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Tishman Speyer operates in 41 markets, 10 countries and 4 continents. Since its inception in 1978, TS has acquired, developed and operated over 370 projects totaling over 133.8 million square feet, and has assembled a property portfolio in excess of US $73.0 billion in total value across the United States, Europe, Latin America, India and China. TS has over 1,550 real estate professionals and support staff worldwide and serves the space needs of over 2,300 tenants worldwide. Signature assets include New York’s Rockefeller Center, Chrysler Center and Yankee Stadium, Frankfurt’s MesseTurm and OpernTurm, São Paulo’s Torre Norte, and Ventura Corporate Towers in Rio de Janeiro. Currently, TS has projects in different stages of development in major cities around the world, including Brasília, Chengdu, Frankfurt, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, San Francisco and Suzhou.
Developer; Financial Industry; Owner (Buildings, Land)
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
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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 |
Completion
|
Height
|
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1 |
1930 |
318.9 m / 1,046 ft |
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2 |
2022 |
314.2 m / 1,031 ft |
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3 |
1989 |
306.9 m / 1,007 ft |
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4 |
- |
280 m / 919 ft |
||
5 |
1933 |
259.1 m / 850 ft |
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6 |
1990 |
256.5 m / 842 ft |
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7 |
- |
250 m / 820 ft |
||
8 |
1987 |
248.1 m / 814 ft |
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9 |
1963 |
246.3 m / 808 ft |
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10 |
1992 |
230.5 m / 756 ft |
03 November 2016
Integrating Old with New: Hearst Tower
Sophisticated, distinctive, and transformative, Hearst Tower has profoundly impacted the skyscraper typology through its first decade of existence. Rarely has a tower so successfully integrated...
22 August 2022
Livable Density: The Hybrid Office Building
The recently completed One Vanderbilt Avenue tower has become the standard bearer for one of New York City’s most ambitious zoning initiatives of the past...
16 March 2022
Latest Addition to Austin's Skyline to be 58-Story Skyscraper
Joining a recent spate of new tower announcements, a partnership between two developers says it has started work on a 58-story, 675-foot-tall (205-meter-tall) skyscraper that...
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
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Name
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City
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Completion
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Height
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1 |
- |
549 m / 1,800 ft |
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2 |
1930 |
319 m / 1,046 ft |
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3 |
2022 |
314 m / 1,031 ft |
||
4 |
1989 |
307 m / 1,007 ft |
||
5 |
- |
280 m / 919 ft |
||
6 |
- |
277 m / 910 ft |
||
7 |
1933 |
259 m / 850 ft |
||
8 |
1990 |
257 m / 842 ft |
||
9 |
- |
250 m / 820 ft |
||
10 |
1987 |
248 m / 814 ft |
||
11 |
1963 |
246 m / 808 ft |
||
12 |
1992 |
231 m / 756 ft |
||
13 |
- |
229 m / 752 ft |
||
14 |
2024 |
206 m / 675 ft |
||
15 |
2022 |
196 m / 643 ft |
||
16 |
2021 |
191 m / 626 ft |
||
17 |
2009 |
190 m / 623 ft |
||
18 |
2019 |
190 m / 623 ft |
||
19 |
1992 |
183 m / 600 ft |
||
20 |
2006 |
182 m / 597 ft |
||
21 |
2018 |
177 m / 581 ft |
||
22 |
1982 |
176 m / 577 ft |
||
23 |
1987 |
175 m / 573 ft |
||
23 |
1975 |
175 m / 573 ft |
||
25 |
2013 |
170 m / 558 ft |
||
26 |
2009 |
170 m / 558 ft |
||
27 |
2018 |
170 m / 556 ft |
||
28 |
1929 |
169 m / 555 ft |
||
29 |
1975 |
169 m / 553 ft |
||
30 |
2017 |
167 m / 547 ft |
||
31 |
1992 |
164 m / 538 ft |
||
32 |
1987 |
159 m / 520 ft |
||
32 |
1983 |
159 m / 520 ft |
||
34 |
1976 |
159 m / 520 ft |
||
35 |
1999 |
158 m / 518 ft |
||
36 |
2015 |
157 m / 515 ft |
||
37 |
1935 |
156 m / 512 ft |
||
38 |
2012 |
155 m / 509 ft |
||
39 |
2018 |
153 m / 501 ft |
||
40 |
2010 |
151 m / 497 ft |
||
41 |
1992 |
151 m / 494 ft |
||
42 |
1937 |
149 m / 489 ft |
||
43 |
2008 |
148 m / 487 ft |
||
44 |
2018 |
143 m / 471 ft |
||
45 |
2005 |
143 m / 469 ft |
||
46 |
1964 |
142 m / 466 ft |
||
47 |
1990 |
138 m / 452 ft |
||
48 |
2012 |
134 m / 440 ft |
||
49 |
1961 |
134 m / 439 ft |
||
50 |
2022 |
133 m / 436 ft |
||
51 |
1999 |
132 m / 432 ft |
||
52 |
2019 |
130 m / 427 ft |
||
52 |
2019 |
130 m / 427 ft |
||
54 |
2020 |
130 m / 427 ft |
||
55 |
2008 |
129 m / 422 ft |
||
56 |
2009 |
128 m / 420 ft |
||
57 |
1989 |
127 m / 417 ft |
||
58 |
1974 |
127 m / 415 ft |
||
59 |
1979 |
125 m / 410 ft |
||
60 |
1932 |
125 m / 409 ft |
||
61 |
2012 |
124 m / 407 ft |
||
62 |
2015 |
122 m / 400 ft |
||
63 |
- |
122 m / 400 ft |
||
64 |
1952 |
122 m / 399 ft |
||
65 |
2009 |
121 m / 395 ft |
||
66 |
2008 |
120 m / 393 ft |
||
67 |
2012 |
119 m / 390 ft |
||
68 |
2010 |
116 m / 381 ft |
||
68 |
2010 |
116 m / 381 ft |
||
70 |
1982 |
114 m / 375 ft |
||
71 |
2002 |
114 m / 375 ft |
||
72 |
1927 |
113 m / 370 ft |
||
73 |
2015 |
113 m / 370 ft |
||
74 |
2022 |
110 m / 361 ft |
||
74 |
2011 |
110 m / 361 ft |
||
76 |
1983 |
110 m / 360 ft |
||
77 |
2017 |
107 m / 351 ft |
||
78 |
2015 |
107 m / 350 ft |
||
79 |
2008 |
107 m / 350 ft |
||
80 |
- |
107 m / 350 ft |
||
81 |
1990 |
105 m / 344 ft |
||
82 |
1926 |
104 m / 342 ft |
||
83 |
2008 |
102 m / 335 ft |
||
83 |
2008 |
102 m / 335 ft |
||
85 |
1983 |
101 m / 330 ft |
||
86 |
1955 |
100 m / 328 ft |
||
87 |
2011 |
100 m / 327 ft |
||
88 |
1969 |
96 m / 315 ft |
||
89 |
1991 |
96 m / 315 ft |
||
90 |
2011 |
95 m / 312 ft |
||
91 |
2017 |
95 m / 312 ft |
||
92 |
1973 |
94 m / 308 ft |
||
93 |
1959 |
94 m / 308 ft |
||
94 |
1992 |
93 m / 306 ft |
||
95 |
- |
92 m / 302 ft |
||
95 |
- |
92 m / 302 ft |
||
95 |
- |
92 m / 302 ft |
||
95 |
2013 |
92 m / 302 ft |
||
95 |
2013 |
92 m / 302 ft |
||
95 |
2013 |
92 m / 302 ft |
||
95 |
2013 |
92 m / 302 ft |
||
95 |
2013 |
92 m / 302 ft |
||
95 |
2013 |
92 m / 302 ft |
||
95 |
2013 |
92 m / 302 ft |
||
95 |
2013 |
92 m / 302 ft |
||
95 |
2013 |
92 m / 302 ft |
||
95 |
2013 |
92 m / 302 ft |
||
95 |
2013 |
92 m / 302 ft |
||
95 |
2014 |
92 m / 302 ft |
||
110 |
1991 |
92 m / 301 ft |
||
111 |
- |
90 m / 295 ft |
||
112 |
2014 |
87 m / 285 ft |
||
113 |
2009 |
85 m / 279 ft |
||
114 |
1939 |
85 m / 277 ft |
||
115 |
- |
77 m / 254 ft |
||
116 |
2015 |
74 m / 243 ft |
||
117 |
2006 |
74 m / 241 ft |
||
118 |
- |
73 m / 240 ft |
||
119 |
2020 |
72 m / 236 ft |
||
120 |
2007 |
71 m / 234 ft |
||
121 |
1940 |
70 m / 228 ft |
||
122 |
1938 |
70 m / 228 ft |
||
123 |
1989 |
64 m / 210 ft |
||
124 |
- |
58 m / 190 ft |
||
125 |
2017 |
57 m / 187 ft |
||
126 |
2021 |
55 m / 181 ft |
||
127 |
2016 |
51 m / 168 ft |
||
128 |
- |
- m / - ft |
||
129 |
2021 |
- m / - ft |
||
130 |
2021 |
- m / - ft |
Average Building Age*
29 Years
Most Common Function*
Office (68%)
Most Common Material*
Concrete (52%)
* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database
NOTE: Construction start time is not available for all buildings. The average construction time is only displayed if there is three or more buildings with construction start and complete data in that year.
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03 November 2016 | Chicago
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03 November 2016 | Chicago
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03 November 2016 | Chicago
Ron Klemencic, Chairman & CEO, Magnusson Klemencic Associates, discusses some of his personal favorite projects with Chris Bentley, during the 2016 CTBUH Awards Symposium at...
18 October 2016 | Shenzhen
James Parakh of the City of Toronto Planning Department is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. James discusses the design elements...
18 October 2016 | Toronto
This presentation was intended to introduce the upcoming CTBUH technical guide titled "The Space Between," which investigates the importance of publicly accessible spaces surrounding tall...
16 October 2016 | Shenzhen
Robert Pratt of Tishman Speyer Properties is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Robert discusses the economics of tall buildings around...
26 October 2015 | New York City
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06 November 2014 | Chicago
Peter Irwin, one of the founding partners of Rowan Williams Davies and Irwin Inc. (RWDI), has led wind engineering on many of the world’s tallest...
18 September 2014 | Shanghai
September 18, 2014. Shanghai, China. James von Klemperer from Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC presents at the 2014 Shanghai Conference closing plenary on "Urban Density...
18 September 2014 | Shanghai
Robert Pratt of Tishman Speyer Properties is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2014 CTBUH Shanghai Conference at the Jin Mao Tower.
22 August 2022
James von Klemperer & Andrew Cleary, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
The recently completed One Vanderbilt Avenue tower has become the standard bearer for one of New York City’s most ambitious zoning initiatives of the past...
15 December 2021
Dr. Florian Troesch, Schindler Elevator Ltd. & Jürgen Blank, Schindler Deutschland AG & Co. KG
At the Omniturm in Frankfurt (see Figure 1), mobility is encoded into the mixed-use building’s profile, with its striking mid-rise undulation at the residential floors....
15 December 2021
Daniel Safarik, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH)
The tall building, the city, and by extension, urban life, are all facing unprecedented challenges, in multiple aspects—carbon, climate, and societal. The planet’s rapid urbanization...
01 August 2020
CTBUH Research
Linking tall buildings with horizontal spaces, whether purely for circulation or containing programming, has been a subject of fascination for as long as tall buildings...
20 March 2020
CTBUH Research
Providing a global overview of tall building development, design and construction, the CTBUH Awards Program and related Tall + Urban Innovation Conference annually survey projects,...
01 March 2018
Timothy Johnson & Jonathan Ward, NBBJ
For over 100 years, the tall building has largely advanced in technological innovation; however very little has been done in the terms of understanding the...
01 March 2018
Kyoung Sun Moon, Yale University School of Architecture
The emergence of tall buildings in the late 19th century was possible by using new materials and separating the role of structures and that of...
08 August 2017
Jeanne Gang, Studio Gang Architects
Having designed the 262-meter Aqua in Chicago, which completed in 2009, Jeanne Gang, principal and founder of Studio Gang Architects, received considerable attention for what...
01 December 2016
Terri Meyer Boake, University of Waterloo
The diagrid structural system for constructing tall buildings is a recent invention. Debuting in 2004 with the construction of the Swiss Re Tower in London,...
01 December 2016
Kheir Al-Kodmany, University of Illinois; Mir M. Ali, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
There is much architectural and engineering literature which discusses the virtues of exterior bracing and diagrid systems in regards to sustainability - two systems which...
16 March 2022
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29 January 2021
The rapid pace of construction at 66 Hudson Boulevard, aka The Spiral, finally reached the 65-story, 1,041-foot-tall (317-meter) pinnacle over Hudson Yards on Tuesday, 26...
18 December 2020
Tishman Speyer announced on 18 December 2020 that it has acquired the Tour Cristal in Paris, along with its partner the Public Sector Pension Investment...
28 May 2020
It’s the Chrysler Building’s time to shine. The Art Deco skyscraper, built in 1928, is getting a brand-new observation deck. The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC)...
23 October 2019
A canyon-like tower by MVRDV and a twisting structure by Studio Gang are among the buildings to be revealed for a new San Francisco development....
23 October 2019
A canyon-like tower by MVRDV and a twisting structure by Studio Gang are among the buildings to be revealed for a new San Francisco development....
23 October 2019
A canyon-like tower by MVRDV and a twisting structure by Studio Gang are among the buildings to be revealed for a new San Francisco development....
07 June 2019
The Studio Gang-designed 11 Hoyt has topped out in Brooklyn to its full height of 626 feet (191 meters), offering 481 luxury residential condominiums, with...
08 April 2019
Developer Tishman Speyer has released renderings for 99 Hudson Boulevard, a 44-story office building at Hudson Yards. The site sits along 11th Avenue between West...
29 November 2018
The latest luxury high-rise to join the ranks of recently announced and opened residences, which include The Harrison, 181 Fremont, The Avery and One Steuart...
06 June 2017
CTBUH New York hosted a series of presentations and a tour at the construction site of One Vanderbilt, which will rise to 427 meters when completed in 2021.
16–21 October 2016
Cities to Megacities: Shaping Dense Vertical Urbanism takes place progressively across three Chinese cities: Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong.
13–20 June 2016
The CTBUH Atlanta Chapter hosted two hardhat tours of Three Alliance Center, the largest office building currently under construction in the city.
28 October 2015
CTBUH 2015 delegates toured the Rockefeller Center which the tour predominantly focused on discovering what happens “backstage” at one of the most famous tall building complexes.
26–30 October 2015
After a post-recession hiatus in tall building construction in many countries lasting several years, numerous cities are again resurgent.
17–21 November 2014
Plans for the 2015 Conference in New York are now well underway, beginning with an initial meeting of the Steering Committee at the Bank of America Tower Nov. 18.
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