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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
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Name
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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 |
Height
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1 |
383.2 m / 1,257 ft |
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2 |
301.8 m / 990 ft |
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3 |
300 m / 984 ft |
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4 |
279.5 m / 917 ft |
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5 |
262 m / 860 ft |
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6 |
258.2 m / 847 ft |
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7 |
257.2 m / 844 ft |
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8 |
245.8 m / 806 ft |
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9 |
245 m / 804 ft |
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10 |
238.7 m / 783 ft |
CTBUH New York City Chapter, 2015 – Present
CTBUH Regional Representative, 2018 – Present
Ryan Mullenix
CTBUH Seattle Chapter, 2018 – Present
31 May 2018
Linked-Up Thinking Drives the Design of a Tech Company’s Headquarters
The Tencent Seafront Towers were constructed in a special zone of Shenzhen, the Software Industry Base. The project represents a new vision of the workplace,...
30 April 2018
Taking the Corporate Campus Vertical
The Tencent Seafront Towers bring a novel concept – the “vertical campus” – to Shenzhen. In housing the corporate headquarters of the fourth-largest internet company...
28 April 2022
Tech Giant HQ Gets Permission to Build in Arlington
The spiral-shaped glass tower designed by architecture studio NBBJ for Amazon's second headquarters has been given permission to be built in Arlington, Virginia. Called The...
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
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Name
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City
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Completion
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Height
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1 |
2016 |
383 m / 1,257 ft |
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2 |
- |
357 m / 1,171 ft |
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3 |
- |
340 m / 1,115 ft |
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4 |
2010 |
302 m / 990 ft |
||
5 |
- |
300 m / 984 ft |
||
6 |
2015 |
280 m / 917 ft |
||
7 |
- |
271 m / 888 ft |
||
8 |
2017 |
262 m / 860 ft |
||
9 |
2020 |
258 m / 847 ft |
||
10 |
2010 |
257 m / 844 ft |
||
11 |
2017 |
246 m / 806 ft |
||
12 |
2008 |
245 m / 804 ft |
||
13 |
2011 |
239 m / 783 ft |
||
14 |
- |
235 m / 770 ft |
||
14 |
- |
235 m / 770 ft |
||
16 |
1989 |
226 m / 740 ft |
||
17 |
2021 |
220 m / 722 ft |
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18 |
2018 |
217 m / 713 ft |
||
19 |
2008 |
215 m / 705 ft |
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20 |
2018 |
215 m / 705 ft |
||
21 |
2016 |
213 m / 699 ft |
||
22 |
- |
210 m / 689 ft |
||
23 |
2015 |
210 m / 689 ft |
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23 |
2015 |
210 m / 689 ft |
||
25 |
2015 |
210 m / 689 ft |
||
26 |
2016 |
203 m / 665 ft |
||
26 |
- |
203 m / 665 ft |
||
28 |
- |
200 m / 656 ft |
||
29 |
- |
200 m / 656 ft |
||
30 |
- |
197 m / 647 ft |
||
31 |
2017 |
195 m / 639 ft |
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32 |
2017 |
194 m / 635 ft |
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33 |
1969 |
192 m / 630 ft |
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34 |
2022 |
191 m / 627 ft |
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35 |
- |
189 m / 620 ft |
||
36 |
2010 |
189 m / 619 ft |
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37 |
2024 |
183 m / 600 ft |
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38 |
2023 |
183 m / 600 ft |
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39 |
2006 |
182 m / 598 ft |
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40 |
2015 |
182 m / 597 ft |
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41 |
2015 |
182 m / 597 ft |
||
42 |
2016 |
181 m / 593 ft |
||
43 |
- |
180 m / 591 ft |
||
44 |
- |
180 m / 591 ft |
||
45 |
2010 |
180 m / 590 ft |
||
46 |
2016 |
178 m / 582 ft |
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47 |
- |
175 m / 575 ft |
||
48 |
2017 |
171 m / 560 ft |
||
49 |
- |
171 m / 560 ft |
||
49 |
2015 |
171 m / 560 ft |
||
51 |
2010 |
165 m / 541 ft |
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52 |
1990 |
162 m / 530 ft |
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53 |
2016 |
160 m / 524 ft |
||
54 |
2017 |
159 m / 521 ft |
||
55 |
2019 |
159 m / 520 ft |
||
56 |
1977 |
157 m / 514 ft |
||
57 |
- |
156 m / 512 ft |
||
58 |
1989 |
154 m / 504 ft |
||
59 |
- |
152 m / 500 ft |
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60 |
2009 |
152 m / 500 ft |
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61 |
2025 |
150 m / 492 ft |
||
62 |
2015 |
148 m / 485 ft |
||
63 |
2010 |
147 m / 482 ft |
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63 |
2010 |
147 m / 482 ft |
||
63 |
2010 |
147 m / 482 ft |
||
66 |
2015 |
141 m / 463 ft |
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67 |
- |
136 m / 446 ft |
||
68 |
2010 |
134 m / 441 ft |
||
69 |
2016 |
133 m / 437 ft |
||
69 |
2016 |
133 m / 437 ft |
||
69 |
2016 |
133 m / 437 ft |
||
69 |
2016 |
133 m / 437 ft |
||
73 |
1988 |
124 m / 408 ft |
||
74 |
2016 |
120 m / 394 ft |
||
75 |
2004 |
119 m / 390 ft |
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76 |
1972 |
119 m / 389 ft |
||
77 |
2016 |
112 m / 367 ft |
||
78 |
1987 |
112 m / 366 ft |
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79 |
2025 |
107 m / 352 ft |
||
80 |
2025 |
105 m / 343 ft |
||
81 |
2025 |
103 m / 337 ft |
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82 |
2025 |
101 m / 330 ft |
||
83 |
1975 |
99 m / 325 ft |
||
84 |
2016 |
98 m / 322 ft |
||
84 |
2016 |
98 m / 322 ft |
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86 |
2016 |
95 m / 312 ft |
||
87 |
1964 |
84 m / 276 ft |
||
88 |
2015 |
84 m / 274 ft |
||
89 |
2021 |
82 m / 268 ft |
||
90 |
2014 |
71 m / 234 ft |
||
91 |
2008 |
67 m / 220 ft |
||
92 |
- |
64 m / 208 ft |
||
92 |
- |
64 m / 208 ft |
||
92 |
- |
64 m / 208 ft |
||
92 |
- |
64 m / 208 ft |
||
92 |
- |
64 m / 208 ft |
||
92 |
- |
64 m / 208 ft |
||
92 |
- |
64 m / 208 ft |
||
92 |
- |
64 m / 208 ft |
||
100 |
2014 |
60 m / 196 ft |
||
100 |
2014 |
60 m / 196 ft |
||
102 |
1983 |
59 m / 194 ft |
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103 |
2015 |
58 m / 190 ft |
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104 |
2004 |
57 m / 187 ft |
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105 |
1978 |
54 m / 177 ft |
||
106 |
2010 |
44 m / 144 ft |
||
107 |
- |
- m / - ft |
||
108 |
- |
- m / - ft |
||
109 |
- |
- m / - ft |
||
110 |
2024 |
- m / - ft |
||
111 |
- |
- m / - ft |
||
111 |
2024 |
- m / - ft |
Average Building Age*
15 Years
Most Common Function*
Office (53%)
Most Common Material*
Composite (44%)
* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database
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.
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31 May 2018 | Chicago
The Tencent Seafront Towers were constructed in a special zone of Shenzhen, the Software Industry Base. The project represents a new vision of the workplace,...
18 October 2016 | Shenzhen
Jonathan Ward of NBBJ is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Johnathan discusses the design process behind the Tencent Seafront Towers...
18 October 2016 | Shenzhen
October 18, 2016. Shenzhen, China.Carol Willis, The Skyscraper Musuem; Chao (Ivan) Wan, Tencent Holdings Limited; Jonathan Ward, NBBJ; Stefano Boeri, Stefano Boeri Architetti; Winy Maas,...
18 October 2016 | Shenzhen
The issue of skyscraper form and expression being appropriate to cultural and social context is currently a hotly debated topic in China, as well as...
18 October 2016 | Shenzhen
While tech companies have traditionally located in suburbia due to lower property costs and the perceived security of intellectual property, they are now increasingly investing...
16 October 2016 | Shenzhen
Moira Moser of M Moser Associates is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Moira discusses the planning of modern work spaces...
26 October 2015 | New York City
Michael George, JLL; Timothy Johnson, NBBJ; and Rosemary Kennedy, Queensland University of Technology, answer questions at the end of 2015 New York Conference Session 3c:...
26 October 2015 | New York City
This presentation will provide a data-driven analysis of building performance from three eras: the early 1900s, mid-twentieth century, and today. This longitudinal analysis will illustrate...
18 September 2014 | Shanghai
2014 Shanghai International Conference Day 3 Plenary Questions & Answers session with speakers Timothy Johnson, CTBUH Chairman / NBBJ, Mun Summ Wong of WOHA, Yang...
17 September 2014 | Shanghai
Tim Johnson of NBBJ and the CTBUH outgoing chair is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2014 CTBUH Shanghai Conference at the Jin Mao Tower.
30 April 2018
Jonathan Ward, NBBJ; Jiemin Ding, TJAD; Tim Etherington, Gensler
The Tencent Seafront Towers bring a novel concept – the “vertical campus” – to Shenzhen. In housing the corporate headquarters of the fourth-largest internet company...
01 March 2018
Timothy Johnson & Jonathan Ward, NBBJ
For over 100 years, the tall building has largely advanced in technological innovation; however very little has been done in the terms of understanding the...
17 October 2016
Jonathan Ward, NBBJ; Chao (Ivan) Wan, Tencent
Tencent, one of the world’s largest internet companies, is creating a high-rise headquarters in Shenzhen, China that overcomes the challenges of the traditional tall building....
17 October 2016
CTBUH 2016 Conference Speakers
The CTBUH 2016 International Conference is being held in the three cities of the Pearl River Delta, the world’s largest “megacity,” projected to have 120...
26 October 2015
Timothy Johnson, NBBJ
This paper will provide a data-driven analysis of building performance from three eras: the early 1900s, mid-twentieth century, and today. This longitudinal analysis will illustrate...
20 September 2012
Jimmy Cheung, Eton Properties; Timothy Johnson, NBBJ
The migration of Chinese residents to cities presents great challenges and opportunities. Large developments near the city core represent the best solution to the challenges...
19 September 2012
Jonathan Ward, NBBJ
As the pressures of global urbanization and climate change continue to grow, dense high-rise development is increasingly viewed as a key tool for forging a...
19 September 2012
Nathan Miller, NBBJ
NBBJ projects will be used to showcase a variety of customized computational tools for different aspects of high rise design in the early stages of...
20 November 2011
Sang Dae Kim, Korea University; Timothy Johnson, NBBJ
Assuming the Chairman’s position in a not-for-profit organization is always an honorable matter, and especially so when that organization is focused on high-rise building.
07 September 2011
Timothy Johnson, NBBJ; Paul Goldberger, The New Yorker
A 2011 poll found that, 10 years on, a majority of people missed the World Trade Center twin towers, which had been destroyed in the...
28 April 2022
The spiral-shaped glass tower designed by architecture studio NBBJ for Amazon's second headquarters has been given permission to be built in Arlington, Virginia. Called The...
21 September 2021
The Residences at Rainier Square have started welcoming their first occupants as of this summer. Located in downtown Seattle, the mixed-use project from Wright Runstad...
01 July 2020
Chinese smartphone firm Vivo is building a 32-story tower that will serve as the tech giant's new headquarters, according to a press release. The skyscraper...
21 August 2019
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...
21 August 2019
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...
03 July 2019
Amazon plans to build a 43-story tower in Bellevue, projected to be its tallest office building anywhere, as well as possibly becoming the city’s tallest...
05 April 2019
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...
04 March 2019
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...
04 March 2019
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...
14 February 2019
The proposed 54-story nuCLEus skyscraper in downtown Cleveland looks to be trimmed by half in images of the project that surfaced Wednesday, January 23, 2019....
21 October 2018
The CTBUH Board of Trustees met for the second time in 2018, just prior to the 2018 Middle East Conference, to undertake high level discussions on the Council's future.
20 October 2018
CTBUH Leaders convened on Day 1 of the 2018 Middle East Conference for updates on the year's developments and to plan for 2019.
22 May 2018
The CTBUH UK Chapter held an event discussing the subject: “Are London’s Viewing Corridors Protecting or Prohibiting our City's Growth?"
30 April 2018
The UK Chapter recently held "Exporting Tall," a series of presentations highlighting the challenges and opportunities of designing tall buildings in countries outside the UK.
11 April 2018
CTBUH Ohio participated in a panel discussion about growth and density in Columbus, a city poised to expand by 500,000 by 2050.
22–24 March 2018
The CTBUH Trustees from Chicago, New York, London, Mumbai, and Hong Kong gathered to attend the main annual Trustees meeting.
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