The Over 200m Club in North America

[bryans]

Ranked by single tallests and without tv towers or observation decks, according to emporis.com

Chicago..............Sears Tower 442 m 1974
New York City..............Empire State Building 381 m 1931
Atlanta..............Bank of America Plaza 312 m 1992
Los Angeles..............US Bank Tower 310 m 1989
Houston..............JPMorganChase Tower 305 m 1982
Toronto..............First Canadian Place 298 m 1976
Cleveland..............Key Tower 289 m 1991
Philadelphia..............One Liberty Place 288 m 1987
Seattle..............Bank of America Tower 285 m 1985
Dallas..............Bank of America Plaza 281 m 1985
Charlotte..............Bank of America Corp. 265 m 1992
San Francisco..............Transamerica Pyramid 260 m 1972
Pittsburgh..............U.S. Steel Tower 256 m 1970
Indianapolis..............Bank One Tower 247 m 1990
Boston..............John Hancock Tower 241 m 1976
Minneapolis..............IDS Tower 241 m 1973
Miami..............Four Seasons Hotel & .. 240 m 2003
Mexico City..............Torre Mayor 225 m 2003
Detroit..............Marriott Renaissance .. 221 m 1977
Denver..............Republic Plaza 218 m 1984
Calgary..............Petro-Canada Centre 215 m 1983
Montreal..............Le 1000 rue de la Gau.. 205 m 1992
Tulsa..............One Williams Center 203 m 1976


Anyone left out? sorry if this has been posted before, i'm new at this.

[Malt]

assumin you meant cities with buildings over 200m and the buildings themselves.

cool list then.

[Nick in Atlanta]

Yup, outside of NYC and Chicago, Atlanta has the tallest building in North America, at least for now.

[Jerv]

Cool thread

Here's the UK list;

London..........1 Canada Square 235m 1991

[Jerv]

If your interested, the over 100m club ;)

London.........1 Canada Square 235m 1991
Manchester.....Beetham Hiltom Hotel 171m 2005
Birmingham.......Holloway Circus Tower 130m 2005
Leeds.........Bridgewater Place 110m 2006
Brighton......Sussex Heights 102m 1968
Liverpool......Unity 100m 2005

Impressive huh? Just shows how far the USA strove in the high rise stakes
But seriously, there are quite a few towers in the process at the moment for cities throughout the UK. Manchester for instance has 188m, 179m, 170m, 150m towers to go with the 171m u/c Beetham Hilton

[Bobdreamz]

welcome bryans...missing Miami's Wachovia Financial Center /233m and built in 1984.
what about all of these towers in Atlanta?
SunTrust Plaza
265 m 1992
One Atlantic Center
250 m 1987
191 Peachtree Tower
235 m 1990
Westin Peachtree Plaz..
220 m 1976
Georgia Pacific Tower
212 m 1981
Promenade II
211 m 1989
BellSouth Building
206 m 1980

[npinguy]

welcome bryans...missing Miami's Wachovia Financial Center /233m and built in 1984.
what about all of these towers in Atlanta?
SunTrust Plaza
265 m 1992
One Atlantic Center
250 m 1987
191 Peachtree Tower
235 m 1990
Westin Peachtree Plaz..
220 m 1976
Georgia Pacific Tower
212 m 1981
Promenade II
211 m 1989
BellSouth Building
206 m 1980


you do realize chicago and new york probably each have like 40 towers over 200 m?



The guy listed only one per each city - to show which cities have the building.


Incidentally - i can't frigging believe tulsa has a 200m scraper and vancouver doesn't.

[djm19]

...They should raise the helicopter pad on the US Bank Tower in LA 3m, so that it is the 3rd tallest

[El Cronista]

Mexico City ..... Torre PEMEX 211.3 m 1984

[bryans]

you do realize chicago and new york probably each have like 40 towers over 200 m?

The guy listed only one per each city - to show which cities have the building.

Right, the quantity in each city would be a different list. i almost went through and subtracted the height of any spires on the buildings which are on this list, but i didn't get that far.


Incidentally - i can't frigging believe tulsa has a 200m scraper and vancouver doesn't.

more amazing is even with the Shangri-La, tulsa will still have 2 taller buildings.

Cool thread

Here's the UK list;

London..........1 Canada Square 235m 1991
thanks jerv, thought it was interesting how old some are, even including the UK, mexico city and miami have the only ones built in the last 10 years. i need to add more continents.

[Bobdreamz]

sorry my mistake...I read through the first sentence too quickly, now the list makes sense.

[bryans]

^:cool:

[hngcm]

Tulsa has one and San Diego doesn't....

[Malt]

Well is UK is mentioned :D

AUSTRALIA! (including U/C buildings)

1. Melbourne - Eureka Tower - 297m Roof (350m ~ Spire)
2. Gold Coast - Q1 - 275m Roof (322m Spire)
3. Perth - Central Park - 226m Roof (249m Spire)
4. Sydney - World Tower - 230m
5. Brisbane - Aurora - 207m (246m Vision Tower Proposed)

Without U/C
1. Melbourne - Rialto Towers - 251m
2. Perth - Central Park - 226m Roof (249m Spire)
3. Sydney - World Tower - 230m
4. Brisbane - Riparian Plaza - 200m Roof (250m Spire) (Still U/C But has topped out so its borderline.. Spire is the only thing left to go up)

[Trey Howe]

Nick in Atlanta "Yup, outside of NYC and Chicago, Atlanta has the tallest building in North America, at least for now"

-Well if you believe that the petronas towers are taller than the sears tower.....then yes, i guess you could say that atlanta has the tallest outside of nyc and chicago

[bryans]

thanks Malt! just to be fair i stayed with non u/c but emporis had a couple of taller listings anyway :)

this should be the world cities with >200m skyscrapers now

Taipei..............Taipei 101 509 m 2004
Kuala Lumpur..............Petronas Towers 452 m 1998
Chicago..............Sears Tower 442 m 1974
Shanghai..............Jin Mao Tower 421 m 1998
Hong Kong..............Two International Fin.. 415 m 2003
Guangzhou..............CITIC Plaza 391 m 1997
Shenzhen..............Shun Hing Square 384 m 1996
New York City..............Empire State Building 381 m 1931
Dubai..............Emirates Office Tower 355 m 2000
Melbourne..............Eureka Tower 350m 2005
Kaohsiung..............Tuntex Sky Tower 348 m 1997
Wuhan..............Wuhan International S.. 331 m 2005
Gold Coast..............Q1 322m 2005
Atlanta..............Bank of America Plaza 312 m 1992
Los Angeles..............US Bank Tower 310 m 1989
Houston..............JPMorganChase Tower 305 m 1982
Bangkok....Baiyoke Tower II 304 m 1997
Riyadh.....Kingdom Centre 302 m 2002
Toronto..............First Canadian Place 298 m 1976
Yokohama.....Yokohama Landmark Tow.. 296 m 1993
Cleveland..............Key Tower 289 m 1991
Philadelphia..............One Liberty Place 288 m 1987
Seattle..............Bank of America Tower 285 m 1985
Chongqing.....Chongqing World Trade.. 283 m 2005
Dallas..............Bank of America Plaza 281 m 1985
Singapore.... Republic Plaza 280 m 1995
Charlotte..............Bank of America Corp. 265 m 1992
Moscow...Triumph-Palace 264 m 2005
Seoul....Tower Palace Three, T.. 264 m 2004
Melbourne.....120 Collins Street 264 m 1991
San Francisco..............Transamerica Pyramid 260 m 1972
Makati....PBCOM Tower 259 m 2000
Frankfurt...Commerzbank Tower 259 m 1997
Izumisano......Rinku Gate Tower Buil.. 256 m 1996
Pittsburgh..............U.S. Steel Tower 256 m 1970
Osaka....Osaka World Trade Cen.. 252 m 1995
Brisbane..............Riparian Plaza 250m 2005
Jakarta...Wisma 46 250 m 1996
Perth.....Central Park 249 m 1992
Hangzhou.....Hangzhou No.2 Telecom.. 248 m 2003
Indianapolis..............Bank One Tower 247 m 1990
Nagoya..............JR Central Office Tow.. 245 m 2000
Sydney..............Chifley Tower 244 m 1992
Tokyo.... Tokyo City Hall, Towe.. 243 m 1991
Dalian....Dalian World Trade Ce.. 242 m 2000
Qingdao.....Bank of China Mansion 241 m 1999
Boston..............John Hancock Tower 241 m 1976
Minneapolis..............IDS Tower 241 m 1973
Miami..............Four Seasons Hotel & .. 240 m 2003
Tianjin.....Tianjin Xinda Plaza 238 m 2004
London.........1 Canada Square 235m 1991
Penang Island....Menara KOMTAR 232 m 1985
Warsaw... Palace of Culture and.. 231 m 1955
Nanjing.....New Century Plaza Tow.. 230 m 2005
Mexico City..............Torre Mayor 225 m 2003
Johannesburg....Carlton Centre Office.. 223 m 1973
Caracas....Parque Central Torre .. 221 m 1979
Detroit..............Marriott Renaissance .. 221 m 1977
Denver..............Republic Plaza 218 m 1984
Calgary..............Petro-Canada Centre 215 m 1983
Paris....Tour Montparnasse 210 m 1973
Beijing...Jing Guang Center 208 m 1990
Montreal..............Le 1000 rue de la Gau.. 205 m 1992
Tulsa..............One Williams Center 203 m 1976
Istanbul....Sisli Plaza 200 m 2006

[npinguy]

Nick in Atlanta "Yup, outside of NYC and Chicago, Atlanta has the tallest building in North America, at least for now"

-Well if you believe that the petronas towers are taller than the sears tower.....then yes, i guess you could say that atlanta has the tallest outside of nyc and chicago


see bolded.

[scguy]

Nick in Atlanta "Yup, outside of NYC and Chicago, Atlanta has the tallest building in North America, at least for now"

-Well if you believe that the petronas towers are taller than the sears tower.....then yes, i guess you could say that atlanta has the tallest outside of nyc and chicago
....Well, they are taller. No doubt about that.

[slickpenguin]

You forgot to include Scotia Plaza in Toronto on your ranking lists. 274.9 m!

[sdtj]

We should post some photos, at least of the least known.

Like the one tulsa center. I never knew it existed, it doesn't look over 200 Meters thought.

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/okla/tulsa/yamasaki/whole.jpg

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[LooselogInThePeg]

You forgot to include Scotia Plaza in Toronto on your ranking lists. 274.9 m!
No he didn't. He listed FCP which is taller so there was no need to list Scotia Plaza as Toronto was already represented.

[JARdan]

Edit.

[KGB]

Hey...I like that Tulsa building.





KGB

[eulogy]

That Tulsa building looks lonely.

Maybe there are some other tall ones just out of shot.

[sdtj]

That's what I mean, we should show photos of the least known buildings mention on the list here.


http://wigginprop.com/Properties/Tulsa_For_Lease/110_W__7th_For_Lease/110_W__7th_Site_Plan/Tulsa_skyline_w_labels_Site_Plan.jpg

[samsonyuen]

Tulsa's skyline's pretty impressive for its size.

[ƒƒ]

The 200+ Club in Europe:

Paris, Eiffel Tower: 300m (324m with spire), 1889
Frankfurt am Main, Commerzbank: 258,7m (300m with spire), 1997
Frankfurt am Main, Messeturm: 256,6m, 1991
Moscow, State University: 240m, 1953
London, 1 Canada Square: 235,1m, 1991
Warsaw, Palace of Culture and Science: 231m, 1955
Paris, Tour Montparnasse: 210m, 1973
Frankfurt am Main, Westend Strasse 1: 208m, 1993
Warsaw, Trade Tower: 208m, 1999
Vienna, Millennium Tower: 202m, 1999
Frankfurt am Main, Main Tower: 200m (240m with spire), 1999
London, 8 Canada Square: 200m, 2002
London, 25 Canada Square: 200m, 2001

[chris dendy]

One Shell Square- 212 m- http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=122867

[james2390]

...They should raise the helicopter pad on the US Bank Tower in LA 3m, so that it is the 3rd tallest
No, I think BoA deserves that spot. ;)

[JayT]

We should post some photos, at least of the least known.

Like the one tulsa center. I never knew it existed, it doesn't look over 200 Meters thought.

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/okla/tulsa/yamasaki/whole.jpg

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By the same architect and built in the same way as the World Trade Centres in NY I think - can anyone confirm this?

You can easily imagine another stacked on top would = one world trade tower.

jt

[neilio]

....Well, they are taller. No doubt about that.
ya if your a moron who actually believes in this spire shit.

[Indica]

The highest occupied floor in the US Bank Tower in LA is well into the spire/crown area of the B of A building in Atlanta. its the crown that makes it overtake it. kinda like this! :tiasd:



well simular enough...

[mikep]

Heres what the mentioned Canadian buildings look like...

First Canadaian Place
Toronto
298m
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/547/4firstcanetal.jpg

Petro-Canada Centre
Calgary
215m
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/539/4petrocan1_2.jpg

1000 Rue de la Gauchetiere
Montreal
205m
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/552/1545montreal-07.jpg

Vancouver has a proposed 244m Fringe Towers for 2009 and Niagara Falls has an approved 229m Rainbow Tower Hotel

[hngcm]

I thought Vancouver had a height limit?

[Travis007]

I thought Vancouver had a height limit?

The proposed Fringe Tower is very unlikely to happen, first of all there's a height limit so the tower would be scaled down to about 600 ft. or below 200m. And this tower seems to be a vision but we never know, it could happen.

But Vancouver comes close to joining the 200m club with Living Shangri-La 196m, and 1133 georgia 183m.

[empersouf]

Interesting thread. Tulsa has a 200+ But bigger cities like Portland, San Diego and others don't.

[CHapmaN]

Brisbane's 200m (250m spire) Riparian Plaza is complete now so it joins the worlds 200+ club. The 207m Aurora tower is over 150m now and should be at its 207m full height by the end of the year.