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KPFF Consulting Engineers

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About

Member Since: 2026

Member Offices: Seattle

Founded in Seattle in 1960, KPFF Consulting Engineers is one of the largest and most established structural and civil engineering firms on the West Coast. Driven by a commitment to their core values of excellence, trust, relationships, stability, and passion, KPFF has grown to a firm of over 1,500 employees and over 30 offices across the United States. In addition to structural and civil engineering, KPFF also provides transportation engineering, bridge engineering, project management, construction management, surveying, and a variety of specialty engineering services, including advanced seismic design, shoring expertise, vibration design and mitigation, cladding design, and sustainable technologies. Their engineers have worked on all types of building and non-building projects throughout the United States and overseas. KPFF approaches every design challenge with their passion for solving problems, delivering excellence, and enabling the growth and creativity of their people, partners, and profession. Their tall buildings have been designed by their offices in Seattle, Portland, San Diego, and Los Angeles.

Fields of Expertise

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	City	Completion	Height	Floors	Function
1	1201 Third Avenue Tower	Seattle	1988	235 m / 772 ft	55	Office
2	Wells Fargo Center	Seattle	1983	175 m / 574 ft	47	Office
3	Park Avenue West	Portland	2016	164 m / 537 ft	30	Residential / Office
4	KOIN Center	Portland	1984	155 m / 509 ft	31	Residential / Office
5	1000 Second Avenue	Seattle	1986	150 m / 493 ft	40	Office
6	Mama Tower	Seattle	-	148 m / 484 ft	46	Residential
7	1916 Boren Avenue	Seattle	-	148 m / 484 ft	48	Residential / Hotel
8	2005 5th Ave	Seattle	-	146 m / 480 ft	45	Residential / Office
9	7th & Market	San Diego	-	144 m / 473 ft	39	Hotel / Residential / Office / Retail
10	Block 216	Portland	2023	141 m / 464 ft	36	Residential / Hotel / Office

RANK	Name	City	Completion	Height	Floors	Function
1	1201 Third Avenue Tower	Seattle	1988	235 m / 772 ft	55	Office
2	Wells Fargo Center	Seattle	1983	175 m / 574 ft	47	Office
3	Park Avenue West	Portland	2016	164 m / 537 ft	30	Residential / Office
4	KOIN Center	Portland	1984	155 m / 509 ft	31	Residential / Office
5	1000 Second Avenue	Seattle	1986	150 m / 493 ft	40	Office
6	Mama Tower	Seattle	-	148 m / 484 ft	46	Residential
7	1916 Boren Avenue	Seattle	-	148 m / 484 ft	48	Residential / Hotel
8	2005 5th Ave	Seattle	-	146 m / 480 ft	45	Residential / Office
9	7th & Market	San Diego	-	144 m / 473 ft	39	Hotel / Residential / Office / Retail
10	Block 216	Portland	2023	141 m / 464 ft	36	Residential / Hotel / Office
11	Olive 8	Seattle	2009	139 m / 455 ft	39	Residential / Hotel
12	11th & Front	Boise	-	138 m / 451 ft	40	Residential
13	Bellevue Towers Two	Bellevue	2008	137 m / 450 ft	43	Residential
14	Wilshire Gate	Los Angeles	-	137 m / 450 ft	33	Residential / Hotel
15	Nexus	Seattle	2020	135 m / 442 ft	41	Residential
16	3rd and Lenora	Seattle	2020	134 m / 440 ft	36	Residential / Office
17	The Emerald	Seattle	2020	134 m / 439 ft	40	Residential
18	The 8 Tower	Seattle	2023	132 m / 434 ft	42	Residential
19	Bellevue Towers One	Bellevue	2008	131 m / 430 ft	42	Residential
20	500 West Jefferson	Louisville	1971	128 m / 420 ft	30	Office
21	Pacwest Center	Portland	1984	127 m / 418 ft	30	Office
22	121 Boren	Seattle	-	122 m / 400 ft	42	Residential / Retail
23	One Lincoln Park	Denver	2009	114 m / 374 ft	32	Residential
24	Fox Tower	Portland	2000	113 m / 372 ft	27	Office
25	Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt Federal Building	Portland	2013	110 m / 361 ft	18	Office
26	City Center	Bellevue	1986	109 m / 358 ft	27	Office
27	Kaye	Seattle	2025	106 m / 348 ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 31 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 9,898 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.	31	Residential
28	Fourth & Blanchard Building	Seattle	1979	105 m / 344 ft	25	Office
29	Skyglass	Seattle	2023	104 m / 342 ft	32	Residential
30	Kaleidoscope Tower	Abu Dhabi	2014	104 m / 341 ft	24	Residential / Retail
31	Cosmopolitan on the Park	Portland	2016	104 m / 340 ft	28	Residential
32	The John Ross Tower	Portland	2007	99 m / 325 ft	32	Residential
33	The Ardea	Portland	2008	99 m / 325 ft	30	Residential
34	Multnomah County Central Courthouse	Portland	2020	99 m / 324 ft	17	Government
35	1000 Broadway	Portland	1991	98 m / 320 ft	24	Office
36	Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse	Portland	1997	97 m / 318 ft	16	Government
37	Second & Seneca Building	Seattle	1991	96 m / 315 ft	22	Office
38	8th and Main Tower	Boise	2014	96 m / 315 ft	18	Office
39	Tower at OPOP	St. Louis	2010	95 m / 312 ft	25	Residential
40	OneU	Seattle	-	89 m / 291 ft	26	Residential
41	Metropolitan Park East	Seattle	1988	85 m / 279 ft	20	Office
42	Twelve West	Portland	2009	83 m / 273 ft	17	Residential / Office
43	Metropolitan Park West	Seattle	1980	79 m / 259 ft	18	Office
44	Aster Tower	Portland	2015	76 m / 250 ft	21	Residential
45	King Street Station Tower	Seattle	1906	75 m / 247 ft	N/A	Belltower
46	400 Westlake	Seattle	2023	67 m / 220 ft	16	Office
47	5 MLK	Portland	2020	65 m / 213 ft	17	Residential / Office
48	Federal Reserve Building	Seattle	2020	54 m / 177 ft	11	Office
49	PPA 30 Parcel 2.05 Office Tower	Riyadh	2022	48 m / 157 ft	9	Office / Retail
50	Framework	Portland	-	45 m / 148 ft	12	Residential / Office
51	Julia West House	Portland	2025	45 m / 146 ft	12	Residential
52	PPA 30 Parcel 2.05 Residential Tower	Riyadh	2022	40 m / 131 ft	8	Residential / Retail
53	Carbon12	Portland	2018	29 m / 95 ft	8	Residential
54	PAE Living Building	Portland	-	23 m / 75 ft	5	Office / Retail

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