CVU Silver Member

PLP Architecture

Overview
Buildings

About

Member Since: 2012

Member Offices: London

PLP Architecture is a London-based group of architects, designers and thinkers who value the transformative role of ideas and the capacity for architecture to inspire. The practice is led by a group of partners including Lee Polisano, David Leventhal, Karen Cook and Ron Bakker, who formerly were in charge of KPF’s London office for over 20 years. While they bring a global perspective to their projects, their design resolutions are delivered through an understanding of local conditions. Design challenges are viewed not as a series of constraints but rather as opportunities for exciting, environmentally responsive architecture and sustainable urban design. The foundation of their work lies in a commitment to the quality of life in the city, a delight in the handling of material, space and light and an optimism about architecture’s potential to enrich society.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture 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
1	Nexus Tower	595 m / 1,952 ft
2	The Assima Tower	301.6 m / 990 ft
3	22 Bishopsgate	278.2 m / 913 ft
4	China Resources Shenrun Building	262 m / 860 ft
5	NTT Hibiya Tower North	230 m / 755 ft
6	NTT Hibiya Tower South	230 m / 755 ft
7	Opus	162.9 m / 534 ft
8	Four Seasons Abu Dhabi	144 m / 472 ft
9	Imperial West Tower	138.5 m / 454 ft
10	One Bishopsgate Plaza	135.9 m / 446 ft

Awards

Award of Excellence: One Bishopsgate Plaza

Best Tall Building, by Region 2023

CVU Leaders

Lars Hesselgren

CVU Expert Peer Review Committee, 2014 – Present

London

Chiara Occhipinti

CVU Height and Data Committee, 2024 – Present

London

Marta Gonzales Ruiz

CVU Future Leaders Committee, United Kingdom, 2025 – Present

London

RANK	Name	City	Completion	Height	Floors	Function
1	Nexus Tower	Shenzhen	-	595 m / 1,952 ft	124	Hotel / Office / Retail
2	Lizhi Park Office Tower	Shenzhen	-	347 m / 1,138 ft	N/A	Office
3	Foshan International Financial Center	Foshan	2028	318 m / 1,043 ft	90	Hotel / Office
4	The Assima Tower	Kuwait City	2023	302 m / 990 ft	65	Office
5	Oakwood Tower	London	-	300 m / 984 ft	80	Residential
6	22 Bishopsgate	London	2020	278 m / 913 ft	62	Office
7	China Resources Shenrun Building	Shenzhen	2023	262 m / 860 ft	54	Office
8	NTT Hibiya Tower North	Tokyo	2029	230 m / 755 ft	46	Office
9	NTT Hibiya Tower South	Tokyo	2028	230 m / 755 ft	43	Office
10	Opus	London	2026	163 m / 534 ft	49	Residential
11	Westferry Printworks T4	London	-	147 m / 482 ft	44	Residential
12	Four Seasons Abu Dhabi	Abu Dhabi	2016	144 m / 472 ft	34	Serviced Apartments / Hotel
13	Imperial West Tower	London	2019	139 m / 454 ft	35	Residential
14	One Bishopsgate Plaza	London	2021	136 m / 446 ft	42	Serviced Apartments / Hotel
15	Tree House	Rotterdam	2028	130 m / 427 ft	37	Residential / Office
16	Mandarin Oriental Bankside Yards	London	2028	120 m / 392 ft	34	Residential / Hotel
17	Stratford Collective	London	-	113 m / 370 ft	32	Office / Residential
18	Westferry Printworks T3	London	-	109 m / 359 ft	32	Residential
19	Westferry Printworks T5	London	-	109 m / 359 ft	31	Residential
20	Sampson House-Tower B	London	-	108 m / 353 ft	30	Residential
21	Westferry Printworks-Tower 4	London	-	106 m / 348 ft	30	Residential
22	Eastern Yards-Building SH-7	London	-	104 m / 340 ft	30	Residential
23	Sampson House-Tower C	London	-	94 m / 308 ft	26	Residential
24	Corso Como Place	Milan	2021	92 m / 302 ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 21 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 7,330 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.	21	Office
25	Nova Victoria-South	London	2016	87 m / 284 ft	19	Office
26	Western Yards-The Arbor	London	2022	85 m / 278 ft	18	Office
27	Whitechapel Estate-Tower I	London	-	82 m / 268 ft	24	Residential
28	Westferry Printworks T2	London	-	81 m / 265 ft	23	Residential
29	WTC Amsterdam Tower Ten	Amsterdam	2024	80 m / 262 ft	21	Office
30	The Collective Stratford	London	-	75 m / 247 ft	22	Hotel
31	Whitechapel Estate-Tower E	London	-	69 m / 226 ft	20	Residential
32	Nova Victoria-North	London	2016	68 m / 224 ft	14	Office
33	Westferry Printworks T1	London	-	68 m / 223 ft	19	Residential
34	Westferry Printworks-Tower 3	London	-	64 m / 210 ft	17	Residential
35	The Edge	Amsterdam	2014	58 m / 190 ft	15	Office
36	Old Oak Common Tower 1	London	-	-	45	Residential
37	Bishopsgate Goodsyard Tower G	London	-	-	38	Residential
38	Bishopsgate Goodsyard Tower C1	London	-	-	30	Residential
38	Old Oak Common Tower 2	London	-	-	30	Residential
40	Bishopsgate Goodsyard Tower C2	London	-	-	26	Residential
41	Blackfriars Road Tower	London	-	-	22	Office
42	Park Nova	Singapore	2023	-	21	Residential
43	211 West 54th Street	New York City	-	-	N/A	Residential

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