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This list of tallest buildings in Virginia ranks skyscrapers in the U.S. state of Virginia by height. The tallest building in Virginia is the Westin Virginia Beach Town Center in Virginia Beach, which contains 38 floors and is 508 ft (155 m) tall. The second-tallest building in the state is the James Monroe Building in Richmond, which contains 29 floors and is 449 ft (137 m) tall.
With over 160 stories, the skyscraper is the tallest structure ever built, taking the title from Taipei 101 in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan. It took 6 years, 39,000 tonnes of reinforcing steel, 330,000 cubic metres of concrete and 22 million man-hours to complete.