CTBUH Gold Member

Pelli Clarke & Partners

About

Member Since: 1994

Member Offices: New Haven

Website: http://www.pcparch.com/

From the World Financial Center in New York to the Petronas Towers in Malaysia and the International Finance Centre in Hong Kong, Pelli Clarke & Partners has had the great fortune to design many prestigious projects.

Their portfolio includes retail and mixed-​use projects, academic buildings, libraries, museums, research centers, residences and master plans, and they have served private clients, businesses, institutions and government agencies.

Their work has received critical acclaim and hundreds of design awards, including the American Institute of Architects’ Firm Award, the highest honor for an architectural practice. In 1995, the American Institute of Architects awarded Cesar Pelli the Gold Medal, its highest honor for an individual. In 2004, the firm was given the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for the Petronas Towers.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture; Interior Design; Urban Design

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.

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Name
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

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Height
1 Petronas Twin Tower 1
451.9 m / 1,483  ft
2 Petronas Twin Tower 2
451.9 m / 1,483  ft
3 Two International Finance Centre
412 m / 1,352  ft
4 Xiaobailou Union Plaza Tower 1
400 m / 1,312  ft
5 Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Base Tower B
394.4 m / 1,294  ft
6 1 Corporate Avenue
376 m / 1,234  ft
7 Fairmont Kuala Lumpur Tower 1
370 m / 1,214  ft
8 Shanghai International Trade Center Tower 1
370 m / 1,214  ft
9 City Tower 1
358 m / 1,175  ft
10 Mori JP Tower
327.2 m / 1,073  ft

Awards

Mori JP Tower

Award of Excellence: Mori JP Tower

Best Tall Building, by Region, Asia 2024

Ctbuh Leaders

Mariko Masuoka

Mariko Masuoka

CTBUH Awards Urban Habitat Jury, 2024

New Haven

Building Completions Timeline

Videos

31 October 2017

Interview: Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

Fred Clarke, Aïcha Woods & Mark Shoemaker of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects are interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2017 CTBUH Australia Conference.

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Research

22 December 2023

Remembering Charles H. Thornton, 2012 Fazlur Khan Lifetime Achievement Awardee

This edition of Talking Tall is an interview from the CTBUH archives. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat would like to remember Charles...

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Global News

05 July 2023

Two Structures in Tokyo Complex Are Completed

On 3 July, a completion ceremony was held to commemorate that the construction was completed for the 325.2-meter-high Mori JP Tower and the Azabudai Hills...

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Associated companies

Jun Mitsui & Associates

Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects (2021)

Cesar Pelli & Associates (2005)

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 Argentine Federale Building

610 m / 2,001 ft
2 Miglin-Beitler Skyneedle

609 m / 2,000 ft
3 Evergrande City Light

454 m / 1,488 ft
4 Petronas Twin Tower 1

452 m / 1,483 ft
4 Petronas Twin Tower 2

452 m / 1,483 ft
6 Two International Finance Centre

412 m / 1,352 ft
7 Xiaobailou Union Plaza Tower 1

400 m / 1,312 ft
8 Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Base Tower B

394 m / 1,294 ft
9 1 Corporate Avenue

376 m / 1,234 ft
10 15 Penn Plaza

371 m / 1,216 ft
11 Fairmont Kuala Lumpur Tower 1

370 m / 1,214 ft
12 Shanghai International Trade Center Tower 1

370 m / 1,214 ft
13 City Tower 1

358 m / 1,175 ft
14 Newpark Tower 1

342 m / 1,121 ft
15 Mori JP Tower

327 m / 1,073 ft
16 Salesforce Tower

326 m / 1,070 ft
17 The Landmark

324 m / 1,063 ft
18 Columbus Circle Project

320 m / 1,050 ft
19 Peachtree Triangle

306 m / 1,004 ft
20 Union Park I

303 m / 995 ft
21 Torre Costanera

300 m / 984 ft
22 Abeno Harukas

300 m / 984 ft
23 Key Tower

289 m / 947 ft
24 Nihonbashi 1-Chōme Central District Redevelopment

284 m / 932 ft
25 Cheung Kong Centre

283 m / 928 ft
26 Petronas Tower 3

267 m / 876 ft
27 Torre Mitikah

266 m / 872 ft
28 Bank of America Corporate Center

265 m / 871 ft
29 Raffles City The Bund East Tower

263 m / 863 ft
29 Raffles City the Bund West Tower

263 m / 863 ft
31 Azabudai Hills Residence B

263 m / 862 ft
32 Union Park II

262 m / 859 ft
33 Shanghai IFC North Tower

260 m / 853 ft
34 Central International Plaza East Tower

259 m / 850 ft
35 Central International Plaza West Tower

259 m / 850 ft
36 Salesforce Tower

255 m / 835 ft
37 Shanghai IFC South Tower

250 m / 820 ft
38 Torre de Cristal

249 m / 817 ft
39 Bloomberg Tower

246 m / 806 ft
40 Ocean Financial Centre

245 m / 804 ft
41 The Centrale

245 m / 803 ft
42 542-550 Howard Street

244 m / 800 ft
43 30 Hudson Street

238 m / 781 ft
44 Azabudai Hills Residence A

237 m / 778 ft
45 BB&T Tower

237 m / 778 ft
46 Wells Fargo Center

236 m / 775 ft
47 One Canada Square

236 m / 774 ft
48 Carnegie Hall Tower

231 m / 757 ft
49 Three World Financial Center

225 m / 739 ft
50 Texas Tower

224 m / 735 ft
51 Taikang Headquarters Building

223 m / 733 ft
52 FMC Tower at Cira Centre South

223 m / 730 ft
53 777 Tower

221 m / 725 ft
54 Vanke One City Office Tower

220 m / 722 ft
55 China Overseas International Center

220 m / 722 ft
56 Shanghai International Trade Center Tower 2

220 m / 722 ft
57 1555 Poydras

219 m / 719 ft
58 Unicredit Tower

218 m / 714 ft
59 Capital Place Office Tower

215 m / 706 ft
60 501 Congress Avenue

215 m / 705 ft
61 The Tower at Society Center

212 m / 696 ft
62 Union Park III

211 m / 691 ft
63 No. 1 Shanghai

211 m / 691 ft
64 Hyatt Hotel at Fain Pier

210 m / 689 ft
65 One International Finance Centre

210 m / 689 ft
66 181 West Madison

207 m / 680 ft
67 South Station Tower

206 m / 677 ft
68 Vietcombank Tower

206 m / 676 ft
69 Wolf Point East

204 m / 668 ft
70 25 Canada Square

201 m / 659 ft
71 Two World Financial Center

197 m / 645 ft
72 Residences by Armani Casa

195 m / 639 ft
73 Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower

192 m / 631 ft
74 Atago Green Hills Mori Tower

187 m / 614 ft
75 Riverview Plaza A3

186 m / 610 ft
76 One Congress

186 m / 610 ft
77 Hillsborough River Tower

183 m / 600 ft
78 Aria Resort & Casino

183 m / 600 ft
79 Harbor Garage Project Residential Tower

183 m / 600 ft
80 1500 Louisiana Street

183 m / 600 ft
81 Wood Wharf W02

182 m / 595 ft
82 Torre Sevilla

181 m / 592 ft
83 Museum Tower

179 m / 589 ft
84 One World Financial Center

176 m / 577 ft
85 Block 185

176 m / 577 ft
86 Lyra

174 m / 571 ft
87 Spear Tower

172 m / 564 ft
88 Torre Iberdrola

165 m / 541 ft
89 Union Park IV

164 m / 537 ft
90 Torre Repsol YPF

160 m / 525 ft
91 Torre Sofia

158 m / 518 ft
92 Atago Green Hills Forest Tower

157 m / 515 ft
93 1214 Fifth Avenue

156 m / 513 ft
94 1 West End Avenue

156 m / 513 ft
95 Riverview Plaza A2

156 m / 512 ft
96 SKYZ Tower & Garden

154 m / 505 ft
97 25 Bank Street

153 m / 502 ft
97 40 Bank Street

153 m / 502 ft
99 Four World Financial Center

152 m / 500 ft
100 70 Trinity Place

152 m / 499 ft
101 Torre Libertad

150 m / 492 ft
102 Baoland Plaza

149 m / 487 ft
103 6624 Fannin Tower

145 m / 477 ft
104 Abeno Grand Tour

144 m / 473 ft
105 Sea Hawk Hotel & Resort

143 m / 469 ft
106 900 3rd Avenue

143 m / 469 ft
107 100 North Main Street

140 m / 460 ft
108 Nakanoshima Mitsui Building

140 m / 460 ft
109 Camargo Corporate North Tower

139 m / 456 ft
109 Camargo Corporate South Tower

139 m / 456 ft
111 Four Leaf Towers 1

135 m / 444 ft
111 Four Leaf Towers 2

135 m / 444 ft
113 NHK Osaka Hall

135 m / 443 ft
114 Cira Centre

133 m / 437 ft
115 La Nube

132 m / 433 ft
116 68 Trinity Place

132 m / 433 ft
117 Evo at Cira Centre South

130 m / 427 ft
118 Sede Corporativa Banco Macro

130 m / 427 ft
119 Residencial del Bosque 1

129 m / 422 ft
119 Residencial del Bosque 2

129 m / 422 ft
121 JPMorgan Chase Building

128 m / 420 ft
122 1330 Post Oak Boulevard

128 m / 420 ft
123 171 Dartmouth Street

128 m / 419 ft
124 NTT Shinjuku Head Office Building

127 m / 417 ft
125 Citylights at Queens Landing

125 m / 410 ft
126 475 Park Avenue South

124 m / 408 ft
127 Station East

122 m / 400 ft
128 Frost Bank Tower

122 m / 400 ft
129 Gioia 22

121 m / 398 ft
130 Baosteel Shanghai Headquarters

120 m / 392 ft
131 CHOP Roberts Center for Pediatric Research Building 1

114 m / 375 ft
132 The Visionaire

110 m / 360 ft
133 1360 Post Oak Tower

107 m / 351 ft
133 Wells Fargo Tower

107 m / 351 ft
135 South Station Air Rights Development Phase 2

106 m / 349 ft
136 Cleveland Marriott Downtown at Key Center

103 m / 339 ft
137 McKinney & Olive

102 m / 335 ft
138 North Point

101 m

331 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 23 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 6,980 other buildings of the same Office 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.
139 Clorox Building

101 m / 330 ft
140 Porta Nuova Garibaldi Tower B

100 m / 328 ft
141 Brooklyn Commons - 115 Myrtle Avenue

99 m / 325 ft
142 Shenzhen Kerry Hotel Jen

96 m / 315 ft
143 Garage East

93 m / 305 ft
144 Gonda Building

93 m / 305 ft
145 Four Seasons Hotel Jakarta

91 m / 299 ft
146 Zurichtoren

88 m / 289 ft
147 Plaza Tower

86 m / 283 ft
148 The Solaire

85 m / 280 ft
149 South Station Air Rights Development Phase 3

85 m / 279 ft
150 Osaka Museum of History

83 m / 272 ft
151 The Ice Cubes

66 m / 218 ft
152 Pacific Design Center Red Building

66 m / 216 ft
153 One Century Tower

65 m / 213 ft
154 Porta Nuova Garibaldi Tower C

62 m / 202 ft
155 Ronald Reagan Washington Airport Air Traffic Control Tower

60 m / 196 ft
156 One Park West Tower 1

56 m / 184 ft
157 1212 Fifth Avenue

54 m / 177 ft
158 One Park West Tower 2

50 m / 165 ft
159 2100 Pennsylvania Avenue

46 m / 150 ft
160 Azabudai Hills Garden Plaza Building C-2

41 m / 135 ft
161 PVN Tower

-
162 Trump Crystal

-
163 PVN Residential Tower

-
164 Maral 57

-
165 Patina Osaka

-
166 Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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Statistics

Average Building Age*

16 Years

Most Common Function*

Office (59%)

Most Common Material*

Concrete (40%)

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database

Based on 79 buildings over 150 m height with a function
 
Based on 65 buildings over 150 m height with a material
 

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