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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

Membership details

Membership Level

Platinum

Member Since

1977

Member Offices

Chicago
Dubai
Guangzhou
Hong Kong
London
Los Angeles
New York City
San Francisco
Seattle
Shanghai
Washington D.C.

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
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	Guizhou Culture Plaza Tower	521 m / 1,709 ft
6	175 Park Avenue	501.7 m / 1,646 ft
7	Greenland Jinmao International Financial Center	499.8 m / 1,640 ft
8	Greenland Centre	498 m / 1,634 ft
9	Guohua Financial Center Tower 1	465 m / 1,526 ft
10	Zifeng Tower	450 m / 1,476 ft

Awards

Award of Excellence: One Manhattan West

Best Tall Building 300-399 meters 2021

Ctbuh Leaders

Luke Leung

CTBUH Expert Peer Review Committee, 2014 – Present

Chicago

Zhexiong Chai

CTBUH Chapter Board Member, 2018 – Present

Chicago

Bin Pan

CTBUH Future Leaders Committee, Shanghai, 2018 – Present

Shanghai

Building Completions Timeline

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Videos

06 November 2020

10° Convegno Internazionale Tall Buildings

CTBUH coordinates with Università Iuav di Venezia and Politecnico di Milano for the 10° Convegno Internazionale Tall Buildings (10th International Tall Buildings Conference). With the...

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Research

20 October 2018

Polycentric Cities: The Future of Vertical Urbanism

As we approach the new normality of cities housing 10 million or more inhabitants, those best positioned for the future are evolving along polycentric, multi-nodal...

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Global News

04 October 2021

Manchester Project Changes Strategy

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has submitted revised plans which take the boutique hotel out of the St. Michael’s tower scheme in Manchester, to be...

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Rank	Name	City	Completion	Height
1	Houston Pinnacle	Houston	-	1611 m / 5,285 ft
2	Burj Khalifa	Dubai	2010	828 m / 2,717 ft
3	Chow Tai Fook Centre	Wuhan	-	808 m / 2,651 ft
4	Chicago World Trade Center	Chicago	-	701 m / 2,300 ft
5	Chicago World Trade Center	Chicago	-	665 m / 2,182 ft
6	Tower of Russia	Moscow	-	648 m / 2,126 ft
7	Seoul Light DMC Tower	Seoul	-	640 m / 2,101 ft
8	Grand Rama 9 Tower	Bangkok	-	615 m / 2,018 ft
9	Diamond Mansion	Guangzhou	-	600 m / 1,969 ft
10	Greenland Jinmao International Financial Center	Nanjing	-	600 m / 1,969 ft
11	Kowloon MTR Tower	Hong Kong	-	574 m / 1,883 ft
12	Burj Jumeira	Dubai	-	550 m / 1,804 ft
13	One World Trade Center	New York City	2014	541 m / 1,776 ft
14	Wolf Point	Chicago	-	532 m / 1,745 ft
15	Tianjin CTF Finance Centre	Tianjin	2019	530 m / 1,739 ft
16	Pertamina Tower	Jakarta	-	523 m / 1,716 ft
17	Guizhou Culture Plaza Tower	Guiyang	-	521 m / 1,709 ft
18	Busan Lotte Town Tower	Busan	-	510 m / 1,674 ft
19	Songdo Daewoo Town	Incheon	-	510 m / 1,673 ft
20	175 Park Avenue	New York City	2030	502 m / 1,646 ft
21	Greenland Jinmao International Financial Center	Nanjing	2025	500 m / 1,640 ft
22	Greenland Centre	Xi’an	2024	498 m / 1,634 ft
23	7 South Dearborn	Chicago	-	478 m / 1,567 ft
24	Columbus Circle Project	New York City	-	468 m / 1,535 ft
25	Guohua Financial Center Tower 1	Wuhan	-	465 m / 1,526 ft
26	Kuningan Persada Tower	Jakarta	-	451 m / 1,480 ft
27	Samsung Tower	Seoul	-	450 m / 1,476 ft
28	Zifeng Tower	Nanjing	2010	450 m / 1,476 ft
29	Willis Tower	Chicago	1974	442 m / 1,451 ft
30	One Bangkok O4H4	Bangkok	2025	436 m / 1,431 ft
31	Greenland Shandong International Financial Center	Jinan	2022	428 m / 1,404 ft
32	Trump International Hotel & Tower	Chicago	2009	423 m / 1,389 ft
33	Jin Mao Tower	Shanghai	1999	421 m / 1,380 ft
34	International Finance Square	Guangzhou	-	420 m / 1,378 ft
35	Transbay Transit Center and Tower	San Francisco	-	419 m / 1,375 ft
36	Al Hamra Tower	Kuwait City	2011	413 m / 1,354 ft
37	LCT The Sharp Landmark Tower	Busan	2019	412 m / 1,350 ft
38	Ningbo Central Plaza Tower 1	Ningbo	2024	409 m / 1,342 ft
39	Bank of Southwest Tower	Houston	-	404 m / 1,325 ft
40	103 Tower	Fuzhou	-	400 m / 1,312 ft
41	Lulu Island Tower	Abu Dhabi	-	400 m / 1,312 ft
42	COFCO Landmark Tower	Tianjin	-	390 m / 1,280 ft
43	Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 1	Shenzhen	2020	388 m / 1,273 ft
44	Saigon Centre 2	Ho Chi Minh City	-	386 m / 1,266 ft
45	Plaza Rakyat Office Tower	Kuala Lumpur	-	382 m / 1,253 ft
46	Guiyang World Trade Center Landmark Tower	Guiyang	-	380 m / 1,247 ft
47	Platinum Tower	Kuala Lumpur	-	380 m / 1,247 ft
48	Al Sharq Tower	Dubai	-	365 m / 1,198 ft
49	Post and Telecommunications Building	Xiamen	-	364 m / 1,193 ft
50	Greenland Group Suzhou Center	Suzhou	2022	358 m / 1,175 ft
51	OKO - Residential Tower	Moscow	2015	354 m / 1,162 ft
52	Guohong Center	Wenzhou	2025	350 m / 1,148 ft
53	Dearborn Center	Chicago	-	346 m / 1,135 ft
54	875 North Michigan Avenue	Chicago	1969	344 m / 1,128 ft
55	Diagonal Tower	Seoul	-	343 m / 1,127 ft
56	Nanjing Jinling Hotel Phase II	Nanjing	-	341 m / 1,119 ft
57	LCT The Sharp Residential Tower A	Busan	2019	339 m / 1,113 ft
58	Tianjin Modern City Office Tower	Tianjin	2016	338 m / 1,109 ft
59	Tianjin World Financial Center	Tianjin	2011	337 m / 1,105 ft
60	400 North Lake Shore Drive South Tower	Chicago	-	335 m / 1,100 ft
61	LCT The Sharp Residential Tower B	Busan	2019	333 m / 1,093 ft
62	Tianjin Kerry Center	Tianjin	-	333 m / 1,093 ft
63	Shenzhen Foreign Trade Center	Shenzhen	-	333 m / 1,093 ft
64	China World Tower	Beijing	2010	330 m / 1,083 ft
65	Qingdao Landmark Tower	Qingdao	2022	327 m / 1,074 ft
66	Nanchang IFC	Nanchang	-	327 m / 1,073 ft
67	Crown Las Vegas	Las Vegas	-	324 m / 1,063 ft
68	250 Water Street	New York City	-	321 m / 1,052 ft
69	Lopez Centre	Manila	-	320 m / 1,050 ft
69	Sinar Mas Center 1	Shanghai	2017	320 m / 1,050 ft
71	Jiuzhou Bay Tower	Zhuhai	2024	319 m / 1,045 ft
72	Zhongtian Future Ark City Window Office Tower	Guiyang	2022	314 m / 1,030 ft
73	Madison Square Garden Project Tower 1	New York City	-	312 m / 1,024 ft
74	CITIC Financial Center Tower 1	Shenzhen	2024	312 m / 1,024 ft
75	Poly Pazhou C2	Guangzhou	2017	311 m / 1,020 ft
76	New Port Tower	Jersey City	-	310 m / 1,017 ft
77	AVIC Plaza	Shenzhen	-	310 m / 1,017 ft
78	Greenland Center 1	Hangzhou	2022	310 m / 1,017 ft
78	Greenland Center 2	Hangzhou	2022	310 m / 1,017 ft
80	Pearl River Tower	Guangzhou	2013	309 m / 1,015 ft
81	Chengdu Poly International Plaza	Chengdu	-	309 m / 1,014 ft
82	The Franklin - North Tower	Chicago	1989	307 m / 1,007 ft
83	Cayan Tower	Dubai	2013	306 m / 1,005 ft
84	35 Hudson Yards	New York City	2019	305 m / 1,000 ft
85	One Manhattan West	New York City	2019	304 m / 996 ft
86	Greenland Puli Center	Jinan	2014	303 m / 994 ft
87	Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel A	Nanchang	2015	303 m / 994 ft
87	Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel B	Nanchang	2015	303 m / 994 ft
89	Wells Fargo Plaza	Houston	1983	302 m / 992 ft
90	Wangjing City	Beijing	-	300 m / 984 ft
91	Madison Square Garden Project Tower 2	New York City	-	300 m / 984 ft
92	Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 2	Shenzhen	2017	299 m / 982 ft
93	China World Trade Center Phase 3B	Beijing	2017	296 m / 970 ft
94	Block 319 Tower	Houston	-	294 m / 965 ft
95	Union Station Tower	Chicago	-	292 m / 958 ft
96	625 Fulton Street	New York City	2023	287 m / 942 ft
97	Two Manhattan West	New York City	2022	285 m / 935 ft
98	One Bangkok Phase 3 Tower 2	Bangkok	2024	285 m / 934 ft
99	Guoco Tower	Singapore	2016	284 m / 931 ft
100	Zhengdong Hotel	Zhengzhou	-	280 m / 919 ft
101	Zhengzhou Greenland Plaza	Zhengzhou	2014	280 m / 919 ft
102	Hangzhou Wangchao Center	Hangzhou	2023	280 m / 919 ft
103	Guohua Financial Center Tower 2	Wuhan	-	279 m / 915 ft
104	One Bangkok Phase 2 Residential Tower	Bangkok	2023	278 m / 911 ft
105	One Bangkok Phase 1 Office Tower 1	Bangkok	2023	274 m / 900 ft
106	NYSE Tower	New York City	-	274 m / 899 ft
107	Renaissance Tower	Dallas	1986	270 m / 886 ft
108	Magic Tower	Yekaterinburg	-	270 m / 886 ft
109	Four Seasons Hotel	Manama	2015	270 m / 885 ft
110	Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Zifeng Tower	Nanchang	2015	268 m / 879 ft
111	400 North Lake Shore Drive North Tower	Chicago	-	267 m / 875 ft
112	First Canadian Centre Phase 2	Calgary	-	265 m / 869 ft
113	The Address Residence Sky View Tower 1	Dubai	2019	264 m / 867 ft
114	Tower Palace Three, Tower G	Seoul	2004	264 m / 865 ft
115	One Bangkok Phase 2 Office Tower	Bangkok	2023	264 m / 865 ft
116	4 Houston Center	Houston	-	262 m / 860 ft
117	Brookfield Place	Toronto	1990	261 m / 856 ft
118	Three California Plaza	Los Angeles	-	260 m / 853 ft
119	Beijing Greenland Center	Beijing	2016	260 m / 853 ft
120	400 North Lake Shore Drive North Tower	Chicago	-	259 m / 850 ft
121	Philippine Bank of Communications	Makati	2000	259 m / 848 ft
122	Corporate Avenue 2	Chongqing	2014	256 m / 839 ft
123	Shenzhen AVIC Plaza	Shenzhen	2012	254 m / 833 ft
124	1930 Broadway	Oakland	-	252 m / 827 ft
125	One Bangkok Phase 3 Residential Tower	Bangkok	2024	251 m / 824 ft
126	Corporate Avenue 10	Chongqing	-	250 m / 820 ft
127	Midtown Tower	Tokyo	2007	248 m / 813 ft
128	28 Liberty	New York City	1961	248 m / 813 ft
129	100 Leadenhall Street	London	-	247 m / 810 ft
130	Rolex Tower	Dubai	2010	247 m / 810 ft
131	Ningbo Bank of China Headquarters	Ningbo	2016	246 m / 808 ft
132	Karlatornet	Göteborg	2022	245 m / 804 ft
133	180 Allyn Street	Hartford	-	244 m / 801 ft
134	International Commercial Trade Center	Changchun	-	242 m / 794 ft
135	New World Center	Shenzhen	2006	238 m / 781 ft
136	555 California Street	San Francisco	1969	237 m / 779 ft
137	1 Worldwide Plaza	New York City	1989	237 m / 778 ft
138	The Address Residence Sky View Tower 2	Dubai	2019	236 m / 773 ft
139	WKL Hotel and Tropicana The Residences	Kuala Lumpur	2018	235 m / 771 ft
140	Torre BBVA	Mexico City	2015	235 m / 771 ft
141	Three First National Plaza	Chicago	1981	234 m / 767 ft
142	400 North Lake Shore Drive South Tower	Chicago	-	233 m / 765 ft
143	Republic Bank Tower	Dallas	-	233 m / 764 ft
144	Southeast Financial Center	Miami	1983	233 m / 764 ft
145	Kingtown International Center	Nanjing	2014	231 m / 759 ft
146	Enterprise Plaza	Houston	1980	230 m / 756 ft
147	383 Madison Avenue	New York City	2001	230 m / 755 ft
148	Zhenru Zhonghai Center Tower 1	Shanghai	-	230 m / 755 ft
149	Philippine Stock Exchange	Taguig City	-	230 m / 753 ft
150	Time Warner Center North Tower	New York City	2004	228 m / 749 ft
150	Time Warner Center South Tower	New York City	2004	228 m / 749 ft
152	Gas Company Tower	Los Angeles	1991	228 m / 749 ft
153	Kingold Century	Guangzhou	2016	228 m / 748 ft
154	7 World Trade Center	New York City	2006	227 m / 743 ft
155	One Liberty Plaza	New York City	1972	227 m / 743 ft
156	Wells Fargo North Tower	Los Angeles	1983	226 m / 740 ft
157	JPMorgan Chase Tower	Dallas	1987	225 m / 738 ft
158	OKO - Office Tower	Moscow	2015	225 m / 736 ft
159	1540 Broadway	New York City	1990	223 m / 733 ft
160	Olympia Centre	Chicago	1986	223 m / 731 ft
161	3 Manhattan West	New York City	2017	223 m / 730 ft
162	Times Square Tower	New York City	2004	221 m / 726 ft
163	Istanbul Tower 205	Istanbul	2019	220 m / 722 ft
164	685 1st Avenue	New York City	-	219 m / 719 ft
165	Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank Financial Building	Chongqing	2016	218 m / 715 ft
166	252 East 57th Street	New York City	2016	218 m / 715 ft
167	Republic Plaza	Denver	1984	218 m / 714 ft
168	One Shell Plaza	Houston	1970	218 m / 714 ft
169	One Bangkok Phase 2 Tower 3	Bangkok	2023	216 m / 710 ft
170	JPMorgan Chase Tower	New York City	1960	216 m / 707 ft
171	Tianjin Kerry Center R1	Tianjin	2014	215 m / 705 ft
171	Tianjin Kerry Center R2	Tianjin	2014	215 m / 705 ft
171	Tianjin Kerry Center R3	Tianjin	2014	215 m / 705 ft
174	Four Seasons Tower	Tianjin	2016	215 m / 704 ft
175	Georgia Pacific Tower	Atlanta	1981	213 m / 697 ft
175	Hancock Whitney Center	New Orleans	1972	213 m / 697 ft
177	345 California Center	San Francisco	1986	212 m / 695 ft
178	Poly Cultural Plaza	Wuhan	2012	212 m / 695 ft
179	China Merchants Tower	Shenzhen	2013	211 m / 692 ft
180	700 1st Avenue Tower 3	New York City	-	210 m / 689 ft
181	Maincourt Tower	Amsterdam	-	210 m / 689 ft
182	Solow Building	New York City	1974	210 m / 689 ft
183	Petron Megaplaza	Makati	1998	210 m / 689 ft
184	Marine Midland Building	New York City	1967	210 m / 688 ft
185	Trammel Crow Center	Dallas	1984	209 m / 686 ft
186	Random House Tower	New York City	2003	209 m / 684 ft
187	Shangri-La Hotel	Cixi	-	208 m / 682 ft
188	Crowne Plaza Hotel	Ningbo	-	208 m / 682 ft
189	Bay-Wellington Tower	Toronto	1991	207 m / 679 ft
190	Ningbo Guohua Financial Tower	Ningbo	2020	207 m / 677 ft
191	AT&T Building	Atlanta	1980	206 m / 677 ft
192	One Magnificent Mile	Chicago	1983	205 m / 673 ft
193	One Court Square	New York City	1990	205 m / 673 ft
194	Al Rajhi Bank Tower	Riyadh	2017	205 m / 673 ft
195	10 West 57th Street	New York City	-	205 m / 672 ft
196	Palace Hotel Residential Tower	San Francisco	-	204 m / 669 ft
197	Sichuan Airlines Center	Chengdu	2016	204 m / 669 ft
198	33 South 6th Street	Minneapolis	1983	204 m / 668 ft
199	708 1st Avenue	New York City	-	203 m / 666 ft
200	Carlton Centre	Johannesburg	1973	201 m / 660 ft
201	Zhenru Zhonghai Center Tower 2	Shanghai	-	200 m / 657 ft
202	Philamlife Tower	Makati	1999	200 m / 656 ft
203	DPC Tower	Istanbul	-	200 m / 656 ft
204	Jumeirah Hangzhou Hotel	Hangzhou	2018	200 m / 656 ft
205	Otemachi One Tower	Tokyo	2020	200 m / 656 ft
206	CITIC Financial Center Tower 2	Shenzhen	-	200 m / 656 ft
206	Corporate Avenue 9	Chongqing	-	200 m / 656 ft
208	Hangzhou GT Land Jumeirah	Hangzhou	2019	200 m / 656 ft
209	RAYZONE	Beijing	2021	200 m / 656 ft
210	Beijing Lize Ping An Finance Centre	Beijing	2020	200 m / 656 ft
211	Poly Pazhou C1	Guangzhou	2017	198 m / 648 ft
212	Qingdao Landmark Center - Tower B	Qingdao	2017	195 m / 640 ft
213	Ayala Triangle Gardens North	Makati	2021	195 m / 638 ft
214	Pudong Financial Plaza Office Tower 1	Shanghai	2017	194 m / 635 ft
215	Grace Plaza	New York City	1972	192 m / 630 ft
216	700 1st Avenue Tower 2	New York City	-	192 m / 630 ft
217	RCBC Plaza Yuchengco Tower	Makati	2001	192 m / 630 ft
218	NBC Tower	Chicago	1989	191 m / 627 ft
219	Waldorf Astoria New York	New York City	1931	191 m / 625 ft
220	San Felipe Plaza	Houston	1984	191 m / 625 ft
221	Agile Corporation Headquarters Tower	Guangzhou	2014	190 m / 622 ft
222	Olympic Tower	New York City	1976	189 m / 620 ft
223	Techno Mart 21	Seoul	1998	189 m / 620 ft
224	Gold Peak Centre B	Chongqing	2015	188 m / 616 ft
225	919 3rd Avenue	New York City	1970	188 m / 615 ft
226	Tower 49®	New York City	1985	187 m / 615 ft
227	Baccarat Hotel & Residences	New York City	2015	186 m / 610 ft
228	Gold Peak Centre A	Chongqing	2015	186 m / 609 ft
229	Chicago Place	Chicago	1991	185 m / 608 ft
230	AIA Central	Hong Kong	2005	185 m / 607 ft
231	Wells Fargo South Tower	Los Angeles	1984	185 m / 606 ft
232	415 Madison Avenue Redevelopment	New York City	2024	184 m / 605 ft
233	250 West 55th Street	New York City	2013	183 m / 602 ft
234	U.S. Bank Center	Milwaukee	1973	183 m / 601 ft
235	700 1st Avenue Tower 1	New York City	-	183 m / 600 ft
236	50 Fremont Center	San Francisco	1985	183 m / 600 ft
237	1166 Avenue of the Americas	New York City	1974	183 m / 600 ft
238	500 West Monroe Street	Chicago	1992	183 m / 600 ft
239	One Bangkok Phase 1 Office Tower 2	Bangkok	2023	183 m / 599 ft
240	Madison Plaza	Chicago	1982	183 m / 599 ft
241	270 Greenwich Street	New York City	-	182 m / 597 ft
242	Tipco Tower	Bangkok	1996	180 m / 591 ft
243	Jiang Dong Tower	Ningbo	-	180 m / 591 ft
243	Tour Charenton	Charenton-le-Pont	-	180 m / 591 ft
245	Ping An Finance Centre Tower B	Beijing	2020	180 m / 590 ft
246	Tour Areva	Courbevoie	1974	178 m / 584 ft
247	LG Gangnam Tower	Seoul	1998	177 m / 581 ft
248	ASEM Tower	Seoul	1992	177 m / 579 ft
249	No.8 One Thames City	London	2021	176 m / 577 ft
250	300 Madison Avenue	New York City	2003	175 m / 575 ft
251	Park Avenue Plaza	New York City	1981	175 m / 574 ft
252	Chongqing International Trade and Commerce Center 3	Chongqing	-	175 m / 573 ft
253	One Roxas Triangle	Makati	2000	174 m / 572 ft
253	Two Roxas Triangle	Makati	-	174 m / 572 ft
255	Onterie Center	Chicago	1986	174 m / 570 ft
256	780 3rd Avenue	New York City	1983	174 m / 570 ft
257	450 Lexington Avenue	New York City