John Peronto

Thornton Tomasetti, Inc., Co Officer Director | Chicago, United States

About

Mr. Peronto is experienced in the design of commercial, residential, cultural, and aviation projects; with specialized expertise in the design of supertall towers.
Project portfolio includes the +1,000-meter-tall Jeddah Tower, Saudi Arabia; the 435-meter-tall Akhmat Tower, Russia; the DMCC Uptown Dubai Towers Development; the FKI Headquarters Tower, Seoul; the Couture Tower, Milwaukee, WI, and more.

He is a member of the CTBUH, the Chicago Committee on High-Rise Buildings, American Concrete Institute, American Institute of Steel Construction, The Institution of Structural Engineers, Structural Engineering Institute, American Society of Civil Engineering, and serves as the current Chair of the Tall Buildings Committee.

John Peronto

CTBUH Roles

Annual Conference, Presenter (Middle East 2018)

Annual Conference, Steering Committee (Chicago 2019)

Videos

24 May 2022

Stockholm Central Station: A Steel-Timber Transit-Oriented Development

A unique response to solving a complex master planning and over decking project, steel and timber are used in a hybrid fashion to provide ultimate...

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Research

16 September 2020

Ascent – Challenges and Advances of Tall Mass Timber Construction

Alejandro Fernandez, Jordan Komp, and John Peronto, Thornton Tomasett

Ascent, a 25 story residential tower located in Milwaukee, WI (USA), will become the tallest timber building in the world upon completion. This paper discusses...

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Research

27 April 2018

Technical Considerations for Akhmat Tower

Alejandro Stochetti, Sara Beardsley & Marc Cerone, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture; John Peronto, Thornton Tomasetti

The 435-meter Akhmat Tower in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia, will be shaped to refer to the Nakh tower, a traditional watchtower typology in the region. A...

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27 November 2018

10th World Congress Inaugural Steering Committee Meeting

Plans for the 2019 CTBUH 10th World Congress are now well underway, beginning with an initial meeting of the Steering Committee at the Chicago Architecture Center.

26 October 2015

Second CTBUH Damping Research Meeting

Nearly 30 industry professionals and academic experts were in attendance at the second meeting for the CTBUH research project on damping.

19 May 2015

First Meeting for CTBUH Damping Technologies Research

More than 40 industry and academic experts convened at CTBUH Chicago to mark the launch of the Bouygues Construction-funded damping initiative.

24 May 2022

Stockholm Central Station: A Steel-Timber Transit-Oriented Development

A unique response to solving a complex master planning and over decking project, steel and timber are used in a hybrid fashion to provide ultimate...

16 September 2020

Ascent – Challenges and Advances of Tall Mass Timber Construction

Alejandro Fernandez, Jordan Komp, and John Peronto, Thornton Tomasett

Ascent, a 25 story residential tower located in Milwaukee, WI (USA), will become the tallest timber building in the world upon completion. This paper discusses...

27 April 2018

Technical Considerations for Akhmat Tower

Alejandro Stochetti, Sara Beardsley & Marc Cerone, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture; John Peronto, Thornton Tomasetti

The 435-meter Akhmat Tower in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia, will be shaped to refer to the Nakh tower, a traditional watchtower typology in the region. A...

01 December 2017

The Ultra-Modern FKI Tower

John Peronto, Thornton Tomasetti

A modern and highly-sustainable addition to the skyline of Seoul, South Korea has been completed; the Federation of Korean Industries Headquarters (FKI). The signature saw-toothed...

01 March 2017

Vertical Shortening Considerations in the 1 km Tall Jeddah Tower

John Peronto, Robert Sinn & Matthew Huizinga, Thornton Tomasetti

Jeddah Tower will be the first man-made structure to reach a kilometer in height upon its completion in 2019. From conception, it was clear that...