Wooden buildings which have exceptional heights are in this article listed, starting with the highest wooden structures.
The tallest ever wooden structure was the tower of Mühlacker radio transmitter (190 metres or 620 feet, destroyed in 1945). The tallest standing wooden structure is Gliwice Radio Tower (118 metres or 387 feet).
In a narrower sense these structures are not buildings. The tallest building has been the Sanctuary of Truth, a 105-metre-high (344 ft) temple in Pattaya, Thailand.[1] The previous record holder, the 67-metre-high (220 ft) Pagoda of Fogong Temple, was built 900 years ago.
Structure | Height (m) | Floors | Location | Dates | Notes | |
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Mühlacker radio transmitter | 190 | n/a | Mühlacker | 1934–1945 | Not a building; demolished | |
Federal Telegraph Company radio towers | 185.3 | n/a | Heeia, Hawaii and South San Francisco, California | 1914-1945? | Twin identical 185.3 m towers, accompanied at each site by two 133.5 m wood towers; all towers demolished by 1945? | |
Yongning Pagoda (永宁宝塔) | 137[2][3]~152.77[4] | 9 | Luoyang | 516 | With possibly earthern core at seven of nine stories.[5] Including a pedastal it had a height of 155 m from 152.77 m.[4] Destroyed by lightning/fire in 534. | |
Gliwice Radio Tower | 118 | n/a | Gliwice | 1935 | Not a building | |
Sanctuary of Truth[1] | 105 | n/a | Pattaya | 1981 | Decoration in progress[1] | |
First Mühlacker T-type antenna radio transmitter towers | 100 | n/a | Mühlacker | 1930 | Two towers; not buildings; repurposed later; demolished | |
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 | ||
Hwangnyongsa | 80 | 9 | Gyeongju | 7th century | Destroyed in 1238 by invading Mongol forces | |
Sara kulturhus | 75[9] | 20 | Skellefteå | 2019[10] | Inaugurated 8 September 2021.[11] | |
Skellefteå Cultural Center | ||||||
Săpânţa-Peri Church[12] | 75[13] | 2 | Săpânța | 2013 | [14] | |
Yongding Pagoda (永定塔) | 69.7 | 8 | Beijing | 2012 | ||
Pagoda of Fogong Temple | 65.8–67.3 | 5-6 | Yingxian | 1056 | ||
Ieud Monastery | 60[15] | Ieud (Romanian: Ieud) | 2003 | |||
Rozavlea-Șesu Mănăstirii | 58 | 2 | Rozavlea | 2017 | ||
Bârsana Monastery | 57 | 2 | Bârsana | 2005 | ||
Sainte-Marie | 56.4[16] | Church Point | 1905 | |||
Ascension Cathedral | 56[17] | Almaty | 1907 | |||
Șurdești | 54[18] | Șurdești | 1766 | |||
Brock Commons Tallwood House | 53 | 18[19] | Vancouver | 2017 | ||
Tour Hypérion | 57 | 17 | Bordeaux | 2021 | The first residential wooden tower in France[20] | |
Treet[21] | 52.8 | 14 | Bergen | 2015 | ||
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 | [22] | ||
Light House[23] | 48 | 14 | Joensuu[24] | 2019[25] | ||
Obayashi | 44 | 11 | Yokohama | 2022[26] | ||
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 | |||
Forté | 32 | 10 | Melbourne | 2012 | ||
Murray Grove[27] | 9 | Hackney, London | 2009 | |||
Perspective | 30 | 6 | Bordeaux | 2018[28] | ||
International House Sydney[29] | 29.7 | 7 | Sydney, Australia | 2017 | ||
Daramu House[30] | 29.7 | 7 | Sydney, Australia | 2019 | ||
WIDC | 29.5 | 8 | Prince George, British Columbia | 2014[31] | ||
Puukuokka[32] | 8 | Kuokkala | 2015 | |||
Strandparken | 8 | Sundbyberg Municipality | 2014[33] | |||
Yongning Pavilion (the wooden part) | 27 | 3 | Yanqing District | 2019 | ||
Carbon12 | 26 | 8 | Portland, Oregon | 2018 | [34] | |
Brewery Lofts | 23 | 7 | Tacoma, Washington | 2020 | Second Tallest in the United States | |
T3 | 7 | Minneapolis | 2016[35] | |||
Curtain Place[36] | 6 | London | 2015 | |||
FCBA | 6 | Champs-sur-Marne | ||||
Trinitat Vella community center | 4 | Barcelona | 2022 | Almost net zero building[37] |
Skyscraper | Height (m) | Floors | Location | Dates | Status |
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W350 Project | 350 | 70[38] | Tokyo | 2041 | Planned |
Oakwood Tower[39] | 304.8 | 80 | Barbican | Planned: Research Phase[40] | |
River Beech Tower[41] | 228 | 80[42][43] | Chicago | Proposed | |
The Dutch Mountains I | 150 | Eindhoven | 2022–2023 | Planned | |
Timber Towers | 40, 60 | Philadelphia | Planned: Demonstration[44] / Research Phase[45] | ||
C6 | 183 | 50 | Perth | [12] | |
Canada Earth Tower | 40 | Vancouver | [46] | ||
Trätoppen[47] | 133 | 40 | Stockholm | Proposed | |
Atlassian HQ | 39 | Haymarket | Approved[13] | ||
The Rainbow Tree[48][49] | 115 | 32 | Cebu | Proposed | |
The Dutch Mountains II | 110 | Eindhoven | 2022–2023 | Planned | |
Burė 4 | 105 | Vilnius | Planned[50] | ||
Rocket&Tigerli | 100 | 32 | Winterthur | 2026 | [7] |
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 | [51] | |
The Spar | 91.44 | 48 | Portland, Oregon | Proposed: Research Phase[52][53] | |
ICON | 90 | 31 | Toronto | Proposed[54] | |
Baobab[55] | 35[56] | Paris | Proposed | ||
CF Møller Wooden | 34 x 4 | Stockholm | Proposed[57] | ||
Abebe Court Tower | 26 | Lagos | Proposal[58] | ||
Ascent MKE | 86.6 | 25 | Milwaukee | ||
Urban Lung | 25 | Cardiff | Proposal [59] | ||
Prototype | 21 | Mount Pleasant | [9] | ||
Treetop Tower | 16 | Hammerbrooklyn | 2024 | To be built [11] | |
U of T Academic Tower | 74.5 | 14 | Toronto | 2019 | To be built [60] |
Ascent | 86.25 | 25[6] | Wisconsin | 2020-2022 | Under Construction[61] |
HAUT | 73[62] | 21 | Amsterdam | 2020 | Under Construction |
Tham & Videgård | 20 | Frihamnen | Proposed | ||
Terrace House[63] | 71 | 19 | Vancouver | Under Construction | |
Mitsui Fudosan & Takenaka corp | 70 | 17 | Nihonbashi district, Tokyo | 2023-2025 | [64] |
Tree Tower | 62 | 18 | Toronto | [65] | Proposed |
Albizzia[66] | 56 | 16 | Lyon, France | 2022 | Under Construction |
5 King Tower | 52[67] | Brisbane | Proposed | ||
Vertical Village | 50 | 17[68] | Île-de-France | To be built | |
Wood'Up | 50[69] | 18 | Paris | 2021 | Planned |
The Arbour | 52.5[70] | 12 | Toronto | Estimated 2024[70] | Planned[71] |
Framework[72] | 24+ | 12 | Portland, Oregon | Approved[73] | |
Horizons bois | 12 | Rennes | Proposed[74] | ||
Sensation[75] | 38 | 8, 11 | Strasbourg | 2019[76] | Under Construction |
Intro Cleveland | 35[77] | 9 | Cleveland, Ohio | 2022[78] | Under Construction |
Riverfront Square | 6,8,11 | Newark, New Jersey | Searching tenants[79] | ||
SKAIO[80] | 34 | 10 | Heilbronn | 2019 | Under Construction |
Shibuya Marui Department Store | 9 | Shibuya Crossing | Planned[81] | ||
Tameike Project | 9 | 1-1-14 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo | 2023 | Under Construction[82] | |
Wandsbek | 8 | Wandsbek | 2026 | [14] | |
PuuCity (WoodCity)[83] | 8 | Helsinki | Under Construction | ||
Dutch Mountain | 7 | Veldhoven | 2021[84] | Cancelled | |
Arboretum | 6 | Nanterre[85] | 2023 | Under Construction | |
80 Atlantic[86] | 28 | 5 | Toronto | 2019 | Under Construction |