Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County in eastern Massachusetts, United States. Located on the northern shore of the Charles River, it is also a major suburb of Boston, the state capitol and regional financial center. It has a population of 118,403 (2020) and a growing number of high-rise buildings.
This list ranks Cambridge buildings that stand at least 200 feet (61 m) tall, based on height measurement criteria established by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) and Emporis.com. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts, roof top signs, flag poles or other functional-technical equipment. An equals sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed. Freestanding towers, guyed masts and other not habitable structures are included for comparison purposes; however, they are not ranked.
| Rank | Name | Image | Height ft (m) | Floors | Year | Coordinates | Neighborhood | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MIT SoMa Building 4 |  | 315 ft (96 m) | 29 | 2020 | Area 2/MIT | Tallest building in Cambridge since April 2, 2019. 290 Main St. | [1] | |
| 2= | Green Building |  | 295 ft (90 m) | 21 | 1964 | Area 2/MIT | Tallest building in Cambridge from 1964 until 2019. Height to tip - 312 ft (95 m) with radar dome. | [2] [3] [4] [5] | |
| 2= | 165 Main St. |  | 295 ft (90 m) | 25 | 2022 | East Cambridge | [6] [7] | ||
| 4 | 145 Broadway |  | 294 ft (90 m) | 19 | 2018 | East Cambridge | Headquarters of Akamai Technologies | [8] | |
| 5 | Boston Marriott Cambridge |  | 290 ft (88 m) | 26 | 1988 | Area 2/MIT | Tallest building built in the 1980s. | [9] | |
| — | WJIB radio tower | 285 ft (87 m) | N/A | 1948 | Neighborhood Nine | Mast radiator for WJIB and supports its FM translator, W267CE. | [10] | ||
| 6 | Proto Kendall Square |  | 284 ft (87 m) | 22 | 2018 | Area 2/MIT | Also known as Ames Street Residences | [11] | |
| 7 | 40 Thorndike Street |  | 282 ft (86 m) | 22 | 1974 | East Cambridge | Formerly the Sullivan Courthouse. Tallest building built in the 1970s. Due to changes in building ownership in the 2020s the overall completed height of the building has been reduced by one or more floors as part of a building renovation. | [12] | |
| 8 | MIT SoMa Building 5 |  | 280 ft (85 m) | 18 | 2020 | Houses offices and the MIT Museum. | Area 2/MIT | 314 Main St. | [13] [14] |
| 9 | Elevate |  | 277 ft (84 m) | 22 | 2008 | East Cambridge | Known as Avalon North Point. | [15] | |
| 10 | 101 Main St. |  | 270 ft (82 m) | 18 | 1983 | East Cambridge | [16] [17] | ||
| 11= | Rindge Towers I |  | 269 ft (82 m) (est.) | 22 | 1970 | North Cambridge | [18] | ||
| 11= | Rindge Towers II | | 269 ft (82 m) (est.) | 22 | 1970 | North Cambridge | [19] | ||
| 11= | Rindge Towers III | | 269 ft (82 m) (est.) | 22 | 1970 | North Cambridge | [20] | ||
| 14 | 75 Ames Street (Stanley Building) |  | 263 ft (80 m) | 15 | 2014 | Area 2/MIT | [21] | ||
| 15 | Park 151 |  | 252 ft (77 m) | 20 | 2022 | East Cambridge | Height to tip - 270 ft (82 m) | [22] [23] | |
| 16= | Watermark Kendall West |  | 248 ft (76 m) (est.) | 23 | 2006 | Area 2/MIT | [24] [ better source needed ] [25] [26] | ||
| 16= | Tang Residence Hall |  | 248 ft (76 m) | 24 | 1972 | Area 2/MIT | [27] [28] | ||
| 18 | 1010 Memorial Drive |  | 240 ft (73 m) | 20 | 1965 [29] | West Cambridge | [30] [29] | ||
| 19 | Twenty/20 |  | 237 ft (72 m) | 20 | 2015 | East Cambridge | [31] | ||
| 20= | Museum Towers 1 |  | 234 ft (71 m) | 24 | 1998 | East Cambridge | [32] [33] | ||
| 20= | Museum Towers 2 | | 234 ft (71 m) | 24 | 1998 | East Cambridge | Also called Regatta Riverview Residences. | [34] [35] | |
| 22 | One Broadway |  | 230 ft (70 m) | 17 | 1970 | East Cambridge | [36] [37] | ||
| 23= | Peabody Terrace Apartments I |  | 226.85 ft (69.14 m) | 22 | 1964 | Riverside | [38] [39] | ||
| 23= | Peabody Terrace Apartments II | | 226.85 ft (69.14 m) | 22 | 1964 | Riverside | [38] [40] | ||
| 23= | Peabody Terrace Apartments III | | 226.85 ft (69.14 m) | 22 | 1964 | Riverside | [38] [41] | ||
| 26 | 808 Memorial Drive |  | 224 ft (68 m) | 20 | 1975 | Cambridgeport | [42] [43] | ||
| 27= | 929 Mass Apartments |  | 220.32 ft (67.15 m) | 18 | 1976 | Mid-Cambridge | [44] | ||
| 27= | Mather House |  | 220.32 ft (67.15 m) (est.) | 18 | 1970 | Riverside | [45] | ||
| 29 | 1 Main St. |  | 210 ft (64 m) | 14 | 1986 | East Cambridge | [46] [47] | ||
| 30 | One Memorial Drive |  | 208 ft (63 m) (est.) | 17 | 1986 | Area 2/MIT | [48] | ||
| 31 | Market Central |  | 207 ft (63 m) | 19 | 2020 | The Port | Formerly known as Mass+Main. | [49] | |
| 32 | 100 (100 Landsdowne St) |  | 205 ft (62 m) | 18 | 2005 | Cambridgeport | [50] | ||
| 33 | Frank J. Manning Apartments |  | 204 ft (62 m) | 19 | 1976 | Cambridgeport | [51] | ||
| Name | Image | Height ft (m) | Floors | Year | Coordinates | Neighborhood | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MXD Residential Building South | 400 ft (120 m) | 37 | 2021 | East Cambridge | Site prep began in early 2023. Height does not include mechanical penthouse. | [52] | ||
| MIT SoMa Building 3 |  | 238.5 ft (72.7 m) | 14 | 2018 | Area 2/MIT | 238 Main St. | [53] | |
| 325 Main St. |  | 288.5 ft (87.9 m) | 17 | 2020 | Area 2/MIT | Part of MXD II. Google tower. | [54] | |
| Parcel E/F | 250 ft (76 m) | 21 | 2020 | East Cambridge | ||||
| Parcel G |  | 220 ft (67 m) | 14 | 2020 | East Cambridge | |||
| MIT SoMa Building 2 | 240 ft (73 m) | 14 | 2021 | Area 2/MIT | [55] [56] |
This section lists high-rise buildings that are approved or proposed in Cambridge and planned to be at least 200 feet (61 m) tall, but are not yet under construction. In 2015, Leland Cheung of the Cambridge City Council contemplated the maximum rezoning of the area in terms of building heights, and asked if buildings of up to 1,000 feet (305 m) could be considered in the future. A height of 1,000 feet would be over 200 feet taller than the tallest building in the metro-Boston area: the John Hancock Tower. [57] [58]
| Name | Height ft (m) | Floors | Year | Coordinates | Neighborhood | Status | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volpe Redevelopment MIT | 500 ft (150 m) | 50 | 2022 | East Cambridge | Proposed | Would be the tallest building in Massachusetts outside of Boston once completed. | [59] | |
| 585 Third St | 292.5 ft (89.2 m) | 16 | 2021 | East Cambridge | Proposed | [60] |
Three Sixty West is a skyscraper complex in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.It comprises two towers, joined at ground level by a podium. Tower B, the taller of the two, rises to 260 metres (853 ft) with 66 floors and Tower A rises to 255.6 metres (839 ft) with 52 floors. Tower B is a hotel/office, and private residences are located in Tower A. The podium accommodates amenities such as restaurants and ballrooms.Tower B is the 14th tallest building in India and Tower A is the 21st tallest building in India. Tower B is among the tallest commercial skyscrapers in the country.
Before Ten Ten was Ten Ten, it was an in-patient infirmary for Harvard students, located next to Mount Auburn Hospital, known as the Stillman Infirmatory.
Cambridge City Councillor Leland Cheung has proposed rezoning to allow for a 1,000-foot tower." That would, of course, make it roughly 200 feet taller than the Hancock in downtown Boston, the region's tallest spire to date.
