CTBUH Platinum Member

Arup

About

Member Since: 1983

Member Offices: Abu Dhabi, Adelaide, Amsterdam, Ankara, Auckland, Bangalore, Bangkok, Beijing, Belgrade, Berlin, Bogota, Boston, Brisbane, Canberra, Cape Town, Cardiff, Chicago, Chongqing, Dallas, Dubai, Dublin, Durban, Düsseldorf, Edinburgh, Frankfurt am Main, Glasgow, Guangzhou, Hamburg, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Houston, Hyderabad, Istanbul, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Krakow, Kuala Lumpur, Lagos, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Los Angeles, Macau, Manchester, Manila, Melbourne, Midland, Milan, Montreal, Mumbai, Nairobi, New Delhi, New York City, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nottingham, Oakland, Penang, Perth, Phnom Penh, San Francisco, Seattle, Seoul, Shanghai, Sheffield, Shenzhen, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei, Tokyo, Toronto, Warsaw, Washington D.C., Wuhan

Website: http://www.arup.com/

Arup is the creative force at the heart of many of the world’s most prominent projects in the built environment and across industry. We offer a broad range of professional services that combine to make a real difference to our clients and the communities in which we work. We are truly global. From 89 offices, in more than 33 countries, our over 18,000 engineers, planners, designers, and consultants deliver innovative projects across the world with creativity and passion.

Founded in 1946 with an enduring set of values, our unique trust ownership fosters a distinctive culture and an intellectual independence that encourages collaborative working. This is reflected in everything we do, allowing us to develop meaningful ideas, help shape agendas, and deliver results that frequently surpass the expectations of our clients.

Fields of Expertise

Civil Engineering; Cost Consulting; Environmental Engineering; Façade Design / Engineering; Fire Engineering; Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing; Project Management; Structural Engineering; Vertical Transportation Consultant; Wind Engineering

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.

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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 Merdeka 118
678.9 m / 2,227  ft
2 Shanghai Tower
632 m / 2,073  ft
3 Canton Tower
604 m / 1,982  ft
4 Ping An Finance Center
599.1 m / 1,965  ft
5 Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre
530 m / 1,739  ft
6 Tianjin CTF Finance Centre
530 m / 1,739  ft
7 CITIC Tower
527.7 m / 1,731  ft
8 Tianfu Center
488.9 m / 1,604  ft
9 International Commerce Centre
484 m / 1,588  ft
10 North Bund Tower
480 m / 1,575  ft

Awards

8 Bishopsgate

Winner: 8 Bishopsgate

Best Tall Building, by Height, 200-299 meters 2024

Ctbuh Leaders

Peng Liu

Peng Liu

CTBUH Regional Representative, Beijing, 2012 – Present

Caroline Field

Caroline Field

CTBUH Working Group: Security, 2014 – Present

London

Carsten Hein

Carsten Hein

CTBUH Working Group: Tall Timber, 2014 – Present

Berlin

Building Completions Timeline

Videos

24 May 2022

The AISC Design Guide To Hybrid Steel Frames With Wood Floors

Arup has collaborated with the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) to develop an upcoming Design Guide to support the use of hybrid steel frames...

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Research

22 December 2023

Remembering Charles H. Thornton, 2012 Fazlur Khan Lifetime Achievement Awardee

This edition of Talking Tall is an interview from the CTBUH archives. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat would like to remember Charles...

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Global News

28 June 2024

Low-Carbon Development in London has Lined up Construction Company

The construction firm Multiplex UK has been selected to build a groundbreaking 36-story office tower at 50 Fenchurch Street. The building is projected to be...

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Associated companies

Arup Associates (2000)

Ove Arup & Partners (1963)

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 Merdeka 118

679 m / 2,227 ft
2 Dream Hub Archipelago Main Tower

665 m / 2,182 ft
3 Ping An Finance Center

660 m / 2,165 ft
4 Wuhan CTF Finance Center

648 m / 2,126 ft
5 Shanghai Tower

632 m / 2,073 ft
6 Canton Tower

604 m / 1,982 ft
7 Ping An Finance Center

599 m / 1,965 ft
8 Goldin Finance 117

597 m / 1,957 ft
9 Rose Rock International Finance Center

588 m / 1,929 ft
10 Doha Convention Center Tower

551 m / 1,808 ft
11 Dubai Towers, Tower 1

550 m / 1,804 ft
12 Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre

530 m / 1,739 ft
13 Tianjin CTF Finance Centre

530 m / 1,739 ft
14 CITIC Tower

528 m / 1,731 ft
15 Shimao Fuzhou Tower

518 m / 1,699 ft
16 Burj Al Alam

510 m / 1,673 ft
17 Tianfu Center

489 m / 1,604 ft
18 International Commerce Centre

484 m / 1,588 ft
19 North Bund Tower

480 m / 1,575 ft
20 Wuhan CTF Finance Center

475 m / 1,558 ft
21 R&F Guangdong Building

468 m / 1,535 ft
22 QI Tower

466 m / 1,529 ft
23 Lakhta Center

462 m / 1,516 ft
24 Vincom Landmark 81

461 m / 1,513 ft
25 China Overseas Suzhou Supertall Project

460 m / 1,509 ft
26 International Land-Sea Center

458 m / 1,503 ft
27 Evergrande City Light

454 m / 1,488 ft
28 Changsha IFS Tower T1

452 m / 1,483 ft
29 Guizhou Culture Plaza Tower

450 m / 1,476 ft
30 Nanning China Resources Tower

445 m / 1,460 ft
31 KK100

442 m / 1,449 ft
32 Guangzhou International Finance Center

439 m / 1,439 ft
33 Haikou Tower 1

428 m / 1,404 ft
34 Tour Sans Fins

426 m / 1,396 ft
35 Minying International Trade Center T2

423 m / 1,386 ft
36 Nanjing Financial City Phase II Plot C Tower 1

417 m / 1,367 ft
37 Al Hamra Tower

413 m / 1,354 ft
38 Two International Finance Centre

412 m / 1,352 ft
39 World Business Center Solomon Tower

408 m / 1,339 ft
40 Z6 Plot

408 m / 1,339 ft
41 Guangxi China Resources Tower

403 m / 1,321 ft
42 Guangxi Beibu Gulf Bank Headquarters

402 m / 1,319 ft
43 China Resources Tower

393 m / 1,288 ft
44 Peruri 88

389 m / 1,276 ft
45 Chongqing Centre T1

388 m / 1,273 ft
46 Urban Forest

385 m / 1,263 ft
47 Forum 66 Tower 2

384 m / 1,260 ft
48 Eton Place Dalian Tower 1

383 m / 1,257 ft
49 Autograph Tower

383 m / 1,256 ft
50 Burj Mohammed Bin Rashid

381 m / 1,251 ft
51 1 Corporate Avenue

376 m / 1,234 ft
52 Dabaihui Plaza

376 m / 1,232 ft
53 China Merchants Prince Bay Tower

374 m / 1,227 ft
54 Central Plaza

374 m / 1,227 ft
55 Fairmont Kuala Lumpur Tower 1

370 m / 1,214 ft
56 Shanghai International Trade Center Tower 1

370 m / 1,214 ft
57 Sama Gardens

360 m / 1,181 ft
58 Ping An Finance Center Tower 1

360 m / 1,181 ft
59 Xiamen State Grid Cultural Exchange Center

357 m / 1,171 ft
60 STH BNK by Beulah Tower 1

356 m / 1,169 ft
61 Raffles City Chongqing T3N

354 m / 1,163 ft
62 Raffles City Chongqing T4N

354 m / 1,163 ft
63 Signature Towers Office

351 m / 1,152 ft
64 Forum 66 Tower 1

351 m / 1,150 ft
65 The Pinnacle

350 m / 1,149 ft
66 Glory・Xi’an International Financial Center

350 m / 1,148 ft
67 Nanjing Nexus Tower 1

350 m / 1,148 ft
68 Faros de Panama Torre Central

346 m / 1,135 ft
69 ADNOC Headquarters

342 m / 1,122 ft
70 Zhonghai City Plaza

340 m / 1,115 ft
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