Tallest Buildings
This lists ranks New Orleans skyscrapers that stand at least 250 feet (76 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. An equal 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.
| Rank | Name | Height |
Floors | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 !1 | One Shell Square | 697 (212) | 51 | 1972 | Has been the tallest building in New Orleans and Louisiana since 1972; tallest building in the Southeastern United States at the time of its completion; first Southeastern skyscraper to rise higher than 656 feet (200 m); tallest building constructed in the city in the 1970s |
| 02 !2 | Place St. Charles | 645 (197) | 53 | 1984 | Has more floors than any other building in the city; tallest building constructed in New Orleans in the 1980s |
| 03 !3 | Plaza Tower | 531 (162) | 45 | 1969 | Tallest building constructed in the city in the 1960s; since 2002 the tallest unused building in the city. |
| 04 !4 | Energy Centre | 530 (162) | 39 | 1984 | |
| 05 !5 | First Bank and Trust Tower | 481 (147) | 36 | 1987 | |
| 06 !6 | Sheraton New Orleans | 490 (146) | 49 | 1985 | Tallest building used exclusively as a hotel in New Orleans |
| 07 !7 | New Orleans Marriott | 449 (137) | 42 | 1972 | Tallest building on the downriver side of Canal Street |
| 08 !8 | Texaco Center | 442 (135) | 32 | 1983 | |
| 09 !9 | One Canal Place | 440 (134) | 32 | 1979 | |
| 10 | 1010 Common | 438 (134) | 31 | 1970 | |
| 11 | World Trade Center New Orleans | 407 (124) | 33 | 1967 | |
| 12 | Benson Tower | 406 (124) | 26 | 1989 | |
| 13 | 225 Baronne Street | 362 (110) | 29 | 1965 | |
| 14 | Hyatt Regency New Orleans | 361 (110) | 27 | 1976 | |
| 15 | Entergy Tower | 360 (110) | 28 | 1983 | |
| 16 | Hibernia Bank Building | 355 (108) | 20 | 1921 | Tallest building constructed in New Orleans in the 1920s |
| 17 | 1250 Poydras Plaza | 342 (104) | 24 | 1979 | |
| 18 !18 | 1515 Poydras | 341 (104) | 29 | 1984 | |
| 19 !18 | Hilton New Orleans Riverside | 341 (104) | 29 | 1977 | |
| 20 | JW Marriott Hotel New Orleans | 331 (101) | 30 | 1984 | |
| 21 | National American Bank Building | 330 (101) | 23 | 1929 | |
| 22 | Harrah's New Orleans - Poydras Street Hotel | 327 (100) | 26 | 2006 | |
| 23 | Pan American Life Center | 322 (98) | 28 | 1980 | |
| 24 | Westin New Orleans Canal Place !The Westin New Orleans Canal Place | 318 (97) | 29 | 1983 | |
| 25 | Poydras Center | 300 (91) | 27 | 1983 | |
| 26 | Tidewater Building | 288 (88) | 24 | 1971 | |
| 27 | 930 Poydras | 285 (87) | 21 | 2010 | Most recently completed skyscraper in the city. |
| 28 | Amoco Building | 280 (85) | 20 | 1977 | |
| 29 !29 | Charity Hospital | 279 (85) | 20 | 1939 | Tallest building constructed in the city in the 1930s; tallest hospital in New Orleans |
| 30 !29 | W New Orleans | 279 (85) | 23 | 1984 | |
| 31 !31 | Freeport McMoRan Building | 276 (84) | 23 | 1984 | |
| 32 !31 | Loews New Orleans Hotel | 276 (84) | 22 | 1972 | |
| 33 | Louisiana Superdome | 273 (83) | 00 !— | 1972 | |
| 34 | 1555 Poydras | 262 (80) | 22 | 1984 | |
| 35 | Windsor Court Hotel | 253 (77) | 22 | 1984 | |
| 36 | First National Bank of Commerce Building | 252 (77) | 19 | 1927 |
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