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Zaha Hadid Architects work at all scales and in all sectors. They create transofrmative cultural, corporate, residential and other spaces that work in synchronicity with their surroundings. Each of Zaha Hadid's, founding partner of Zaha Hadid Architects, dynamic and innovative projects builds on over thirty years of revolutionary experimentation and research in the interrelated fields of urbanism, architecture, and design.
Architecture; Interior Design; Urban Design
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.
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Name
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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
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1 |
394 m / 1,293 ft |
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2 |
355.7 m / 1,167 ft |
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3 |
Jumeirah Nanjing Hotel & International Youth Cultural Centre Tower 2 |
315 m / 1,033 ft |
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4 |
300 m / 984 ft |
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5 |
270.8 m / 888 ft |
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6 |
261.7 m / 859 ft |
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7 |
Jumeirah Nanjing Hotel & International Youth Cultural Centre Tower 1 |
255 m / 837 ft |
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8 |
250 m / 820 ft |
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9 |
238.6 m / 783 ft |
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10 |
213.1 m / 699 ft |
CTBUH United Kingdom Chapter, 2018 – Present
CTBUH Awards Best Tall Building Europe Jury, 2023
09 April 2019
A Fully Computational Workflow Enables Complexity at the City of Dreams, Macau
The Morpheus Hotel is within the City of Dreams resort of Macau, which includes a casino, two theaters, a shopping district, 20 restaurants and four...
08 August 2017
Ten Significant Tall Buildings, and the Significant Women Behind Them
Recently, there has been a growing and overdue recognition in the architecture discipline that women are under-represented, not just in terms of leadership positions held,...
10 November 2021
New Medical Headquarters Opens in Guangzhou
Infinitus Plaza was inaugurated early in the week of 8 November. This project is the new headquarters for Infinitus China and will hold the company’s...
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
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Name
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City
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Completion
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Height
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1 |
- |
427 m / 1,400 ft |
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2 |
2027 |
394 m / 1,293 ft |
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3 |
2027 |
356 m / 1,167 ft |
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4 |
- |
351 m / 1,152 ft |
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5 |
Jumeirah Nanjing Hotel & International Youth Cultural Centre Tower 2 |
2015 |
315 m / 1,033 ft |
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6 |
- |
305 m / 1,001 ft |
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7 |
- |
300 m / 984 ft |
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8 |
2025 |
271 m / 888 ft |
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9 |
2025 |
262 m / 859 ft |
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10 |
- |
257 m / 843 ft |
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11 |
Jumeirah Nanjing Hotel & International Youth Cultural Centre Tower 1 |
2015 |
255 m / 837 ft |
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12 |
- |
251 m / 823 ft |
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13 |
- |
250 m / 820 ft |
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14 |
2025 |
239 m / 783 ft |
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15 |
2019 |
213 m / 699 ft |
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16 |
2019 |
207 m / 679 ft |
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17 |
- |
200 m / 656 ft |
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18 |
2014 |
200 m / 656 ft |
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19 |
2025 |
200 m / 656 ft |
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20 |
2023 |
190 m / 623 ft |
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21 |
2022 |
188 m / 617 ft |
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22 |
- |
186 m / 609 ft |
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23 |
- |
186 m / 609 ft |
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24 |
- |
180 m / 591 ft |
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25 |
- |
178 m / 584 ft |
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26 |
2017 |
177 m / 582 ft |
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27 |
2023 |
172 m / 564 ft |
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28 |
- |
160 m / 525 ft |
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29 |
2018 |
154 m / 504 ft |
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30 |
- |
151 m / 496 ft |
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31 |
2010 |
143 m / 469 ft |
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32 |
2014 |
138 m / 451 ft |
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32 |
2014 |
138 m / 451 ft |
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32 |
2014 |
138 m / 451 ft |
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35 |
2014 |
137 m / 449 ft |
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36 |
2014 |
135 m / 442 ft |
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37 |
- |
134 m / 438 ft |
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37 |
- |
134 m / 438 ft |
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39 |
2014 |
127 m / 417 ft |
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40 |
2014 |
126 m / 412 ft |
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41 |
2014 |
124 m / 406 ft |
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42 |
2024 |
119 m / 390 ft |
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43 |
2014 |
118 m / 387 ft |
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44 |
2020 |
105 m / 344 ft |
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44 |
2020 |
105 m / 344 ft |
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44 |
2020 |
105 m / 344 ft |
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44 |
2023 |
105 m / 344 ft |
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48 |
- |
104 m / 342 ft |
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49 |
2017 |
93 m / 305 ft |
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50 |
2013 |
71 m / 234 ft |
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51 |
2012 |
67 m / 220 ft |
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51 |
2012 |
67 m / 220 ft |
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51 |
2012 |
67 m / 220 ft |
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54 |
2012 |
63 m / 207 ft |
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55 |
2011 |
53 m / 174 ft |
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56 |
2017 |
41 m / 135 ft |
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57 |
2021 |
36 m / 117 ft |
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57 |
2021 |
36 m / 117 ft |
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59 |
- |
- m / - ft |
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60 |
- |
- m / - ft |
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60 |
2023 |
- m / - ft |
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60 |
2023 |
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63 |
2022 |
- m / - ft |
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64 |
- |
- m / - ft |
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65 |
- |
- m / - ft |
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66 |
- |
- m / - ft |
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67 |
- |
- m / - ft |
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68 |
- |
- m / - ft |
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69 |
- |
- m / - ft |
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70 |
- |
- m / - ft |
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70 |
- |
- m / - ft |
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70 |
- |
- m / - ft |
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70 |
- |
- m / - ft |
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70 |
- |
- m / - ft |
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70 |
- |
- m / - ft |
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70 |
- |
- m / - ft |
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70 |
China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group Headquarters |
2024 |
- m / - ft |
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70 |
- |
- m / - ft |
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70 |
- |
- m / - ft |
Average Building Age*
8 Years
Most Common Function*
Office (65%)
Most Common Material*
Composite (67%)
* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database
NOTE: Construction start time is not available for all buildings. The average construction time is only displayed if there is three or more buildings with construction start and complete data in that year.
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CTBUH Awards Best Tall Building Europe Jury, 2023
09 April 2019 | Shenzhen
The Morpheus Hotel is within the City of Dreams resort of Macau, which includes a casino, two theaters, a shopping district, 20 restaurants and four...
31 January 2019 | London
Peter Murray | New London Architecture Simon Giles | Tyrens London Carolyn Dwyer | City of London Corporation David Nicholl | ABB Patrik Schumacher |...
29 January 2018 | London
The London Committee of the CTBUH United Kingdom Chapter recently hosted [i]Geometry of Tall Buildings[/i], a conversation between leading architects and engineers on the geometry...
03 November 2017 | Sydney
Shaun Schroter, Principal, Architectus, chairs the question and answer session with Neil Stonell, Partner, Grimshaw Architects; Gianluca Racana, Director, Zaha Hadid Architects; and Toby Lodge,...
18 October 2016 | Shenzhen
The issue of skyscraper form and expression being appropriate to cultural and social context is currently a hotly debated topic in China, as well as...
18 October 2016 | Shenzhen
Patrik Schumacher of Zaha Hadid Architects is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Patrik talks about the evolution of modernist design...
25 October 2006 | Chicago
The Session 3 speaker panel consisting of Shahab Lutfi, Dubai Properties and Patrik Schumacher, Founding Partner, Zaha Hadid Architects; took questions from the CTBUH Chicago...
25 October 2006 | Chicago
Patrik Schumacher, Zaha Hadid Architects presents several high-rise projects by Zaha Hadid Architects including proposals in New York, Beijing, Marseilles, Milan, Moscow and Dubai at...
08 August 2017
Leading Women in Tall Buildings
Recently, there has been a growing and overdue recognition in the architecture discipline that women are under-represented, not just in terms of leadership positions held,...
17 October 2016
CTBUH 2016 Conference Speakers
The CTBUH 2016 International Conference is being held in the three cities of the Pearl River Delta, the world’s largest “megacity,” projected to have 120...
17 October 2016
Isabella Pallavicini, Gianpaolo Apollonio & Luca Rizzotti, Fly Service Engineering
The issue of developing a safe and efficient access strategy considering the context of a complex shape is addressed. In these cases, all envelope and...
17 October 2016
Viviana R. Muscettola, Zaha Hadid Architects
This paper presents the unique collaboration among architects, engineers and contractors for the 5th Hotel at the City of Dreams in Macau. Our methodology centers...
17 October 2016
Patrik Schumacher, Zaha Hadid Architects
Density via high-rise structures remains a primary agenda in our era of urban concentration. It is crucial to understand the societal forces that drive concentration:...
26 October 2015
Mark Lavery, Tim Kelly & Anil Hira
As the trend for complex architectural forms continues, the relationship between design and construction has become ever more interdependent. Where this interdependency was once limited...
16 October 2005
Antony Wood & Philip Oldfield, University of Nottingham
This paper proposes to analyse in detail the skybridge links of the WTC replacement designs – impact on evacuation, structure, façade, tower operation etc –...
10 November 2021
Infinitus Plaza was inaugurated early in the week of 8 November. This project is the new headquarters for Infinitus China and will hold the company’s...
10 November 2021
Infinitus Plaza was inaugurated early in the week of 8 November. This project is the new headquarters for Infinitus China and will hold the company’s...
23 September 2020
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has revealed its plans for a 190-meter-tall office tower on the world’s most expensive plot of land – a public car...
06 May 2020
Zaha Hadid Architects has won a competition to design and build the new Shanghai headquarters of the China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group (CECEP)....
30 January 2020
Following the international competition, Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has been selected to build mobile telecommunications giant, OPPO’s new headquarters in Shenzhen, China. OPPO launched its...
19 November 2019
Located on Lize Road in southwest Beijing, Leeza SOHO tower anchors the new Fengtai business district, a growing financial and transport hub between the city...
29 July 2019
Straddling the new subway tunnel that diagonally divides its site, the Leeza SOHO tower in Beijing rises as a single volume divided into two halves...
05 July 2019
One Thousand Museum, the late Zaha Hadid’s final residential tower in the United States, is the newest high-end condominium to grace Biscayne Boulevard in the...
02 January 2019
Zaha Hadid Architects has received the go-ahead for their Vauxhall Cross Island towers, a duo of skyscrapers sited adjacent to Vauxhall Station. The scheme, which...
16 November 2019
Supported by CTBUH, the ETEM Façade Conference is a global forum for the latest façade technologies designed for creative architecture.
18 July 2019
More than 100 attendees gathered at Linked Hybrid for a symposium held in conjunction with the forthcoming skybridge research project, “Bringing the Horizontal Into the Vertical Realm.”
31 January 2019
The CTBUH UK Chapter hosted a panel discussion, speculating on the future of our built environment by reflecting on the lessons learned over the past 50 years.
20 October 2018
CTBUH Chapters, Regional Representatives, and Future Leaders Committees met during the Middle East Conference for a discussion on the Council's regional growth and global initiatives.
29 January 2018
The CTBUH UK Chapter recently hosted a conversation between architects and engineers on the geometry of tall buildings and its impact on the design trends of the future.
13–15 November 2017
The city of Tel Aviv was honored to host the CTBUH Tel Aviv Regional Conference in collaboration with the annual IACIE conference and CTBUH Israel.
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