List of tallest buildings in Cambridge, Massachusetts facts for kids

The Cambridge skyline in April 2021.

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.

Tallest buildings and structures

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	Coordinates	Neighborhood	Notes	Ref.
01.01	MIT SoMa Building 4		315 ft (96 m)	29	2020		Area 2/MIT	Tallest building in Cambridge since April 2, 2019. 290 Main St.[1]
2=	Green Building		295 ft (90 m)	21	1964		Area 2/MIT	Tallest building in Cambridge from 1964 until 2019. Height to tip - 312 ft (95 m) with radar dome.
2=	165 Main St.		295 ft (90 m)	25	2022		East Cambridge
4	145 Broadway		294 ft (90 m)	19	2018		East Cambridge	Headquarters of Akamai Technologies[2][3]
5	Boston Marriott Cambridge		290 ft (88 m)	26	1988		Area 2/MIT	Tallest building built in the 1980s.
—	WJIB radio tower		285 ft (87 m)	N/A	1948		Neighborhood Nine	Mast radiator for WJIB and supports its FM translator, W267CE.
6	Proto Kendall Square		284 ft (87 m)	22	2018		Area 2/MIT	Also known as Ames Street Residences
7	40 Thorndike Street		282 ft (86 m)	22	1974		East Cambridge	Formerly the Sullivan Courthouse. Tallest building built in the 1970s. Due to changes in building ownership in the 2020s the overall completed height of the building has been reduced by one or more floors as part of a building renovation.[4]
8	MIT SoMa Building 5		280 ft (85 m)	18	2020	Houses offices and the MIT Museum.	Area 2/MIT	314 Main St.[5]
9	Elevate		277 ft (84 m)	22	2008		East Cambridge	Known as Avalon North Point.
10	101 Main St.		270 ft (82 m)	18	1983		East Cambridge
11=	Rindge Towers I		269 ft (82 m) (est.)	22	1970		North Cambridge
11=	Rindge Towers II		269 ft (82 m) (est.)	22	1970		North Cambridge
11=	Rindge Towers III		269 ft (82 m) (est.)	22	1970		North Cambridge
14	75 Ames Street (Stanley Building)		263 ft (80 m)	15	2014		Area 2/MIT
15	Park 151		252 ft (77 m)	20	2022		East Cambridge	Height to tip - 270 ft (82 m)
16=	Watermark Kendall West		248 ft (76 m) (est.)	23	2006		Area 2/MIT
16=	Tang Residence Hall		248 ft (76 m)	24	1972		Area 2/MIT
18	1010 Memorial Drive		240 ft (73 m)	20	1965		West Cambridge
19	Twenty/20		237 ft (72 m)	20	2015		East Cambridge
20=	Museum Towers 1		234 ft (71 m)	24	1998		East Cambridge
20=	Museum Towers 2		234 ft (71 m)	24	1998		East Cambridge	Also called Regatta Riverview Residences.
22	One Broadway		230 ft (70 m)	17	1970		East Cambridge
23=	Peabody Terrace Apartments I		226.85 ft (69.14 m)	22	1964		Riverside
23=	Peabody Terrace Apartments II		226.85 ft (69.14 m)	22	1964		Riverside
23=	Peabody Terrace Apartments III		226.85 ft (69.14 m)	22	1964		Riverside
26	808 Memorial Drive		224 ft (68 m)	20	1975		Cambridgeport
27=	929 Mass Apartments		220.32 ft (67.15 m)	18	1976		Mid-Cambridge
27=	Mather House		220.32 ft (67.15 m) (est.)	18	1970		Riverside
29	1 Main St.		210 ft (64 m)	14	1986		East Cambridge
30	One Memorial Drive		208 ft (63 m) (est.)	17	1986		Area 2/MIT
31	Market Central		207 ft (63 m)	19	2020		The Port	Formerly known as Mass+Main.
32	100 (100 Landsdowne St)		205 ft (62 m)	18	2005		Cambridgeport
33	Frank J. Manning Apartments		204 ft (62 m)	19	1976		Cambridgeport

Under construction

Name	Image	Height ft (m)	Floors	Year	Coordinates	Neighborhood	Notes	Ref.
MXD Residential Building South		400 ft (120 m)	37	2021		East Cambridge	Site prep began in early 2023. Height does not include mechanical penthouse.
MIT SoMa Building 3		238.5 ft (72.7 m)	14	2018		Area 2/MIT	238 Main St.[6]
325 Main St.		288.5 ft (87.9 m)	17	2020		Area 2/MIT	Part of MXD II. Google tower.[7]
Parcel E/F		250 ft (76 m)	21	2020		East Cambridge		[8]
Parcel G		220 ft (67 m)	14	2020		East Cambridge		[9]
MIT SoMa Building 2		240 ft (73 m)	14	2021		Area 2/MIT

Tallest approved or 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.

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Boston
• List of tallest buildings in Springfield, Massachusetts
• List of tallest buildings in Worcester, Massachusetts
• List of tallest buildings in Massachusetts, exclusive of Boston