About

Member Since: 2009

Member Offices: Dallas

Website: http://www.cdc-usa.com/

CDC is a world leader in design and consulting services for state-of-the-art building envelope systems. Founded in 1973, CDC operates as a 100% Employee-owned and operated organization.

As a professional services firm, they provide design and engineering for some of the most well-known façade cladding manufacturers in the world, providing design support for established and tested systems, creating new systems, and assisting in development of innovative new approaches to cladding execution.

The quality distinction that CDC provides to clients is a product of their experienced staff and their dedication to excellence in their respective specialty.

Fields of Expertise

Façade Design / Engineering

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 Makkah Royal Clock Tower

601 m / 1,972 ft

2 Lotte World Tower

555 m / 1,819 ft

4 Trump International Hotel & Tower

423 m / 1,389 ft

5 The St. Regis Chicago

363 m / 1,191 ft

6 Emirates Tower One

355 m / 1,163 ft

7 Burj Al Arab

321 m / 1,053 ft

8 Emirates Tower Two

309 m / 1,014 ft

9 Comcast Center

297 m / 974 ft

10 311 South Wacker Drive

293 m / 961 ft

11 NEMA Chicago

273 m / 896 ft

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 Makkah Royal Clock Tower

601 m / 1,972 ft

2 Lotte World Tower

555 m / 1,819 ft

3 Busan Lotte Town Tower

510 m / 1,674 ft

4 Trump International Hotel & Tower

423 m / 1,389 ft

5 The St. Regis Chicago

363 m / 1,191 ft

6 Emirates Tower One

355 m / 1,163 ft

7 Burj Al Arab

321 m / 1,053 ft

8 Emirates Tower Two

309 m / 1,014 ft

9 Comcast Center

297 m / 974 ft

10 311 South Wacker Drive

293 m / 961 ft

11 NEMA Chicago

273 m / 896 ft

12 Bank of America Corporate Center

265 m / 871 ft

13 Aqua at Lakeshore East

262 m / 859 ft

14 Devon Energy Center

257 m / 844 ft

15 Highcliff

252 m / 828 ft

16 The Legacy at Millennium Park

249 m / 818 ft

17 181 Fremont

247 m / 810 ft

18 Chapultepec Uno R-509

241 m / 789 ft

19 1000M

240 m / 788 ft

20 609 Main at Texas

230 m / 755 ft

21 Dallas Arts Tower

225 m / 738 ft

22 River Point

223 m / 732 ft

23 FMC Tower at Cira Centre South

223 m / 730 ft

24 Ocean Resort Casino

219 m / 718 ft

25 Oceanwide Plaza Tower I

206 m / 677 ft

26 340 on the Park

205 m / 672 ft

27 1180 Peachtree

200 m / 657 ft

28 Millennium Tower

197 m / 645 ft

29 Duke Energy Plaza

192 m / 629 ft

30 Wynn Las Vegas

187 m / 614 ft

31 Cosmopolitan Casino Spa Tower

184 m / 604 ft

32 Cosmopolitan Casino Beach Club Tower

184 m / 604 ft

33 1144 Fifteenth

184 m / 602 ft

34 Aria Resort & Casino

183 m / 600 ft

35 The Concourse

175 m / 574 ft

36 One South Dearborn

174 m / 571 ft

37 Palmolive Building

172 m / 565 ft

38 Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas

164 m / 539 ft

39 Oceanwide Plaza Tower II

162 m / 530 ft

39 Oceanwide Plaza Tower III

162 m / 530 ft

41 Ayala Tower One

160 m / 525 ft

42 Arthaus

160 m / 525 ft

43 Torre Sofia

158 m / 518 ft

44 191 North Wacker Drive

157 m / 516 ft

45 Frost Bank Tower

157 m / 516 ft

46 Bellagio Resort & Casino

156 m / 511 ft

47 The Grand by Gehry

156 m / 511 ft

48 Al Khatem Tower

155 m / 509 ft

48 Al Maqam Tower

155 m / 509 ft

50 1450 BRICKELL

153 m / 500 ft

51 707 2nd Avenue South

152 m / 498 ft

52 235 West Van Buren

149 m / 490 ft

53 The Bristol

149 m / 488 ft

54 Prism Tower

145 m / 476 ft

55 Capital One Tower

143 m / 470 ft

56 Pacific Gate by Bosa

140 m / 458 ft

57 717 Texas Avenue

138 m / 453 ft

58 HALL Arts Hotel and Residences

134 m / 440 ft

59 Caesars Palace Tower

133 m / 435 ft

60 La Nube

132 m / 433 ft

61 Al Sarab Tower

131 m / 430 ft

61 Al Sila Tower

131 m / 430 ft

63 Kō‘ula

129 m / 423 ft

64 Three Nationwide Plaza

124 m / 408 ft

65 United States Federal Courthouse

119 m / 390 ft

66 Sam Nunn Federal Center

118 m / 388 ft

67 Fubon Fuzhou Financial Center

118 m / 387 ft

68 Wynn Palace

115 m / 377 ft

69 JW Marriott Indianapolis Downtown

115 m / 376 ft

70 Equus 333 Torre 1

112 m / 368 ft

70 Equus 333 Torre 2

112 m / 368 ft

72 45 Province Street

112 m / 367 ft

73 Beau Rivage Casino Hotel

105 m / 346 ft

74 James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep United States Courthouse

102 m / 333 ft

75 Conrad Los Angeles

99 m / 326 ft

76 Fort Worth City Hall

99 m / 324 ft

77 Mickey Leland Federal Building

98 m / 320 ft

78 Equus 333 Torre 3

96 m / 316 ft

79 The Kensington

95 m / 313 ft

80 theWit Hotel

95 m / 311 ft

81 22 West Washington

84 m / 276 ft

82 800 Fulton Market

81 m / 265 ft

83 The Vendome

77 m / 253 ft

84 Turning Stone Resort Casino Tower

77 m

253 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 20 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 1,229 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.
85 Hunt Oil Company Headquarters

75 m / 246 ft

86 Robert E. Coyle United States Courthouse

69 m / 226 ft

87 Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

67 m / 220 ft

88 Taipei Performing Arts Center

64 m / 209 ft

89 Mills Park Tower

60 m / 197 ft

90 Hall Arts Center Mixed Use Tower

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