At 441 feet tall, with two 11-story wings and 1.13 million square feet of floor area, and covered from head to toe in marbles, mosaics and hand-painted ceilings, it’s hard to believe but it took only 15 months to finish it. The Fisher Building rises 30 stories with a roof height of 428 feet (130 m), a top floor height of 339 feet (103 m), and the spire reaching 444 feet (135 m).įisher Building/Owners How tall is the Fisher building in Detroit? Incredibly, construction took only 15 months at a cost of $3 million.Īrchitecture. When completed in 1928, Kahn was awarded the Architectural League’s silver medal which named the Fisher Building the most beautiful commercial building of that year.