United States
North America
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Facts
Population
317,518,000 (2013)
Area
9,833,517 km² • 3,796,721 mi²
Density
32.3 people per km²
83.6 people per mi²
GDP
$16.72 trillion (2013)
First 150m+ Building
Tallest Building
Tallest City
Rankings
by no. of 150m+ completed buildings
Tallest City in
the World
Tallest City in
Buildings
|
RANK
|
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 |
Height
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One World Trade Center | 541.3 m / 1,776 ft | |
| 2 | Central Park Tower | 472.4 m / 1,550 ft | |
| 3 | Willis Tower | 442.1 m / 1,451 ft | |
| 4 | 111 West 57th Street | 435.3 m / 1,428 ft | |
| 5 | One Vanderbilt Avenue | 427 m / 1,401 ft | |
| 6 | 432 Park Avenue | 425.7 m / 1,397 ft | |
| 7 | Trump International Hotel & Tower | 423.2 m / 1,389 ft | |
| 8 | JPMorgan Chase World Headquarters | 423 m / 1,388 ft | |
| 9 | 30 Hudson Yards | 387.1 m / 1,270 ft | |
| 10 | Empire State Building | 381 m / 1,250 ft |
Building Completions Timeline
United States CTBUH Members
|
Logo
|
Name
|
Level
|
# of 150m+ buildings
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Arup |
Platinum
|
438 | CIV • STRC • WIND • ENVE • PMNG • COST • FAC • FIRE • MEP • VERC |
 |
Buro Happold |
Platinum
|
108 | CIV • STRC • ENVP • ENVE • BMNT • COMP • ENGM • ENGO • FAC • FIRE • GEO • MEP • SEC • TRAN |
 |
DeSimone Consulting Engineering |
Platinum
|
50 | STRC • ENGO |
 |
Dow |
Platinum
|
104 | MATR |
 |
HOK, Inc. |
Platinum
|
84 | INTR • STRC • URB • ARCH • FIN • PMNG • COST • ENGM • FAC • FACS • HIST • SEIS |
 |
Illinois Institute of Technology |
Platinum
|
0 | ACAD • RES |
 |
KONE Industrial Ltd |
Platinum
|
394 | MATR • VERC • VERS |
 |
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates |
Platinum
|
237 | INTR • URB • ARCH • HIST • TRAN |
 |
Langan |
Platinum
|
99 | CIV • LAND • ENVE • ENGM • GEO • SEIS • SURV |
 |
Otis Elevator Company |
Platinum
|
136 | MATR • VERC |
 |
PERI |
Platinum
|
64 | ENGM • MATR |
 |
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
Platinum
|
348 | CIV • INTR • LAND • STRC • URB • ARCH • ENVE • MRKT • MEP • TRAN |
 |
Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. |
Platinum
|
200 | CIV • STRC • URB • ARCH • ENVE • PMNG • COMP • ENGM • ENGO • FAC • FACS • FIRE • GEO • HIST • INSU • MEP • SEC • SEIS • TRAN |
 |
Turner Construction Company |
Platinum
|
112 | PMNG • CON |
 |
WSP |
Platinum
|
606 | CIV • INTR • STRC • URB • ENVP • PMNG • COMP • ENGO • FAC • FIRE • GEO • MEP • TRAN |
 |
AXA IM Alts |
Gold
|
3 | DEV |
 |
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture |
Gold
|
45 | INTR • URB • ARCH |
 |
Brandston Partnership, Inc. |
Gold
|
92 | ARCH • ENGM • ENGO |
 |
DCI Engineers |
Gold
|
4 | STRC • SEIS |
 |
FXCollaborative Architects |
Gold
|
24 | ARCH |
 |
Gensler |
Gold
|
110 | INTR • ARCH • COST |
 |
Giarratana, LLC |
Gold
|
5 | DEV |
 |
Goettsch Partners |
Gold
|
68 | ARCH |
 |
Gresham Smith |
Gold
|
1 | URB |
 |
IMEG Corp |
Gold
|
4 | COST • ENGO • OTHR |
 |
Leviat GmbH |
Gold
|
14 | STRC • FAC • FACS |
 |
Magnusson Klemencic Associates |
Gold
|
102 | CIV • STRC • SEIS |
 |
McNamara • Salvia |
Gold
|
22 | STRC • WIND • SEIS |
 |
Mott MacDonald |
Gold
|
16 | PMNG • ENGM • TRAN |
 |
Nucor Corporation |
Gold
|
5 | MATR |
 |
Pelli Clarke & Partners |
Gold
|
101 | INTR • URB • ARCH |
 |
Perkins & Will |
Gold
|
31 | INTR • ARCH • HIST |
 |
Pickard Chilton Architects, Inc. |
Gold
|
21 | INTR • URB • ARCH |
 |
RWDI |
Gold
|
425 | WIND • ENVE • ENGO |
 |
Rider Levett Bucknall |
Gold
|
89 | PMNG • COST • SURV |
 |
Rise Global LLC |
Gold
|
0 | STRC • WIND • SEIS |
 |
SL Green Realty Corp. |
Gold
|
7 | DEV • OWN • PROP |
 |
Severud Associates Consulting Engineers, PC |
Gold
|
18 | STRC |
 |
Simpson Strong-Tie |
Gold
|
0 | MATR |
 |
Stantec |
Gold
|
60 | CIV • STRC • ARCH |
 |
Think Wood |
Gold
|
0 | ARCH • MRKT • NONP |
 |
360 Chicago |
Silver
|
1 | MRKT |
 |
3MIX |
Silver
|
2 | ARCH |
 |
800 Fulton |
Silver
|
1 | DEV |
 |
ADG Engineering |
Silver
|
0 | ARCH |
 |
AI PlanetWorks |
Silver
|
9 | ARCH |
 |
AKAIA Architecture |
Silver
|
6 | ARCH |
 |
AMSYSCO |
Silver
|
36 | ENGO |
 |
Alderson Engineering, Inc. |
Silver
|
2 | ENGM |
 |
ArcelorMittal |
Silver
|
144 | MATR |
 |
Archi-Tectonics NYC llc |
Silver
|
0 | URB |
 |
Architects Hawaii Limited - AHL |
Silver
|
0 | ARCH |
 |
Autodesk |
Silver
|
0 | COMP |
 |
BALA Engineers |
Silver
|
12 | ENGO |
 |
BKV Group |
Silver
|
0 | ARCH |
 |
Baldridge & Associates Structural Engineering |
Silver
|
2 | ENGO |
 |
Barker Mohandas, LLC |
Silver
|
56 | VERC |
 |
Bedrock Detroit |
Silver
|
2 | DEV |
 |
Bowa Construction |
Silver
|
2 | CON |
 |
CB Engineers |
Silver
|
4 | FIRE |
 |
CBRE Group, Inc. |
Silver
|
82 | PROP |
 |
CDC Curtain Wall Design & Consulting, Inc. |
Silver
|
14 | FAC |
 |
COOKFOX Architects |
Silver
|
5 | ARCH |
 |
CPP Wind Engineering Consultants |
Silver
|
46 | WIND |
 |
CambridgeSeven |
Silver
|
2 | ARCH |
 |
Carrier Johnson + Culture |
Silver
|
1 | ARCH |
 |
Cary Kopczynski & Company |
Silver
|
0 | STRC |
 |
Cerami & Associates, Inc. |
Silver
|
25 | ENGO |
 |
CetraRuddy |
Silver
|
11 | ARCH |
 |
Charrette Creative |
Silver
|
0 | MRKT |
 |
Clearspring Energy Advisors |
Silver
|
0 | COST |
 |
Code Consultants, Inc. |
Silver
|
47 | FIRE |
 |
Cosentini Associates |
Silver
|
101 | ENVE |
 |
Coughlin Porter Lundeen |
Silver
|
1 | CIV |
 |
Cove Property Group |
Silver
|
0 | DEV |
 |
DLR Group |
Silver
|
12 | ARCH |
 |
Degenkolb Engineers |
Silver
|
1 | SEIS |
 |
Dynamic Isolation Systems, Inc. |
Silver
|
0 | STRC |
 |
Edgett Williams Consulting Group, Inc. |
Silver
|
19 | VERC |
 |
Enclos Corp. |
Silver
|
46 | MATR |
 |
Ennead Architects |
Silver
|
1 | ARCH |
 |
Environmental Systems Design, Inc. Now Stantec |
Silver
|
50 | STRC • BACS • ENGM • FIRE • HIST • MEP • SEC |
 |
Epstein |
Silver
|
13 | ARCH |
 |
Extell Development |
Silver
|
15 | DEV |
 |
FM Global |
Silver
|
0 | INSU |
 |
Far East Facade (Hong Kong) Limited |
Silver
|
26 | STRC |
 |
Fisher Marantz Stone |
Silver
|
23 | OTHR |
 |
FitzGerald Associates |
Silver
|
1 | ARCH |
 |
Foster + Partners |
Silver
|
112 | ARCH |
 |
Front Inc. |
Silver
|
28 | FAC |
 |
FullStack Modular LLC |
Silver
|
0 | MATR |
 |
GEI Consultants |
Silver
|
21 | GEO |
 |
GGLO |
Silver
|
1 | ARCH |
 |
GREC Architects |
Silver
|
2 | ARCH |
 |
GenX Design & Technology |
Silver
|
2 | COMP |
 |
Gilsanz Murray Steficek |
Silver
|
14 | STRC |
 |
Glacier Northwest, Inc. DBA CalPortland |
Silver
|
0 | MATR |
 |
Glotman Simpson Consulting Engineers |
Silver
|
6 | STRC |
 |
Glumac |
Silver
|
2 | ENGO |
 |
Graphite Design Group |
Silver
|
0 | URB |
 |
H+O Structural Engineering |
Silver
|
0 | STRC |
 |
HEWITT Architecture |
Silver
|
0 | ARCH |
 |
HKA Elevator Consulting |
Silver
|
3 | VERC |
 |
HKS |
Silver
|
27 | ARCH |
 |
HYPRLIFT, Inc. |
Silver
|
0 | VERS |
 |
Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture |
Silver
|
10 | ARCH |
 |
Hatfield Group |
Silver
|
0 | ENGM |
 |
Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company |
Silver
|
2 | CON |
 |
Hearst |
Silver
|
1 | OWN |
 |
Heintges Consulting Architects & Engineers |
Silver
|
36 | FAC |
 |
Heller Manus Architects |
Silver
|
4 | ARCH |
 |
Hill International |
Silver
|
32 | CON |
 |
Hilson Moran |
Silver
|
9 | ENVE |
 |
Hines |
Silver
|
70 | DEV |
 |
IPB Properties |
Silver
|
0 | DEV |
 |
JB&B |
Silver
|
70 | ENGM |
 |
JCE Structural Engineering Group |
Silver
|
0 | STRC |
 |
Jahn/ |
Silver
|
60 | ARCH |
 |
Jay Paul Company |
Silver
|
1 | OWN |
 |
Jensen Hughes |
Silver
|
55 | FIRE |
 |
KieranTimberlake |
Silver
|
0 | ARCH |
 |
Kinemetrics |
Silver
|
43 | MATR |
 |
Korb + Associates Architects |
Silver
|
0 | ARCH |
 |
Krueck Sexton Partners |
Silver
|
3 | ARCH |
 |
L&L Holding Company, LLC |
Silver
|
3 | OWN |
 |
LERA Consulting Structural Engineers |
Silver
|
83 | STRC |
 |
LMN Architects |
Silver
|
2 | ARCH |
 |
LeMessurier |
Silver
|
30 | STRC |
 |
Lee Herzog Facade Access Consulting Inc |
Silver
|
11 | FAC |
 |
Lendlease |
Silver
|
88 | DEV |
 |
Lerch Bates, Inc. |
Silver
|
96 | VERC |
 |
Longman Lindsey |
Silver
|
6 | MEP |
 |
MEYERS+ ENGINEERS |
Silver
|
1 | ARCH |
 |
Magellan Development Group |
Silver
|
12 | ARCH |
 |
Martin/Martin |
Silver
|
3 | CIV |
 |
McHugh Construction |
Silver
|
22 | CON |
 |
Meyer Borgman Johnson |
Silver
|
3 | STRC |
 |
Michael Graves Architecture & Design |
Silver
|
2 | INTR |
 |
Microclimate Ice & Snow Inc. |
Silver
|
2 | OTHR |
 |
Mithun |
Silver
|
0 | URB |
 |
Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers PLLC |
Silver
|
14 | GEO |
 |
Multistudio |
Silver
|
0 | ARCH |
 |
NBBJ |
Silver
|
64 | ARCH |
 |
Nabih Youssef & Associates |
Silver
|
3 | STRC |
 |
National Real Estate Development |
Silver
|
1 | DEV |
 |
New Land Enterprises |
Silver
|
0 | DEV |
 |
O'Donnell & Naccarato |
Silver
|
1 | STRC |
 |
OAC Services, Inc. |
Silver
|
0 | ENGM |
 |
OJB Landscape Architecture |
Silver
|
19 | LAND |
 |
OLYMPIQUE Façade Access Consulting |
Silver
|
6 | FACS |
 |
Office for Visual Interaction, Inc. (OVI) |
Silver
|
18 | |
 |
Optima Inc. |
Silver
|
1 | ARCH |
 |
Ornamental Metal Institute of New York |
Silver
|
0 | NONP |
 |
Osborn Engineering |
Silver
|
2 | ENGM |
 |
PEI Architects |
Silver
|
7 | ARCH |
 |
POHL Facade Division |
Silver
|
33 | ARCH |
 |
Pappageorge Haymes Partners |
Silver
|
9 | INTR |
 |
Pavarini McGovern |
Silver
|
8 | CON |
 |
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners |
Silver
|
42 | ARCH |
 |
Pepper Construction |
Silver
|
0 | CON |
 |
Pierce Engineers, Inc. |
Silver
|
0 | STRC |
 |
RATIO I smdp |
Silver
|
3 | URB |
 |
RIOS |
Silver
|
2 | ARCH |
 |
Rhode Partners |
Silver
|
1 | ARCH |
 |
Riverside Investment & Development |
Silver
|
3 | DEV |
 |
Robert A.M. Stern Architects |
Silver
|
17 | ARCH |
 |
Robert Bird Group |
Silver
|
29 | ENGO |
 |
Rockefeller Group |
Silver
|
10 | OWN |
 |
SHoP Architects |
Silver
|
18 | ARCH |
 |
SOH Wind Engineering LLC |
Silver
|
0 | WIND |
 |
SWA Group |
Silver
|
55 | LAND |
 |
Safdie Architects |
Silver
|
23 | ARCH |
 |
Skyline Robotics |
Silver
|
1 | MATR |
 |
Solomon Cordwell Buenz - SCB |
Silver
|
36 | ARCH |
 |
Spiritos Properties LLC |
Silver
|
0 | DEV |
 |
Stanley D. Lindsey and Associates, Ltd. |
Silver
|
5 | STRC |
 |
Steel Institute of New York |
Silver
|
0 | MATR |
 |
StructureCraft |
Silver
|
0 | STRC |
 |
Studio Gang Architects |
Silver
|
4 | ARCH |
 |
Syska Hennessy Group |
Silver
|
17 | MEP |
 |
TLC Engineering Solutions |
Silver
|
4 | ENGM |
 |
Telgian Engineering & Consulting, LLC |
Silver
|
0 | FIRE |
 |
Terracon |
Silver
|
3 | GEO |
 |
Tetra Tech |
Silver
|
136 | ENGM |
 |
Timberlab |
Silver
|
0 | CON |
 |
VDA Elevator and Escalator Consulting |
Silver
|
20 | VERC |
 |
Vanderweil Engineers |
Silver
|
4 | MEP |
 |
Walter P Moore |
Silver
|
35 | FAC |
 |
Walters Inc |
Silver
|
33 | CON |
 |
Werner Sobek AG |
Silver
|
26 | STRC • FAC |
 |
Woods Bagot |
Silver
|
78 | ARCH |
 |
ZGF Architects LLP |
Silver
|
4 | ARCH |
 |
bKL Architecture |
Silver
|
10 | ARCH |
 |
CCHRB (Chicago Committee on High-Rise Buildings) |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | NONP |
 |
Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association (FEMA) |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | FIRE |
 |
Northwestern University |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | ACAD |
 |
Pennsylvania State University |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | ACAD |
 |
Post-Tensioning Institute |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | CIV |
 |
Pratt Institute |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | ACAD |
 |
Rutgers University |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | ACAD |
 |
The Skyscraper Museum |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | NONP |
 |
The University of Chicago |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | ACAD |
 |
Thomas Jefferson University |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | ACAD |
 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | ACAD |
 |
University of Pennsylvania |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | ACAD |
 |
Yale University School of Architecture |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | ACAD |
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