The invention provides a high-performance steel plate for a building structure and a method for manufacturing the same. The steel plate contains the following chemical components in percentage by weight: 0.015 to 0.060 percent of C, less than and equal to 0.05 percent of Si, 0.25 to 0.55 percent of Mn and 0.005 to 0.020 percent of Als, 0.020 to 0.040 percent of Ti, 0.015 to 0.035 percent of Nb and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities. The method for manufacturing the high-performance steel plate comprises the steps of smelting, casting, hot rolling, and natural cooling, wherein heating temperature is between 1,100 and 1,170 DEG C; heating time is controlled to be between 60 and 110 s/mm; final rough rolling temperature is controlled to be between 920 and 1,050 DEG C; starting precision rolling temperature in a second stage is between 960 and 840 DEG C; and final rolling temperature is between 800 and 860 DEG C. The high-performance steel plate has the advantages of simple chemical components, a small mount of added Ti and/or Nb, simple production process and relatively lower cost; a good plate type and property can be obtained through air cooling at the state of the hot rolling; the toughness of the high-performance steel plate at a longitudinal low temperature of 20 DEG C below zero is greater than 100 J, which can meet the design and construction requirement on shock absorption in the building industry of cold districts; and the yield strength of the high-performance steel plate can be fluctuated between 205 N/mm<2> to 245 N/mm<2>.