List of tallest buildings in Tucson facts for kids
This article lists the tallest buildings in Tucson, Arizona. A building is considered tall if it is at least 100 feet (about 30 meters) high. We measure a building's height from the ground to its highest point, including decorative parts like spires. However, we do not count radio towers or antennas. The tallest building in Tucson right now is One South Church. It stands 330 feet (100 meters) tall and was finished in 1986.
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Tucson's Tallest Buildings
This table shows the tallest buildings in Tucson, from the highest to the lowest.
| Rank | Name | Image | Height ft (m) |
Floors | Year Built | Interesting Facts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One South Church |  |
330 (100) | 23 | 1986 | This building used to be called the Norwest Bank Tower and then the UniSource Energy Tower. It is the tallest building in Arizona outside of the Phoenix area. |
| 2 | Bank of America Plaza | ,_2007-04-02.jpg) |
264 (80) | 16 | 1977 | This building was the tallest in Tucson from 1977 to 1986. It was first known as the Arizona Bank Plaza. |
| 3 | Pima County Legal Services Building | .jpg) |
260 (79) | 20 | 1967 | This building was the tallest in Tucson from 1967 to 1977. It has also been called the Tucson Federal Building or Home Federal Tower. |
| 4 | 5151 East Broadway | 225 (68) | 16 | 1975 | This building was originally named the Great Western Bank Building. | |
| 5 | Banner University Medical Center Tucson | 196 (59) | 9 | 2019 | This is a new part of the Banner hospital property. | |
| 6 | Tucson House |  |
195 (59) | 17 | 1963 | This building was designed to be a fancy apartment building. It was the tallest building in Tucson from 1963 to 1967. It is still the tallest building used for homes in the city. Today, it provides public housing for older adults and people with disabilities. |
| 7 | Luna | 170 (51.6) | 14 | 2013 | This building is the tallest building in Tucson made just for students. | |
| 8 | Casino Del Sol Hotel Tower | 166 (50) | 10 | 2011 | This hotel tower has a large, lighted dome on top. | |
| 9 | olīv | 160 (48.7) | 14 | 2020 | This tower was finished in August 2020 and provides private dorms for University of Arizona students. | |
| 10 | Sol | 160 (48.7) | 13 | 2014 | This tower was completed in 2014 and is like a "sister" building to Luna. It also provides private dorms for University of Arizona students. | |
| 11 | Hub at Tucson | 158 (48.7) | 13 | 2014 | This is a residential tower that provides private dorms for University of Arizona students. | |
| 12 | Pima County Administrative Building |  |
155 (47) | 11 | 1969 | |
| 13 | Transamerica Building | .jpg) |
153 (47) | 11 | 1962 | This building was first called the Phoenix Title Building. |
| 14 | Aspire Tucson | 151 (46) | 12 | 2019 | This building provides student housing near the main entrance of the University of Arizona. | |
| 15 | Pioneer Hotel Building |  |
151 (46) | 11 | 1930 | This building was originally a hotel. In 1970, a fire broke out, and sadly, 29 people died. |
| 16 | The Hotel Arizona | 150 (45) | 12 | 1973 | This hotel was first known as the Braniff Place Tucson. | |
| 17 | UA Health Science Innovation Building | 148 (45.1) | 9 | 2019 | This new building is for the University of Arizona's nursing, medical, and pharmacy schools. | |
| 18 | Joint Justice | 143 (42.6) | 8 | 2013 | This building is a court complex used by Pima County. | |
| 19 | Chase Building | _from_SW_1.JPG) |
142 (43) | 11 | 1929 | This building was originally the Consolidated National Bank building. |
| 20 | Pima County Superior Court Building | 137 (42) | 9 | 1974 | ||
| 21 | UniSource Energy Building | 135 (42) | 9 | 2011 | This building is the home for Tucson Electric Power and UniSource Energy. It was the first tall building built in Tucson since the mid-1980s. | |
| 22 | Evo A. DeConcini United States Courthouse | 134 (41) | 6 | 2000 | ||
| 23 | Gould-Simpson Building | 131 (40) | 10 | 1985 | This building on the University of Arizona campus has labs and classrooms. | |
| 24 | Merrill Lynch Building | 130 (40) | 9 | 1963 | ||
| 25 | City Hall Tower |  |
120 (36) | 10 | 1967 | |
| 26 | Federal Building | .jpg) |
113 (34) | 8 | 1974 | |
| 27 | St. Marys Hospital | 102 (31) | 8 | 1950 |
Buildings Under Construction or Planned
This section lists buildings that are being built or are planned for the future in Tucson.
Under Construction
| Rank in City After Completion | Name | Height ft (m) |
Floors | Expected Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Opus | 150 (45.7) | 13 | 2021 | This will be an apartment tower with 324 units on Fourth Avenue. |
Planned Buildings
These buildings are still in the planning stages.
| Rank in City After Completion | Name | Height ft (m) |
Floors | Expected Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 75 Broadway | 300 (91.44) | 20 | 2020 | This planned tower will have a large amount of office space. |
| 4 | Speedway and Campbell 1 | 250 (76.2) | 20 | 2019 | This is one of three towers planned near the University of Arizona. |
| 16 | Speedway and Campbell 2 | 150 (45.72) | 12 | 2019 | This is another tower planned near the University of Arizona. |
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