CTBUH Silver Member

Front Inc.

About

Member Since: 2019

Member Offices: New York City

Website: https://www.frontinc.com/

Established in 2002, Front is a specialist façade consulting and engineering practice with offices in New York, San Francisco, Seattle, London and Hong Kong. We are a cross-disciplinary group of creative individuals with professional backgrounds in Architecture and Engineering. We work with owners, architects, engineers, construction managers, contractors, testing facilities and fabricators in a collaborative fashion. We are specialists in architectural façade systems for new and retrofit construction, including curtain wall, bespoke cladding systems and the use of structural glass, fabrics and related lightweight structures deploying a wide palette of materials. Our work ranges in size and complexity and includes large-scale high-rise projects, public and cultural institutions, additions to historically sensitive sites, as well as custom designed work for retail and private residences

Fields of Expertise

Façade Design / Engineering

Buildings

RANK
Name
Height
1 Tower Fifth

474.4 m

1,556 ft
3 PIF Tower

385 m

1,263 ft
5 Salesforce Tower

326.1 m

1,070 ft
6 MahaNakhon

314 m

1,030 ft
7 262 Fifth Avenue

304.7 m

1,000 ft
8 Lusail Plaza Tower 3

300.7 m

986 ft
8 Lusail Plaza Tower 4

300.7 m

986 ft
10 Angkasa Raya

268 m

879 ft
11 10 Hudson Yards

267.7 m

878 ft
12 80 Flatbush

256 m

840 ft
RANK
Name
Height
1 Tower Fifth

474.4 m

1,556 ft
2 World Business Center Solomon Tower

408 m

1,339 ft
3 PIF Tower

385 m

1,263 ft
4 Equator Tower

380 m

1,247 ft
5 Salesforce Tower

326.1 m

1,070 ft
6 MahaNakhon

314 m

1,030 ft
7 262 Fifth Avenue

304.7 m

1,000 ft
8 Lusail Plaza Tower 3

300.7 m

986 ft
8 Lusail Plaza Tower 4

300.7 m

986 ft
10 Angkasa Raya

268 m

879 ft
11 10 Hudson Yards

267.7 m

878 ft
12 80 Flatbush

256 m

840 ft
13 Brookfield Place Tower One

247 m

810 ft
14 Shenzhen Stock Exchange

245.8 m

806 ft
15 Ritz-Carlton Hotel Astana

242 m

794 ft
16 CCTV Headquarters

234 m

768 ft
17 Perth+ West Tower

220 m

722 ft
18 Shenzhen Energy Headquarters North Tower

218 m

715 ft
19 Lusail Plaza Tower 1

215.7 m

708 ft
19 Lusail Plaza Tower 2

215.7 m

708 ft
21 Museum Plaza

212 m

696 ft
22 Atlantic Yards Building 1

189 m

620 ft
23 Space Needle

184.4 m

605 ft
24 Strata Tower

168 m

551 ft
25 Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas

164.3 m

539 ft
26 TVCC

159 m

522 ft
27 Morpheus

153.7 m

504 ft
28 Reforma 342

152.1 m

499 ft
29 100 Flatbush

146.9 m

482 ft
30 CassaNY

145.6 m

478 ft
31 Project R6

144 m

472 ft
32 500 Folsom

132.6 m

435 ft
33 Evo at Cira Centre South

130 m

427 ft
34 CHOP Roberts Center for Pediatric Research Building 1

114.3 m

375 ft
35 Shenzhen Energy Headquarters South Tower

111.3 m

365 ft
36 300 Ashland

110.9 m

364 ft
37 The 13

96 m

315 ft
38 Perth+ East Tower

86.5 m

284 ft
39 RB12

85 m

279 ft
40 100 11th Avenue

80.7 m

265 ft
41 Five Manhattan West

79.9 m

262 ft
42 Rothschild Bank Headquarters

75.4 m

247 ft
43 Cooper Square Hotel

72.8 m

239 ft
44 Terrace House

71 m

233 ft
45 Shinsegae International

69 m

226 ft
46 San Francisco International Airport Traffic Control Tower

67.4 m

221 ft
47 Linked Hybrid T1

66 m

217 ft
47 Linked Hybrid T2

66 m

217 ft
47 Linked Hybrid T3

66 m

217 ft
47 Linked Hybrid T5

66 m

217 ft
47 Linked Hybrid T6

66 m

217 ft
47 Linked Hybrid T9

66 m

217 ft
53 Opus Hong Kong

60 m

197 ft
54 Linked Hybrid T8

59.9 m

197 ft
55 Seattle Central Library

59.7 m

196 ft
56 HL23

53.7 m

176 ft
57 The New Museum

53 m

174 ft
58 2050 M Street

46.1 m

151 ft
59 Linked Hybrid T7

44.7 m

146 ft
60 Media Tower 1

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61 Alai Siete

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61 Alai Cinco

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61 Alai Cuatro

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61 Alai Dos

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61 Alai Seis

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61 Alai Tres

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61 Alai Uno

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CTBUH Initiatives Involving Front Inc.

Top Company Rankings: The World’s 100 Tallest Buildings

13 October 2016

The Council is pleased to announce the Top Company Rankings for numerous disciplines as derived from the list of projects appearing in 100 of the World’s Tallest Buildings.