CTBUH Platinum Member

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

About

Member Since: 1977

Member Offices: Chicago, Dubai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai

Website: http://www.som.com/

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) is one of the leading architecture, interior design, engineering, and urban planning firms in the world. Since its founding more than 80 years ago, SOM has earned a reputation for design excellence with a portfolio that includes some of the most important architectural accomplishments of the 20th and 21st centuries, and has been a leader in the research and development of specialized technologies, new processes and innovative ideas, many of which have had a palpable and lasting impact on the design profession and the physical environment.

The firm’s longstanding leadership in design and building technology has been honored with nearly 2,000 awards for quality, innovation, and management. The American Institute of Architects has recognized SOM twice with its highest honor, the Architecture Firm Award—in 1962 and again in 1996.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture; Civil Engineering; Environmental Engineering; Interior Design; Landscape Architecture; Marketing / Sales; Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing; Structural Engineering; Transportation / Urban Infrastructure; 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
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

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Height
1 Burj Khalifa
828 m / 2,717  ft
2 Burj Jumeira
550 m / 1,804  ft
3 One World Trade Center
541.3 m / 1,776  ft
4 Tianjin CTF Finance Centre
530 m / 1,739  ft
5 175 Park Avenue
480.1 m / 1,575  ft
6 China Overseas Suzhou Supertall Project
460 m / 1,509  ft
7 Suzhou Center North Tower
460 m / 1,509  ft
8 Guizhou Culture Plaza Tower
450 m / 1,476  ft
9 Zifeng Tower
450 m / 1,476  ft
10 Willis Tower
442.1 m / 1,451  ft

Awards

800 Fulton Market

Award of Excellence: 800 Fulton Market

Best Tall Building, by Height, Under 100 meters 2023

Ctbuh Leaders

Luke Leung

Luke Leung

CTBUH Expert Peer Review Committee, 2014 – Present

Chicago

Aaron Mazeika

Aaron Mazeika

CTBUH Skybridges Research Project Steering Committee, 2019 – Present

Chicago

Scott Duncan

Scott Duncan

CTBUH Board of Trustees, 2020 – Present

Chicago

Building Completions Timeline

Videos

23 May 2022

Two Public Buildings, California: Using Steel & Timber To Achieve Weight Savings

The lightweight benefits of steel timber-hybrids are explored in this presentation through two projects; Billie Jean King Library, Long Beach, reuses existing foundations on-site to...

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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

26 September 2023

New Antenna Installed Atop Willis Tower

ABC7 Chicago successfully installed a brand new antenna on the Willis Tower on a Sunday morning. The process was captured by Chopper 7. A helicopter...

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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 Houston Pinnacle

1,611 m

5,285 ft
2 Burj Khalifa

828 m

2,717 ft
3 Chow Tai Fook Centre

808 m

2,651 ft
4 Chicago World Trade Center

701 m

2,300 ft
5 Chicago World Trade Center

665 m

2,182 ft
6 Tower of Russia

648 m

2,126 ft
7 Seoul Light DMC Tower

640.4 m

2,101 ft
8 Grand Rama 9 Tower

615 m

2,018 ft
9 Diamond Mansion

600 m

1,969 ft
10 Greenland Jinmao International Financial Center

600 m

1,969 ft
11 Kowloon MTR Tower

574 m

1,883 ft
12 Burj Jumeira

550 m

1,804 ft
13 One World Trade Center

541.3 m

1,776 ft
14 Wolf Point

532 m

1,745 ft
15 Tianjin CTF Finance Centre

530 m

1,739 ft
16 Pertamina Tower

523 m

1,716 ft
17 Busan Lotte Town Tower

510.1 m

1,674 ft
18 Songdo Daewoo Town

510 m

1,673 ft
19 Greenland Jinmao International Financial Center

499.8 m

1,640 ft
20 China International Silk Road Center

498 m

1,634 ft
21 175 Park Avenue

480.1 m

1,575 ft
22 7 South Dearborn

477.6 m

1,567 ft
23 Columbus Circle Project

468 m

1,535 ft
24 China Overseas Suzhou Supertall Project

460 m

1,509 ft
25 Suzhou Center North Tower

460 m

1,509 ft
26 Kuningan Persada Tower

451 m

1,480 ft
27 Samsung Tower

450 m

1,476 ft
28 Guizhou Culture Plaza Tower

450 m

1,476 ft
29 Zifeng Tower

450 m

1,476 ft
30 Willis Tower

442.1 m

1,451 ft
31 One Bangkok O4H4

436.1 m

1,431 ft
32 Greenland Shandong International Financial Center

428 m

1,404 ft
33 Trump International Hotel & Tower

423.2 m

1,389 ft
34 Jin Mao Tower

420.5 m

1,380 ft
35 International Finance Square

420 m

1,378 ft
36 Transbay Transit Center and Tower

419 m

1,375 ft
37 Al Hamra Tower

412.6 m

1,354 ft
38 LCT The Sharp Landmark Tower

411.6 m

1,350 ft
39 Ningbo Central Plaza Tower 1

409 m

1,342 ft
40 Bank of Southwest Tower

404 m

1,325 ft
41 103 Tower

400 m

1,312 ft
42 Lulu Island Tower

400 m

1,312 ft
43 COFCO Landmark Tower

390 m

1,280 ft
44 Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 1

388.1 m

1,273 ft
45 Guohua Financial Center Tower 1

388 m

1,273 ft
46 Saigon Centre 2

386 m

1,266 ft
47 Plaza Rakyat Office Tower

382 m

1,253 ft
48 Guiyang World Trade Center Landmark Tower

380 m

1,247 ft
49 Platinum Tower

380 m

1,247 ft
50 Guangdong Business Center

375.5 m

1,232 ft
51 Lucheng Square

369 m

1,211 ft
52 Transit Terminal Tower

365.8 m

1,200 ft
53 Al Sharq Tower

365 m

1,198 ft
54 Post and Telecommunications Building

363.6 m

1,193 ft
55 Greenland Group Suzhou Center

358 m

1,175 ft
56 Naga 3 Tower A

358 m

1,175 ft
57 OKO - Residential Tower

354.2 m

1,162 ft
58 Guohong Center

350 m

1,148 ft
59 Dearborn Center

346 m

1,135 ft
60 875 North Michigan Avenue

343.7 m

1,128 ft
61 Diagonal Tower

343.4 m

1,127 ft
62 Nanjing Jinling Hotel Phase II

341 m

1,119 ft
63 LCT The Sharp Residential Tower A

339.1 m

1,113 ft
64 Tianjin Modern City Office Tower

338 m

1,109 ft
65 Tianjin World Financial Center

336.9 m

1,105 ft
66 400 North Lake Shore Drive South Tower

335.3 m

1,100 ft
67 LCT The Sharp Residential Tower B

333.1 m

1,093 ft
68 Shenzhen Foreign Trade Center

333 m

1,093 ft
69 China World Tower

330 m

1,083 ft
70 Qingdao Landmark Tower

327.3 m

1,074 ft
71 Nanchang IFC

327 m

1,073 ft
72 Crown Las Vegas

324 m

1,063 ft
73 250 Water Street

320.7 m

1,052 ft
74 Lopez Centre

320 m

1,050 ft
74 Sinar Mas Center 1

320 m

1,050 ft
76 Jiuzhou Bay Tower

318.5 m

1,045 ft
77 Zhongtian Future Ark City Window Office Tower

314 m

1,030 ft
78 Madison Square Garden Project Tower 1

312 m

1,024 ft
79 CITIC Financial Center Tower 1

312 m

1,024 ft
80 Poly Pazhou C2

311 m

1,020 ft
81 New Port Tower

310 m

1,017 ft
82 AVIC Plaza

310 m

1,017 ft
83 Greenland Center 1

310 m

1,017 ft
83 Greenland Center 2

310 m

1,017 ft
85 Pearl River Tower

309.6 m

1,016 ft
86 Chengdu Poly International Plaza

309 m

1,014 ft
87 The Franklin - North Tower

306.9 m

1,007 ft
88 Cayan Tower

306.4 m

1,005 ft
89 35 Hudson Yards

304.8 m

1,000 ft
90 One Manhattan West

303.6 m

996 ft
91 Greenland Puli Center

303 m

994 ft
92 Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel A

303 m

994 ft
92 Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel B

303 m

994 ft
94 1000 Louisiana

302.4 m

992 ft
95 Wangjing City

300 m

984 ft
96 Madison Square Garden Project Tower 2

300 m

984 ft
97 8 Shenton Way Redevelopment

299.7 m

983 ft
98 Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 2

299.3 m

982 ft
99 China World Trade Center Phase 3B

295.6 m

970 ft
100 Block 319 Tower

294 m

965 ft
101 Union Station Tower

292 m

958 ft
102 625 Fulton Street

287 m

942 ft
103 Two Manhattan West

285 m

935 ft
104 One Bangkok Phase 3 Tower 2

284.7 m

934 ft
105 Guoco Tower

283.7 m

931 ft
106 Zhengdong Hotel

280 m

919 ft
107 Zhengzhou Greenland Plaza

280 m

919 ft
108 Hangzhou Wangchao Center

280 m

919 ft
109 One Bangkok Phase 2 Residential Tower

277.7 m

911 ft
110 One City Centre

275.8 m

905 ft
111 One Bangkok Phase 1 Office Tower 1

274.2 m

900 ft
112 NYSE Tower

274 m

899 ft
113 Renaissance Tower

270.1 m

886 ft
114 Magic Tower

270 m

886 ft
115 Four Seasons Hotel

269.7 m

885 ft
116 Guohua Financial Center Tower 2

269 m

883 ft
117 Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Zifeng Tower

268 m

879 ft
118 First Canadian Centre Phase 2

265 m

869 ft
119 The Address Residence Sky View Tower 1

264.2 m

867 ft
120 Tower Palace Three, Tower G

263.7 m

865 ft
121 One Bangkok Phase 2 Office Tower

263.5 m

865 ft
122 4 Houston Center

262 m

860 ft
123 Hytera Headquarters

261.7 m

858 ft
124 Brookfield Place

260.9 m

856 ft
125 Three California Plaza

260 m

853 ft
126 Beijing Greenland Center

260 m

853 ft
127 462 East North Water Street

259.3 m

851 ft
128 400 North Lake Shore Drive North Tower

259.1 m

850 ft
129 Olympia Tower 1

259 m

850 ft
130 Philippine Bank of Communications

258.6 m

848 ft
131 Corporate Avenue 2

255.8 m

839 ft
132 Shenzhen AVIC Plaza

254 m

833 ft
133 1930 Broadway

252 m

827 ft
134 One Bangkok Phase 3 Residential Tower

251.2 m

824 ft
135 Corporate Avenue 10

250 m

820 ft
136 Midtown Tower

247.9 m

813 ft
137 28 Liberty

247.8 m

813 ft
138 100 Leadenhall Street

247 m

810 ft
139 Rolex Tower

246.8 m

810 ft
140 Ningbo Bank of China Headquarters

246.2 m

808 ft
141 Karlatornet

245 m

804 ft
142 180 Allyn Street

244 m

801 ft
143 International Commercial Trade Center

242 m

794 ft
144 New World Center

238 m

781 ft
145 555 California Street

237.4 m

779 ft
146 1 Worldwide Plaza

237.1 m

778 ft
147 The Address Residence Sky View Tower 2

235.6 m

773 ft
148 WKL Hotel and Tropicana The Residences

235 m

771 ft
149 Torre BBVA

234.9 m

771 ft
150 Three First National Plaza

233.7 m

767 ft
151 400 North Lake Shore Drive

233.2 m

765 ft
152 Republic Bank Tower

233 m

764 ft
153 Southeast Financial Center

232.8 m

764 ft
154 Kingtown International Center

231.2 m

759 ft
155 Enterprise Plaza

230.4 m

756 ft
156 383 Madison Avenue

230.3 m

755 ft
157 Zhenru Zhonghai Center Tower 1

230 m

755 ft
158 Philippine Stock Exchange

229.5 m

753 ft
159 Time Warner Center North Tower

228.3 m

749 ft
159 Time Warner Center South Tower

228.3 m

749 ft
161 Gas Company Tower

228.3 m

749 ft
162 Kingold Century

228 m

748 ft
163 Tianjin Kerry Center

228 m

748 ft
164 7 World Trade Center

226.5 m

743 ft
165 One Liberty Plaza

226.5 m

743 ft
166 Wells Fargo North Tower

225.6 m

740 ft
167 Dallas Arts Tower

225 m

738 ft
168 OKO - Office Tower

224.5 m

736 ft
169 1540 Broadway

223.3 m

733 ft
170 Olympia Centre

222.9 m

731 ft
171 3 Manhattan West

222.5 m

730 ft
172 Times Square Tower

221.3 m

726 ft
173 Istanbul Tower 205

220 m

722 ft
174 685 1st Avenue

219 m

719 ft
175 Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank Financial Building

218 m

715 ft
176 252 East 57th Street

217.9 m

715 ft
177 Republic Plaza

217.6 m

714 ft
178 One Shell Plaza

217.6 m

714 ft
179 One Bangkok Phase 2 Tower 3

216.4 m

710 ft
180 JPMorgan Chase Tower

215.5 m

707 ft
181 Tianjin Kerry Center R1

215 m

705 ft
181 Tianjin Kerry Center R2

215 m

705 ft
181 Tianjin Kerry Center R3

215 m

705 ft
184 Four Seasons Tower

214.2 m

703 ft
185 Georgia Pacific Tower

212.5 m

697 ft
185 Hancock Whitney Center

212.5 m

697 ft
187 345 California Center

211.8 m

695 ft
188 Poly Cultural Plaza

211.8 m

695 ft
189 China Merchants Tower

211 m

692 ft
190 700 1st Avenue Tower 3

210 m

689 ft
191 Maincourt Tower

210 m

689 ft
192 Solow Building

210 m

689 ft
193 Petron Megaplaza

210 m

689 ft
194 Marine Midland Building

209.7 m

688 ft
195 2001 Ross Avenue

209.1 m

686 ft
196 Random House Tower

208.5 m

684 ft
197 Shangri-La Hotel

208 m

682 ft
198 Crowne Plaza Hotel

208 m

682 ft
199 Bay-Wellington Tower

207 m

679 ft
200 Ningbo Guohua Financial Tower

206.5 m

677 ft
201 AT&T Building

206.4 m

677 ft
202 One Magnificent Mile

205.1 m

673 ft
203 One Court Square

205.1 m

673 ft
204 Al Rajhi Bank Tower

205 m

673 ft
205 10 West 57th Street

204.8 m

672 ft
206 Palace Hotel Residential Tower

204 m

669 ft
207 Sichuan Airlines Center

204 m

669 ft
208 33 South 6th Street

203.6 m

668 ft
209 708 1st Avenue

203 m

666 ft
210 Carlton Centre

201.2 m

660 ft
211 Zhenru Zhonghai Center Tower 2

200.2 m

657 ft
212 Longgang Tianan Cyberpark Phase 4

200 m

656 ft
212 Philamlife Tower

200 m

656 ft
214 DPC Tower

200 m

656 ft
215 Jumeirah Hangzhou Hotel

200 m

656 ft
216 Otemachi One Tower

200 m

656 ft
217 CITIC Financial Center Tower 2

200 m

656 ft
217 Corporate Avenue 9

200 m

656 ft
219 Hangzhou GT Land Jumeirah

199.9 m

656 ft
220 RAYZONE

199.9 m

656 ft
221 Beijing Lize Ping An Finance Centre

199.9 m

656 ft
222 Guizhou Culture Plaza Plot A3

199.6 m

655 ft
222 Guizhou Culture Plaza Plot A4

199.6 m

655 ft
224 1 Park Place

199.1 m

653 ft
225 Olympia Tower 2

199 m

653 ft
226 Intercontinental Guangzhou Exhibition Center

197.5 m

648 ft
227 Wuhan Design Heart

195.3 m

641 ft
228 Qingdao Landmark Center - Tower B

195 m

640 ft
229 Ayala Triangle Gardens North

194.6 m

638 ft
230 Pudong Financial Plaza Office Tower 1

193.5 m

635 ft
231 Grace Plaza