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Facts
Population
2,615,060 (2011)
Area
630 km² • 243 mi²
Density
4,150.9 people per km²
10,750.8 people per mi²
First 150m+ Building
Tallest Building
Rankings
by no. of 150m+ completed buildings
Tallest City in
the World
Tallest City in
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 | Columbia Center | 284.4 m / 933 ft | |
| 2 | Rainier Square | 258.2 m / 847 ft | |
| 3 | 1201 Third Avenue Tower | 235.3 m / 772 ft | |
| 4 | Two Union Square | 225.6 m / 740 ft | |
| 5 | Seattle Municipal Tower | 220.1 m / 722 ft | |
| 6 | The Mark | 196.8 m / 646 ft | |
| 7 | Safeco Plaza | 192 m / 630 ft | |
| 8 | City Centre | 184.8 m / 606 ft | |
| 9 | Russell Investments Center | 182.2 m / 598 ft | |
| 10 | Wells Fargo Center | 175 m / 574 ft |
Building Completions Timeline
Seattle CTBUH Members
|
Logo
|
Name
|
Level
|
# of 150m+ buildings
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Washington State University |
Nonprofit/Governmental
|
0 | ACAD |
 |
Arup |
Platinum
|
403 | CIV • STRC • WIND • ENVE • PMNG • COST • FAC • FIRE • MEP • VERC |
 |
Langan Engineering |
Platinum
|
99 | CIV • LAND • ENVE • ENGM • GEO • SEIS • SURV |
 |
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
Platinum
|
342 | CIV • INTR • LAND • STRC • URB • ARCH • ENVE • MRKT • MEP • TRAN |
 |
Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. |
Platinum
|
183 | CIV • STRC • URB • ARCH • ENVE • PMNG • COMP • ENGM • ENGO • FAC • FACS • FIRE • GEO • HIST • INSU • MEP • SEC • SEIS • TRAN |
 |
Aedas |
Gold
|
113 | LAND • URB • ARCH |
 |
DCI Engineers |
Gold
|
4 | STRC • SEIS |
 |
Magnusson Klemencic Associates |
Gold
|
101 | CIV • STRC • SEIS |
 |
3MIX |
Silver
|
2 | ARCH |
 |
Cary Kopczynski & Company |
Silver
|
0 | STRC • SEIS |
 |
Coughlin Porter Lundeen |
Silver
|
1 | CIV |
 |
GGLO |
Silver
|
1 | INTR • LAND • URB • ARCH |
 |
Hewitt Architects |
Silver
|
0 | |
 |
LMN Architects |
Silver
|
2 | INTR • URB • ARCH • TRAN |
 |
Mithun |
Silver
|
0 | |
 |
OAC Services, Inc. |
Silver
|
0 | ENGM |
 |
StructureCraft |
Silver
|
0 | STRC |
 |
Telgian Engineering & Consulting, LLC |
Silver
|
0 | FIRE • SEC |
 |
VDA Elevator and Escalator Consulting |
Silver
|
18 | VERC |
 |
Wright Runstad & Co |
Silver
|
1 | DEV |
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Videos
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Research
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