CTBUH Gold Member

Pelli Clarke & Partners

About

Member Since: 1994

Member Offices: New Haven

Website: http://www.pcparch.com/

From the World Financial Center in New York to the Petronas Towers in Malaysia and the International Finance Centre in Hong Kong, Pelli Clarke & Partners has had the great fortune to design many prestigious projects.

Their portfolio includes retail and mixed-​use projects, academic buildings, libraries, museums, research centers, residences and master plans, and they have served private clients, businesses, institutions and government agencies.

Their work has received critical acclaim and hundreds of design awards, including the American Institute of Architects’ Firm Award, the highest honor for an architectural practice. In 1995, the American Institute of Architects awarded Cesar Pelli the Gold Medal, its highest honor for an individual. In 2004, the firm was given the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for the Petronas Towers.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture; Interior Design; Urban Design

Buildings

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
Name
Height
4 Petronas Twin Tower 1

451.9 m

1,483 ft

4 Petronas Twin Tower 2

451.9 m

1,483 ft

6 Two International Finance Centre

412 m

1,352 ft

7 Xiaobailou Union Plaza Tower 1

400 m

1,312 ft

8 1 Corporate Avenue

376 m

1,234 ft

11 Shanghai International Trade Center Tower 1

370 m

1,214 ft

12 City Tower 1

358 m

1,175 ft

14 Salesforce Tower

326.1 m

1,070 ft

15 Mori JP Tower

325.2 m

1,067 ft

16 The Landmark

324 m

1,063 ft

Building Completions Timeline

Videos

31 October 2017

Interview: Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

Fred Clarke, AĂŻcha Woods & Mark Shoemaker of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects are interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2017 CTBUH Australia Conference.

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Research

05 July 2023

We All Love to Get High: Optimizing Observation Deck Design

Height is aspirational, and having the best view from that height has become a driver in contemporary tall building design. Likewise, observation decks are a...

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Global News

05 July 2023

Two Structures in Tokyo Complex Are Completed

On 3 July, a completion ceremony was held to commemorate that the construction was completed for the 325.2-meter-high Mori JP Tower and the Azabudai Hills...

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Associated companies

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
Name
Height
1 Argentine Federale Building

610 m

2,001 ft

2 Miglin-Beitler Skyneedle

609.5 m

2,000 ft

3 Evergrande City Light

453.5 m

1,488 ft

4 Petronas Twin Tower 1

451.9 m

1,483 ft

4 Petronas Twin Tower 2

451.9 m

1,483 ft

6 Two International Finance Centre

412 m

1,352 ft

7 Xiaobailou Union Plaza Tower 1

400 m

1,312 ft

8 1 Corporate Avenue

376 m

1,234 ft

9 15 Penn Plaza

370.6 m

1,216 ft

10 Fairmont Kuala Lumpur Tower 1

370 m

1,214 ft

11 Shanghai International Trade Center Tower 1

370 m

1,214 ft

12 City Tower 1

358 m

1,175 ft

13 Newpark Tower 1

341.7 m

1,121 ft

14 Salesforce Tower

326.1 m

1,070 ft

15 Mori JP Tower

325.2 m

1,067 ft

16 The Landmark

324 m

1,063 ft

17 Columbus Circle Project

320 m

1,050 ft

18 Peachtree Triangle

306 m

1,004 ft

19 Union Park I

303.2 m

995 ft

20 Torre Costanera

300 m

984 ft

21 Abeno Harukas

300 m

984 ft

22 Key Tower

288.7 m

947 ft

23 Nihonbashi 1-ChĹŤme Central District Redevelopment

284 m

932 ft

24 Cheung Kong Centre

282.8 m

928 ft

25 Petronas Tower 3

267 m

876 ft

26 Torre Mitikah

265.8 m

872 ft

27 Bank of America Corporate Center

265.5 m

871 ft

28 Raffles City The Bund East Tower

263 m

863 ft

28 Raffles City the Bund West Tower

263 m

863 ft

30 Azabudai Hills Tower B-1

262.8 m

862 ft

31 Union Park II

261.7 m

859 ft

32 Shanghai IFC North Tower

259.9 m

853 ft

33 Central International Plaza East Tower

259 m

850 ft

34 Central International Plaza West Tower

259 m

850 ft

35 Canada Square Tower 1

255 m

837 ft

36 Salesforce Tower

254.6 m

835 ft

37 Shanghai IFC South Tower

249.9 m

820 ft

38 Torre de Cristal

249 m

817 ft

39 Bloomberg Tower

245.6 m

806 ft

40 Ocean Financial Centre

245 m

804 ft

41 The Centrale

244.8 m

803 ft

42 542-550 Howard Street

243.8 m

800 ft

43 30 Hudson Street

238.1 m

781 ft

44 Azabudai Hills Tower B-2

237.2 m

778 ft

45 BB&T Tower

237 m

778 ft

46 Wells Fargo Center

236.3 m

775 ft

47 One Canada Square

236 m

774 ft

48 Carnegie Hall Tower

230.7 m

757 ft

49 Three World Financial Center

225.2 m

739 ft

50 Texas Tower

224 m

735 ft

51 Taikang Headquarters Building

223.4 m

733 ft

52 FMC Tower at Cira Centre South

222.5 m

730 ft

53 777 Tower

221 m

725 ft

54 Vanke One City Office Tower

220 m

722 ft

55 China Overseas International Center

220 m

722 ft

56 Shanghai International Trade Center Tower 2

220 m

722 ft

57 1555 Poydras

219 m

719 ft

58 Unicredit Tower

217.7 m

714 ft

59 Capital Place Office Tower

215.2 m

706 ft

60 501 Congress Avenue

214.9 m

705 ft

61 The Tower at Society Center

212 m

696 ft

62 Union Park III

210.6 m

691 ft

63 No. 1 Shanghai

210.5 m

691 ft

64 Hyatt Hotel at Fain Pier

210 m

689 ft

65 One International Finance Centre

210 m

689 ft

66 181 West Madison

207.3 m

680 ft

67 South Station Tower

206.4 m

677 ft

68 Vietcombank Tower

206 m

676 ft

69 Wolf Point East

203.5 m

668 ft

70 25 Canada Square

201 m

659 ft

71 Two World Financial Center

196.6 m

645 ft

72 Residences by Armani Casa

194.7 m

639 ft

73 Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower

192.3 m

631 ft

74 Atago Green Hills Mori Tower

187 m

614 ft

75 Riverview Plaza A3

186 m

610 ft

76 Hillsborough River Tower

183 m

600 ft

77 One Congress Street Tower 2

182.9 m

600 ft

78 Aria Resort & Casino

182.9 m

600 ft

79 Harbor Garage Project Residential Tower

182.9 m

600 ft

80 1500 Louisiana Street

182.9 m

600 ft

81 Wood Wharf W02

181.5 m

595 ft

82 Torre Sevilla

180.5 m

592 ft

83 Museum Tower

179.5 m

589 ft

84 One World Financial Center

175.9 m

577 ft

85 Block 185

175.9 m

577 ft

86 Lyra

173.9 m

571 ft

87 Spear Tower

172 m

564 ft

88 Torre Iberdrola

165 m

541 ft

89 Union Park IV

163.7 m

537 ft

90 Torre Repsol YPF

160 m

525 ft

91 Torre Sofia

158 m

518 ft

92 Atago Green Hills Forest Tower

157 m

515 ft

93 1214 Fifth Avenue

156.4 m

513 ft

94 1 West End Avenue

156.3 m

513 ft

95 Riverview Plaza A2

156 m

512 ft

96 SKYZ Tower & Garden

154 m

505 ft

97 25 Bank Street

153 m

502 ft

97 40 Bank Street

153 m

502 ft

99 Four World Financial Center

152.4 m

500 ft

100 70 Trinity Place

152.1 m

499 ft

101 Torre Libertad

150 m

492 ft

102 Baoland Plaza

148.5 m

487 ft

103 6624 Fannin Tower

145.3 m

477 ft

104 Abeno Grand Tour

144.2 m

473 ft

105 Sea Hawk Hotel & Resort

143 m

469 ft

106 900 3rd Avenue

143 m

469 ft

107 100 North Main Street

140.2 m

460 ft

108 Nakanoshima Mitsui Building

140.2 m

460 ft

109 Camargo Corporate North Tower

139 m

456 ft

109 Camargo Corporate South Tower

139 m

456 ft

111 Four Leaf Towers 1

135.3 m

444 ft

111 Four Leaf Towers 2

135.3 m

444 ft

113 NHK Osaka Hall

135 m

443 ft

114 Cira Centre

133.1 m

437 ft

115 La Nube

132 m

433 ft

116 68 Trinity Place

131.9 m

433 ft

117 Evo at Cira Centre South

130 m

427 ft

118 Sede Corporativa Banco Macro

130 m

427 ft

119 Residencial del Bosque 1

128.5 m

422 ft

119 Residencial del Bosque 2

128.5 m

422 ft

121 JPMorgan Chase Building

128 m

420 ft

122 1330 Post Oak Boulevard

128 m

420 ft

123 NTT Shinjuku Head Office Building

127.1 m

417 ft

124 Citylights at Queens Landing

124.9 m

410 ft

125 475 Park Avenue South

124.4 m

408 ft

126 Frost Bank Tower

121.9 m

400 ft

127 Gioia 22

121.4 m

398 ft

128 Baosteel Shanghai Headquarters

119.5 m

392 ft

129 CHOP Roberts Center for Pediatric Research Building 1

114.3 m

375 ft

130 The Visionaire

109.7 m

360 ft

131 1360 Post Oak Tower

107 m

351 ft

131 Wells Fargo Tower

107 m

351 ft

133 South Station Air Rights Development Phase 2

106.4 m

349 ft

134 Cleveland Marriott Downtown at Key Center

103.3 m

339 ft

135 McKinney & Olive

102.1 m

335 ft

136 Clorox Building

100.6 m

330 ft

137 North Point

m

ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 23 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 6,871 other buildings of the same Office function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
138 Porta Nuova Garibaldi Tower B

100 m

328 ft

139 Brooklyn Commons - 115 Myrtle Avenue

99 m

325 ft

140 Shenzhen Kerry Hotel Jen

96.1 m

315 ft

141 Gonda Building

93 m

305 ft

142 Four Seasons Hotel Jakarta

91 m

299 ft

143 Zurichtoren

88 m

289 ft

144 Plaza Tower

86.3 m

283 ft

145 The Solaire

85.3 m

280 ft

146 South Station Air Rights Development Phase 3

85 m

279 ft

147 Osaka Museum of History

83 m

272 ft

148 The Ice Cubes

66.4 m

218 ft

149 Pacific Design Center Red Building

65.8 m

216 ft

150 One Century Tower

64.9 m

213 ft

151 Porta Nuova Garibaldi Tower C

61.5 m

202 ft

152 One Park West Tower 1

56.1 m

184 ft

153 1212 Fifth Avenue

54 m

177 ft

154 One Park West Tower 2

50.3 m

165 ft

155 PVN Tower

-

156 Trump Crystal

-

157 PVN Residential Tower

-

158 Maral 57

-

159 Patina Osaka

-

160 Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

-

Statistics

Average Building Age*

16 Years

Most Common Function*

Office (61%)

Most Common Material*

Concrete (40%)

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database

Based on 76 buildings over 150 m height with a function
 
Based on 65 buildings over 150 m height with a material
 

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