List of tallest buildings in Cambridge, Massachusetts

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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.

The Cambridge skyline in April 2021.

Tallest 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.

More information Rank, Name ...
Rank Name Image Height
ft (m)
Floors Year Architect Address Notes Ref.
01.01 Graduate Tower at Site 4 315 ft (96 m) 29 2020 Perkins&Will 45 Hayward Street Tallest building in Cambridge since April 2, 2019. [1][2]
2 Akamai Technologies Global Headquarters 297 ft (91 m) 20 2019 Pickard Chilton 145 Broadway [3][4]
3 Boston Marriott Cambridge 290 ft (88 m) 26 1988 Moshe Safdie & Associates 2 Cambridge Center, Area 2/MIT Tallest building built in the 1980s. [5][6]
4 Google Cambridge 288.5 ft (87.9 m) 16 2023 Pickard Chilton Architects with Stantec 325 Main Street Part of MXD II. [7][8][9]
WJIB radio tower 285 ft (87 m) N/A 1948 Neighborhood Nine Mast radiator for WJIB and supports its FM translator, W267CE. [10]
5 Proto Kendall Square (Ames Street Residences) 284 ft (87 m) 22 2018 FXCollaborative 88 Ames Street [11][12]
6 MIT Kendall Square Site 5 (Building E28) 280 ft (85 m) 18 2021 Perkins&Will 314 Main Street [13]
7= Avalon North Point 277 ft (84 m) 22 2008 CBT Architects 1 Leighton Street, Cambridge Crossing Residential [14]
7= Cecil and Ida Green Center for Earth Sciences (Green Building) 277 ft (84 m) 21 1964 I.M. Pei & Partners Area 2/MIT Height to tip - 312 ft (95 m) with radar dome. [15][16][17][18][19]
9 ONE65 Main 275 ft (84 m) 25 2022 Elkus Manfredi Architects 165 Main Street East Cambridge 300 residential units plus retail "to serve families of all sizes"[20] [21][20][22]
10 Riverfront Office Park 270 ft (82 m) 18 1983; renovated 2012 101 Main St., East Cambridge The taller of two interconnected towers [23][24][25]
11= Rindge Towers I 269 ft (82 m)

(est.)

22 1970 North Cambridge Residential [26]
11= Rindge Towers II 269 ft (82 m)

(est.)

22 1970 North Cambridge Residential [27]
11= Rindge Towers III 269 ft (82 m)

(est.)

22 1970 North Cambridge Residential [28]
14 Stanley Building (The Broad Institute) 264 ft (80 m) 15 2014 Elkus Manfredi Architects 75 Ames Street [29]
15 Watermark Kendall West 262 ft (80 m)

(est.)

24[30] 2006 David Nagahiro of CBT 350 Third Street, Area 2/MIT [31][better source needed][32][33][34]
16 40 Thorndike 258 ft (79 m) 20 2024 Elkus Manfredi Architects 40 Thorndike Street, East Cambridge Residential/Office. Renovation of former Edward J. Sullivan Courthouse [35][36]
17 Park 151 252 ft (77 m) 20 2022 151 N First Street, Cambridge Crossing Height to tip - 270 ft (82 m) [37][38]
18 Cambridge Crossing Parcel E/F (250 Water Street) 250 ft (76 m) 21 2020 250 Water Street, Cambridge Crossing Life science and technology building
19 Tang Residence Hall 248 ft (76 m) 24 1972 The Stubbins Associates 550 Memorial Drive; Area 2/MIT [39][40]
20 1010 Memorial Drive 240 ft (73 m) 20 1965[41] West Cambridge [42][41]
21 Twenty20 237 ft (72 m) 20 2015 CBT Architects 20 Child Street, East Cambridge Residential [43]
22 MIT Kendall Square SoMa Site 3 Building 235 ft (72 m) 14 2022 McNamara • Salvia 238 Main Street [44]
23= Regatta Riverview Residences 1 234 ft (71 m) 24 1998 Eisenburg Haven Architects 10 Museum Way, East Cambridge Also called Museum Towers. [45][46]
23= Regatta Riverview Residences 2 234 ft (71 m) 24 1998 Eisenburg Haven Architects 12 Museum Way, East Cambridge Also called Museum Towers. [47][48]
25 One Broadway 230 ft (70 m) 17 1970 East Cambridge [49][50]
26= Peabody Terrace Apartments I 226.85 ft (69.14 m) 22 1964 Riverside [51][52]
26= Peabody Terrace Apartments II 226.85 ft (69.14 m) 22 1964 Riverside [51][53]
26= Peabody Terrace Apartments III 226.85 ft (69.14 m) 22 1964 Riverside [51][54]
29 808 Memorial Drive 224 ft (68 m) 20 1975 Cambridgeport [55][56]
30= 929 Mass Apartments 220.32 ft (67.15 m) 18 1976 Mid-Cambridge [57]
30= Mather House 220.32 ft (67.15 m) (est.) 18 1970 10 Cowperthwaite Street, Riverside Harvard student residences. [58]
32 Cambridge Crossing Parcel G 220 ft (67 m) 14 2022 Perkins&Will 350 Water Street, Cambridge Crossing Residential, Retail, & Office Photos
33 William James Hall 215 ft (66 m) (est.) 15 1963 Baldwin [59]
34 Riverfront Office Park 210 ft (64 m) 14 1987; renovated 2012 101 Main Street, East Cambridge The shorter of two interconnected towers [60][24]
35 One Memorial Drive 208 ft (63 m) (est.) 17 1986 Area 2/MIT [61]
36 Market Central Apartments 207 ft (63 m) 19 2020 425 Massachusetts Ave, Central Square Formerly known as Mass+Main. [62]
37 100 205 ft (62 m) 18 2005 100 Landsdowne Street, Cambridgeport [63]
38 Frank J. Manning Apartments 204 ft (62 m) 19 1976 237 Franklin Street, Cambridgeport [64]
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Tallest under construction or proposed

Under construction

More information Name, Image ...
Name Image Height
ft (m)
Floors Year Architect Address Notes Ref.
MXD Residential Building South 400 ft (120 m) 37 2021 121 Broadway, East Cambridge Under construction. Height does not include mechanical penthouse. [65]
585 Third St 292.5 ft (89.2 m) 16 2023 CBT Architects East Cambridge Public amenities include 400-seat theater and a 150-seat stage [66]
MIT SoMa Building 2
Construction site in August 2024
Construction site in August 2024
240 ft (73 m) 13[67] or 14 TBD Elkus Manfredi Architects 200 Main Street, Area 2/MIT Parking garage, commercial laboratory, office spaces, and retail.[67] [68][69][67]
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Proposed

This section lists high-rise buildings that are approved or proposed in Cambridge and planned to be at least 200 feet (61 m) 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 1,000 feet (305 m) 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]

More information Name, Height ft (m) ...
Name Height
ft (m)
Floors Year Coordinates Neighborhood Status Notes Ref.
Volpe Redevelopment MIT 500 ft (150 m) 50 2022 East Cambridge Proposed Would be the tallest building in Massachusetts outside of Boston once completed. [72]
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Tallest demolished

More information Name, Image ...
Name Image Height
ft (m)
Floors Year Architect Address Notes Ref.
Eastgate Married Student Housing 277 ft (84 m) 30 1967 Eduardo Catalano 30 Wadsworth Street Closed 2020;[73] demolished 2022[74] [75]
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