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Brandston Partnership, Inc.

About

Member Since: 2019

Member Offices: New York City, Seoul, Shanghai

Website: http://www.bpi.co

Brandston Partnership Inc., BPI is one of the oldest and most important lighting consultants. Since founded in 1966, the company has been active in the field of lighting design. Now the company has more than 150 professional designer and offices in New York, Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, Shenzhen, Singapore, and Seoul.

In the field of lighting design and project management, BPI has excellent experience. We have completed more than 5000 projects around the world. As small as jewelry shop and small apartment lighting or as large as urban planning, urban complexes and transportation hub lighting are all included in the scope of our service.

In the project, our primary role is to assist architects and client recognize the intention of the project. In each project, a team consists of a partner and leaded designers is responsible for the design.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture; Engineering, Multi-discipline; Engineering, Other

Buildings

Please note that all heights shown in italics/red are estimated heights. These have been calculated based on known floor counts for the building, then extrapolated through analyzing typically hundreds of buildings of the same function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard building features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of these estimations.

RANK
Name
Height
2 Shanghai Tower

632 m / 2,073 ft

4 One World Trade Center

541 m / 1,776 ft

5 Tianjin CTF Finance Centre

530 m / 1,739 ft

6 CITIC Tower

528 m / 1,731 ft

8 Tianfu Center

489 m / 1,604 ft

9 SUNAC A-ONE Tower 1

470 m / 1,542 ft

11 International Land-Sea Center

458 m / 1,503 ft

12 Changsha IFS Tower T1

452 m / 1,483 ft

13 Suzhou IFS

450 m / 1,476 ft

14 Greenland Shandong International Financial Center

428 m / 1,404 ft

Building Completions Timeline

Videos

31 October 2019

The Garden City in Three Dimensions

Moshe Safdie, Founder at Safdie Architects, speaks at the 2019 CTBUH International Congress in Chicago on 31 October 2019.

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Research

05 July 2023

Tall Buildings and City Development: Comparison of Five Case Studies

Skyscrapers commonly rise in major cities worldwide, but the difference is in how they are integrated into the urban plan. This paper provides a comprehSkyscrapers...

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Global News

19 October 2023

Mixed-use complex finishing Construction in Jinan

According to available information, the Jinan Ping An Financial Center project is being invested in and constructed by Ping An Real Estate. It is a...

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Please note that all heights shown in italics/red are estimated heights. These have been calculated based on known floor counts for the building, then extrapolated through analyzing typically hundreds of buildings of the same function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard building features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of these estimations.

RANK
Name
Height
1 Suzhou Zhongnan Center

729 m / 2,392 ft

2 Shanghai Tower

632 m / 2,073 ft

3 Global Financial Center Tower 1

568 m / 1,864 ft

4 One World Trade Center

541 m / 1,776 ft

5 Tianjin CTF Finance Centre

530 m / 1,739 ft

6 CITIC Tower

528 m / 1,731 ft

7 Suzhou Zhongnan Center

499 m / 1,638 ft

8 Tianfu Center

489 m / 1,604 ft

9 SUNAC A-ONE Tower 1

470 m / 1,542 ft

10 R&F Guangdong Building

468 m / 1,535 ft

11 International Land-Sea Center

458 m / 1,503 ft

12 Changsha IFS Tower T1

452 m / 1,483 ft

13 Suzhou IFS

450 m / 1,476 ft

14 Greenland Shandong International Financial Center

428 m / 1,404 ft

15 Two International Finance Centre

412 m / 1,352 ft

16 China Resources Tower

393 m / 1,288 ft

17 Eton Place Dalian Tower 1

383 m / 1,257 ft

18 1 Corporate Avenue

376 m / 1,234 ft

19 China Merchants Prince Bay Tower

374 m / 1,227 ft

20 Nanchang Ping An Financial Center

373 m / 1,224 ft

21 Shanghai International Trade Center Tower 1

370 m / 1,214 ft

22 Qingdao Hai Tian Center

369 m / 1,210 ft

23 Global Financial Center Tower 1

366 m / 1,201 ft

24 Ping An Finance Center Tower 1

360 m / 1,181 ft

25 Raffles City Chongqing T3N

354 m / 1,163 ft

26 Raffles City Chongqing T4N

354 m / 1,163 ft

27 Forum 66 Tower 1

351 m / 1,150 ft

28 SUNAC A-ONE Tower 4

349 m / 1,145 ft

29 Zhonghai City Plaza

340 m / 1,115 ft

30 Wuxi International Finance Square

339 m / 1,112 ft

31 Chongqing World Financial Center

339 m / 1,112 ft

32 Tianjin Modern City Office Tower

338 m / 1,109 ft

33 Wuxi Suning Plaza 1

328 m / 1,076 ft

34 Chongqing IFS T1

316 m / 1,038 ft

35 Jumeirah Nanjing Hotel & International Youth Cultural Centre Tower 2

315 m / 1,033 ft

36 Changsha IFS Tower T2

308 m / 1,010 ft

37 East Pacific Center Tower A

306 m / 1,004 ft

38 Leatop Plaza

303 m / 993 ft

39 SUNAC A-ONE Tower 2

302 m / 991 ft

40 Urban Lighthouse

300 m / 984 ft

41 Qianhai Prisma East Tower

300 m / 984 ft

42 R&F Yingkai Square

296 m / 972 ft

43 Lumina Shanghai

285 m / 935 ft

44 Cheung Kong Centre

283 m / 928 ft

45 Suzhou RunHua Global Building A

282 m / 925 ft

46 China Resources Center 2

280 m / 919 ft

47 Qiantan Center

280 m / 919 ft

48 Eton Place Dalian Tower 2

279 m / 917 ft

49 Shanghai Wheelock Square

270 m / 887 ft

50 Tongde Kunming Plaza

269 m / 883 ft

51 East Pacific Center Tower B

261 m / 856 ft

52 Jing An Kerry Centre Tower 2

260 m / 853 ft

53 Raffles City Chongqing T5

256 m / 839 ft

54 Raffles City Chongqing T2

256 m / 839 ft

55 Raffles City Chongqing T4S

256 m / 839 ft

56 Raffles City Chongqing T3S

256 m / 839 ft

57 Jumeirah Nanjing Hotel & International Youth Cultural Centre Tower 1

255 m / 837 ft

58 SUNAC A-ONE Tower 3

251 m / 823 ft

59 Center 66 Office 1

250 m / 820 ft

60 Qianhai Prisma West Tower

250 m / 820 ft

61 Ningbo New World Plaza Tower 5

250 m / 819 ft

62 Haitian Center Tower 3

245 m / 804 ft

63 Suzhou RunHua Global Building B

240 m / 787 ft

64 Kingtown International Center

231 m / 759 ft

65 Asia Square Tower 1

229 m / 751 ft

66 Raffles City Chongqing T1

228 m / 750 ft

66 Raffles City Chongqing T6

228 m / 750 ft

68 Kingold Century

228 m / 748 ft

69 Asia Square Tower 2

221 m / 727 ft

70 Euro America Financial City Tower 1

220 m / 722 ft

70 Euro America Financial City Tower 2

220 m / 722 ft

72 Shanghai International Trade Center Tower 2

220 m / 722 ft

73 China Resources Center 1

218 m / 716 ft

74 China Merchants Tower

211 m / 692 ft

75 Haitian Center Tower 1

210 m / 689 ft

76 East Pacific Center Tower C

206 m / 676 ft

77 Sunshine Financial Center

205 m / 673 ft

78 RAYZONE

200 m / 656 ft

79 Beijing Lize Ping An Finance Centre

200 m / 656 ft

80 Jing An Kerry Centre Tower 3

198 m / 649 ft

81 SHUIBEI International Center

198 m / 648 ft

82 Evergrande Huazhi Residential Tower 1

191 m / 625 ft

82 Evergrande Huazhi Residential Tower 2

191 m / 625 ft

84 Riverview Plaza A3

186 m / 610 ft

85 Wuxi Suning Plaza 2

183 m / 600 ft

86 8 Corporate Avenue

180 m / 591 ft

87 The Bund Finance Center North

180 m / 591 ft

87 The Bund Finance Center South

180 m / 591 ft

89 Ping An Finance Centre Tower B

180 m / 590 ft

90 Riverview Plaza A2

156 m / 512 ft

91 East Pacific Center Tower D

155 m / 509 ft

92 7 Corporate Avenue

155 m / 508 ft

93 Baoland Plaza

149 m / 487 ft

94 China Resources Vanguard Headquarter Building

145 m / 476 ft

95 Hangzhou Xizi International Center Building 1

145 m / 476 ft

96 Evergrande Huazhi St. Regis Hotel

144 m / 471 ft

97 VIA 57 WEST

142 m / 467 ft

98 Hangzhou Xizi International Center Building 2

125 m / 410 ft

99 6 Corporate Avenue

121 m / 396 ft

100 Fubon Fuzhou Financial Center

118 m / 387 ft

101 Shangri-La Qiantan

111 m / 364 ft

102 Lakeville Regency Tower 1

109 m

358 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 32 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 9,176 other buildings of the same Residential function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
102 Lakeville Regency Tower 2

109 m

358 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 32 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 9,176 other buildings of the same Residential function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
104 Poly Beijing Tongzhou Metropolitan North Tower

105 m / 345 ft

104 Poly Beijing Tongzhou Metropolitan South Tower

105 m / 345 ft

106 Lakeville Regency Tower 4

102 m

335 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 30 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 9,176 other buildings of the same Residential function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
107 Hangzhou Xizi International Center Building 3

100 m / 328 ft

108 Habitat Qinhuangdao Phase 1

100 m / 328 ft

108 Habitat Qinhuangdao Phase 2

100 m / 328 ft

110 The Langham Shenzhen

99 m

325 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 26 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 1,190 other buildings of the same Hotel function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
111 Lakeville Regency Tower 3

89 m

292 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 26 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 9,176 other buildings of the same Residential function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
112 BelView

85 m / 280 ft

113 Lakeville Regency Tower 6

82 m

269 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 24 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 9,176 other buildings of the same Residential function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
114 Lakeville Regency Tower 7

75 m

246 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 22 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 9,176 other buildings of the same Residential function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
115 Lakeville Regency Tower 5

48 m

157 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 14 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 9,176 other buildings of the same Residential function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
116 Jiangbei New Financial Center Project C

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117 O-Tower

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Statistics

Average Building Age*

8 Years

Most Common Function*

Mixed-use (49%)

Most Common Material*

Composite (76%)

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database

Based on 80 buildings over 150 m height with a function
 
Based on 74 buildings over 150 m height with a material
 

Building Completions Timeline

Building Map

Construction Time Chart

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.

31 October 2019

The Garden City in Three Dimensions

Moshe Safdie, Founder at Safdie Architects, speaks at the 2019 CTBUH International Congress in Chicago on 31 October 2019.

10 April 2019

Ceremonial Influences Form a Modern Flagship Building for Beijing’s CBD

China Zun is the flagship building of Beijing’s comprehensively planned 30-hectare central business district core. Its gently rising and curving form embodies the historic capital’s...

09 July 2018

Five Minutes With: Carla Swickerath

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...

29 January 2018

"Geometry of Tall Buildings" - a CTBUH United Kingdom Chapter Event

The London Committee of the CTBUH United Kingdom Chapter recently hosted [i]Geometry of Tall Buildings[/i], a conversation between leading architects and engineers on the geometry...

30 October 2017

Quay Quarter Tower: Humanizing the High-Rise

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...

03 November 2016

Best of Both Worlds: VIA 57 WEST

By incorporating the social sustainability of a mid-rise structure with the efficiency and density of a high-rise, the distinctive massing and appearance of VIA 57...

03 November 2016

A Vernacular Megatall: Shanghai Tower

As the tallest building in China upon completion, Shanghai Tower has had an immediate and profound impact on the country’s perceptions of how a skyscraper...

03 November 2016

Interview: Shanghai Tower

Jianping Gu, General Manager, Shanghai Tower C&D, & Grant Uhlir, Managing Director, Gensler, are interviewed by Chris Bentley regarding Shanghai Tower, Shanghai, the 2016 CTBUH...

03 November 2016

Interview: VIA 57 WEST

Kai-Uwe Bergmann, Partner, BIG, and Alexander Durst, Chief Development Officer, The Durst Organization, are interviewed by Chris Bentley regarding VIA 57 WEST, New York City,...

20 October 2016

Skyscrapers in Hong Kong

Thursday October 20, 2016. Hong Kong, China. Eric Ma of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region presents at the 2016 China Conference Plenary 6: Hong Kong...

05 July 2023

Tall Buildings and City Development: Comparison of Five Case Studies

Roberta dal Molin, Shenav Ragiv, &Elena Giacomello

Skyscrapers commonly rise in major cities worldwide, but the difference is in how they are integrated into the urban plan. This paper provides a comprehSkyscrapers...

05 July 2023

We All Love to Get High: Optimizing Observation Deck Design

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...

22 August 2022

Structural Design of Iconic Tower, Egypt: Culmination of a Concrete Optimization Process

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...

03 January 2022

Interactive Study on Tall Buildings in 2021: A State of Current Construction

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...

20 March 2020

Interactive Study on The Tallest 20 in 2020: Then and Now

CTBUH Research

This research paper undertakes a review of the 2012 report by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, “Tallest 20 in 2020: Entering the...

20 March 2020

Tall + Urban Innovation 2020: Dominant Trends

CTBUH Research

Providing a global overview of tall building development, design and construction, the CTBUH Awards Program and related Tall + Urban Innovation Conference annually survey projects,...

30 January 2020

Determinism, Integration, and Articulation Lead Up to a Landmark

Brian Lee, Thomas Kinzl, Inho Rhee & Ronald Johnson, SOM

Completed in 2019, the Tianjin Chow Tai Fook (CTF) Finance Centre is currently the seventh-tallest building in the world, tied with the Guangzhou CTF Finance...

12 December 2019

Interactive Study on Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2019

CTBUH Research

The year 2019 was remarkable for the tall building industry, with 26 supertall buildings (300 meters or taller) completed, the most in any year. This...

11 October 2019

The Garden City in Three Dimensions

Moshe Safdie, Safdie Architects

With a career spanning back to the Habitat ’67 residential complex in Montréal, Moshe Safdie’s work has always evoked images of utopian science fiction, yet...

19 October 2023

Mixed-use complex finishing Construction in Jinan

According to available information, the Jinan Ping An Financial Center project is being invested in and constructed by Ping An Real Estate. It is a...

20 June 2022

Chongqing Skyscraper Tops Out at 458.2 Meters

The International Land-Sea Center, a 458.2-meter-tall skyscraper had its roof sealed on Saturday, 18 June 2022. The total length of the building’s butt welds is over...

16 September 2021

Luxury Hotel Planned in Changsha

Launching the debut of the luxury hotel brand Park Hyatt Central China, a new Park Hyatt hotel is planned for Changsha, the capital of Hunan...

16 August 2021

The Gardens in the Sky Expand in Qinhuangdao

The second phase of Habitat Qinhuangdao has launched in Qinhuangdao. The 30-story project will reach a height of 100 meters, mirroring Phase I, which completed...

16 April 2020

Shanghai's Xuhui District Presses Ahead on Landmark Projects

The Xuhui district government released its major construction plans for 2020 on 1 April with 61 projects with an investment of 16.5 billion yuan (US$2.34...

16 April 2020

Shanghai's Xuhui District Presses Ahead on Landmark Projects

The Xuhui district government released its major construction plans for 2020 on 1 April with 61 projects with an investment of 16.5 billion yuan (US$2.34...

15 April 2019

New Architects Brought in for Manchester’s St. Michael’s Tower

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

As One Chicago Lakefront Project Gets a New Deadline, Another is Announced

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

“Tower Fifth” Could Become New York City’s Second-Tallest

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...

CTBUH Initiatives Involving Brandston Partnership, Inc.

CTBUH China: Smart City, Intelligent Building

07 November 2019

This CTBUH International Symposium brings together innovators from the fields of information technology, architectural design, structural technology, materials and equipment, and more.

Top Company Rankings: The World’s 100 Tallest Buildings

13 October 2016

The Council is pleased to announce the Top Company Rankings for numerous disciplines as derived from the list of projects appearing in 100 of the World’s Tallest Buildings.