Ten Tallest Buildings in Chicago
Ten Tallest Buildings in Chicago 2024
1
Willis Tower (originally Sears Tower)
442.1 m/1451 ft. Floors: 108/3
Architect: SOM / Bruce Graham
Structural Engineer: SOM / Falzur Khan
Completed 1974
2
Trump International Hotel & Tower
432.2 m/1389 ft. Floors 98/2
Architect: SOM / Adrian Smith
Structural Engineer: SOM / William Baker
Completed 2009
Image Credit: Linda Zabors, January 2022
3
The St. Regis Chicago (Originally: Vista; Wanda Vista)
362.9 m/1191 ft. Floors: 92/5
Architect: Studio Gang / Jeanne Gang
Completed 2020
4
Aon Center (Originally: Standard Oil of Indiana; Previously: Amoco, BP/Amoco, BP
346.3 m/1136 ft. Floors: 83/5
Architect: Perkins + Will / Edward Durell Stone
Completed 1973. Recladding 1992
5
875 N. Michigan Avenue (Originally: John Hancock Building)
343.7 m/1128 ft. Floors: 100
Architect: SOM / Bruce Graham
Structural Engineer: SOM / Falzur Khan
Completed 1969
6
The Franklin - North Tower (Originally: AT&T Building)
306.9 m/1007 ft. Floors: 60/2
Architect: SOM
Completed 1989
7
Two Prudential Plaza
303.3 m/995 ft. Floors: 64/5
Architect: Environmental Systems Design, Inc.
Completed 1990
8
One Chicago Square - East Tower
295.8 m/971 ft. Floors: 76
Architect: Goettsch Partners, Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture
Completed 2022
9
311 South Wacker Drive
292.9 m/961 ft. Floors: 65/3
Architect: HKS Architects Design: Kohn Pederson Fox Associates
Completed 1990
10
NEMA Chicago
273.1 m/896 ft. Floors 81
Architect: Rafael Viñoly Architects
Structural Engineer: Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Completed 2019
No longer in the top ten
1989: 900 N. Michigan Avenue (Bloomingdales Building) 265m/869ft. 66 floors
1975: Watertower Place, 261.9m/859ft 74 floors
2010: Aqua Radisson Hotel, 261.8m/859ft. 82 floors
Historic tallest buildings in Chicago
1974 Sears Tower (Willis) 1,451ft
1973 Standard Oil of Indiana (Aon Center) 1,136ft
1969 John Hancock Center (875 N. Michigan Avenue) 1,128ft
1965 Richard J. Daley Center. 648ft
1930 Board of Trade Building. 605ft
1924 Chicago Temple. 556ft (churches excluded from skyscraper ranking)
1922 Wrigley Building. 438ft
1899 Montgomery Ward (Tower Building 6. N. Michigan) 394ft (before removal of pyramid and statue)
1885 Board of Trade (original building demolished 1929) 320ft including clock tower (later removed)
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Other tall claims
1955 One Prudential Plaza. (tallest roof, not tallest overall) 601ft
1927 Pittsfield Building. 557ft
1927 The Jewelers Building (35 E. Wacker) 523ft
1925 Tribune Tower. 463ft
1889 Auditorium Theater Building. 238ft
1869 St. Michaels Church. 290ft (churches excluded from skyscraper ranking)
1854 Holy Name Cathedral. 254ft (churches excluded from skyscraper ranking)
1893 Monadnock Building. 197ft
1885 Home Insurance Building. 138ft, (1891 two floors added) 180ft. (demolished 1931) First steel frame construction skyscraper
Source: ArchDaily.com. and Chicagology.com. Heights: CTBUH
Source: Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) - Skyscraper Center