Thornton Tomasetti

CTBUH Platinum Member

About

Member Since: 1987

Member Offices: Chicago, London, New York City, Seattle, Shanghai

Website: http://www.thorntontomasetti.com/

Thornton Tomasetti provides engineering design, investigation and analysis services to clients worldwide on projects of every size and level of complexity. They are a 100% employee-held organization of 1,200 engineers, architects, sustainability practitioners and support professionals collaborating from offices across North America and in Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. They focus on providing a diverse suite of integrated services and leading innovation in our industry to ensure the continued success of their clients.

Fields of Expertise

Engineering, Other; Façade Design / Engineering; Historical Preservation; Insurance / Risk; Project Management; Seismic Design; Structural Engineering; Transportation / Urban Infrastructure

Membership details

Membership Level

Platinum

Member Since

1987

Member Offices

Chicago
London
New York City
Seattle
Shanghai

Buildings

Rank	Name	Height
1	Jeddah Tower	1000 m / 3,281 ft
2	Shanghai Tower	632 m / 2,073 ft
3	Ping An Finance Center	599.1 m / 1,965 ft
4	Lotte World Tower	554.5 m / 1,819 ft
5	TAIPEI 101	508 m / 1,667 ft
6	Wuhan Greenland Center	475.6 m / 1,560 ft
7	Chengdu Greenland Tower	468 m / 1,535 ft
8	Petronas Twin Tower 1	451.9 m / 1,483 ft
9	Petronas Twin Tower 2	451.9 m / 1,483 ft
10	Willis Tower	442.1 m / 1,451 ft

Awards

Award of Excellence: U.S. Embassy, London

Best Tall Building under 100 meters 2021

Ctbuh Leaders

Paul Fu

CTBUH Expert Peer Review Committee, 2014 – Present

New York City

Dennis Poon

CTBUH Chapter Treasurer, 2015 – Present

New York City

C.T. Tam

CTBUH Chapter Board Member, 2017 – Present

Hong Kong

Building Completions Timeline

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Videos

28 April 2020

Agile AEC

The pandemic crisis of COVID-19 has catalyzed a shockwave of action throughout the AEC industry like never before. The CTBUH Chicago Chapter presents a virtual...

Research

28 July 2018

Engineering a Better Future

Aine Brazil, Vice Chairman, Thornton Tomasetti, is the recipient of the 2018 CTBUH Fazlur R. Khan Medal. Through a 40-plus-year career, she has been responsible...

Global News

01 March 2021

Slim London Skyscraper Faces Controversy

Stiff + Trevillion’s designs for a 48-story skyscraper in the City of London’s eastern cluster have sparked a conservation row. The proposal for developer BentallGreenOak...

Associated companies

Weidlinger Associates (2015)

BRZ-Experts

Lev Zetlin Associates (1999)

Acquired companies

Weidlinger Associates (2015)

Subsidiary companies

BRZ-Experts

Formerly Named

Lev Zetlin Associates (1999)

Rank	Name	City	Completion	Height
1	Jeddah Tower	Jeddah	-	1000 m / 3,281 ft
2	Miapolis	Miami	-	914 m / 3,000 ft
3	Suzhou Zhongnan Center	Suzhou	-	729 m / 2,392 ft
4	Uptown Dubai Tower 1	Dubai	-	711 m / 2,333 ft
5	Ping An Finance Center	Shenzhen	-	660 m / 2,165 ft
6	Signature Tower Jakarta	Jakarta	-	638 m / 2,093 ft
7	Wuhan Greenland Center	Wuhan	-	636 m / 2,087 ft
8	Shanghai Tower	Shanghai	2015	632 m / 2,073 ft
9	Chicago Spire	Chicago	-	610 m / 2,000 ft
10	Miglin-Beitler Skyneedle	Chicago	-	610 m / 2,000 ft
11	Ping An Finance Center	Shenzhen	2017	599 m / 1,965 ft
12	Lotte World Tower	Seoul	2017	555 m / 1,819 ft
13	Jinan IFC Landmark Tower	Jinan	-	518 m / 1,699 ft
14	Evergrande Hefei Center T1	Hefei	2025	518 m / 1,699 ft
15	TAIPEI 101	Taipei	2004	508 m / 1,667 ft
16	Federation Tower Spire	Moscow	-	506 m / 1,660 ft
17	Incheon Tower	Incheon	-	487 m / 1,598 ft
18	Wuhan Greenland Center	Wuhan	2022	476 m / 1,560 ft
19	Chengdu Greenland Tower	Chengdu	2022	468 m / 1,535 ft
20	FORZA Tower	Bogota	-	460 m / 1,509 ft
21	Petronas Twin Tower 1	Kuala Lumpur	1998	452 m / 1,483 ft
21	Petronas Twin Tower 2	Kuala Lumpur	1998	452 m / 1,483 ft
23	Willis Tower	Chicago	1974	442 m / 1,451 ft
24	Wuhan Center Tower	Wuhan	2019	438 m / 1,437 ft
25	Wuhan World Trade Center	Wuhan	-	438 m / 1,437 ft
26	Multifunctional Highrise Complex - Akhmat Tower	Groznyj	-	435 m / 1,427 ft
27	Haikou Tower 1	Haikou	-	428 m / 1,404 ft
28	Kamal Tower	Doha	-	408 m / 1,339 ft
29	30 Hudson Yards	New York City	2019	387 m / 1,270 ft
30	Federation Tower	Moscow	2016	374 m / 1,226 ft
31	Haitian Center Tower 2	Qingdao	2021	369 m / 1,211 ft
32	Istanbul TV and Radio Tower	Istanbul	2020	369 m / 1,211 ft
33	One Shenzhen Bay Tower 7	Shenzhen	2018	341 m / 1,120 ft
34	Comcast Technology Center	Philadelphia	2018	339 m / 1,112 ft
35	Uptown Tower	Dubai	2022	339 m / 1,112 ft
36	Wilshire Grand Center	Los Angeles	2017	335 m / 1,100 ft
37	3 World Trade Center	New York City	2018	329 m / 1,079 ft
38	New York Times Tower	New York City	2007	319 m / 1,046 ft
39	Eurasia Tower	Moscow	2015	309 m / 1,013 ft
40	One Manhattan West	New York City	2019	304 m / 996 ft
41	Doosan Haeundae We've the Zenith Tower A	Busan	2011	300 m / 984 ft
42	Torre Costanera	Santiago	2014	300 m / 984 ft
43	Comcast Center	Philadelphia	2008	297 m / 974 ft
44	Evergrande Hefei Center T5	Hefei	2021	290 m / 951 ft
45	Busan International Finance Center Landmark Tower	Busan	2014	289 m / 948 ft
46	Plaza 66	Shanghai	2001	288 m / 945 ft
47	One Liberty Place	Philadelphia	1987	288 m / 945 ft
48	Ping An Finance Center South	Shenzhen	2019	286 m / 938 ft
49	Tomorrow Square	Shanghai	2003	285 m / 934 ft
50	Three International Finance Center	Seoul	2012	284 m / 932 ft
51	Doosan Haeundae We've the Zenith Tower B	Busan	2011	282 m / 924 ft
52	Torre KOI	San Pedro Garza García	2017	279 m / 916 ft
53	2nd & 2nd Tower	Miami	2022	274 m / 898 ft
54	Lotte Center Hanoi	Hanoi	2014	272 m / 892 ft
55	Naberezhnaya Tower Block C	Moscow	2007	268 m / 881 ft
56	Diamond of Istanbul	Istanbul	-	268 m / 879 ft
57	10 Hudson Yards	New York City	2016	268 m / 878 ft
58	Doosan Haeundae We've the Zenith Tower C	Busan	2011	265 m / 869 ft
59	Nathani Heights	Mumbai	2020	262 m / 858 ft
60	Evergrande Hefei Center T4	Hefei	2021	260 m / 853 ft
61	Devon Energy Center	Oklahoma City	2012	257 m / 844 ft
62	One Bennett Park	Chicago	2018	255 m / 837 ft
63	110 North Wacker	Chicago	2020	249 m / 817 ft
64	One Museum Place	Shanghai	2018	249 m / 816 ft
65	Hwaseong Dongtan Metapolis 101	Hwaseong	2010	249 m / 816 ft
66	Hwaseong Dongtan Metapolis 104	Hwaseong	2010	247 m / 812 ft
67	Tencent Seafront Tower 1	Shenzhen	2017	246 m / 806 ft
68	Bloomberg Tower	New York City	2004	246 m / 806 ft
69	FKI Tower	Seoul	2013	246 m / 805 ft
70	Haitian Center Tower 3	Qingdao	2021	245 m / 804 ft
71	Federation Tower - Zapad Tower	Moscow	2008	243 m / 796 ft
72	Q.1	Qingdao	-	242 m / 793 ft
73	Fifth & Hill	Los Angeles	-	241 m / 789 ft
74	30 Hudson Street	Jersey City	2004	238 m / 781 ft
75	Z14 Plot Tower 2	Beijing	2018	238 m / 781 ft
76	The First World Tower 1	Incheon	2009	237 m / 776 ft
76	The First World Tower 2	Incheon	2009	237 m / 776 ft
76	The First World Tower 3	Incheon	2009	237 m / 776 ft
76	The First World Tower 4	Incheon	2009	237 m / 776 ft
80	130 North Franklin	Chicago	-	229 m / 752 ft
81	River Beech Tower	Chicago	-	228 m / 748 ft
82	One Liberty Plaza	New York City	1972	227 m / 743 ft
83	Three World Financial Center	New York City	1986	225 m / 739 ft
84	Sapphire Residences	Colombo	2021	225 m / 738 ft
85	Taikang Headquarters Building	Beijing	2021	224 m / 735 ft
86	Hwaseong Dongtan Metapolis 102	Hwaseong	2010	224 m / 734 ft
87	FMC Tower at Cira Centre South	Philadelphia	2017	223 m / 730 ft
88	Times Square Tower	New York City	2004	221 m / 726 ft
89	BNY Mellon Center	Pittsburgh	1983	221 m / 725 ft
90	Shanghai Stock Exchange of Shanghai International Financial Center	Shanghai	2019	215 m / 705 ft
91	Blu Estate & Club - Sky Blu	Mumbai	2019	214 m / 701 ft
92	Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir	Mathura	-	213 m / 700 ft
93	Georgia Pacific Tower	Atlanta	1981	213 m / 697 ft
94	Menara Maxis	Kuala Lumpur	1998	212 m / 696 ft
95	TaiKoo Hui Tower 1	Guangzhou	2011	212 m / 695 ft
96	Americas Tower	New York City	1992	211 m / 692 ft
97	Solow Building	New York City	1974	210 m / 689 ft
98	Haitian Center Tower 1	Qingdao	2021	210 m / 689 ft
99	Random House Tower	New York City	2003	209 m / 684 ft
100	AT&T Building	Atlanta	1980	206 m / 677 ft
101	Sequis Tower	Jakarta	2018	206 m / 677 ft
102	Golden Tower	Jeddah	2018	205 m / 673 ft
103	Hwaseong Dongtan Metapolis 103	Hwaseong	2010	203 m / 667 ft
104	Great American Tower at Queen City Square	Cincinnati	2011	203 m / 665 ft
105	Kohinoor Square Tower A	Mumbai	2019	202 m / 662 ft
106	Carlton Centre	Johannesburg	1973	201 m / 660 ft
107	1180 Peachtree	Atlanta	2006	200 m / 657 ft
108	Evergrande Hefei Center T3	Hefei	-	200 m / 656 ft
109	Conrad Seoul	Seoul	2012	199 m / 654 ft
110	599 Lexington Avenue	New York City	1986	199 m / 653 ft
111	UBS Tower	Chicago	2001	199 m / 652 ft
112	55 East Erie	Chicago	2004	197 m / 647 ft
113	Two World Financial Center	New York City	1986	197 m / 645 ft
114	SOCAR Tower	Baku	2015	196 m / 643 ft
115	Raheja Revanta	Gurgaon	2020	196 m / 642 ft
116	Grand Plaza Apartments	Chicago	2003	195 m / 641 ft
117	China Financial Futures Exchange of Shanghai International Financial Center	Shanghai	2019	195 m / 640 ft
118	Tencent Seafront Tower 2	Shenzhen	2017	195 m / 639 ft
119	Blu Estate & Club - Vista Blu	Mumbai	2018	187 m / 614 ft
120	One International Finance Center	Seoul	2012	185 m / 605 ft
121	Eleven Times Square	New York City	2011	183 m / 601 ft
122	31 Bury Street	London	-	183 m / 600 ft
123	The Finance Centre	Taguig City	2018	180 m / 591 ft
124	Fairmont Austin	Austin	2018	180 m / 591 ft
125	One Financial Center	Boston	1984	180 m / 590 ft
126	The Clare	Chicago	2009	180 m / 589 ft
127	Hasune Housing Project	Tokyo	-	178 m / 585 ft
128	Tour Areva	Courbevoie	1974	178 m / 584 ft
129	Citadel Center	Chicago	2003	177 m / 580 ft
130	One World Financial Center	New York City	1985	176 m / 577 ft
131	5 Times Square	New York City	2002	175 m / 575 ft
132	Lehman Building	New York City	2001	175 m / 575 ft
133	New York Marriott Marquis Hotel	New York City	1985	175 m / 574 ft
134	Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 2	Chengdu	2021	173 m / 568 ft
135	Blu Estate & Club - Iris Blu	Mumbai	2018	172 m / 566 ft
136	Cirrus	Chicago	2021	171 m / 562 ft
137	Evergrande Hefei Center T2	Hefei	2020	170 m / 558 ft
138	Continental Center	New York City	1983	169 m / 554 ft
139	Soyak Kristalkule \| Finansbank Headquarters	Istanbul	2014	169 m / 554 ft
140	Ministry of Taxes	Baku	2019	168 m / 551 ft
141	Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 3	Chengdu	2021	166 m / 545 ft
142	Tour Gan	Courbevoie	1974	166 m / 545 ft
143	Indeed Tower	Austin	2021	165 m / 542 ft
144	TaiKoo Hui Tower 2	Guangzhou	2011	165 m / 541 ft
145	One Tampa City Center	Tampa	1981	164 m / 537 ft
146	Palazzo Lombardia	Milan	2011	161 m / 529 ft
147	601 West Monroe Phase 1	Chicago	2023	161 m / 527 ft
148	Villas in the Sky	Riyadh	2016	160 m / 525 ft
149	10 South Wacker	Chicago	1987	159 m / 520 ft
149	30 South Wacker	Chicago	1983	159 m / 520 ft
151	Dongbu Finance Building	Seoul	2001	158 m / 519 ft
152	The Residences at the Ritz-Carlton	Philadelphia	2009	158 m / 518 ft
153	191 North Wacker Drive	Chicago	2002	157 m / 516 ft
154	Al Khatem Tower	Abu Dhabi	2012	155 m / 509 ft
154	Al Maqam Tower	Abu Dhabi	2012	155 m / 509 ft
156	United Nations Secretariat Building	New York City	1953	154 m / 506 ft
157	State Street Financial Center	Boston	2003	153 m / 503 ft
158	28 State Street	Boston	1970	152 m / 500 ft
159	Four World Financial Center	New York City	1986	152 m / 500 ft
160	China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation of Shanghai International Financial Center	Shanghai	2019	152 m / 499 ft
161	One Broadway Plaza	Santa Ana	-	150 m / 493 ft
162	Sabana Capital	San José	-	150 m / 492 ft
163	CBS Building	New York City	1965	150 m / 491 ft
164	33 Arch Street	Boston	2004	149 m / 489 ft
165	1 Bank of America Center	Charlotte	2010	148 m / 484 ft
166	Harborside Plaza 5	Jersey City	2002	146 m / 480 ft
167	W Austin Hotel & Residences	Austin	2010	145 m / 477 ft
168	Daily News Building	New York City	1930	145 m / 476 ft
169	VIA 57 WEST	New York City	2016	142 m / 467 ft
170	Leighton House Residence Tower	New York City	1990	140 m / 460 ft
171	ITC One Hotel	Colombo	2021	140 m / 459 ft
172	The Residences at Grand Plaza	Chicago	2003	140 m / 458 ft
173	601 West Monroe Phase 2	Chicago	-	140 m / 458 ft
174	7 Bryant Park	New York City	2016	138 m / 454 ft
175	717 Texas Avenue	Houston	2003	138 m / 453 ft
176	540 West Madison Street	Chicago	2003	138 m / 453 ft
177	PPA 30 Parcel 3.10	Riyadh	2018	138 m / 453 ft
178	The Harmon	Las Vegas	-	138 m / 453 ft
179	David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care	New York City	2019	137 m / 450 ft
180	Casablanca Finance City Tower	Casablanca	2019	136 m / 446 ft
181	85 Broad Street	New York City	1983	135 m / 443 ft
182	Xerox Tower	Rochester	1968	135 m / 443 ft
183	Crystal Tower 1	Riyadh	2018	135 m / 443 ft
184	5 Corporate Avenue	Shanghai	2014	135 m / 441 ft
185	Hartford 21	Hartford	2006	134 m / 440 ft
186	745 5th Avenue	New York City	1931	133 m / 435 ft
187	Shirley Ryan AbilityLab	Chicago	2016	132 m / 431 ft
188	Al Sarab Tower	Abu Dhabi	2012	131 m / 430 ft
188	Al Sila Tower	Abu Dhabi	2012	131 m / 430 ft
190	Evo at Cira Centre South	Philadelphia	2014	130 m / 427 ft
191	Mira	San Francisco	2020	130 m / 425 ft
192	10 George Street	London	2019	128 m / 420 ft
193	Taikoo Hui Mandarin Oriental Hotel	Guangzhou	2013	128 m / 420 ft
194	Naberezhnaya Tower Block B	Moscow	2006	127 m / 417 ft
195	MoMo	Chicago	2008	125 m / 411 ft
196	Kohinoor Square Tower B	Mumbai	2020	124 m / 406 ft
197	Fifty South Sixth	Minneapolis	2001	123 m / 404 ft
198	Cascade	Chicago	2021	123 m / 403 ft
199	Monarch Place	Springfield (MA)	1989	122 m / 400 ft
200	10 Rittenhouse Square	Philadelphia	2009	121 m / 396 ft
201	Westin Hotel at Copley Place	Boston	1983	120 m / 395 ft
202	Eastern Yards-Building SH-5	London	-	120 m / 392 ft
203	420 5th Avenue	New York City	1989	119 m / 391 ft
204	Carlton Hotel	Johannesburg	1973	119 m / 390 ft
205	The Fairbanks at Cityfront Plaza	Chicago	2008	118 m / 387 ft
206	Northwestern Medicine 259 East Erie	Chicago	2014	118 m / 385 ft
207	101 Federal Street	Boston	1988	116 m / 382 ft
208	Bally`s Atlantic City	Atlantic City	1989	114 m / 375 ft
209	The Admiral at the Lake	Chicago	2012	112 m / 368 ft
210	1111 South Wabash	Chicago	2004	112 m / 367 ft
211	One Flagler	West Palm Beach	-	111 m / 365 ft
212	141 Willoughby Street	New York City	-	110 m / 360 ft
213	Eight O Five	Chicago	2015	106 m / 348 ft
214	Shimizu Corporation Tokyo Headquarters	Tokyo	2012	106 m / 348 ft
215	Park Alexandria	Chicago	2003	106 m / 347 ft
216	PPA 30 Parcel 5.03 Tower 1	Riyadh	2018	105 m / 344 ft
217	Hilton New Orleans Riverside	New Orleans	1977	104 m / 341 ft
218	Eastern Yards-Building SH-7	London	-	104 m / 340 ft
219	840 North Lake Shore Drive	Chicago	2004	100 m / 329 ft
220	Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex	Toronto	2019	100 m / 328 ft
221	Guotai Junan Securities Tower	Shanghai	-	100 m / 327 ft
222	Amazon HQ2 Phase 1 North Building	Arlington	2023	99 m / 325 ft
222	Amazon HQ2 Phase 1 South Building	Arlington	2023	99 m / 325 ft
224	Qiantan Enterprise World Phase II Tower A	Shanghai	-	99 m / 325 ft
224	Qiantan Enterprise World Phase II Tower B	Shanghai	-	99 m / 325 ft
226	Prentice Women's Hospital	Chicago	2007	96 m / 316 ft
227	Kingsbury on the Park	Chicago	2004	92 m / 301 ft
228	Parkline	Chicago	2021	89 m / 293 ft
229	Erie on the Park	Chicago	2002	89 m / 292 ft
230	Ascent	Milwaukee	2022	87 m / 284 ft
231	22 West Washington	Chicago	2008	84 m / 276 ft
232	Chicago Board of Trade Addition	Chicago	1983	84 m / 275 ft
233	Prairie Pointe	Chicago	2006	83 m / 271 ft
234	241 West 28th Street	New York City	-	81 m / 265 ft
235	Optima Views	Evanston	2003	81 m / 265 ft
236	Torre Universal	San José	2020	81 m / 265 ft
237	Crystal Tower 2	Riyadh	2018	80 m / 262 ft
238	330 Hudson	New York City	2013	79 m / 259 ft
239	546 5th Avenue	New York City	1990	79 m / 258 ft
240	J.W. Marriott Grand Rapids	Grand Rapids	2007	78 m / 256 ft
241	AMLI 900	Chicago	2008	78 m / 256 ft
242	Rush University Medical Center Hospital Tower	Chicago	2012	77 m / 252 ft
243	Eastern Yards-Building SH-4	London	-	75 m / 246 ft
244	Obama Presidential Center	Chicago	2021	72 m / 235 ft
245	World Trade Center West	Boston	2002	69 m / 225 ft
246	Dwight Building	Chicago	2008	67 m / 219 ft
247	U.S. Embassy, London	London	2018	65 m / 214 ft
248	Aloft Chicago Magnificent Mile	Chicago	2018	59 m / 194 ft
249	2330 Broadway	New York City	-	53 m / 173 ft
250	The Arbour	Toronto	2024	53 m / 172 ft
251	Edition Hotel & Residences	West Hollywood	2019	48 m / 158 ft
252	670 Mesquit North Tower	Los Angeles	-	- m / - ft
252	670 Mesquit South Tower	Los Angeles	-	- m / - ft
254	Signature at Reston - West Tower	Reston, VA	2018	- m / - ft
255	The Gem Building	Riyadh	2018	- m / - ft

Statistics

150 m+ Buildings

300 m+ Buildings

Average Building Age*

17 Years

Most Common Function*

Office (49%), 102 Buildings

Most Common Material*

Concrete (48%), 90 Buildings

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database.

Function
Material

Total: 207 Buildings for which a function has been assigned.

Total: 189 Buildings for which a material has been assigned.

*Based on 210 Completed & Under Construction Buildings

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