This list of tallest buildings in Florida ranks the tallest buildings ( or higher) in the U.S. state of Florida by height. The tallest building in the state is the 85- story

Panorama Tower Panorama Tower is a mixed-use 85-story skyscraper in Miami, Florida, United States. Located in the Brickell district of Downtown Miami, it is the tallest building in Miami, and the tallest building in Florida. Construction on Panorama Tower w ...

, which rises in the

City of Miami Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a coastal metropolis and the county seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida, United States. With a population of 442,241 at t ...

's Brickell neighborhood and was completed in 2017. Florida has 37 buildings that are or higher. The majority are located in the

, and over 94% are in the

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while the rest are in the

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and Jacksonville areas. Of the 37 tallest buildings in Florida, 24 are in the

, 8 in

Sunny Isles Beach Sunny Isles Beach (SIB, officially the City of Sunny Isles Beach) is a city located on a barrier island in northeast Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The city is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east and the Intracoastal Waterway on ...

, 2 are in

Miami Beach Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was incorporated on March 26, 1915. The municipality is located on natural and man-made barrier islands between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay, the latter of which sep ...

, 2 are in

, and 1 is in Jacksonville. The

accounts for 34 of the 37 tallest buildings over 550 feet in Florida. The majority of the skyscrapers in Miami are within the Greater Downtown Miami area, specifically the neighborhoods of the

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(including the

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), Arts & Entertainment District, Brickell, and Edgewater. Thomas Kramer is well known for the negotiations with local

Miami-Dade County Miami-Dade County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida. The county had a population of 2,701,767 as of the 2020 census, making it the most populous county in Florida and the seventh-most populous county in ...

governments that allowed the building of the tallest towers in Miami. His influence is evident in the construction of high-rises in

, particularly in the

South Beach South Beach, also nicknamed colloquially as SoBe, is a neighborhood in Miami Beach, Florida. It is located east of Miami between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The area encompasses Miami Beach south of Dade Boulevard. This area was the fi ...

neighborhood of "South of Fifth".Boyd, Christopher. "Sturm und Drang, South Beach-style. (German investor-turned real estate developer Thomas Kramer)." Florida Trend. 1996. HighBeam Research. (January 18, 2011).

Tallest buildings

This list ranks the tallest buildings in Florida that stand at least 550 ft (or 167m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. 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 or topped-out. Where applicable,

floor A floor is the bottom surface of a room or vehicle. Floors vary from simple dirt in a cave to many layered surfaces made with modern technology. Floors may be stone, wood, bamboo, metal or any other material that can support the expected load ...

counts are given by the observed measurements, as reported floor counts may include many skipped floors, not limited to floor 13.

Timeline of tallest buildings

This is a list of buildings that were the tallest in Florida when they were built, beginning in the early 20th century, when the

skyscraper A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Modern sources currently define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition. Skyscrapers are very tall high-ris ...

boom began in the state. Since 1902, six of Florida's tallest buildings have been in Jacksonville, five have been in Miami, two have been in

, and one in Pensacola.

References

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Tallest buildings

Timeline of tallest buildings

See also

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