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Architecture; Engineering, Multi-discipline; Façade Design / Engineering
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 | Fernsehturm | 217 m / 712 ft | |
2 | Roche Turm Bau 2 | 205 m / 673 ft | |
3 | Shandong Port Tower | 203.4 m / 667 ft | |
4 | Tower 185 | 200 m / 656 ft | |
5 | Trianon | 186 m / 610 ft | |
6 | ECB - European Central Bank | 183.7 m / 603 ft | |
7 | Roche Turm Bau 1 | 178 m / 584 ft | |
8 | Silver Tower | 166.3 m / 546 ft | |
9 | Post Turm | 162.5 m / 533 ft | |
10 | Postkantoor | 155 m / 509 ft |
CTBUH Germany Chapter, 2022 – Present
30 October 2017
The Role of Design Competitions in Shaping Sydney's Public Realm
Tall buildings often take more than they give back, frequently exacerbating local environmental conditions, overshadowing streets and public spaces, creating wind tunnels, and impacting the...
23 May 2022
Interactive Study - The State of Tall Timber: A Global Audit
This data study represents the significant recent momentum of the mass-timber movement worldwide. There are now 139 mass timber buildings around the world of eight...
18 May 2022
Construction Progresses on Restoration of Post Office in Rotterdam
Omnam Group (OMNAM) and ODA have shared the progress of their restoration and reinvention project of the historic post office, POST Rotterdam. Demolition began on...
AA Projects (2023)
RANK
|
Name
|
Completion
|
Height
|
Floors
|
Function
|
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Fernsehturm | Stuttgart | 1956 |
217 m / 712 ft |
N/A | Telecommunications |
2 | Roche Turm Bau 2 | Basel | 2022 |
205 m / 673 ft |
50 | Office |
3 | Shandong Port Tower | Qingdao | 2021 |
203 m / 667 ft |
41 | Office |
4 | Tower 185 | Frankfurt am Main | 2011 |
200 m / 656 ft |
50 | Office |
5 | Trianon | Frankfurt am Main | 1993 |
186 m / 610 ft |
45 | Office |
6 | ECB - European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main | 2014 |
184 m / 603 ft |
43 | Office |
7 | Roche Turm Bau 1 | Basel | 2015 |
178 m / 584 ft |
41 | Office |
8 | Silver Tower | Frankfurt am Main | 1978 |
166 m / 546 ft |
32 | Office |
9 | Post Turm | Bonn | 2002 |
162 m / 533 ft |
42 | Office |
10 | Postkantoor | Rotterdam | 2025 |
155 m / 509 ft |
43 | Residential / Hotel |
11 | Deutsche Bank Tower I | Frankfurt am Main | 1984 |
155 m / 509 ft |
40 | Office |
12 | Deutsche Bank Tower II | Frankfurt am Main | 1984 |
155 m / 509 ft |
38 | Office |
13 | Uptown Munchen | Munich | 2004 |
146 m / 479 ft |
38 | Office |
14 | One Forty West | Frankfurt am Main | 2020 |
145 m / 476 ft |
40 | Residential / Hotel |
15 | Business Tower | Nuremberg | 2000 |
135 m / 443 ft |
35 | Office |
16 | 1 Bligh Street | Sydney | 2011 |
133 m / 436 ft |
30 | Office |
17 | Covivo Turm | Berlin | 2025 |
130 m / 427 ft |
32 | Office / Residential |
18 | Hochhaus Treptower | Berlin | 1998 |
125 m / 410 ft |
32 | Office |
19 | CETC IT Building Shanghai | Shanghai | 2020 |
120 m / 394 ft |
27 | Office |
20 | Upper West | Berlin | 2017 |
119 m / 390 ft |
35 | Office / Hotel / Retail |
21 | HVB Tower | Munich | 1981 |
114 m / 373 ft |
27 | Office |
22 | Global Tower | Frankfurt am Main | 1973 |
109 m / 356 ft |
28 | Office |
23 | Deutsches Haus | Ho Chi Minh City | 2017 |
107 m / 351 ft |
26 | Office |
24 | T-Rex Hybrid High-rise | Frankfurt am Main | 2022 |
106 m / 348 ft |
26 | Office |
25 | Debis Tower | Berlin | 1997 |
106 m / 348 ft |
22 | Office |
26 | Lisbon Street Building 1 Tower II | Leeds | - |
103 m / 337 ft |
33 | Residential |
27 | 1973 Boulevard de la Défense | Nanterre | 2022 |
103 m / 336 ft |
24 | Office |
28 | Mundsburg Turm I | Hamburg | 1973 |
101 m / 333 ft |
29 | Residential |
29 | Kollhoff Tower | Berlin | 1999 |
101 m / 331 ft |
23 | Office |
30 | Valley North Tower | Amsterdam | 2021 |
100 m / 327 ft |
29 | Residential / Office |
31 | Mundsburg Turm III | Hamburg | 1973 |
97 m / 319 ft |
22 | Office |
32 | Porsche Design Tower | Stuttgart | 2022 |
90 m / 295 ft |
25 | Hotel / Office |
33 | Sky Office Duesseldorf | Düsseldorf | 2009 |
89 m / 292 ft |
23 | Office |
34 | Exzenterhaus Bochum | Bochum | 2013 |
89 m / 291 ft |
25 | Office |
35 | Blue Tower | Brussels | 1976 |
88 m / 289 ft |
25 | Office |
36 | Horizon Tower | Eschborn | 2003 |
88 m / 289 ft |
23 | Office |
37 | Meret Oppenheim Hochhaus | Basel | 2019 |
85 m / 279 ft |
25 | Residential / Office |
38 | Tango Towers | Hamburg | 2013 |
85 m / 279 ft |
24 | Office |
39 | Asia Financial Center & AIIB Headquarters | Beijing | 2019 |
82 m / 269 ft |
16 | Office |
40 | Valley South Tower | Amsterdam | 2021 |
80 m / 261 ft |
23 | Residential / Office |
41 | Potsdamer Platz 11 | Berlin | 1999 |
79 m / 259 ft |
19 | Office |
42 | Lisbon Street Building 2 | Leeds | - |
75 m / 246 ft |
24 | Residential |
43 | Turm Center | Frankfurt am Main | 2016 |
74 m / 242 ft |
22 | Office |
44 | Lisbon Street Building 1 Tower I | Leeds | - |
72 m / 237 ft |
22 | Residential |
45 | Rathaus Ludwigshafen | Ludwigshafen | 1979 |
72 m / 236 ft |
16 | Office / Retail |
46 | MainTor Porta | Frankfurt am Main | 2014 |
70 m / 230 ft |
18 | Office |
47 | Access Tower | Frankfurt am Main | 1970 |
69 m / 226 ft |
21 | Office |
48 | Valley Middle Tower | Amsterdam | 2021 |
67 m / 219 ft |
19 | Residential / Office |
49 | Westfield Hamburg Überseequartier D1 | Hamburg | 2025 |
66 m / 215 ft |
N/A | Office |
49 | Westfield Hamburg Überseequartier D2 | Hamburg | 2024 |
66 m / 215 ft |
N/A | Office |
51 | International Coffee Plaza | Hamburg | 2010 |
65 m / 213 ft |
13 | Office |
52 | Volkswohl Bund High-rise | Dortmund | 2011 |
62 m / 203 ft |
16 | Office |
53 | KöTower | Düsseldorf | 2025 |
60 m / 197 ft |
17 | Office |
54 | Continentale Headquarters | Dortmund | - |
60 m / 197 ft |
16 | Office |
55 | Abro | Risch-Rotkreuz | 2019 |
60 m / 197 ft |
15 | Office / Education |
56 | Lisbon Street Building 3 | Leeds | - |
57 m / 186 ft |
15 | Serviced Apartments / Office |
57 | The Seven | Munich | 2013 |
56 m / 184 ft |
16 | Residential |
58 | Lisbon Street Building 4 | Leeds | - |
49 m / 159 ft |
11 | Office |
59 | 2095 Boulevard de la Défense | Nanterre | 2022 |
35 m / 116 ft |
8 | Office |
60 | 2169 Boulevard de la Défense | Nanterre | 2022 |
35 m / 116 ft |
9 | Office |
61 | 1917 Boulevard de la Défense | Nanterre | 2022 |
34 m / 113 ft |
8 | Office |
62 | Haus C | Risch-Rotkreuz | 2020 |
30 m / 98 ft |
7 | Office |
63 | Great Northern Square Development Tower 1 | Manchester | - |
- |
35 | Residential |
64 | New Heart West Tower | Düsseldorf | - |
- |
30 | Office |
65 | Great Northern Square Development Tower 2 | Manchester | - |
- |
28 | Residential |
66 | Bâtiment Jean Monnet 2 | Luxembourg | 2024 |
- |
23 | Office / Government |
66 | New Heart East Tower | Düsseldorf | - |
- |
23 | Residential |
68 | Great Northern Square Development Tower 3 | Manchester | - |
- |
17 | Residential |
Average Building Age*
26 Years
Most Common Function*
Office (91%)
Most Common Material*
Concrete (78%)
* 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 Germany Chapter, 2022 – Present
30 October 2017
Tall buildings often take more than they give back, frequently exacerbating local environmental conditions, overshadowing streets and public spaces, creating wind tunnels, and impacting the...
03 November 2016
Pete Rose, Senior Associate, COOP HIMMELB(L)AU, is interviewed by Chris Bentley regarding the Best Tall Building Featured Finalist, the European Central Bank, Frankfurt, during the...
03 November 2016
The European Central Bank headquarters masterfully assembles a split high-rise atop a horizontally oriented low-rise heritage structure. The combination of atria created by the placement...
06 November 2014
The 13th Annual Awards Ceremony & Dinner was held in Mies van der Rohe's iconic Crown Hall, on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus, Chicago....
06 November 2014
Thursday 6th November 2014. Chicago, IL. Helmut Jahn, JAHN, is interviewed by Chris Bentley regarding the Tall Building 10 Year Award winner, the Post Tower,...
06 November 2014
Deutsche Post DHL’s Bonn headquarters is an expression of the company’s confidence in progress and in technology to improve the work environment. The architect’s aim...
16 September 2014
Traditionally much of the focus in the tall building sector has been centered on the ground breaking technology being put in place for the pioneering...
12 June 2013
Christoph Ingenhoven of ingenhoven architects is interviewed by Jeff Herzer during the 2013 CTBUH London Conference at The Brewery, London. Christoph talks about why he...
12 June 2013
Christoph Ingenhoven presents his point of view regarding the necessity of high-rises in cities. He discusses a wide range of built projects, including one of...
11 June 2013
The next generation of tall buildings will be judged on more than sheer height or aesthetic appearance. In the context of sustainability, they will also...
23 May 2022
CTBUH Research
This data study represents the significant recent momentum of the mass-timber movement worldwide. There are now 139 mass timber buildings around the world of eight...
29 July 2019
Andrea Giachetti, University of Florence; Gianni Bartoli, University of Florence; Claudio Mannini, University of Florence
A comprehensive conclusion about the effects of wind on permeable building envelopes (PBEs) remains elusive. The external layer permeability, the gap width, and the internal...
30 October 2017
Helen Lochhead & Philip Oldfield, University of New South Wales
Since 2000, through the City of Sydney’s Competitive Design Policy (CDP), the quality of major projects in the city has been improved significantly, mediating the...
24 August 2015
Wolf D. Prix, COOP HIMMELB(L)AU
The design of the new European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt combines a twisted double tower, which rises to 185 meters, integrated with the horizontal...
18 May 2022
Omnam Group (OMNAM) and ODA have shared the progress of their restoration and reinvention project of the historic post office, POST Rotterdam. Demolition began on...
08 April 2022
Next to the cruise terminal in the port of Qingdao, the 203-meter-high Shandong Port Tower has been completed. It is designed by gmp von Gerkan, Marg...
02 December 2021
Approval of a US$305 million (£270 million) high-rise development in Leeds has been granted. The site for Lisbon Street previously held John Poulson’s Leeds International...
02 December 2021
Approval of a US$305 million (£270 million) high-rise development in Leeds has been granted. The site for Lisbon Street previously held John Poulson’s Leeds International...
02 December 2021
Approval of a US$305 million (£270 million) high-rise development in Leeds has been granted. The site for Lisbon Street previously held John Poulson’s Leeds International...
02 December 2021
Approval of a US$305 million (£270 million) high-rise development in Leeds has been granted. The site for Lisbon Street previously held John Poulson’s Leeds International...
02 December 2021
Approval of a US$305 million (£270 million) high-rise development in Leeds has been granted. The site for Lisbon Street previously held John Poulson’s Leeds International...
06 February 2019
ODA has revealed visuals of Post, an adaptive reuse scheme that will revive Rotterdam’s former post office, and include the construction of a 150-meter-high tower....
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