List of tallest buildings in California

This list of tallest buildings in California ranks skyscrapers and high rise buildings in the state of California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

by height. Buildings in five cities are included in this list; Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

, San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento

Sacramento

Sacramento is the capital of the state of California, in the United States of America.Sacramento may also refer to:- United States :*Sacramento County, California*Sacramento, Kentucky*Sacramento – San Joaquin River Delta...

and Oakland, each having buildings taller than 400 feet.

The tallest building in the state of California is the U.S. Bank Tower 1,018 feet (310 meters). Completed in 1989, it is also the 10th tallest building in the United States and the 43rd tallest building in the world.

Buildings over 500 feet

All of the buildings taller than 500 feet are in Los Angeles and San Francisco. The tallest building in San Diego rises exactly 500 feet because in the 1970s the Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Aviation Administration

The Federal Aviation Administration is the national aviation authority of the United States. An agency of the United States Department of Transportation, it has authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S...

(FAA) began restricting downtown building height to 500 feet (152 m) due to the proximity of the San Diego International Airport

San Diego International Airport

San Diego International Airport , sometimes referred to as Lindbergh Field, is a public airport located northwest of the central business district of San Diego, California and from the Mexico – United States border at Tijuana, Mexico...

Rank	Name	Height ft / m	Floors	Year	City	Rank in its city	Notes
1	U.S. Bank Tower	01.01,018 / 310	73	1989	Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...	1	43rd-tallest building in the world, 10th-tallest building in the United States, tallest building on the West Coast of the United States West Coast of the United States West Coast or Pacific Coast are terms for the westernmost coastal states of the United States. The term most often refers to the states of California, Oregon, and Washington. Although not part of the contiguous United States, Alaska and Hawaii do border the Pacific Ocean but can't be included in... , tallest building in California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... . Tallest building in the world with a helipad Helipad Helipad is a common abbreviation for helicopter landing pad, a landing area for helicopters. While helicopters are able to operate on a variety of relatively flat surfaces, a fabricated helipad provides a clearly marked hard surface away from obstacles where a helicopter can safely... on its roof. At the time of its completion, the building was the tallest structure in a major active seismic region; Taipei 101 Taipei 101 Taipei 101 , formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center, is a landmark skyscraper located in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan. The building ranked officially as the world's tallest from 2004 until the opening of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai in 2010... now holds this title. Tallest building constructed in Los Angeles in the 1980s. Formerly known as Library Tower.
	Sutro Tower Sutro Tower Sutro Tower is a three-pronged antenna tower near Clarendon Heights in San Francisco, California. Rising from a hill between Twin Peaks and Mount Sutro, it is a prominent part of the city skyline and a landmark for city residents and visitors...	977 (298)		1973	San Francisco		Tallest non-building radio tower in San Francisco since 1973. Because it sits atop a hill, the tower actually reaches a height of 1,814 ft (553 m) above sea level.
2	Aon Center Aon Center (Los Angeles) Aon Center is a 62-story, Modernist office skyscraper located at 707 Wilshire Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles, California. Designed by Charles Luckman, and completed in 1973, the rectangular black building with white trim is remarkably slender for a skyscraper in a seismically active area. It is...	02.0858 / 262	62	1973	Los Angeles	2	31st-tallest building in the United States. Tallest building constructed in Los Angeles in the 1970s.
3	Transamerica Pyramid Transamerica Pyramid The Transamerica Pyramid is the tallest skyscraper in the San Francisco skyline and one of its most iconic. Although the building no longer houses the headquarters of the Transamerica Corporation, it is still strongly associated with the company and is depicted in the company's logo...	853 (260)	48	1972	San Francisco	1	Has been the tallest building in San Francisco since 1972; 3rd-tallest building in California, 32nd-tallest in the United States, and 100th-tallest in the world; tallest building on the West Coast West Coast of the United States West Coast or Pacific Coast are terms for the westernmost coastal states of the United States. The term most often refers to the states of California, Oregon, and Washington. Although not part of the contiguous United States, Alaska and Hawaii do border the Pacific Ocean but can't be included in... from 1972 until 1974; tallest building constructed in San Francisco in the 1970s
4	555 California Street	779 (237)	52	1969	San Francisco	2	51st-tallest building in the United States; tallest building on the West Coast from 1969 to 1972; formerly known as Bank of America Center; tallest building constructed in the city in the 1960s
5	Two California Plaza Two California Plaza Two California Plaza is a skyscraper in the Bunker Hill District district of downtown Los Angeles California. The tower is part of the California Plaza project, consisting of two unique skyscrapers, One California Plaza and Two California Plaza...	03.0750 / 229	54	1992	Los Angeles	3	67th-tallest building in the United States. Tallest building constructed in Los Angeles in the 1990s.
6	Gas Company Tower Gas Company Tower Gas Company Tower is a class-A office skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles, California. Located on the north side of Fifth Street between Olive Street and Grand Avenue, across from the Biltmore Hotel, the building serves as the headquarters for the Southern California Gas Company, which vacated its...	04.0749 / 228	52	1991	Los Angeles	4	70th-tallest building in the United States.
7	Bank of America Center	05.0735 / 224	55	1974	Los Angeles	5	83rd-tallest building in the United States. Originally known as Security Pacific Bank Security Pacific Bank Security Pacific National Bank was a large US bank headquartered in Los Angeles, California. In 1992 Bank of America acquired SPNB.-History:... Plaza, then as ARCO ARCO Atlantic Richfield Company is an oil company with operations in the United States as well as in Indonesia, the North Sea, and the South China Sea. It has more than 1,300 gas stations in the western part of the United States. ARCO was originally formed by the merger of East Coast-based Atlantic... Plaza, then BP BP BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"... Plaza.
8	777 Tower 777 Tower 777 Tower is a , 52-story office building designed by César Pelli in Downtown Los Angeles, California.Developed in 1991 by South Figueroa Plaza Associates, the building contains approximately and a three-story Italian marble lobby. The exterior is clad with sculpted white metal and glass...	06.0725 / 221	52	1991	Los Angeles	6	87th-tallest building in the United States.
9	Wells Fargo Tower	07.0723 / 220	54	1983	Los Angeles	7	92nd-tallest building in the United States.
10	Figueroa at Wilshire Figueroa at Wilshire Figueroa at Wilshire, formerly, Sanwa Bank Plaza, is a 53-storey, skyscraper in Los Angeles, California. It is the eighth tallest building in Los Angeles. It was designed by Albert C. Martin & Associates, and developed by Hines Interests Limited Partnership. It won the Rose Award for "Outstanding...	08.0717 / 219	53	1990	Los Angeles	8	96th-tallest building in the United States. Formerly known as the Sanwa Bank Building.
11	City National Tower	09.0699 / 213	52	1972	Los Angeles	9=	This building and Paul Hastings Tower stand as the tallest twin towers in Los Angeles. Formerly known as the Bank of America Tower.
11	Paul Hastings Tower	10.0699 / 213	52	1972	Los Angeles	9=	This building and City National Tower stand as the tallest twin towers in Los Angeles. Formerly known as ARCO Tower.
13	345 California Center 345 California Center 345 California Center is a 48 story office tower located in the San Francisco financial district. Completed in 1986, the tower is the third-tallest in the city after the Transamerica Pyramid and 555 California Street, and was originally proposed at taller....	695 (212)	48	1986	San Francisco	3	Tallest mid-block skyscraper in San Francisco; tallest building constructed in the city in the 1980s
14	LA Live Hotels & Condominiums	653 / 199	54	2010	Los Angeles	11
15	Millennium Tower	645 (197)	58	2009	San Francisco	4	Tallest building constructed in the city in the 2000s
16	One Rincon Hill South Tower One Rincon Hill One Rincon Hill is a residential complex on the apex of Rincon Hill in San Francisco, California, United States. The complex, designed by Solomon, Cordwell, Buenz and Associates and developed by Urban West Associates, consists of two skyscrapers that share a common townhouse podium. One tower, One...	641 (195)	60	2008	San Francisco	5	Tallest all-residential building in the city
17	Citigroup Center Citigroup Center (Los Angeles) Citigroup Center is a 48-story skyscraper at 444 S. Flower Street in the Bunker Hill area of downtown Los Angeles, California...	11.0625 / 191	48	1979	Los Angeles	12	Formerly known as the 444 Flower Building.
18	611 Place 611 Place 611 Place is a skyscraper at 611 West 6th Street in downtown Los Angeles, California, designed by William L. Pereira & Associates and completed in 1969. The building was commissioned by the now-defunct Crocker Citizen's Bank, and served as its headquarters for many years before being bought by AT&T...	12.0620 / 189	42	1967	Los Angeles	13	Tallest building constructed in Los Angeles in the 1960s.
19	50 Fremont Center 50 Fremont Center 50 Fremont Center is a office skyscraper rising 600 ft. up from Fremont and Mission Street on the boundary of the San Francisco's Financial District and South of Market Area...	600 (183)	43	1985	San Francisco	6=
19	101 California Street 101 California Street 101 California Street is a 48-story office building completed in 1982 in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The tower providing of office space is bounded by California-, Davis-, Front-, and Pine Streets near Market Street....	600 (183)	48	1982	San Francisco	6=
21	One California Plaza One California Plaza One California Plaza is a skyscraper located on the Bunker Hill District district of downtown Los Angeles, California. The tower is part of the California Plaza project, consists of two unique skyscrapers, One California Plaza and Two California Plaza...	13.0578 / 176	42	1985	Los Angeles	14
22	Chevron Tower Chevron Tower Market Center formerly known as the Standard Oil Buildings and later The Chevron Towers is a complex comprising two skyscrapers at 555-575 Market Street in the Financial District of downtown San Francisco, California....	573 (175)	40	1975	San Francisco	8
23	Century Plaza Tower II Century Plaza Towers Century Plaza Towers are two 44-story, twin towers located at 2029 and 2049 Century Park East in Century City in Los Angeles, California.Commissioned by Alcoa, the towers were designed by Minoru Yamasaki and completed in 1975. The towers resemble Yamasaki's World Trade Center in their vertical...	14.0571 / 174	44	1975	Los Angeles	15=	This building and Century Plaza Tower I Century Plaza Towers Century Plaza Towers are two 44-story, twin towers located at 2029 and 2049 Century Park East in Century City in Los Angeles, California.Commissioned by Alcoa, the towers were designed by Minoru Yamasaki and completed in 1975. The towers resemble Yamasaki's World Trade Center in their vertical... stand as the tallest buildings outside Downtown Los Angeles.
23	Century Plaza Tower I Century Plaza Towers Century Plaza Towers are two 44-story, twin towers located at 2029 and 2049 Century Park East in Century City in Los Angeles, California.Commissioned by Alcoa, the towers were designed by Minoru Yamasaki and completed in 1975. The towers resemble Yamasaki's World Trade Center in their vertical...	15.0571 / 174	44	1975	Los Angeles	15=	This building and Century Plaza Tower II Century Plaza Towers Century Plaza Towers are two 44-story, twin towers located at 2029 and 2049 Century Park East in Century City in Los Angeles, California.Commissioned by Alcoa, the towers were designed by Minoru Yamasaki and completed in 1975. The towers resemble Yamasaki's World Trade Center in their vertical... stand as the tallest buildings outside Downtown Los Angeles.
25	Four Embarcadero Center Four Embarcadero Center Four Embarcadero Center is a class-A office skyscraper in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The building is part of the Embarcadero Center complex of six interconnected buildings and one off-site extension. The skyscraper, completed in 1982, stands with 45 stories...	570 (174)	45	1982	San Francisco	9
26	One Embarcadero Center One Embarcadero Center One Embarcadero Center is an class-A office skyscraper in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The building is part of the Embarcadero Center complex of six interconnected buildings and one off-site extension. The skyscraper, completed in 1971, stands tall with 45 stories without...	569 (173)	45	1971	San Francisco	10
27	44 Montgomery Street 44 Montgomery Street 44 Montgomery is an office skyscraper in the heart of San Francisco's Financial District. The tower stands and has 43 floors. When completed in 1967, it was the tallest building west of Dallas until 555 California Street was erected in 1969. The building was once the world headquarters for Wells...	565 (172)	43	1967	San Francisco	11
28	Spear Tower One Market Plaza One Market Plaza is a complex of three office buildings at 1 Market Street along the San Francisco Embarcadero. The historic 11-story Southern Pacific Building, also known as "The Landmark", was completed in 1916, and incorporated into the development in 1976 that includes the 43-storey Spear...	564 (172)	43	1976	San Francisco	12
29	KPMG Tower Wells Fargo Center (Los Angeles) Wells Fargo Center is a twin tower skyscraper complex in downtown Los Angeles, California, comprising Wells Fargo Tower and KPMG Tower joined by a three-story glass atrium...	16.0560 / 171	45	1983	Los Angeles	17
30	Citicorp Center Citicorp Center (San Francisco) One Sansome Street, also known as Citigroup Center, is an office skyscraper located at the intersection of Sutter and Sansome Streets in the Financial District of San Francisco, California near Market Street...	550 (168)	39	1984	San Francisco	13
31	Shaklee Terraces Shaklee Terraces Shaklee Terraces also known as One Front Street is an office skyscraper in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The 38 floor, tower was completed in 1979. The composition of the façade closely resembles that of the Shell Building by Emil Fahrenkamp, which was built in Berlin in 1931...	538 (164)	38	1979	San Francisco	14
32	Ernst & Young Plaza Ernst & Young Plaza The Ernst & Young Plaza is a 534-foot tall skyscraper in Los Angeles, California. It was completed in 1985, has 41 floors and is the 17th tallest building in Los Angeles. The tower is currently owned by Brookfield Properties Inc, and was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP...	17.0534 / 163	41	1985	Los Angeles	18
33	SunAmerica Center SunAmerica Center SunAmerica Center is a 533-foot -high skyscraper in Century City, Los Angeles, California. It was completed in 1990 and has 39 floors. It is the 18th-tallest building in Los Angeles, the 3rd-tallest building in Century City and was designed by Johnson Fain...	18.0533 / 162	39	1990	Los Angeles	19
34	First Market Tower First Market Tower First Market Tower is an office skyscraper at First- and Market Streets in the financial district of San Francisco, California. The , 39 floor tower was the second largest office building in the city when completed in 1973-See also:...	529 (161)	39	1973	San Francisco	15=
34	McKesson Plaza McKesson Plaza McKesson Plaza is an office skyscraper located on Market Street in the financial district of San Francisco, California. The 38 story building serves as headquarters for the McKesson Corporation.-See also:* San Francisco's tallest buildings...	529 (161)	38	1969	San Francisco	15=
36	425 Market Street 425 Market Street 425 Market Street is an office skyscraper located on the corner of Market- and Fremont Streets in the financial district of San Francisco, California. The , 38 floor office tower was completed in 1973. It was built by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company as their "Pacific Coast Headquarters" and...	525 (160)	38	1973	San Francisco	17
37	TCW Tower TCW Tower The TCW Tower is a 517ft tall skyscraper in Los Angeles, California. It was completed in 1990 and has 39 floors. It is 19th tallest building in Los Angeles, and was designed by Albert C. Martin & Associates...	19.0517 / 158	39	1990	Los Angeles	20
38	Union Bank Plaza Union Bank Plaza Union Bank Plaza is a skyscraper in Los Angeles, California. It was constructed from 1965 to 1968 and has 40 floors. It is 20th tallest building in Los Angeles. It was the first skyscraper to be built as part of the Bunker Hill Redevelopment Project....	20.0516 / 157	40	1968	Los Angeles	21
39	10 Universal City Plaza 10 Universal City Plaza 10 Universal City Plaza is a 36-story rhombic office building in Universal City, California, in the United States. It was completed in 1984 by Hathaway Dinwiddie, and was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. The building contains of office space...	21.0506 / 154	36	1984	Los Angeles	22	Tallest building in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley The San Fernando Valley is an urbanized valley located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of southern California, United States, defined by the dramatic mountains of the Transverse Ranges circling it... .

Buildings from 400 to 500 feet

Rank	Name	Height ft / m	Floors	Year	City	Notes
40=	One America Plaza One America Plaza One America Plaza is the tallest building in San Diego, California and a prominent fixture in the waterfront district of the downtown San Diego skyline. The 34-story, , , obelisk-shaped tower was designed by Murphy/Jahn Architects and KMA Architecture...	500 (152)	34	1991	San Diego	Tallest building in San Diego; tallest building constructed in the 1990s
40=	Telesis Tower Telesis Tower Post Montgomery Center, formerly Pacific Telesis Tower is an office skyscraper located at Post- and Kearny Streets in the financial district of San Francisco, California. The , 38 storey tower was completed in 1982, and is connected by the Crocker Galleria mall to McKesson Plaza.-External links:*...	500 (152)	38	1982	San Francisco
42	Symphony Towers Symphony Towers Symphony Towers is a high-rise building in San Diego, California, and is the city's second tallest skyscraper. The tallest in San Diego is One America Plaza of while Symphony Towers is . Designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Symphony Towers is widely seen as one of Downtown's premier...	499 (152)	34	1989	San Diego	Tallest building constructed in the 1980s
43	Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel is a high-rise building in San Diego composed of two towers. The towers are the third and seventh tallest buildings in the city. Developed but no longer owned by the controversial San Diego developer, Doug Manchester, the tower is the tallest building on the waterfront...	497 (151)	40	1992	San Diego	Tallest building on the waterfront on the West Coast
44	1100 Wilshire 1100 Wilshire 1100 Wilshire is a 496ft tall skyscraper in Los Angeles, California. It was completed in 1987 and has 37 floors. It is 22nd tallest building in Los Angeles. The 35,262 m², 228 unit, tower was designed by AC Martin Partners. The bottom 15 floors are completely parking. It was a very unsuccessful...	22.0496 / 151	35	1987	Los Angeles	Tallest residential building in the city.
45	333 Bush Street 333 Bush Street 333 Bush Street is an office skyscraper located in the financial district of San Francisco, California. The 43 floor, building designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill was completed in 1986 and contains seven stories of separately owned residential condominium space.Its owners Hines and Sterling...	495 (151)	43	1986	San Francisco
46	Hilton San Francisco Tower I Hilton San Francisco & Towers Hilton San Francisco Union Square is a skyscraper hotel located several blocks south-west of Union Square in San Francisco, California. The 46-storey, Tower I, was completed in 1971, with the addition of Tower II at and 23 floors completed in 1987...	493 (150)	46	1971	San Francisco	Tallest building used exclusively as a hotel in the city
47=	Fox Plaza	23.0492 / 150	34	1987	Los Angeles
47=	Pacific Gas & Electric Building Pacific Gas & Electric Building The Pacific Gas & Electric Building is a skyscraper located at 77 Beale- and Mission-streets in the financial district of San Francisco, California. Completed in 1971, the 34 story building is headquarters for Pacific Gas and Electric Company, the main utility provider for Northern California, and...	492 (150)	34	1971	San Francisco
49	MGM Tower/Constellation Place Constellation Place Constellation Place is a 491-foot -tall skyscraper in Century City, California. It houses the corporate headquarters of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ....	24.0491 / 150	35	2003	Los Angeles	The first high rise to be completed in the 21st century in Los Angeles.
50	50 California Street 50 California Street 50 California Street is a 37-storey office tower completed in 1972 at the foot of California Street in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. There is an plaza located at the foot of the building. The building is owned and managed by the Shorenstein Company.-External links:...	487 (148)	37	1972	San Francisco
51	St. Regis San Francisco St. Regis Museum Tower St. Regis Museum Tower is a highrise in the South of Market district of San Francisco, California, adjacent to Yerba Buena Gardens, Moscone Center, PacBell Building and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The 42-storey, tower is bounded by Mission Street, 3rd Streets and is operated by...	484 (147)	42	2005	San Francisco
52	The Century The Century (Century City) The Century is a 478 ft tall luxury condominium skyscraper in Century City, California. Completed in late 2009, the building has 42 floors, making it the 22nd tallest building in Los Angeles. The 140 unit building was designed by Robert A. M. Stern....	24.0478 / 146	42	2009	Los Angeles
53=	100 Pine Center 100 Pine Center 100 Pine Center is a class-A office building at the northwest corner of Pine Street and Front Street in San Francisco's Financial District. The building is with 33 floors, and of rentable office space, a 150-car garage including 30 valet parking spaces....	476 (145)	33	1972	San Francisco
53=	45 Fremont Center 45 Fremont Center 45 Fremont Center is a , 34-floor high-rise office building in the Financial District of San Francisco, California between Market Street and Mission Street...	476 (145)	34	1978	San Francisco
55	Electra Electra (San Diego) Electra is the tallest residential high rise building in San Diego, California, USA, with a height of 144.8 meters. It comprises 43 floors and 248 rooms, and was completed in 2008...	475 (145)	43	2007	San Diego	Tallest residential tower in San Diego
56	333 Market Street 333 Market Street 333 Market Street is a class-A office skyscraper on Market Street between Fremont and Beale in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The , 33-storey tower was designed by Gin Wong Associates, and completed in 1979....	472 (144)	33	1979	San Francisco
57	650 California Street 650 California Street 650 California Street, also known as the Hartford Building, is a 34 story, 142 m, office tower on the northwestern edge of San Francisco's Financial District. The tower is located on California Street on the edge of Chinatown, and not far from 555 California Street...	466 (142)	34	1964	San Francisco	Also known as the Hartford Building.
58	ARCO Tower/1055 West Seventh ARCO Tower (Los Angeles) ARCO Tower or 1055 West Seventh is a skyscraper in Los Angeles, California. It was constructed from 1988 to 1989 and has 33 floors. It is 32nd tallest building in Los Angeles, and the second tallest in Westlake...	25.0462 / 141	33	1989	Los Angeles
59	555 Mission Street 555 Mission Street 555 Mission Street is a 33 story, office tower in the South of Market area of San Francisco, California. Construction of the tower began in 2007 and the tower was finished on September 18, 2008. The building is the first in a new generation of office towers in San Francisco's downtown...	458 (140)	33	2008	San Francisco
60=	Los Angeles City Hall Los Angeles City Hall Los Angeles City Hall, completed 1928, is the center of the government of the city of Los Angeles, California, and houses the mayor's office and the meeting chambers and offices of the Los Angeles City Council...	26.0454 / 138	32	1928	Los Angeles	Tallest building constructed in Los Angeles in the 1920s. Tallest base-isolated structure in the world.
60=	Equitable Life Building Equitable Life Building (Los Angeles) The Equitable Life Building is a 454ft tall skyscraper in Los Angeles, California. It was completed in 1969 and has 34 floors. It is tied with the Los Angeles City Hall for the 26th tallest building in Los Angeles. Welton Becket & Associates designed the building...	27.0454 / 138	34	1969	Los Angeles
62	AT&T Center AT&T Center (Los Angeles) The AT&T Center, formerly called the SBC Tower, Transamerica Building, and Occidental Life Building, is a tall skyscraper in South Park, Los Angeles, California. Built to house the offices and computer center of the Occidental Life Insurance Company, it was completed in 1965 and has 32 floors...	28.0452 / 138	32	1965	Los Angeles
63=	Emerald Plaza Emerald Plaza (San Diego) Emerald Plaza is the fifth tallest building in San Diego, California and is a prominent fixture in San Diego's skyline. Tied with The Pinnacle Museum Tower, it has a height of 450 ft . Located in the Core district of Downtown San Diego, Emerald Plaza is a 30-story building with a clustered...	450 (137)	30	1990	San Diego
63=	The Pinnacle Museum Tower The Pinnacle Museum Tower Pinnacle Marina Tower, formerly Pinnacle Museum Tower, is a residential high rise at 550 Front Street in San Diego, California completed in 2005. With a height of , 36 floors, 3 floor garage, and 182 units, it is the second tallest residential building in the city...	450 (137)	36	2005	San Diego
63=	The Infinity I The Infinity The Infinity or 300 Spear Street is a mixed-use residential condominium development in San Francisco, California consisting of 2 high-rise towers and 2 low-rise buildings. The complex is the first phase of a massive residential development encompassing two city blocks...	450 (137)	41	2008	San Francisco
66	PacBell Tower PacBell Tower The AT&T Madison Complex Tandem Office is a 17 story, skyscraper in Los Angeles, California, completed in 1961. With its microwave tower, used through 1993, bringing the overall height to , it is the 29th tallest building in Los Angeles. The building serves 1.3 million phone lines in area code...	29.0448 / 137	17	1961	Los Angeles
67	100 First Plaza 100 First Plaza 100 First Plaza is a 27-floor, skyscraper in the financial district of San Francisco, California completed in 1988. It is the 30th-tallest building in the city...	447 (136)	27	1988	San Francisco
68	Manchester Grand Hyatt Seaport Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel is a high-rise building in San Diego composed of two towers. The towers are the third and seventh tallest buildings in the city. Developed but no longer owned by the controversial San Diego developer, Doug Manchester, the tower is the tallest building on the waterfront...	446 (136)	34	2003	San Diego
69	5900 Wilshire 5900 Wilshire 5900 Wilshire is a 443ft tall skyscraper in Los Angeles, California. It was completed in 1971 and has 32 floors. It is 30th tallest building in Los Angeles, and the tallest in the Miracle Mile district, and the 2nd tallest in the Wilshire Area. The International style building was designed by...	30.0443 / 135	32	1971	Los Angeles
70	One California One California One California is a skyscraper completed in 1969 in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. At , and 32-storeys, it is the 28th-tallest building in the city. The architect who designed the building was Welton Becket Associates. The building was constructed on the site of the previously...	438 (134)	32	1969	San Francisco
71	San Francisco Marriott San Francisco Marriott The San Francisco Marriott Marquis is a 39-story skyscraper in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. Situated at the intersection of Fourth and Mission Streets, across from the Sony Metreon and Moscone Convention Center, the building is recognizable by the distinctive postmodern...	436 (133)	39	1989	San Francisco
72	Russ Building Russ Building The Russ Building is a Neo-Gothic office tower located in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The building was completed in 1927 and had 32 floors as well as the city's first indoor parking garage...	435 (132)	32	1927	San Francisco	Tied as the tallest building constructed in the city in the 1920s
72	PacBell Building PacBell Building The PacBell Building or 140 New Montgomery Street in San Francisco's South of Market district is a Neo-Gothic, office tower located close to the St. Regis Museum Tower and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The 26-floor building was completed in 1925 and was San Francisco's first significant...	435 (132)	26	1925	San Francisco	Tied as the tallest building constructed in the city in the 1920s
74	Wells Fargo Center Wells Fargo Center (Sacramento) Wells Fargo Center is a office building in downtown Sacramento California. Construction on the skyscraper began in 1990 with completion in 1992, and yet stands as the tallest building in the city. The building occupies a city block, and features a five-story granite and marble walled interior...	429 / 129	30	1992	Sacramento Sacramento Sacramento is the capital of the state of California, in the United States of America.Sacramento may also refer to:- United States :Sacramento County, CaliforniaSacramento, Kentucky*Sacramento – San Joaquin River Delta...	Tallest building in Sacramento. Tallest building completed in the 1990s.
75=	Harbor Club West Harbor Club Condominiums Harbor Club Condominiums is a high-rise residential building in San Diego, California composed of two towers of equal height. The 41-story towers have a height of 424 feet and are a prominent fixture in San Diego's skyline. Located in the Marina district of Downtown San Diego, Harbor Club was...	424 (129)	41	1992	San Diego
75=	Harbor Club East Harbor Club Condominiums Harbor Club Condominiums is a high-rise residential building in San Diego, California composed of two towers of equal height. The 41-story towers have a height of 424 feet and are a prominent fixture in San Diego's skyline. Located in the Marina district of Downtown San Diego, Harbor Club was...	424 (129)	41	1992	San Diego
77=	The Grande South at Santa Fe Place The Grande at Santa Fe Place The Grande at Santa Fe Place is a high-rise residential building in San Diego, California composed of two towers of equal height. The 39-story towers have a height of 420 feet and are a prominent fixture in San Diego's skyline...	420 (128)	39	2004	San Diego
77=	The Grande North at Santa Fe Place The Grande at Santa Fe Place The Grande at Santa Fe Place is a high-rise residential building in San Diego, California composed of two towers of equal height. The 39-story towers have a height of 420 feet and are a prominent fixture in San Diego's skyline...	420 (128)	39	2005	San Diego
77=	Vantage Pointe Condominium Vantage Pointe Condominium Vantage Pointe Condominium is a high-rise building in San Diego. Bounded by Eighth and Ninth Avenues, and A and B Streets, construction began in 2006 and ended in 2008. It is Downtown San Diego's largest condominium building...	420 (128)	41	2009	San Diego
77	JP MorganChase Building JP MorganChase Building The JPMorgan Chase Building is an office building in San Francisco, California, 560-584 Mission Street, on the border between South of Market and the Financial District. Designed by architect César Pelli, the building stands and has about of office space. It also has two levels of underground...	420 (128)	31	2002	San Francisco
77	The Paramount The Paramount (apartment tower) The Paramount, or 680 Mission Street at Third is a 40-story rental-apartment tower that is located in South of Market just outside of the Financial District on Mission Street in San Francisco....	420 (128)	40	2002	San Francisco
82	Providian Financial Building Providian Financial Building The Providian Financial Building is a skyscraper in San Francisco, California. The building rises 417 feet in San Francisco’s South Beach district. It contains 30 floors, and was completed in 1981. The Providian Financial Building currently stands as the 34th-tallest building in the city...	417 (127)	30	1981	San Francisco
83	Warner Center Plaza II Warner Center, Los Angeles, California Warner Center is an edge city in the Woodland Hills district of Los Angeles, California. It was built to relieve traffic to/from downtown Los Angeles, as well as generate jobs in the San Fernando Valley...	31.0415 / 126	25	1991	Los Angeles
84	MCI Center MCI Center (Los Angeles) The MCI Center is a 414 ft tall skyscraper in Downtown Los Angeles, California. It was completed in 1973 and has 33 floors. It is 32nd tallest building in Los Angeles. The Class A building has 63,032 m² of office space with a glass atrium and courtyard. On March 21, 2005 Jamison Properties...	32.0414 / 126	33	1973	Los Angeles
85	Three Embarcadero Center Three Embarcadero Center Three Embarcadero Center is an office skyscraper located in San Francisco's Financial District. The building is part of the Embarcadero Center, which is a complex of six interconnected buildings and one off-site extension. The skyscraper, completed in 1977, stands with 31 stories...	413 (126)	31	1977	San Francisco
85	Two Embarcadero Center Two Embarcadero Center Two Embarcadero Center is office skyscraper located off The Embarcadero in the financial district of San Francisco, California. The , 30 storey tower, completed in 1974 is part of the Embarcadero Center, a complex of seven towers, of which two are hotels. Twin-tower Three Embarcadero Center is the...	413 (126)	30	1974	San Francisco
87	Advanced Equities Plaza Advanced Equities Plaza Advanced Equities Plaza is the 13th tallest building in San Diego, California and is a prominent fixture in San Diego's skyline. Tied with Pinnacle Marina Tower, it has a height of 412 ft...	412 (126)	23	2005	San Diego
88	595 Market Street 595 Market Street 595 Market Street is a skyscraper in San Francisco, California. The building rises 410 feet in the northern region of San Francisco’s Financial District. It contains 30 floors, and was completed in 1979. 595 Market Street currently stands as the 37th-tallest building in the city. The architect who...	410 (125)	30	1979	San Francisco
89	123 Mission Street 123 Mission Street 123 Mission Street, sometimes referenced as the Pacific Gas & Electric Building, is a 29 floor skyscraper in the South Beach neighborhood of San Francisco, California, completed in 1986. The tower was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill....	407 (124)	29	1986	San Francisco
90=	101 Montgomery 101 Montgomery 101 Montgomery is a skyscraper in San Francisco, California. The building rises 404 feet in the northern region of San Francisco’s Financial District. It contains 28 floors, and was completed in 1984. 101 Montgomery is currently tied with Embarcadero West as the 39th-tallest building in the city. ...	404 (123)	28	1984	San Francisco
90	Embarcadero West Embarcadero West Embarcadero West is an office skyscraper located in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The building is part of the Embarcadero Center, which is a complex of five office towers and two hotels. The skyscraper, completed in 1989, stands tall with 34 stories. Embarcadero West is not...	404 (123)	34	1989	San Francisco
90	Ordway Building Ordway Building The Ordway Building is a skyscraper located in downtown Oakland, California. The building lies close to Oakland's Lake Merritt and the tower contains 28 stories of office space. There are eight corner offices per floor, since the skyscraper has a H-shaped floor plan...	404 (123)	28	1970	Oakland Oakland, California Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...	Tallest building in Oakland and in the Bay Area outside of San Francisco; tallest building constructed in the 1970s
93	US Bank Tower U.S. Bank Tower (Sacramento) U.S. Bank Tower is a 25 story, building in Sacramento, California. The office tower is located at 621 Capitol Mall and was completed in early 2008. U.S. Bank bought the naming rights and of office space....	402 / 122	25	2008	Sacramento	This building topped out in 2007 to become the city's second tallest building.
94	California Automobile Association Building California Automobile Association Building The California Automobile Association Building is an office tower located in San Francisco's Civic Center near the San Francisco City Hall on Van Ness Avenue. The building, completed in 1974, stands and has 29 floors of office space housing the California State Automobile Association....	400 (122)	29	1974	San Francisco

Timeline of tallest buildings in California

Name	Years as tallest	Height	Notes
California State Capitol California State Capitol The California State Capitol is home to the government of California. The building houses the bicameral state legislature and the office of the governor....	1874-1898	64 m (210 ft)
Central Tower (San Francisco) Central Tower (San Francisco) Central Tower is a 21 floor of office building at Market- and Third-Streets in San Francisco, California. The building has undergone numerous renovations since its completion in 1898 as the Call Building and later, the Spreckels Building....	1898-1915	91 m (298.6 ft)
San Francisco City Hall San Francisco City Hall San Francisco City Hall, re-opened in 1915, in its open space area in the city's Civic Center, is a Beaux-Arts monument to the City Beautiful movement that epitomized the high-minded American Renaissance of the 1880s to 1917. The structure's dome is the fifth largest in the world...	1915-1921	94 m (308.4 ft)
Commercial Union Assurance Building Commercial Union Assurance Building The Commercial Union Assurance Building is an 16-story office building located in San Francisco's financial district. The building, completed in 1921, stands 308 feet tall, equaling the height of the San Francisco City Hall. Both the San Francisco City Hall and the Commercial Union Assurance...	1921-1922	94 m (308.4 ft)
225 Bush Street 225 Bush Street 225 Bush Street is a 25 floor building, including 21 floors of office space, 1 floor of retail, 1 storage floor and 2 basement levels including the garage in San Francisco. It was the tallest building in the city from its completion in 1922 to 1925. It is currently owned by SEB Investment out of...	1922-1925	100 m (328.1 ft)
PacBell Building PacBell Building The PacBell Building or 140 New Montgomery Street in San Francisco's South of Market district is a Neo-Gothic, office tower located close to the St. Regis Museum Tower and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The 26-floor building was completed in 1925 and was San Francisco's first significant...	1925-1927	133 m (436.4 ft)	Also known as 140 New Montgomery Street
Russ Building Russ Building The Russ Building is a Neo-Gothic office tower located in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The building was completed in 1927 and had 32 floors as well as the city's first indoor parking garage...	1927-1928	133 m (436.4 ft)
Los Angeles City Hall Los Angeles City Hall Los Angeles City Hall, completed 1928, is the center of the government of the city of Los Angeles, California, and houses the mayor's office and the meeting chambers and offices of the Los Angeles City Council...	1928-1965	138 m (452.8 ft)
Hartford Building	1965-1967	142 m (465.9 ft)
44 Montgomery Street 44 Montgomery Street 44 Montgomery is an office skyscraper in the heart of San Francisco's Financial District. The tower stands and has 43 floors. When completed in 1967, it was the tallest building west of Dallas until 555 California Street was erected in 1969. The building was once the world headquarters for Wells...	1967-1969	172 m (564.3 ft)
555 California Street	1969-1972	237 m (777.6 ft)	Then known as Bank of America Center
Transamerica Pyramid Transamerica Pyramid The Transamerica Pyramid is the tallest skyscraper in the San Francisco skyline and one of its most iconic. Although the building no longer houses the headquarters of the Transamerica Corporation, it is still strongly associated with the company and is depicted in the company's logo...	1972-1973	260 m (853 ft)
Aon Center Aon Center (Los Angeles) Aon Center is a 62-story, Modernist office skyscraper located at 707 Wilshire Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles, California. Designed by Charles Luckman, and completed in 1973, the rectangular black building with white trim is remarkably slender for a skyscraper in a seismically active area. It is...	1973-1990	262 m (859.6 ft)
US Bank Tower	1990-present	310 m (1,017.1 ft)	Formerly Library Tower

Buildings over 500 feet

Buildings from 400 to 500 feet

Timeline of tallest buildings in California

See also