Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County in eastern Massachusetts, United States. Located on the northern shore of the Charles River, it is also a major suburb of Boston, the state capitol and regional financial center. It has a population of 118,403 (2020) and a growing number of high-rise buildings.
This list ranks Cambridge buildings that stand at least 200 feet (61 m) tall, based on height measurement criteria established by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) and Emporis.com. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts, roof top signs, flag poles or other functional-technical equipment. An equals 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. Freestanding towers, guyed masts and other not habitable structures are included for comparison purposes; however, they are not ranked.
| Rank | Name | Image | Height ft (m) | Floors | Year | Architect | Address | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Graduate Tower at Site 4 | 315feet | 29 | 2020 | 45 Hayward Street | Tallest building in Cambridge since April 2, 2019.https://www.turnerconstruction.com/projects/mitimco-mit-south-of-main-soma-site-4-building | [1] [2] | ||
| 2 | Akamai Technologies Global Headquarters | 297feet | 20 | 2019 | Pickard Chilton | 145 Broadway | [3] [4] | ||
| 3 | Boston Marriott Cambridge | 290feet | 26 | 1988 | Moshe Safdie & Associates | 2 Cambridge Center, Area 2/MIT | Tallest building built in the 1980s. | [5] [6] | |
| 4 | Google Cambridge | 288.5feet | 16 | 2023 | Pickard Chilton Architects with Stantec | 325 Main Street | Part of MXD II.https://www.turnerconstruction.com/projects/boston-properties-325-main-street | [7] [8] [9] | |
| - | WJIB radio tower | 285feet | N/A | 1948 | Neighborhood Nine | Mast radiator for WJIB and supports its FM translator, W267CE. | [10] | ||
| 5 | Proto Kendall Square (Ames Street Residences) | 284feet | 22 | 2018 | FXCollaborative | 88 Ames Street | [11] [12] | ||
| 6 | MIT Kendall Square Site 5 (Building E28) | 280feet | 18 | 2021 | Perkins&Will | 314 Main Street | [13] | ||
| 7= | Avalon North Point | 277feet | 22 | 2008 | CBT Architects | 1 Leighton Street, Cambridge Crossing | Residential | [14] | |
| 7= | Cecil and Ida Green Center for Earth Sciences (Green Building) | 277feet | 21 | 1964 | I.M. Pei & Partners | Area 2/MIT | Height to tip - 312feet with radar dome. | [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] | |
| 9 | ONE65 Main | 275feet | 25 | 2022 | Elkus Manfredi Architects | 165 Main Street East Cambridge | 300 residential units plus retail "to serve families of all sizes" | [20] [21] [22] | |
| 10 | Riverfront Office Park | 270feet | 18 | 1983; renovated 2012 | 101 Main St., East Cambridge | The taller of two interconnected towers | [23] [24] [25] | ||
| 11= | Rindge Towers I | 269feet(est.) | 22 | 1970 | North Cambridge | [26] | |||
| 11= | Rindge Towers II | 269feet(est.) | 22 | 1970 | North Cambridge | [27] | |||
| 11= | Rindge Towers III | 269feet(est.) | 22 | 1970 | North Cambridge | [28] | |||
| 14 | Stanley Building (The Broad Institute) | 264feet | 15 | 2014 | Elkus Manfredi Architects | 75 Ames Street | [29] | ||
| 15 | Watermark Kendall West | 262feet(est.) | 24[30] | 2006 | David Nagahiro of CBT | 350 Third Street, Area 2/MIT | [31] [32] [33] [34] | ||
| 16 | Park 151 | 252 ft (77 m) | 20 | 2022 | 151 N First Street, Cambridge Crossing | Height to tip - 270feet | [35] [36] | ||
| 17 | Cambridge Crossing Parcel E/F | 250feet | 21 | 2020 | 250 Water Street, Cambridge Crossing | Life science and technology building | https://www.cambridgema.gov/-/media/Files/CDD/ZoningDevel/SpecialPermits/sp179/sp179_ParcelI_Residential_20180316_1.pdf | ||
| 18 | Tang Residence Hall | 248feet | 24 | 1972 | The Stubbins Associates | 550 Memorial Drive; Area 2/MIT | [37] [38] | ||
| 19 | 1010 Memorial Drive | 240feet | 20 | 1965 | West Cambridge | [39] [40] | |||
| 20 | Twenty20 | 237feet | 20 | 2015 | CBT Architects | 20 Child Street, East Cambridge | Residential | [41] | |
| 21 | MIT Kendall Square SoMa Site 3 Building | 235feet | 14 | 2022 | McNamara • Salvia | 238 Main Street | [42] | ||
| 22= | Regatta Riverview Residences 1 | 234feet | 24 | 1998 | Eisenburg Haven Architects | 10 Museum Way, East Cambridge | Also called Museum Towers. | [43] [44] | |
| 22= | Regatta Riverview Residences 2 | 234feet | 24 | 1998 | Eisenburg Haven Architects | 12 Museum Way, East Cambridge | Also called Museum Towers. | [45] [46] | |
| 24 | One Broadway | 230feet | 17 | 1970 | East Cambridge | [47] [48] | |||
| 25= | Peabody Terrace Apartments I | 226.85feet | 22 | 1964 | Riverside | [49] [50] | |||
| 25= | Peabody Terrace Apartments II | 226.85feet | 22 | 1964 | Riverside | [51] | |||
| 25= | Peabody Terrace Apartments III | 226.85feet | 22 | 1964 | Riverside | [52] | |||
| 28 | 808 Memorial Drive | 224feet | 20 | 1975 | Cambridgeport | [53] [54] | |||
| 29= | 929 Mass Apartments | 220.32feet | 18 | 1976 | Mid-Cambridge | [55] | |||
| 29= | Mather House | 220.32feet (est.) | 18 | 1970 | 10 Cowperthwaite Street, Riverside | Harvard student residences. | [56] | ||
| 31 | Cambridge Crossing Parcel G | 220feet | 14 | 2022 | Perkins&Will | 350 Water Street, Cambridge Crossing | Residential, Retail, & Office | https://www.cambridgema.gov/~/media/Files/CDD/ZoningDevel/SpecialPermits/sp179/sp179_parcelG_DR1_20171107.pdf?la=enPhotos | |
| 32 | William James Hall | 215feet (est.) | 15 | 1963 | Baldwin | [57] | |||
| 33 | Riverfront Office Park | 210feet | 14 | 1987; renovated 2012 | 101 Main Street, East Cambridge | The shorter of two interconnected towers | [58] [59] | ||
| 34 | One Memorial Drive | 208feet (est.) | 17 | 1986 | Area 2/MIT | [60] | |||
| 34 | Market Central Apartments | 207feet | 19 | 2020 | 425 Massachusetts Ave, Central Square | Formerly known as Mass+Main. | [61] | ||
| 36 | 100 | 205feet | 18 | 2005 | 100 Landsdowne Street, Cambridgeport | [62] | |||
| 37 | Frank J. Manning Apartments | 204feet | 19 | 1976 | 237 Franklin Street, Cambridgeport | [63] | |||
| Name | Image | Height ft (m) | Floors | Year | Architect | Address | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 Thorndike Street (Edward J. Sullivan Courthouse Renovation) | unknown | 20 | in progress | Elkus Manfredi Architects | 40 Thorndike Street, East Cambridge | Residential/Office. This project is a renovation and will replace Edward J. Sullivan Courthouse | [64] [65] | ||
| MXD Residential Building South | 400feet | 37 | 2021 | 121 Broadway, East Cambridge | Site prep began in early 2023. Height does not include mechanical penthouse. | [66] | |||
| MIT SoMa Building 2 | 240feet | 13 or 14 | TBD | Elkus Manfredi Architects | 200 Main Street, Area 2/MIT | Parking garage, commercial laboratory, office spaces, and retail. | [67] [68] [69] |
This section lists high-rise buildings that are approved or proposed in Cambridge and planned to be at least 200feet tall, but are not yet under construction. In 2015, Leland Cheung of the Cambridge City Council contemplated the maximum rezoning of the area in terms of building heights, and asked if buildings of up to 1000feet could be considered in the future. A height of 1,000 feet would be over 200 feet taller than the tallest building in the metro-Boston area: the John Hancock Tower.[70] [71]
| Name | Height ft (m) | Floors | Year | Coordinates | Neighborhood | Status | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volpe Redevelopment MIT | 500feet | 50 | 2022 | East Cambridge | Proposed | Would be the tallest building in Massachusetts outside of Boston once completed. | [72] | ||
| 585 Third St | 292.5feet | 16 | 2021 | East Cambridge | Proposed | [73] |