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List of tallest buildings in Los Angeles

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List of tallest buildings in Los Angeles
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Los Angeles is the second largest city in the United States, and the largest in California, with a metropolitan area population of over 12 million. Los Angeles has the largest skyline in California and the West Coast, with over 800 high-rise buildings.[1][2] As of 2025, 30 of them are taller than 492 feet (150 m), placing Los Angeles fifth in the United States. Los Angeles has two supertall skyscrapers, buildings rising above 984 feet (300 m) in height: Wilshire Grand Center, the tallest building in the city and in California, and the U.S. Bank Tower. Upon its completion in 1989, the US Bank Tower, at 1,018 feet (310 m), remained the tallest building in the city until Wilshire Grand Center was built in 2017 to a height of 1,100 feet (335.3 m).

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The skyline of Westwood and Century City in 2025, with downtown in the background (left)

The history of skyscrapers in Los Angeles began with the 1903 completion of the 13-story Braly Building, which is often regarded as the first high-rise in the city. The Braly building has since been converted from a commercial structure to a residential tower and is now known as the "Continental Building".[3] The growth of Los Angeles' skyline during the early 20th century was hampered by a height restriction imposed in 1904, prohibiting the construction of any building taller than 150 feet (46 m), effectively limiting the height of buildings to 13 stories. An exception was made for Los Angeles City Hall, built in 1928, which dominated the skyline for over three decades.

In 1957, the city government removed the 150-foot height limit, allowing taller buildings downtown. Los Angeles went through a large building boom that lasted from the early 1960s to the early 1990s, during which most of the city's 30 tallest buildings were completed, including the U.S. Bank Tower, the Aon Center, and Two California Plaza. Skyscrapers built during this period tended to have flat roofs, a result of an ordinance imposed in 1958, to accommodate fire-fighting equipment. The flat-roof ordinance was rescinded in 2014. A second construction boom took place from the mid-2010s to the early 2020s with an increasing share of residential and hotel development, which saw the downtown skyline expand southwards.

The majority of skyscrapers taller than 500 ft (152 m) in Los Angeles are located in the northwest of downtown, bounded to the west by Route 100. Most of the rest are in the business district of Century City, in Westside. Bewteen them are a line of shorter high-rises than runs east-west through Koreatown and towards Miracle Mile, surrounding Wilshire Boulevard. Wilshire Boulevard extends west of Century City to Westwood, where it is enclosed by residential high-rises. There are a number of smaller high-rise clusters in the city, including Century Boulevard by Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), the Hollywood district in central Los Angeles, as well as Warner Center, Encino and Universal City in the San Fernando Valley. More high-rise clusters are found throughout Greater Los Angeles, including in Glendale, Irvine, and Long Beach.

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Number of buildingsYear0204060801001201920194019601980200020202040Buildings taller than 300 ft (91 m)Buildings taller than 328 ft (100 m)Buildings taller than 492 ft (150 m)Buildings taller than 656 ft (200 m)Growth of skyscrapers in Los Angeles by year

Map of tallest buildings

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The maps below shows the location of buildings taller than 300 feet (91.4 m) in Los Angeles. Each marker is colored by the decade of the building's completion.

Downtown Los Angeles

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103
99
98
90
86
85
84
83
81
77
76
75
74
72
71
67
64
63
63 Roybal Federal Building
63 Roybal Federal Building
62
61
60
59
58
57
57 Westin Bonaventure Hotel
57 Westin Bonaventure Hotel
55
53
53 Metro Headquarters Building
53 Metro Headquarters Building
52
52 Circa Tower II
52 Circa Tower II
51
51 Circa Tower I
51 Circa Tower I
50
50 MCI Center
50 MCI Center
49
49 One Wilshire
49 One Wilshire
48
47
45
45 Metropolis Tower 1
45 Metropolis Tower 1
44
44 AT&T Switching Center
44 AT&T Switching Center
43
43 South Park Center
43 South Park Center
42
42 Equitable Life Building
42 Equitable Life Building
41
41 Los Angeles City Hall
41 Los Angeles City Hall
40
40 Metropolis Tower 2
40 Metropolis Tower 2
39
39 ARCO Tower
39 ARCO Tower
38
37
37 Figueroa Eight
37 Figueroa Eight
32
32 1100 Wilshire
32 1100 Wilshire
30
30 The Grand by Gehry
30 The Grand by Gehry
29
29 Union Bank Plaza
29 Union Bank Plaza
28
28 TCW Tower
28 TCW Tower
26
26 Ernst & Young Plaza
26 Ernst & Young Plaza
23
23 820 Olive
23 820 Olive
19
19 One California Plaza
19 One California Plaza
18
17
17 Wells Fargo South Tower
17 Wells Fargo South Tower
16
16 611 Place
16 611 Place
15
15 FourFortyFour South Flower
15 FourFortyFour South Flower
14
14 Thea at Metropolis Tower 3
14 Thea at Metropolis Tower 3
13
13 The Ritz-Carlton Los Angeles
13 The Ritz-Carlton Los Angeles
12
12 The Beaudry
12 The Beaudry
11
11 Paul Hastings Tower
11 Paul Hastings Tower
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10 City National Tower
10 City National Tower
9
9 Figueroa at Wilshire
9 Figueroa at Wilshire
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8 777 Tower
8 777 Tower
7
7 Bank of America Plaza
7 Bank of America Plaza
6
6 Wells Fargo Tower
6 Wells Fargo Tower
5
5 Gas Company Tower
5 Gas Company Tower
4
4 Two California Plaza
4 Two California Plaza
3
3 Aon Center
3 Aon Center
2
2 U.S. Bank Tower
2 U.S. Bank Tower
1
1 Wilshire Grand Center
1 Wilshire Grand Center
Buildings taller than 300 ft (91 m) in Downtown Los Angeles.
  •  1950s and before 
  •  1960s 
  •  1970s 
  •  1980s 
  •  1990s 
  •  2000s 
  •  2010s 
  •  2020s 
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Wilshire Grand Center
2
U.S. Bank Tower
3
Aon Center
4
Two California Plaza
5
Gas Company Tower
6
Wells Fargo Tower
7
Bank of America Plaza
8
777 Tower
9
Figueroa at Wilshire
10
City National Tower
11
Paul Hastings Tower
12
The Beaudry
13
The Ritz-Carlton Los Angeles
14
Thea at Metropolis Tower 3
15
FourFortyFour South Flower
16
611 Place
17
Wells Fargo South Tower
18
Olympic + Hill
19
One California Plaza
23
820 Olive
26
Ernst & Young Plaza
28
TCW Tower
29
Union Bank Plaza
30
The Grand by Gehry
32
1100 Wilshire
37
Figueroa Eight
38
Moxy + AC Hotel Los Angeles Downtown
39
ARCO Tower
40
Metropolis Tower 2
41
Los Angeles City Hall
42
Equitable Life Building
43
South Park Center
44
AT&T Switching Center
45
Metropolis Tower 1
47
Aven
48
Hope+Flower Tower 2
49
One Wilshire
50
MCI Center
51
Circa Tower I
52
Circa Tower II
53
Metro Headquarters Building
55
WaterMarke Tower
57
Westin Bonaventure Hotel
58
Alloy
59
Perla
60
801 Tower
61
Hope+Flower Tower 1
62
Mellon Bank Center
63
Roybal Federal Building
64
Level
67
Beaudry Center
71
Figueroa Tower
72
255 Grand
74
Atelier
75
KPMG Center
76
Bunker Hill Tower
77
City National Bank Building
81
Biltmore Tower
83
1000 Wilshire
84
Alina I
85
888 Grand Hope Lofts
86
1133 South Hope Street
90
Conrad Los Angeles
98
Sheraton Los Angeles Downtown Hotel
99
Alina II
103
International Tower
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Tallest buildings

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This list ranks Los Angeles skyscrapers that stand at least 300 feet (91 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. The "Year" column indicates the year a building was completed.

  Was the tallest building in Los Angeles upon completion
  Architecturally topped out but not yet completed
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Tallest under construction or proposed

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Under construction

This lists buildings that are under construction in Los Angeles and are planned to rise at least 300 feet (91 meters).

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On hold

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Proposed

This list is of buildings approved or proposed over 300 feet (91 m) in Los Angeles. A dash "–" indicates information about the proposal is unknown or has not been released.

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Tallest demolished

This table lists buildings in Los Angeles that were demolished and at one time stood at least 300 feet (91 m) in height.

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Timeline of tallest buildings

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Los Angeles City Hall, shown here in 1931, was built in 1928 and was the tallest structure in the city until 1968. In 1964, height restrictions were removed from new construction.

This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Los Angeles.

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Notes

  1. This building was originally known as the Braly Building, but has since been renamed the Continental Building.
  2. Official height figures have never been released by this building's developer.
  3. The City National Tower and the Paul Hastings Tower are twin towers, both rising 699 feet (213 m). As both buildings were completed in 1972, Los Angeles had two tallest buildings until the completion of Aon Center in 1974.
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