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, Washington D.C.

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

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 Greenland Jinmao International Financial Center
499.8 m / 1,640  ft
6 China International Silk Road Center
498 m / 1,634  ft
7 175 Park Avenue
480.1 m / 1,575  ft
8 Guohua Financial Center Tower 1
465 m / 1,526  ft
9 China Overseas Suzhou Supertall Project
460 m / 1,509  ft
10 Suzhou Center North Tower
460 m / 1,509  ft

Awards

800 Fulton Market

Award of Excellence: 800 Fulton Market

Best Tall Building 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

22 August 2022

The World’s Highest Pools: A Deep Dive

Tall building design has diversified and adapted to accommodate increased demand for distinctive amenities at a range of heights. Swimming pools are a classic feature...

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Global News

16 March 2023

Shelter-in-Place Order Lifted after Storm Causes Glass Panes to Fall from San Francisco Skyscraper

An order to shelter in place and evacuate the area surrounding a skyscraper in San Franciso has been lifted. The order was initially put in...

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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 Guohua Financial Center Tower 1

465 m

1,526 ft

25 China Overseas Suzhou Supertall Project

460 m

1,509 ft

26 Suzhou Center North Tower

460 m

1,509 ft

27 Kuningan Persada Tower

451 m

1,480 ft

28 Samsung Tower

450 m

1,476 ft

29 Guizhou Culture Plaza Tower

450 m

1,476 ft

30 Zifeng Tower

450 m

1,476 ft

31 Willis Tower

442.1 m

1,451 ft

32 One Bangkok O4H4

436.1 m

1,431 ft

33 Greenland Shandong International Financial Center

428 m

1,404 ft

34 Trump International Hotel & Tower

423.2 m

1,389 ft

35 Jin Mao Tower

420.5 m

1,380 ft

36 International Finance Square

420 m

1,378 ft

37 Transbay Transit Center and Tower

419 m

1,375 ft

38 Al Hamra Tower

412.6 m

1,354 ft

39 LCT The Sharp Landmark Tower

411.6 m

1,350 ft

40 Ningbo Central Plaza Tower 1

409 m

1,342 ft

41 Bank of Southwest Tower

404 m

1,325 ft

42 103 Tower

400 m

1,312 ft

43 Lulu Island Tower

400 m

1,312 ft

44 COFCO Landmark Tower

390 m

1,280 ft

45 Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 1

388.1 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 Tianjin Kerry Center

333 m

1,093 ft

69 Shenzhen Foreign Trade Center

333 m

1,093 ft

70 China World Tower

330 m

1,083 ft

71 Qingdao Landmark Tower

327.3 m

1,074 ft

72 Nanchang IFC

327 m

1,073 ft

73 Crown Las Vegas

324 m

1,063 ft

74 250 Water Street

320.7 m

1,052 ft

75 Lopez Centre

320 m

1,050 ft

75 Sinar Mas Center 1

320 m

1,050 ft

77 Jiuzhou Bay Tower

318.5 m

1,045 ft

78 Zhongtian Future Ark City Window Office Tower

314 m

1,030 ft

79 Madison Square Garden Project Tower 1

312 m

1,024 ft

80 CITIC Financial Center Tower 1

312 m

1,024 ft

81 Poly Pazhou C2

311 m

1,020 ft

82 New Port Tower

310 m

1,017 ft

83 AVIC Plaza

310 m

1,017 ft

84 Greenland Center 1

310 m

1,017 ft

84 Greenland Center 2

310 m

1,017 ft

86 Pearl River Tower

309.6 m

1,016 ft

87 Chengdu Poly International Plaza

309 m

1,014 ft

88 The Franklin - North Tower

306.9 m

1,007 ft

89 Cayan Tower

306.4 m

1,005 ft

90 35 Hudson Yards

304.8 m

1,000 ft

91 One Manhattan West

303.6 m

996 ft

92 Greenland Puli Center

303 m

994 ft

93 Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel A

303 m

994 ft

93 Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel B

303 m

994 ft

95 1000 Louisiana

302.4 m

992 ft

96 Wangjing City

300 m

984 ft

97 Madison Square Garden Project Tower 2

300 m

984 ft

98 8 Shenton Way Redevelopment

299.7 m

983 ft

99 Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 2

299.3 m

982 ft

100 China World Trade Center Phase 3B

295.6 m

970 ft

101 Block 319 Tower

294 m

965 ft

102 Union Station Tower

292 m

958 ft

103 625 Fulton Street

287 m

942 ft

104 Two Manhattan West

285 m

935 ft

105 One Bangkok Phase 3 Tower 2

284.7 m

934 ft

106 Guoco Tower

283.7 m

931 ft

107 Zhengdong Hotel

280 m

919 ft

108 Zhengzhou Greenland Plaza

280 m

919 ft

109 Hangzhou Wangchao Center

280 m

919 ft

110 Guohua Financial Center Tower 2

279 m

915 ft

111 One Bangkok Phase 2 Residential Tower

277.7 m

911 ft

112 One City Centre

275.8 m

905 ft

113 One Bangkok Phase 1 Office Tower 1

274.2 m

900 ft

114 NYSE Tower

274 m

899 ft

115 Renaissance Tower

270.1 m

886 ft

116 Magic Tower

270 m

886 ft

117 Four Seasons Hotel

269.7 m

885 ft

118 Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Zifeng Tower

268 m

879 ft

119 400 North Lake Shore Drive North Tower

266.7 m

875 ft

120 First Canadian Centre Phase 2

265 m

869 ft

121 The Address Residence Sky View Tower 1

264.2 m

867 ft

122 Tower Palace Three, Tower G

263.7 m

865 ft

123 One Bangkok Phase 2 Office Tower

263.5 m

865 ft

124 4 Houston Center

262 m

860 ft

125 Hytera Headquarters

261.7 m

858 ft

126 Brookfield Place

260.9 m

856 ft

127 Three California Plaza

260 m

853 ft

128 Beijing Greenland Center

260 m

853 ft

129 400 North Lake Shore Drive North Tower

259.1 m

850 ft

130 Olympia Tower 1

259 m

850 ft

131 Philippine Bank of Communications

258.6 m

848 ft

132 Corporate Avenue 2

255.8 m

839 ft

133 Shenzhen AVIC Plaza

254 m

833 ft

134 1930 Broadway

252 m

827 ft

135 One Bangkok Phase 3 Residential Tower

251.2 m

824 ft

136 Corporate Avenue 10

250 m

820 ft

137 Midtown Tower

247.9 m

813 ft

138 28 Liberty

247.8 m

813 ft

139 100 Leadenhall Street

247 m

810 ft

140 Rolex Tower

246.8 m

810 ft

141 Ningbo Bank of China Headquarters

246.2 m

808 ft

142 Karlatornet

245 m

804 ft

143 180 Allyn Street

244 m

801 ft

144 International Commercial Trade Center

242 m

794 ft

145 New World Center

238 m

781 ft

146 555 California Street

237.4 m

779 ft

147 1 Worldwide Plaza

237.1 m

778 ft

148 The Address Residence Sky View Tower 2

235.6 m

773 ft

149 WKL Hotel and Tropicana The Residences

235 m

771 ft

150 Torre BBVA

234.9 m

771 ft

151 Three First National Plaza

233.7 m

767 ft

152 400 North Lake Shore Drive South Tower

233.2 m

765 ft

153 Republic Bank Tower

233 m

764 ft

154 Southeast Financial Center

232.8 m

764 ft

155 Kingtown International Center

231.2 m

759 ft

156 Enterprise Plaza

230.4 m

756 ft

157 383 Madison Avenue

230.3 m

755 ft

158 Zhenru Zhonghai Center Tower 1

230 m

755 ft

159 Philippine Stock Exchange

229.5 m

753 ft

160 Time Warner Center North Tower

228.3 m

749 ft

160 Time Warner Center South Tower

228.3 m

749 ft

162 Gas Company Tower

228.3 m

749 ft

163 Kingold Century

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 JPMorgan Chase 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 Trammel Crow Center

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

192 m

630 ft

232 700 1st Avenue Tower 2

192 m

630 ft