Boston

United States

Facts

First 150m+ Building

Marriott's Custom House (1915)

Tallest Building

200 Clarendon (241 m)

Rankings

by no. of 150m+ completed buildings

Tallest City in

the World

Tallest City in

North America

Tallest City in

United States

Buildings

RANK	Name	Height
1	200 Clarendon	240.8 m / 790 ft
2	Prudential Tower	228.6 m / 750 ft
3	Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences, One Dalton Street	228 m / 748 ft
4	Winthrop Center	210.5 m / 691 ft
5	Millennium Tower	207.5 m / 681 ft
6	South Station Tower	206.4 m / 677 ft
7	Federal Reserve Building	184 m / 604 ft
8	BNY Mellon Center at One Boston Place	183.2 m / 601 ft
9	One Congress Street Tower 2	182.9 m / 600 ft
10	One International Place	182.9 m / 600 ft

Building Completions Timeline

Boston CTBUH Members

Name	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
Arup	Platinum	419	CIV • STRC • WIND • ENVE • PMNG • COST • FAC • FIRE • MEP • VERC
Langan	Platinum	99	CIV • LAND • ENVE • ENGM • GEO • SEIS • SURV
Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.	Platinum	192	CIV • STRC • URB • ARCH • ENVE • PMNG • COMP • ENGM • ENGO • FAC • FACS • FIRE • GEO • HIST • INSU • MEP • SEC • SEIS • TRAN
McNamara • Salvia	Gold	22	STRC • WIND • SEIS
Stantec	Gold	55	CIV • STRC • ARCH
FM Global	Silver	0	INSU
GEI Consultants	Silver	21	GEO
H+O Structural Engineering	Silver	0	STRC
JB&B	Silver	70	ENGM
LeMessurier	Silver	30	STRC
OJB Landscape Architecture	Silver	18	LAND
Prudential Center	Silver	12	OWN
Safdie Architects	Silver	23	URB • ARCH
Vanderweil Engineers	Silver	4	MEP

CTBUH People & Events

Tree House Residence Hall as Featured Building

15 February 2014

Created on a limited public-university budget and…

Videos

23 May 2022

Bringing Sustainable Steel To Your Next Hybrid Structure

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Research

16 October 2016

Debating Tall: Regional Governments for Megacities?

The 2016 CTBUH Conference, “Cities to Megacities,” explores the phenomenon of already large cities merging together to form megacities, in parallel with many cities and...

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Global News

12 December 2022

18-Story University Building Completed in Boston

The newly completed 93-meter-tall Center for Computing & Data Sciences at Boston University (BU) is a new addition to the Boston area skyline. The US$305...

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