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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).

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 The flat-roof ordinance was rescinded in 2014.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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History
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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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 Center2
U.S. Bank Tower3
Aon Center4
Two California Plaza5
Gas Company Tower6
Wells Fargo Tower7
Bank of America Plaza8
777 Tower9
Figueroa at Wilshire10
City National Tower11
Paul Hastings Tower12
The Beaudry13
The Ritz-Carlton Los Angeles14
Thea at Metropolis Tower 315
FourFortyFour South Flower16
611 Place17
Wells Fargo South Tower18
Olympic + Hill19
One California Plaza23
820 Olive26
Ernst & Young Plaza28
TCW Tower29
Union Bank Plaza30
The Grand by Gehry32
1100 Wilshire37
Figueroa Eight38
Moxy + AC Hotel Los Angeles Downtown39
ARCO Tower40
Metropolis Tower 241
Los Angeles City Hall42
Equitable Life Building43
South Park Center44
AT&T Switching Center45
Metropolis Tower 147
Aven48
Hope+Flower Tower 249
One Wilshire50
MCI Center51
Circa Tower I52
Circa Tower II53
Metro Headquarters Building55
WaterMarke Tower57
Westin Bonaventure Hotel58
Alloy59
Perla60
801 Tower61
Hope+Flower Tower 162
Mellon Bank Center63
Roybal Federal Building64
Level67
Beaudry Center71
Figueroa Tower72
255 Grand74
Atelier75
KPMG Center76
Bunker Hill Tower77
City National Bank Building81
Biltmore Tower83
1000 Wilshire84
Alina I85
888 Grand Hope Lofts86
1133 South Hope Street90
Conrad Los Angeles98
Sheraton Los Angeles Downtown Hotel99
Alina II103
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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).
On hold
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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This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Los Angeles.
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See also
- Architecture of Los Angeles
- List of sites of interest in the Los Angeles area – non-tall famous structures
- List of tallest buildings in California
Notes
- This building was originally known as the Braly Building, but has since been renamed the Continental Building.
- Official height figures have never been released by this building's developer.
- 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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