Featured Tall Buildings

CTBUH features seminal tall buildings as case studies. These projects, typically either recently completed or historically significant, are examples of influential tall building development, design, engineering, and/or construction. Click a project to view more information about it.

21 July 2015 | Bonn

Post Tower

Post Tower is a forward-looking high-rise for the 21st century: formally, technically, and ecologically advanced, and offering a high-quality work environment.

1 July 2015 | Hong Kong

Jockey Club Innovation Tower

The Jockey Club Innovation Tower is a new school of design building for the Hong Kong Polytechnic University which offers a creative and multidisciplinary environment.

15 June 2015 | Moscow

Evolution Tower

The Evolution Tower is an unusual addition to Moscow’s fast-growing International Business Center on the Presnenskaya Embankment of the Moscow River.

1 June 2015 | Seoul

FKI Tower

FKI Tower features an innovative exterior wall, designed specifically for the project. The unique skin reduces internal heating and cooling loads and collects energy.

1 May 2015 | Milan

Bosco Verticale

The Bosco Verticale "vertical forest" takes the definition of "green skyscraper" to a new level, deploying more than 13,000 plants across 90+ species, including full-sized trees.

1 April 2015 | Rotterdam

De Rotterdam

The building consists of three interconnected towers with the highest point reaching 149m.

13 March 2015 | Guayaquil

The Point

Upon completion The Point became the tallest building in Ecuador taking the opportunity presented by its prominent location to experiment with the traditional skyscraper form.

1 March 2015 | Dubai

Cayan Tower

Standing at over 300 meters, Cayan Tower stood as the world's tallest high rise building with a twist of 90 degrees when it was completed in 2013.

16 February 2015 | Osaka

Abeno Harukas

The 300 meter skyscraper features open spaces that let in natural light and air, and rooftop green space.

1 February 2015 | Singapore

The Interlace

Designed for integration through the scissoring and overlapping forms, the Interlace creates the best of horizontal and vertical living.

16 January 2015 | Vienna

DC Towers

The first of the two towers in this waterside complex was completed in 2014 as the tallest building in Austria at 220 meters tall.

1 January 2015 | Sydney

One Central Park

A 116 meter residential tower that features "vertical gardens" along its outer facade, and a cantilevered section including a heliostat to provide light to the parkland below.

17 December 2014 | Huzhou

Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort

Located next to Nan Tai Lake in Huzhou, a city situated west of Shanghai and north of Hangzhou, the hotel provides views to Suzhou and Wuxi across the lake.

1 December 2014 | Portland

Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt Federal Building

The renovation of this existing 1970s office tower was completed in 2013 and greatly reduced its energy usage.

1 November 2014 | New York City

UN Secretariat Building

The UN Secretariat symbolizes Modern architecture but required a renovation to bring technology and space into the current era.

1 October 2014 | Beijing

China Zun

Located in Beijing's Central Business District, the project team aim to use the latest in sustainable technology, materials and engineering concepts.

1 September 2014 | London

51 Lime Street

51 Lime Street establishes a great dialogue with the existing fabric of historic masonry buildings and more modern glass buildings.

15 August 2014 | Tokyo

Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower

Turning the traditional configuration for school design literally on its side by projecting it vertically, the Cocoon tower presents an incredible case-study for creating a university.

1 August 2014 | Dubai

Burj Khalifa

Undoubtedly one of the wonders of the modern world, Burj Khalifa is graceful and elegant as it reaches upward with seeming ease.

15 July 2014 | Luxembourg

Court of Justice of the European Communities

A simple and powerful form, this is Perrault doing what he does best; rejecting the experiment with flamboyant form and instead injecting creative thought into materiality and detail.