The Skyscraper Center

Albany

Arlington

Atlanta

Atlantic City

Austin

Baltimore

Bellevue

Bethesda

Birmingham (AL)

Boston

Buffalo

Cambridge

Charlotte

Chicago

Cincinnati

Cleveland

Columbus

Corpus Christi

Dallas

Denver

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)

# of 150m+ buildings

825 Completed • 66 Under Construction

First 150m+ Building

Metropolitan Life Tower (1909)

Tallest Building

One World Trade Center (541 m)

Tallest City

New York City

Average Building Age

32 Years

Most Common Function*

Office (54%)

Most Common Material*

Concrete (49%)

Rankings

by no. of 150m+ completed buildings

2

Tallest Country in

the World

1

Tallest Country in

North America

Buildings

Rank	Name	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	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	30 Hudson Yards	387.1 m / 1,270 ft
9	Empire State Building	381 m / 1,250 ft
10	Bank of America Tower	365.8 m / 1,200 ft

Building Completions Timeline

United States CTBUH Members

Name	City	Level	# of 150m+ buildings	Fields Of Expertise ACAD: Academic / University ARCH: Architecture BACS: Building Automation Control Systems BMNT: Building Maintenance CIV: Civil Engineering COMP: Computers / IT / Software CON: Construction / Contractor COST: Cost Consulting DEV: Developer ENGO: Engineering, Other ENVE: Environmental Engineering ENVP: Environmental Protection FAC: Façade Design / Engineering FIN: Financial Industry FIRE: Fire Engineering GEO: Geotechnic / Foundations HIST: Historical Preservation INSU: Insurance / Risk INTR: Interior Design LAND: Landscape Architecture LEGL: Legal MRKT: Marketing / Sales MATR: Materials / Products / Systems Supplier MEP: Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing NONP: Non-Profit Org. / Assoc. / Gov't OWN: Owner (Buildings, Land) PMNG: Project Management PROP: Property Management RES: Research Institute SEC: Security Consultancy SEIS: Seismic Design STRC: Structural Engineering SURV: Surveying TRAN: Transportation / Urban Infrastructure URB: Urban Design VERC: Vertical Transportation Consultant WIND: Wind Engineering OTHR: Other FACS: Façade Systems VERS: Vertical Transportation Supplier ENGM: Engineering, Multi-discipline
Illinois Institute of Technology	Chicago	Platinum	0	ACAD • RES
HOK, Inc.	New York City	Platinum	79	INTR • STRC • URB • ARCH • FIN • PMNG • COST • ENGM • FAC • FACS • HIST • SEIS
DeSimone Consulting Engineers	New York City	Platinum	47	STRC • ENGO
New Land Enterprises	Milwaukee	Platinum	0	DEV
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill	Chicago	Platinum	319	CIV • INTR • LAND • STRC • URB • ARCH • ENVE • MRKT • MEP • TRAN
Otis Elevator Company	Hartford	Platinum	0	MATR • VERC
Arup	Abu Dhabi	Platinum	338	CIV • STRC • WIND • ENVE • PMNG • COST • FAC • FIRE • MEP • VERC
Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.	Atlanta	Platinum	135	CIV • STRC • URB • ARCH • ENVE • PMNG • COMP • ENGM • ENGO • FAC • FACS • FIRE • GEO • HIST • INSU • MEP • SEC • SEIS • TRAN
Turner Construction Company	New York City	Platinum	57	PMNG • CON
Salesforce	San Francisco	Platinum	5	DEV • PMNG • MRKT • PROP
Dow Chemical Company	Midland	Platinum	6	MATR
WSP	Chicago	Platinum	85	CIV • INTR • STRC • URB • ENVP • PMNG • COMP • ENGO • FAC • FIRE • GEO • MEP • TRAN
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates	New York City	Platinum	209	INTR • URB • ARCH • HIST • TRAN
Langan Engineering	London	Platinum	94	CIV • LAND • ENVE • GEO • SEIS
Nucor Corporation	Chicago	Gold	0	MATR
Studio Libeskind	New York City	Gold	1	INTR • URB • ARCH
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat	Chicago	Gold	0	NONP
SL Green Realty Corp.	New York City	Gold	7	DEV • OWN • PROP
Severud Associates Consulting Engineers, PC	New York City	Gold	16	STRC
SilverEdge Systems Software, Inc.	Chicago	Gold	0	COMP
SLS Consulting, Inc.	Boston	Gold	1	FIRE
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects	New Haven	Gold	52	INTR • URB • ARCH
Stantec	Abu Dhabi	Gold	11	CIV • INTR • LAND • STRC • URB • ARCH • ENVE • ENGM • FIRE • SEIS • TRAN
DCI Engineers	Seattle	Gold	3	STRC • SEIS
NBBJ	New York City	Gold	61	INTR • LAND • ARCH • MRKT
Goettsch Partners	Chicago	Gold	52	ARCH
McNamara • Salvia	Boston	Gold	20	STRC • WIND • ENGO • SEIS
Think Wood	Portland	Gold	0	ARCH • MRKT • NONP
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture	Chicago	Gold	40	INTR • URB • ARCH
AI SpaceFactory	New York City	Gold	0	ARCH • COMP • ENGM
Brandston Partnership, Inc.	Beijing	Gold	68	INTR • LAND • ARCH • FAC
Rider Levett Bucknall	Dubai	Gold	79	STRC • CON • OWN
Magnusson Klemencic Associates	Seattle	Gold	70	CIV • STRC • WIND • SEIS
AKF Group LLC	New York City	Gold	19	COMP • ENGO • FIRE • MEP • OTHR • PROP
The Durst Organization	New York City	Gold	10	DEV • OWN
Gensler	Chicago	Gold	100	INTR • URB • ARCH • COST • MRKT
Perkins & Will	Chicago	Gold	8	INTR • LAND • URB • ARCH • HIST
Giarratana, LLC	Nashville	Gold	3	DEV
RWDI	Guelph	Gold	282	WIND • ENVE • ENGO
POHL Facade Division	Cologne	Gold	33	ARCH • FAC • FACS
Osborn Engineering	Columbus	Silver	1	ENGM
Peckar & Abramson, P.C.	New York City	Silver	0	CON • LEGL
Pavarini McGovern	New York City	Silver	4	CON
PAN Partners	New York City	Silver	0	STRC • ARCH • PMNG • ENGO • LEGL
OLYMPIQUE Façade Access Consulting	Los Angeles	Silver	6	BMNT • FACS
Optima Inc.	Chicago	Silver	1	ARCH • DEV
3MIX	Hong Kong	Silver	0	ARCH
Nabih Youssef & Associates	Los Angeles	Silver	3	STRC • SEIS
OJB Landscape Architecture	Boston	Silver	16	LAND
O'Donnell & Naccarato	Philadelphia	Silver	1	STRC • FACS
National Real Estate Development	Philadelphia	Silver	0	DEV
Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers	New York City	Silver	12	GEO
Michael Blades & Associates	Washington D.C.	Silver	0	VERC
Meyer Borgman Johnson	Minneapolis	Silver	3	STRC
Martin/Martin	Denver	Silver	3	CIV • STRC • SURV
Magellan Development Group	Chicago	Silver	12	ARCH • DEV • OWN
MZA Architecture	Bellevue	Silver	1	ARCH
MEYERS+ ENGINEERS	San Francisco	Silver	0	ARCH • ENGO • MEP
MBCC-GROUP (Master Builders Solutions US LLC)	New York City	Silver	1	MATR
Longman Lindsey	New York City	Silver	4	BMNT • MEP
Lerch Bates, Inc.	Littleton	Silver	62	FAC • MATR • VERC
Lendlease	Chicago	Silver	29	DEV • FIN • PMNG • CON
LeMessurier	Boston	Silver	28	STRC • WIND • FAC • FACS • HIST • SEIS
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners	New York City	Silver	26	INTR • URB • ARCH
Robert A.M. Stern Architects	New York City	Silver	13	INTR • URB • ARCH
Pepper Construction	Chicago	Silver	0	CON
The John Buck Company	Chicago	Silver	15	DEV • FIN • INSU • MRKT • PROP
Syska Hennessy Group	San Francisco	Silver	17	MEP • SEC • VERC
TLC Engineering Solutions	Chicago	Silver	2	STRC • FIRE • HIST • MEP • SEC
Telgian Engineering & Consulting, LLC	Atlanta	Silver	0	FIRE • SEC
Terracon	Naperville	Silver	4	GEO • OTHR
Tetra Tech	Pasadena, CA	Silver	0	ENGM
The Harman Group	Philadelphia	Silver	4	STRC
The Skyscraper Museum	New York City	Silver	0	NONP
Studio Gang Architects	Chicago	Silver	4	INTR • URB • ARCH
Tobin, PLLC	Charlotte	Silver	0	INTR • ARCH • PMNG • FAC • HIST
Urbahn Architects	New York City	Silver	0	ARCH
Van Deusen & Associates - VDA	Atlanta	Silver	17	VERC
Vanderweil Engineers	Boston	Silver	4	MEP
Walter P Moore	Atlanta	Silver	35	STRC • FAC • HIST • SEIS
Werner Sobek AG	Berlin	Silver	25	STRC • ARCH • ENVE • FAC • TRAN
Zinwave	Dallas	Silver	1	MATR
Swinerton	San Francisco	Silver	0	CON
Steinberg Hart	Los Angeles	Silver	0	INTR • ARCH
Pickard Chilton Architects, Inc.	New Haven	Silver	19	INTR • URB • ARCH
ADG Engineering	New York City	Silver	0	INTR • STRC • ARCH • ENGO
Portman Architects	Atlanta	Silver	3	ARCH
Prudential Center	Boston	Silver	12	DEV • OWN • PROP
Rafael Viñoly Architects	New York City	Silver	13	INTR • URB • ARCH
Reiser + Umemoto RUR Architecture	New York City	Silver	0	ARCH
Rhode Partners	Austin	Silver	1	INTR • URB • ARCH
Riggio / Boron, Ltd.	Chicago	Silver	11	BMNT • CON • FAC • OTHR
Riverside Investment & Development	Chicago	Silver	3	DEV
SHoP Architects	New York City	Silver	17	ARCH
Stanley D. Lindsey and Associates, Ltd.	Atlanta	Silver	4	STRC • WIND • SEIS
SLCE Architects	New York City	Silver	53	ARCH
SOH Wind Engineering LLC	Kuala Lumpur	Silver	0	WIND
SWA Group	Sausalito	Silver	44	LAND • URB
Safdie Architects	Somerville	Silver	10	INTR • URB • ARCH
Salas O'Brien	Atlanta	Silver	16	CIV • STRC • ARCH • BACS • FIRE • HIST • MEP
Solomon Cordwell Buenz - SCB	Chicago	Silver	34	INTR • URB • ARCH • HIST
Sowlat Structural Engineers	Chicago	Silver	1	STRC
LMN Architects	Seattle	Silver	2	INTR • URB • ARCH • TRAN
LERA Structural Engineers	New York City	Silver	11	STRC • WIND • SEIS
Kuraray	Wilmington	Silver	7	COMP • MATR
Coughlin Porter Lundeen	Seattle	Silver	1	CIV • STRC • SEIS
Cary Kopczynski & Company	Seattle	Silver	0	STRC • SEIS
Cast Connex	Dallas	Silver	4	MATR
Cerami & Associates, Inc.	New York City	Silver	25	ENGO • MATR • OTHR
CetraRuddy	New York City	Silver	11	ARCH
Charrette Creative	New York City	Silver	0	MRKT
Code Consultants, Inc.	Los Angeles	Silver	46	ENGO • FIRE • SEC
Construction Specialties Company	Lebanon	Silver	2	MATR
Cosentini Associates	New York City	Silver	100	ENVE • COMP • FIRE • MEP
Cove Property Group	New York City	Silver	0	DEV • OWN
CPP Wind Engineering and Air Quality Consultants	Fort Collins	Silver	27	WIND • ENVE • LEGL
Crescent Heights	Miami	Silver	5	INTR • DEV • PROP
DLR Group	Seattle	Silver	12	INTR • URB • ARCH • ENGM
Degenkolb Engineers	San Francisco	Silver	1	SEIS
Edgett Williams Consulting Group, Inc.	Mill Valley	Silver	17	VERC
Enclos Corp.	Los Angeles	Silver	41	PMNG • FAC • MATR
Ennead Architects	New York City	Silver	1	INTR • URB • ARCH
Korda/Nemeth Engineering	Columbus	Silver	0	ENGM
Epstein	Chicago	Silver	6	CIV • STRC • ARCH
Extell Development	New York City	Silver	13	DEV • OWN • PROP
CS Associates, Inc.	Chicago	Silver	15	STRC • COST • HIST
COOKFOX Architects	New York City	Silver	2	INTR • URB • ARCH
FXCollaborative Architects	New York City	Silver	5	INTR • URB • ARCH
Architects Hawaii Limited - AHL	Honolulu	Silver	0	INTR • URB • ARCH
AMSYSCO	Chicago	Silver	34	ENGO • MATR
ARK Studio Inc.	Mumbai	Silver	7	INTR • URB • ARCH
Adjustable Concrete Construction	Chicago	Silver	2	PMNG • CON • MATR
Alchemy Properties	New York City	Silver	1	DEV
Algin Management	New York City	Silver	0	PROP
Alvine Engineering	Omaha	Silver	7	ENGO • FIRE • MEP
ArcelorMittal	Chicago	Silver	91	BACS • MATR
Archilier Architecture	New York City	Silver	6	INTR • URB • ARCH
Autodesk	San Francisco	Silver	0	COMP
CDC Curtain Wall Design & Consulting, Inc.	Dallas	Silver	11	STRC • WIND • COST • ENGO • FAC • LEGL
BALA Engineers	Philadelphia	Silver	9	STRC • ENVE • ENGO • FIRE • MEP • SEC
BKV Group	Minneapolis	Silver	0	INTR • LAND • ARCH • ENGM
Baldridge & Associates Structural Engineering	Honolulu	Silver	1	STRC • WIND • ENGO • HIST • INSU • SEIS • SURV
Barker Mohandas, LLC	New York City	Silver	34	VERC
Baumann Consulting	Chicago	Silver	2	ARCH • ENGM
Bedrock Detroit	Detroit	Silver	2	DEV
Bjarke Ingels Group	Copenhagen	Silver	15	STRC • URB • ARCH
CB Engineers	San Francisco	Silver	4	COMP • COST • FIRE • MEP
CBRE Group, Inc.	Dallas	Silver	68	FIN • PROP
FM Global	Boston	Silver	0	INSU
Environmental Systems Design, Inc.	Chicago	Silver	33	BACS • COST • FIRE • MEP
Far East Aluminium Works Co., Ltd.	Concord	Silver	0	STRC • PMNG • FAC • MATR
Inhabit Group	Auckland	Silver	33	FAC
HKA Elevator Consulting	Los Angeles	Silver	3	VERC
HKS Architects	Dallas	Silver	27	INTR • URB • ARCH
Heintges Consulting Architects & Engineers	New York City	Silver	5	FAC
Heller Manus Architects	San Francisco	Silver	4	URB • ARCH • TRAN
Hill West Architects, LLP	New York City	Silver	11	ARCH
Hilson Moran	Cambridge	Silver	8	WIND • BACS • ENVE • FIRE • MEP • PROP • SEC • VERC
Hines	Houston	Silver	25	DEV • FIN • COST • PROP
Humphreys & Partners Architects, L.P.	Dallas	Silver	1	CIV • INTR • LAND • URB • ARCH
Innovative Safety Solutions INC	Tampa	Silver	0	MATR
Glumac	San Francisco	Silver	2	ENGO • MEP
JAHN	Chicago	Silver	10	INTR • URB • ARCH
JCE Structural Engineering Group	Pasadena, CA	Silver	0	STRC • SEC • SEIS
Jaros, Baum & Bolles	New York City	Silver	69	BACS • PMNG • ENGM • FIRE • HIST • MEP • SEC
Jay Paul Company	San Francisco	Silver	1	DEV • OWN
Jensen Hughes	Chicago	Silver	6	FIRE
Kinemetrics	Pasadena, CA	Silver	43	MATR • OTHR • SEIS
Kobi Karp Architecture	Miami	Silver	8	INTR • ARCH
Korb + Associates Architects	Milwaukee	Silver	0	ARCH
HEARST	New York City	Silver	1	OWN
Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company	San Francisco	Silver	2	CON
Glotman Simpson Consulting Engineers	Calgary	Silver	3	STRC • SEIS
GREC Architects	Chicago	Silver	1	ARCH
Fisher Marantz Stone	New York City	Silver	20	OTHR
FitzGerald Associates	Chicago	Silver	1	ARCH
Foster + Partners	London	Silver	97	ARCH
Front Inc.	Hong Kong	Silver	25	FAC
FullStack Modular LLC	New York City	Silver	0	CON • MATR
GEI Consultants	Boston	Silver	14	GEO
GERB Vibration Control Systems	Berlin	Silver	18	MATR • SEIS
GGLO	Los Angeles	Silver	1	INTR • LAND • URB • ARCH
bKL Architecture	Chicago	Silver	10	INTR • URB • ARCH
GVK Elevator Consulting Services	San Francisco	Silver	0	PROP • VERC
Gilsanz Murray Steficek	New York City	Silver	10	STRC • ENGO • SEC
GenX Design & Technology Consulting	New York City	Silver	2	COMP
Webcor Builders	Los Angeles	Gold	3	PMNG • CON
WATG Urban	Seattle	Gold	2	INTR • URB • ARCH
RafterySuver, LLC	Seattle	Silver	1	DEV • CON
National Fire Protection Association	Boston	Silver	0	FIRE • NONP • RES
Ornamental Metal Institute of New York	New York City	Silver	0	MATR • NONP
Steel Institute of New York	New York City	Silver	0	MATR • NONP
Spiritos Properties LLC	New York City	Silver	0	DEV
W.E. O'Neil Construction Co.	Chicago	Silver	0	CON
Carrier Johnson + Culture	San Diego	Silver	0	ARCH
The Moinian Group	New York City	Silver	13	DEV • OWN
PEI Architects	New York City	Silver	1	ARCH
James McHugh Construction Co.	Chicago	Silver	22	CON
Sentient Law, Ltd.	Chicago	Silver	0	LEGL
American Institute of Steel Construction	Chicago	Media Institute/Association	0	NONP
Pennsylvania State University	State College	Media Institute/Association	0	ACAD
International Code Council	Washington D.C.	Media Institute/Association	0	ENGO • NONP
Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association (FEMA)	Cleveland	Media Institute/Association	0	FIRE • MATR
Post-Tensioning Institute	Detroit	Media Institute/Association	0	CIV
CCHRB (Chicago Committee on High-Rise Buildings)	Chicago	Media Institute/Association	0	NONP
Pratt Institute	New York City	Media Institute/Association	0	ACAD
Yale University School of Architecture	New Haven	Media Institute/Association	0	ACAD
NAIMA	Washington D.C.	Media Institute/Association	0	MATR • NONP
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Urbana	Media Institute/Association	0	ACAD • RES

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