Salt Lake City is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Utah. Anchoring its metropolitan area of 1.2 million inhabitants and the larger Wasatch Front of 2.8 million residents, Salt Lake City is home to the vast majority of Utah's tallest buildings. The city has 30 buildings taller than 200 feet (61 m) as of 2026. 16 of these have a height greater than 300 feet (91 m), the fourth most in the Mountain states after Las Vegas, Denver, and Phoenix. The tallest building in Salt Lake City is Astra Tower, a , 40-story residential high-rise completed in 2024.
Shortly after the city's founding by the Mormon pioneers in 1847, work began on the Salt Lake Temple, which took 40 years to construct. Dedicated in 1893, the 222 ft (68 m) structure, the largest temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) by floor area, has become an icon of Salt Lake City. It was the tallest building in the city for only a year, as the 256 ft (78 m) Salt Lake City and County Building, the city's seat of government, was completed in 1894. The Utah State Capitol was completed in 1916, becoming the city's tallest due to its dome. The first multi-story high-rise in Salt Lake City was the 10-story Kearns Building, built in 1911; the 220 ft (67 m) Walker Center opened soon after in 1912. Unlike many major American cities, Salt Lake City's skyline changed little in the 1920s. Due to the Great Depression and World War II, no high-rises were built from 1930 to 1961.
Skyscraper development resumed in the 1960s with the construction of the Zions Bank Building and the South Temple Tower that decade. In 1973, the Church Office Building was built near Salt Lake Temple to hold offices for the LDS Church. At 420 ft (128 m), it surpassed the state capitol as the tallest building in the state. More office towers were completed in the 1980s and 1990s, including the 422 ft (129 m) Wells Fargo Center in 1998, which took the title of tallest building from the Church Office Building. Since the 2000s, high-rise constructed has shifted towards residential and hotel purposes. The mixed-use City Creek Center development, which opened in 2012, incorporates several existing buildings, but also instigated the construction of residential towers such as 99 West on South Temple and The Regent. A construction boom in the 2020s has altered the city's skyline, most notably with Astra Tower, The Worthington, and 95 State at City Creek, which are all among the city's ten tallest buildings.
Most high-rises in Salt Lake City are situated in downtown. A distinctive characteristic of Salt Lake City's skyline is its uniquely large city blocks, measuring 660 ft (201 m) on each side. To the north of downtown is the Utah State Capitol, which sits on Capitol Hill. The LDS Church is involved in the development of several of Salt Lake City's high-rises, including through its commercial real estate arms, such as Property Reserve and City Creek Reserve. When viewed from the west, the city's skyline is framed by the Wasatch Range, a mountain range on the western edge of the greater Rocky Mountains. Another popular view of the skyline is from Ensign Peak, just north of Capitol Hill.
This map shows the location of every building taller than 200 ft (61 m) in Salt Lake City, most of which are located downtown. The exception is the Utah State Capitol, which is on Capitol Hill. Each marker is numbered by the building's height rank, and colored by the decade of its completion.
This list ranks completed buildings in Salt Lake 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.
As of 2026, there are no buildings under construction in Salt Lake City that are planned to be taller than 200 ft (61 m).
The following table includes approved and proposed buildings in Salt Lake 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 buildingâÂÂs height, floor count, or year of completion is unknown or has not been released.
There has been one demolished building in Salt Lake City that was taller than 200 ft (61 m).