Wooden buildings that have exceptional heights are listed in this article, starting with the highest wooden structures. Wooden buildings are having a resurgence, as they are considered to be a climate-friendly alternative to some synthetic materials [1] .
The tallest recorded wooden structures were wooden radio masts with heights of up to 220 metres or 720 feet that had been realized in Russia at first half of 20th century but than were replaced by steel ones, [2] data verifying the location of these structures is not readily available. Second recorded wooden structure was the tower of Mühlacker radio transmitter (190 metres or 620 feet, destroyed in 1945). The tallest standing wooden structure as of now is the Gliwice Radio Tower (111 m or 364 ft), located in Gliwice, Poland.
Structure | Height (m) | Floors | Location | Dates | Notes |
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Gliwice Radio Tower | 118 | n/a | Gliwice, Poland | 1935 | Currently the tallest human-constructed wooden structure in the world (free-standing, though not a building). |
Randsburg Wash Target Test Towers (Buildings 70021 and 70022) [3] | 109.73 | n/a | Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake | 1951 | As of February 2023, the second current tallest human-constructed free-standing wooden structures in the world, the two Randsburg Wash Target Test Towers (Buildings 70021 and 70022) situated at 35°32′13″N117°14′59″W / 35.53694°N 117.24972°W are significant for their role in the naval testing of proximity or variable time (VT) fuzes, a vital element of the U.S. Navy's weapons program. The towers played a key role in the Cold War proximity fuze test program at the U.S. Navy's Randsburg Wash facility, a program that eventually led to the Navy adapting the use of these fuzes to guided missiles. The towers are important on a national level during the period of significance between 1952 and 1960; the years in which the most important achievements in the U.S. Navy's developments of the properties and attributes of proximity fuzes. The towers are also significant for their unique engineering achievement, as 360 foot-tall, pyramidal wood towers. Targets are suspended between the two towers. [4] |
Sanctuary of Truth [5] | 105 | n/a | Pattaya | 1981 | Decoration in progress [5] |
Modvion wind turbine tower | 103.3 | n/a | Skara | 2023 | Wind turbine tower made from curved LVL |
Hannover-Marienwerder wind turbine | 100 | n/a | Hannover | 2012 | Vensys77 wind turbine with rotor diameter of 77 metres on wooden tower, total height up to rotor blade tip in 12 o'clock position: 138.5 meters |
Ascent | 86.56 | 25 [6] | Milwaukee | 2022 | Topped off; tallest mass timber building in the world [7] |
Mjøstårnet | 85.4 | 18 | Brumunddal | 2019 | |
HoHo Wien | 84 [8] | 24 [8] | Vienna | 2019 | |
Burrard Exchange | 79.2 | 16 | Vancouver | 2023 | [9] |
Sara Kulturhus Centre | 72.8 [10] | 20 | Skellefteå, Sweden | 2019 [11] | Inaugurated 8 September 2021. [12] |
Săpânţa-Peri Church [13] | 75 [14] | 2 | Săpânța | 2013 | [15] |
HAUT | 73 | 22 | Amsterdam | 2021 | [16] |
Yongding Pagoda (永定塔) | 69.7 | 8 | Beijing | 2012 | |
Feldberg telecommunication tower | 69.13 | 19 | Schmitten im Taunus, Germany | 1950 | 30.28 meters tall timber construction with 9 floors on a 17.65 metres tall steel structure with 5 floors, which stands on a 21.2 metres tall concrete basement with 5 floors |
Bahnorama [17] | 66.7 | n/a | Vienna | 2010 | |
Rottenbuch Transmission Tower [18] | 66.7 | n/a | Peiting, Germany | 2002 | |
Pagoda of Fogong Temple | 65.8–67.3 | 5-6 | Yingxian | 1056 | |
Four Towers of South Wellfleet Marconi Wireless Station | 64 | n/a | South Wellfleet, Massachusetts, United States | 1902 | U.S. National Register of Historic Places |
36-52 Wellington Street | 63 | 15 | Melbourne | 2023 | Concrete-Timber Composite [19] |
Jahrtausendturm | 60 | 6 | Magdeburg | 1999 | |
Ieud Monastery | 60 [20] | Ieud (Romanian: Ieud) | 2003 | ||
Arbo | 60 [10] | Risch-Rotkreuz, Switzerland | 2019 | ||
Rozavlea-Șesu Mănăstirii | 58 | 2 | Rozavlea | 2017 | |
Bârsana Monastery | 57 | 2 | Bârsana | 2005 | |
Tour Hypérion | 57 | 17 | Bordeaux | 2021 | The first residential wooden tower in France [21] |
Sainte-Marie | 56.4 [22] | Church Point | 1905 | ||
Ascension Cathedral | 56 [23] | Almaty | 1907 | ||
Eunoia Junior College | 56 [10] | 12 | Singapore | 2019 | |
Șurdești | 54 [24] | Șurdești | 1766 | ||
Tower II of Brück antenna test facility | 54 | n/a | Brück, Germany | 1963 | used for antenna measurements |
Tower III of Brück antenna test facility | 54 | n/a | Brück, Germany | 1963 | used for antenna measurements |
Brock Commons Tallwood House | 53 | 18 [25] | The University of British Columbia, Vancouver | 2017 | |
Treet [26] | 52.8 | 14 | Bergen | 2015 | |
Bohdanka lookout tower | 52.2 | n/a | Bohdaneč, Czech Republic | 2011 | closed 2022, structure damaged by wood-decay; the highest tower made of timber logs (not CLT) in Europe [27] [28] |
Torre de Herveo | 52 | n/a | Manizales, Columbia | 1922 | Former tower of a ropeway, today a monument |
25 King Street | 52 | Brisbane | 2018 | [29] | |
Great Buddha Hall, Tōdai-ji | 49 | Nara | 1709 | Largest wooden building in the world until 1998, when Odate Jukai Dome was completed | |
Proud Kanda Surugadai | 14 | Ochanomizu district. Tokyo | 2021 | [30] | |
Light House [31] | 48 | 14 | Joensuu [32] | 2019 [33] | |
Return to Form | 12 | Denver | [34] | ||
Sensations [35] | 38 | 8, 11 | Strasbourg | 2019 | [36] |
Royal Park Canvas Hotel | 11 | Hokkaido | 2022 | [37] | |
Obayashi | 44 | 11 | Yokohama | 2022 [38] | |
Baumturm [39] | 44 | n/a | Bavaria | 2009 | |
Cathedral-Basilica of St.Peter and Paul | 44 | 2 | Paramaribo, Suriname | 1885 | Largest wooden building in the Western Hemisphere. |
St. George's Cathedral | 43.5 | Georgetown | 1892 | ||
Goethe Tower | 43 | n/a | Frankfurt am Main | 1931 | observation tower, destroyed in 2017 by fire, rebuilt 2019-2020 |
Intro Cleveland | 35 [40] | 9 | Cleveland, Ohio | 2022 | [41] [42] |
SKAIO [43] | 34 | 10 | Heilbronn | 2019 | [44] |
Forté | 32 | 10 | Melbourne | 2012 | |
Murray Grove [45] | 9 | Hackney, London | 2009 | ||
Modvion wind turbine tower | 30 | n/a | Bohus-Björkö | 2020 | Modvion Project page |
Patch22 | 30 | 7 | Amsterdam | 2015 | [46] |
Perspective | 30 | 6 | Bordeaux | 2018 [47] | |
International House Sydney [48] | 29.7 | 7 | Sydney, Australia | 2017 | |
Daramu House [49] | 29.7 | 7 | Sydney, Australia | 2019 | |
WIDC | 29.5 | 8 | Prince George, British Columbia | 2014 [50] | |
Puukuokka [51] | 8 | Kuokkala | 2015 | ||
Strandparken | 8 | Sundbyberg Municipality | 2014 [52] | ||
Yongning Pavilion (the wooden part) | 27 | 3 | Yanqing District | 2019 | |
Portland Observatory, United States | 26 | 7 | Portland, Maine | 1807 | National Register of Historic Places |
Carbon12 | 26 | 8 | Portland, Oregon, United States | 2018 | [53] |
WoodCity | 8 | Helsinki | [54] | ||
Brewery Lofts | 23 | 7 | Tacoma, Washington | 2020 | Second Tallest in the United States |
T3 | 7 | Minneapolis | 2016 [55] | ||
Curtain Place [56] | 6 | London | 2015 | ||
FCBA | 6 | Champs-sur-Marne | |||
Arboretum | 6 | Nanterre [57] | 2023 | [58] | |
Founders Hall | 5 | Seattle | 2022 | [59] | |
Upper Secondary School | 5 | Helsinki | 2022 | [60] | |
NIOA | 5 | Brisbane | 2021 | [61] | |
PAE Living Building | 5 | Portland | 2021 | [62] | |
80 Atlantic | 28 | 5 | Toronto | 2019 | [63] |
St. Olavs vei 18 | 4 | Kristiansand | 2022 | CLT [64] | |
Trinitat Vella community center | 4 | Barcelona | 2022 | Almost net zero building [65] |
Structure | Height (m) | Floors | Location | Dates | Notes |
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Mühlacker radio transmitter | 190 | n/a | Mühlacker | 1934-1945 | Not a building; demolished on April 6, 1945 |
Federal Telegraph Company, twin guyed radio towers | 184.7 | n/a | Heeia, Hawaii and South San Francisco, California | 1914-1945? | These were not freestanding structures [66] |
Berlin-Tegel radio transmitter [67] | 165 | n/a | Berlin | 1933-1948 | In 1940, the height of the tower was reduced to 86 meters. The tower was demolished by bombing on December 16, 1948 due to concerns of interfering with air traffic flying into the nearby (now defunct) Berlin-Tegel International airport. |
Sendeturm Ismaning [68] | 163 | n/a | Ismaning, Germany | 1934-1983 | Demolished on March 16, 1983 |
Holzsendeturm Langenberg [69] | 160 | n/a | Velbert, Germany | 1934-1935 | |
Sendeturm Wiederau [70] | 150 | n/a | Pegau, Germany | 1935-1953 | |
RV-49 radio tower [71] | 150 | n/a | Omsk, Russia | 1942-1956 | |
Sendeturm Billwerder-Moorfleet [72] | 145 | n/a | Hamburg | 1933-1949 | |
Żórawina radio transmitter | 140 | n/a | Żórawina, Poland | 1932-1990 | Demolished in Fall 1990 |
Yongning Pagoda (永宁宝塔) | 137 [73] | 9 | Luoyang | 516-534 | With possibly earthen core at seven of nine stories. [74] Including a pedastal it had a height of 155 m from 152.77 m. Destroyed by lightning/fire in 534. |
Kleinreuth radio tower | 124 | n/a | Nuremberg, Germany | 1935-1961 | |
Madona Radio Towers | 116 | n/a | Madona, Latvia | 1932-1944 | 2 towers with triangular cross section |
Heilsberg Radio Tower | 115 | n/a | Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland | 1935-1940 | |
Freiburg-Lehen Transmission Tower | 107 | n/a | Freiburg, Germany | 1933-1945 | |
Trier Radio Tower | 107 | n/a | Trier, Germany | 1935-1948 | |
Heiligenstock Transmission Tower | 107 | n/a | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 1934-1945 | |
Koblenz Transmission Tower [75] | 107 | n/a | Koblenz, Germany | 1934-1965 | |
Heilsberg T-type antenna radio transmitter towers | 102 | n/a | Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland | 1930-1935 | 2 towers |
Amalienau Radio Tower | 100 | n/a | Kaliningrad, Russia | 1935-1938 | |
RV-49 radio tower | 100 | n/a | Chelyabinsk, Russia | 1935-? | guyed mast, demolished |
Reichenbach Radio Tower | 100 | n/a | Reichenbach/Oberlausitz, Germany | 1937-1945 | |
Mühlacker T-type antenna radio transmitter towers | 100 | n/a | Mühlacker | 1930-1934 | Two towers; not buildings; repurposed later; demolished |
Golm Radio Tower | 100 | n/a | Potsdam, Germany | 1948-1979 | |
Latting Observatory | 96 | n/a | New York City, United States | 1853-1856 | Burned down in 1856 |
Stettin Radio Tower | 93 | n/a | Szczecin, Poland | 1934-1938 | |
Flensburg-Jürgensby Radio Tower | 90 | n/a | Flensburg, Germany | 1935-1957 | |
Utbremen Radio Tower | 90 | n/a | Bremen, Germany | 1933-1939 | |
Hainholz Radio Tower | 90 | n/a | Hannover, Germany | 1933-1940 | |
Hwangnyongsa | 80 | 9 | Gyeongju | 7th century | Destroyed in 1238 by invading Mongol forces |
Kolchak Radio mast | 80 | n/a | Omsk, Russia | 1918-? | guyed mast, demolished |
Raderthal transmitter | 80 | n/a | Cologne, Germany | 1927-1932 | 2 towers |
Mittersill goods transport ropeway tower | 80 | n/a | Mittersill, Austria | 1943-1955 | Tower of a ropeway for goods transport, which never went in service |
Stadelheim Transmitter | 75 | n/a | Munich-Stadelheim, Germany | 1926-193? | 2 towers |
Reception towers of Chain Home | 73.15 | n/a | United Kingdom (various locations) | 1939-1960 | |
Cricklade Radio Tower | 73.15 | n/a | Cricklade, United Kingdom | 1967-2000 | |
Eberswalde Radio Tower | 70 | n/a | Eberswalde, Germany | 1929-1939 | Guyed mast |
Wooden tower of Zeesen radio station | 70 | n/a | Zeesen, Germany | 1931-1939 | |
Reception Tower Utlandshörn | 65 | n/a | Norddeich, Germany | 1935-1977 | |
Towers of Palatine Transmitter | 60 | n/a | Kaiserslautern, Germany | 1928-1945 | 2 towers |
Towers of Huizen transmitter | 60 | n/a | Huizen, Netherlands | 1937-1940 | 2 towers on a rotable platform |
Wardenclyffe Tower | 57 | n/a | Shoreham, United States | 1899-1917 | National Register of Historic Places |
Towers of Sahlenburg Marine Radio Station | 50 | n/a | Cuxhaven, Germany | 1937-1970 | 3 towers |
Towers of Stolp radio transmitter | 50 | n/a | Slupsk, Poland | 1938-1955 | 7 towers |
Jelenia Gora Radio Tower | 47 | n/a | Jelenia Gora, Poland | 1957-1967 |
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Structure | Height (m) | Floors | Location | Dates | Status |
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Hybrid Timber Tower | 105 | Toronto | 2022 | Research [76] | |
W350 Project | 350 | 70 [77] | Tokyo | 2041 [78] | Proposed in 2018 Planned |
Oakwood Tower [79] | 304.8 | 80 | Barbican | Research [80] | |
River Beech Tower [81] | 228 | 80 [82] [83] | Chicago | Proposed | |
The Dutch Mountains I | 133 | Eindhoven | 2030 | Proposed | |
Timber Towers | 40, 60 | Philadelphia | Planned: Demonstration [84] & Research Phase [85] | ||
C6 | 183 | 50 | Perth | Proposed [13] | |
Canada Earth Tower | 40 | Vancouver | Proposed [86] | ||
Trätoppen [87] | 133 | 40 | Stockholm | Proposed | |
Atlassian Central | 39 | Haymarket | 2026 | Under Construction [14] [88] | |
The Rainbow Tree [89] [90] | 115 | 32 | Cebu | Proposed | |
The Dutch Mountains II | 96 | Eindhoven | 2030 | Planned | |
Burė 4 | 105 | Vilnius | Planned [91] | ||
Rocket & Tigerli | 100 | 32 | Winterthur | 2026 | [7] |
187 Victoria Square | 100 | 31 | Adelaide | 2024 | [92] |
Burj Zanzibar | 96 | 28 | Zanzibar | 2026 | Proposed [93] |
Tokio Marine Holdings | 100 | 20 | Tokyo | 2028 | Under development [94] |
Dushan Shuisi Building (独山水司楼) | 99.9 | 24 | Pingzhai (坪寨), Wengqi Village, Yingshan Town, Dushan County, Guizhou, China | 2019 | |
WoHo | 98 | 29 | Berlin | [95] | |
The Spar | 91.44 | 48 | Portland, Oregon | Proposed: Research Phase [96] [97] | |
Technical Administration Building | 32 | Düsseldorf | Proposal [98] | ||
191-199 College Street | 90 | 31 | Toronto | [99] | |
Baobab [100] | 35 [101] | Paris | Proposed | ||
CF Møller Wooden | 34 x 4 | Stockholm | Proposed [102] | ||
Abebe Court Tower | 26 | Lagos | Proposal [103] | ||
Urban Lung | 25 | Cardiff | Proposal [104] | ||
Prototype | 21 | Mount Pleasant | [10] | ||
Treetop Tower | 16 | Hammerbrooklyn | 2024 | To be built [12] | |
U of T Academic Tower | 74.5 | 14 | Toronto | 2019 | To be built [105] |
Tham & Videgård | 20 | Frihamnen | Proposed | ||
Terrace House [106] | 71 | 19 | Vancouver | On hold [107] | |
oWow 1523 Harrison Street | 19 | Oakland | [108] | ||
Mitsui Fudosan & Takenaka corp | 70 | 17 | Nihonbashi district, Tokyo | 2023-2025 | [109] |
Tree Tower | 62 | 18 | Toronto | [110] | Proposed |
Albizzia [111] | 56 | 16 | Lyon, France | 2022 | Under Construction |
Vertical Village | 50 | 17 | Île-de-France | To be built [112] | |
Wood'Up | 50 | 18 | Paris | 2021 | Planned [113] |
The Arbour | 52.5 | 12 | Toronto | 2024 | Planned [114] [115] |
Framework [116] | 24+ | 12 | Portland, Oregon | Cancelled [117] | |
Horizons bois | 12 | Rennes | Proposed [118] | ||
Riverfront Square | 6,8,11 | Newark, New Jersey | Searching tenants [119] | ||
Shibuya Marui Department Store | 9 | Shibuya Crossing | Planned [120] | ||
Tameike Project | 9 | 1-1-14 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo | 2023 | Under Construction [121] | |
2100 N. Southport Ave. | 36 | 9 | Dickens Avenue, on the western edge of the Lincoln Park neighborhood Chicago | 2023 | construction is set to start 2025 [122] |
Wandsbek | 8 | Wandsbek | 2026 | [15] | |
2 Copper Square | 8 | London | Planned [123] | ||
Dutch Mountain | 7 | Veldhoven | 2021 [124] | Cancelled | |
Inspire Barcelona [125] | 6 | Barcelona, 22@ | 2023 | Under Construction |
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