Population
2,615,060 (2011)
Area
630 km² • 243 mi²
Density
4,150.9 people per km²
10,750.8 people per mi²
First 150m+ Building
Tallest Building
by no. of 150m+ completed buildings
Tallest City in
the World
Tallest City in
Tallest City in
RANK
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Name
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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
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---|---|---|---|
1 | Columbia Center | 284.4 m / 933 ft | |
2 | Rainier Square | 258.2 m / 847 ft | |
3 | 1201 Third Avenue Tower | 235.3 m / 772 ft | |
4 | Two Union Square | 225.6 m / 740 ft | |
5 | Seattle Municipal Tower | 220.1 m / 722 ft | |
6 | The Mark | 196.8 m / 646 ft | |
7 | Safeco Plaza | 192 m / 630 ft | |
8 | City Centre | 184.8 m / 606 ft | |
9 | Russell Investments Center | 182.2 m / 598 ft | |
10 | Wells Fargo Center | 175 m / 574 ft |
Logo
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Name
|
Level
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# of 150m+ buildings
|
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Arup |
Platinum
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381 | CIV • STRC • WIND • ENVE • PMNG • COST • FAC • FIRE • MEP • VERC |
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Langan Engineering |
Platinum
|
98 | CIV • LAND • ENVE • ENGM • GEO • SEIS • SURV |
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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
Platinum
|
342 | CIV • INTR • LAND • STRC • URB • ARCH • ENVE • MRKT • MEP • TRAN |
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Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. |
Platinum
|
149 | CIV • STRC • URB • ARCH • ENVE • PMNG • COMP • ENGM • ENGO • FAC • FACS • FIRE • GEO • HIST • INSU • MEP • SEC • SEIS • TRAN |
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DCI Engineers |
Gold
|
4 | STRC • SEIS |
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Magnusson Klemencic Associates |
Gold
|
80 | CIV • STRC • SEIS |
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3MIX |
Silver
|
2 | ARCH |
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Cary Kopczynski & Company |
Silver
|
0 | STRC • SEIS |
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Coughlin Porter Lundeen |
Silver
|
1 | CIV |
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GGLO |
Silver
|
1 | INTR • LAND • URB • ARCH |
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Hewitt Architects |
Silver
|
0 | |
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LMN Architects |
Silver
|
2 | INTR • URB • ARCH • TRAN |
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Mithun |
Silver
|
0 | |
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OAC Services, Inc. |
Silver
|
0 | ENGM |
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StructureCraft |
Silver
|
0 | STRC |
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Telgian Engineering & Consulting, LLC |
Silver
|
0 | FIRE • SEC |
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VDA Elevator and Escalator Consulting |
Silver
|
18 | VERC |
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Wright Runstad & Co |
Silver
|
1 | DEV |
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Washington State University |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | ACAD |
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