List of tallest buildings in Chicago
Rank Name Height ft ( m ) Floors Year Notes
01.0 1 Willis Tower 1,451 ( 442 ) 110 1974 Formerly known as Sears Tower ; 3rd-tallest building in the United States , 22nd-tallest building in the world ; tallest building in the world from 1974 until 1998 ; tallest building completed in the world in the 1970s
02.0 2 Trump International Hotel and Tower 1,388 ( 423 ) 98 2009 7th-tallest building in the United States ; tallest building completed in the United States in the first decade of the 21st century
03.0 3 Aon Center 1,136 ( 346 ) 83 1973 12th-tallest building in the U.S. ; formerly known as the Standard Oil Building . Was the tallest building in Chicago before being surpassed by the Willis Tower
04.0 4 875 North Michigan Avenue 1,127 ( 344 ) 100 1969 Formerly known as John Hancock Center ; 13th-tallest building in the United States ; tallest building constructed in the world in the 1960s ; first building in the world outside of New York City to rise at least 1,000 feet ( 305 m ) . Was the tallest building in Chicago before being surpassed by the Aon Center
05.0 5 Franklin Center 1,007 ( 307 ) 61 1989 Formerly known as the AT & T Corporate Center ; 21st-tallest building in the United States ; tallest building constructed in Chicago in the 1980s
06.0 6 Two Prudential Plaza 995 ( 303 ) 64 1990 16th-tallest building in the United States ; tallest building constructed in Chicago in the 1990s
07.0 7 311 South Wacker Drive 961 ( 293 ) 65 1990 24th-tallest building in the United States
08.0 8 NEMA Chicago 896 ( 273 ) 76 2019 Tallest all rental apartment building in Chicago
09.0 9 900 North Michigan 871 ( 266 ) 66 1989
10.0 10= Water Tower Place 860 ( 262 ) 74 1976
10.0 10= Aqua 860 ( 262 ) 82 2009 Currently the tallest building in the world designed by a female-led architectural firm ; first skyscraper in Chicago to contain a hotel , condominiums , apartments and retail space
12.0 12 Chase Tower 850 ( 259 ) 60 1969 Also known as First National Plaza
13.0 13 Park Tower 844 ( 257 ) 67 2000
14.0 14 One Bennett Park 837 ( 255 ) 69 2018
15.0 15 The Legacy at Millennium Park 822 ( 251 ) 73 2010
17.0 16 300 North LaSalle 784 ( 239 ) 60 2009
18.0 17 Three First National Plaza 767 ( 234 ) 57 1981
19.0 18 Grant Thornton Tower 755 ( 230 ) 50 1992
16.0 19 Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower 744 ( 227 ) 57 2010 First phase completed in 1997 ; 24-floor vertical expansion completed in 2010
21.0 20 River Point 732 ( 223 ) 52 2017
Tallest buildings
Chicago, the third-largest city in the United States, is home to 1,366 completed high-rises, 48 of which stand taller than . The tallest building in the city is the 110-story Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower), which rises in the Chicago Loop and was completed in 1974. Sears Tower was the tallest building in the world upon its completion, and remained the tallest building in the United States until May 10, 2013. The second-, third- and fourth-tallest buildings in Chicago are the Trump International Hotel & Tower, the Aon Center and 875 North Michigan Avenue, respectively. Of the ten tallest buildings in the United States, four are located in Chicago. Chicago leads the nation in the twenty tallest women-designed towers in the world, thanks to contributions by Jeanne Gang and Natalie de Blois. , Chicago had 116 buildings at least tall. Chicago is the birthplace of the skyscraper. The Home Insurance Building, completed in 1885, is regarded as the world's first skyscraper. This building used the steel-frame method, innovated in Chicago. It was originally built with 10 stories, an enormous height in the 1800s, to a height of , making it the tallest building in the world at that time. It was later expanded to 12 stories with a height of .