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UPCOMING EVENTS |
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| CTBUH 8th World Congress |
| 03 - 05 Mar 2008, Dubai |
 Dubai: "Tall & Green: Typology for a Sustainable Urban Future". Visit here to register or for program information and updated details |
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| Lehigh Khan Lecture Series |
| Bethlehem, USA |
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| Remaking of Mumbai Summit |
| 23 Apr 2008 - 24 Apr 2008, Mumbai |
The Asiacre.com Inaugural Real Estate Summit will focus in-depth on the regeneration of the Mumbai city centre and suburbs. For more information visit here |
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| ASCE Structures 2008 Congress |
| 24 Apr 2008 - 26 Apr 2008, Vancouver |
 The Structures ’08 Congress is the first Congress to be held outside the continental United States with a theme of “Crossing Borders.” For more information visit here |
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| IABSE Congress |
| 17 Sept 2008 - 19 Sept 2008, Chicago |
"Creating and Renewing Urban Structures - Tall Buildings, Bridges and Infrastructure", Chicago, Illinois. For more information visit here |
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NEW MEMBERS |
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Arquitectonica |
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Werner Sobek Stuttgart GmbH & Co. KG |
| Contributor |
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AKF Engineers |
| Patron |
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Saudi Ogers Ltd. |
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UPGRADED MEMBERS |
| Patron |
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BMT Fluid Mechanics Ltd. |
| CTBUH KNOWLEDGE BASE |
The Council is looking for organizations to sponsor technical web pages in the Knowledge Center currently under construction and provide the Council and public their expertise on subject pertinent to the tall building industry. If you are interested in supporting the Council in this manner, please contact us by filling out a form here. Visit the Knowledge Base here |
| GET INVOLVED |
The Council is always in need of help and volunteers - whether you are active professionally, still in college or retired.
If you would like to get more involved with the Council, please contact us here |
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TOP NEWS |
| 2008 CTBUH 8TH WORLD CONGRESS - March 3-5, 2008 |
With less than a week to go, the final arrangements for the congress could hardly be more positive, with recent keynote confirmations from their excellencies Hussain Nasser Lootah of the Dubai Municipality and Mohamed Ali Alabbar, Chairman of Emaar. We now have over 750 delegates registered and expect final attendance to go well over 800. Currently there are 42 countries represented. Several companies have registered significant delegations, including AECOM (27 delegates), Arup (22), Atkins (21), Davis Langdon (14) and Turner (13). It is not too late to register (though all social-networking events are now sold out): www.ctbuh2008.org. See you in Dubai! |
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INTERNATIONAL TALL BUILDING NEWS |
Full Moon Rising, Azerbaijan
Hotel Full Moon is essentially a disc with rounded edges and a hole in one of the top corners that appears radically different to the view depending on the angle it is seen from. The frontage thanks to the bulging centre makes it appear more like a glass death star whilst the side profile is more than a little gherkinesque.......link |
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A new angle on Seattle's skyline
The developer who saved the historic First United Methodist Church sanctuary last year has unveiled plans for an asymmetrical skyscraper next door that could be a striking addition to the downtown Seattle skyline. At 660 feet, Daniels Development Co.'s Fifth and Columbia Tower would be the city's fifth-tallest building, and the tallest constructed since 1990.........link |
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Making Over Mumbai
The state government of Maharashtra, of which Mumbai (formerly Bombay) is the capital, wants to raze dozens of slums like Dharavi for redevelopment and new infrastructure as part of its multibillion-dollar plan to turn the city into a world-class financial center by 2015......link |
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Lucien Lagrange Design Chicago Condo Towers
Lucien Lagrange Architects has designed a couple of slick new condo towers to stand in Chicago.
Standing at 137 metres and 115 metres respectively, the two residential towers called X/O Condominiums have rather nice kinks in the middle making them look like they are boogying down on the dance floor.....link |
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Robert AM Stern unveils Manhattan skyscraper
The project, commissioned by New York property mogul Larry Silverstein, harks back to the Neo-Gothic style of the 1920s and 1930s with its use of limestone and cast-stone materials.
The scheme will house a 175-room Four Seasons hotel over 22 floors. The rest of the building will be residential space. .....link |
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OTHER INDUSTRY NEWS |
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Prince Charles: Planners vandalise our skylines....more |
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Planned skyscraper to dwarf Pudong giants...more |
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Construction of high-rise "Shanghai Center" to start...more |
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RP’s most luxurious residential enclave rises in Makati...more |
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Green buildings offer clean life...more |
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Hyder designing skyscraper twice as tall as Burj Dubai...more |
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Heerim Architects Pen SOCAR Tower...more |
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The world's tallest towers...more |
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Oslo may get new skyscraper...more |
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Construction underway on Goettsch Partners' 155 North Wacker...more |
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Pelli Wins Seville Scraper Competition...more |
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Majestic views from Buckingham Palace saved...more |
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New technologies key to constructing sustainable buildings in Gulf region, says expert..more |
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Norwegians are building skyscraper in Murmansk...more |
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New 52 Floor Residential Proposed In Los Angeles...more |
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City planning boss backs Prince Charles’ anti-tower harangue...more |
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City Seeking Tougher Rules for High-Rise Construction...more |
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EPA And Partners Launch "Green Infrastructure" Plan...more |
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Renzo Piano Building Workshop with FXFOWLE...more |
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Unique Ecoscraper Planned in Qatar...more |
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Pace Of Work On Burj Dubai Accelerated...more |
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Building at World Trade Center is a showcase of terrorproof technologies...more |
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Never mind the height of a building - feel its intelligence...more |
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Largest Remaining Site In Perth Set For Tower...more |
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Tower project revived in Vaud...more |
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A beautiful green building for Embarcadero...more |
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Best New Skyscraper of 2007 Stands in The Hague...more |
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UAE youth’s towering mission a success...more |
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