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With approximately 114 million tonnes of annual production capacity and 199,000 employees across 60 countries, ArcelorMittal is the world’s leading steel and mining company.
With an industrial presence in 18 countries, ArcelorMittal is a leader in all major global steel markets including automotive, construction, household appliances and packaging, with leading research and development and technology, sizeable captive supplies of raw materials, and outstanding distribution networks.
The company’s core philosophy is to produce safe, sustainable steel. In so doing, ArcelorMittal’s top priority is safety, and its goal is to be the world’s safest steel and mining company. As a company, ArcelorMittal is committed to its promise of ‘transforming tomorrow’. Guiding the company in this are its values of sustainability, quality and leadership.
Building Automation Control Systems; Materials / Products / Systems Supplier
Membership Level
Silver
Member Since
2010
Member Offices
Chicago
Rank |
Name |
Status
Completed Architecturally Topped Out Structurally Topped Out Under Construction On Hold Never Completed Proposed Vision Demolished Competition Entry Canceled Proposed Renovation Under Renovation Renovated Under Demolition |
Height |
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1 |
828 m / 2,717 ft |
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2 |
644 m / 2,113 ft |
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3 |
541.3 m / 1,776 ft |
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4 |
492 m / 1,614 ft |
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5 |
472.4 m / 1,550 ft |
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6 |
462 m / 1,516 ft |
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7 |
461.2 m / 1,513 ft |
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8 |
451.9 m / 1,483 ft |
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9 |
451.9 m / 1,483 ft |
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10 |
427 m / 1,401 ft |
Award of Excellence: U.S. Embassy, London
Best Tall Building under 100 meters 2021
Award of Excellence: 110 North Wacker
Best Tall Building 200-299 meters 2021
Award of Excellence: Atrio North Tower
Best Tall Building 200-299 meters 2021
Award of Excellence: Newfoundland
Best Tall Building 200-299 meters 2021
Award of Excellence: One Barangaroo
Best Tall Building 200-299 meters 2021
Award of Excellence: Telus Sky
Best Tall Building 200-299 meters 2021
Award of Excellence: Jumeirah Gate
Best Tall Building 300-399 meters 2021
Award of Excellence: One Manhattan West
Best Tall Building 300-399 meters 2021
Award of Excellence: Lakhta Center
Best Tall Building 400 meters and above 2021
Award of Excellence: Central Park Tower
Best Tall Building 400 meters and above 2021
Award of Excellence: 100 Bishopsgate
Best Tall Office Building 2021
Award of Excellence: Atrio North Tower
Best Tall Office Building 2021
Award of Excellence: One Manhattan West
Best Tall Office Building 2021
Award of Excellence: Telus Sky
Best Tall Mixed-Use Building 2021
Best Tall Building Worldwide 2019
Best Tall Building 300-399 meters 2019
Winner: European Patent Office
Best Tall Office Building 2019
Fire & Risk Engineering Award 2019
Award of Excellence: European Patent Office
Best Tall Building 100-199 meters 2019
Best Tall Building 100-199 meters 2019
Award of Excellence: 150 North Riverside
Urban Habitat - Single Site Scale 2019
Award of Excellence: Salesforce Tower
MEP Engineering Award 2019
Winner: Shanghai World Financial Center
10 Year Award 2018
Award of Excellence: 150 North Riverside
Best Tall Building Americas 2018
10 Year Award 2017
10 Year Award 2016
Award of Excellence: Grattacielo Intesa Sanpaolo Torino
Best Tall Building Europe 2016
Winner: One World Trade Center
Best Tall Building Americas 2015
Award of Excellence: Façade Access Equipment
Innovation Award 2015
10 Year Award 2014
Award of Excellence: Jin Mao Tower
Performance Award 2014
Best Tall Building Americas 2013
Award of Excellence: Rocker Façade Support System
Innovation Award 2013
Global Icon Award 2010
Best Tall Building Americas 2010
Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa 2010
Winner: Shanghai World Financial Center
Best Tall Building Worldwide 2008
Winner: The New York Times Building
Best Tall Building Americas 2008
Winner: Shanghai World Financial Center
Best Tall Building Asia & Australasia 2008
Best Tall Sustainable Building 2007
CTBUH Advisory Group, 2013 – Present
CTBUH Chapter Chair, 2018 – Present
CTBUH Working Group: LCA of Structural Systems, 2013 – 2015
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Arcelor (2006)
Mittal Steel (2006)
Aceralia (2002)
Arbed (2002)
Usinor (2002)
International Steel Group (2004)
Ispat International N.V. (2004)
Bethlehem Steel Corporation (2003)
Arcelor (2006)
Mittal Steel (2006)
Aceralia (2002)
Arbed (2002)
Usinor (2002)
International Steel Group (2004)
Ispat International N.V. (2004)
Bethlehem Steel Corporation (2003)
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Name |
City |
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2010 |
828 m / 2,717 ft |
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2 |
2022 |
644 m / 2,113 ft |
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3 |
2014 |
541 m / 1,776 ft |
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4 |
- |
516 m / 1,693 ft |
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5 |
2008 |
492 m / 1,614 ft |
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6 |
2020 |
472 m / 1,550 ft |
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7 |
2019 |
462 m / 1,516 ft |
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8 |
2018 |
461 m / 1,513 ft |
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9 |
1998 |
452 m / 1,483 ft |
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9 |
1998 |
452 m / 1,483 ft |
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11 |
2020 |
427 m / 1,401 ft |
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12 |
1999 |
421 m / 1,380 ft |
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13 |
2019 |
387 m / 1,270 ft |
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14 |
2021 |
385 m / 1,263 ft |
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15 |
2016 |
374 m / 1,226 ft |
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16 |
2009 |
366 m / 1,200 ft |
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17 |
- |
363 m / 1,191 ft |
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18 |
2017 |
356 m / 1,169 ft |
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19 |
2000 |
355 m / 1,163 ft |
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20 |
1969 |
344 m / 1,128 ft |
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21 |
2021 |
330 m / 1,083 ft |
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22 |
2018 |
329 m / 1,079 ft |
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23 |
2018 |
326 m / 1,070 ft |
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24 |
2007 |
319 m / 1,046 ft |
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25 |
2021 |
317 m / 1,041 ft |
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26 |
1990 |
310 m / 1,018 ft |
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27 |
2015 |
309 m / 1,013 ft |
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28 |
2022 |
309 m / 1,012 ft |
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29 |
2022 |
308 m / 1,011 ft |
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30 |
2014 |
308 m / 1,010 ft |
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31 |
2019 |
304 m / 996 ft |
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32 |
2020 |
303 m / 994 ft |
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33 |
2002 |
302 m / 992 ft |
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34 |
2021 |
302 m / 991 ft |
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35 |
2007 |
300 m / 984 ft |
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36 |
- |
298 m / 979 ft |
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37 |
1987 |
288 m / 945 ft |
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38 |
2022 |
285 m / 935 ft |
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39 |
2020 |
282 m / 926 ft |
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40 |
1985 |
281 m / 921 ft |
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41 |
- |
277 m / 910 ft |
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42 |
2020 |
271 m / 890 ft |
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43 |
2003 |
269 m / 883 ft |
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44 |
2007 |
268 m / 881 ft |
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45 |
- |
268 m / 879 ft |
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46 |
2019 |
264 m / 867 ft |
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47 |
2021 |
262 m / 860 ft |
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48 |
2020 |
260 m / 852 ft |
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49 |
1990 |
259 m / 848 ft |
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50 |
2023 |
250 m / 820 ft |
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51 |
2005 |
250 m / 820 ft |
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52 |
2008 |
249 m / 817 ft |
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53 |
2020 |
249 m / 817 ft |
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54 |
2008 |
248 m / 815 ft |
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55 |
2017 |
247 m / 810 ft |
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56 |
2004 |
246 m / 806 ft |
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57 |
2024 |
243 m / 798 ft |
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58 |
1990 |
241 m / 792 ft |
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59 |
2021 |
241 m / 792 ft |
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60 |
2019 |
241 m / 789 ft |
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61 |
2019 |
240 m / 787 ft |
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62 |
2022 |
240 m / 787 ft |
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63 |
2009 |
239 m / 785 ft |
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64 |
2012 |
238 m / 779 ft |
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65 |
1989 |
237 m / 778 ft |
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66 |
2019 |
236 m / 773 ft |
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67 |
2021 |
235 m / 771 ft |
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68 |
2019 |
235 m / 770 ft |
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69 |
1992 |
235 m / 770 ft |
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70 |
1989 |
227 m / 745 ft |
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71 |
2010 |
227 m / 744 ft |
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72 |
1983 |
226 m / 740 ft |
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73 |
1991 |
225 m / 739 ft |
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74 |
2021 |
225 m / 738 ft |
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75 |
2017 |
223 m / 732 ft |
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76 |
2019 |
221 m / 726 ft |
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77 |
2017 |
221 m / 724 ft |
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78 |
2018 |
220 m / 722 ft |
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79 |
2020 |
220 m / 721 ft |
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80 |
2021 |
219 m / 719 ft |
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81 |
1989 |
219 m / 717 ft |
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82 |
2010 |
215 m / 704 ft |
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83 |
1986 |
212 m / 695 ft |
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84 |
2022 |
211 m / 691 ft |
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85 |
1989 |
209 m / 685 ft |
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86 |
2015 |
208 m / 682 ft |
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87 |
2005 |
208 m / 681 ft |
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88 |
1990 |
207 m / 680 ft |
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89 |
2008 |
206 m / 676 ft |
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90 |
2019 |
202 m / 661 ft |
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91 |
1997 |
200 m / 656 ft |
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92 |
1986 |
199 m / 653 ft |
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93 |
2016 |
196 m / 643 ft |
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94 |
2015 |
196 m / 643 ft |
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95 |
2009 |
195 m / 638 ft |
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96 |
2018 |
194 m / 636 ft |
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96 |
2018 |
194 m / 636 ft |
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98 |
2021 |
194 m / 635 ft |
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99 |
2020 |
193 m / 633 ft |
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100 |
1991 |
192 m / 630 ft |
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101 |
1984 |
191 m / 625 ft |
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102 |
1991 |
189 m / 619 ft |
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103 |
1989 |
188 m / 615 ft |
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104 |
1999 |
187 m / 614 ft |
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105 |
2018 |
186 m / 610 ft |
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106 |
1984 |
185 m / 606 ft |
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107 |
1987 |
183 m / 600 ft |
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108 |
2006 |
182 m / 597 ft |
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109 |
2020 |
181 m / 594 ft |
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110 |
2018 |
179 m / 589 ft |
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111 |
2019 |
178 m / 583 ft |
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112 |
1985 |
176 m / 578 ft |
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113 |
2005 |
174 m / 571 ft |
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114 |
1991 |
173 m / 568 ft |
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115 |
2021 |
173 m / 568 ft |
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116 |
2002 |
172 m / 564 ft |
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117 |
2019 |
172 m / 564 ft |
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118 |
1990 |
171 m / 561 ft |
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118 |
2014 |
171 m / 561 ft |
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118 |
2020 |
171 m / 561 ft |
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121 |
1990 |
171 m / 560 ft |
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122 |
2014 |
170 m / 558 ft |
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123 |
1984 |
168 m / 551 ft |
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124 |
2015 |
166 m / 545 ft |
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125 |
1983 |
163 m / 536 ft |
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126 |
2005 |
163 m / 535 ft |
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127 |
2002 |
163 m / 533 ft |
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128 |
1989 |
163 m / 533 ft |
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129 |
2010 |
158 m / 520 ft |
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130 |
2010 |
158 m / 518 ft |
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131 |
2018 |
158 m / 517 ft |
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132 |
1984 |
154 m / 506 ft |
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133 |
1992 |
154 m / 505 ft |
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134 |
2018 |
154 m / 504 ft |
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135 |
2005 |
152 m / 500 ft |
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136 |
1989 |
152 m / 499 ft |
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137 |
1986 |
151 m / 495 ft |
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138 |
1995 |
150 m / 492 ft |
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139 |
2017 |
144 m / 472 ft |
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140 |
Roosevelt University Academic, Student Life Residence Center |
2012 |
143 m / 469 ft |
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141 |
2014 |
141 m / 462 ft |
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142 |
2021 |
140 m / 459 ft |
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143 |
2012 |
140 m / 459 ft |
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144 |
2017 |
140 m / 459 ft |
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145 |
2019 |
139 m / 456 ft |
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146 |
1990 |
138 m / 452 ft |
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147 |
2012 |
136 m / 447 ft |
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148 |
2014 |
135 m / 443 ft |
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148 |
2014 |
135 m / 443 ft |
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150 |
1988 |
130 m / 425 ft |
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151 |
2008 |
125 m / 411 ft |
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152 |
2017 |
125 m / 410 ft |
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153 |
1989 |
123 m / 404 ft |
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154 |
1984 |
123 m / 404 ft |
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155 |
2018 |
123 m / 403 ft |
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156 |
1997 |
121 m / 398 ft |
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157 |
2012 |
120 m / 394 ft |
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158 |
1988 |
120 m / 394 ft |
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159 |
1989 |
119 m / 391 ft |
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160 |
2014 |
118 m / 387 ft |
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161 |
2016 |
116 m / 381 ft |
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162 |
2020 |
115 m / 378 ft |
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163 |
2018 |
115 m / 377 ft |
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164 |
2012 |
115 m / 376 ft |
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165 |
1985 |
114 m / 375 ft |
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166 |
1996 |
114 m / 373 ft |
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166 |
1996 |
114 m / 373 ft |
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168 |
1990 |
113 m / 372 ft |
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169 |
1988 |
113 m / 371 ft |
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170 |
1990 |
110 m / 361 ft |
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171 |
1983 |
110 m / 360 ft |
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172 |
2018 |
109 m / 357 ft |
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173 |
2011 |
106 m / 348 ft |
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174 |
2006 |
106 m / 348 ft |
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175 |
1988 |
105 m / 345 ft |
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176 |
1984 |
102 m / 336 ft |
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177 |
2013 |
99 m / 326 ft |
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178 |
1990 |
99 m / 324 ft |
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179 |
2017 |
99 m / 323 ft |
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180 |
1987 |
97 m / 318 ft |
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181 |
2007 |
96 m / 316 ft |
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182 |
1928 |
96 m / 315 ft |
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183 |
1987 |
95 m / 312 ft |
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184 |
1986 |
93 m / 305 ft |
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185 |
2020 |
92 m / 301 ft |
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186 |
2018 |
90 m / 295 ft |
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187 |
1993 |
89 m / 293 ft |
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188 |
1990 |
89 m / 292 ft |
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189 |
2020 |
88 m / 288 ft |
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190 |
- |
88 m / 288 ft |
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191 |
1989 |
84 m / 275 ft |
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192 |
1988 |
83 m / 272 ft |
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193 |
1948 |
83 m / 272 ft |
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194 |
2019 |
81 m / 267 ft |
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195 |
1986 |
80 m / 262 ft |
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196 |
1987 |
76 m / 248 ft |
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197 |
2020 |
72 m / 235 ft |
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198 |
2017 |
71 m / 234 ft |
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199 |
2018 |
65 m / 214 ft |
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200 |
2020 |
63 m / 205 ft |
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2021 |
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150 m+ Buildings
300 m+ Buildings
Average Building Age*
18 Years
Most Common Function*
Office, 113 Buildings
Most Common Material*
Composite, 78 Buildings
* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database.
*Based on 202 Completed & Under Construction Buildings
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.
NOTE: Gross-to-Net Height is defined as architectural height minus height of highest occupied floor. Therefore, the Gross-to-Net Height is only calculated for buildings that have both the architectural height and the highest occupied floor height recorded.
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19 September 2012 | Shanghai
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10 October 2011 | Seoul
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22 October 2018 | Dubai
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30 October 2017 | Sydney
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27 October 2015 | New York City
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27 October 2015 | New York City
At the turn of the century, building design began to evolve. Improvements included indoor plumbing, the advent of escalators, and creation of the “Chicago window."...
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Composite mega-columns used in tall buildings are currently designed with continuous built-up sections, typically welded in a fabrication shop and spliced on site without any...
19 September 2012 | Shanghai
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10 October 2011 | Seoul
ASTM A913/ Grade 485 MPa (70 ksi) is available since 2011, breaking the world record of 65 ksi yield strength for rolled sections. Besides, the...
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31 January 2019
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16 September 2014
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19 September 2012
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The Grand Central Terminal-adjacent supertall One Vanderbilt officially topped out this week, reaching its full 1,401-foot (427-meter) height. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, the tower...
17 September 2019 | Dubai
Ithra Dubai, a leading developer of community-oriented real estate projects, announced the start of the first phase of sliding “The Link”, a cantilevering skybridge, on...
21 August 2019 | Seattle
With construction topping off, Rainier Square is set to become the second-tallest skyscraper in the city of Seattle. The last steel beam was placed on...
29 July 2019 | Chicago
A group of people on floor 96 of the former John Hancock Center in Chicago became entrapped on their elevator to the ground floor over...
19 July 2019 | Vancouver
According to a new report, Apple is planning to open new offices in a quickly-growing Vancouver development. Apple will join the likes of Deloitte and...
08 July 2019 | Moscow
The 405-meter One Tower in Moscow is set to become one of the tallest residential buildings in Europe, the deputy mayor of Moscow announced as...
20 June 2019 | Oakland
The CEO of Kaiser Permanente announced 17 June 2019 that the company will be constructing a new headquarters in Oakland and will call it The...
22 May 2019 | New York City
The Turkevi Center has topped out at 821 First Avenue in the Midtown East neighborhood of Turtle Bay. Work on the curving, sloped crown of...
08 May 2019 | Dubai
A fire broke out in the world’s tallest hotel, the Gevora Hotel on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, on 8 May 2019, leaving three injured....
16 April 2019 | Toronto
Toronto’s crowded skyline could see scores of new skyscrapers sprouting up in the next few years, more than doubling the number of tall buildings in...
15 April 2019 | Manchester
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has been brought in to deliver Hodder + Partners’ controversial Saint Michael’s tower in Manchester, with the local practice kept...
08 April 2019 | New York City
Developer Tishman Speyer has released renderings for 99 Hudson Boulevard, a 44-story office building at Hudson Yards. The site sits along 11th Avenue between West...
05 April 2019 | Bellevue
In yet another sign that Amazon is cooling on its hometown of Seattle, the retail-entertainment-tech giant says it is planning to move its entire...
22 March 2019 | Chicago
The development team behind the new Bank of America Tower going up at 110 N. Wacker Drive today announced a 58,000-square-foot (5,388-square-meter) lease with No18,...
19 March 2019 | Charlotte
Duke Energy released a rendering of its new uptown tower, providing a first look at one of several projects reshaping South Tryon Street. A spokesman...
15 March 2019 | New York City
At noon on March 15, 2019, New York’s newest neighborhood ceremonially opened for business. Hudson Yards‘ first public-facing attractions, the Shops & Restaurants and Thomas...
15 March 2019 | Sydney
Following 14 months of construction, the One Barangaroo hotel and casino development stands almost 120 meters above the harbor, with the first level of the...
14 March 2019 | Chicago
Chicago’s City Council has approved multiple new projects that are set to change the face of the skyline. Sterling Bay’s Lincoln Yards was approved by...
04 March 2019 | Seattle
Long Island City isn’t the only place that Amazon is pulling out of. The tech giant made waves when it threatened to withdraw from its...
01 March 2019 | Chicago
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...
05 February 2019 | New York City
One Vanderbilt is officially the latest skyscraper in New York City to achieve a height equivalent to “supertall” (300 meters and higher) status. Located at...
21 January 2019 | New York City
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...
09 April 2018 | Ho Chi Minh City
New photos reveal that Vincom Landmark 81 in Ho Chi Minh City, set to become Vietnam’s tallest building upon completion, has architecturally topped out. Rising...
27 November 2019 | London
London’s future second-tallest building, 1 Undershaft, has been given the go-ahead after a three-year battle. The 951-foot (290-meter) skyscraper, nicknamed “The Trellis,” will be topped...
29 January 2020 | San Francisco
The Planning Commission in San Francisco has approved a new 61-story, 806-foot (246-meter) mixed-use tower at Transbay Center. Designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects for...
10 February 2020 | Sydney
ASX-listed casino operator Crown Resorts has unveiled early images for Sydney's first six-star hotel and its serviced apartments at One Barangaroo, a controversial AU$2.4-billion (US$1.6-billion)...
20 February 2020 | Madrid
The fifth tower of the Cuatro Torres financial district in Madrid, currently under construction, will include a six-room cinema, according to the developers of the...
09 March 2020 | New York City
The opening of Edge, the highest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere, offering 360-degree views of New York City’s iconic skyline will be celebrated...
18 March 2020 | London
A pair of Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)-designed high-rises are set to be among the tallest mixed-use buildings in London after receiving a crucial blessing from...
26 March 2020 | Chicago
Real estate investment firm Heitman has inked a lease for 60,000 square feet (5,600 square meters) at Riverside Investment & Development and Howard Hughes’ under-construction...
08 May 2020 | Kuala Lumpur
Construction work at Permodalan Nasional Bhd’s (PNB) Merdeka 118 has been delayed by roughly two to three months due to restrictive measures taken to curb...
12 May 2020 | Tokyo
Yoshiko Mori’s fortune fell 19 percent to $1.4 billion, dropping along with the turmoil that has rocked global markets. The Japanese property developer she controls,...
26 May 2020 | Sydney
Crown Sydney has topped out, reaching the vertical limits of the 272-meter-high hotel resort and residences at One Barangaroo. After four years of construction, Crown...
10 July 2020 | Shanghai
Videos surfaced on Monday 6 July, 2020 after tenants from the 9th to the 60th floors of Shanghai Tower, the tallest building in China, found...
22 July 2020 | Sydney
China’s Han’s Group has lodged expanded plans for twin 80-story skyscrapers in Sydney’s CBD after acquiring two new sites on Liverpool Street. The developer has...
24 August 2020 | Houston
Gerald D. Hines, who turned a one-man real estate office in Houston into the global developer Hines, died last night at his home, Hines announced....
01 September 2020 | Toronto
Just over three years ago, a surface parking lot southeast of Union Station began its transformation into the first of two towers, part of the...
02 September 2020 | New York City
Edge, among the highest outdoor sky decks in the Western Hemisphere, announced that it reopened to the public on 2 September 2020 at Noon. The...
10 September 2020 | Dubai
Eversendai Corp passed a significant milestone in the construction of the One Za'abeel, a high-rise mixed-use luxury development in Dubai featuring one of the longest...
15 September 2020 | New York City
Yesterday, 14 September 2020, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) and developers SL Green and Hines celebrated the opening of One Vanderbilt with a ribbon cutting...
23 September 2020 | Dubai
ICD Brookfield Place opened its doors to the public and its first wave of tenants the week of 21 September, 2020. The 54-story, 1.1 million...
28 September 2020 | Shanghai
Construction will start in early 2021 on what could be Shanghai's third tallest skyscraper on the North Bund waterfront in Hongkou District. The 480-meter landmark...
30 September 2020 | Cincinnati
A Modernist Cincinnati hotel designed by a pioneering woman architect is on this year’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places list, per the National Trust for...
19 October 2020 | New York City
New York City’s skyline is forever adapting, thrusting ever higher upwards as a jostling amalgam of evolving styles and forms. Although surpassed in height by...
03 January 2018 | Dubai
Dubai Frame opened to tourists and residents after five years in the making. Dubai’s newest landmark is now open to the public and allows...
12 November 2020 | Melbourne
Canadian asset management giant Brookfield Properties has topped out its 405 Bourke Street development in central Melbourne on schedule despite a limited workforce on site...
01 December 2020 | Toronto
This Friday, 4 December 2020, after almost two decades in service, GO Transit's old Union Station Bus Terminal will be fenced off and closed to...
06 January 2021 | New York City
Construction is now complete on the Pendry Manhattan West Hotel, a 281-foot-tall (85.6-meter-tall) mixed-use structure at Four Manhattan West in Midtown West. Designed by Skidmore...
12 January 2021 | Toronto
Mizrahi Developments' The One kicked off 2021 with proposed changes to its height. Approved at 85 stories and 308.6 meters, the plan would add nine...
24 October 2019 | Boston
South Station Tower is planned to rise 677 feet (206.4 meters) above South Station, an aging transportation hub in Boston that’s swarmed daily by thousands...
23 October 2019 | San Francisco
A canyon-like tower by MVRDV and a twisting structure by Studio Gang are among the buildings to be revealed for a new San Francisco development....
18 October 2019 | San Francisco
Chinese developer Oceanwide Holdings suspended construction on a 605-foot (184-meter) tower in San Francisco’s Transbay district, one of the city’s largest projects, as it grapples...
18 September 2019 | New York City
The Grand Central Terminal-adjacent supertall One Vanderbilt officially topped out this week, reaching its full 1,401-foot (427-meter) height. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, the tower...
17 September 2019 | Dubai
Ithra Dubai, a leading developer of community-oriented real estate projects, announced the start of the first phase of sliding “The Link”, a cantilevering skybridge, on...
21 August 2019 | Seattle
With construction topping off, Rainier Square is set to become the second-tallest skyscraper in the city of Seattle. The last steel beam was placed on...
29 July 2019 | Chicago
A group of people on floor 96 of the former John Hancock Center in Chicago became entrapped on their elevator to the ground floor over...
19 July 2019 | Vancouver
According to a new report, Apple is planning to open new offices in a quickly-growing Vancouver development. Apple will join the likes of Deloitte and...
08 July 2019 | Moscow
The 405-meter One Tower in Moscow is set to become one of the tallest residential buildings in Europe, the deputy mayor of Moscow announced as...
20 June 2019 | Oakland
The CEO of Kaiser Permanente announced 17 June 2019 that the company will be constructing a new headquarters in Oakland and will call it The...
22 May 2019 | New York City
The Turkevi Center has topped out at 821 First Avenue in the Midtown East neighborhood of Turtle Bay. Work on the curving, sloped crown of...
08 May 2019 | Dubai
A fire broke out in the world’s tallest hotel, the Gevora Hotel on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, on 8 May 2019, leaving three injured....
16 April 2019 | Toronto
Toronto’s crowded skyline could see scores of new skyscrapers sprouting up in the next few years, more than doubling the number of tall buildings in...
15 April 2019 | Manchester
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has been brought in to deliver Hodder + Partners’ controversial Saint Michael’s tower in Manchester, with the local practice kept...
08 April 2019 | New York City
Developer Tishman Speyer has released renderings for 99 Hudson Boulevard, a 44-story office building at Hudson Yards. The site sits along 11th Avenue between West...
05 April 2019 | Bellevue
In yet another sign that Amazon is cooling on its hometown of Seattle, the retail-entertainment-tech giant says it is planning to move its entire...
22 March 2019 | Chicago
The development team behind the new Bank of America Tower going up at 110 N. Wacker Drive today announced a 58,000-square-foot (5,388-square-meter) lease with No18,...
19 March 2019 | Charlotte
Duke Energy released a rendering of its new uptown tower, providing a first look at one of several projects reshaping South Tryon Street. A spokesman...
15 March 2019 | New York City
At noon on March 15, 2019, New York’s newest neighborhood ceremonially opened for business. Hudson Yards‘ first public-facing attractions, the Shops & Restaurants and Thomas...
15 March 2019 | Sydney
Following 14 months of construction, the One Barangaroo hotel and casino development stands almost 120 meters above the harbor, with the first level of the...
14 March 2019 | Chicago
Chicago’s City Council has approved multiple new projects that are set to change the face of the skyline. Sterling Bay’s Lincoln Yards was approved by...
04 March 2019 | Seattle
Long Island City isn’t the only place that Amazon is pulling out of. The tech giant made waves when it threatened to withdraw from its...
01 March 2019 | Chicago
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...
05 February 2019 | New York City
One Vanderbilt is officially the latest skyscraper in New York City to achieve a height equivalent to “supertall” (300 meters and higher) status. Located at...
21 January 2019 | New York City
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...
09 April 2018 | Ho Chi Minh City
New photos reveal that Vincom Landmark 81 in Ho Chi Minh City, set to become Vietnam’s tallest building upon completion, has architecturally topped out. Rising...
27 November 2019 | London
London’s future second-tallest building, 1 Undershaft, has been given the go-ahead after a three-year battle. The 951-foot (290-meter) skyscraper, nicknamed “The Trellis,” will be topped...
29 January 2020 | San Francisco
The Planning Commission in San Francisco has approved a new 61-story, 806-foot (246-meter) mixed-use tower at Transbay Center. Designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects for...
10 February 2020 | Sydney
ASX-listed casino operator Crown Resorts has unveiled early images for Sydney's first six-star hotel and its serviced apartments at One Barangaroo, a controversial AU$2.4-billion (US$1.6-billion)...
20 February 2020 | Madrid
The fifth tower of the Cuatro Torres financial district in Madrid, currently under construction, will include a six-room cinema, according to the developers of the...
09 March 2020 | New York City
The opening of Edge, the highest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere, offering 360-degree views of New York City’s iconic skyline will be celebrated...
18 March 2020 | London
A pair of Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)-designed high-rises are set to be among the tallest mixed-use buildings in London after receiving a crucial blessing from...
26 March 2020 | Chicago
Real estate investment firm Heitman has inked a lease for 60,000 square feet (5,600 square meters) at Riverside Investment & Development and Howard Hughes’ under-construction...
08 May 2020 | Kuala Lumpur
Construction work at Permodalan Nasional Bhd’s (PNB) Merdeka 118 has been delayed by roughly two to three months due to restrictive measures taken to curb...
12 May 2020 | Tokyo
Yoshiko Mori’s fortune fell 19 percent to $1.4 billion, dropping along with the turmoil that has rocked global markets. The Japanese property developer she controls,...
26 May 2020 | Sydney
Crown Sydney has topped out, reaching the vertical limits of the 272-meter-high hotel resort and residences at One Barangaroo. After four years of construction, Crown...
10 July 2020 | Shanghai
Videos surfaced on Monday 6 July, 2020 after tenants from the 9th to the 60th floors of Shanghai Tower, the tallest building in China, found...
22 July 2020 | Sydney
China’s Han’s Group has lodged expanded plans for twin 80-story skyscrapers in Sydney’s CBD after acquiring two new sites on Liverpool Street. The developer has...
24 August 2020 | Houston
Gerald D. Hines, who turned a one-man real estate office in Houston into the global developer Hines, died last night at his home, Hines announced....
01 September 2020 | Toronto
Just over three years ago, a surface parking lot southeast of Union Station began its transformation into the first of two towers, part of the...
02 September 2020 | New York City
Edge, among the highest outdoor sky decks in the Western Hemisphere, announced that it reopened to the public on 2 September 2020 at Noon. The...
10 September 2020 | Dubai
Eversendai Corp passed a significant milestone in the construction of the One Za'abeel, a high-rise mixed-use luxury development in Dubai featuring one of the longest...
15 September 2020 | New York City
Yesterday, 14 September 2020, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) and developers SL Green and Hines celebrated the opening of One Vanderbilt with a ribbon cutting...
23 September 2020 | Dubai
ICD Brookfield Place opened its doors to the public and its first wave of tenants the week of 21 September, 2020. The 54-story, 1.1 million...
28 September 2020 | Shanghai
Construction will start in early 2021 on what could be Shanghai's third tallest skyscraper on the North Bund waterfront in Hongkou District. The 480-meter landmark...
30 September 2020 | Cincinnati
A Modernist Cincinnati hotel designed by a pioneering woman architect is on this year’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places list, per the National Trust for...
19 October 2020 | New York City
New York City’s skyline is forever adapting, thrusting ever higher upwards as a jostling amalgam of evolving styles and forms. Although surpassed in height by...
03 January 2018 | Dubai
Dubai Frame opened to tourists and residents after five years in the making. Dubai’s newest landmark is now open to the public and allows...
12 November 2020 | Melbourne
Canadian asset management giant Brookfield Properties has topped out its 405 Bourke Street development in central Melbourne on schedule despite a limited workforce on site...
01 December 2020 | Toronto
This Friday, 4 December 2020, after almost two decades in service, GO Transit's old Union Station Bus Terminal will be fenced off and closed to...
06 January 2021 | New York City
Construction is now complete on the Pendry Manhattan West Hotel, a 281-foot-tall (85.6-meter-tall) mixed-use structure at Four Manhattan West in Midtown West. Designed by Skidmore...
12 January 2021 | Toronto
Mizrahi Developments' The One kicked off 2021 with proposed changes to its height. Approved at 85 stories and 308.6 meters, the plan would add nine...
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22 May 2019
The Chicago Chapter of the CTBUH hosted a panel discussion at the CAC on the topics of new construction, refurbishment and affordability in relation to the city of Chicago.
01 June 2018
The first 2018 Leaders Meeting brought together CTBUH leaders from around the world to provide mid-year updates on the Council's major initiatives.
29 October 2017
The day before the CTBUH 2017 Australia Conference, delegates gathered for the Calculating Floor Areas in Skyscrapers Workshop.
12 January 2017
The summary of the research project on composite megacolumns, sponsorsed by ArcelorMittal, and is now available on the CTBUH Shop.
16 October 2016
The Board of Trustees held their second meeting of the year in conjunction with the 2016 Conference to discuss the Council’s plans for 2017.
12 November 2015
The CTBUH 14th Annual awards ceremony and dinner was held immediately after the daytime Symposium in nearby S.R. Crown Hall.
26–30 October 2015
After a post-recession hiatus in tall building construction in many countries lasting several years, numerous cities are again resurgent.
27–29 July 2015
CTBUH research division members attended the second round of tests in Beijing related to the Megacolumn Research project, sponsored by ArcelorMittal.
05 February 2015
The large research team working on the composite megacolumns research project gathered in Beijing to start the test campaign on the first megacolumn samples.
19–23 January 2015
CTBUH Executive Director Antony Wood and Research Director Dario Trabucco made a week-long journey to Paris and Luxembourg to pursue several initiatives on behalf of the Council.
15 December 2014
Megacolumns researcher goes to Beijing to explore the actual behavior (N-M curve) of large composite concrete/steel megacolumns with encased steel profiles.
12 December 2014
Research Manager meets in Luxembourg to discuss the results of the "A Whole Life Cycle Assessment of the Sustainable Aspects of Structural Systems in Tall Buildings" project.
06 November 2014
The CTBUH 13th Annual awards ceremony and dinner was held immediately after the daytime Symposium in nearby S.R. Crown Hall.
20–21 September 2014
The tour began with the Broad Sustainable Building (BSB) campus including the New-Ark Hotel. The group also visited Broad’s construction site of a 59-story tower.
17 September 2014
CTBUH and ArcelorMittal met for 2.5 days in July in Esch sur Alzette, Luxembourg, to discuss the advancements of the LCA Research.
10 September 2014
Progress is being made on the Composite Megacolumns research project, with a case study and laboratories selected for the destructive tests
29 April 2014
“A Whole Life-Cycle Assessment of the Sustainable Aspects of Structural Systems in Tall Buildings,” is now progressing toward completion, and dissemination in early 2015.
19 March 2014
After one year of research completed, and another year to go, the research team met in Luxembourg the ArcelorMittal representatives to discuss the advancements of the LCA research.
11 December 2013
One of the least studied parts of a tall building life is its end-of-life scenario yet many buildings are now approaching the end of their service life.
07 November 2013
The CTBUH 12th Annual awards ceremony and dinner was held immediately after the afternoon Symposium in nearby S.R. Crown Hall.
17 July 2013
Dario Trabucco, involved in the Life Cycle Assessment of Tall Building Structural Systems research project funded by ArcelorMittal, visited Despe Spa.
10 July 2013
The Life Cycle Assessment of Tall Building Structural Systems research team gained significant understanding of the steel recycling process after a meeting at the ACME Refining Plant.
10 July 2013
The CTBUH research team visited Bluff City Materials to gain a greater understanding of the amount of energy that goes into recycling concrete.
09 July 2013
The CTBUH research team made a short trip to visit ACME Refining to collect more information regarding the energy involved in steel scrap and the processes employed in the facility.
25 June 2013
The CTBUH research team traveled to the Gerdau Ameristeel Facility to gain more information regarding the steel to be analyzed in the Life Cycle Assessment research project.
24 June 2013
CTBUH researchers met with the Construction & Demolition Recycling Association to answer questions about demolition and recycling costs for concrete and steel structures.
24 June 2013
The CTBUH research team made a visit to MBL Recycling to gather more information for the Life Cycle Assessment of Tall Building Structural Systems research project.
27 March 2013
The CTBUH research team met with Senior Project Manager Chris Phares of Clark Construction Group as part of the LCA Study.
20 February 2013
The CTBUH visited ArcelorMittal’s research offices to make progress on the Life Cycle Analysis research project.
13 February 2013
Twelve of the world’s best-known structural engineering firms helped the CTBUH Research Team to perform a fundamental part of its LCA research project.
09 January 2013
ArcelorMittal funded research project: “A Whole Life Cycle Assessment of the Sustainable Aspects of Structural Systems in Tall Buildings” launched and met for the first time in Chicago.
14 November 2012
ArcelorMittal has awarded a $300,000 research grant to the CTBUH to study and compare the full range of environmental effects assignable to structural systems in tall buildings.
25 October 2012
Victor Montero, the new CTBUH City Representative for San Jose, Costa Rica organized a forum to discuss tall building design and the challenges of local urban development.
18 October 2012
The CTBUH 11th Annual awards ceremony and dinner was held immediately after the afternoon Symposium in nearby S.R. Crown Hall.
20 September 2012
See the highlights from the second day of the CTBUH 2012 Shanghai Congress including the Technical Tours and Networking Reception.
CTBUH Working Group: LCA of Structural Systems, 2013 – 2015
CTBUH Working Group: LCA of Structural Systems, 2013 – 2015
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