CTBUH Gold Member

Pelli Clarke & Partners

About

Member Since: 1994

Member Offices: New Haven

Website: http://www.pcparch.com/

From the World Financial Center in New York to the Petronas Towers in Malaysia and the International Finance Centre in Hong Kong, Pelli Clarke & Partners has had the great fortune to design many prestigious projects.

Their portfolio includes retail and mixed-​use projects, academic buildings, libraries, museums, research centers, residences and master plans, and they have served private clients, businesses, institutions and government agencies.

Their work has received critical acclaim and hundreds of design awards, including the American Institute of Architects’ Firm Award, the highest honor for an architectural practice. In 1995, the American Institute of Architects awarded Cesar Pelli the Gold Medal, its highest honor for an individual. In 2004, the firm was given the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for the Petronas Towers.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture; Interior Design; Urban 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
Height
4 Petronas Twin Tower 1

452 m / 1,483 ft
4 Petronas Twin Tower 2

452 m / 1,483 ft
6 Two International Finance Centre

412 m / 1,352 ft
7 Xiaobailou Union Plaza Tower 1

400 m / 1,312 ft
8 1 Corporate Avenue

376 m / 1,234 ft
11 Shanghai International Trade Center Tower 1

370 m / 1,214 ft
12 City Tower 1

358 m / 1,175 ft
14 Salesforce Tower

326 m / 1,070 ft
15 Toranomon-Azabudai District Main Tower

325 m / 1,067 ft
16 The Landmark

324 m / 1,063 ft

Building Completions Timeline

Videos

31 October 2017

Interview: Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

Fred Clarke, Aïcha Woods & Mark Shoemaker of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects are interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2017 CTBUH Australia Conference.

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Research

03 January 2022

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

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...

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Research

20 March 2020

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

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...

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Associated companies

Jun Mitsui & Associates

Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects (2021)

Cesar Pelli & Associates

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 Argentine Federale Building

610 m / 2,001 ft
2 Miglin-Beitler Skyneedle

609 m / 2,000 ft
3 Evergrande City Light

454 m / 1,488 ft
4 Petronas Twin Tower 1

452 m / 1,483 ft
4 Petronas Twin Tower 2

452 m / 1,483 ft
6 Two International Finance Centre

412 m / 1,352 ft
7 Xiaobailou Union Plaza Tower 1

400 m / 1,312 ft
8 1 Corporate Avenue

376 m / 1,234 ft
9 15 Penn Plaza

371 m / 1,216 ft
10 Fairmont Kuala Lumpur Tower 1

370 m / 1,214 ft
11 Shanghai International Trade Center Tower 1

370 m / 1,214 ft
12 City Tower 1

358 m / 1,175 ft
13 Newpark Tower 1

342 m / 1,121 ft
14 Salesforce Tower

326 m / 1,070 ft
15 Toranomon-Azabudai District Main Tower

325 m / 1,067 ft
16 The Landmark

324 m / 1,063 ft
17 Columbus Circle Project

320 m / 1,050 ft
18 Peachtree Triangle

306 m / 1,004 ft
19 Union Park I

303 m / 995 ft
20 Torre Costanera

300 m / 984 ft
21 Abeno Harukas

300 m / 984 ft
22 Key Tower

289 m / 947 ft
23 Nihonbashi 1-Chōme Central District Redevelopment

284 m / 932 ft
24 Cheung Kong Centre

283 m / 928 ft
25 Torre Mitikah

267 m / 877 ft
26 Petronas Tower 3

267 m / 876 ft
27 Bank of America Corporate Center

265 m / 871 ft
28 Raffles City The Bund East Tower

263 m / 863 ft
28 Raffles City the Bund West Tower

263 m / 863 ft
30 Toranomon-Azabudai District West Tower

263 m / 862 ft
31 Union Park II

262 m / 859 ft
32 Shanghai IFC North Tower

260 m / 853 ft
33 Central International Plaza East Tower

259 m / 850 ft
34 Central International Plaza West Tower

259 m / 850 ft
35 Canada Square Tower 1

255 m / 837 ft
36 Salesforce Tower

255 m / 835 ft
37 Shanghai IFC South Tower

250 m / 820 ft
38 Torre de Cristal

249 m / 817 ft
39 Bloomberg Tower

246 m / 806 ft
40 Ocean Financial Centre

245 m / 804 ft
41 The Centrale

245 m / 803 ft
42 542-550 Howard Street

244 m / 800 ft
43 30 Hudson Street

238 m / 781 ft
44 Toranomon-Azabudai District East Tower

237 m / 778 ft
45 BB&T Tower

237 m / 778 ft
46 Wells Fargo Center

236 m / 775 ft
47 One Canada Square

236 m / 774 ft
48 Carnegie Hall Tower

231 m / 757 ft
49 Three World Financial Center

225 m / 739 ft
50 Texas Tower

224 m / 735 ft
51 Taikang Headquarters Building

223 m / 733 ft
52 FMC Tower at Cira Centre South

223 m / 730 ft
53 777 Tower

221 m / 725 ft
54 Vanke One City Office Tower

220 m / 722 ft
55 COLI Huanchen Tower

220 m / 722 ft
56 Shanghai International Trade Center Tower 2

220 m / 722 ft
57 1555 Poydras

219 m / 719 ft
58 Unicredit Tower

218 m / 714 ft
59 Capital Place Office Tower

215 m / 706 ft
60 501 Congress Avenue

215 m / 705 ft
61 The Tower at Society Center

212 m / 696 ft
62 Union Park III

211 m / 691 ft
63 No. 1 Shanghai

211 m / 691 ft
64 Hyatt Hotel at Fain Pier

210 m / 689 ft
65 One International Finance Centre

210 m / 689 ft
66 181 West Madison

207 m / 680 ft
67 South Station Tower

206 m / 677 ft
68 Vietcombank Tower

206 m / 676 ft
69 Wolf Point East Tower

204 m / 668 ft
70 25 Canada Square

201 m / 659 ft
71 Two World Financial Center

197 m / 645 ft
72 Residences by Armani Casa

195 m / 639 ft
73 Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower

192 m / 631 ft
74 Atago Green Hills Mori Tower

187 m / 614 ft
75 Riverview Plaza A3

186 m / 610 ft
76 Hillsborough River Tower

183 m / 600 ft
77 One Congress Street Tower 2

183 m / 600 ft
78 Aria Resort & Casino

183 m / 600 ft
79 Harbor Garage Project Residential Tower

183 m / 600 ft
80 1500 Louisiana Street

183 m / 600 ft
81 Wood Wharf W02

182 m / 595 ft
82 Torre Sevilla

181 m / 592 ft
83 Block 185

180 m / 589 ft
84 Museum Tower

179 m / 589 ft
85 One World Financial Center

176 m / 577 ft
86 Lyra

174 m / 571 ft
87 Spear Tower

172 m / 564 ft
88 Torre Iberdrola

165 m / 541 ft
89 Union Park IV

164 m / 537 ft
90 Torre Repsol YPF

160 m / 525 ft
91 Torre Sofia

158 m / 518 ft
92 Atago Green Hills Forest Tower

157 m / 515 ft
93 1214 Fifth Avenue

156 m / 513 ft
94 1 West End Avenue

156 m / 513 ft
95 Riverview Plaza A2

156 m / 512 ft
96 SKYZ Tower & Garden

154 m / 505 ft
97 25 Bank Street

153 m / 502 ft
97 40 Bank Street

153 m / 502 ft
99 Four World Financial Center

152 m / 500 ft
100 70 Trinity Place

152 m / 499 ft
101 Torre Libertad

150 m / 492 ft
102 Baoland Plaza

149 m / 487 ft
103 6624 Fannin Tower

145 m / 477 ft
104 Abeno Grand Tour

144 m / 473 ft
105 Sea Hawk Hotel & Resort

143 m / 469 ft
106 900 3rd Avenue

143 m / 469 ft
107 100 North Main Street

140 m / 460 ft
108 Nakanoshima Mitsui Building

140 m / 460 ft
109 Camargo Corporate North Tower

139 m / 456 ft
109 Camargo Corporate South Tower

139 m / 456 ft
111 Four Leaf Towers 1

135 m / 444 ft
111 Four Leaf Towers 2

135 m / 444 ft
113 NHK Osaka Hall

135 m / 443 ft
114 Cira Centre

133 m / 437 ft
115 La Nube

132 m / 433 ft
116 68 Trinity Place

132 m / 433 ft
117 Evo at Cira Centre South

130 m / 427 ft
118 Sede Corporativa Banco Macro

130 m / 427 ft
119 Residencial del Bosque 1

129 m / 422 ft
119 Residencial del Bosque 2

129 m / 422 ft
121 JPMorgan Chase Building

128 m / 420 ft
122 1330 Post Oak Boulevard

128 m / 420 ft
123 NTT Shinjuku Head Office Building

127 m / 417 ft
124 Citylights at Queens Landing

125 m / 410 ft
125 475 Park Avenue South

124 m / 408 ft
126 Frost Bank Tower

122 m / 400 ft
127 Gioia 22

121 m / 398 ft
128 Baosteel Shanghai Headquarters

120 m / 392 ft
129 CHOP Roberts Center for Pediatric Research Building 1

114 m / 375 ft
130 The Visionaire

110 m / 360 ft
131 1360 Post Oak Tower

107 m / 351 ft
131 Wells Fargo Tower

107 m / 351 ft
133 South Station Air Rights Development Phase 2

106 m / 349 ft
134 Cleveland Marriott Downtown at Key Center

103 m / 339 ft
135 McKinney & Olive

102 m / 335 ft
136 Clorox Building

101 m / 330 ft
137 North Point

100 m

328 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 23 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.
138 Porta Nuova Garibaldi Tower B

100 m / 328 ft
139 Brooklyn Commons - 115 Myrtle Avenue

99 m / 325 ft
140 Shenzhen Kerry Hotel Jen

96 m / 315 ft
141 Gonda Building

93 m / 305 ft
142 Four Seasons Hotel Jakarta

91 m / 299 ft
143 Zurichtoren

88 m / 289 ft
144 Plaza Tower

86 m / 283 ft
145 The Solaire

85 m / 280 ft
146 South Station Air Rights Development Phase 3

85 m / 279 ft
147 Osaka Museum of History

83 m / 272 ft
148 The Ice Cubes

66 m / 218 ft
149 Pacific Design Center Red Building

66 m / 216 ft
150 One Century Tower

65 m / 213 ft
151 Porta Nuova Garibaldi Tower C

62 m / 202 ft
152 One Park West Tower 1

56 m / 184 ft
153 1212 Fifth Avenue

54 m / 177 ft
154 One Park West Tower 2

50 m / 165 ft
155 PVN Tower

-
156 Trump Crystal

-
157 PVN Residential Tower

-
158 Maral 57

-
159 Patina Osaka

-
160 Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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Statistics

Average Building Age*

19 Years

Most Common Function*

Office (61%)

Most Common Material*

Concrete (39%)

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database

Based on 75 buildings over 150 m height with a function
 
Based on 66 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 Nock

Director of Communications, Pelli Clarke & Partners
New Haven, United States

Videos

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31 October 2017

Interview: Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

Fred Clarke, Aïcha Woods & Mark Shoemaker of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects are interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2017 CTBUH Australia Conference.

30 October 2017

Humanizing Infrastructure: How Large-Scale, Transit-Based Urban Design Contributes to a Vibrant City

This presentation addressed the benefits of transit-based urban infrastructure development. In particular, it discusses the ways large-scale infrastructure can be humanized, making it open, friendly,...

30 October 2017

CTBUH 2017 Australia Conference - Session 4A: Connected Buildings and Urban Mobility

Ame Engelhart, Director - Hong Kong, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, chairs the question and answer session with Fred Clarke, Senior Design Principal, Pelli Clarke...

30 October 2017

Rethinking CTBUH's Height Criteria in the Context of Tall Timber

Recent developments in the design and construction of progressively taller buildings using engineered timber as a structural material raise important questions about the language that...

16 March 2017

Building Tall Skyscraper Lecture Series: How High Can We Go?

Thursday, March 16, 2017. Chicago, United States of America. Hosted in collaboration with the Chicago Architecture Foundation, the first lecture of the series Building Tall...

03 November 2016

Interview: Ron Klemencic

Ron Klemencic, Chairman & CEO, Magnusson Klemencic Associates, discusses some of his personal favorite projects with Chris Bentley, during the 2016 CTBUH Awards Symposium at...

20 October 2016

Skyscrapers in Hong Kong

Thursday October 20, 2016. Hong Kong, China. Eric Ma of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region presents at the 2016 China Conference Plenary 6: Hong Kong...

20 October 2016

ICC – Rising High for the Future of Hong Kong

Thursday October 20, 2016. Hong Kong, China. Tony Tang of Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited presents at the 2016 China Conference Plenary 6: Hong Kong...

18 October 2016

CTBUH Video Interview – Jon Pickard

Jon Pickard of Pickard Chilton is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Jon discusses the local economic impacts of tall buildings.

18 October 2016

CTBUH Video Interview – Hashimah Hashim

Hashimah Hashim of KLCC Property Holdings Berhad is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Hashimah discusses the master planning and development...

Research

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...

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...

12 December 2019

Interactive Study on Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2019

CTBUH Research

The year 2019 was remarkable for the tall building industry, with 26 supertall buildings (300 meters or taller) completed, the most in any year. This...

28 October 2019

Fifty Years of Fire Safety In Supertall Buildings

Peter Weismantle, AS+GG; James Antell, Telgian Engineering & Consulting

As international design teams participated in the development of high-rise structures around the world, many of the concepts of fire-safe design first introduced in the...

25 April 2019

Tall Buildings in Numbers: World's Tallest Offset-Core Buildings

CTBUH Research

There has long been an interest in separating the service cores of tall buildings from the main programmed areas – to create more column-free, easily-configured...

25 April 2019

Best Tall Buildings 2019: Dominant Trends

CTBUH

This year, CTBUH has vastly expanded its Awards program to consider the Best Tall Building category through several classes of height, rather than geographic regions,...

14 March 2019

Conjoined Tower Structures for Mile-High Tall Buildings

Kyoung Sun Moon, Yale University

Tall buildings are one of the most viable solutions to deal with the global phenomenon of rapid population increase and urbanization. While tall buildings are...

31 January 2019

Interactive Study on Tall Buildings in Numbers: 2018 Year in Review

CTBUH Research

In 2018, 143 buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater were completed. This is a slight decrease from 2017’s record-breaking total of 147, and it...

CTBUH Initiatives Involving Pelli Clarke & Partners

CTBUH Chicago FLC Presents: Wolf Point East

16 December 2020

The CTBUH Chicago Future Leaders Committee held a virtual presentation on Wolf Point East, the second tower in a series of three, situated on the historic Wolf Point site in Chicago.

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.

CTBUH 2016 Conference Silver+ Sponsor

16–21 October 2016

Cities to Megacities: Shaping Dense Vertical Urbanism takes place progressively across three Chinese cities: Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong.

Top Company Rankings: The World’s 100 Tallest Buildings

13 October 2016

The Council is pleased to announce the Top Company Rankings for numerous disciplines as derived from the list of projects appearing in 100 of the World’s Tallest Buildings.

Warm Weather Spaces Walking Tours 2015

17 September 2015

The CTBUH Urban Habitat / Urban Design Committee organized guided walking tours of 16 cities around the globe, focusing on urban habitats around tall buildings.

Seven Cities Winter Spaces Walking Tour

29 January 2015

The new CTBUH Urban Habitat / Urban Design Committee organized a highly successful Winter Spaces Walking Tour in seven cities around the world.

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