This skyscraper is gunning to top the Wilshire Grand—and it won’t use a spire to do it. At 1,107 feet, the building would rise just a bit higher than the 1,100-foot-tall Wilshire Grand. “Who doesn’t want bragging rights?” Jeff DiMarzio, whose firm is designing the project, told Curbed.

It would hold 599 hotel rooms, 242 condos, nearly 37,000 square feet of amenities, and almost 29,000 square feet of commercial space.

Rising 70 stories, this towering residential building from developer Crescent Heights will bring almost 800 new apartments to Downtown Los Angeles. At 770 feet, it would also be among the city’s tallest buildings.

This tall skyscraper is in the running for the title of the third tallest tower in Los Angeles. It would rise next door to Hotel Figueroa and across from the iconic The Original Pantry Cafe. The developer, Justin L. M. Leong, wants the tower to hold 220 hotel rooms, 200 condos, 94,080 square feet of commercial space, and 617 parking spaces. Construction could finish as soon as 2023.

Planned right beside the FIGat7th shopping center, this 64-story building from developer Brookfield would include 781 units of housing and three commercial units. Marmol-Radziner is the design architect for the project and Large Architecture is the architect of record. Some early demolition started on the site in the summer. It’s projected to be complete in 2022

Bound to transform Bunker Hill, this mega project directly across from Grand Central Market was approved by the city in December. Plans from developers Claridge Properties, MacFarlane Partners, and the Peebles Corporation call for a 64-story skyscraper and a 42-story high-rise. (They originally called for an 88-story skyscraper and a 24-story tower, but the plans were rejiggered last month.)

The towers would contain 180 condos, 261 apartments, 500 SLS and Mondrian hotel rooms, plus shops and restaurants, and a charter elementary school. The Handel Architects-designed buildings would be set back off the corner of Fourth and Hill streets, leaving room for a landscaped plaza.

The design of this tower by Koichi Takada Architects was inspired by the California redwoods. It’s working its way through the city’s approval process as a 63-story building (54 stories atop a 9-story podium). Located at 11th and Hill, it would hold 528 condos.

Developer Onni plans a 60-story tower here, with 700 apartments atop a podium of 1,075 parking spaces and 15,000 square feet of retail space. The four floors of above-ground parking are wrapped by retail at the ground level and residential on the upper floors.

The design of these two towers, inspired by industrial warehouses and incorporating local art, might help them fit into the Arts District, but they’re certainly going to stand out. They’re the first skyscrapers proposed for the neighborhood, and, if built, they’re bound to alter it forever. Called 6AM, the 58-story towers, which would hold housing, a school, offices, and retail, would be mainly framed in concrete, leaving large blank spaces that are intended to "encourage murals and other evolutionary art responses."

Developer Jeffrey Fish’s 53-story tower at Pershing Square would not only be one of the tallest buildings in the city, but one of the boldest. It’d be the first skyscraper in LA with pools that would jut out from the facade, over the city below. The pools, which would be suspended from condos, would be made of glass, so daring swimmers could take in amazing views.

Planned directly opposite the Los Angeles Convention Center, this 53-story project includes 1,024 hotel rooms in an area where city officials have been desperate to add more accommodations for visitors. The Gensler-designed structure would replace a 100-unit apartment complex built in 2004.

Architecture firm Gensler has drawn up a fanciful design for this 52-story tower proposed for the site of the Toyota of Downtown LA dealership, making it very visible to motorists on the 10 Freeway. It's intended as a "gateway" to DTLA, and it would be comprised of 336 residential units, a 250-room hotel, and retail and offices.

One of multiple South Park projects from developer Mack Urban and AECOM Capital, this development would include two residential towers right across the street from one another at the intersection of Olive and 11th streets. The shorter tower would rise 51 stories, while the taller structure would soar 60 levels above the street.

This major project was originally proposed as three buildings, but developer Shenzhen Hazens later reworked plans, and the project is moving forward as a 49-story residential tower and a 29-story hotel.

Now re-branded as Hollywood Center, the project formerly named Millennium Hollywood is slowly moving forward after a judge halted construction in 2015 due to concerns about traffic and safety. The reconfigured project would include two residential towers rising 35 and 46 stories, respectively.

A major overhaul of Century City’s Century Plaza hotel will include a pair of glassy 44-story residential high-rises with 290 luxury residences between them. The new Fairmont Century Plaza, which holds 400 hotel rooms, is scheduled to open in April.

Prolific Koreatown developer Jamison Services wants to demolish a portion of the World Trade Center on Bunker Hill and put this 41-story tower in its place. The high-rise would hold 570 condos and connect, via sky bridges, to the Westin Bonaventure and the L.A. Grand Hotel Downtown. 

This 41-story residential tower would sprout up alongside a historic building that would be converted from a medical office to a hotel. In addition to apartments or condos, the new tower would hold a "learning, cultural and performing arts center" and an 850-seat theater.

Called the Eighth, Hope, and Grand Project, this 39-story project from developer Mitsui Fudosan America is set to include 547 housing units, 7,500 square feet of restaurant space, and a 37,000-square-foot charter school for kindergarten and grades first through five.

Supporters of this big South LA project say it has the power to transform the neighborhood. Opponents agree. Approved unanimously by the Los Angeles City Council in 2016, the development would add a 20-story hotel next to The Reef, an existing 12-story building that serves as "creative habitat" for artists and entrepreneurs, and two high-rise condo towers, one that soars to 32 stories and the other to 35 stories. Its future is uncertain; In 2017, developers announced the property was for sale.

Developer Carmel Partners had originally proposed this project as a 13-story tower. Now, at 35 stories tall, it will hold 125,000 square feet dedicated for shops, restaurants, and offices live/work units,

Harridge Development Group is planning to convert Koreatown’s Wilshire Galleria into a hotel and add a 35-story tower and seven-story condo structure on the same site. The high-rise building would contain 335 condos, plus retail space.

Not all of LA's tall buildings are east of the 405. This long-planned Brentwood development would rise 34 stories, with 376 apartments.

Developers looking to build in Downtown LA are not focusing solely on South Park. Interest has spilled over into the Fashion District, where, in 2016, plans were filed for this dark, 33-story residential tower called 7th&Maple.

This Koreatown mixed user would replace a Denny's across from the Wilshire/Vermont Metro Station with 33 stories of condos, office space, retail, and restaurants.

This 31-story new mixed-user by developers Jamison Services and Hankey Group would bring apartments and retail to a corner lot where Wilshire Boulevard and Hoover Street meet, across from Lafayette Park, on the border of Koreatown and Westlake. Construction is well underway.