CTBUH Silver Member

Solomon Cordwell Buenz - SCB

About

Member Since: 2001

Member Offices: Chicago

Website: http://www.scb.com/

Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB) is an architecture, interior design, and planning firm with a thoughtful design vision and a dynamic national imprint. Since 1931, SCB has made a lasting visual impact on skylines, campuses, and neighborhoods nationwide. From offices in Chicago, San Francisco, and Seattle, we offer our expertise to clients across the country, helping them achieve their goals, serve their constituents, and create unique built environments.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture

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
2 The Legacy at Millennium Park

249.3 m

818 ft
6 340 on the Park

204.9 m

672 ft
7 The Heritage at Millennium Park

192.4 m

631 ft
8 Millennium Centre

185.9 m

610 ft
9 Chicago Place

185.3 m

608 ft
10 One Rincon Hill South Tower

184.4 m

605 ft
11 The Laurel

182.6 m

599 ft
12 2700 Sloat Boulevard

177 m

581 ft
13 The Fordham

174.8 m

574 ft
14 Loews Chicago Hotel

173.4 m

569 ft

Associated companies

Solomon & Cordwell

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 Aon Center

349.9 m

1,148 ft
2 The Legacy at Millennium Park

249.3 m

818 ft
3 Mandarin Oriental Chicago

248 m

814 ft
4 560 North Fairbanks

240 m

787 ft
5 108 North State

217 m

712 ft
6 340 on the Park

204.9 m

672 ft
7 The Heritage at Millennium Park

192.4 m

631 ft
8 Millennium Centre

185.9 m

610 ft
9 Chicago Place

185.3 m

608 ft
10 One Rincon Hill South Tower

184.4 m

605 ft
11 The Laurel

182.6 m

599 ft
12 2700 Sloat Boulevard

177 m

581 ft
13 The Fordham

174.8 m

574 ft
14 Loews Chicago Hotel

173.4 m

569 ft
15 Harbor Point

169 m

554 ft
16 Streeter Place

168.8 m

554 ft
17 AMLI River North

165.5 m

543 ft
18 One Rincon Hill North Tower

165 m

541 ft
19 30 Van Ness

164.6 m

540 ft
20 Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences

164.2 m

539 ft
21 Astra Tower 1

162.4 m

533 ft
22 Elysees Condominiums

161.2 m

529 ft
23 601 West Monroe Phase 1

160.7 m

527 ft
24 465 North Park

159.9 m

525 ft
25 The Paragon Chicago

159.4 m

523 ft
26 505

159.1 m

522 ft
27 Hanover Republic Square

157.3 m

516 ft
28 630 N. McClurg Court North Tower

157 m

515 ft
29 The Streeter

156.7 m

514 ft
30 Hanover Brazos Street

156.4 m

513 ft
31 Park Tower Condominiums

156.3 m

513 ft
32 215 West

155.1 m

509 ft
33 414 Light Street

152.4 m

500 ft
34 The St. James

151.8 m

498 ft
35 Parkview West

151.6 m

498 ft
36 500 North Lake Shore Drive

151.5 m

497 ft
37 50 East Chestnut Street

150.7 m

495 ft
38 The Bristol

148.7 m

488 ft
39 Town Tower

148.4 m

487 ft
40 73 East Lake

145.5 m

477 ft
41 Moment

145.5 m

477 ft
42 The Murano

144.8 m

475 ft
43 Plaza 440

144.5 m

474 ft
44 1234 West Randolph Street

143.3 m

470 ft
45 The Sterling

142 m

466 ft
46 1520-1576 North Fremont Street

141.7 m

465 ft
47 Tribune Tower

141.1 m

463 ft
48 Hanover River Oaks

140.8 m

462 ft
49 Presidential Towers I

140.6 m

461 ft
49 Presidential Towers II

140.6 m

461 ft
49 Presidential Towers III

140.6 m

461 ft
49 Presidential Towers IV

140.6 m

461 ft
53 601 West Monroe Phase 2

139.5 m

458 ft
54 Kingsbury Plaza

138.8 m

456 ft
55 400 North LaSalle

138.4 m

454 ft
56 The Fifth

137.8 m

452 ft
57 Hubbard Place

137 m

449 ft
58 200 Squared

136.9 m

449 ft
59 Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

136.2 m

447 ft
60 1001 South State Street

134.1 m

440 ft
61 Marquee

132.9 m

436 ft
62 McClurg Court Center A

131 m

430 ft
62 McClurg Court Center B

131 m

430 ft
64 1555 North Astor

130.6 m

428 ft
65 1130 North State Street

129.5 m

425 ft
66 Sky55

129.4 m

425 ft
67 The Sinclair

128 m

420 ft
68 'A'ali'i

127.4 m

418 ft
69 State and Chestnut

125 m

410 ft
70 Atlas

122.9 m

403 ft
71 One Oak

122 m

400 ft
72 100 Van Ness

122 m

400 ft
73 399 Fremont

121.9 m

400 ft
74 Anaha

121.9 m

400 ft
75 James House

121.3 m

398 ft
76 1900 Broadway

120.4 m

395 ft
77 520 Mateo Street

118.9 m

390 ft
78 Wells Street Tower

118.1 m

388 ft
79 7Seventy7

118 m

387 ft
80 The Lumen

116.4 m

382 ft
81 Kilbourn Tower

115.8 m

380 ft
82 Hanover Boulevard Place

114.3 m

375 ft
83 2800 North Lake Shore Drive

113.4 m

372 ft
84 Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers

112.3 m

369 ft
85 Hawthorne House

111.9 m

367 ft
86 Left Bank at K Station

111.4 m

366 ft
87 The Chicagoan

110.3 m

362 ft
88 Edgewater Plaza North

110 m

361 ft
89 Astra Tower 2

110 m

361 ft
90 Cassidy on Canal

108.2 m

355 ft
91 903 Peachtree

108 m

354 ft
92 Central SOMA Tower

106.7 m

350 ft
93 210 N Street

106.7 m

350 ft
94 333 North Water Street

105.8 m

347 ft
95 Edgewater Plaza South

105.5 m

346 ft
96 8th and Cherry Street

105.2 m

345 ft
97 Hanover Post Oak

100.6 m

330 ft
98 Country Club Tower East

100 m

328 ft
98 Country Club Tower West

100 m

328 ft
100 5000 Town Center

100 m

328 ft
101 Hanover Montrose

99.4 m

326 ft
102 ARQ

97.5 m

320 ft
103 Block One Building A

97.2 m

319 ft
104 Prime Corporate Center

96 m

315 ft
105 Eastline Dallas

m

ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 28 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 8,679 other buildings of the same Residential 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.
106 625 West Adams

93 m

305 ft
107 Eleven40

92.4 m

303 ft
108 4 East Elm Street

91.6 m

300 ft
109 299 Fremont

91.4 m

300 ft
110 Block Two Building C

91.4 m

300 ft
111 2008 West End Avenue

91.1 m

299 ft
112 5252 South Cornell Avenue

90.5 m

297 ft
113 1338 West Lake Street

90.2 m

296 ft
114 1418 North Lake Shore Drive

89 m

292 ft
115 525 Hawthorne

86.9 m

285 ft
116 The Summit at University City

85 m

279 ft
117 949 South Hope Street

83.5 m

274 ft
118 Hollywood Towers North

82.3 m

270 ft
118 Hollywood Towers South

82.3 m

270 ft
120 50 East Bellevue

82 m

269 ft
121 360 Residences

82 m

269 ft
122 Aspire

80.7 m

265 ft
123 Pearson on the Park

80 m

262 ft
124 Vantage Med Center

79.3 m

260 ft
125 1410 North State Parkway

78 m

256 ft
126 AMLI 900

77.9 m

256 ft
127 605 Davis Street

76.8 m

252 ft
128 Union Station Vertical Expansion

71.6 m

235 ft
129 One Six Six

71.3 m

234 ft
130 320 North Sangamon Street

55 m

181 ft
131 Union Station

49.4 m

162 ft
132 200-298 West 2nd Street

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133 Clark & Divison Tower

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134 171 West Van Buren

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135 Bally’s Chicago

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136 1899 McKinney

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136 370 South West Temple

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138 Portfolio

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139 400 North Elizabeth Street

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140 Telegraph Tower

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CTBUH Initiatives Involving Solomon Cordwell Buenz

SCB Hosts IIT Students for Office Visit, Lurie Hospital Tour

23 February 2018

As part of the CTBUH-IIT Academic Courses, a group of IIT architecture students visited the Chicago office of SCB and toured Lurie Children's Hospital.

IIT Students Tour at SCB and Lurie Children's Hospital

07 February 2018

As part of the CTBUH-IIT Academic Courses, a group of IIT architecture students visited the SCB Chicago Office on February 7.

YPC Presents on Complex Chicago Mixed-Use Project

16 April 2014

The Young Professionals Committee of CTBUH facilitated a roundtable discussion on Chicago’s under-construction mixed-use development 455 North Park Drive, at Crown Hall, Illinois Instit

Legacy Tour

21 October 2009

Attendees of the 2009 CTBUH Chicago Conference toured The Legacy at Millennium Park, one of the newest addition to the downtown loop area residential stock.

CTBUH Summer Tall Tours Underway – Legacy at Millennium Park

22 May 2009

The first of three CTBUH construction tours held in Chicago during the summer of 2009 was attended by 30 people, at the Legacy.

2009 Mock Firms Competition

08 May 2009

CTBUH staff Antony Wood, Jan Klerks and Philip Oldfield were involved in the reviews of the "Mock Firms National Skyscraper Challenge" organized by Chicago Architecture Today.