This list of tallest buildings in Knoxville 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 and other structures by height in the U.S.

United States

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 city of Knoxville, Tennessee

Knoxville, Tennessee

Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...

. The tallest building in Knoxville is the First Tennessee Plaza (Plaza Tower), at 27 stories, followed by the adjacent Riverview Tower

Riverview Tower

The Riverview Tower is an office high-rise located at 900 Gay Street in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. Completed in 1985, the 24-story structure is Knoxville's second-tallest building, and along with its sister building, the First Tennessee Plaza, anchors Knoxville's downtown office market...

, at 24 stories. The Tower at Morgan Hill (formerly the Kingston Apartments) is the third highest at 21 stories. The Sunsphere

Sunsphere

The Sunsphere, in Knoxville, Tennessee, is an high hexagonal steel truss structure, topped with a gold-colored glass sphere that served as the symbol of the 1982 World's Fair.-Design:...

, which stands at 265 feet (80.8 m), is the city's fourth tallest.

Tallest buildings

This list ranks the top-ten tallest buildings in Knoxville, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed.

Rank	Name	Image	Height in feet	Height in Meters	Floors	Year	Ref
1	First Tennessee Plaza First Tennessee Plaza The First Tennessee Plaza, or Plaza Tower, is an office high-rise located at 800 Gay Street in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. Completed in 1978, the 27-story structure is Knoxville's tallest building and an iconic part of the city's skyline...		328	100	27	1979
2	Riverview Tower Riverview Tower The Riverview Tower is an office high-rise located at 900 Gay Street in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. Completed in 1985, the 24-story structure is Knoxville's second-tallest building, and along with its sister building, the First Tennessee Plaza, anchors Knoxville's downtown office market...				24	1985
3	Tower at Morgan Hill (Kingston Apartments)				22	1967
4	Sunsphere Sunsphere The Sunsphere, in Knoxville, Tennessee, is an high hexagonal steel truss structure, topped with a gold-colored glass sphere that served as the symbol of the 1982 World's Fair.-Design:...		265	81	5	1982
5	Andrew Johnson Building Andrew Johnson Building The Andrew Johnson Building is a high-rise office building in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. Completed in 1930, the structure was Knoxville's tallest building for nearly a half-century. The building was originally home to the Andrew Johnson Hotel, and is now used for office space by Knox...		203	62	18	1928
6	The Holston The Holston The Holston is a condominium high-rise located at 531 South Gay Street in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. Completed in 1913 as the headquarters for the Holston National Bank, the fourteen-story building was the tallest in Knoxville until the construction in the late 1920s of the Andrew Johnson Hotel,...		193	59	15	1912
7	Burwell Building Tennessee Theatre The Tennessee Theatre is a 1920s-era movie palace, located within the Burwell Building in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, at 604 South Gay Street.-History:...		167	51	10	1907
8	Sterchi Lofts		147	45	12	1926
9	Ayres Hall		141	43	5	1921
10	Church Street United Methodist Church		141	43	2	1931
11	Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee (A Wing)		124	38	10	1948

Tallest under construction or proposed

This lists skyscrapers and high-rises that are under construction in Knoxville over 15 stories, but are not yet completed structures.

Rank	Name	Height in feet	Height in Meters	District	Floors	Ref
1	Fountains at Parkside	249	76	Downtown Knoxville	12
2	Worsham Watkins Tower	Unavailable			35
3	Church/Gay Street Development II				25
4	Hyatt Hotel				18
5	Church/Gay Street Development I				17