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Skyline of Makati City.
Skyline of Ortigas Center.

This list of tallest buildings in the Philippines ranks skyscrapers in the Philippines by height. The tallest building in the Philippines is the 52-storey PBCom Tower in Makati City, which rises 259 m (849.7 ft).[1] It is currently the 120th-tallest building in the world as of December 2009. The skyscrapers of Metro Manila are, for the most part, clustered in many locations although three areas are distinct for having the largest clusters in the metropolis. The first and biggest is the Makati Central Business District, followed by the Ortigas Center Business District. The newest business district to rise in the Fort Bonifacio Global City, whose land is formerly part of Fort Bonifacio, the Philippine Army headquarters. The tallest building outside Metro Manila is the 140-meter Crown Regency Hotel in Cebu City.

The history of highrise (23 to 150 meters height) buildings in the Philippines probably began with the construction of the 6-storey Manila Hotel in 1912, which is regarded to be the first true modern highrise building in the country.[2] However, at the time of its completion, it was not considered as the tallest structure in Manila or in the Philippines as a whole, since there were numerous cathedrals, churches, and other buildings that are taller but have no available record of their actual height measurements. Early highrise buildings in Metro Manila were constructed within Manila proper, but most were destroyed during the Battle of Manila in World War II. Construction of high-rise buildings also shifted from Manila to its surrounding area, including the transformation of Makati from a worthless swampland into the country's undisputed financial and business center in the 1950s. Although there were numerous high-rise buildings standing in the metropolis, the first true skyscraper (150 meter building) to rise in Metro Manila, and in the Philippines as a whole, was during the completion of the 44-storey Pacific Plaza Condominium in 1992, which incidentally has a 150 meter ground to architectural top height.

Contents

Completed buildings

Metro Manila Skyline, with Ortigas Center in the foreground with Makati in the background on the left
PBCom Tower, the tallest building in the Philippines.
G.T. International Tower, the country's second tallest building.
The St. Francis Shangri-La Place, the country's tallest residential and twin towers.
Petron Megaplaza.
The Residences at Greenbelt.
1322 Golden Empire Tower, tallest building in the City of Manila.

For purposes of height comparisson, some existing tall structures in the Philippines are included in the list.

Rank Name Location Height (m) Storeys Built Notes
1 PBCom Tower [3] Makati 259 52 2000 Tallest building in the Philippines (2000–present), 120th tallest building in the world
- GMA 7 Tower of Power [4] Quezon City 237 - 1988 GMA-7 Transmitter tower, tallest man-made structure in the Philippines until completion of PBCom Tower
2 G.T. International Tower [3] Makati 217.3 47 2001
3 The St. Francis Shangri-La Place [3] Mandaluyong 213 60 2009 Currently the tallest twin towers in the Philippines.
4 Petron Megaplaza [3] Makati 210 45 1998 former tallest building in the Philippines (1998–2000)
5 UnionBank Plaza Pasig 206 49 2004
6 The Residences at Greenbelt - San Lorenzo Tower [3] Makati 204.5 57 2009
7 1322 Golden Empire Tower [3] Manila 203 57 2002
8 One Corporate Centre [5] Pasig 202 45 2009
9 Philamlife Tower Makati 200 48 2000
- ABS-CBN Tower Quezon City 198 - Transmitter tower Transmitter of the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation
10 St. Francis Square Towers [3] Mandaluyong 197 51 2000 partial
11 RCBC Plaza Yuchengco Tower [3] Makati 191.7 46 2001
12 One San Miguel Avenue [3] Mandaluyong 183 54 2001
13= LKG Tower Makati 180 38 2000
13= The Shang Grand Tower Makati 180 46 2006
15= Pacific Plaza Towers [3] Taguig 179 52 2001
15= Atlanta Centre [3] San Juan 179 37
17 Robinsons Equitable Tower [3] Pasig 175 45 1997 former tallest building in the Philippines (1997–1998)
18= One Roxas Triangle [3] Makati 174 40 2000
18= Robinsons Summit Center [3] Makati 174 38 2001
20 The Enterprise Center Tower 1 [3] Makati 172 45 1999
21 The Residences at Greenbelt - Laguna Tower [3] Makati 171 48 2008
22 RCBC Plaza Tower 2 [3] Makati 170 41 2001
23 Pearl of the Orient Tower [3] Manila 168 42 2004
24 Discovery Suites[3] Pasig 167 40 1999

Other Notable Buildings

Name City Height (m) Storeys Completed Notes
GA Twin Towers Mandaluyong 165 40 2005 (Tower 1) & 2008 (Tower 2)
Rufino Pacific Tower Makati 161 41 1996 former tallest building in the Philippines (1993–1998)
Ayala Tower One Makati 160 35 1996 Headquarters of the Ayala Corporation
Orient Square Pasig 160 35 1999
Lancaster Suites Tower 1 [3] Mandaluyong 158 42 2007
Exportbank Plaza [3] Makati 155 36 1998 Headquarters of Export and Industry Bank (Exportbank)
BSA Tower [3] Makati 154 37 1998 Serviced apartment building
The World Centre [3] Makati 152 30 1995
The Salcedo Park Tower 2 Makati 151 1996
Pacific Plaza Condominium [3] Makati 150 44 1992
Wynsum Corporate Plaza Pasig 150 35 2000
One Legazpi Park [3] Makati 150 45 2006
Joy ~ Nostalg Center Manila [3] Pasig 150 40 2009 Opened last 9 September 2009
Mandarin Square Tower[3] Manila 149 2009
One McKinley Place Taguig 149 47 2003
The Malayan Plaza [3] Pasig 145 37 2006
Insular Life Corporate Center Tower 1 [3] Muntinlupa City 140 34 2000
Crown Regency Hotel and Towers [3] Cebu City 140 38 2005 Fuente Tower 1 (Hotel tower) is the tallest building outside Metro Manila

Under Construction

Name City Height (m) Storeys Exp. Completion Notes
The Gramercy Residences [6] Makati 302 68 2012 construction at 11 floors above ground as of 01 Nov. 2009
The Knightsbridge Residences Makati 250 68 2013
Federal Land Tower Taguig 250 66 2012
GA Sky Suites [3] Quezon City 220 44 2012
One Rockwell West Tower [3] Makati 202 55 2010
The Beacon - Arnaiz Tower Makati 197 50 2012 Foundation works on-going
The Infinity Fort Bonifacio [3] Taguig >180 48 2010 topped-off last October 2009
The Residences at Greenbelt - Manila Tower [3] Makati 171 48 2010
One Rockwell East Tower [3] Makati 165 45 2010
The Beacon - Roces Tower Makati 158 44 2010 Topped-off July 2009
Bellagio Golfview Residences Tower 3 [3] Taguig 156 39 2010
East of Galleria [3] Pasig 45 2010
The Columns Legazpi Village Makati 146 41 2010 Tower 1 topped-off mid 2009, Tower 2 topped-off October 2009.
Grand Soho Makati Makati 41 2010 topped-off November 2008

Approved

Name City Height (m) Storeys Exp. Completion Notes
Pagcor Tower Manila 665 Undefined 2012 Part of the On-going construction of the Pagcor E-City

Planned / Proposed

Name City Height (m) Storeys Exp. Completion Notes
Pearl of the Pacific Tower Marikina >600 107 2016 It will become the tallest building in the Philippines and Southeast Asia
One Galleon Place [7] Pasig >384 75 2015
The Stratford Residences Makati 312 76 2014
Discovery Primea Makati 250 [8] 68 2011 demolition of existing structure (Gilarmi Apartments) complete, excavation underway
Shangri-la at the Fort, Manila Taguig 66 2012 excavation works complete as of February 2009
New Philippine Stock Exchange Building Taguig 242 44 2015
Aspire Tower @ Nuvo City Quezon City 50+ 2012 the first of several similar towers
Lopez Center Tower Makati 50+ 2015 reportedly designed into 2 shorter towers
Edades Tower Makati 53 2013 located at Rockwell area
One Central Makati 50 2012 excavation works to start on April 2009
Park Terraces Makati 187 49 each of the 3 towers
Zuellig Building [9] Makati 155 33 2012 mobilization for excavation ongoing as of November 2009

See also

References

  1. ^ "PBCom Tower". Emporis.com. http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu?id=106171. Retrieved 2005-06-22. 
  2. ^ "Manila Hotel". Filipiniana Blogsphere. http://www.filipiniana.net:8080/blogsphere/?p=93#more-93. Retrieved 2008-10-27. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Tallest Buildings in the Philippines as of June 2009
  4. ^ GMA Network About GMA Network
  5. ^ Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Tallest Topped-off Buildings as of September 2008
  6. ^ Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Tallest Proposed Buildings as of October 2008
  7. ^ Business World, September 1, 2008 Ortigas & Co. to build RP’s tallest structure; expansion plan bared
  8. ^ "Move over Pacific Plaza, here comes Primea". Cocktales. http://cocktales.ph/?p=1843. Retrieved 2009-10-21. 
  9. ^ Zuellig Building website Zuellig Building by the Numbers

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Bellagio Golfview Residences Tower 1 · Crown Regency Hotel and Towers · Insular Life Corporate Center 1 · Luna Gardens · One McKinley Place · The Peak · Robinsons Place Towers
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