List of tallest buildings in Europe

This list of tallest buildings in Europe ranks skyscrapers in Europe by height exceeding 160 meters. For decades, only a few major cities, such as Frankfurt, London and Moscow contained skyscrapers. In recent years, however, construction has spread to many other cities on the continent, including Milan, Paris, Madrid, Rotterdam and Istanbul. The tallest building in Europe is the Lakhta Center, located in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

The Lakhta Center in Saint Petersburg is the tallest skyscraper in Europe

Seven of Europe's ten tallest skyscrapers are located in the Moscow International Business Center (MIBC).
The 2020 development concept of MIBC and its adjacent territory implies the construction of even more skyscrapers (orange color) during the period 2020–2027.[1][2]

Tallest buildings

View of Levent from the Istanbul Sapphire
Skyline of Frankfurt, Germany

This list ranks skyscrapers in Europe that stand at least 160 metres (525 ft) tall, based on standard height measurements. Architectural details do not include antenna masts. The height data is subject to fluctuations due to simple changing of mast extensions. Existing structures are included for ranking purposes based on present height. Many non-architectural extensions (such as radio antennas) are easily added and removed from tall buildings without significantly changing the style and design of the building, which is seen as a significant part of the value of these buildings.

Name City Country Height[3] Floors Completed
Metres Feet
Lakhta CenterSaint PetersburgRussia462.51,517872019
Federation: East TowerMoscowRussia373.71,226932016
OKO: South TowerMoscowRussia354.11,162902015
Neva Tower 2MoscowRussia3451,132792019
Mercury City TowerMoscowRussia338.81,112752013
Varso TowerWarsawPoland3101,017532021
The ShardLondonUnited Kingdom309.61,016732012
EurasiaMoscowRussia308.91,013722014
Neva Tower 1MoscowRussia302991652020
City of Capitals: Moscow TowerMoscowRussia301.6990762010
Capital Towers: City TowerMoscowRussia295968672022
Capital Towers: Park TowerMoscowRussia295968702022
Capital Towers: River Tower[4]MoscowRussia295968672022
Skyland İstanbul: Tower 1IstanbulATurkey284932652017
Skyland İstanbul: Tower 2IstanbulATurkey284932642017
22 BishopsgateLondonUnited Kingdom278912622019
Naberezhnaya Tower CMoscowRussia268.4881592007
Triumph PalaceMoscowRussia264.1866612005
Istanbul SapphireIstanbulATurkey261856552010
Commerzbank TowerFrankfurtGermany258.7849561997
City of Capitals: Saint Petersburg TowerMoscowRussia256.9843652010
MesseturmFrankfurtGermany256.5842551990
Torre de CristalMadridSpain249817502008
Torre CepsaMadridSpain248.3815452008
Evolution TowerMoscowRussia245.9807532014
Federation: West TowerMoscowRussia243.2798622007
Moscow State UniversityMoscowRussia240787361953
Imperia TowerMoscowRussia238.7783602011
Torre PwCMadridSpain236774522008
1 Canada SquareLondonUnited Kingdom235771501991
Landmark PinnacleLondonUnited Kingdom233764752019
Tour FirstParisBFrance231758562011
Palace of Culture and ScienceWarsawPoland230.7757421955
Heron TowerLondonUnited Kingdom230755462011
Torre EmperadorMadridSpain228748572008
Leadenhall BuildingLondonUnited Kingdom225738482014
OKO: North TowerMoscowRussia224735462015
DC Towers: Tower 1[5]ViennaAustria220722602013
Tour HeklaParisFrance220722412022
Istanbul Tower 205[6]IstanbulATurkey220722532018
Nurol Life[7]IstanbulATurkey220722602017
Warsaw SpireWarsawPoland220722492016
Newfoundland QuayLondonUnited Kingdom219.7721582019
Unicredit TowerMilanItaly217.7714332012
Zalmhaven TowerRotterdamNetherlands215715582022
Sky Tower[8]WrocławPoland215705512013
South Quay Plaza ILondonUnited Kingdom214.5721682018
House on Mosfilmovskaya: Tower 1MoscowRussia213.3700542011[9]
Tour MontparnasseParisFrance210689591972
Piedmont Region HeadquartersTurinItaly209686442020[10]
Allianz TowerMilanItaly209686502015
Westend TowerFrankfurtGermany208682531993
Hotel UkrainaMoscowRussia206676341955
One Park DriveLondonUnited Kingdom205673572021
Roche Tower 2BaselSwitzerland205673502021
Spine TowerIstanbulTurkey202663472013
Warsaw UnitWarsawPoland202663462021
Tour IncityLyonFrance202663392015
Deansgate Square South TowerManchesterUnited Kingdom201659642019
Tower 185FrankfurtGermany200656502011
Main TowerFrankfurtGermany200656551999
IntempoBenidormSpain200656472013
25 Canada SquareLondonUnited Kingdom200656452001
8 Canada SquareLondonUnited Kingdom200656452002
Wellton Towers 2[11]MoscowRussia195.2640582020
Skyliner KarimpolWarsawPoland195640452021
Tour MajungaParisFrance195640452014
Queen Central ParkIstanbulTurkey195640522018
Anthill Residence 1[12]IstanbulTurkey194.5638542011
Anthill Residence 2[13]IstanbulTurkey194.5638542011
Ciftci Tower AIstanbulTurkey194636452018
Ciftci Tower BIstanbulTurkey194636452018
Tricolor: Tower A[14]MoscowRussia194636562013
Tricolor: Tower B[14]MoscowRussia194636562013
Sberbank City: Tower A[15]MoscowRussia193633472015
Złota 44WarsawPoland192630542012
Generali TowerMilanItaly192630442018
D1: Kingchess Tower[16]MoscowRussia191627592020
D1: Excelsior TowerMoscowRussia191627592020
Continental[17]MoscowRussia191627482011
ONEFrankfurtGermany191627492020
HSB Turning TorsoMalmöSweden190.4625572005
The ScalpelLondonUnited Kingdom190623382018
OmniturmFrankfurtGermany190623452020
Tour TotalParisBFrance190623481985
BT TowerLondonUnited Kingdom189627341966
Tour CB21ParisBFrance187614421974
Gran Hotel BaliBenidormSpain187614522002
Wardian London (East Tower)LondonUnited Kingdom187614552019
TrianonFrankfurtGermany186610451993
European Central Bank seatFrankfurtGermany185607452014
Tour GDF SuezParisBFrance185607362008
Tour ArevaParisBFrance184604441974
Tour GraniteParisBFrance184604362008
Warsaw Trade TowerWarsawPoland184604451999
West 54LondonUnited Kingdom184604542021
Tower 42LondonUnited Kingdom183600471980
The MadisonLondonUnited Kingdom182597532019
CaleidoMadridSpain181594382021
St George Wharf TowerLondonUnited Kingdom181594492013
Isbank Tower 1IstanbulTurkey181594522000
Cajasol TowerSevilleSpain181594432015
30 St Mary AxeLondonUnited Kingdom180591412003
Grand TowerFrankfurtGermany180591472020
Tours DuoParisFrance180591392020
Skyland İstanbul: Hotel TowerIstanbulTurkey180
591 ?2018
Wellton Towers 1[11]MoscowRussia178.7586532020
Sparrow Hills Tower II[18]MoscowRussia178584482004
Roche Tower[19]BaselSwitzerland178584412015
Tour Saint-GobainParisFrance178584392019
Maslak 1453 A1 Tower[20]IstanbulTurkey176.5579442017
Maslak 1453 A2 Tower[20]IstanbulTurkey176.5579442017
Maslak 1453 A3 Tower[20]IstanbulTurkey176.5579442017
Maslak 1453 B1 Tower[20]IstanbulTurkey176.5579442017
Maslak 1453 B2 Tower[20]IstanbulTurkey176.5579442017
EdelweissMoscowRussia176577432003
Kotelnicheskaya EmbankmentMoscowRussia176577321952
Nebo: Tower 1[21]MoscowRussia176577532020
Nebo: Tower 2MoscowRussia176577532020
Nebo: Tower 3MoscowRussia176577532020
Aliye Parusa 2[22]MoscowRussia175.6576482003
Libeskind TowerMilanItaly175574282020
Headliner 9[23]MoscowRussia174.9574532022
Headliner 1[23]MoscowRussia174.9 574532019
IQ-quarter: Tower 1[24]MoscowRussia172.8567422016
100 BishopsgateLondonUnited Kingdom172564402018
Ministry of Foreign AffairsMoscowRussia172564271953
Nordstar Tower[25]MoscowRussia171.5563422009
Tour D2ParisFrance171561372014
Millennium TowerViennaAustria171663511999
Maslak 1453 A4 Tower[20]IstanbulTurkey170.5559422017
Maslak 1453 A5 Tower[20]IstanbulTurkey170.5559422017
Aykon London OneLondonUnited Kingdom170558502020
Şişli PlazaIstanbulTurkey170558462007
OpernturmFrankfurtGermany170558422009
TaunusturmFrankfurtGermany170558402014
One LimassolLimassolCyprus170558382022
Levent 199IstanbulTurkey170558402014
Özdilek Plaza Tower AIstanbulTurkey170558382014
Soyak Crystal TowerIstanbulTurkey170558402014
Terrace TemaIstanbulTurkey170558392014
Odeon TowerMonacoMonaco170558492015
Beetham TowerManchesterUnited Kingdom169554472006
Belgrade TowerBelgradeSerbia168656422021
Alcon Tower[26]MoscowRussia168656362022
Wardian London (West Tower)LondonUnited Kingdom168551502019
Tekstilkent Plaza 1IstanbulTurkey168551442000
Tekstilkent Plaza 2IstanbulTurkey168551442000
Klovski Descent 7A Residential partKyivUkraine168551482012
Sberbank City: Tower B[27]MoscowRussia168551412015
Tour AlicanteParisCFrance167548371995
Tour ChassagneParisCFrance167548371995
Torre Intesa SanpaoloTurinItaly167548392013
Maslak 42 1IstanbulTurkey167548422014
Maslak 42 2IstanbulTurkey167548422014
SilberturmFrankfurtGermany166545321978
Tour Carpe DiemParisFrance166545342013
Paveletskaya City: Marlon Tower[28]MoscowRussia165541462021
Paveletskaya City: Frank TowerMoscowRussia165541462021
One BlackfriarsLondonUnited Kingdom165541522018
Tour Part DieuLyonFrance165541421977
Tour EDFParisDFrance165541412001
Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy[29]MoscowRussia165541342005
OruzheynyyMoscowRussia165541282016
MaastorenRotterdamNetherlands165541442010
Broadgate TowerLondonUnited Kingdom165541352009
Iberdrola TowerBilbaoSpain165541402011
InterContinental WarsawWarsawPoland164538452003
Post Tower[30]BonnGermany162.5533422002
Wellton Towers 3[11]MoscowRussia162.2532482020
Well House na Leninskom[31]MoscowRussia162531462009
Palazzo Lombardia[32]MilanItaly161.3529432010
Cœur DéfenseParisBFrance161528402001
Principal TowerLondonUnited Kingdom161528512018
Sparrow Hills Tower I[33]MoscowRussia161528432004
Sparrow Hills Tower III[34]MoscowRussia161528432004
Cosmopolitan Twarda 2/4WarsawPoland160525422012
Tour AltoParisFrance160492382020
20 Fenchurch StreetLondonUnited Kingdom160525342014
Kudrinskaya Square[35]MoscowRussia160525221954

Timeline of tallest buildings

Name City Country Years tallest Height Floors
Metres Feet
Lakhta CenterSaint PetersburgRussia2017–present462.51,51787
Federation: East TowerMoscowRussia2016–2017373.71,22695
OKO: South TowerMoscowRussia2015–2016354.11,16285
Mercury City TowerMoscowRussia2012–2014338.81,11275
The ShardLondonUnited Kingdom2011–20123061,00487
CoC: Moscow TowerMoscowRussia2009–2011301.699077
Naberezhnaya Tower CMoscowRussia2007–2009268.488159
Triumph-PalaceMoscowRussia2005–2007264.186657
Commerzbank TowerFrankfurtGermany1997–200525985056
MesseturmFrankfurtGermany1990–199725784355
Moscow State UniversityMoscowRussia1953–199024078742
Kotelnicheskaya Embankment BuildingMoscowRussia1952–195317657732
Tour PerretAmiensFrance1949–195211036126
Terrazza Martini TowerGenoaItaly1940–194910835431
New Town Hall (Leipzig)LeipzigGermany1905–1940114.8377
Hamburg City HallHamburgGermany1897–1905112367
City HallViennaAustria1892–1897[36]105344
Palace of JusticeBrusselsBelgium1883–1892104341
Victoria TowerLondonUnited Kingdom1860–188398.5323
Augsburg Town HallAugsburgGermany1624–1860571877

Under construction

Name City Country Height Floors Estimated
completion
Metres Feet
One TowerMoscowRussia442.8[37]1,4531092024 (On hold)
National Space CentreMoscowRussia288[38]814472023
Grand TowerMoscowRussia283.4930622022
iCity: Space TowerMoscowRussia257843612024
KarlatornetGothenburgSweden245804732023
ElbtowerHamburgGermany24580757 2026
The LinkParisDFrance244801522024
Four Frankfurt Tower 1[39]FrankfurtGermany233764592023
Level South Port[40]MoscowRussia225738692026
AspenLondonUnited Kingdom216708642023
8 BishopsgateLondonUnited Kingdom204699512022
Sky Fort[41]SofiaBulgaria202663492023
MOD: Tower K3[42][43]MoscowRussia200660552024
MOD: Tower K7MoscowRussia200660552024
Will Towers 1[44]MoscowRussia19965356
Fili City[45]MoscowRussia197.0664757
South Quay Plaza IILondonUnited Kingdom192630562024
Symphony 34[46]MoscowRussia191626542023
High Life[47]MoscowRussia18661048
Level MitchurinskiyMoscowRussia185.961054
Will Towers 2MoscowRussia184.860652
Will Towers 3MoscowRussia184.860652
Icon Tower[48] London United Kingdom 184 604 52 2022
AFI Tower [49]MoscowRussia182.4597532022
WaveMoscowRussia180590542023
Event 4 tower 1[50]MoscowRussia178.458551
Event 4 tower 2MoscowRussia178.458551
Event 4 tower 3MoscowRussia178.458551
City Bay: Atlantic Tower 1[51]MoscowRussia 17758154
City Bay: Atlantic Tower 2MoscowRussia 17758154
City Bay: Indian Tower B1[51]MoscowRussia17758154
City Bay: Indian Tower B6MoscowRussia17758154
Estrel TowerBerlinGermany 176577452024
Rezhissyor[52]MoscowRussia 17557449
Headliner 4[23]MoscowRussia174.957453
The BridgeWarsawPoland174570412024
Symphony 34: Silver Tower[53]MoscowRussia173.7570492023
Four Frankfurt Tower 2[39]FrankfurtGermany173568432023
Arkhitektor 1[54][55]MoscowRussia169.2555472023
Arkhitektor 2MoscowRussia169.2555472023
Arkhitektor 3MoscowRussia168.7553462023
Vauxhall Square ILondonUnited Kingdom168656502019
Vauxhall Square IILondonUnited Kingdom168656502019
Eurovea 2BratislavaSlovakia168656462022
Crystal[56]MoscowRussia167.5656492022
Oak TowerPristinaKosovo 167548412025
Danube FlatsViennaAustria167548472023
MOD: Tower K5[42][43]MoscowRussia164.654044 ?
One Nine Elms IILondonUnited Kingdom161528432019
Trilogy West TowerLimassolCyprus161528392022
Sydney City 2.2[57]MoscowRussia160492442023
Olszynki ParkRzeszówPoland160524362025

Cancelled

This list ranks notable buildings that have been cancelled in Europe that were meant to rise to at least 160 metres (525 ft).

Name City Height Floors
Metres Feet
Russia TowerMoscow6122,008118
Palace of the Soviets Moscow 495 1,624 100
Tour Sans FinsParis425.61,396103
Dubai Towers Istanbul: Tower 1Istanbul3951,296102
London Millennium TowerLondon3861,26692
Hermitage plaza 1 Paris 320 1050 86
Hermitage plaza 2 Paris 320 1050 85
Dubai Towers Istanbul: Tower 2Istanbul3161,03781
City Hall and City DumaMoscow308.41,01271
Otterspool TowerLiverpool3051,00179
Vortex TowerLondon30098470
King Edward TowerLiverpool19965367
Criterion PlaceLeeds180591
LumiereLeeds17256455

Tallest European skyscrapers by pinnacle height (highest point)

This lists ranks skyscrapers in Europe that stand at least 250 metres (820 ft) tall, based on architectural details and antenna height measurement.

Denotes building with pinnacle height higher than architectural
Name City Metres Feet Floors Completed
Lakhta CenterMoscow462.51,517872019
Federation: East TowerMoscow373.71,227952016
OKO: South TowerMoscow354.11,162852015
Neva Tower 2Moscow3451,132792019
Mercury City TowerMoscow338.81,112752013
Varso TowerWarsaw3101,017532021
CoC: Moscow Tower†Moscow309.81,016762009
EurasiaMoscow308.91,013722013
The ShardLondon3061,004872012
Commerzbank TowerFrankfurt300985561997
Neva Tower 1Moscow297974652020
Skyland İstanbul: Tower 1IstanbulA284932652017
Skyland İstanbul: Tower 2IstanbulA284932642017
22 BishopsgateLondon278.2913622019
Naberezhnaya Tower CMoscow268.4881592007
Capital Towers: City TowerMoscow267876612022
Capital Towers: Park TowerMoscow267876612022
Capital Towers: River TowerMoscow267876612022
Triumph-PalaceMoscow264.1866572005
Istanbul SapphireIstanbul261856542010
CoC: Saint PetersburgMoscow257.2843652009
MesseturmFrankfurt256.5842551990
many lower buildings

Cities with buildings over 150 metres

City ≥450 m ≥400 m ≥350 m ≥300 m ≥250 m ≥200 m ≥150 m
Saint Petersburg 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Moscow 2 7 12 19 58
Istanbul 1 5 9 47
London 1 3 12 34
Warsaw 1 1 5 15
Frankfurt 2 5 18
Madrid 1 4 5
Paris 2 21
Milan 2 5
Vienna 2 3
Rotterdam 1 5
Manchester 1 4
Lyon 1 2
Turin 1 2
Wrocław 1 1
Benidorm 3
Barcelona 2
Limassol 1
Belgrade 1
Gdańsk 1
Brussels 1
Kyiv 1
Bilbao 1
Seville 1
Basel 1
Malmö 1
Bonn 1
Amsterdam 1

See also

Notes

  • ^A Only skyscrapers located in the European part of Istanbul are included. See Europe for more details.
  • ^B Specifically located in the La Défense district, town of Courbevoie, in the inner suburbs of Paris
  • ^C Specifically located in Nanterre, in the inner suburbs of Paris
  • ^D Specifically located in La Défense district, town of Puteaux, in the inner suburbs of Paris
  • ^E Specifically located in Saint-Denis, in the inner suburbs of Paris
  • ^F Specifically located in La Défense, in the inner suburbs of Paris

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