CTBUH Gold Member

McNamara • Salvia

About

Member Since: 2000

Member Offices: Boston, Miami, New York City

Website: http://www.mcsal.com/

McNamara • Salvia has combined a common sense approach with nationally recognized technical design experience. With more than 95% of their business from returning clients and referrals, their credibility is represented by their clients.

McNamara • Salvia brings award winning creativity, innovation, and experience in structural design to a wide variety of project types. Their experience spans the nation reaching from all areas of New England to the high-seismic regions of Las Vegas and California to the hurricane climate of South Florida.

They specialize in all types of building structures including world-class medical, educational and research facilities, urban and suburban corporate headquarters and campuses, high-rise towers, retail, commercial and mixed use developments, and multi-unit residential structures.

Fields of Expertise

Seismic Design; Structural Engineering; Wind 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 35 Hudson Yards

304.8 m

1,000 ft
2 Torre Mitikah

265.8 m

872 ft
3 50 West 66th Street

236.2 m

775 ft
4 130 William Street

230.1 m

755 ft
5 Brooklyn Point

220.3 m

723 ft
6 South Station Tower

206.4 m

677 ft
7 Miami River Phase 1

195 m

640 ft
8 Jade Signature

193.9 m

636 ft
10 11 Hoyt Street

188.4 m

618 ft
11 One Congress Street Tower 2

182.9 m

600 ft

Building Completions Timeline

Videos

19 September 2012

Sloshing Dampers for Slender Concrete Towers

This presentation examines the application of specially designed tuned sloshing dampers such as bi-directional and double-decker dampers to two very slender concrete towers currently under...

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Research

12 December 2019

Interactive Study on Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2019

The year 2019 was remarkable for the tall building industry, with 26 supertall buildings (300 meters or taller) completed, the most in any year. This...

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Global News

05 June 2023

Hotel Set to Open in Boston in Summer 2023

Raffles Boston Back Bay Hotel and Residences is set to open in summer 2023, and the hotel is now open for bookings beginning September 1,...

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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
Name
Height
1 35 Hudson Yards

304.8 m

1,000 ft
2 Torre Mitikah

265.8 m

872 ft
3 50 West 66th Street

236.2 m

775 ft
4 130 William Street

230.1 m

755 ft
5 Brooklyn Point

220.3 m

723 ft
6 South Station Tower

206.4 m

677 ft
7 Miami River Phase 1

195 m

640 ft
8 Jade Signature

193.9 m

636 ft
9 Copley Place Residential Tower

190.5 m

625 ft
10 11 Hoyt Street

188.4 m

618 ft
11 One Congress Street Tower 2

182.9 m

600 ft
12 One International Place

182.9 m

600 ft
13 Harbor Garage Project Residential Tower

182.9 m

600 ft
14 The Pinnacle at Central Wharf

182.9 m

600 ft
15 111 Huntington Avenue

172 m

564 ft
16 Solitair Brickell

167.7 m

550 ft
17 Two International Place

164 m

538 ft
18 Brooklyn Crossing

162.1 m

532 ft
19 Bulfinch Crossing Residential Tower

158.2 m

519 ft
20 13-14 Appold Street

156 m

512 ft
21 100 Las Olas

150.9 m

495 ft
22 BEZEL at Miami Worldcenter

150.6 m

494 ft
23 33 Lomasney Way

148.4 m

487 ft
24 One St Petersburg

139 m

456 ft
25 Atlantic Wharf

139 m

456 ft
26 Ellipse

135.5 m

444 ft
27 611 West 56th Street

134.1 m

440 ft
28 Raffles Boston Back Bay Hotel & Residences

m

ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 35 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 311 other buildings of the same Residential / 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.
29 1865 Broadway

126.9 m

416 ft
30 Planet Hollywood Las Vegas

118.9 m

390 ft
31 Pierce Boston

115.2 m

378 ft
32 Moxy Hotel

111 m

364 ft
33 South Station Air Rights Development Phase 2

106.4 m

349 ft
34 The Gallery at Harborplace

105.5 m

346 ft
35 AVA Theatre District Tower

103 m

338 ft
36 888 Boylston Street

99 m

325 ft
37 RiverCenter I

94 m

308 ft
38 The Harrison

93.8 m

308 ft
39 Ellison Building

93.4 m

306 ft
40 One Congress Street Tower 3

89.5 m

294 ft
41 RiverCenter II

89 m

292 ft
42 One Congress Street Tower 4

87.2 m

286 ft
43 South Station Air Rights Development Phase 3

85 m

279 ft
44 660 Washington Apartments

83.8 m

275 ft
45 4 West Las Olas

83 m

272 ft
46 Lantera

64.3 m

211 ft
47 Miami River Phase 2

-
48 One West Palm Tower I

-
48 One West Palm Tower II

-
50 40 Thorndike

-
51 88 Seaport

-

Statistics

Average Building Age*

9 Years

Most Common Function*

Residential (56%)

Most Common Material*

Concrete (75%)

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database

Based on 18 buildings over 150 m height with a function
 
Based on 16 buildings over 150 m height with a material
 

Building Completions Timeline

Building Map

Construction Time Chart

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.