
Tallest buildings in the European Union.
This list ranks the tallest buildings in the European Union that stand at least 100 metres (328 ft) tall, based on standard height measurement. This means that spires and other architectural details are included in the official height, but not antenna masts, as it is defined by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Only habitable buildings are ranked, which excludes radio masts and towers, observation towers, cathedrals, steeples, chimneys and other tall architectural structures. Since 2011, the tallest building in the EU has been The Shard in London, United Kingdom, at 310 metres (1,017 feet).
Existing buildings
Buildings above 140 m
This list includes buildings under construction that have already been topped out. Architectural height is considered, so masts and other elements added after completion of building are not considered.
Was the union's tallest building upon completion
Was the country's tallest building upon completion
Buildings between 100-139m
Name |
City |
Completed |
Metres |
Floors |
Oxford Tower[12] | Warsaw | 1978 | 139 | 42 |
Funkhaus am Radeberggürtel | Cologne | 1980 | 138 | 34 |
Intraco I[13] | Warsaw | 1975 | 138 | 39 |
Vienna Twin Tower | Vienna | 2001 | 138 | 37 |
World Port Center[14] | Rotterdam | 2000 | 138 | 33 |
Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile | Paris | 1974 | 137 | 33 |
Rogier Tower | Brussels | 2006 | 137 | 37 |
Floreasca City Center – Sky Tower | Bucharest | 2012 | 137 | 37 |
Paradis Tower | Liège | 2014 | 136 | 27 |
Nextower | Frankfurt | 2009 | 136 | 32 |
Tour Défense 2000 | Paris | 1974 | 136 | 46 |
Tour Europlaza | Paris | 1995 | 135 | 31 |
Z-Towers | Riga | 2014 | 135 | 34 |
Madou Plaza Tower | Brussels | 2004 | 135 | 34 |
Business Tower Nürnberg | Nuremberg | 1999 | 135 | 34 |
Belgacom Towers | Brussels | 1996 | 134 | 28 |
Uni-Center | Cologne | 1973 | 133 | 42 |
Millennium Plaza | Warsaw | 1999 | 133 | 28 |
Spirit of Stratford | London | 2013 | 133 | 41 |
Park Inn Berlin | Berlin | 1970 | 132 | 41 |
Het Strijkijzer | The Hague | 2007 | 132 | 42 |
Millennium Tower | Rotterdam | 2000 | 131 | 35 |
Pollux | Frankfurt | 1997 | 130 | 33 |
Tour Eqho | Paris | 1988 | 130 | 40 |
Telecom Italia Tower | Naples | 1995 | 129 | 33 |
TP S.A. Tower | Warsaw | 2001 | 128 | 30 |
Vienna International Centre-Building B | Vienna | 1979 | 127 | 28 |
CityPoint | London | 1967 | 127 | 36 |
Pirelli Tower | Milan | 1960 | 127 | 31 |
Garden Tower | Frankfurt | 1976 | 126 | 25 |
Highlight Towers 1 | Munich | 2004 | 126 | 33 |
Unipol Tower[15] | Bologna | 2011 | 126 | 33 |
Tour France | Paris | 1973 | 126 | 40 |
Capital Fort |
Sofia |
2015 |
126 |
28 |
Altus Skyscraper | Katowice | 2003 | 125 | 30 |
Treptowers | Berlin | 1998 | 125 | 32 |
Tour Olympe | Paris | 1974 | 125 | 35 |
Arag-Tower | Düsseldorf | 2001 | 125 | 32 |
Willis Building | London | 2007 | 125 | 26 |
Euston Tower | London | 1970 | 124 | 36 |
25 Churchill Place | London | 2013 | 124 | 23 |
Kista Science Tower | Stockholm (Kista) | 2003 | 124 | 32 |
Saules Akmens | Riga | 2004 | 123 | 27 |
LVA-Hauptgebäude | Düsseldorf | 1976 | 123 | 29 |
Cromwell Tower Barbican Estate | London | 1973 | 123 | 42 |
Lauderdale Tower Barbican Estate | London | 1974 | 123 | 43 |
Shakespeare Tower Barbican Estate | London | 1976 | 123 | 43 |
Bayer-Hochhaus | Leverkusen | 1963 | 123 | 29 |
Tour Prélude, Orgues de Flandre | Paris | 1979 | 123 | 39 |
Tour Levant, Les Mercuriales | Paris | 1975 | 122 | 33 |
Tour Ponant, Les Mercuriales | Paris | 1975 | 122 | 33 |
10 Holloway Circus | Birmingham | 2006 | 122 | 39 |
Pan Peninsula West Tower | London | 2009 | 122 | 38 |
Torre Enel 1 | Naples | 1990 | 120 | 33 |
Torre Enel 2 | Naples | 1990 | 120 | 33 |
Torre Europarco | Rome | 2012 | 120 | 35 |
Scandic Victoria Tower | Stockholm (Kista) | 2011 | 120 | 35 |
Tower Center International | Bucharest | 2007 | 120 | 27 |
Tour Franklin | Paris | 1972 | 120 | 33 |
RWE-Turm | Essen | 1996 | 120 | 30 |
Błękitny Wieżowiec | Warsaw | 1991 | 120 | 29 |
Torre Europa | Madrid | 1985 | 120 | 30 |
Las Torres de Santa Cruz I | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 2004 | 120 | 35 |
Las Torres de Santa Cruz II | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 2006 | 120 | 35 |
Amtssygehuset i Herlev | Copenhagen | 1976 | 120 | 25 |
City Tower | Offenbach am Main | 2003 | 120 | 32 |
Torre de Monsanto | Lisbon | 2001 | 120 | 17 |
Maritim Travemünde | Lübeck | 1974 | 119 | 35 |
Millbank Tower | London | 1963 | 119 | 33 |
Tour Sequoia | Paris | 1990 | 119 | 33 |
Torre Costa Rica | A Coruña | 1975 | 119 | 31 |
Steglitzer Kreisel | Berlin | 1980 | 118,5 | 30 |
KBC Arteveldetoren | Ghent | 2012 | 118,5 | 27 |
Torre Francesco | Naples | 1990 | 118 | 34 |
Torre Saverio | Naples | 1990 | 118 | 34 |
Zoofenster | Berlin | 2012 | 118 | 32 |
Grattacielo di Cesenatico | Cesenatico | 1958 | 118 | 35 |
CIS Tower | Manchester | 1962 | 118 | 25 |
St Helen's | London | 1969 | 118 | 28 |
Swissotel Tallinn[16] | Tallinn | 2007 | 117 | 28 |
Oslo Plaza | Oslo | 1989 | 117 | 37 |
Centre Point | London | 1967 | 117 | 35 |
Empress State Building | London | 1961 | 117 | 31 |
Messe Torhaus | Frankfurt | 1984 | 117 | 30 |
Edificio España | Madrid | 1953 | 117 | 26 |
Hilton Valencia | Valencia | 2006 | 117 | ? |
Torre Breda | Milan | 1954 | 117 | 30 |
Tornimäe | Tallinn | 2006 | 116,98 | 31 |
Habitat Sky | Barcelona | 2008 | 116 | 31 |
AfE-Turm | Frankfurt | 1972 | 116 | 38 |
Hôtel Méridien Montparnasse | Paris | 1974 | 116 | 30 |
Torres Colón | Madrid | 1976 | 116 | 23 |
Costa Blanca 1 | Benidorm | 1993 | 116 | 36 |
Terrazza Martini Tower | Genoa | 1940 | 116 | 31 |
UN-Hochhaus | Bonn | 1969 | 115 | 31 |
Park Tower | Frankfurt | 1972 | 115 | 28 |
Japan Center | Frankfurt | 1996 | 115 | 27 |
Tour Oxygène | Lyon | 2010 | 115 | 28 |
Achmea | Leeuwarden | 2001 | 115 | 28 |
Consiglio Regionale Campania | Naples | 1992 | 115 | 28 |
Torre de Francia | Valencia | 2002 | 115 | 35 |
Panorama Plaza II | Riga | 2007 | 114 | 32 |
Puerta de Europa I | Madrid | 1996 | 114 | 26 |
Puerta de Europa II | Madrid | 1996 | 114 | 26 |
Hypo-Haus | Munich | 1981 | 114 | 27 |
Andromeda Tower | Vienna | 1998 | 113 | 29 |
Highlight Towers 2 | Munich | 2004 | 113 | 28 |
Hotel Porta Fira | Barcelona | 2010 | 113 | 26 |
Florido Tower | Vienna | 2001 | 113 | 31 |
Tour Super-Italie | Paris | 1973 | 113 | 38 |
Tour Neptune | Paris | 1972 | 113 | 28 |
Préfecture des Hauts-de-Seine | Paris | 1974 | 113 | 25 |
TÜV Rheinland | Cologne | 1974 | 112 | 22 |
Torre Realia BCN | Barcelona | 2009 | 112 | 24 |
Westhafen Tower | Frankfurt | 2003 | 112 | 28 |
IBC Tower | Frankfurt | 2003 | 112 | 30 |
Pilsotas | Klaipėda | 2007 | 112 | 34 |
National Bank of Slovakia | Bratislava | 2002 | 112 | 33 |
The Heron | London | 2013 | 112 | 35 |
Bosco Verticale Torre E | Milan | 2013 | 111 | 27 |
AZ Tower | Brno | 2013 | 111 | 30 |
1 West India Quay | London | 2004 | 111 | 34 |
Edificio Colón | Barcelona | 1970 | 110 | 28 |
Diagonal Zero Zero | Barcelona | 2009 | 110 | 25 |
Büro Center Nibelungenplatz | Frankfurt | 1966 | 110 | 27 |
Eurotheum | Frankfurt | 1999 | 110 | 31 |
Bridgewater Place | Leeds | 2005 | 110 | 32 |
Grande Arche | Paris | 1989 | 110 | 37 |
Tour Manhattan | Paris | 1975 | 110 | 32 |
Tour Aurore | Paris | 1970 | 110 | 29 |
Saint Gabriel Tower | Lisbon | 2000 | 110 | 24 |
Saint Raphael Tower | Lisbon | 2004 | 110 | 24 |
Crystal Palace | Brescia | 1990 | 110 | 30 |
New Law Courts Tower A | Naples | 1991 | 110 | 30 |
New Law Courts Tower B | Naples | 1991 | 110 | 30 |
Mischek Tower | Vienna | 2000 | 110 | 35 |
Ringturm | Cologne | 1973 | 109 | 26 |
Hotel Princess Barcelona | Barcelona | 2004 | 109 | 26 |
City Tower | Prague | 2008 | 109 | 27 |
Il Matitone | Genoa | 1992 | 109 | 26 |
Galfa Building | Milan | 1956 | 109 | 28 |
Victoria-Haus | Düsseldorf | 1998 | 108 | 29 |
Delugan-Meissl-Tower | Vienna | 2005 | 108 | 37 |
Neue Mainzer Straße 32–36 | Frankfurt | 1973 | 109 | 28 |
Torre Littoria | Turin | 1933 | 109 | 21 |
Congress Center Hamburg | Hamburg | 1973 | 108 | ? |
Tour Initiale | Paris | 1967 | 108 | 35 |
Latvian Academy of Sciences | Riga | 1955 | 108 | 21 |
Tour Fugue, Orgues de Flandre | Paris | 1979 | 108 | 35 |
Slovak Television | Bratislava | 1974 | 108 | 27 |
Panorama City I | Bratislava | 2016 | 108 | 33 |
Panorama City II | Bratislava | 2016 | 108 | 33 |
Torre Zenit | Barcelona | 2009 | 107 | 25 |
Dorint Hotel Tower | Augsburg | 1972 | 107 | 35 |
Shell Centre | London | 1961 | 107 | 26 |
City Tower, Manchester | Manchester | 1967 | 107 | 30 |
The Tower, Meridian Quay | Swansea | 2009 | 107 | 29 |
Domus Vista | Copenhagen | 1969 | 107 | 30 |
North Galaxy Tower 1 | Brussels | 2004 | 107 | 36 |
North Galaxy Tower 2 | Brussels | 2004 | 107 | 36 |
Astro Tower | Brussels | 1976 | 107 | 31 |
17 New Wakefield Street | Manchester | 2012 | 106 | 37 |
Sky Plaza | Leeds | 2009 | 106 | 37 |
debis-Haus | Berlin | 1997 | 106 | 22 |
Hesperia Tower | Barcelona | 2006 | 106 | 28 |
City Business Center I | Bratislava | 2007 | 106 | 24 |
Essen City Hall | Essen | 1979 | 106 | 23 |
Torre Velasca | Milan | 1958 | 106 | 26 |
World Trade Center Genova | Genova | 1992 | 106 | 25 |
Sky Office Tower | Zagreb | 2011 | 105 | 21 |
Landgericht Köln | Cologne | 1981 | 105 | 25 |
Hotel Catalonia Plaza Europa | Barcelona | 2011 | 105 | 26 |
Tour de l'Éperon | Rennes | 1975 | 105 | 30 |
33 Canada Square | London | 1999 | 105 | 19 |
Pioneer Point North | London | 2011 | 105 | 31 |
Nido Spitalfields | London | 2009 | 105 | 34 |
Unicredit Tower B | Milan | 2011 | 105 | 23 |
Tour Nuage 1, Tours Aillaud | Paris | 1976 | 105 | 39 |
Tour Nuage 2, Tours Aillaud | Paris | 1976 | 105 | 39 |
Cracovia Business Center | Kraków | 1998 | 105 | 20 |
Hesperia Tower | L'Hospitalet de Llobregat | 2006 | 105 | 28 |
World Trade Center 3 | Brussels | 1983 | 105 | 28 |
Cattolica Assicurazioni | Genoa | 1958 | 105 | 30 |
Ambassador's Palace Hotel | Naples | 1957 | 105 | 30 |
Radisson SAS Hotel | Tallinn | 2001 | 104,8 | 25 |
Torre Inbisa | Barcelona | 2010 | 104 | 25 |
Casa Presei Libere | Bucharest | 1956 | 104 | ? |
Europacentrum | Ostend | 1969 | 104 | 35 |
Ontario Tower | London | 2007 | 104 | 29 |
99 Bishopsgate | London | 1976 | 104 | 26 |
Tour Perret | Amiens | 1952 | 104 | 25 |
Résidences Antoine et Cléopâtre, Italie 13 | Paris | | 104 | 37 |
Tour Gambetta | Paris | 1975 | 104 | 37 |
City Empiria | Prague | 1977 | 104 | 27 |
Tower 115 | Bratislava | 1984 | 104 | 28 |
Fortis Bank | Rotterdam | 1996 | 104 | 30 |
Castalia | The Hague | 1998 | 104 | 21 |
Hotel Rodina | Sofia | 1979 | 104 | 25 |
Kölntriangle | Cologne | 2006 | 103 | 29 |
SV-Hochhaus | Munich | 2008 | 103 | 28 |
Athens Tower | Athens | 1971 | 103 | 28 |
Ilmet | Warsaw | 1997 | 103 | 22 |
Europa-Center | Berlin | 1965 | 103 | 22 |
Tour Chéops, Italie 13 | Paris | | 103 | 35 |
Tour Mykérinos, Italie 13 | Paris | | 103 | 35 |
Tour Cèdre | Paris | 1998 | 103 | 26 |
Cour de Justice Tower I[17] | Luxembourg | 2008 | 103 | 27 |
Cour de Justice Tower II[17] | Luxembourg | 2008 | 103 | 27 |
Kudamm Karree | Berlin | 1974 | 102 | 20 |
Herkules Hochhaus | Cologne | 1969 | 102 | 31 |
Deutschlandfunk | Cologne | 1975 | 102 | 19 |
Collini-Center | Mannheim | 1975 | 102 | 32 |
Andersia Tower | Poznań | 2007 | 102 | 21 |
Sussex Heights | Brighton | 1968 | 102 | 26 |
World Trade Center 1 | Brussels | 1976 | 102 | 28 |
World Trade Center 2 | Brussels | 1976 | 102 | 28 |
Brusilia | Brussels | 1970 | 102 | 36 |
Neckarpromenade Wohnturm I | Mannheim | 1975 | 101 | 30 |
Neckarpromenade Wohnturm II | Mannheim | 1975 | 101 | 30 |
Neckarpromenade Wohnturm III | Mannheim | 1975 | 101 | 30 |
Kolhoff-Tower | Berlin | 1999 | 101 | 25 |
Friedrich-Engelhorn-Hochhaus | Ludwigshafen | 1957 | 101 | 28 |
BMW Headquarters | Munich | 1973 | 101 | 22 |
Maritim Clubhotel | Timmendorfer Strand | 1974 | 101 | 32 |
The London Hilton on Park Lane | London | 1963 | 101 | 29 |
Portland House | London | 1963 | 101 | 29 |
St Pauls Tower | Sheffield | 2010 | 101 | 32 |
Tour Cantate, Orgues de Flandre | Paris | | 101 | 30 |
Porthos | Eindhoven | 2006 | 101 | 32 |
Vienna International Centre-Building A | Vienna | 1979 | 101 | 24 |
Royal London Hospital Tower 2 | London | 2010 | 101 | 18 |
Grattacielo di Rimini | Rimini | 1960 | 100 | 27 |
Bettenhaus der Charité | Berlin | 1982 | 100 | 21 |
Die Pyramide | Berlin | 1995 | 100 | 23 |
RellingHaus II | Essen | 1999 | 100 | 21 |
Les Horizons | Rennes | 1970 | 100 | 35 |
Holiday Inn Frankfurt City-South | Frankfurt | 1972 | 100 | 25 |
Torre Garibaldi - Torre A | Milan | 1992 | 100 | 25 |
Torre Garibaldi - Torre B | Milan | 1992 | 100 | 25 |
Millennium Tower II | Bratislava | 2005 | 100 | 23 |
Glória | Bratislava | 2006 | 100 | 29 |
Stalexport Skyscrapers | Katowice | 1982 | 100 | 22 |
Tour Opus 12 | Paris | 1973 | 100 | 27 |
El Barco | Alicante | 1963 | 100 | 30 |
Gran Hotel Torre de Catalunya | Barcelona | 1970 | 100 | 25 |
Sea Towers 2 | Gdynia | 2008 | 100 | 27 |
Ares Tower | Vienna | 2001 | 100 | 26 |
Stock Exchange Tower | London | 1970 | 100 | 27 |
Alpha Tower | Birmingham | 1973 | 100 | 28 |
Sheraton Lisboa Hotel | Lisbon | 1972 | 100 | 30 |
Buildings by pinnacle height
Some skyscraper enthusiasts prefer this measurement, claiming that the extensions that can or cannot be deemed "architectural" are subjective. However, many non-architectural extensions (such as radio antennas) are easily added and removed from tall buildings without significantly changing the style and design of the building, which is seen as a significant part of the value of these buildings.
The list includes all skyscrapers of at least 200 metres (656 ft) tall. However the height data is subject to fluctuations due to simple changing of mast extensions. This list includes buildings under construction that have already been topped out.
Buildings under construction
This lists buildings that are under construction in European Union and are planned to rise at least 110 metres (361 ft). Approved or proposed buildings are not included in the table.
Timeline of the tallest buildings in the EU/EEC
The following is a timeline of the tallest buildings in the European Union (EU) and its direct predecessor, the European Economic Community (EEC) established in 1957.
Note: Until 1990, the Palace of Culture of Science in Warsaw surpassed the height of the then tallest EU building; however, Poland did not become a member of the European Union until 2004.
See also
Footnotes and references
Bibliography