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| MEED's Building Tall 2008 |
| 10 June 2008, Dubai |
 MEED's conference on Building Tall is your opportunity to address the issues around what makes an iconic structure and how to turn it into a successful business enterprise. For more information visit here |
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| Intelligent Buildings Leadership Forum |
| 17 June 2008, Las Vegas |
 Forum to provide an overview of Intelligent Buildings and illustrate how Intelligent Buildings deliver on sustainability 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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| Architectural Record Innovation 2008 |
| 7 Oct 2008 - 8 Oct 2008, New York |
 The Net-Zero Energy Buildings Conference". CTBUH Executive Director Antony Wood to speak on ‘A Tall Order? Skyscrapers and Zero Energy’. For more information visit here |
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| Moscow Conference |
| 22 Oct 2008 - 23 Oct 2008, Moscow |
"Moscow Gaining Height." Ararat Park Hyatt, Moscow, Russia. More information coming next month |
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CTBUH IN THE MEDIA |
"Cloudbuster" - Engineering News Record, May 12th, 2008. |
"Cranes Mounted Atop Finished Skyscraper are Odd Sight but Serve Higher Purpose" - Engineering News Record, May 5th, 2008. |
"Towering Ambition" - Chicago Magazine, May 2008. |
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NEW MEMBERS |
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| Participant |
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Canderel Management, Inc. |
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UPGRADED MEMBERS |
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| Contributor |
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DeStefano + Partners |
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NEW INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS |
| Nick Berci
Abdulaziz Bukhatir
Niall Collins
Stanley A. Cousins
Tom Glasby
Hubert Quick
NDH Search Inc.
Peter Smolenski
A. Jake Soyugenc |
| COUNTRY LEADERS NEEDED |
We are currently looking for a leader for each country whose responsibility it would be to help maintain the list as well as keeping the Council up to date on activities within their respective country. If interested please contact 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 |
| CTBUH-Wiley TAL Journal: Call for Papers |
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New Staff Positions |
 The second CTBUH Annual Special multi-disciplinary edition of the John Wiley & Sons “Journal of the Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings" will be published this December. The theme for this second issue is 'Tall Buildings and Sustainability'. Deadline for receipt of final papers is Friday 18th July. Papers addressing the theme within or across any discipline should be in the region of 4000-6000 words in length, plus images. If you would like to submit, contact special issue editor Antony Wood at awood@ctbuh.org. |
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 Applications for the 3 new full-time staff positions, in conjunction with IIT Chicago, are now coming in. Deadline for receipt of applications is 30th June 2008. Interviews will take place in late July. Applications for the new CTBUH Research Manager should be submitted directly to CTBUH Executive Director Antony Wood, at awood@ctbuh.org . Applications for the Communications Director and Production Assistant posts should be submitted on-line via the IIT jobs portal at https://www.iitri.iit.edu. More detailed job descriptions can be found here. |
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INTERNATIONAL TALL BUILDING NEWS |
Portland condominium tower project earns national bragging rights
There are dozens of platinum-certified Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design buildings in the United States. But only one of those buildings is a condominium tower, and it’s located in Portland with 61 units, the building achieved 55 LEED credits, three more than needed for platinum status...link |
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UAE pushes sustainable green buildings
While sustainability is the current buzz word for construction, Middle East developers – or certainly those in the Gulf region – have stolen a march and begun creating many environmentally friendly development .the developments have grabbed world attention and flush with oil money, these countries are now embracing the idea of going green as well. ....link |
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Foster & Partners new green complex for Singapore
A new green complex from world renowned architecture firm Foster + Partners will be adding more than a dash of green to the Singapore skyline. As sustainability becomes an essential ingredient to development in this island nation, the UK-based firm is leaving no stone unturned to make good use of alternative energy sources in this...mixed-use project. .....link |
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Making a mark on Manhattan
The building will boast a dramatic, highly decorative exterior inspired equally by the applied metal facades of Tribeca’s 19th century cast iron architecture and such contemporary sources as couture fashion, with its dramatic seams and construction techniques. Gleaming black horizontal ribbons of metal will wrap the facades, twisting and torquing into functional elements - balconies, terraces, and sunshades....link |
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Monterrey Tower Planned Under A Loop Of Stars
The Mexican city of Monterrey could soon have a funky new skyscraper adorning its skyline if proposals put forwardare given the green-light. Working with...Mexican architectural firm TEN Architects along with Alberto Vidal and David Rockwell, the team has come up with a rather spiffing skyscraper named Torre Fundadores or Founders Tower....link |
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NEWS FROM THE COUNCIL |
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Chairman's Message
At the end of April I had the pleasure of my first visit to India. The purpose of the trip was to give the keynote address at the National Workshop on High Rise Buildings...more
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CD of Dubai Congress Proceedings now available
A digital version of the proceedings, containing all 101 papers is now available to order for $60+Shipping. Click here to download an order form.
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CTBUH Seismic Working Group set up World Tour
Following the draft release of the CTBUH Recommendations for the Seismic Design of High-Rise Buildings, the authors have announced a world tour to present the significant findings from this research....more
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IABSE conference, 17-19 Sept 08
The final brochure for the IABSE Congress: Creating and Renewing Urban Structures - Tall Buildings, Bridges and Infrastructure", Chicago, Illinois is now out. For more information visit here
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CTBUH joins World Architecture Community
CTBUH joins new web portal created to build a network between architects from all countries
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CTBUH Member awarded Doctor Honoris Causa
Dan M. Frangopol has been awarded the Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Liège, Belgium....more
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OTHER INDUSTRY NEWS |
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Clark Manus interview on CTBUH...more |
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Blair Kamin and Chicago Tribune win Engineering Journalism Award....more, original article |
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Watching Aqua--that curvaceous, 82-story skyscraper--grow (Chicago, USA)....more |
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Tall buildings are sign of confident city going places (Birmingham, UK)....more |
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Greening the desert...more |
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Giving Up the ‘Ugliest Skyscraper’ Title (New York, USA))...more |
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Architects should focus on 'safe and smart' high rises...more |
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AIA Evaluates Green Building Rating Systems....more |
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Chicago's Michigan Avenue 'street wall' named to list of nation's 11 most endangered places....more |
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Kuwait City gets Dhown...more |
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Namibia: Green Skyscraper for Capital...more |
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Skyscraper projects forLondon may never materialize....more |
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Military to Approve 112-Story Tower near Seoul Airport...more |
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Benidorm Casino tower wraps up...more |
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GREENPIX Zero Energy Media Wall Lights up Beijing...more |
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KPF Pen Wharf Tower For News International...more |
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On the roof, wind turbines to bring power (Tel Aviv)...more |
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Limelight reveals Manchester theatre tower....more |
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Atkins P-17 design unveiled (Abu Dhabi)...more |
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Turkey's Green Building Association focuses on standards...more |
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Green design nets results, study shows...more |
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Doha's diamondesque Nouvel tower rises...more |
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Zaha Hadid unveils plan for Warsaw skyscraper....more |
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Another Dubai supertall grows...more |
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Living Walls, Vertical Gardens & Sky Farms....more |
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Merrill restarts talks to move to WTC site: WSJ....more |
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Seasons of change (Baltimore, USA)....more |
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Mile-High Skyscrapers and Floating Cities That Never Were...more |
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