List of tallest buildings in Albuquerque

This list of tallest buildings in Albuquerque ranks high-rises in the U.S.

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Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As...

, New Mexico

New Mexico

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by height. The tallest building in Albuquerque is the 22-story Albuquerque Plaza Office Tower, which rises 351 feet (107 m

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) and was completed in 1990. It also stands as the tallest building in the state

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of New Mexico. The third-tallest building in Albuquerque is the Compass Bank Building, which stood as the tallest building in the city and the state from 1969 until 1990.

The history of skyscrapers in Albuquerque began with the construction of the First National Bank Building in 1922, which is often regarded as the first skyscraper in New Mexico. The building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places

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, is now a residential tower known officially as "The Bank Lofts". Albuquerque went through a large building boom that lasted from the early 1960s to the early 1990s, during which time 20 of the city's 26 tallest buildings were constructed, including the Albuquerque Plaza complex. Most of Albuquerque's tall buildings are located in either Downtown

Downtown Albuquerque

Downtown Albuquerque is the central business district of Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is where a large number of the city's highrise buildings are located, as well as being the center of government and business for the region....

or Uptown Albuquerque; however, there are some high-rises scattered throughout other areas of the city, including the Bank of the West Tower, which stands as the tallest building outside of Downtown. Overall, Albuquerque has 36 completed high-rise buildings, more than any other city in New Mexico. However, no Albuquerque buildings are among the tallest in the United States.

, there is only one high-rise building under construction in Albuquerque: the Anasazi Downtown. When completed, it will rise 136 feet (41 m) in height with nine stories, including six stories of condominiums. There are also three proposals to build skyscrapers in Albuquerque, the largest of these being the The Residences at Packard Place

The Residences at Packard Place

The Residences at Packard Place is a proposed two-tower, thirty-story, commercial-residential tower in Downtown Albuquerque. The Residences at Packard Place is slated to be taller than the Albuquerque Plaza Office Tower, therefore becoming the tallest building in the state of New Mexico...

and the Chant Tower

Chant Tower

The Chant Tower is a thirty story mixed-use tower planned to be built at the SW corner of Jefferson & I-25 in Albuquerque. The Chant Tower is proposed to be taller than the 351-foot Albuquerque Plaza Office Tower. If built, it will become the second tallest building in the state of New Mexico...

; both towers are planned to rise 30 stories. If completed, both structures would surpass the Albuquerque Plaza Office Tower to become the tallest buildings in the city and the state.

Tallest buildings

This lists ranks Albuquerque high-rises that stand at least 135 feet (41 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed.

Rank	Name	Height ft / m Metre The metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology...	Floors	Year	Notes
1	Albuquerque Plaza Office Tower	351 / 107	22	1990	Tallest building in the state of New Mexico. Tallest building constructed in Albuquerque in the 1990s. Formerly known as the Bank of America Tower.
2	Hyatt Regency Albuquerque	256 / 78	21	1990	Tallest all-hotel building in the state.
3	Compass Bank Building	238 / 73	18	1968	Tallest building constructed in the city in the 1960s.
4	Albuquerque Petroleum Building Albuquerque Petroleum Building The Bank of the West Tower once known as Albuquerque Petroleum Building is a highrise office building located at 500 Marquette Avenue NW in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is 72 m tall and has 15 stories, making it Albuquerque's fourth tallest building...	235 / 72	15	1986	Tallest building constructed in Albuquerque in the 1980s.
5	Bank of the West Tower	213 / 65	17	1963	Tallest building in the city located outside of Downtown Albuquerque Downtown Albuquerque Downtown Albuquerque is the central business district of Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is where a large number of the city's highrise buildings are located, as well as being the center of government and business for the region.... .
6	Gold Building Gold Building The Gold Building is a 14-story office building located at 320 Gold Avenue SW in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. When the building was completed in 1968 it was one of the tallest in the city at 62 m . It now ranks sixth.The building is rectangular in plan and sits on a larger one-story base...	203 / 62	14	1968
7	Dennis Chavez Federal Building Dennis Chavez Federal Building The Dennis Chavez Federal Building, named for a long time former United States Senator, is a highrise building located at 500 Gold Avenue SW in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. The building was built in 1972 to concentrate various federal agencies, including the post office and federal courthouse,...	197 / 60	13	1972	Tallest building constructed in the city in the 1970s.
8	PNM Building PNM Building The PNM Building is a 12-story office tower located at 414 Silver Avenue SW in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is 56 m tall, making it the eighth tallest building in the city...	184 / 56	12	1974
9	Simms Building Simms Building The Simms Building in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico was the city's first modern, International Style skyscraper. It was built in 1954, making it a contemporary of the similar Lever House in New York City. The building is located at 400 Gold Avenue SW, which was originally the location of the old...	180 / 55	13	1954	Tallest building constructed in Albuquerque in the 1950s.
10	Pete V. Domenici United States Courthouse Pete V. Domenici United States Courthouse The Pete V. Domenici United States Courthouse is a federal courthouse located at 333 Lomas Boulevard NW in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. The building was completed in 1998 and named in honor of Senator Pete Domenici at a ceremony in 2004...	176 / 54	7	1997
11	Metropolitan Courthouse Metropolitan Courthouse The Metropolitan Courthouse is a courthouse in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico, housing the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court. The building is located on the northwest corner of 4th Street and Lomas Boulevard in an area known as the Courthouse District. The courthouse rises and has nine stories...	175 / 53	9	2003
12	Wells Fargo Bank Building	174 / 53	13	1973
13=	Doubletree Hotel	166 / 51	16	1975
13=	Albuquerque Regional Medical Center	166 / 51	11	1969	Tallest hospital building in New Mexico.
15	Park Plaza Condominiums Park Plaza Condominiums Park Plaza Condominiums is a residential high-rise building complex in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The building rises 160 feet . It contains 14 floors, and was completed in 1965. Park Plaza Condominiums currently stands as the 15th-tallest building in the city and the state of New Mexico...	160 / 49	14	1965	Tallest residential building in New Mexico.
16	One Civic Plaza	158 / 48	11	1985
17	Albuquerque Marriott	156 / 48	17	1982
18	Bernalillo County Courthouse	154 / 47	8	2001
19	City Place	150 / 46	10	1980
20	Wyndham Albuquerque Hotel	147 / 45	14	1972
21=	Two Park Square	145 / 44	10	1989
21=	Ameriwest Financial Center	145 / 44	10	1985
23	The Bank Lofts	141 / 43	9	1922	Formerly known as the First National Bank Building. Tallest building constructed in the city in the 1920s.
24=	Two Park Central Tower	140 / 43	10	1975
24=	Veterans Administration Medical Center	140 / 43	6	1986
26	La Posada de Albuquerque La Posada de Albuquerque The Andaluz Hotel was built in 1939 as the Hilton Hotel and operated most recently for the past twenty-odd years as La Posada de Albuquerque. It is a historic building located at 125 2nd Street NW in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. Opened in 1939, it was Conrad Hilton's fourth hotel and the first...	135 / 41	10	1939	Tallest building constructed in Albuquerque in the 1930s.

Tallest under construction and proposed

This lists buildings that are under construction or proposed in Albuquerque and are planned to rise at least 135 feet (41 m). Under construction buildings that have already been topped out are also included.

Name	Height* ft / m Metre The metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology...	Floors	Year	Status	Notes
The Residences at Packard Place The Residences at Packard Place The Residences at Packard Place is a proposed two-tower, thirty-story, commercial-residential tower in Downtown Albuquerque. The Residences at Packard Place is slated to be taller than the Albuquerque Plaza Office Tower, therefore becoming the tallest building in the state of New Mexico...		30	2010	Proposed	Would become the tallest building in the state of New Mexico upon completion.
Chant Tower Chant Tower The Chant Tower is a thirty story mixed-use tower planned to be built at the SW corner of Jefferson & I-25 in Albuquerque. The Chant Tower is proposed to be taller than the 351-foot Albuquerque Plaza Office Tower. If built, it will become the second tallest building in the state of New Mexico...		30	2010	Proposed
Anasazi Downtown	136 / 41	9	2009	Under construction	Only high-rise building under construction in Albuquerque.

* Table entries without text indicate that information regarding building heights, floor counts, and/or dates of completion has not yet been released.

Timeline of tallest buildings

This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Albuquerque. Since 1990, this title has been held by the Albuquerque Plaza Office Tower.

Name	Street address	Years as tallest	Height ft / m Metre The metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology...	Floors
First National Bank Building	217-233 Central Avenue NW	1922–1954	141 / 43	9
Simms Building Simms Building The Simms Building in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico was the city's first modern, International Style skyscraper. It was built in 1954, making it a contemporary of the similar Lever House in New York City. The building is located at 400 Gold Avenue SW, which was originally the location of the old...	400 Gold Avenue SW	1954–1963	180 / 55	13
Bank of the West Tower	5301 Central Avenue NE	1963–1968	213 / 65	17
Compass Bank Building	505 Marquette Avenue NW	1968–1990	238 / 73	18
Albuquerque Plaza Office Tower	201 Third Street NW	1990–present	351 / 107	22

External links

Diagram of Albuquerque high-rises on SkyscraperPage

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