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Brandston Partnership, Inc.

About

Member Since: 2019

Member Offices: New York City, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore

Website: http://www.bpi.co

Brandston Partnership Inc., BPI is one of the oldest and most important lighting consultants. Since founded in 1966, the company has been active in the field of lighting design. Now the company has more than 150 professional designer and offices in New York, Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, Shenzhen, Singapore, and Seoul.

In the field of lighting design and project management, BPI has excellent experience. We have completed more than 5000 projects around the world. As small as jewelry shop and small apartment lighting or as large as urban planning, urban complexes and transportation hub lighting are all included in the scope of our service.

In the project, our primary role is to assist architects and client recognize the intention of the project. In each project, a team consists of a partner and leaded designers is responsible for the design.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture; Engineering, Multi-discipline; Engineering, Other

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 Shanghai Tower

632 m / 2,073 ft
4 One World Trade Center

541 m / 1,776 ft
5 Tianjin CTF Finance Centre

530 m / 1,739 ft
6 CITIC Tower

528 m / 1,731 ft
7 Suzhou Zhongnan Center

499 m / 1,638 ft
9 International Land-Sea Center

458 m / 1,503 ft
10 Changsha IFS Tower T1

452 m / 1,483 ft
11 Suzhou IFS

450 m / 1,476 ft
12 Greenland Shandong International Financial Center

428 m / 1,404 ft
13 Two International Finance Centre

412 m / 1,352 ft

Building Completions Timeline

Videos

31 October 2019

The Garden City in Three Dimensions

Moshe Safdie, Founder at Safdie Architects, speaks at the 2019 CTBUH International Congress in Chicago on 31 October 2019.

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Research

22 August 2022

Structural Design of Iconic Tower, Egypt: Culmination of a Concrete Optimization Process

This paper presents an overview of a process of optimizing concrete mixture for tall buildings, culminating in the design of the Iconic Tower, the key...

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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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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 Suzhou Zhongnan Center

729 m / 2,392 ft
2 Shanghai Tower

632 m / 2,073 ft
3 Global Financial Center Tower 1

568 m / 1,864 ft
4 One World Trade Center

541 m / 1,776 ft
5 Tianjin CTF Finance Centre

530 m / 1,739 ft
6 CITIC Tower

528 m / 1,731 ft
7 Suzhou Zhongnan Center

499 m / 1,638 ft
8 R&F Guangdong Building

468 m / 1,535 ft
9 International Land-Sea Center

458 m / 1,503 ft
10 Changsha IFS Tower T1

452 m / 1,483 ft
11 Suzhou IFS

450 m / 1,476 ft
12 Greenland Shandong International Financial Center

428 m / 1,404 ft
13 Two International Finance Centre

412 m / 1,352 ft
14 China Resources Tower

393 m / 1,288 ft
15 Eton Place Dalian Tower 1

383 m / 1,257 ft
16 1 Corporate Avenue

376 m / 1,234 ft
17 China Merchants Prince Bay Tower

374 m / 1,227 ft
18 Nanchang Ping An Financial Center

373 m / 1,224 ft
19 Shanghai International Trade Center Tower 1

370 m / 1,214 ft
20 Qingdao Hai Tian Center

369 m / 1,210 ft
21 Global Financial Center Tower 1

366 m / 1,201 ft
22 Ping An Finance Center Tower 1

360 m / 1,181 ft
23 Raffles City Chongqing T3N

354 m / 1,163 ft
24 Raffles City Chongqing T4N

354 m / 1,163 ft
25 Forum 66 Tower 1

351 m / 1,150 ft
26 Zhonghai City Plaza

340 m / 1,115 ft
27 Wuxi International Finance Square

339 m / 1,112 ft
28 Chongqing World Financial Center

339 m / 1,112 ft
29 Tianjin Modern City Office Tower

338 m / 1,109 ft
30 Wuxi Suning Plaza 1

328 m / 1,076 ft
31 Chongqing IFS T1

316 m / 1,038 ft
32 Jumeirah Nanjing Hotel & International Youth Cultural Centre Tower 2

315 m / 1,033 ft
33 Changsha IFS Tower T2

308 m / 1,010 ft
34 East Pacific Center Tower A

306 m / 1,004 ft
35 Leatop Plaza

303 m / 993 ft
36 Urban Lighthouse

300 m / 984 ft
37 R&F Yingkai Square

296 m / 972 ft
38 Lumina Shanghai

285 m / 935 ft
39 Cheung Kong Centre

283 m / 928 ft
40 Suzhou RunHua Global Building A

282 m / 925 ft
41 China Resources Center 2

280 m / 919 ft
42 Qiantan Center

280 m / 919 ft
43 Eton Place Dalian Tower 2

279 m / 917 ft
44 Shanghai Wheelock Square

270 m / 887 ft
45 Tongde Kunming Plaza

269 m / 883 ft
46 East Pacific Center Tower B

261 m / 856 ft
47 Jing An Kerry Centre Tower 2

260 m / 853 ft
48 Raffles City Chongqing T5

256 m / 839 ft
49 Raffles City Chongqing T2

256 m / 839 ft
50 Raffles City Chongqing T4S

256 m / 839 ft
51 Raffles City Chongqing T3S

256 m / 839 ft
52 Jumeirah Nanjing Hotel & International Youth Cultural Centre Tower 1

255 m / 837 ft
53 Center 66 Office 1

250 m / 820 ft
54 Ningbo New World Plaza Tower 5

250 m / 819 ft
55 Haitian Center Tower 3

245 m / 804 ft
56 Suzhou RunHua Global Building B

240 m / 787 ft
57 Kingtown International Center

231 m / 759 ft
58 Asia Square Tower 1

229 m / 751 ft
59 Raffles City Chongqing T1

228 m / 750 ft
59 Raffles City Chongqing T6

228 m / 750 ft
61 Kingold Century

228 m / 748 ft
62 Asia Square Tower 2

221 m / 727 ft
63 Euro America Financial City Tower 1

220 m / 722 ft
63 Euro America Financial City Tower 2

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

220 m / 722 ft
66 China Resources Center 1

218 m / 716 ft
67 China Merchants Tower

211 m / 692 ft
68 Haitian Center Tower 1

210 m / 689 ft
69 East Pacific Center Tower C

206 m / 676 ft
70 Sunshine Financial Center

205 m / 673 ft
71 RAYZONE

200 m / 656 ft
72 Beijing Lize Ping An Finance Centre

200 m / 656 ft
73 Jing An Kerry Centre Tower 3

198 m / 649 ft
74 SHUIBEI International Center

198 m / 648 ft
75 Evergrande Huazhi Residential Tower 1

191 m / 625 ft
75 Evergrande Huazhi Residential Tower 2

191 m / 625 ft
77 Riverview Plaza A3

186 m / 610 ft
78 Wuxi Suning Plaza 2

183 m / 600 ft
79 8 Corporate Avenue

180 m / 591 ft
80 The Bund Finance Center North

180 m / 591 ft
80 The Bund Finance Center South

180 m / 591 ft
82 Ping An Finance Centre Tower B

180 m / 590 ft
83 Riverview Plaza A2

156 m / 512 ft
84 East Pacific Center Tower D

155 m / 509 ft
85 7 Corporate Avenue

155 m / 508 ft
86 Baoland Plaza

149 m / 487 ft
87 China Resources Vanguard Headquarter Building

145 m / 476 ft
88 Hangzhou Xizi International Center Building 1

145 m / 476 ft
89 Evergrande Huazhi St. Regis Hotel

144 m / 471 ft
90 VIA 57 WEST

142 m / 467 ft
91 Hangzhou Xizi International Center Building 2

125 m / 410 ft
92 6 Corporate Avenue

121 m / 396 ft
93 Fubon Fuzhou Financial Center

118 m / 387 ft
94 Shangri-La Qiantan

111 m / 364 ft
95 Lakeville Regency Tower 1

109 m

358 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 32 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.
95 Lakeville Regency Tower 2

109 m

358 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 32 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.
97 Poly Beijing Tongzhou Metropolitan North Tower

105 m / 345 ft
97 Poly Beijing Tongzhou Metropolitan South Tower

105 m / 345 ft
99 Lakeville Regency Tower 4

102 m

335 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 30 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.
100 Hangzhou Xizi International Center Building 3

100 m / 328 ft
101 Habitat Qinhuangdao Phase 1

100 m / 328 ft
101 Habitat Qinhuangdao Phase 2

100 m / 328 ft
103 The Langham Shenzhen

99 m

325 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 26 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 1,126 other buildings of the same Hotel 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.
104 Lakeville Regency Tower 3

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.
105 BelView

85 m / 280 ft
106 Lakeville Regency Tower 6

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.
107 Lakeville Regency Tower 7

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.
108 Lakeville Regency Tower 5

48 m

157 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 14 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 Jiangbei New Financial Center Project C

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110 O-Tower

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Statistics

Average Building Age*

9 Years

Most Common Function*

Mixed-use (50%)

Most Common Material*

Composite (76%)

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database

Based on 80 buildings over 150 m height with a function
 
Based on 75 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

Xin Tian

Managing Director, Brandston Partnership, Inc.
Shanghai, China

Yilin Li

bpi, Brandston Partnership, Inc.
Shanghai, https://skyscrapercenter.xyz

Chiming Lin

President, Brandston Partnership, Inc.
New York City, United States

Chao Chen

Brandston Partnership, Inc.
https://skyscrapercenter.xyz, https://skyscrapercenter.xyz

Videos

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31 October 2019

The Garden City in Three Dimensions

Moshe Safdie, Founder at Safdie Architects, speaks at the 2019 CTBUH International Congress in Chicago on 31 October 2019.

10 April 2019

Ceremonial Influences Form a Modern Flagship Building for Beijing’s CBD

China Zun is the flagship building of Beijing’s comprehensively planned 30-hectare central business district core. Its gently rising and curving form embodies the historic capital’s...

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...

29 January 2018

"Geometry of Tall Buildings" - a CTBUH United Kingdom Chapter Event

The London Committee of the CTBUH United Kingdom Chapter recently hosted [i]Geometry of Tall Buildings[/i], a conversation between leading architects and engineers on the geometry...

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...

03 November 2016

Best of Both Worlds: VIA 57 WEST

By incorporating the social sustainability of a mid-rise structure with the efficiency and density of a high-rise, the distinctive massing and appearance of VIA 57...

03 November 2016

A Vernacular Megatall: Shanghai Tower

As the tallest building in China upon completion, Shanghai Tower has had an immediate and profound impact on the country’s perceptions of how a skyscraper...

03 November 2016

Interview: Shanghai Tower

Jianping Gu, General Manager, Shanghai Tower C&D, & Grant Uhlir, Managing Director, Gensler, are interviewed by Chris Bentley regarding Shanghai Tower, Shanghai, the 2016 CTBUH...

03 November 2016

Interview: VIA 57 WEST

Kai-Uwe Bergmann, Partner, BIG, and Alexander Durst, Chief Development Officer, The Durst Organization, are interviewed by Chris Bentley regarding VIA 57 WEST, New York City,...

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...

Research

22 August 2022

Structural Design of Iconic Tower, Egypt: Culmination of a Concrete Optimization Process

Tarek Hassan, Yehia El-Ezaby & Charles Malek, rector Dar Al Handasah Consultants (Shair and Partners)

This paper presents an overview of a process of optimizing concrete mixture for tall buildings, culminating in the design of the Iconic Tower, the key...

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...

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,...

30 January 2020

Determinism, Integration, and Articulation Lead Up to a Landmark

Brian Lee, Thomas Kinzl, Inho Rhee & Ronald Johnson, SOM

Completed in 2019, the Tianjin Chow Tai Fook (CTF) Finance Centre is currently the seventh-tallest building in the world, tied with the Guangzhou CTF Finance...

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...

11 October 2019

The Garden City in Three Dimensions

Moshe Safdie, Safdie Architects

With a career spanning back to the Habitat ’67 residential complex in Montréal, Moshe Safdie’s work has always evoked images of utopian science fiction, yet...

29 July 2019

Highest Special-Purpose Spaces

Since humans first began constructing tall buildings, history has been cluttered with claims of all manner of “highest” records. In this study, we examine those...

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,...

CTBUH Initiatives Involving Brandston Partnership, Inc.

CTBUH China: Smart City, Intelligent Building

07 November 2019

This CTBUH International Symposium brings together innovators from the fields of information technology, architectural design, structural technology, materials and equipment, and more.

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.

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