High-rise & Complex Buildings
Population growth, urbanisation and climate change are challenges we need to address. High-rise buildings can be a solution to some of the most pressing issues cities are facing today.
Tall buildings are not defined by how high they reach. They are defined by how well they endure, perform, and integrate into the cities around them. At Ramboll, we design for that longer horizon - where the precision of engineering meets the vision of what a city can become.
The most complex challenges in a tall building are rarely structural alone. They live at the intersections: where structure meets MEP, where facades meet building physics, where digital systems meet long-term adaptability. Whether the project demands mass timber, concrete reuse, supertall engineering, or the careful integration of multiple disciplines into a single performing whole, this is where we are most at home.
With more than 300 tall and complex building projects delivered globally, Ramboll's High-rise & Complex Buildings team brings every discipline a tower demands under one roof - and into the same conversation, from day one. That early precision is what separates buildings that merely stand from buildings that last, on skylines trusted worldwide.
EXPLORE OUR FEATURED SERVICES
Engineering and design
Creating a more sustainable future through engineering and design excellence for our clients.
Architecture and landscape
As our cities and populations grow, designing for regenerative systems, decarbonization, healthy living, and resiliency within the urban realm is more crucial than ever.
FEATURED PROJECTS
CityLife in Milan will feature two new office towers connected by a canopy roof resembling an Italian portico. These LEED-certified buildings, with photovoltaic roofs, will reduce energy demand by 45%. The project includes a 174,000 square metre park, the second largest in Milan, linking various site buildings. Ramboll and BIG focus on sustainability and community engagement in this innovative development.
FEATURED PROJECTS
What we offer
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Engineering without limits
From supertall towers to structurally complex low-rise, we deliver solutions that are safe, efficient, and genuinely inventive. Our structural engineers combine rigorous analysis with creative thinking to resolve the challenges that define a project's ambition, not just its safety margins.
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Data-driven design
Every design decision we make is informed by evidence. We apply advanced analytics, parametric tools, and performance modelling to optimise structures for efficiency, sustainability, and long-term cost. Our comprehensive benchmark database - built from lessons across the world's most successful tall buildings - ensures every project is grounded in proven excellence, not assumption.
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Computational design and AI
We harness computational design and AI to simulate, stress-test, and optimise complex structures before a single element is built. The result is faster resolution of design challenges, fewer surprises on site, and buildings that perform exactly as intended.
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Globally recognised expertise
Our team has shaped some of the world's most technically demanding tall buildings. That precision of delivery, applied across decades and continents, is what our clients trust and return for - a legacy of internationally recognised, award-winning projects that speaks for itself.
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Integrated by design
Ramboll's High-rise & Complex Buildings team works within a multidisciplinary Buildings platform, bringing structural, MEP, facade, vertical transportation, digital, and sustainability expertise into a single coordinated process. When those disciplines are resolved together from the outset, the vision survives intact - and so does the performance.
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Built for a sustainable future
We are at the forefront of sustainable construction, applying low-carbon structural strategies, mass timber, adaptive reuse, and offsite fabrication to reduce embodied carbon and improve whole-life performance. Every project is an opportunity to raise the bar on what responsible high-rise development looks like.
Contact Ramboll in the Americas region
Ramboll has several offices in North America, distributed across the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
Find your local office in the AmericasContact our expert
Frank Schwartz
Global Spearhead Director, High-rise & Complex Buildings
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Jessie Tan
Head of Business Area, Ramboll Buildings APAC
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