List of tallest buildings in Colombia
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This list of tallest buildings in Colombia ranks skyscraper
Skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...

s in Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

 by height. This lists ranks Colombia skyscrapers that stand at least 150 metres (492 feet) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts.

Current tallest building in Colombia is Torre Colpatria
Torre Colpatria
Torre Colpatria is a 50-story skyscraper located at the area of San Diego in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the tallest in the country and the second tallest in South America. It was constructed from 1978 until 1979, and has a total height of...

 in Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

 with height of 196 metres (643 ft). In may 2007 construction of shell of 206 metres (675.9 ft) high Torre de la Escollera
Torre de la Escollera
Torre de la Escollera was a 206 metres tall skyscraper with 58 floors in Cartagena, Colombia, whose construction started in 2005. Torre de la Escollera was never completed as on May 13, 2007, wind forces damaged columns between floor 28 and 40 resulting on a torsion of 1 meter...

 in Cartagena
Cartagena, Colombia
Cartagena de Indias , is a large Caribbean beach resort city on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region and capital of Bolívar Department...

 was in advanced phase, but wind storm damaged it, showing its structural failure
Structural failure
Structural failure refers to loss of the load-carrying capacity of a component or member within a structure or of the structure itself. Structural failure is initiated when the material is stressed to its strength limit, thus causing fracture or excessive deformations...

. The construction was suspended and the shell was dismantled.
Name Location Height Floors Year of completion
Torre Colpatria
Torre Colpatria
Torre Colpatria is a 50-story skyscraper located at the area of San Diego in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the tallest in the country and the second tallest in South America. It was constructed from 1978 until 1979, and has a total height of...

 
Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

 
196 50 1979
Centro de Comercio Internacional
Centro de Comercio Internacional
Centro de Comercio Internacional is a skyscraper located in Bogotá, Colombia. The building is 190m/623 ft, 50 floors. The building is another neighbor of the largest skyscraper in Colombia, Torre Colpatria. Inside this building are located some offices of Davivienda Bank, that recently...

 
Bogotá 190 50 1974
Cali Tower
Cali Tower
Torre de Cali is a 46-storey skyscraper in downtown Cali, Colombia. The tower has a full height of 205 metres if the communication masts atop are counted...

 
Cali
Calì
Calì, also written in English as Cali, is an Italian surname, widespread mainly in the Ionian side of Sicily.For the surname Calì is assumed the origin of the Greek word kalos , or from its Sanskrit root kali, "time."The surname refers to:...

 
183 44 1980
Coltejer Building  Medellín
Medellín
Medellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million...

 
175 37 1972
Ciudadela San Martín North Tower  Bogotá 171 47 1983
Grand Bay Club  Cartagena 170 43 2010
Ciudadela San Martín South Tower  Bogotá 168 40 1988
Avianca Building  Bogotá 161 41 1969
Palmetto Cartagena 160 42 2007
Torre del Café Medellín 160 36 1975

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