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TK Elevator GmbH

About

Member Since: 2010

Member Offices: Düsseldorf

Website: http://www.tkelevator.com

With customers in over 100 countries served by more than 50,000 employees, TK Elevator achieved sales of around €8 billion in the fiscal year 2020/2021. Over 1,000 locations around the world provide an extensive network that guarantees closeness to customers. Over the past decades, TK Elevator has established itself as one of the world’s leading elevator companies and became independent since its separation from thyssenkrupp AG in August 2020. The company’s most important business line is the service business represented by over 24,000 service technicians. The product portfolio covers commodity elevators for residential and commercial buildings to cutting-edge, highly customized solutions for state-of-the-art skyscrapers. In addition, it also consists of escalators and moving walks, passenger boarding bridges, stair and platform lifts. Integrated cloud-based service solutions, such as the MAX platform, are gaining in importance. With these digital offerings, there are no limits to urban mobility anymore. TKE – move beyond.

Fields of Expertise

Materials / Products / Systems Supplier; Vertical Transportation Consultant; Vertical Transportation Supplier

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
Height
2 One World Trade Center

541 m / 1,776 ft
3 Ostankino Tower

540 m / 1,772 ft
5 Shanghai World Financial Center

492 m / 1,614 ft
6 Lakhta Center

462 m / 1,516 ft
7 PIF Tower

385 m / 1,263 ft
8 Federation Tower

374 m / 1,226 ft
9 Mercury City Tower

339 m / 1,112 ft
10 Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower

329 m / 1,078 ft
11 Parc1 Tower I

322 m / 1,056 ft
13 50 Hudson Yards

299 m / 981 ft

Building Completions Timeline

Videos

16 August 2018

Five Minutes With: William Pedersen

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Research

22 August 2022

The World’s Highest Pools: A Deep Dive

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Research

23 May 2022

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

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Associated companies

thyssenkrupp (2020)

Thyssen AG

Phoenix-Rheinrohr AG

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 Sky Mile Tower

1,700 m / 5,577 ft
2 One World Trade Center

541 m / 1,776 ft
3 Ostankino Tower

540 m / 1,772 ft
4 Federation Tower Spire

506 m / 1,660 ft
5 Shanghai World Financial Center

492 m / 1,614 ft
6 Lakhta Center

462 m / 1,516 ft
7 PIF Tower

385 m / 1,263 ft
8 Federation Tower

374 m / 1,226 ft
9 Mercury City Tower

339 m / 1,112 ft
10 Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower

329 m / 1,078 ft
11 Parc1 Tower I

322 m / 1,056 ft
12 Waterview Tower

319 m / 1,047 ft
13 50 Hudson Yards

299 m / 981 ft
14 Comcast Center

297 m / 974 ft
15 One Tower

290 m / 951 ft
16 Eight Spruce Street

265 m / 870 ft
17 Commerzbank Tower

259 m / 850 ft
18 Zhongshan TKE Elevator Laboratory Tower

248 m / 814 ft
19 Parc1 Tower II

247 m / 811 ft
20 181 Fremont

247 m / 810 ft
21 Aufzugstestturm

246 m / 807 ft
22 Evolution Tower

246 m / 807 ft
23 FKI Tower

245 m / 805 ft
24 CIBC Square II

243 m / 798 ft
25 Federation Tower - Zapad Tower

243 m / 796 ft
26 CIBC Square I

241 m / 792 ft
27 55 Hudson Yards

237 m / 779 ft
28 Infinity Coast Tower

235 m / 770 ft
29 ÏCE Condominiums at York Centre 2

234 m / 768 ft
30 Harbour Plaza Residences East

233 m / 764 ft
31 Ourhouse Headquarters West Tower

229 m / 750 ft
32 Time Warner Center North Tower

228 m / 749 ft
32 Time Warner Center South Tower

228 m / 749 ft
34 RSA Battle House Tower

227 m / 745 ft
35 Harbour Plaza Residences West

224 m / 735 ft
36 MARQUE Sukhumvit

222 m / 730 ft
37 Shangri-La Hotel Toronto

214 m / 702 ft
38 Golden Tower

205 m / 673 ft
39 ÏCE Condominiums at York Centre 1

202 m / 664 ft
40 The Ritz-Carlton Residences

195 m / 640 ft
41 SANTAMARIA Torre 6

189 m / 620 ft
42 RBC Centre

185 m / 607 ft
43 ECB - European Central Bank

184 m / 603 ft
44 250 West 55th Street

183 m / 602 ft
45 Marina City I

179 m / 588 ft
45 Marina City II

179 m / 588 ft
47 IQ-Quarter Tower 2

178 m / 582 ft
48 Lodha Primero

177 m

581 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 52 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.
49 D2 Tower

171 m / 561 ft
50 Concordia Corporate

170 m / 556 ft
51 Ministry of Taxes

168 m / 552 ft
52 Grattacielo Intesa Sanpaolo

166 m / 545 ft
53 Império das Ondas

165 m / 541 ft
54 The Encore

162 m / 533 ft
55 Foshan Opera Tower

160 m / 525 ft
56 The Uptown Residences

158 m / 518 ft
57 Three Hundred

158 m / 518 ft
58 Trinity

157 m / 516 ft
59 Prime View

157 m / 515 ft
60 Helicon

156 m / 512 ft
61 Dubai Frame

153 m / 501 ft
62 33 Arch Street

149 m / 489 ft
63 One Park Tower

142 m / 466 ft
64 Panorama Tower

142 m / 466 ft
65 IQ-Quarter Tower 1

141 m / 463 ft
66 480 Washington Boulevard

141 m / 461 ft
67 Rosewood Abu Dhabi

140 m / 460 ft
68 Leader Tower

140 m / 459 ft
69 WTorre Morumbi

140 m / 459 ft
70 Ourhouse Headquarters East Tower

139 m / 456 ft
71 Camargo Corporate North Tower

139 m / 456 ft
71 Camargo Corporate South Tower

139 m / 456 ft
73 Nextower

136 m / 446 ft
74 TKE Innovation and Qualification Center Tower

136 m / 446 ft
75 Nexus

135 m / 442 ft
76 Rochaverá Corporate Tower C

134 m / 440 ft
77 Residence Inn New York Manhattan/Times Square

133 m / 437 ft
78 Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

131 m / 431 ft
79 Memorial Hermann Medical Plaza

131 m / 430 ft
80 Ocean Two Condominiums I

130 m / 426 ft
80 Ocean Two Condominiums II

130 m / 426 ft
82 Torre Z

129 m / 422 ft
83 Quatro Ventos

125 m / 410 ft
84 Fifty South Sixth

123 m / 404 ft
85 Gran Lest

123 m

404 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 36 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.
86 Faria Lima B32 Office Tower

123 m / 404 ft
87 Solistice

121 m / 397 ft
88 Henninger Turm

120 m / 394 ft
89 Nicholas Residences

117 m / 384 ft
90 The Milan Condominium

116 m / 381 ft
91 American Residence

114 m / 373 ft
92 RAK Tower

114 m / 373 ft
93 Sede Localiza Hertz

113 m

371 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 26 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 6,728 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.
94 Fairmont Ambassador Seoul Hotel

112 m / 367 ft
95 K2 at K Station

112 m / 366 ft
96 Platinum XO

111 m / 364 ft
97 Ellipse West

110 m / 361 ft
98 Torre Diagonal ZeroZero

110 m / 361 ft
99 Amorepacific Headquarters

110 m / 361 ft
100 SkyLight Tower A

109 m / 358 ft
100 SkyLight Tower B

109 m / 358 ft
102 10 Bellair

108 m / 353 ft
103 Deutsches Haus

107 m / 351 ft
104 Three Alliance Center

107 m / 351 ft
105 SLS Puerto Madero Torre 1

106 m

348 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 31 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.
105 SLS Puerto Madero Torre 2

106 m

348 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 31 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 Hesperia Tower

105 m / 344 ft
108 35xv

102 m / 334 ft
109 Kollhoff Tower

101 m / 331 ft
110 Radio City South

101 m / 331 ft
111 Edifício São Luís Gonzaga

101 m / 331 ft
112 300 West 6th Street

100 m / 328 ft
113 Jumeirah Frankfurt Hotel

99 m / 325 ft
114 Millennium Tower

98 m / 320 ft
115 Dreischeibenhaus

95 m / 311 ft
116 BS Design Corporate Towers

92 m

302 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 21 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 6,728 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.
117 Transamerica Tower

90 m / 295 ft
118 The Residence of Avondale, South Tower

84 m / 276 ft
119 IQ-Quarter Tower 3

84 m / 274 ft
120 The Bernardin

83 m / 272 ft
121 NEO Bankside Building C

82 m / 271 ft
122 Jazz Carolina Sucupira

82 m

269 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 24 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.
123 The Residence of Avondale, North Tower

81 m / 266 ft
124 Mirante Lagoa Nova

81 m / 265 ft
125 Rica Forum Hotel

80 m / 262 ft
126 Svyatogor 1

79 m / 259 ft
127 Orion Residence

78 m

256 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 23 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.
128 Svyatogor 2

76 m / 249 ft
129 Helbor Trend Joinville

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.
130 Pointe 400

66 m / 216 ft
131 Scheepvaart en Transport College

65 m / 214 ft
132 NEO Bankside Building 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.
133 Seattle Central Library

60 m / 196 ft
134 JNBY Headquarters Building D1-5

45 m / 148 ft
134 OōEli Hotel

45 m / 148 ft
136 JNBY Headquarters Building E

42 m / 139 ft
137 NEO Bankside Building A

41 m

135 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 12 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.
137 NEO Bankside Building D

41 m

135 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 12 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.
139 JNBY Headquarters Building A1-2

38 m / 125 ft
139 JNBY Headquarters Building A3-4

38 m / 125 ft
139 JNBY Headquarters Building A5

38 m / 125 ft
139 JNBY Headquarters Building B1

38 m / 125 ft
139 JNBY Headquarters Building B2-3

38 m / 125 ft
139 JNBY Headquarters Building C1

38 m / 125 ft
139 JNBY Headquarters Building D6

38 m / 125 ft
146 Emmons on 3rd

26 m / 86 ft
147 The Forest

-
148 Campus Sud des Métiers

-
149 Business Headquarters (BHQ)

-

Statistics

Average Building Age*

13 Years

Most Common Function*

Office (43%)

Most Common Material*

Concrete (56%)

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database

Based on 54 buildings over 150 m height with a function
 
Based on 54 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

Markus Jetter

Chief Engineer High Rise and Functional Safety, TK Elevator GmbH
Stuttgart, Germany

Joerg Mueller

Global Highrise Product Manager, TK Elevator GmbH
Stuttgart, Germany

Kevin Robertson

Executive VP Sales & Marketing, TK Elevator GmbH
Atlanta, United States

Stefan Gerstenmeyer

Head of Traffic and Group Control Development | Cluster Lead, TK Elevator GmbH
Stuttgart, Germany

Javier Sesma

Senior Vice President Business Development, TK Elevator GmbH
Bilbao, Germany

Christoph Aebischer

Vice President, Sales Asia Pacific, TK Elevator GmbH
Hong Kong, Germany

Jon Clarine

Head of Digital Services NA, TK Elevator GmbH
Atlanta, United States

Peter Bjorn

Head of Installation Sales, TK Elevator GmbH
Stuttgart, Germany

Videos

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16 August 2018

Five Minutes With: William Pedersen

William Pedersen, Principal, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, sat down with CTBUH to discuss his vision for the iconic Shanghai World Financial Center, which was recognized...

09 July 2018

Five Minutes With: Carla Swickerath

Carla Swickerath, Partner, Studio Libeskind, sat down with CTBUH to discuss the design approach and urban impact of the World Trade Center complex in New...

01 June 2018

Occupant Interior Transportation Routes Using MULTI

As part of the ongoing CTBUH research project, "A Study on the Design Possibilities Enabled by Rope-Less, Non-Vertical Elevators", students created hypothetical projects that utilize...

31 May 2018

Liberating the Elevator from Ropes

MULTI – the world’s first and only rope-less, sideways-moving elevator – ushers in the end of the 160-year reign of rope-dependent elevators, harnessing the power...

30 May 2018

Vertical Integration: An Educational/Residential Community Rises

Rising 102 meters above a mid-block site, 35XV is a unique, hybrid residential-academic building located in Manhattan’s vibrant Chelsea neighborhood. Utilizing excess development rights from...

30 May 2018

Efficiently Sublime: The Tall Building in the Modern City

From its inception, Comcast Center was designed to exude a heightened sense of innovation and public engagement – qualities that align with both the tower’s...

30 May 2018

A Bold Icon Communicates a Global City’s Identity to the World

The Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC) is a symbol of commerce and culture that speaks to the city’s emergence as a global capital. Located in...

30 May 2018

Interview: Joel Breitkopf & Daniel Kaplan | 35xv

Joel Breitkopf, Principal of Alchemy Properties, and Daniel Kaplan, Senior Partner of FXCollaborative, are interviewed by Chris Bentley regarding the Best Tall Building Americas –...

28 March 2018

Building Tall Skyscraper Lecture Series: Naturalizing the Vertical Realm

Thursday, February 1, 2018. Chicago, United States of America. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) and the Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) held...

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 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...

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...

03 January 2022

Interactive Study on Tall Buildings in 2021: A State of Current Construction

CTBUH Research

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has released its annual report, CTBUH Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2021, part of the Tall...

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...

23 September 2020

The Structural Engineering Design And Construction Of The Tallest Building In Europe Lakhta Center, St. Peters

Ahmad Abdelrazaq, Vladimir Travush, PhD, Alexey Shakhvorostov, PhD, et al., Samsung C&T

The 2020 National Building Code of Canada (NBC) and the 2021 International Building Code (IBC) both include Tall Wood Buildings (TWB) and are hailed as...

25 June 2020

Curtain Wall Façades on the New Generation of Supertall Buildings Present and Future Directions

Sae Hwang Oh, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

Beginning in the late 19th century, construction of skyscrapers spread throughout Chicago, New York City, and then the world as demand of space in buildings...

20 March 2020

Interactive Study on The Tallest 20 in 2020: Then and Now

CTBUH Research

This research paper undertakes a review of the 2012 report by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, “Tallest 20 in 2020: Entering the...

20 March 2020

Tall + Urban Innovation 2020: Dominant Trends

CTBUH Research

Providing a global overview of tall building development, design and construction, the CTBUH Awards Program and related Tall + Urban Innovation Conference annually survey projects,...

19 March 2020

Bridging Communities, Building Serendipity

Jean-Luc Crochon, Cro&Co Architecture

The Trinity tower, located in the Paris La Défense business district, is a 32-story, 140-meter tower, whose most outstanding feature is its construction upon a...

30 January 2020

Tall Building Predictions for 2020

CTBUH Research

The combined brains of the CTBUH editorial and database staff boldly predict what might happen across the global skyscraper industry in 2020. Check out our...

CTBUH Initiatives Involving TK Elevator GmbH

Skybridges: Bringing the Horizontal into the Vertical Realm

02 July 2020

This symposium gathered many successful practitioners sharing their experiences and discussing the recreation of the urban realm in the sky through connections between buildings at height.

Skybridges Research Team Visits Major Projects in China, Malaysia

31 July 2019

Three researchers from the CTBUH Skybridges Research Team visited four key skybridge-linked projects in Shenzhen, Chongqing, Beijing, and Kuala Lumpur.

CTBUH Holds Half-Day Skybridges Symposium

18 July 2019

More than 100 attendees gathered at Linked Hybrid for a symposium held in conjunction with the forthcoming skybridge research project, “Bringing the Horizontal Into the Vertical Realm.”

CTBUH India: Challenges to Elevatoring in India

05 July 2019

Join CTBUH India for a panel discussion and networking event on the challenges and opportunities of elevatoring particular to the Indian context.

Skybridges Research: CTBUH / IIT Studio Visit

11 April 2019

As part of the Skybridges research project, CTBUH and IIT College of Architecture traveled to NYC for presentations, workshops, and meetings regarding Skybridge designs.

CTBUH Earmarks $85,000 to Support Research & Academic Programs

06 November 2018

During the CTBUH 2018 Middle East Conference, awards were conferred in relation to five CTBUH Research and Academic programs that will produce a number of important future outputs.

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