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Member Since: 1977

Member Offices: Chicago, Dubai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai, Washington D.C.

Website: http://www.som.com/

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) is one of the leading architecture, interior design, engineering, and urban planning firms in the world. Since its founding more than 80 years ago, SOM has earned a reputation for design excellence with a portfolio that includes some of the most important architectural accomplishments of the 20th and 21st centuries, and has been a leader in the research and development of specialized technologies, new processes and innovative ideas, many of which have had a palpable and lasting impact on the design profession and the physical environment.

The firm’s longstanding leadership in design and building technology has been honored with nearly 2,000 awards for quality, innovation, and management. The American Institute of Architects has recognized SOM twice with its highest honor, the Architecture Firm Award—in 1962 and again in 1996.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture; Civil Engineering; Environmental Engineering; Interior Design; Landscape Architecture; Marketing / Sales; Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing; Structural Engineering; Transportation / Urban Infrastructure; Urban Design

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
1	Burj Khalifa	828 m / 2,717 ft
2	Burj Jumeira	550 m / 1,804 ft
3	One World Trade Center	541.3 m / 1,776 ft
4	Tianjin CTF Finance Centre	530 m / 1,739 ft
5	Greenland Jinmao International Financial Center	499.8 m / 1,640 ft
6	175 Park Avenue	481.5 m / 1,580 ft
7	China Overseas Suzhou Supertall Project	460 m / 1,509 ft
8	Suzhou CSC Fortune Center	460 m / 1,509 ft
9	Guizhou Culture Plaza Tower	450 m / 1,476 ft
10	Zifeng Tower	450 m / 1,476 ft

Awards

Award of Excellence: Two Manhattan West

Structure Award 2025

Ctbuh Leaders

Luke Leung

CTBUH Expert Peer Review Committee, 2014 – Present

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Aaron Mazeika

CTBUH Skybridges Research Project Steering Committee, 2019 – Present

Chicago

Scott Duncan

CTBUH Board of Trustees, 2020 – Present

Chicago

Building Completions Timeline

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Videos

23 May 2022

Two Public Buildings, California: Using Steel & Timber To Achieve Weight Savings

The lightweight benefits of steel timber-hybrids are explored in this presentation through two projects; Billie Jean King Library, Long Beach, reuses existing foundations on-site to...

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Research

01 May 2025

Rebuilding World Trade Center

The reconstruction of Lower Manhattan after 9/11 was an extraordinary feat of resilience and vision. In February 2025, NYU’s Schack Institute of Real Estate convened...

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Global News

28 July 2025

35-Story Chicago Building is Renamed After Longest-Serving Secretary of State

In a ceremony led by Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and attended by state leaders and community members, the State of Illinois officially renamed the 37-story...

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RANK	Name	City	Completion	Height	Floors	Function
1	Houston Pinnacle	Houston	-	1,611 m / 5,285 ft	500	N/A
2	Burj Khalifa	Dubai	2010	828 m / 2,717 ft	163	Office / Residential / Hotel
3	Chow Tai Fook Centre	Wuhan	-	808 m / 2,651 ft	124	Hotel / Serviced Apartments / Office
4	Chicago World Trade Center	Chicago	-	701 m / 2,300 ft	181	Office
5	Chicago World Trade Center	Chicago	-	665 m / 2,182 ft	168	N/A
6	Tower of Russia	Moscow	-	648 m / 2,126 ft	134	Residential / Office
7	Seoul Light DMC Tower	Seoul	-	640 m / 2,101 ft	133	Hotel / Residential / Office
8	Grand Rama 9 Tower	Bangkok	-	615 m / 2,018 ft	125	Hotel / Office
9	Diamond Mansion	Guangzhou	-	600 m / 1,969 ft	118	N/A
10	Greenland Jinmao International Financial Center	Nanjing	-	600 m / 1,969 ft	107	Hotel / Office
11	Kowloon MTR Tower	Hong Kong	-	574 m / 1,883 ft	102	Hotel / Office
12	Burj Jumeira	Dubai	-	550 m / 1,804 ft	N/A	Residential / Hotel
13	One World Trade Center	New York City	2014	541 m / 1,776 ft	94	Office
14	Wolf Point	Chicago	-	532 m / 1,745 ft	142	Office
15	Tianjin CTF Finance Centre	Tianjin	2019	530 m / 1,739 ft	97	Hotel / Serviced Apartments / Office
16	Pertamina Tower	Jakarta	-	523 m / 1,716 ft	99	Hotel / Office
17	Busan Lotte Town Tower	Busan	-	510 m / 1,674 ft	107	Residential / Hotel / Office
18	Songdo Daewoo Town	Incheon	-	510 m / 1,673 ft	110	N/A
19	Greenland Jinmao International Financial Center	Nanjing	2028	500 m / 1,640 ft	102	Hotel / Office
20	China International Silk Road Center	Xi’an	2027	498 m / 1,634 ft	101	Hotel / Office
21	175 Park Avenue	New York City	2030	482 m / 1,580 ft	83	Hotel / Office
22	7 South Dearborn	Chicago	-	478 m / 1,567 ft	112	Residential / Office
23	Columbus Circle Project	New York City	-	468 m / 1,535 ft	135	N/A
24	China Overseas Suzhou Supertall Project	Suzhou	2027	460 m / 1,509 ft	100	Residential / Office
24	Suzhou CSC Fortune Center	Suzhou	2028	460 m / 1,509 ft	100	Residential / Office
26	Kuningan Persada Tower	Jakarta	-	451 m / 1,480 ft	70	N/A
27	Samsung Tower	Seoul	-	450 m / 1,476 ft	111	N/A
28	Guizhou Culture Plaza Tower	Guiyang	2027	450 m / 1,476 ft	97	Hotel / Office
29	Zifeng Tower	Nanjing	2010	450 m / 1,476 ft	66	Hotel / Office
30	Willis Tower	Chicago	1974	442 m / 1,451 ft	108	Office
31	One Bangkok O4H4	Bangkok	2030	436 m / 1,431 ft	92	Hotel / Office
32	Greenland Shandong International Financial Center	Jinan	2025	428 m / 1,404 ft	88	Hotel / SOHO / Office
33	Trump International Hotel & Tower	Chicago	2009	423 m / 1,389 ft	98	Residential / Hotel
34	Jin Mao Tower	Shanghai	1999	421 m / 1,380 ft	88	Hotel / Office
35	International Finance Square	Guangzhou	-	420 m / 1,378 ft	100	Hotel / Office
36	Transbay Transit Center and Tower	San Francisco	-	419 m / 1,375 ft	93	Office
37	Hudson Yards West Site B	New York City	2030	416 m / 1,366 ft	74	Office / Education
38	Al Hamra Tower	Kuwait City	2011	413 m / 1,354 ft	80	Office
39	LCT The Sharp Landmark Tower	Busan	2019	412 m / 1,350 ft	101	Hotel / Residential
40	Ningbo Center Tower 1	Ningbo	2025	409 m / 1,342 ft	80	Hotel / Residential / Office
41	Bank of Southwest Tower	Houston	-	404 m / 1,325 ft	105	N/A
42	103 Tower	Fuzhou	-	400 m / 1,312 ft	103	N/A
43	Lulu Island Tower	Abu Dhabi	-	400 m / 1,312 ft	75	Multiple
44	COFCO Landmark Tower	Tianjin	-	390 m / 1,280 ft	76	Residential / Hotel / Office
45	Lucheng Square	Wenzhou	2028	389 m / 1,276 ft	79	Hotel / Hotel / Office
46	Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 1	Shenzhen	2020	388 m / 1,273 ft	80	Hotel / Office
47	Guohua Financial Center Tower 1	Wuhan	-	388 m / 1,273 ft	67	Hotel / Office
48	Saigon Centre 2	Ho Chi Minh City	-	386 m / 1,266 ft	88	Hotel / Office
49	Plaza Rakyat Office Tower	Kuala Lumpur	-	382 m / 1,253 ft	77	Office
50	Guiyang World Trade Center Landmark Tower	Guiyang	-	380 m / 1,247 ft	92	Serviced Apartments / Hotel / Office
51	Platinum Tower	Kuala Lumpur	-	380 m / 1,247 ft	71	Office
52	Guangdong Business Center	Guangzhou	2025	376 m / 1,232 ft	60	Office
53	Transit Terminal Tower	Philadelphia	-	366 m / 1,200 ft	85	Office
54	Al Sharq Tower	Dubai	-	365 m / 1,198 ft	102	Residential
55	Post and Telecommunications Building	Xiamen	-	364 m / 1,193 ft	66	Office
56	Wynn Resort New York City	New York City	2030	362 m / 1,189 ft	80	Hotel / Casino
57	Taipei Twins D1	Taipei	2027	360 m / 1,181 ft	70	Office
58	Greenland Group Suzhou Center	Suzhou	2025	358 m / 1,175 ft	77	Hotel / Office
59	Naga 3 Tower A	Phnom Penh	2026	358 m / 1,175 ft	75	Hotel / Casino
60	Hudson Yards West Site A	New York City	2030	357 m / 1,172 ft	80	Residential
61	Guohong Center	Wenzhou	2028	356 m / 1,168 ft	71	Hotel / Office
62	OKO - Residential Tower	Moscow	2015	354 m / 1,162 ft	90	Residential / Serviced Apartments / Hotel
63	Dearborn Center	Chicago	-	346 m / 1,135 ft	85	Office
64	875 North Michigan Avenue	Chicago	1969	344 m / 1,128 ft	100	Residential / Office
65	Diagonal Tower	Seoul	-	343 m / 1,127 ft	64	Office
66	Nanjing Jinling Hotel Phase II	Nanjing	-	341 m / 1,119 ft	88	Hotel / Office
67	LCT The Sharp Residential Tower A	Busan	2019	339 m / 1,113 ft	85	Residential
68	Tianjin Modern City Office Tower	Tianjin	2016	338 m / 1,109 ft	72	Office
69	Tianjin World Financial Center	Tianjin	2011	337 m / 1,105 ft	75	Office
70	400 North Lake Shore Drive South Tower	Chicago	-	335 m / 1,100 ft	76	Residential / Hotel
71	LCT The Sharp Residential Tower B	Busan	2019	333 m / 1,093 ft	85	Residential
72	Tianjin Kerry Center	Tianjin	-	333 m / 1,093 ft	72	Office
73	Shenzhen Foreign Trade Center	Shenzhen	-	333 m / 1,093 ft	N/A	N/A
74	China World Tower	Beijing	2010	330 m / 1,083 ft	74	Hotel / Office
75	Qingdao Landmark Tower 1	Qingdao	2026	329 m / 1,078 ft	71	Hotel / Office
76	Nanchang IFC	Nanchang	-	327 m / 1,073 ft	69	Hotel / Office
77	Crown Las Vegas	Las Vegas	-	324 m / 1,063 ft	N/A	Hotel
78	250 Water Street	New York City	-	321 m / 1,052 ft	89	Residential / Hotel / Retail
79	Lopez Centre	Manila	-	320 m / 1,050 ft	65	Office
79	Sinar Mas Center 1	Shanghai	2017	320 m / 1,050 ft	65	Office
81	Jiuzhou Bay Tower	Zhuhai	-	319 m / 1,045 ft	64	Hotel / Office
82	Zhongtian Future Ark City Window Office Tower	Guiyang	-	314 m / 1,030 ft	58	Office / Retail
83	Madison Square Garden Project Tower 1	New York City	-	312 m / 1,024 ft	70	N/A
84	CITIC Financial Center Tower 1	Shenzhen	2026	312 m / 1,024 ft	N/A	Residential / Office
85	Poly Pazhou C2	Guangzhou	2017	311 m / 1,020 ft	65	Office
86	New Port Tower	Jersey City	-	310 m / 1,017 ft	80	Office
87	AVIC Plaza	Shenzhen	-	310 m / 1,017 ft	68	Office
88	Pearl River Tower	Guangzhou	2013	310 m / 1,016 ft	71	Office
89	Chengdu Poly International Plaza	Chengdu	-	309 m / 1,014 ft	56	Hotel / Office
90	The Franklin - North Tower	Chicago	1989	307 m / 1,007 ft	60	Office
91	Cayan Tower	Dubai	2013	306 m / 1,005 ft	73	Residential
92	35 Hudson Yards	New York City	2019	305 m / 1,000 ft	72	Residential / Hotel
93	Greenland Hangzhou Century Center South Tower	Hangzhou	2023	304 m / 996 ft	64	Office
94	One Manhattan West	New York City	2019	304 m / 996 ft	67	Office
95	Greenland Hangzhou Century Center North Tower	Hangzhou	2023	303 m / 995 ft	64	Hotel / Office
96	Greenland Puli Center	Jinan	2014	303 m / 994 ft	61	Office
97	Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel A	Nanchang	2015	303 m / 994 ft	59	Office
97	Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel B	Nanchang	2015	303 m / 994 ft	59	Office
99	1000 Louisiana	Houston	1983	302 m / 992 ft	71	Office
100	Wangjing City	Beijing	-	300 m / 984 ft	88	Multiple
101	Madison Square Garden Project Tower 2	New York City	-	300 m / 984 ft	61	N/A
102	8 Shenton Way Redevelopment	Singapore	2028	300 m / 983 ft	63	Residential / Hotel / Office
103	Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 2	Shenzhen	2017	299 m / 982 ft	62	Office
104	China World Trade Center Phase 3B	Beijing	2017	296 m / 970 ft	59	Hotel / Office
105	Block 319 Tower	Houston	-	294 m / 965 ft	80	N/A
106	Union Station Tower	Chicago	-	292 m / 958 ft	N/A	Office
107	625 Fulton Street	New York City	-	287 m / 942 ft	79	Residential / Office
108	Two Manhattan West	New York City	2023	285 m / 935 ft	58	Office
109	Guoco Tower	Singapore	2016	284 m / 931 ft	65	Residential / Office
110	Zhengdong Hotel	Zhengzhou	-	280 m / 919 ft	57	N/A
111	Zhengzhou Greenland Plaza	Zhengzhou	2014	280 m / 919 ft	56	Hotel / Office
112	One Century (Wangchao Center)	Hangzhou	2023	280 m / 919 ft	54	Hotel / Office
113	Taipei Twins C1	Taipei	2027	280 m / 919 ft	53	Office
114	One City Centre	Bangkok	2023	276 m / 905 ft	61	Office
115	NYSE Tower	New York City	-	274 m / 899 ft	51	Office
116	Renaissance Tower	Dallas	1986	270 m / 886 ft	56	Office
117	Magic Tower	Yekaterinburg	-	270 m / 886 ft	58	Hotel / Office
118	CIMC Global Headquarters	Shenzhen	2029	270 m / 886 ft	53	Office
119	Four Seasons Hotel	Manama	2015	270 m / 885 ft	50	Hotel
120	Guohua Financial Center Tower 2	Wuhan	2026	269 m / 883 ft	63	Office
121	Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Zifeng Tower	Nanchang	2015	268 m / 879 ft	56	Hotel / Office
122	First Canadian Centre Phase 2	Calgary	-	265 m / 869 ft	63	Office
123	The Address Residence Sky View Tower 1	Dubai	2019	264 m / 867 ft	60	Residential
124	Tower Palace Three, Tower G	Seoul	2004	264 m / 865 ft	73	Residential
125	4 Houston Center	Houston	-	262 m / 860 ft	55	N/A
126	Brookfield Place	Toronto	1990	261 m / 856 ft	53	Office
127	Three California Plaza	Los Angeles	-	260 m / 853 ft	62	N/A
128	Beijing Greenland Center	Beijing	2016	260 m / 853 ft	55	Residential / Office
129	Guangzhou Star River Headquarters	Guangzhou	2022	260 m / 851 ft	47	Office
130	462 East North Water Street	Chicago	2027	259 m / 851 ft	72	Residential
131	400 North Lake Shore Drive North Tower	Chicago	-	259 m / 850 ft	65	Residential
132	Olympia Tower 1	Los Angeles	-	259 m / 850 ft	65	Residential
133	Philippine Bank of Communications	Makati	2000	259 m / 848 ft	55	Office
134	Hytera Headquarters	Shenzhen	2025	258 m / 845 ft	42	Office
135	Corporate Avenue 2	Chongqing	2014	256 m / 839 ft	47	Office
136	Shenzhen AVIC Plaza	Shenzhen	2012	254 m / 833 ft	52	Office
137	1930 Broadway	Oakland	-	252 m / 827 ft	63	Multiple
138	One Bangkok C5	Bangkok	2030	251 m / 824 ft	65	Residential
139	Corporate Avenue 10	Chongqing	-	250 m / 820 ft	N/A	Office / Retail
140	Karlatornet	Gothenburg	2024	249 m / 818 ft	74	Residential / Hotel / Office
141	Midtown Tower	Tokyo	2007	248 m / 813 ft	54	Hotel / Office
142	28 Liberty	New York City	1961	248 m / 813 ft	60	Office
143	100 Leadenhall Street	London	2027	247 m / 810 ft	57	Office
143	One Bangkok C3B	Bangkok	2025	247 m / 810 ft	57	Residential
145	Rolex Tower	Dubai	2010	247 m / 810 ft	59	Residential / Office
146	Ningbo Bank of China Headquarters	Ningbo	2016	246 m / 808 ft	50	Office
147	80 Red River Street	Austin	-	244 m / 802 ft	64	Residential / Hotel
148	180 Allyn Street	Hartford	-	244 m / 801 ft	42	N/A
149	One Bangkok Tower 4	Bangkok	2024	243 m / 797 ft	51	Office
150	One Bangkok Tower 3	Bangkok	2024	243 m / 797 ft	50	Office
151	International Commercial Trade Center	Changchun	-	242 m / 794 ft	60	N/A
152	One Bangkok Tower 2	Bangkok	2026	241 m / 791 ft	49	Hotel / Office
153	New World Center	Shenzhen	2006	238 m / 781 ft	53	Office
154	555 California Street	San Francisco	1969	237 m / 779 ft	52	Office
155	1 Worldwide Plaza	New York City	1989	237 m / 778 ft	47	Office
156	The Address Residence Sky View Tower 2	Dubai	2019	236 m / 773 ft	55	Residential / Hotel
157	WKL Hotel and Tropicana The Residences	Kuala Lumpur	2018	235 m / 771 ft	55	Residential / Hotel
158	Torre BBVA México	Mexico City	2015	235 m / 771 ft	50	Office
159	70 West Madison	Chicago	1981	234 m / 767 ft	57	Office
160	400 North Lake Shore Drive	Chicago	-	233 m / 765 ft	N/A	Residential
161	Republic Bank Tower	Dallas	-	233 m / 764 ft	61	Office
162	848 Brickell Redevelopment	Miami	-	233 m / 764 ft	51	Office
163	Southeast Financial Center	Miami	1984	233 m / 764 ft	55	Office
164	Kingtown International Center	Nanjing	2014	231 m / 759 ft	56	Hotel / Office
165	Enterprise Plaza	Houston	1980	230 m / 756 ft	55	Office
166	383 Madison Avenue	New York City	2001	230 m / 755 ft	47	Office
167	Zhenru Zhonghai Center Tower 1	Shanghai	2024	230 m / 755 ft	47	Office
168	Philippine Stock Exchange	Taguig City	-	230 m / 753 ft	44	Office
169	Time Warner Center North Tower	New York City	2004	228 m / 749 ft	55	Residential / Hotel / Office / Retail
169	Time Warner Center South Tower	New York City	2004	228 m / 749 ft	55	Residential / Office / Retail
171	Gas Company Tower	Los Angeles	1991	228 m / 749 ft	52	Office
172	Kingold Century	Guangzhou	2016	228 m / 748 ft	47	Serviced Apartments / Office
173	7 World Trade Center	New York City	2006	227 m / 743 ft	49	Office
174	One Liberty Plaza	New York City	1972	226 m / 743 ft	54	Office
175	Wells Fargo North Tower	Los Angeles	1983	226 m / 740 ft	54	Office
176	Dallas Arts Tower	Dallas	1987	225 m / 738 ft	55	Office
177	OKO - Office Tower	Moscow	2015	224 m / 736 ft	46	Office
178	1540 Broadway	New York City	1990	223 m / 733 ft	42	Office
179	Olympia Centre	Chicago	1986	223 m / 731 ft	63	Residential / Office
180	3 Manhattan West	New York City	2017	223 m / 730 ft	64	Residential / Retail
181	Times Square Tower	New York City	2004	221 m / 726 ft	47	Office
182	Istanbul Tower 205	Istanbul	2019	220 m / 722 ft	54	Office
183	685 1st Avenue	New York City	-	219 m / 719 ft	69	Residential
184	Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank Financial Building	Chongqing	2016	218 m / 715 ft	42	Office
185	252 East 57th Street	New York City	2016	218 m / 715 ft	65	Residential
186	Republic Plaza	Denver	1984	218 m / 714 ft	56	Office
187	One Shell Plaza	Houston	1970	218 m / 714 ft	50	Office
188	One Bangkok Ritz Carlton / One89 Wireless	Bangkok	2024	216 m / 710 ft	52	Residential / Hotel
189	JPMorgan Chase Tower	New York City	1960	216 m / 707 ft	52	Office
190	Tianjin Kerry Center R1	Tianjin	2014	215 m / 705 ft	59	Residential
190	Tianjin Kerry Center R2	Tianjin	2014	215 m / 705 ft	59	Residential
190	Tianjin Kerry Center R3	Tianjin	2014	215 m / 705 ft	59	Residential
193	Four Seasons Tower	Tianjin	2016	214 m / 703 ft	48	Residential / Hotel
194	Alinma Bank Tower	Riyadh	2027	213 m / 699 ft	42	Office
195	Georgia Pacific Tower	Atlanta	1981	212 m / 697 ft	51	Office
195	Hancock Whitney Center	New Orleans	1972	212 m / 697 ft	51	Office
197	345 California Center	San Francisco	1986	212 m / 695 ft	48	Hotel / Office
198	Poly Cultural Plaza	Wuhan	2012	212 m / 695 ft	46	Office
199	China Merchants Tower	Shenzhen	2013	211 m / 692 ft	38	Office
200	700 1st Avenue Tower 3	New York City	-	210 m / 689 ft	66	Residential
201	Maincourt Tower	Amsterdam	-	210 m / 689 ft	52	Office
202	Solow Building	New York City	1974	210 m / 689 ft	49	Office
203	Petron Megaplaza	Makati	1998	210 m / 689 ft	45	Office
204	140 Broadway	New York City	1967	210 m / 688 ft	52	Office
205	2001 Ross Avenue	Dallas	1984	209 m / 686 ft	50	Office
206	Random House Tower	New York City	2003	208 m / 684 ft	52	Residential / Office
207	Shangri-La Hotel	Cixi	-	208 m / 682 ft	56	Residential / Hotel
208	Crowne Plaza Hotel	Ningbo	-	208 m / 682 ft	53	Residential / Hotel
209	Bay-Wellington Tower	Toronto	1991	207 m / 679 ft	49	Office
210	Ningbo Guohua Financial Tower	Ningbo	2020	206 m / 677 ft	45	Office
211	Tower Square	Atlanta	1980	206 m / 677 ft	47	Office
212	One Magnificent Mile	Chicago	1983	205 m / 673 ft	57	Residential / Office
213	One Court Square	New York City	1990	205 m / 673 ft	50	Office
214	Al Rajhi Bank Tower	Riyadh	2017	205 m / 673 ft	36	Office
215	10 West 57th Street	New York City	-	205 m / 672 ft	52	Residential / Hotel
216	Palace Hotel Residential Tower	San Francisco	-	204 m / 669 ft	60	Residential
217	Sichuan Airlines Center	Chengdu	2016	204 m / 669 ft	45	Office
218	Sany IROOTECH Headquarters Tower 1	Guangzhou	2024	204 m / 669 ft	43	Office
219	33 South 6th Street	Minneapolis	1983	204 m / 668 ft	52	Office
220	708 1st Avenue	New York City	-	203 m / 666 ft	45	Office
221	Carlton Centre	Johannesburg	1973	201 m / 660 ft	49	Office
222	Ayala Triangle Gardens North	Makati	2021	201 m / 658 ft	40	Office
223	Zhenru Zhonghai Center Tower 2	Shanghai	2024	200 m / 657 ft	39	Office
224	Longgang Tianan Cyberpark Phase 4	Shenzhen	2025	200 m / 656 ft	47	Office
224	Philamlife Tower	Makati	1999	200 m / 656 ft	47	Office
226	DPC Tower	Istanbul	-	200 m / 656 ft	46	Office
227	Jumeirah Hangzhou Hotel	Hangzhou	2018	200 m / 656 ft	43	Hotel
228	Otemachi One Tower	Tokyo	2020	200 m / 656 ft	39	Hotel / Office
229	CITIC Financial Center Tower 2	Shenzhen	2025	200 m / 656 ft	N/A	SOHO / Hotel
229	Corporate Avenue 9	Chongqing	-	200 m / 656 ft	N/A	Office / Retail
231	Hangzhou GT Land Jumeirah	Hangzhou	2019	200 m / 656 ft	43	Hotel / Residential / Office
232	RAYZONE	Beijing	2021	200 m / 656 ft	42	Office
233	Beijing Lize Ping An Finance Centre	Beijing	2020	200 m / 656 ft	41	Office
234	Guizhou Culture Plaza Plot A3	Guiyang	2025	200 m / 655 ft	63	Residential
234	Guizhou Culture Plaza Plot A4	Guiyang	2025	200 m / 655 ft	63	Residential
236	1 Park Place	London	-	199 m / 653 ft	60	Residential
237	Olympia Tower 2	Los Angeles	-	199 m / 653 ft	53	Residential
238	Intercontinental Guangzhou Exhibition Center	Guangzhou	2017	198 m / 648 ft	40	Hotel / Serviced Apartments
239	Wuhan Design Heart	Wuhan	-	195 m / 641 ft	42	Office
240	Qingdao Landmark Tower 3	Qingdao	2016	195 m / 640 ft	48	Residential
241	Pudong Financial Plaza Office Tower 1	Shanghai	2017	194 m / 635 ft	38	Office
242	Grace Plaza	New York City	1972	192 m / 630 ft	50	Office
243	700 1st Avenue Tower 2	New York City	-	192 m / 630 ft	60	Residential
244	RCBC Plaza Yuchengco Tower	Makati	2001	192 m / 630 ft	46	Office
245	NBC Tower	Chicago	1989	191 m / 627 ft	37	Office
246	Waldorf Astoria New York	New York City	1931	191 m / 625 ft	47	Residential / Hotel
247	San Felipe Plaza	Houston	1984	191 m / 625 ft	45	Office
248	Legend	Zapopan	2029	190 m / 623 ft	52	Residential / Hotel
249	Agile Corporation Headquarters Tower	Guangzhou	2014	190 m / 622 ft	39	Office
250	Olympic Tower	New York City	1976	189 m / 620 ft	51	Residential / Office
251	Techno Mart 21	Seoul	1998	189 m / 620 ft	39	Office
252	Gold Peak Centre B	Chongqing	2015	188 m / 616 ft	42	Residential / Hotel / Office
253	919 3rd Avenue	New York City	1970	188 m / 615 ft	47	Office
254	Tower 49®	New York City	1985	187 m / 615 ft	44	Office
255	Baccarat Hotel & Residences	New York City	2015	186 m / 610 ft	46	Residential / Hotel
256	Gold Peak Centre A	Chongqing	2015	186 m / 609 ft	41	Office / Retail
257	Chicago Place	Chicago	1991	185 m / 608 ft	49	Residential / Office
258	AIA Central	Hong Kong	2005	185 m / 607 ft	35	Office
259	Wells Fargo South Tower	Los Angeles	1984	185 m / 606 ft	45	Office
260	415 Madison Avenue Redevelopment	New York City	2025	184 m / 605 ft	40	Office
261	250 West 55th Street	New York City	2013	183 m / 602 ft	40	Office
262	U.S. Bank Center	Milwaukee	1973	183 m / 601 ft	42	Office
263	700 1st Avenue Tower 1	New York City	-	183 m / 600 ft	57	Residential
264	50 Fremont Center	San Francisco	1985	183 m / 600 ft	43	Office
265	1166 Avenue of the Americas	New York City	1974	183 m / 600 ft	44	Office
266	500 West Monroe Street	Chicago	1992	183 m / 600 ft	45	Office
267	Madison Plaza	Chicago	1982	182 m / 599 ft	44	Office
268	270 Greenwich Street	New York City	-	182 m / 597 ft	38	Office
269	Sany IROOTECH Headquarters Tower 2	Guangzhou	2024	181 m / 594 ft	38	Office
270	Tipco Tower	Bangkok	1996	180 m / 591 ft	40	Office
271	Jiang Dong Tower	Ningbo	-	180 m / 591 ft	N/A	Office
271	Tour Charenton	Charenton-le-Pont	-	180 m / 591 ft	N/A	Residential / Hotel
273	Ping An Finance Centre Tower B	Beijing	2020	180 m / 590 ft	38	Office
274	Tour Areva	Courbevoie	1974	178 m / 584 ft	44	Office
275	LG Gangnam Tower	Seoul	1998	177 m / 581 ft	38	Office
276	ASEM Tower	Seoul	1992	176 m / 579 ft	42	Office
277	No.8 Thames City	London	2022	176 m / 577 ft	54	Residential
278	300 Madison Avenue	New York City	2003	175 m / 575 ft	38	Office
279	Park Avenue Plaza	New York City	1981	175 m / 574 ft	44	Office
280	Chongqing International Trade and Commerce Center 3	Chongqing	-	175 m / 573 ft	38	Serviced Apartments / Hotel
281	One Roxas Triangle	Makati	2000	174 m / 572 ft	51	Residential
281	Two Roxas Triangle	Makati	-	174 m / 572 ft	51	Residential
283	Onterie Center	Chicago	1986	174 m / 570 ft	58	Residential / Office
284	780 3rd Avenue	New York City	1983	174 m / 570 ft	49	Office
285	450 Lexington Avenue	New York City	1991	173 m / 568 ft	38	Office
286	Masters Tower Cebu	Cebu	2025	172 m / 564 ft	31	Hotel / Office
287	Sinar Mas Center 2	Shanghai	2017	172 m / 563 ft	39	Hotel
288	US Bank Plaza I	Minneapolis	1981	171 m / 561 ft	40	Office
289	RCBC Plaza Tower 2	Makati	2001	170 m / 558 ft	41	Office
290	Shanghai Grand Center	Shanghai	2011	170 m / 558 ft	41	Office
291	Olympia Tower 3	Los Angeles	-	168 m / 551 ft	43	Residential
292	Kula Belgrade	Belgrade	2023	168 m / 551 ft	42	Residential / Hotel
293	Esentai Tower	Almaty	2008	168 m / 551 ft	36	Hotel / Office
294	Gemdale Plaza Tower A	Beijing	2007	168 m / 551 ft	35	Office
295	One Bangkok Tower 5	Bangkok	2025	167 m / 548 ft	36	Office
296	Quantum 2	Toronto	2008	165 m / 541 ft	51	Residential
297	1285 Avenue of the Americas	New York City	1960	165 m / 540 ft	42	Office
298	The Avenues T1	Riyadh	2025	164 m / 538 ft	35	Office
299	Hollandse Meester	Zoetermeer	-	164 m / 538 ft	N/A	Office
300	Shaklee Terrace Building	San Francisco	1982	164 m / 538 ft	38	Office
301	The Franklin - South Tower	Chicago	1992	164 m / 538 ft	35	Office
302	City Place I	Hartford	1980	163 m / 535 ft	38	Office
303	EY Plaza	Los Angeles	1985	163 m / 534 ft	41	Office
304	One America Tower	Indianapolis	1982	162 m / 533 ft	38	Office
305	The Broadgate Tower	London	2008	161 m / 529 ft	35	Office
306	Seneca One	Buffalo	1974	161 m / 529 ft	38	Office / Residential
307	Arcos Torre II East	Mexico City	2008	161 m / 529 ft	35	Office
307	Arcos Torre II West	Mexico City	2008	161 m / 529 ft	35	Office
309	Poly International Plaza – Dawangjing	Beijing	2016	161 m / 529 ft	31	Office
310	708 1st Avenue Tower B	New York City	-	161 m / 528 ft	40	Residential
311	Poly Real Estate Headquarters Tower 1	Guangzhou	2007	161 m / 527 ft	34	Office
311	Poly Real Estate Headquarters Tower 2	Guangzhou	2007	161 m / 527 ft	34	Office
313	JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Shanghai Pudong	Shanghai	2019	160 m / 526 ft	40	Hotel
314	New Futura North Tower	Singapore	2017	160 m / 525 ft	36	Residential
314	New Futura South Tower	Singapore	2017	160 m / 525 ft	36	Residential
316	Ayala Tower One	Makati	1996	160 m / 525 ft	35	Office
316	The Avenues T2	Riyadh	2025	160 m / 525 ft	35	Serviced Apartments / Hotel
316	The Avenues T3	Riyadh	2025	160 m / 525 ft	35	Residential
319	425 Market Street	San Francisco	1973	160 m / 524 ft	38	Office
320	Rondo 1	Warsaw	2006	159 m / 522 ft	40	Office
321	Goodwin Square	Hartford	1990	159 m / 522 ft	30	Office
322	Financial Centre D	Chongqing	2011	159 m / 520 ft	23	Office
323	Muqarnas Tower	Riyadh	2016	158 m / 518 ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 36 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 7,247 other buildings of the same Office 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.	36	Office
323	Zhong Hong Tower	Beijing	2019	158 m / 518 ft	36	Hotel / Office
325	Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank Headquarters	Shenzhen	2020	158 m / 518 ft	33	Office
326	Mitsui & Co. Building	Tokyo	2020	158 m / 518 ft	30	Office
327	Two Financial Place	Chicago	-	157 m / 515 ft	39	Office
328	The Atrium Serviced Apartments	Chengdu	2015	157 m / 515 ft	38	Serviced Apartments
329	Espacio Condesa Corporativo	Mexico City	2025	157 m / 515 ft	34	Office
330	425 South Financial Place	Chicago	1985	157 m / 515 ft	39	Office
331	No.10 Thames City	London	-	157 m / 514 ft	47	Residential
332	1300 West Carroll Avenue Phase 2	Chicago	-	157 m / 514 ft	N/A	Residential / Office
333	Huntington Center	Columbus	1983	156 m / 512 ft	37	Office
334	Rizal Tower	Makati	1999	156 m / 512 ft	49	Residential
335	321 North Clark Street	Chicago	1987	155 m / 510 ft	38	Office
336	Jesse White State of Illinois Building	Chicago	1974	155 m / 510 ft	35	Office
337	Sixty State Street	Boston	1977	155 m / 509 ft	38	Office
338	2 Times Square	New York City	-	155 m / 509 ft	40	N/A
338	600 Lonsdale	Melbourne	-	155 m / 509 ft	40	Office
338	The Atrium Residences	Chengdu	2012	155 m / 509 ft	40	Residential
341	Zuellig Building	Makati	2012	155 m / 509 ft	33	Office
342	555 17th Street	Denver	1978	155 m / 507 ft	40	Office
343	One Beacon Street	Boston	1972	155 m / 507 ft	36	Office
344	10 Universal City Plaza	Los Angeles	1984	154 m / 506 ft	36	Office
345	Parkline South	Miami	2019	154 m / 506 ft	33	Residential
346	616 1st Avenue Tower 1	New York City	-	154 m / 505 ft	47	Residential
347	Hotel de las Artes	Barcelona	1992	154 m / 505 ft	44	Hotel
348	Central Place Sydney South Tower	Sydney	2027	154 m / 505 ft	38	Office
349	El Paso Energy Building	Houston	1962	153 m / 502 ft	33	Office
350	One George Street	Singapore	2004	153 m / 502 ft	23	Office
351	Tower 46	New York City	2013	153 m / 501 ft	34	Office
352	Telesis Tower	San Francisco	1982	152 m / 500 ft	38	Office
353	The World Centre	Makati	1995	152 m / 500 ft	30	Office
354	Symphony Towers	San Diego	1989	152 m / 499 ft	34	Office
355	100 Mount Street	Sydney	2019	152 m / 498 ft	38	Office
356	Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel	San Diego	1992	151 m / 497 ft	40	Hotel
357	Beijing Goldfield Plaza Tower A	Beijing	2009	151 m / 497 ft	35	Office
358	Citigroup Headquarters	New York City	1988	151 m / 496 ft	39	Office
359	333 Bush Street	San Francisco	1986	151 m / 495 ft	43	Residential / Office
360	PNC Centre	Chicago	1992	151 m / 494 ft	36	Office
361	Mashreq Bank Headquarters	Dubai	2020	150 m / 493 ft	32	Office
362	Rembrandt Tower	Amsterdam	1995	150 m / 492 ft	35	Office
363	PNC Bank Building	Philadelphia	1983	150 m / 491 ft	40	Office
364	Arena Tower	London	2017	149 m / 489 ft	45	Residential
365	Pan Peninsula East Tower	London	2008	148 m / 486 ft	48	Residential
366	Central Place Sydney North Tower	Sydney	2027	148 m / 486 ft	36	Office
367	Webank Headquarters	Shenzhen	2022	148 m / 486 ft	31	Office
368	St. Regis San Francisco	San Francisco	2005	148 m / 484 ft	42	Residential / Hotel
369	Talan Tower 1	Astana	2017	146 m / 478 ft	30	Office / Retail
370	Parkline North	Miami	2019	145 m / 476 ft	30	Residential
371	Itaú Fidelité Marginal Pinheiros	São Paulo	2002	145 m / 476 ft	30	Office
372	45 Fremont Center	San Francisco	1979	145 m / 476 ft	34	Office
373	Cook County Administration Building	Chicago	1964	145 m / 475 ft	35	Office
374	Mindet 6	Aarhus	2025	144 m / 472 ft	38	Office
375	250 Water Street North Tower	New York City	-	143 m / 470 ft	N/A	Residential
375	250 Water Street South Tower	New York City	-	143 m / 470 ft	N/A	Residential
377	Skipton House Redevelopment-Tower A	London	-	143 m / 468 ft	41	Residential / Office
378	The Stratford	London	2018	142 m / 466 ft	42	Residential / Hotel
379	650 California Street	San Francisco	1964	142 m / 466 ft	33	Office
380	1301 Market Street	Philadelphia	-	140 m / 460 ft	32	Office
381	401 North Michigan Avenue	Chicago	1965	139 m / 457 ft	35	Office
382	Wells Fargo Tower	Birmingham (AL)	1986	138 m / 454 ft	34	Office
383	Equitable Building	Atlanta	1967	138 m / 453 ft	34	Office
384	William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower	Nashville	1970	138 m / 452 ft	31	Office
385	222 South Riverside Plaza	Chicago	1971	137 m / 450 ft	35	Office
386	Centro Operativo BBVA Bancomer	Mexico City	2015	137 m / 449 ft	32	Office
386	The Curve	Taguig City	2018	137 m / 449 ft	32	Office
388	Shaoxing City Tower	Shaoxing	-	137 m / 449 ft	31	Office
389	St. Michael's Tower	Manchester	-	137 m / 448 ft	42	Residential / Hotel / Office
390	Providence Tower	London	2016	136 m / 446 ft	44	Residential
391	University Club Tower	Milwaukee	2007	136 m / 446 ft	36	Residential
392	18 India Street Tower 1	New York City	-	136 m / 445 ft	40	Residential
393	One Main Place	Dallas	1968	136 m / 445 ft	34	Office
393	Two PNC Plaza	Pittsburgh	1975	136 m / 445 ft	34	Office
395	85 Broad Street	New York City	1983	135 m / 443 ft	32	Office
396	Corporate Avenue 3	Chongqing	2013	135 m / 443 ft	31	Office
397	Luna Gardens	Makati	1999	135 m / 443 ft	42	Residential
398	400 Poydras Tower	New Orleans	1983	135 m / 442 ft	32	Office
399	200 South Orange	Orlando	1988	134 m / 441 ft	30	Office
400	1010 Common	New Orleans	1970	134 m / 438 ft	31	Office
401	Financial Centre C	Chongqing	2011	133 m / 437 ft	30	Office
402	Annenberg Building	New York City	1974	133 m / 436 ft	26	Office
403	500 Folsom	San Francisco	2019	133 m / 435 ft	42	Residential
404	4 Metrotech Center	New York City	1993	131 m / 429 ft	25	Office
405	101 Warren Street	New York City	2008	130 m / 428 ft	32	Residential
406	Toren	New York City	2009	130 m / 427 ft	37	Residential
407	Bell Tower	Edmonton	1982	130 m / 426 ft	31	Office
408	Milwaukee Center	Milwaukee	1988	130 m / 426 ft	28	Office
409	505 Montgomery	San Francisco	1988	130 m / 425 ft	24	Office
410	Mortimer B. Zuckerman Research Center	New York City	2008	129 m / 424 ft	25	Office / Hospital / Other
411	Fifteen Fifty	San Francisco	2020	129 m / 422 ft	37	Residential / Office
412	100 East Pratt Street	Baltimore	1992	128 m / 418 ft	28	Office
413	1300 West Carroll Avenue Phase 1	Chicago	-	127 m / 418 ft	41	Residential / Office
414	1865 Broadway	New York City	2019	127 m / 416 ft	32	Residential
415	Hartford Plaza South	Chicago	1971	126 m / 415 ft	33	Office
416	Richardson Building	Winnipeg	1969	126 m / 414 ft	34	Office
417	Quantum	Toronto	2007	126 m / 413 ft	37	Residential
418	National Commercial Bank	Jeddah	1983	126 m / 413 ft	27	Office
419	350 Mission Street	San Francisco	2015	126 m / 413 ft	27	Office
420	PNC Center	Cleveland	1980	125 m / 410 ft	35	Office
421	One City Centre	Houston	1961	125 m / 410 ft	32	Office
422	595 Market Street	San Francisco	1979	125 m / 410 ft	30	Office
423	707 Fifth Street	Calgary	2017	125 m / 410 ft	27	Office
424	No.9 Thames City	London	2022	125 m / 409 ft	36	Residential
425	Ordway Building	Oakland	1970	123 m / 404 ft	28	Office
426	Fifty South Sixth	Minneapolis	2001	123 m / 404 ft	30	Office
427	Pan Peninsula West Tower	London	2008	122 m / 400 ft	39	Residential
428	875 3rd Avenue	New York City	1982	122 m / 400 ft	29	Office
429	One Congress Plaza	Austin	1987	121 m / 398 ft	30	Office
430	One Maritime Plaza	San Francisco	1967	121 m / 398 ft	25	Office
431	1500 Mission Street	San Francisco	2020	121 m / 396 ft	39	Residential
432	The Plaza on Dewitt	Chicago	1966	120 m / 395 ft	43	Residential
433	Northlight Theatre Tower	Evanston	-	120 m / 395 ft	37	Residential / Hotel / Theater
434	Talan Tower 2	Astana	2017	120 m / 393 ft	26	Residential / Hotel / Retail
435	95 State at City Creek	Salt Lake City	2021	120 m / 393 ft	25	Office
436	225 West Washington Street	Chicago	1987	120 m / 393 ft	28	Office
437	Marriott Hotel City Center	Minneapolis	1983	119 m / 392 ft	32	Hotel
438	Carlton Hotel	Johannesburg	1973	119 m / 390 ft	30	Hotel
439	The Atrium Office Tower	Chengdu	2012	119 m / 390 ft	29	Office / Retail
440	75 State Street	Boston	1988	119 m / 390 ft	31	Office
441	380 Stuart Street	Boston	-	118 m / 388 ft	26	Office
442	Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences Jeddah at the Corniche North Tower	Jeddah	2025	118 m / 387 ft	28	Residential / Serviced Apartments / Hotel
442	Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences Jeddah at the Corniche South Tower	Jeddah	2025	118 m / 387 ft	28	Residential / Serviced Apartments / Hotel
444	Elizabeth House North Tower	London	-	118 m / 387 ft	29	Residential / Office
445	The Superior Court of California - San Diego	San Diego	2017	118 m / 387 ft	22	Government
446	111 Main	Salt Lake City	2016	118 m / 387 ft	25	Office
447	TD Tower	Edmonton	1976	117 m / 383 ft	29	Office
448	Chronicle Tower	London	2016	115 m / 377 ft	35	Residential
449	Canadian Pacific Plaza	Minneapolis	1960	115 m / 377 ft	28	Office
450	461 5th Avenue	New York City	1988	115 m / 376 ft	28	Office
451	Ayala Triangle Gardens South	Makati	2021	115 m / 376 ft	24	Hotel
452	Bally's Atlantic City	Atlantic City	1989	114 m / 375 ft	37	Hotel / Casino
453	33 West Monroe	Chicago	1980	114 m / 375 ft	29	Office
454	388 Market Street	San Francisco	1985	114 m / 375 ft	26	Residential / Office
455	One Bangkok Andaz Hotel	Bangkok	2024	114 m / 374 ft	24	Hotel
456	AMP Square	Melbourne	1969	113 m / 372 ft	28	Office
457	Midtown East	Tokyo	2007	113 m / 372 ft	25	Office / Residential
458	303 West Madison	Chicago	1988	113 m / 372 ft	26	Office
459	Standard Insurance Center	Portland	1970	112 m / 367 ft	27	Office
460	One Flagler	West Palm Beach	2025	111 m / 365 ft	26	Office
461	B & W Tower	Louisville	1982	111 m / 363 ft	26	Office
461	Meidinger Tower	Louisville	1982	111 m / 363 ft	26	Office
463	88 Kearny Street	San Francisco	1986	111 m / 363 ft	22	Office
464	1125 17th Street	Denver	1980	111 m / 363 ft	25	Office
465	1201 North Market Street	Wilmington	1988	110 m / 360 ft	23	Office
466	250 West Pratt Street	Baltimore	1986	110 m / 360 ft	24	Office
467	Denver Energy Center Tower II	Denver	1980	109 m / 357 ft	29	Office
468	Eaton Center	Cleveland	1983	109 m / 356 ft	28	Office
469	3300 North Central Avenue	Phoenix	1980	109 m / 356 ft	27	Office
470	Il Matitone	Genoa	1989	109 m / 356 ft	24	Office
471	Grand Hyatt San Francisco	San Francisco	1972	108 m / 355 ft	35	Hotel
472	Gemdale Plaza Tower B	Beijing	2007	108 m / 354 ft	27	Office
472	PNC Center	Cincinnati	1979	108 m / 354 ft	27	Office
474	101 Second Street	San Francisco	1999	108 m / 354 ft	26	Office
475	Amorsolo West	Makati	1999	107 m / 351 ft	30	Residential
476	Atrium Two	Cincinnati	1984	107 m / 351 ft	28	Office
477	33 North Dearborn	Chicago	1966	106 m / 348 ft	25	Office
478	Poly Corporation Headquarters	Beijing	2006	106 m / 348 ft	23	Office
479	Ontario Tower	London	2007	106 m / 346 ft	32	Residential
480	Skipton House Redevelopment-Tower B	London	-	105 m / 346 ft	26	Residential / Office
481	Sofitel Singapore City Centre	Singapore	2017	105 m / 345 ft	21	Hotel
482	250 Water Street	New York City	-	105 m / 345 ft	27	Residential / Office
483	Bank of Beijing Mansion	Beijing	2005	105 m / 344 ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 24 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 7,247 other buildings of the same Office 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.	24	Office
483	China Life Insurance Center	Beijing	2005	105 m / 344 ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 24 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 7,247 other buildings of the same Office 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.	24	Office
483	Menara Hap Seng 3	Kuala Lumpur	2020	105 m / 344 ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 24 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 7,247 other buildings of the same Office 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.	24	Office
486	222 North LaSalle	Chicago	1926	104 m / 342 ft	26	Office
487	1515 Poydras	New Orleans	1984	104 m / 341 ft	29	Office
488	Two Shell Plaza	Houston	1971	104 m / 341 ft	26	Office
489	University Hall	Chicago	1965	103 m / 338 ft	28	Education / Office
490	Wells Fargo Plaza	Tacoma	1970	103 m / 338 ft	25	Office
491	Oxford Tower	Edmonton	1974	103 m / 338 ft	24	Office / Retail
492	Loop Transportation Center	Chicago	1985	102 m / 336 ft	27	Office
493	Kaiser Engineering Building	Oakland	1984	102 m / 336 ft	25	Office
494	No.5 Upper Riverside	London	2019	102 m / 335 ft	31	Residential
495	Denver Energy Center Tower I	Denver	1980	102 m / 335 ft	29	Office
496	Hartford Plaza	Hartford	1967	102 m / 334 ft	22	Office
497	Arkes Family Pavilion	Chicago	1979	101 m / 333 ft	25	Hospital
498	Inland Steel Building	Chicago	1958	101 m / 332 ft	19	Office
499	One Blue Hill Plaza	Pearl River	1972	101 m / 331 ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 23 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 7,247 other buildings of the same Office 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.	23	Office
500	525 West Monroe Street	Chicago	1983	101 m / 330 ft	25	Office
501	Bremer Tower	St. Paul	1980	100 m / 328 ft	27	Office
502	One Brickell Square	Miami	1985	100 m / 328 ft	26	Office
503	Bechtel Building	San Francisco	1967	100 m / 328 ft	23	Office
504	Pudong Financial Plaza Office Tower 2	Shanghai	2017	100 m / 328 ft	20	Office
504	Pudong Financial Plaza Office Tower 3	Shanghai	2017	100 m / 328 ft	20	Office
506	Corporate Avenue 4	Chongqing	2013	100 m / 327 ft	23	Office
506	Corporate Avenue 5	Chongqing	2013	100 m / 327 ft	23	Office
508	500 North Michigan Avenue	Chicago	1968	99 m / 325 ft	24	Office
509	101 Barclay Street	New York City	1985	99 m / 325 ft	23	Office
510	River North Point	Chicago	1977	99 m / 325 ft	24	Hotel / Office
511	Union Bank Building	San Francisco	1977	99 m / 325 ft	23	Office
512	Financial Centre B	Chongqing	2011	99 m / 325 ft	19	Office
513	235 Pine Street	San Francisco	1990	99 m / 324 ft	26	Office
514	Harris Bank Addition I	Chicago	1960	98 m / 322 ft	23	Office
515	Pan-American Life Building	New Orleans	1980	98 m / 322 ft	28	Office
516	US Bank Plaza II	Minneapolis	1981	98 m / 321 ft	23	Office
517	300 South Riverside	Chicago	1983	98 m / 320 ft	25	Office
518	7 Hudson Square	New York City	2024	98 m / 320 ft	19	Office
519	220 North Ada Street	Chicago	2026	97 m / 320 ft	29	Residential
520	570 Broome Street	New York City	2019	97 m / 317 ft	25	Residential
521	PNC Bank Building	Columbus	1977	97 m / 317 ft	24	Office
522	Genesis North Tower	South San Francisco	2019	97 m / 317 ft	21	Office
523	No.4 Upper Riverside	London	2019	96 m / 315 ft	29	Residential
524	222 South Main	Salt Lake City	2009	96 m / 315 ft	22	Office
525	Lincoln Yards North Building A.2	Chicago	-	96 m / 315 ft	20	Office
526	1455 Market Street	San Francisco	1977	96 m / 315 ft	21	Office
527	353 Sacramento Street	San Francisco	1983	95 m / 313 ft	23	Office
528	Breitner Center	Amsterdam	2001	95 m / 312 ft	22	Office
529	No.3 Upper Riverside	London	2019	94 m / 309 ft	26	Residential
530	Oval Tower	Amsterdam	2001	94 m / 308 ft	24	Office
531	One Bush Street	San Francisco	1959	94 m / 308 ft	20	Office
532	Lever House	New York City	1952	94 m / 307 ft	21	Office
533	Ten Penn Center	Philadelphia	1981	93 m / 306 ft	27	Office
534	Lee Towers 1	Rotterdam	1975	93 m / 305 ft	22	Residential
534	Lee Towers 2	Rotterdam	1975	93 m / 305 ft	22	Residential
534	Rotterdam Science Tower	Rotterdam	1978	93 m / 305 ft	22	Office
537	UBS Plaza	St. Paul	1980	93 m / 305 ft	25	Office
538	Icon Norfolk	Norfolk	1967	93 m / 304 ft	23	Residential
539	One State Street	Hartford	1983	91 m / 300 ft	24	Office
540	Financial Centre A	Chongqing	2011	91 m / 299 ft	17	Office
541	La Guardia Plaza 4	Amsterdam	2004	90 m / 295 ft	23	Office
542	Congress Center	Portland	1980	89 m / 292 ft	23	Office
543	Eighth and Main Building	Richmond	1975	88 m / 290 ft	20	Office
544	1000 West Carroll Avenue	Chicago	-	88 m / 288 ft	18	Office
545	330 North Green	Chicago	-	88 m / 288 ft	20	Office
546	Hidalgo Place	Makati	1999	88 m / 287 ft	24	Residential
547	10 South Riverside Plaza	Chicago	1965	87 m / 285 ft	21	Office
547	120 South Riverside Plaza	Chicago	1967	87 m / 285 ft	21	Office
549	Five Star Bank Plaza	Rochester	1970	87 m / 284 ft	21	Office
550	555 Montgomery Street	San Francisco	1983	86 m / 282 ft	18	Office / Museum
551	Pendry Manhattan West	New York City	2021	86 m / 281 ft	22	Hotel
552	Zuidoost Toren A	Amsterdam	2000	85 m / 279 ft	22	Office
553	Poly International Plaza Tower 2	Beijing	2016	84 m / 276 ft	16	Office
554	One Park Place	Kansas City	1963	83 m / 273 ft	19	Residential
555	2 MiamiCentral	Miami	2018	83 m / 273 ft	16	Office
556	Terrace Plaza Hotel	Cincinnati	1948	83 m / 272 ft	20	Serviced Apartments / Hotel / Office / Retail
557	Wuyi Center Tower 1	Beijing	2022	82 m / 269 ft	17	Office
558	800 Fulton Market	Chicago	2021	81 m / 265 ft	19	Office
559	Thrivent Financial Building	Minneapolis	1981	81 m / 264 ft	17	Office
560	Zuidoost Toren B	Amsterdam	2002	80 m / 262 ft	18	Office
561	Five Manhattan West	New York City	2017	80 m / 262 ft	15	Office / Retail
562	Fairmont Plaza	San Jose	1988	80 m / 261 ft	17	Office
563	555 West Monroe Street	Chicago	2002	79 m / 260 ft	17	Office
564	Faraday Wood	New York City	1975	79 m / 260 ft	20	Residential
565	No.2 Upper Riverside	London	2019	79 m / 260 ft	24	Residential
566	Manhattan House	New York City	1950	78 m / 256 ft	21	Residential
567	Atrium One	Cincinnati	1981	77 m / 252 ft	20	Office
568	One Main Place	Portland	1982	76 m / 250 ft	20	Office
569	Hartford Plaza North	Chicago	1961	74 m / 244 ft	20	Office
570	Sabah Al-Salem University City Central Administration Building	Kuwait City	2023	74 m / 244 ft	17	Office / Education
571	No.1 Upper Riverside	London	2019	74 m / 243 ft	22	Residential
572	Harrison West	Portland	1965	74 m / 243 ft	25	Residential
573	20 Stanwix Street	Pittsburgh	1982	74 m / 243 ft	20	Office
574	Pudong Financial Plaza L+Mall	Shanghai	2017	74 m / 243 ft	11	Retail
575	Marriott World Trade Center	New York City	1981	74 m / 242 ft	22	Hotel
576	Hilton Portland Downtown	Portland	1963	73 m / 241 ft	22	Hotel
577	One Steuart Lane	San Francisco	2021	73 m / 240 ft	20	Residential
578	John Jay College of Criminal Justice Expansion	New York City	2010	73 m / 239 ft	14	Education
579	San Francisco Planning, Building and Public Works Departments	San Francisco	2020	73 m / 238 ft	16	Office
580	Public Safety Answering Center II	New York City	2016	73 m / 238 ft	N/A	Government
581	Wuyi Center Tower 2	Beijing	2022	72 m / 236 ft	14	Office
582	RDO Building	Fargo	2021	71 m / 234 ft	18	Residential / Hotel / Office
583	Harrison Tower Apartments & Villas	Portland	1966	71 m / 234 ft	24	Residential
584	680 Folsom Street	San Francisco	2013	70 m / 230 ft	15	Office
585	Royal Eden Docks	London	2024	69 m / 227 ft	22	Residential
586	Lincoln Yards North Building A.1	Chicago	-	69 m / 225 ft	15	Office
587	Harrison East	Portland	1966	68 m / 223 ft	22	Residential
588	Poly International Plaza Tower 3	Beijing	2016	67 m / 220 ft	12	Office
589	Vertical Medina	Riyadh	2023	66 m / 218 ft	16	Residential / Office
590	Westin Houston Medical Center	Houston	1956	66 m / 216 ft	18	Hotel
591	Lincoln Common Tower 1	Chicago	2019	65 m / 214 ft	20	Residential
591	Lincoln Common Tower 2	Chicago	2019	65 m / 214 ft	20	Residential
593	135-175 Bishopsgate	London	1988	64 m / 211 ft	13	Office
594	375 Hudson Street	New York City	1989	64 m / 210 ft	19	Office
595	Pilkington Building	Toledo	1958	64 m / 210 ft	16	Office
596	City Island-Grantham House	London	2016	63 m / 206 ft	20	Residential
597	700 Eleventh Street	Washington D.C.	1992	61 m / 199 ft	13	Office
598	La Guardia Plaza 1	Amsterdam	2002	60 m / 197 ft	15	Office
599	28&7	New York City	2022	57 m / 188 ft	12	Office
600	Défense Plaza	Puteaux	2004	57 m / 187 ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 13 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 7,247 other buildings of the same Office 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.	13	Office
601	The Dalton School	New York City	2017	55 m / 181 ft	15	Education
602	ARC Innovation Center	Chicago	-	54 m / 178 ft	10	Office
603	Genesis South Tower	South San Francisco	2019	53 m / 174 ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 12 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 7,247 other buildings of the same Office 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.	12	Office
604	Elizabeth House South Tower	London	-	53 m / 174 ft	10	Office / Retail
605	KAFD Conference Centre	Riyadh	2014	42 m / 137 ft	2	Exhibition
606	Sabah Al-Salem University City Central Library	Kuwait City	2023	40 m / 131 ft	8	Library
607	Sabah Al-Salem University City Convocation Hall	Kuwait City	2023	36 m / 119 ft	4	Other
608	Naza Signature Tower	Kuala Lumpur	-	-	100	N/A
609	Naga 3 Tower B	Phnom Penh	2025	-	61	Hotel / Casino
609	Naga 3 Tower C	Phnom Penh	2025	-	61	Hotel / Casino
611	Aurelia Residences	Taguig City	2024	-	51	Residential
612	Park Villas	Makati	2029	-	50	Residential
613	1111 Sunset Residential Tower 1	Los Angeles	2023	-	49	Residential
614	SOM Timber Tower	Chicago	-	-	40	Residential
615	1706-1726 Sherman Avenue	Evanston	-	-	37	Residential
616	1111 Sunset Residential Tower 2	Los Angeles	2023	-	31	Residential
616	Crossroads Hollywood Apartment Tower	Los Angeles	-	-	31	Residential
618	Crossroads Hollywood Condo Tower	Los Angeles	-	-	30	Residential
618	Xuhui Vanke Center Phase III Tower 3	Shanghai	2019	-	30	Office
618	Xuhui Vanke Center Phase III Tower 4	Shanghai	2019	-	30	Office
621	Catalinas Rio North Tower	Buenos Aires	-	-	29	Office
622	Crossroads Hollywood Hotel Tower	Los Angeles	-	-	26	Hotel
623	Catalinas Rio South Tower	Buenos Aires	-	-	22	Office
624	The Collective Canary Wharf	London	2019	-	21	Serviced Apartments
625	1 Silk Street	London	-	-	20	Office
626	18 India Street Tower 2	New York City	-	-	N/A	Residential
626	Cook County Hospital Redevopment Phase 1B	Chicago	-	-	N/A	Education
626	Cook County Hospital Redevopment Phase 4 East Tower	Chicago	-	-	N/A	N/A
626	Cook County Hospital Redevopment Phase 4 West Tower	Chicago	-	-	N/A	N/A
626	Elephant & Castle Tube Station Tower 3	London	-	-	N/A	N/A
626	Elephant & Castle Tube Station Tower 4	London	-	-	N/A	N/A
626	Elephant & Castle Tube Station Tower 5	London	-	-	N/A	N/A
626	Elephant & Castle Tube Station Tower 6	London	-	-	N/A	N/A
626	Elephant & Castle Tube Station Tower 7	London	-	-	N/A	N/A
626	Post Oak & Richmond Tower 1	Houston	2023	-	N/A	N/A
626	Post Oak & Richmond Tower 2	Houston	2023	-	N/A	N/A
626	Post Oak & Richmond Tower 3	Houston	2023	-	N/A	N/A
626	The Avenues T4	Riyadh	2025	-	N/A	Hospital / Hotel
626	The Avenues T5	Riyadh	2025	-	N/A	Hotel

Statistics

Average Building Age*

23 Years

Most Common Function*

Office (62%)

Most Common Material*

Composite (37%)

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database

Function
Material

Based on 249 buildings over 150 m height with a function

Based on 207 buildings over 150 m height with a material

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Designated Experts

William Baker

Consulting Structural Engineering Partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Chicago, United States

Brian Lee

Consulting Design Partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Chicago, United States

Luke Leung

Principal, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Chicago, United States

Aaron Mazeika

Structural Engineering Principal, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Chicago, United States

Yue Zhu

Principal, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Chicago, United States

Scott Duncan

Partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Chicago, United States

Bin Pan

Senior Structural Engineer, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Shanghai, China

Nicolas Medrano

Design Principal, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Hong Kong, China

Vram Malek

Principal, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

New York City, United States

Ronald Johnson

Structural Engineering Associate Director, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Chicago, United States

Zoey Wu

Associate, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

New York City, United States

Ctbuh Leaders At Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

CTBUH Expert Peer Review Committee, 2014 – Present

Luke Leung

Principal, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Chicago, United States

CTBUH Skybridges Research Project Steering Committee, 2019 – Present

Aaron Mazeika

Structural Engineering Principal, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Chicago, United States

CTBUH Board of Trustees, 2020 – Present

Scott Duncan

Partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Chicago, United States

CTBUH Hong Kong Chapter, 2023 – Present

Joyce Lam

Principal, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Hong Kong, China

CTBUH United Kingdom Chapter, 2023 – Present

Sukriye (Rae) Robinson

Associate Architect, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

London, United Kingdom

CTBUH College of Fellows, 2023 – Present

Mark Sarkisian

Partner of Structural and Seismic Engineering, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

San Francisco, United States

CTBUH College of Fellows, 2023 – Present

John Zils

Structural Engineer, Associate Partner (retired), Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Chicago, United States

CTBUH Chicago Chapter, 2023 – Present

Yue Zhu

Principal, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Chicago, United States

CTBUH Regional Hub, Asia Steering Committee, 2024 – Present

Peter Brannan

Asia Pacific Practice Leader, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Hong Kong, China

CTBUH Height and Data Committee, 2024 – Present

Luke Edwards

Junior Designer, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Chicago, United States

CTBUH Materials Assembly, 2025 – Present

Jennifer Hesser

Operations Manager, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Chicago, United States

CTBUH Awards Best Tall Building Americas Jury, 2025

Andrew Lee

Canada Practice Lead, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Toronto, Canada

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