CTBUH Gold Member

Perkins & Will

About

Member Since: 2008

Member Offices: Chicago

Website: http://www.perkinswill.com/

Since 1935, Perkins and Will has created innovative and award-winning designs for the world’s most forward-thinking clients. They are architects, interior designers, urban designers, landscape architects, consultants, and branded environment experts who approach design from all scales and perspectives.

They combine a deeply humanistic approach with results-driven pragmatism to create dynamic spaces for people. Research-focused and inventive, every day they reimagine how space can be used to foster stronger ties between communities, the built environment, and nature.

Their transformative designs help students learn better, patients heal faster, business teams perform stronger, and city dwellers have more meaningful daily experiences.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture; Historical Preservation; Interior Design

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.

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

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Height
1 Aon Center
346.3 m / 1,136  ft
2 900 North Michigan Avenue
265 m / 869  ft
3 Chase Tower
264.6 m / 868  ft
4 Sail Tower
240 m / 787  ft
5 Burj Daman
235 m / 771  ft
6 No2 Opus Place
222.5 m / 730  ft
7 Perennial
214.9 m / 705  ft
8 BLVD Heights Tower 1
200 m / 656  ft
9 Jade Signature
193.9 m / 636  ft
10 Warsaw One
187.8 m / 616  ft

Awards

Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex

Winner: Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex

Best Tall Mixed-Use Building 2021

Ctbuh Leaders

Michael Palmer

Michael Palmer

CTBUH Advisory Group, 2018 – Present

Chicago

Building Completions Timeline

Videos

28 April 2020

Agile AEC

The pandemic crisis of COVID-19 has catalyzed a shockwave of action throughout the AEC industry like never before. The CTBUH Chicago Chapter presents a virtual...

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Research

15 August 2022

Measuring the Economic Premium for Height

In this study, the authors examine the sale and rent prices for units in the 10 tallest for-sale and for-rent residential buildings in Chicago. Statistical...

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Research

11 October 2019

Tall Buildings in Numbers: 50 Years of Tall Building Evolution

The default image of the skyscraper for the past 50 years in the public imagination has likely been the extruded, rectilinear corporate “box,” derived from...

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Associated companies

Busby & Associates Architects

Busby Perkins+Will

Rocco, Vidal + Arquitetos

Perkins+Will Engineering Division

Pierre-Yves Rochon, Inc.

Pringle Brandon Perkins+Will

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects (2018)

Perkins+Will (2019)

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.

RANK
Name
Height
1 Chicago Spire

610 m / 2,000 ft
2 Aon Center

346 m / 1,136 ft
3 98 Fourteenth Street

280 m / 920 ft
4 900 North Michigan Avenue

265 m / 869 ft
5 Chase Tower

265 m / 868 ft
6 Campanile

264 m / 866 ft
7 100 North Wacker Drive

260 m / 853 ft
8 Sail Tower

240 m / 787 ft
9 Burj Daman

235 m / 771 ft
10 River Beech Tower

228 m / 748 ft
11 No2 Opus Place

223 m / 730 ft
12 Signature Tower

218 m / 715 ft
13 Nara Towers & Marina

216 m / 709 ft
14 Perennial

215 m / 705 ft
15 8 East 37th Street

213 m / 699 ft
16 BLVD Heights Tower 1

200 m / 656 ft
17 Jade Signature

194 m / 636 ft
18 Warsaw One

188 m / 616 ft
19 One Oxford Centre

187 m / 615 ft
20 Southbank Building A

182 m / 598 ft
21 Platinum on the Bay

180 m / 590 ft
22 The Clare

179 m / 589 ft
23 Residence Antilia

173 m / 568 ft
24 Boeing International Headquarters

171 m / 560 ft
25 500 Alton Tower

168 m / 550 ft
26 European Commission Headquarters Tower 2

164 m / 538 ft
27 Oriental Fisherman's Wharf Tower

161 m / 527 ft
28 5th & Virginia

160 m / 525 ft
29 Aspect

157 m / 516 ft
30 Mashreq Bank Headquarters

150 m / 493 ft
31 BLVD Heights Tower 2

150 m / 492 ft
32 One Wall Centre

150 m / 491 ft
33 235 West Van Buren

149 m / 490 ft
34 333 Wacker Drive

149 m / 487 ft
35 1 Bank of America Center

148 m / 484 ft
36 Millennium Broadway

147 m / 481 ft
37 Soleil Center

146 m / 480 ft
38 Talan Tower 1

146 m / 478 ft
39 MetroPlace

141 m / 463 ft
40 River One

139 m / 458 ft
41 Urban Mountain

138 m / 451 ft
42 The Reed

136 m / 447 ft
43 444 North Michigan

136 m / 445 ft
44 Bridgestone Americas Tower

135 m / 444 ft
45 3rd and Lenora

134 m / 440 ft
46 123 North Wacker

133 m / 435 ft
47 225 West Wacker

132 m / 433 ft
48 Skybridge

128 m / 421 ft
49 Southbank Building B

127 m / 418 ft
50 Northern Trust Building

126 m / 415 ft
51 The Stage

126 m / 413 ft
52 Two First National Plaza

124 m / 407 ft
53 Al-Birr Foundation Headquarters

124 m / 407 ft
54 Four Seasons Hotel

120 m / 394 ft
55 Signature Place

116 m / 381 ft
56 Azure

114 m / 375 ft
57 European Commission Headquarters Tower 1

114 m / 374 ft
58 The Admiral at the Lake

112 m / 368 ft
59 Centrepoint

109 m / 356 ft
60 230 West Monroe Street

108 m / 353 ft
61 Florsheim Tower

107 m / 352 ft
62 Marine Gateway North Residential

107 m / 351 ft
63 1700 Huangxing Road

106 m / 346 ft
64 Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex

105 m / 345 ft
65 1101 8th Avenue Tower 1

105 m / 345 ft
65 1101 8th Avenue Tower 2

105 m / 345 ft
67 M.I.T. Kendall Square Dorm

104 m / 342 ft
68 Hilton Alexandria Mark Center

103 m / 338 ft
69 526 Granville Street

102 m / 335 ft
70 Breiavatnet Lanterna

101 m / 331 ft
71 707 Terry Avenue North Tower

101 m / 330 ft
71 707 Terry Avenue South Tower

101 m / 330 ft
73 Coast Plaza Hotel & Suites

100 m / 329 ft
74 Rocket&Tigerli

100 m / 328 ft
75 101 North Wacker

99 m / 325 ft
76 MaxHaus Santos

99 m

325 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 29 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 8,559 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.
77 The Cooper

98 m / 321 ft
78 848 Seymour Street

97 m / 317 ft
79 2 North LaSalle Street

96 m / 316 ft
80 5055 Joyce Street

96 m / 315 ft
81 One American Place

94 m / 310 ft
82 Public Pool

94 m / 308 ft
83 Casaviva BKO

92 m

302 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 27 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 8,559 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.
83 VN Capote Valente

92 m

302 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 27 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 8,559 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.
85 Flatiron

91 m / 300 ft
86 The Canadian

91 m / 299 ft
87 lilli Midtown

91 m / 297 ft
88 Southbank Building C

90 m / 296 ft
89 Riley Towers I

90 m / 295 ft
89 Riley Towers II

90 m / 295 ft
91 Noble Square Co-op

90 m / 295 ft
92 Marine Gateway South Residential

89 m

292 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 26 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 8,559 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.
92 You, Perdizes

89 m

292 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 26 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 8,559 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.
94 The Bayview

88 m / 288 ft
95 Malmö Live

87 m / 287 ft
96 225 Carlton

87 m / 285 ft
97 MIT Kendall Square Building 5

85 m / 280 ft
98 22 West Washington

84 m / 276 ft
99 101 East Erie Street

79 m / 259 ft
100 Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center

79 m / 258 ft
101 Marine Gateway Office

78 m / 256 ft
102 MaxHaus Berrini Torre 1

77 m / 253 ft
102 MaxHaus Berrini Torre 2

77 m / 253 ft
104 Scotia Bank Tower

77 m

253 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 17 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 321 other buildings of the same Office / Retail 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 Rush University Medical Center Hospital Tower

77 m / 252 ft
106 Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute

77 m / 252 ft
107 MaxHaus Anália Franco Torre 1

75 m

246 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 22 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 8,559 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.
107 MaxHaus Anália Franco Torre 2

75 m

246 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 22 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 8,559 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 Cambridge Crossing, Parcel G

74 m / 243 ft
110 MaxHaus Porto Alegre Torre A

68 m

223 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 20 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 8,559 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 U.S. Gypsum Building

67 m / 220 ft
112 The Park

64 m / 210 ft
113 MaxHaus Alto da Boa Vista

62 m / 205 ft
114 MaxHaus Porto Alegre Torre B

61 m

200 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 18 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 8,559 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.
114 MaxHaus Porto Alegre Torre C

61 m

200 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 18 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 8,559 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.
116 King's Landing South

57 m / 187 ft
117 PPA 30 Parcel 2.11

55 m / 180 ft
118 Federal Reserve Building

54 m / 177 ft
119 European Commission Headquarters Tower 3

52 m / 171 ft
119 European Commission Headquarters Tower 4

52 m / 171 ft
121 Norwegian Geotechnical Institute

46 m / 151 ft
122 Højhus Jagtvej Nord

38 m / 125 ft
122 Højhus Jagtvej Syd

38 m / 125 ft
124 Qullilerfik

32 m / 105 ft
125 Bellevue and 22nd

31 m / 102 ft
126 Dubai Tower

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127 TCF Bank Building

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128 Parkway Tower 2

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129 Sheet Music Tower

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130 Parkway Tower 4

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131 Parkway Tower 1

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132 Monroe Block Office Tower

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133 Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center Phase 2

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134 Aimberê by You,Inc

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135 1125 Joaquim

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135 Maya Parque das Nações

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135 Monroe Block Residential Tower

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138 Maceió 88 by You,inc

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139 Oscar by You,Inc

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139 Versa Brooklin

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141 PPA 30 Parcel 4.01

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141 The Sutton Place Hotel

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143 Current

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143 The Bay Building

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145 K8

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145 Onni South Lake Union West Tower

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145 The Sutton Place Residences

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148 The Galbraith

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148 University of Miami Clinical Research Building

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150 Onni South Lake Union East Tower

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151 BCIT Student Residence

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152 Hypar Tower 1

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152 Hypar Tower 2

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152 Riverline Building F

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152 Riverline Roosevelt Road Tower

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152 Vancouver Art Gallery

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Statistics

Average Building Age*

21 Years

Most Common Function*

Residential (38%)

Most Common Material*

Concrete (58%)

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database

Based on 13 buildings over 150 m height with a function
 
Based on 12 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.

Designated Experts

Michael Palmer

Principal, Perkins & Will
Chicago, United States

David Green

Principal, Global Practice Leader, Perkins & Will
Raleigh, United States

Geeti Silwal

Principal, Perkins & Will
San Francisco, United States

Mide Akinsade

Design Director - Principal, Perkins & Will
Chicago, United States

Ctbuh Leaders At Perkins & Will

CTBUH Advisory Group, 2018 – Present

Michael Palmer

Principal, Perkins & Will
Chicago, United States

Videos

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28 April 2020

Agile AEC

The pandemic crisis of COVID-19 has catalyzed a shockwave of action throughout the AEC industry like never before. The CTBUH Chicago Chapter presents a virtual...

21 October 2018

A Monument to the World: Dubai Creek Tower

The Dubai Creek Tower’s monumental design is influenced by the natural forms of the lily and evokes the shape of a minaret, a distinctive architectural...

30 October 2017

Interview: Robert Foster

Robert Foster of The University of Queensland is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2017 CTBUH Australia Conference.

15 January 2016

Monthly Video: Turning Torso

Thursday 12th November 2015. Chicago, IL. Santiago Calatrava discusses the 2015 CTBUH 10 Year Award Winner, Turning Torso during the 2015 CTBUH Awards Symposium at...

12 November 2015

Interview: Santiago Calatrava

Santiago Calatrava, Founder, Santiago Calatrava Architects & Engineers, is interviewed by Chris Bentley regarding the 2015 CTBUH Tall Building 10 Year Award Winner, Turning Torso,...

26 October 2015

Interview: Adrian Smith

Adrian Smith of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2015 CTBUH New York Conference at the Grand Hyatt...

06 November 2014

Fazlur R. Khan Lifetime Achievement Award: Wind Engineering the World’s Tallest

Peter Irwin, one of the founding partners of Rowan Williams Davies and Irwin Inc. (RWDI), has led wind engineering on many of the world’s tallest...

07 November 2013

Fazlur Khan Lifetime Achievement Medal: Geotechnics for the World’s Tallest

Clyde Baker has performed geotechnical engineering for seven of the 16 tallest buildings in the world, and a major portion of the high-rise buildings built...

07 November 2013

Interview: Fazlur Khan Winner: Clyde Baker

Clyde N. Baker, Jr., Fazlur R. Khan Lifetime Achievement Medal Winner, discusses his lifetime work as a geotechnical engineer including working on 7 of the...

18 October 2012

Fazlur Kahn Lifetime Achievement Medal: A Lifetime’s Engineering Collaboration

The partnership between Charles Thornton and Richard Tomasetti has provided the backbone for many of the most dramatic and innovative tall buildings around the world....

Research

15 August 2022

Measuring the Economic Premium for Height

Grant Mosey & Brian Deal, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

In this study, the authors examine the sale and rent prices for units in the 10 tallest for-sale and for-rent residential buildings in Chicago. Statistical...

11 October 2019

Tall Buildings in Numbers: 50 Years of Tall Building Evolution

CTBUH Research

The default image of the skyscraper for the past 50 years in the public imagination has likely been the extruded, rectilinear corporate “box,” derived from...

20 October 2018

Polycentric Cities: The Future of Vertical Urbanism

CTBUH 2018 Conference Speakers

As we approach the new normality of cities housing 10 million or more inhabitants, those best positioned for the future are evolving along polycentric, multi-nodal...

CTBUH Initiatives Involving Perkins & Will

CTBUH Turkey Committee Presents: Future Design Trends in Construction

18 June 2020

The CTBUH Turkey Committee presents a discussion on the implications of COVID-19 on the design of construction projects.

CTBUH Atlanta Hosts Tall Timber Panel Event

26 July 2018

CTBUH Atlanta recently held an evening of panel presentations that addressed some of the challenges and opportunities associated with designing mass timber structures.

Fourth Building Tall Lecture Series: Greening Tall

01 February 2018

The Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) and CTBUH hosted a panel discussion on the movement to incorporate green features into tall buildings.

CTBUH and AIA Highlight 2017's Top Middle Eastern Architects

04 October 2017

CTBUH Dubai and AIA Middle East partnered to host an event that focused on this year's top Middle Eastern architects and interior designers.

CTBUH Joins Chicago Seminar on Mass Timber Buildings

08 June 2017

CTBUH joined a CCHRB seminar on "The Heavy Timber High Rise: Building Tall with Wood in the 21st Century," focused on new applications of wood as a structural material.

Seattle YPC Tours Troy Block

01 December 2016

The Seattle Chapter of the Young Professionals Committee hosted a site tour of Troy Block, providing significant insight into the relationship of the historical and new.

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