CTBUH Silver Member

SCB

About

Member Since: 2001

Member Offices: Chicago

Website: http://www.scb.com/

SCB is an architecture, planning, interior, and urban design firm. Founded in 1931, the firm provides design services from Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, and Los Angeles. SCB is at the forefront of dense urban living, innovative workplaces, inspiring learning environments, resilient infrastructure, and vibrant communities. Through the collective impact of nearly a century of work, our firm has made an indelible mark on the contemporary landscape.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture

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
Status

Completed

Architecturally Topped Out

Structurally Topped Out

Under Construction

On Hold

Proposed

Vision

Never Completed

Demolished

Competition Entry

Canceled

Proposed Renovation

Under Renovation

Renovated

Under Demolition

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Height
1 The Legacy at Millennium Park
249.3 m / 818  ft
2 340 on the Park
204.9 m / 672  ft
3 357 North Green Street
195.1 m / 640  ft
4 The Heritage at Millennium Park
192.4 m / 631  ft
5 Millennium Centre
185.9 m / 610  ft
6 Chicago Place
185.3 m / 608  ft
7 One Rincon Hill South Tower
184.4 m / 605  ft
8 The Laurel
182.6 m / 599  ft
9 The Fordham
174.8 m / 574  ft
10 Loews Chicago Hotel
173.4 m / 569  ft

Awards

Tribune Tower

Award of Excellence: Tribune Tower

Repositioning Award 2025

Ctbuh Leaders

Sara Beardsley

Sara Beardsley

CTBUH Chicago Chapter, 2025 – Present

Chicago

Leo Lung

Leo Lung

CTBUH Regional Committee, California, 2025 – Present

Associated companies

SCB (2025)

Solomon & Cordwell

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 Aon Center Renovation

350 m / 1,148 ft
2 The Legacy at Millennium Park

249 m / 818 ft
3 Mandarin Oriental Chicago

248 m / 814 ft
4 560 North Fairbanks

240 m / 787 ft
5 108 North State

217 m / 712 ft
6 340 on the Park

205 m / 672 ft
7 357 North Green Street

195 m / 640 ft
8 The Heritage at Millennium Park

192 m / 631 ft
9 Millennium Centre

186 m / 610 ft
10 Chicago Place

185 m / 608 ft
11 One Rincon Hill South Tower

184 m / 605 ft
12 The Laurel

183 m / 599 ft
13 2700-2750 Sloat Boulevard

177 m / 580 ft
14 The Fordham

175 m / 574 ft
15 Loews Chicago Hotel

173 m / 569 ft
16 Harbor Point

169 m / 554 ft
17 Streeter Place

169 m / 554 ft
18 30 North LaSalle

169 m / 553 ft
19 AMLI River North

165 m / 543 ft
20 One Rincon Hill North Tower

165 m / 541 ft
21 Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences

164 m / 539 ft
22 Astra Tower 1

162 m / 533 ft
23 Elysees Condominiums

161 m / 529 ft
24 601 West Monroe Phase 1

161 m / 527 ft
25 465 North Park

160 m / 525 ft
26 Arrive Michigan Avenue

159 m / 523 ft
27 505

159 m / 522 ft
28 Hanover Republic Square

157 m / 516 ft
29 630 N. McClurg Court North Tower

157 m / 515 ft
30 The Streeter

157 m / 514 ft
31 Hanover Brazos Street

156 m / 513 ft
32 Park Tower Condominiums

156 m / 513 ft
33 1230 West Peachtree

156 m

512 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 40 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 491 other buildings of the same Residential / 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.
34 215 West

155 m / 509 ft
35 414 Light Street

152 m / 500 ft
36 The St. James

152 m / 498 ft
37 Parkview West

152 m / 498 ft
38 500 North Lake Shore Drive

151 m / 497 ft
39 50 East Chestnut Street

151 m / 495 ft
40 The Bristol

149 m / 488 ft
41 Town Tower

148 m / 487 ft
42 73 East Lake

146 m / 477 ft
43 Moment

146 m / 477 ft
44 The Murano

145 m / 475 ft
45 Plaza 440

144 m / 474 ft
46 1234 West Randolph Street

143 m / 470 ft
47 The Sterling

142 m / 466 ft
48 1520-1576 North Fremont Street

142 m / 465 ft
49 Tribune Tower

142 m / 465 ft
50 Hanover River Oaks

141 m / 462 ft
51 Presidential Towers I

141 m / 461 ft
51 Presidential Towers II

141 m / 461 ft
51 Presidential Towers III

141 m / 461 ft
51 Presidential Towers IV

141 m / 461 ft
55 601 West Monroe Phase 2

140 m / 458 ft
56 Kingsbury Plaza

139 m / 456 ft
57 400 North LaSalle

138 m / 454 ft
58 The Fifth

138 m / 452 ft
59 Hubbard Place

137 m / 449 ft
60 Lake & Wells

137 m / 449 ft
61 Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

136 m / 447 ft
62 1001 South State Street

134 m / 440 ft
63 Two Park Central

133 m / 436 ft
64 Marquee

133 m / 436 ft
65 McClurg Court Center A

131 m / 430 ft
65 McClurg Court Center B

131 m / 430 ft
67 1555 North Astor

131 m / 428 ft
68 1130 North State Street

130 m / 425 ft
69 Sky55

129 m / 425 ft
70 The Sinclair

128 m / 420 ft
71 'A'ali'i

127 m / 418 ft
72 State and Chestnut

125 m / 410 ft
73 Atlas

123 m / 403 ft
74 One Oak

122 m / 400 ft
75 100 Van Ness

122 m / 400 ft
76 399 Fremont

122 m / 400 ft
77 Anaha

122 m / 400 ft
78 James House

121 m / 398 ft
79 1900 Broadway

120 m / 395 ft
80 520 Mateo Street

119 m / 390 ft
81 Wells Street Tower

118 m / 388 ft
82 7Seventy7

118 m / 387 ft
83 The Lumen

116 m / 382 ft
84 Kilbourn Tower

116 m / 380 ft
85 Hanover Boulevard Place

114 m / 375 ft
86 2800 North Lake Shore Drive

113 m / 372 ft
87 Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers

112 m / 369 ft
88 Hawthorne House

112 m / 367 ft
89 Left Bank at K Station

111 m / 366 ft
90 The Chicagoan

110 m / 362 ft
91 Edgewater Plaza North

110 m / 361 ft
92 Astra Tower 2

110 m / 361 ft
93 Cassidy on Canal

108 m / 355 ft
94 903 Peachtree

108 m / 354 ft
95 One Park Central

108 m / 354 ft
96 Atelier

107 m / 352 ft
97 1230 West Peachtree

107 m / 351 ft
98 Central SOMA Tower

107 m / 350 ft
99 210 N Street

107 m / 350 ft
100 333 North Water Street

106 m / 347 ft
101 Edgewater Plaza South

106 m / 346 ft
102 8th and Cherry Street

105 m / 345 ft
103 Hanover Post Oak

101 m / 330 ft
104 Country Club Tower East

100 m / 328 ft
104 Country Club Tower West

100 m / 328 ft
106 5000 Town Center

100 m / 328 ft
107 Hanover Montrose

99 m / 326 ft
108 ARQ

98 m / 320 ft
109 Block One Building A

97 m / 319 ft
110 Prime Corporate Center

96 m / 315 ft
111 625 West Adams

93 m / 305 ft
112 Eleven40

92 m / 303 ft
113 4 East Elm Street

92 m / 300 ft
114 299 Fremont

91 m / 300 ft
115 Block Two Building C

91 m / 300 ft
116 2008 West End Avenue

91 m / 299 ft
117 Eastline Dallas

91 m / 298 ft
118 5252 South Cornell Avenue

90 m / 297 ft
119 1338 West Lake Street

90 m / 296 ft
120 1418 North Lake Shore Drive

89 m / 292 ft
121 525 Hawthorne

87 m / 285 ft
122 The Summit at University City

85 m / 279 ft
123 949 South Hope Street

84 m / 274 ft
124 Hollywood Towers North

82 m / 270 ft
124 Hollywood Towers South

82 m / 270 ft
126 50 East Bellevue

82 m / 269 ft
127 360 Residences

82 m / 269 ft
128 Aspire

81 m / 265 ft
129 Pearson on the Park

80 m / 262 ft
130 Vantage Med Center

79 m / 260 ft
131 1410 North State Parkway

78 m / 256 ft
132 AMLI 900

78 m / 256 ft
133 605 Davis Street

77 m / 252 ft
134 Union Station Vertical Expansion

72 m / 235 ft
135 One Six Six

71 m / 234 ft
136 320 North Sangamon Street

55 m / 181 ft
137 Union Station

49 m / 162 ft
138 200-298 West 2nd Street

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139 Clark & Divison Tower

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140 171 West Van Buren

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141 Bally’s Chicago Hotel Tower

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142 1899 McKinney

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143 Portfolio

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144 2700 Sloat Boulevard

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145 1840 North Marcy Street North Tower

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145 400 North Elizabeth Street

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147 1840 North Marcy Street South Tower

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148 Telegraph Tower

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CTBUH Initiatives Involving Solomon Cordwell Buenz

SCB Hosts IIT Students for Office Visit, Lurie Hospital Tour

23 February 2018

As part of the CTBUH-IIT Academic Courses, a group of IIT architecture students visited the Chicago office of SCB and toured Lurie Children's Hospital.

IIT Students Tour at SCB and Lurie Children's Hospital

07 February 2018

As part of the CTBUH-IIT Academic Courses, a group of IIT architecture students visited the SCB Chicago Office on February 7.

YPC Presents on Complex Chicago Mixed-Use Project

16 April 2014

The Young Professionals Committee of CTBUH facilitated a roundtable discussion on Chicago’s under-construction mixed-use development 455 North Park Drive, at Crown Hall, Illinois Instit

Legacy Tour

21 October 2009

Attendees of the 2009 CTBUH Chicago Conference toured The Legacy at Millennium Park, one of the newest addition to the downtown loop area residential stock.

CTBUH Summer Tall Tours Underway – Legacy at Millennium Park

22 May 2009

The first of three CTBUH construction tours held in Chicago during the summer of 2009 was attended by 30 people, at the Legacy.

2009 Mock Firms Competition

08 May 2009

CTBUH staff Antony Wood, Jan Klerks and Philip Oldfield were involved in the reviews of the "Mock Firms National Skyscraper Challenge" organized by Chicago Architecture Today.

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