Kansas City is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri, with a metropolitan area of 2.25 million residents that straddles the MissouriâÂÂKansas border. As of 2026, Kansas City is home to 52 buildings taller than 200 feet (61 m). Eighteen of these are over 300 feet (91 m), more than any other city in Missouri, including St. Louis. The tallest building in the city is One Kansas City Place, an 42-story office skyscraper rising 623 ft (189.9 m) high and completed in 1988. Along with St. Louis, Kansas City makes up the majority of the tallest buildings in Missouri.
Kansas City grew rapidly in the late 19th century as the Hannibal bridge was built over the Missouri River. The first high-rise in the city is the New York Life Building, an Italian Renaissance 12-story structure built for the eponymous insurance company in 1889. More early skyscrapers followed, including the R.A. Long Building in 1907. Then the tallest edifice in the city, it was home to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City from 1914 until 1921, when they relocated to the city's new tallest building at 925 Grand. The 1920s saw a high-rise boom that lasted until the early 1930s. Major additions during this time include Oak Tower, the twin-spired 909 Walnut, and the 481 ft (147 m) Kansas City Power and Light Building, which was the city's tallest building for over 50 years. While the Great Depression brought an end to the boom, the Art Deco and Beaux-Arts styled Kansas City City HallâÂÂthe third tallest city hall in the United StatesâÂÂwas completed in 1937.
A second, larger skyscraper boom took place from the 1960s to early 1990s. More office towers were constructed downtown. The 1980s saw greater heights with Town Pavilion and One Kansas City both overtaking the Power and Light Building as the city's tallest. High-rises were also built in the areas of Crown Center and Country Club District. Since the 1990s, the pace of high-rise development has slowed. In the 2000s, a multi-billion initiative to revitalize downtown involved the construction of an 18-story headquarters for locally based tax preparation firm H&R Block. This has spurred further redevelopment in the surrounding Power & Light DistrictâÂÂnamed after the Power and Light BuildingâÂÂincluding the "Light" trio of residential towers built between 2015 and 2023. Many high-rises were converted to residential use in the 21st century, including the Power and Light Building and 909 Walnut; Kansas City is among the U.S. cities with the most apartments created from residential conversion.
The majority of high-rises in Kansas City are located in its downtown, surrounded on all sides by the Downtown Loop. South of downtown, Crown Center is home to numerous buildings over that height, including the city's sixth-tallest building, a Sheraton hotel. Further south is the Country Club District, an upscale district with a small number of towers. In the Kansas City metropolitan area, Overland Park has a small collection of commercial high-rises. Penn Valley Park, directly west of Crown Center, is a popular spot to view and photograph the downtown skyline, particularly from the Liberty Memorial Tower at the National World War I Museum and Memorial. From there, the city's skyscrapers appear behind Kansas City Union Station.
Downtown Kansas City has the highest number of tall buildings in the city. The maps below show the location of buildings taller than 200 ft (61 m) in downtown. Each marker is numbered by the building's height rank, and colored by the decade of its completion.
Crown Center is a shopping center and neighborhood located south of Downtown Kansas City and east of Penn Valley Park. The tallest building in the neighborhood is the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center, the sixth-tallest building in the city and the tallest outside of downtown.
Country Club District is located south of Crown Center and north of Brush Creek. A small number of high-rises can be found there alongside in Plaza-Westport and South Plaza neighborhoods.
This list ranks completed buildings in Kansas City that stand at least 200 ft (61 m) tall as of 2026, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. The âÂÂYearâ column indicates the year of completion. Buildings tied in height are sorted by year of completion with earlier buildings ranked first, and then alphabetically.
There are several buildings in the Kansas City metropolitan area located outside of Kansas City, Missouri that are taller than 200 ft (61 m). All of them are located in Overland Park, Kansas.
As of 2026, there are no buildings under construction in Kansas City that are confirmed to be taller than 200 ft (61 m).
The following table includes approved and proposed buildings in Kansas City that are expected to be at least 200 ft (61 m) tall as of 2026, based on standard height measurement. The âÂÂYearâ column indicates the expected year of completion. A dash âÂÂâÂÂâ indicates information about the building's height, floor count, or year of completion is unknown or has not been released.
This table lists buildings that once stood taller than 200 ft (61 m) in Kansas City that have been demolished.
These buildings once held the title of tallest building in Kansas City, Missouri.