The list of tallest buildings in Kansas City, Missouri focuses on the boom of higher residential occupancy downtown. The modernization of the skyline includes the Kansas City Power and Light Building, Municipal Auditorium, and the Kansas City Convention Center pylons.
| Rank | Name | Address | Architect | Height feet / m | Floors | Year | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One Kansas City Place | 1200 Main Street | PBNI Architects | 624 / 197 [1] | 42 | 1988 | Tallest commercial building in Missouri. Major offices including Evergy (formerly KCPL) headquarters. |  |
| 2 | Town Pavilion | 1111 Main Street | HNTB Architecture | 591 / 180 | 38 | 1986 | Second tallest KC building, completed in 1986, major offices with post-modern elements and a glass façade. |  |
| 3 | Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center | 2345 McGee Street | PBNDML Architects | 504 / 153 | 45 | 1980 | Tallest hotel in Missouri; Formerly Hyatt Regency, now Sheraton, in the Crown Center District. |  |
| 4 | Kansas City Power and Light Building | 1330 Baltimore Street | Hoit, Price and Barnes | 481 / 145 | 32 | 1931 | Skyline icon for decades with its strong art deco details, tallest building west of the Mississippi from 1931 to 1962. |  |
| 5 | 909 Walnut | 909 Walnut Street | Hoit, Price and Barnes | 470 / 143 | 35 | 1932 | Formerly a banking building built during the 1930s construction boom. |  |
| 6 | Kansas City City Hall | 414 E. 12th Street | Wight and Wight | 445 / 136 | 30 | 1937 | Construction boom of the 1920s–1940s with art deco design, one of the nation's tallest city halls. |  |
| 7 | 1201 Walnut | 1201 Walnut Street | HNTB Architecture | 427 / 130 | 30 | 1991 | Tallest building in the 1990s. |  |
| 8 | Commerce Tower | 909 Main Street | Keene Simpson & Murphy | 421 / 128 | 30 | 1965 | Formerly Commerce Bank's Headquarters, the first skyscraper designed by locals, tallest in KC in the 1960s. |  |
| 9 | City Center Square (Lightwell Building) | 1100 Main Street | Skidmore, Owings and Merrill | 404 / 123 | 30 | 1977 | Tallest KC building built in the 1970s. |  |
| 10 | Oak Tower | 324 E. 11th Street | Hoit, Price and Barnes | 379 / 116 | 28 | 1929 | Tallest KC building built in the 1920s, a major fiberoptic network hub for Internet services. |  |
| 11 | 2345 Grand | 2345 Grand Avenue | Fujikawa Conterato Lohan & Assoc. (office of Mies van der Rohe) | 352 / 107 | 28 | 1977 | Office building in the Crown Center district. |  |
| 12 | Bryant Building | 1100 Grand Avenue | Graham, Anderson, Probst & White | 352 / 107 | 26 | 1931 |  | |
| 13 | 2555 Grand | 2555 Grand Avenue | Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership | 351 / 107 | 26 | 2003 | Tallest KC building built in the 2000s. |  |
| 14 | San Francisco Tower | 2510 Grand Avenue | The Architects' Collaborative, Cambridge MA Marshall and Brown | 342 / 104.5 | 32 | 1976 | Luxury condominiums in the Crown Center district. |  |
| 15 | Three Light | 1477 Main Street | Cordish | 301 / 91.6 | 25 | 2023 | ||
| 16 | Crowne Plaza Hotel | 1301 Wyandotte Street | Ralph F. Oberlechner Associates | 299 / 91 | 28 | 1968 |  | |
| 17 | AT&T Long Lines Building (Kansas City) | 1425 Oak Street | 298 / 91 | 26 | 1976 |  | ||
| 18 | 925 Grand | 925 Grand Avenue | Graham, Anderson, Probst & White | 299 / 91 | 21 | 1921 | Converting to hotel |  |
| 19 | Richard Bolling Federal Building | 601 E. 12th Street | Voskamp and Slezak; Radotinsky, Meyn and Deardorff; Everett and Keleti; Howard, Tammen and Bergendoff | 295 / 90 | 18 | 1966 |  | |
| 20 | Jackson County Courthouse | 415 E. 12th Street | Wight and Wight; Keene & Simpson; Frederick C. Gunn | 295 / 90 | 22 | 1934 |  | |
| 21 | Charles Evans Whittaker Federal Courthouse | 400 E. 9th Street | Ellerbe Becket/ASAI Architects | 290 / 88 | 10 | 2000 |  | |
| 22 | Wall Street Tower | 1101 W. 11th Street | Harry Weese Associates | 288 / 88 | 20 | 1974 | Converted into residential units in the Financial District. |  |
| 23 | Mark Twain Tower | 106 W. 11th Street | Hoit, Price and Barnes | 285 / 87 | 24 | 1923 | Converting to residential and was home to the Playboy Club in 1960s. |  |
| 24 | One Park Place | 700 W. 31st Street | Skidmore, Owings and Merrill | 280 / 85 | 20 | 1963 | Condominiums near Union Hill overlooking Downtown. |  |
| 25 | TenMain Center | 920 Main Street | Charles Luckman, Los Angeles, CA | 272 / 83 | 20 | 1968 | Former headquarters of AMC Theatres. |  |
| 26 | Two Light Tower | 1444 Grand Blvd | Humphreys & Partners Architects LP | 270 / 82.29 | 24 | 2018 | Phase 2 of the Luxury apartments built in the Power & Light District to attract renters to revitalize the downtown district. Tallest KC building built in the 2010s. |  |
| 27 | One Light Tower | 50 East 13th Street | Humphreys & Partners Architects LP | 265 / 80.7 | 25 | 2015 | First phase from Cordish & Co. to develop luxury high-rise apartments in the Power & Light District. |  |
| 28 | Loew's Convention Hotel | 1515 Wyandotte Street | Cooper Carry | 260 / 79.3 | 23 | 2020 | Convention space and luxury hotel with a restaurant and bar overlooking downtown Kansas City. |  |
| 29 | Commerce Trust Building | 922 Walnut Street | Jarvis Hunt | 258 / 79 | 20 | 1906 |  | |
| 30 | Commerce Bank Building | 920 Main Street | Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum | 258 / 79 | 20 | 1985 |  | |
| 31 | 12 Wyandotte Plaza | 12 Wyandotte Street | PBNI Architects | 253 / 77 | 18 | 1986 | Built as part of the master plan anchored by One Kansas City Place. |  |
| 32 | Kansas City Marriott Downtown | 200 W 12th Street | 250/ 76 | 22 | 1985 | Situated in the Convention District and nearby Barney Allis Plaza and Municipal Auditorium. |  | |
| 33 | 1 Memorial Drive | 1 Memorial Dr. | Henry N. Cobb, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Ellerbe Becket | 250 / 76 | 16 | 2008 | Home to the Federal Reserve Midwest Branch and also the Money Museum; situated on Union Hill. |  |
| 34 | Hotel Phillips | 106 W. 12th Street | Boillot & Lauck | 243 / 73 | 20 | 1930 |  | |
| 35 | The Grand | 1125 Grand Boulevard | Thomas E. Stanley | 241 / 73 | 20 | 1963 | Converted to residential, with a new Grand signage. |  |
| 36 | H&R Block World Headquarters | 1 H&R Block Way (Oak Street at E. 12th Street) | 360 Architecture | 236 / 72 | 17 | 2006 | Sparked the revitalization of the now popular Power & Light District in the mid 2000s. |  |
| 37 & 38 | American Century Investment Towers | 4500 Main Street | HKS, Inc. | 236 / 72 | 20 | 1991-1994 | Built in the 1990s, overlooking the Plaza and J.C. Nichols Fountain. Often illuminated and visible from Midtown or Westport. |  |
| 39 | 1006 Grand Boulevard Apartments | Kansas City, Missouri 64106 | Sherman Associates | 231 / 70.7 | 17 | 1930 | Converted into apartments |  |
| 40 | Kansas City Marriott Hotel Country Club Plaza | 4445 Main Street | Peckham Guyton Albers & Viets | 229 / 70 | 18 | 1986 |  | |
| 41 | Plaza West | 4600 Madison Avenue | HNTB Architecture | 225 / 69 | 17 | 1986 |  | |
| 42 | Clubhouse Lofts | 128 W. 13th Street | Smith, Rea & Lovitt | 217 / 66.29 | 14 | 1921 | ||
| 43 | 21 Ten Lofts | 21 W. 10th Street | Wilder & Wight | 208.5 / 63.5 | 15 | 1914 | ||
| 44 | Professional Building | 213 East 11th Street | Alexander Company Inc. | 206 / 62.79 | 16 | 1930 | ||
| 45 | UMB Building | 928 Grand Boulevard | Hoit & Cutler | 200 / 60.96 | 16 | 1907 | ||
| Rank | Building | Address | Architect | Height feet / m | Floors | Year | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | KCTV Tower [2] | 129 E. 31st Street | 956 / 291 1042 / 318 | Tower with antenna | 1956 |  | ||
| — | Kansas City Convention Center pylons [3] | 301 W. 13th St | BNIM Architects Convention Center Associates, Architects | 360 / 110 | Tip of pylons | 1994 | The pylons topped with sculptures were added in 1994 alongside the expansion of the Convention Center, an engineering feat over the downtown freeway loop. |  |
| — | Liberty Memorial [4] | 100 W. 26th Street | Harold Van Buren Magonigle | 264 / 81 217 / 66 | Tower | 1926 | It is nationally recognized as the official memorial for World War I. |  |
| — | KCI Air Traffic Control Tower [5] | Kansas City International Airport | 250 / 76 | 1996 |  | |||
These buildings once held the title of tallest building in Kansas City, Missouri.
| Name | Street address | Architect | Years as tallest | Height feet / m | Floors | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Life Insurance Building | 20 W. Ninth Street | McKim, Mead, and White | 1890–1906 | 180 / 55 | 12 | |
| Commerce Trust Building | 922 Walnut Street | Jarvis Hunt | 1906–1921 | 258 / 79 | 17 | |
| Historic Federal Reserve Bank | 925 Grand Avenue | Graham, Anderson, Probst & White | 1921–1929 | 298 / 91 | 16 | |
| Oak Tower | 324 E. 11th Street | Hoit, Price and Barnes | 1929–1931 | 379 / 116 | 28 | |
| Kansas City Power and Light Building | 1330 Baltimore Street | Hoit, Price and Barnes | 1931–1977 | 476 / 145 | 34 | |
| 2345 Grand (formerly IBM Plaza) | 2345 Grand Avenue | Fujikawa Conterato Lohan & Assoc. (office of Mies van der Rohe) | 1977–1980 | 477 / 145 | 28 | |
| Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center | 2345 McGee Street | PBNDML Architects | 1980–1986 | 504 / 154 | 40 | |
| Town Pavilion | 1111 Main Street | HNTB Architecture | 1986–1988 | 591 / 180 | 38 | |
| One Kansas City Place | 1200 Main Street | PBNI Architects | 1988–present | 624 / 198 | 42 | |
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