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Facts
Population
317,518,000 (2013)
Area
9,833,517 km² • 3,796,721 mi²
Density
32.3 people per km²
83.6 people per mi²
GDP
$16.72 trillion (2013)
First 150m+ Building
Tallest Building
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Rankings
by no. of 150m+ completed buildings
Tallest City in
the World
Tallest City in
Buildings
|
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 | One World Trade Center | 541.3 m / 1,776 ft | |
| 2 | Central Park Tower | 472.4 m / 1,550 ft | |
| 3 | Willis Tower | 442.1 m / 1,451 ft | |
| 4 | 111 West 57th Street | 435.3 m / 1,428 ft | |
| 5 | One Vanderbilt Avenue | 427 m / 1,401 ft | |
| 6 | 432 Park Avenue | 425.7 m / 1,397 ft | |
| 7 | Trump International Hotel & Tower | 423.2 m / 1,389 ft | |
| 8 | JPMorgan Chase World Headquarters | 423 m / 1,388 ft | |
| 9 | 30 Hudson Yards | 387.1 m / 1,270 ft | |
| 10 | Empire State Building | 381 m / 1,250 ft |
Building Completions Timeline
United States CVU Members
|
Logo
|
Name
|
Level
|
# of 150m+ buildings
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
AECOM |
Platinum
|
321 | LAND • STRC • URB • BACS • ENVP • ENVE • PMNG • CON • COST • ENGM • MEP • TRAN • VERC |
 |
Arup |
Platinum
|
471 | CIV • STRC • WIND • ENVE • PMNG • COST • FAC • FIRE • MEP • VERC |
 |
Buro Happold |
Platinum
|
119 | CIV • STRC • ENVP • ENVE • BMNT • COMP • ENGM • ENGO • FAC • FIRE • GEO • MEP • SEC • TRAN |
 |
DeSimone Consulting Engineering |
Platinum
|
64 | STRC • ENGO |
 |
Illinois Institute of Technology |
Platinum
|
0 | ACAD • RES |
 |
KONE Corporation |
Platinum
|
396 | MATR • VERC • VERS |
 |
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates |
Platinum
|
245 | INTR • URB • ARCH • HIST • TRAN |
 |
Langan |
Platinum
|
109 | CIV • LAND • ENVE • ENGM • GEO • SEIS • SURV |
 |
Otis Elevator Company |
Platinum
|
149 | MATR • VERC |
 |
RWDI |
Platinum
|
534 | WIND • ENVE • ENGO |
 |
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
Platinum
|
368 | CIV • INTR • LAND • STRC • URB • ARCH • ENVE • MRKT • MEP • TRAN |
 |
Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. |
Platinum
|
233 | CIV • STRC • URB • ARCH • ENVE • PMNG • COMP • ENGM • ENGO • FAC • FACS • FIRE • GEO • HIST • INSU • MEP • SEC • SEIS • TRAN |
 |
Turner Construction Company |
Platinum
|
127 | PMNG • CON |
 |
WSP |
Platinum
|
692 | CIV • INTR • STRC • URB • ENVP • PMNG • COMP • ENGO • FAC • FIRE • GEO • MEP • TRAN |
 |
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture |
Gold
|
48 | INTR • URB • ARCH |
 |
Brandston Partnership, Inc. |
Gold
|
103 | ARCH • ENGM • ENGO |
 |
Corgan |
Gold
|
0 | INTR • ARCH |
 |
DCI Engineers |
Gold
|
5 | STRC • SEIS |
 |
Gensler |
Gold
|
122 | INTR • ARCH • COST |
 |
Goettsch Partners |
Gold
|
73 | ARCH |
 |
HKS |
Gold
|
30 | INTR • STRC • ARCH |
 |
IMEG Corp |
Gold
|
5 | ENGM |
 |
Magnusson Klemencic Associates |
Gold
|
106 | CIV • STRC • SEIS |
 |
McNamara • Salvia |
Gold
|
24 | STRC • WIND • SEIS |
 |
Mott MacDonald |
Gold
|
18 | PMNG • ENGM • TRAN |
 |
Populous |
Gold
|
0 | INTR • URB • ARCH |
 |
Rise Global LLC |
Gold
|
0 | STRC • WIND • SEIS |
 |
Severud Associates Consulting Engineers, PC |
Gold
|
26 | STRC |
 |
Suffolk |
Gold
|
17 | CON |
 |
360 Chicago |
Silver
|
1 | MRKT |
 |
3MIX |
Silver
|
2 | ARCH |
 |
AI PlanetWorks |
Silver
|
8 | ARCH |
 |
AKAIA Architecture |
Silver
|
6 | ARCH |
 |
AMSYSCO |
Silver
|
37 | MATR |
 |
Alderson Engineering, LLC. |
Silver
|
2 | ENGM |
 |
ArcelorMittal |
Silver
|
148 | MATR |
 |
Architects Hawaii Limited - AHL |
Silver
|
0 | ARCH |
 |
Arquitectonica |
Silver
|
117 | ARCH |
 |
BALA Engineers |
Silver
|
12 | ENGO |
 |
Baldridge & Associates Structural Engineering |
Silver
|
2 | ENGO |
 |
Barker Mohandas, LLC |
Silver
|
58 | VERC |
 |
CDC Curtain Wall Design & Consulting, Inc. |
Silver
|
52 | FAC |
 |
CPP Wind Engineering Consultants |
Silver
|
51 | WIND |
 |
Cast Connex |
Silver
|
7 | MATR |
 |
Code Consultants, Inc. |
Silver
|
51 | FIRE |
 |
DLR Group |
Silver
|
12 | ARCH |
 |
Enclos Corp. |
Silver
|
54 | MATR |
 |
Epstein |
Silver
|
14 | ARCH |
 |
Fisher Marantz Stone |
Silver
|
23 | OTHR |
 |
GENx Design & Technology |
Silver
|
2 | ARCH |
 |
GGLO |
Silver
|
1 | ARCH |
 |
Gilsanz Murray Steficek |
Silver
|
15 | STRC |
 |
HKA Elevator Consulting, Inc |
Silver
|
4 | VERC |
 |
HYPRLIFT, Inc. |
Silver
|
0 | VERS |
 |
Halls Lane Studio |
Silver
|
0 | ARCH |
 |
Handel Architects |
Silver
|
47 | ARCH |
 |
Hilson Moran |
Silver
|
10 | ENVE |
 |
Hines |
Silver
|
72 | DEV |
 |
JB&B |
Silver
|
71 | ENGM |
 |
JCE Structural Engineering Group |
Silver
|
0 | STRC |
 |
Jahn/ |
Silver
|
60 | ARCH |
 |
Jensen Hughes |
Silver
|
59 | FIRE |
 |
Kinemetrics |
Silver
|
43 | MATR |
 |
Korb + Associates Architects |
Silver
|
0 | ARCH |
 |
Krueck Sexton Partners |
Silver
|
3 | ARCH |
 |
LERA Consulting Structural Engineers |
Silver
|
86 | STRC |
 |
Laurie & Brennan LLP |
Silver
|
0 | LEGL |
 |
LeMessurier |
Silver
|
30 | STRC |
 |
Martin/Martin |
Silver
|
3 | CIV |
 |
McHugh Construction |
Silver
|
22 | CON |
 |
Michael Graves Architecture & Design |
Silver
|
2 | INTR |
 |
Microclimate Ice & Snow Inc. |
Silver
|
15 | OTHR |
 |
OLYMPIQUE Façade Access Consulting |
Silver
|
6 | FACS |
 |
Ornamental Metal Institute of New York |
Silver
|
0 | NONP |
 |
Pappageorge Haymes Partners |
Silver
|
10 | INTR |
 |
ParkFowler Plus |
Silver
|
2 | ARCH |
 |
Pavarini McGovern |
Silver
|
9 | CON |
 |
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners |
Silver
|
43 | ARCH |
 |
Pelli Clarke & Partners |
Silver
|
103 | ARCH |
 |
Pickard Chilton Architects, Inc. |
Silver
|
21 | ARCH |
 |
RATIO I smdp |
Silver
|
3 | URB |
 |
RIOS |
Silver
|
4 | ARCH |
 |
Rhode Partners |
Silver
|
1 | ARCH |
 |
Riverside Investment & Development |
Silver
|
6 | DEV |
 |
Robert A.M. Stern Architects |
Silver
|
17 | ARCH |
 |
SCB |
Silver
|
41 | ARCH |
 |
SOH Wind Engineering LLC |
Silver
|
0 | WIND |
 |
SWA Group |
Silver
|
56 | LAND |
 |
Safdie Architects |
Silver
|
23 | ARCH |
 |
Shamrock Engineering |
Silver
|
1 | ENGM |
 |
Skanska USA Commercial Development |
Silver
|
12 | CIV • CON |
 |
Skyline Robotics |
Silver
|
1 | MATR |
 |
Stanley D. Lindsey and Associates, Ltd. |
Silver
|
5 | STRC |
 |
Stantec |
Silver
|
122 | ENGM |
 |
Steel Institute of New York |
Silver
|
0 | MATR |
 |
Syska Hennessy Group |
Silver
|
17 | MEP |
 |
TLC Engineering Solutions |
Silver
|
4 | ENGM |
 |
Techne |
Silver
|
0 | FAC |
 |
Terra |
Silver
|
0 | ARCH |
 |
The Max Collaborative |
Silver
|
0 | OWN |
 |
VDA Inc. |
Silver
|
27 | VERC |
 |
Walter P Moore |
Silver
|
36 | STRC |
 |
atelierMIDE |
Silver
|
0 | ARCH |
 |
bKL Architecture |
Silver
|
10 | ARCH |
 |
CCHRB (Chicago Committee on High-Rise Buildings) |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | NONP |
 |
City of Miami |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
1 | NONP |
 |
Northwestern University |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
1 | ACAD |
 |
Post-Tensioning Institute |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | CIV |
 |
Rutgers University |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | ACAD |
 |
The Skyscraper Museum |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | NONP |
 |
Thomas Jefferson University |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | ACAD |
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