CTBUH Gold Member

Rider Levett Bucknall

About

Member Since: 2013

Member Offices: Hong Kong, London, Sydney

Website: http://www.rlb.com

RLB is an independent global construction and property consultancy providing management and advice throughout the built environment.

We are committed to creating value for our clients, achieving commercial certainty, project and programme success and optimised assets to projects across the world. We do this through our extensive expertise in cost management and quantity surveying, project and programme management, asset advisory and specialist consultancy.

Throughout our long history, our 4000 people, working across 40 countries, have made a difference to our clients by combining fresh perspectives with sector expertise. Together, we’re creating a better tomorrow through flawless execution today.

Fields of Expertise

Cost Consulting; Project Management; Surveying

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 Shanghai Tower
632 m / 2,073  ft
2 Ping An Finance Center
599.1 m / 1,965  ft
3 Lotte World Tower
554.5 m / 1,819  ft
4 Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre
530 m / 1,739  ft
5 Tianjin CTF Finance Centre
530 m / 1,739  ft
6 Wuhan CTF Finance Center
475 m / 1,558  ft
7 Two International Finance Centre
412 m / 1,352  ft
8 Guangxi China Resources Tower
402.7 m / 1,321  ft
9 Shun Hing Square
384 m / 1,260  ft
10 Eton Place Dalian Tower 1
383.2 m / 1,257  ft

Awards

Pan Pacific Orchard

Winner: Pan Pacific Orchard

Best Tall Building Worldwide 2024

Ctbuh Leaders

Tim Ngai

Tim Ngai

CTBUH Hong Kong Chapter, 2023 – Present

Hong Kong

Building Completions Timeline

Videos

31 October 2019

The Garden City in Three Dimensions

Moshe Safdie, Founder at Safdie Architects, speaks at the 2019 CTBUH International Congress in Chicago on 31 October 2019.

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Research

22 December 2023

Skyscrapers in Bloom: Evaluating the Artistry of “Painting with Trees”

Incorporating greenery in skyscrapers prompts sustainability debates. This study questions the assumption that green features ensure sustainability, as designers often adopt them carelessly, leading to...

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Global News

21 January 2025

Shanghai Tower Will Light Up to Celebrate the Spring Festival

On 4 December 2024, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) inscribed the Spring Festival, the social practices of the Chinese people in...

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Associated companies

Bucknall Austin (2007)

Rider Hunt Levett & Bailey (2007)

Levett & Bailey Chartered Quantity Surveyors Ltd.

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
Height
1 Suzhou Zhongnan Center

729 m / 2,392 ft
2 Ping An Finance Center

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

648 m / 2,126 ft
4 Shanghai Tower

632 m / 2,073 ft
5 Ping An Finance Center

599 m / 1,965 ft
6 Lotte World Tower

555 m / 1,819 ft
7 Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre

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

530 m / 1,739 ft
9 Pertamina Tower

523 m / 1,716 ft
10 Wuhan CTF Finance Center

475 m / 1,558 ft
11 Nanning China Resources Tower

445 m / 1,460 ft
12 Two International Finance Centre

412 m / 1,352 ft
13 Guangxi China Resources Tower

403 m / 1,321 ft
14 Shun Hing Square

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

383 m / 1,257 ft
16 Central Plaza

374 m / 1,227 ft
17 Bank of China Tower

367 m / 1,205 ft
18 Raffles City Chongqing T3N

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

354 m / 1,163 ft
20 Mandarin Oriental Hotel Tower A

333 m / 1,093 ft
21 Heartland 66 Office Tower

321 m / 1,052 ft
22 Fortune Center

309 m / 1,015 ft
23 Burj Rafal

308 m / 1,010 ft
24 One Island East

298 m / 978 ft
25 Cheung Kong Centre

283 m / 928 ft
26 Boulevard Point

280 m / 918 ft
27 Eton Place Dalian Tower 2

279 m / 917 ft
28 Republic Plaza

276 m / 906 ft
29 Shanghai SK Group Tower

275 m / 902 ft
30 Victoria Dockside

272 m / 894 ft
31 66 Tower 1

262 m / 859 ft
31 66 Tower 2

262 m / 859 ft
33 Guangdong Telecom Plaza

260 m / 853 ft
34 The Masterpiece

257 m / 843 ft
35 CITIC Ruibo Tower 1

256 m / 840 ft
36 Raffles City Chongqing T5

256 m / 839 ft
37 Raffles City Chongqing T2

256 m / 839 ft
38 Raffles City Chongqing T4S

256 m / 839 ft
39 Raffles City Chongqing T3S

256 m / 839 ft
40 Langham Place Office Tower

255 m / 837 ft
41 Queens Place North Tower

253 m / 829 ft
42 Center 66 Office 1

250 m / 820 ft
43 Ningbo New World Plaza Tower 5

250 m / 819 ft
44 Shenzhen Stock Exchange

246 m / 806 ft
45 Chifley Tower

244 m / 801 ft
46 CITIC Ruibo Tower 2

238 m / 781 ft
47 The Greenland Centre

236 m / 773 ft
48 Tianjin International Trade Tower 1

235 m / 771 ft
49 Jinling Central Tower 1

235 m / 771 ft
50 Palm Tower

232 m / 760 ft
51 Kingtown International Center

231 m / 759 ft
52 Frasers Tower

231 m / 757 ft
53 One Taikoo Place

229 m / 750 ft
54 Raffles City Chongqing T1

228 m / 750 ft
54 Raffles City Chongqing T6

228 m / 750 ft
56 Center 66 Office 3

225 m / 738 ft
57 Treehouse

225 m / 738 ft
58 Mandarin Oriental Hotel Tower B

224 m / 733 ft
59 Optical Valley New World Center A

222 m / 729 ft
60 Aspen at Consort Place

216 m / 708 ft
61 Solar

215 m / 705 ft
62 China Merchants Tower

211 m / 692 ft
63 Xiamen Eton Center North Tower

210 m / 689 ft
64 Scenic City East Tower

210 m / 689 ft
65 Ping An Property & Casualty Insurance Tower

209 m / 684 ft
66 Leeza SOHO

207 m / 679 ft
67 Marina Bay Sands Hotel Tower 1

207 m / 679 ft
67 Marina Bay Sands Hotel Tower 3

207 m / 679 ft
69 Vietcombank Tower

206 m / 676 ft
70 Marina Bay Sands Hotel Tower 2

203 m / 665 ft
71 Center 66 Office 2

200 m / 656 ft
72 Heartland 66 Tower SA3

197 m / 648 ft
73 Wuhan CTF Finance Center Residential Tower 1

196 m / 644 ft
73 Wuhan CTF Finance Center Residential Tower 2

196 m / 644 ft
75 Grand Hyatt Dalian

195 m / 641 ft
76 Oasia Hotel Downtown

191 m / 626 ft
77 8 Corporate Avenue

180 m / 591 ft
78 88 Walker

179 m / 589 ft
79 Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Headquarters

179 m / 587 ft
80 Heartland 66 Tower SA2

177 m / 581 ft
81 Manhattan @ Upper West Side

170 m / 558 ft
82 The Palazzo

166 m / 545 ft
83 Tianjin International Trade Tower 3

165 m / 542 ft
84 Tianjin International Trade Tower 2

165 m / 542 ft
85 Scenic City West Tower

163 m / 534 ft
86 Heartland 66 Tower SA1

161 m / 529 ft
87 Jinling Central Tower 2

161 m / 528 ft
88 One Peking Road

160 m / 525 ft
89 Optical Valley New World Center B

158 m / 518 ft
90 Optical Valley New World Hotel

157 m / 514 ft
91 130 Lonsdale Street

157 m / 513 ft
92 Hotel Panorama by Rhombus

156 m / 512 ft
93 Echelon Tower 1

155 m / 509 ft
93 Echelon Tower 2

155 m / 509 ft
95 7 Corporate Avenue

155 m / 508 ft
96 555 Collins Street

152 m / 499 ft
97 Chevron House

152 m / 497 ft
98 Collins Arch

148 m / 487 ft
99 Venetian Macau Hotel Tower

148 m / 485 ft
100 Eton Place Dalian Tower 3

147 m / 482 ft
100 Eton Place Dalian Tower 4

147 m / 482 ft
100 Eton Place Dalian Tower 5

147 m / 482 ft
103 Pan Pacific Orchard

140 m / 461 ft
104 Lee Garden Three

140 m

459 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 32 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 7,181 other buildings of the same Office 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.
105 2 Trafalgar Way, Building 2

138 m / 451 ft
106 Brookfield Place Sydney

133 m / 437 ft
107 6 Corporate Avenue

121 m / 396 ft
108 Boulevard Vue

116 m

381 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 34 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 9,487 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.
109 The Luna

116 m / 380 ft
110 Le Nouvel Ardmore

113 m

371 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 33 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 9,487 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.
111 Upper West Side Tower 4 (Midtown)

111 m / 364 ft
112 2 Trafalgar Way, Building 3

109 m / 358 ft
113 Poly Centre

107 m / 350 ft
114 EDEN

105 m / 343 ft
115 1000 Trees Phase 2

100 m / 328 ft
116 Deloitte Center

96 m / 316 ft
117 PARKROYAL COLLECTION Pickering

89 m / 292 ft
118 PARKROYAL COLLECTION Pickering Office Building

89 m / 292 ft
119 2 Trafalgar Way, Building 1

87 m / 287 ft
120 171 Collins Street

86 m / 283 ft
121 The Alberton

84 m / 275 ft
122 Deloitte Centre

84 m / 275 ft
123 PARKROYAL COLLECTION Marina Bay

83 m / 273 ft
124 Royal Elizabeth

76 m / 248 ft
125 Vermilion

75 m / 246 ft
126 Rochester Commons

75 m

246 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 17 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 7,181 other buildings of the same Office 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.
127 The Miller

74 m / 243 ft
128 Philamlife Center

71 m / 234 ft
129 The Jockey Club Innovation Tower

71 m / 234 ft
130 UniSA Cancer Research Institute

71 m / 232 ft
131 700 Bourke Street

70 m / 231 ft
132 Pan Pacific Serviced Suites Orchard

69 m

226 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 18 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 1,223 other buildings of the same Hotel 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.
133 Al Wasl Plaza Dome

67 m / 221 ft
134 T3 Collingwood

63 m / 207 ft
135 One East Melbourne

63 m / 207 ft
136 Tower Centre

63 m / 207 ft
137 1000 Trees Phase 1

60 m / 197 ft
138 The Tembusu Block 107

59 m / 194 ft
138 The Tembusu Block 107 A-B

59 m / 194 ft
138 The Tembusu Block 107 C-D

59 m / 194 ft
141 Altitude Residential Tower

58 m / 190 ft
142 Rove Expo City North Tower

55 m / 180 ft
142 Rove Expo City South Tower

55 m / 180 ft
144 Scenic City South Building

50 m / 164 ft
145 Al Wasl Plaza Building 1

50 m / 163 ft
145 Al Wasl Plaza Building 3/10

50 m / 163 ft
145 Al Wasl Plaza Building 5

50 m / 163 ft
148 Bally's Chicago Hotel Tower

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149 Chiswick Curve

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150 The Meridian

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151 Admiral Serebryakov Embankment Tower 1

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152 Admiral Serebryakov Embankment Tower 2

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153 Rublyovo-Arkhangelskoye Tower 1

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153 Rublyovo-Arkhangelskoye Tower 2

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Statistics

Average Building Age*

11 Years

Most Common Function*

Office (47%)

Most Common Material*

Composite (56%)

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database

Based on 85 buildings over 150 m height with a function
 
Based on 78 buildings over 150 m height with a material
 

Building Completions Timeline

Building Map

Construction Time Chart

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.

Ctbuh Leaders At Rider Levett Bucknall

CTBUH Hong Kong Chapter, 2023 – Present

Tim Ngai

Director, North Asia, Rider Levett Bucknall
Hong Kong, China

Videos

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31 October 2019

The Garden City in Three Dimensions

Moshe Safdie, Founder at Safdie Architects, speaks at the 2019 CTBUH International Congress in Chicago on 31 October 2019.

21 November 2018

CTBUH Sydney Design Excellence: 210 George Street

For the final 2018 Design Excellence Series event, the CTBUH Australia Committee, along with event sponsors Poly Australia and annual sponsors Lendlease, hosted the largest...

31 May 2018

A Beacon of Red and Green, Connected to the Cityscape

Envisaged as a “tropical tower” in the concrete jungle, the Oasia Hotel Downtown incorporates lush greenery on its façade and terraces. The tower is like...

31 May 2018

Vertical Village as National Symbol

Joining the ranks of the world’s top ten tallest buildings, the 123-story Lotte World Tower rises to 555 meters and offers one of the world’s...

31 May 2018

The Axis Mundi of the Pearl River Delta Megacity

The Shenzhen Ping An Finance Center (PAFC) is a transit-integrated, 600-meter-tall building that occupies a major node in the increasingly connected megacity of Hong Kong-Shenzhen-Guangzhou....

31 May 2018

A Living Tower in the Urban Tropics

A tower of green and red in the heart of Singapore’s dense Central Business District, the Oasia Hotel Downtown is a prototype of land-use intensification...

31 May 2018

A Milestone in Supertall Construction

Ping An Finance Center (PAFC) is an extraordinary project, which responds to the challenges of constructing in dense urban environments. PAFC advanced nearly every dimension...

12 April 2018

Five Minutes With: Ken Shuttleworth

Ken Shuttleworth, founding partner at Make, sat down with CTBUH to discuss Make's growing office in Sydney and the firm's role in the rapidly transforming...

03 November 2017

447 Collins St – Linking of Towers via Skybridge

447 Collins Street is a significant mixed-use precinct development comprising commercial office, 5-star hotel, luxury apartments, basement car parking and extensive public realm landscaping in...

30 October 2017

Quay Quarter Tower: Humanizing the High-Rise

Quay Quarter Tower (QQT) will create a stunning new building on the Sydney skyline that sets new benchmarks in office tower design globally and creates...

Research

22 December 2023

Skyscrapers in Bloom: Evaluating the Artistry of “Painting with Trees”

Katarzyna Wodzisz

Incorporating greenery in skyscrapers prompts sustainability debates. This study questions the assumption that green features ensure sustainability, as designers often adopt them carelessly, leading to...

16 October 2023

CTBUH 2023 Conference Special

Liam Wee Sin, Patrick Bellew, Sir Peter Cook, Carol Willis

In this special extended edition of Talking Tall, CTBUH Editor Daniel Safarik talks to four people with significant relevance to the conference theme, “Humanizing High...

16 October 2023

Humanizing High Density

CTBUH Research

The theme “Humanizing High Density—People, Nature & the Urban Realm” for the CTBUH 2023 International Conference comes at a pertinent moment: Today intersecting are a...

16 October 2023

Nature-Positive Vertical Urbanism

Mun Summ Wong & Hong Wei Phua

Located on Singapore’s famed Orchard Road, Pan Pacific Orchard encapsulates WOHA’s pursuit of nature-positive vertical urbanism by rethinking the tropical urban hotel. It shows the...

05 July 2023

Tall Buildings and City Development: Comparison of Five Case Studies

Roberta dal Molin, Shenav Ragiv, &Elena Giacomello

Skyscrapers commonly rise in major cities worldwide, but the difference is in how they are integrated into the urban plan. This paper provides a comprehSkyscrapers...

22 August 2022

The World’s Highest Pools: A Deep Dive

S. Isaac Work & Shawn Ursini, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

Tall building design has diversified and adapted to accommodate increased demand for distinctive amenities at a range of heights. Swimming pools are a classic feature...

22 August 2022

Structural Design of Iconic Tower, Egypt: Culmination of a Concrete Optimization Process

Tarek Hassan, Yehia El-Ezaby & Charles Malek, rector Dar Al Handasah Consultants (Shair and Partners)

This paper presents an overview of a process of optimizing concrete mixture for tall buildings, culminating in the design of the Iconic Tower, the key...

23 May 2022

Interactive Study - The State of Tall Timber: A Global Audit

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...

11 October 2021

Tall Excellence

CTBUH Journal 2022 Issue III

As the first in-person CTBUH International Conference after the Covid-19 shutdowns in 2020, the 2022 program contains an exuberant and exciting roster of presenters and...

12 January 2021

Interactive Study on Tall Buildings in 2020: COVID-19 Contributes To Dip in Year-On-Year Completions

CTBUH Research

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has released its annual report, CTBUH Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2020, part of the Tall...

Global News

21 January 2025

Shanghai Tower Will Light Up to Celebrate the Spring Festival

On 4 December 2024, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) inscribed the Spring Festival, the social practices of the Chinese people in...

27 October 2022

Nanning Supertall with World's Highest Outdoor Pool Reaches Completion

Global architecture firm Goettsch Partners (GP) has announced the completion of Guangxi China Resources Tower, a new 402.7-meter-tall (1,321-foot-tall) skyscraper in Nanning, China, that is also...

05 November 2021

Sydney Tower Completes at 236.5 Meters

The Sydney Greenland Centre in Sydney’s Central Business District has completed. The project has 68 floors and is 236.5 meters (776 feet) tall. Before this...

20 September 2021

Melbourne Residential Complex Reaches Stage One Completion

Stage one of the Queens Place residential development in Melbourne’s CBD is now complete. Located on the fringe of Flagstaff Gardens and the Queen Victoria...

18 November 2020

Supertall Tower Opens in Nanning

Opening ceremonies were held 2 November 2020 for the Nanning China Resources Center Tower, developed by CR Land and designed by Goettsch Partners (GP). At...

08 September 2020

Sixty-Eight Story Sydney Tower Tops Out

Greenland Australia is one step closer to unveiling its latest contribution to the evolving Sydney skyline, following a "topping out" ceremony at the company’s landmark...

28 March 2019

Luxury Hotel Anchors Victoria Dockside Redevelopment in Hong Kong

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) has completed the Rosewood Hotel in Hong Kong. The Rosewood Tower anchors the redeveloped Victoria Dockside, Hong Kong’s new creative...

28 February 2019

Regulatory Hurdles Cleared for Seoul’s Next Tallest Building

The administrative procedures have been completed to erect what could be the new tallest building in Korea, after Hyundai Motor Group applied for the construction...

21 February 2019

New Supertall Tops Out in Nanning

One of the world’s tallest new skyscrapers is taking shape in the regional capital of Nanning in Southern China, where a 403-meter (1,322-foot) crystalline tower...

CTBUH Initiatives Involving Rider Levett Bucknall

Calculating Floor Areas in Skyscrapers Workshop

29 October 2017

The day before the CTBUH 2017 Australia Conference, delegates gathered for the Calculating Floor Areas in Skyscrapers Workshop.

CTBUH Certifies Lotte Tower as Fifth Tallest Building Worldwide

04 April 2017

CTBUH has recognized the completion of Lotte World Tower, now the fifth tallest building worldwide at 555 meters.

Ping An Finance Center Now Fourth Tallest Building in the World

27 March 2017

CTBUH has certified the completion of Ping An Finance Center. At 599 meters it is the tallest building in Shenzhen, second tallest in China, and fourth tallest worldwide.

CTBUH 2016 Conference Silver+ Sponsor

16–21 October 2016

Cities to Megacities: Shaping Dense Vertical Urbanism takes place progressively across three Chinese cities: Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong.