This list of tallest buildings in Wisconsin ranks skyscrapers in the U.S. state of Wisconsin by height. The tallest 16 buildings in Wisconsin are located in Milwaukee. The tallest is the U.S. Bank Center (Milwaukee), followed by Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons.
This list contains buildings in Wisconsin with a height of 280 feet (85m) or more. Of the 22 buildings, 21 are located in Milwaukee and 1 in Madison. The following list includes the rank of the building, name of the building, city the building is in, image of the building, height of the building in feet and meters, how many floors the building has, the year the building was made in, and notes.
| Rank | Name | Image | Height ft (m) | Floors | Year | City | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | U.S. Bank Center |  | 601 ft (183m) | 42 | 1973 | Milwaukee | Tallest building in the state; previously called the First Wisconsin Center (1973–92) and the Firstar Center (1992–2002). The building won a Distinguished Building Award from the Chicago Chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 1974. [1] [2] [3] [4] |
| 2 | Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons |  | 550 ft (167m) | 32 | 2017 | Milwaukee | Largest office building in Wisconsin; building mostly made out of glass. Building is located a block east across Wisconsin Ave. from the U.S. Bank Center. |
| 3 | 100 East Wisconsin |  | 549 ft (167m) | 37 | 1989 | Milwaukee | Designed as a postmodern version of old German vernacular architecture; built on the site of the former 14-story Pabst skyscraper. [5] [6] [7] |
| 4 | The Couture |  | 507 ft (155 m) | 44 | 2024 | Milwaukee | Tallest residential building in the state of Wisconsin. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] |
| 5 | University Club Tower |  | 446 ft (136m) | 36 | 2007 | Milwaukee | Tallest building constructed in the state in the 21st century, until the Northwestern Mutual Tower. |
| 6 | Milwaukee Center |  | 426 ft (130m) | 28 | 1988 | Milwaukee | Second tallest building in Milwaukee at the time it was completed. [15] |
| 7 | 411 East Wisconsin Center |  | 408 ft (124m) | 30 | 1985 | Milwaukee | Constructed with 1,200 eight-ton pre-cast concrete panels in a modern architectural style. [16] |
| 8 | Northwestern Mutual North Tower |  | 395 ft (120m) | 19 | 1990 | Milwaukee | The light blue pyramid at the top is lit at night. [17] |
| 9 | 7Seventy7 |  | 387 ft (118m) | 34 | 2018 | Milwaukee | The residential tower includes 310 apartments, parking, retail, and a public plaza. [18] [19] |
| 10 | Kilbourn Tower |  | 380 ft (116m) | 33 | 2005 | Milwaukee | [20] |
| 11 | Milwaukee City Hall |  | 353 ft (108m) | 15 | 1895 | Milwaukee | Tallest habitable building in the world for more than four years after completion (1895–99); tallest building in Milwaukee for nearly 80 years. |
| 12 | The Moderne |  | 348 ft (106m) | 31 | 2012 | Milwaukee | Tallest building in Wisconsin west of the Milwaukee River. [21] [22] |
| 13 | 333 North Water |  | 342 ft (104 m) | 31 | 2024 | Milwaukee | The residential tower boasts the highest rents in Milwaukee on a per-square-foot basis. [23] |
| 14 | BMO Harris Financial Center |  | 335 ft (102m) | 25 | 2020 | Milwaukee | [24] |
| 15 | The Potawatomi Casino Hotel |  | 307 ft (94m) | 21 | 2014 | Milwaukee | It is the tallest building in the city south of Interstate 94. |
| 16 | 1000 North Water Street |  | 296 ft (90m) | 16 | 1991 | Milwaukee | The light pink facade and windows give it a unique appearance in Milwaukee's skyline. [17] |
| 17 | Yankee Hill Apartments 1 |  | 292 ft (89m) | 23 | 1987 | Milwaukee | One of two towers. [25] |
| 18 | Chase Tower |  | 288 ft (88m) | 22 | 1961 | Milwaukee | Second tallest building in Milwaukee at the time it was completed. Once the site of Marine Bank. was originally called the Marine Plaza. Later, it was known as Bank One Plaza before Bank One's merger with Chase. Contains 480,000 square feet of Class A office space and houses Milwaukee Public Radio. [26] [27] |
| 19 | Ascent MKE |  | 284 ft (87 m) | 25 | 2022 | Milwaukee | The 25-story, 493,000 sq. ft. structure is the world’s tallest timber structure. |
| 20 | Wisconsin State Capitol |  | 284 ft (86m) | 15 | 1917 | Madison | Tallest building in Madison. Tallest building in Wisconsin outside of Milwaukee. |
| 21 | Allen-Bradley Clock Tower |  | 283 ft (86m) | 17 | 1962 | Milwaukee | The world's second-largest four-sided clock sits atop this tower. |
| 22 | Wisconsin Tower |  | 280 ft (85m) | 22 | 1930 | Milwaukee | One of the oldest buildings in Milwaukee. Second-tallest building in Milwaukee at the time of its completion; converted into 74 condominiums in 2006. |
TheAl Hamra Tower is a skyscraper in Kuwait City, Kuwait. It is the tallest building in Kuwait. Construction of the skyscraper started in 2005. It was completed in 2011. Designed by architectural firms Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Ramshir and Callison, it is the tallest curved concrete skyscraper in the world, and the thirty-sixth tallest building in the world at 414 m (1,358 ft).
The Kilbourn Tower is a 33-story, 380-foot-tall (120 m) condominium tower in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The building was completed in 2005, and at the time of its completion, it was the tallest residential building in Wisconsin. It would be surpassed by the University Club Tower the following year. The building is located at 923 E. Kilbourn Street.
7Seventy7 is a 35 story apartment high rise commissioned by Milwaukee based Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. The building was completed in 2018 and is located at 777 N. Van Buren St. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
BMO Tower, also known as BMO Financial Center at Market Square, is a 25-story, 328-foot tower in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The building was scheduled to be completed in December 2019, but construction delays postponed the opening until April 2020. The building is 281,000 square feet and 328 feet tall.
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