |
24 | Comcast Center | Philadelphia | 2008 |
297 m / 974 ft |
57 | Office |
25 | 220 Central Park South | New York City | 2019 |
290 m / 950 ft |
65 | Residential |
26 | 15 Hudson Yards | New York City | 2019 |
279 m / 914 ft |
70 | Residential |
27 | Baku Tower | Baku | 2024 |
276 m / 906 ft |
49 | Office |
28 | NEMA Chicago | Chicago | 2019 |
273 m / 896 ft |
81 | Residential |
29 | Taipei Nanshan Plaza | Taipei | 2018 |
271 m / 891 ft |
46 | Office |
30 | One Barangaroo | Sydney | 2020 |
271 m / 890 ft |
71 | Residential / Hotel |
31 | Trump World Tower | New York City | 2001 |
262 m / 861 ft |
72 | Residential |
32 | 262 Fifth Avenue | New York City | 2024 |
262 m / 860 ft |
54 | Residential |
33 | M3 | Mississauga | 2025 |
260 m / 854 ft |
81 | Residential |
34 | Park Tower | Chicago | 2000 |
257 m / 844 ft |
68 | Residential / Hotel |
35 | One Bennett Park | Chicago | 2018 |
255 m / 836 ft |
67 | Residential |
36 | STH BNK by Beulah Tower 2 | Melbourne | 2028 |
252 m / 827 ft |
72 | Hotel / Office |
37 | 56 Leonard | New York City | 2016 |
250 m / 821 ft |
57 | Residential |
38 | One Sydney Harbour Tower 1 | Sydney | 2024 |
247 m / 810 ft |
72 | Residential |
39 | Victoria One | Melbourne | 2018 |
247 m / 810 ft |
76 | Residential |
40 | Bloomberg Tower | New York City | 2004 |
246 m / 806 ft |
54 | Residential / Office |
41 | The Centrale | New York City | 2019 |
245 m / 803 ft |
64 | Residential |
42 | 111 Murray Street | New York City | 2018 |
240 m / 788 ft |
60 | Residential |
43 | 520 Park Avenue | New York City | 2018 |
238 m / 781 ft |
54 | Residential |
44 | One Sydney Harbour Tower 2 | Sydney | 2024 |
230 m / 754 ft |
68 | Residential |
45 | One Penn Plaza | New York City | 1972 |
229 m / 750 ft |
57 | Office |
46 | Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences, One Dalton Street | Boston | 2020 |
228 m / 748 ft |
61 | Residential / Hotel |
47 | World Crest | Mumbai | 2017 |
225 m / 737 ft |
60 | Residential |
48 | Ten York | Toronto | 2018 |
224 m / 735 ft |
65 | Residential |
49 | Newfoundland Place | London | 2020 |
220 m / 721 ft |
59 | Residential |
50 | 100 East 53rd Street | New York City | 2018 |
217 m / 711 ft |
61 | Residential |
51 | M4 | Mississauga | 2027 |
216 m / 707 ft |
67 | Residential |
52 | 180 George North Tower | Parramatta | 2023 |
213 m / 699 ft |
66 | Residential |
53 | The Beekman Hotel & Residences | New York City | 2017 |
209 m / 687 ft |
47 | Residential / Hotel |
54 | Random House Tower | New York City | 2003 |
208 m / 684 ft |
52 | Residential / Office |
55 | The Residences of 488 University Avenue | Toronto | 2019 |
208 m / 681 ft |
57 | Residential / Office |
56 | Barclay Tower | New York City | 2007 |
205 m / 673 ft |
56 | Residential |
57 | 45 Park Place | New York City | 2024 |
203 m / 667 ft |
43 | Residential |
58 | M2 | Mississauga | 2023 |
200 m / 656 ft |
62 | Residential |
59 | M1 | Mississauga | 2023 |
199 m / 654 ft |
62 | Residential |
60 | W New York Downtown Hotel & Residences | New York City | 2010 |
192 m / 630 ft |
57 | Residential / Hotel |
61 | 888 7th Avenue | New York City | 1971 |
191 m / 628 ft |
45 | Office |
62 | Collins House | Melbourne | 2019 |
190 m / 623 ft |
59 | Residential |
63 | Tour de la Bourse | Montreal | 1964 |
190 m / 623 ft |
47 | Office |
64 | 1133 West Georgia | Vancouver | 2016 |
188 m / 616 ft |
63 | Hotel / Residential |
65 | CASA II | Toronto | 2016 |
185 m / 605 ft |
57 | Residential |
66 | The Laurel | Philadelphia | 2022 |
183 m / 599 ft |
50 | Residential |
67 | Turkevi Center | New York City | 2021 |
171 m / 561 ft |
36 | Residential / Office |
68 | Paragon | Melbourne | 2021 |
163 m / 535 ft |
48 | Residential / Office |
69 | 465 North Park | Chicago | 2018 |
160 m / 525 ft |
48 | Residential |
70 | 180 East 88th | New York City | 2019 |
160 m / 524 ft |
32 | Residential |
71 | 825 Third Avenue | New York City | 1969 |
159 m / 522 ft |
40 | Office |
72 | One Wall Centre | Vancouver | 2001 |
150 m / 491 ft |
48 | Residential / Hotel |
73 | Four Seasons Mumbai | Mumbai | 2006 |
146 m / 479 ft |
35 | Hotel |
74 | Harry Reid International Airport Air Traffic Control Tower | Las Vegas | 2016 |
107 m / 352 ft |
N/A | Air Traffic Control Tower |
75 | The Tower Hotel | Niagara Falls | 1962 |
99 m / 325 ft |
30 | Observation / Hotel |
76 | Cancún International Airport Control Tower | Cancún | 2009 |
97 m / 318 ft |
3 | Air Traffic Control Tower |
77 | Pearson International Airport Control Tower | Mississauga | 2004 |
66 m / 215 ft |
3 | Air Traffic Control Tower |
78 | 97 Franklin Street | Melbourne | - |
- |
60 | Residential |
79 | One Queen Street | Auckland | 2023 |
- |
21 | Hotel / Office |
80 | Muscot Air Traffic Control Tower | Muscat | 2015 |
- |
N/A | Air Traffic Control Tower |
Average Building Age*
11 Years
Most Common Function*
Residential (49%)
Most Common Material*
Concrete (58%)
* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database
NOTE: Construction start time is not available for all buildings. The average construction time is only displayed if there is three or more buildings with construction start and complete data in that year.
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22 October 2018
Building design and devlopment started with small scale conceptual research projects where inspiration and effectiveness, art and technology, and beauty and finance not only co-existed,...
21 October 2018
The Dubai Creek Tower’s monumental design is influenced by the natural forms of the lily and evokes the shape of a minaret, a distinctive architectural...
09 July 2018
Carla Swickerath, Partner, Studio Libeskind, sat down with CTBUH to discuss the design approach and urban impact of the World Trade Center complex in New...
31 May 2018
56 Leonard has been called the “Jenga” building due to its cantilevered floors, as well as the irregular spacing and location of the balconies throughout...
30 May 2018
From its inception, Comcast Center was designed to exude a heightened sense of innovation and public engagement – qualities that align with both the tower’s...
30 October 2017
Quay Quarter Tower (QQT) will create a stunning new building on the Sydney skyline that sets new benchmarks in office tower design globally and creates...
30 October 2017
Tall buildings have an important role in defining the character of the City and they help reduce urban sprawl. However, when a building rises above...
30 October 2017
Recent developments in the design and construction of progressively taller buildings using engineered timber as a structural material raise important questions about the language that...
30 October 2017
Chris Wilkinson of Wilkinson Eyre Architects is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2017 CTBUH Australia Conference.
16 March 2017
Thursday, March 16, 2017. Chicago, United States of America. Hosted in collaboration with the Chicago Architecture Foundation, the first lecture of the series Building Tall...
22 December 2023
Charles Thornton & Richard Tomasetti
This edition of Talking Tall is an interview from the CTBUH archives. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat would like to remember Charles...
05 July 2023
Terri Meyer Boake
Height is aspirational, and having the best view from that height has become a driver in contemporary tall building design. Likewise, observation decks are a...
16 May 2023
Jason Barr & Peter A. Weismantle
This paper reviews the development history of record-breaking skyscrapers to better understand their economics. Given how tall they are, the supposed reason for their construction...
16 May 2023
CTBUH Staff
This report shows that 147 buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater were completed in 2022, a 25 percent increase from 2021, when 118 such...
09 March 2023
Blair Kamin
Blair Kamin, the architecture critic of the Chicago Tribune from 1993 to 2021 and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1999, has delivered...
22 August 2022
S. Isaac Work & Shawn Ursini, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
Tall building design has diversified and adapted to accommodate increased demand for distinctive amenities at a range of heights. Swimming pools are a classic feature...
22 August 2022
Tarek Hassan, Yehia El-Ezaby & Charles Malek, rector Dar Al Handasah Consultants (Shair and Partners)
This paper presents an overview of a process of optimizing concrete mixture for tall buildings, culminating in the design of the Iconic Tower, the key...
22 August 2022
James von Klemperer & Andrew Cleary, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
The recently completed One Vanderbilt Avenue tower has become the standard bearer for one of New York City’s most ambitious zoning initiatives of the past...
15 August 2022
Grant Mosey & Brian Deal, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
In this study, the authors examine the sale and rent prices for units in the 10 tallest for-sale and for-rent residential buildings in Chicago. Statistical...
03 January 2022
CTBUH Research
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has released its annual report, CTBUH Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2021, part of the Tall...
15 September 2023
The company responsible for constructing the Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia has restarted work on the project and has compiled a list of contractors who...
30 July 2020
History does not want for dizzying fantasies of tall buildings. From the Tower of Babel onwards, humanity has dreamed of ever-more wondrous skyscrapers, whether we...
18 September 2019
The Grand Central Terminal-adjacent supertall One Vanderbilt officially topped out this week, reaching its full 1,401-foot (427-meter) height. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, the tower...
09 August 2019
The tuned mass damper in the Taipei 101 skyscraper moved 15 centimeters due to an earthquake early Thursday, 8 August, according to the building management....
15 April 2019
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has been brought in to deliver Hodder + Partners’ controversial Saint Michael’s tower in Manchester, with the local practice kept...
01 March 2019
The owner of the Chicago Spire site could have another year to begin developing the lakefront site, four months after a downtown alderman rejected a...
01 March 2019
The owner of the Chicago Spire site could have another year to begin developing the lakefront site, four months after a downtown alderman rejected a...
21 January 2019
For decades, the New York City skyline was dominated by one building, the 1,250-foot-tall (381-meter) Empire State Building. But 17 “supertall” skyscrapers — defined as...
21 January 2019
For decades, the New York City skyline was dominated by one building, the 1,250-foot-tall (381-meter) Empire State Building. But 17 “supertall” skyscrapers — defined as...
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